Credit Me2U - Telstra Pre-Paid Plus

[Giles]

Hmmm... there must be a bundle of ways to take advantage of this.
- Get CDMA double-recharge credits and transfer them to your GSM
service
- Transfer $30 in $1 lots - costs $7.50 in transfer fees but extends
your credit expiry more than 1 year
- Buy starter packs when retailers sell them '2 for 1' then use those
to recharge your existing service

Might not have to port my CDMA service out to SC Mobile after all...

===
http://www.telstra.com.au/telstraprepaidplus/usingphone/myprepaid.htm

Credit Me2U - Do you have friends and family that also have Telstra
Pre-Paid Plus mobile services? This new and exciting service is a way
for you to send them credit (or even better - get them to send some to
you!). This service costs 25 cents each time you transfer credit, which
is charged to the person sending the credit. You can send between $1 -
$10 credit per 24 hours.

· To send credit to another Telstra Pre-Paid Plus mobile service
number will cost the person sending the credit 25 cents for each
successful transfer.

· The value of credit that can be sent between Telstra Pre-Paid Plus
mobile service numbers must be whole dollar amount between the values
$1 - $10.

· You can transfer up to $10 worth of credit per 24 hours to other
Telstra Pre-Paid Plus mobile service numbers.

· Credit transferred to another Telstra Pre-Paid Plus mobile service
extends any existing credit expiry date by 2 weeks.

[The Family]

Looks interesting but doesn't seem to work with a Hyundai Gullible CDMA
because the menu text can't be "returned."

Sending a menu item number such as "1" (Balance) simply returns another copy
of the menu. Ideas, anyone?


"Giles" <call125111@email.com> wrote in message
news:1116903857.865264.157000@o13g2000cwo.googlegr oups.com...
Hmmm... there must be a bundle of ways to take advantage of this.
- Get CDMA double-recharge credits and transfer them to your GSM
service
- Transfer $30 in $1 lots - costs $7.50 in transfer fees but extends
your credit expiry more than 1 year
- Buy starter packs when retailers sell them '2 for 1' then use those
to recharge your existing service

Might not have to port my CDMA service out to SC Mobile after all...

===
http://www.telstra.com.au/telstraprepaidplus/usingphone/myprepaid.htm

Credit Me2U - Do you have friends and family that also have Telstra
Pre-Paid Plus mobile services? This new and exciting service is a way
for you to send them credit (or even better - get them to send some to
you!). This service costs 25 cents each time you transfer credit, which
is charged to the person sending the credit. You can send between $1 -
$10 credit per 24 hours.

· To send credit to another Telstra Pre-Paid Plus mobile service
number will cost the person sending the credit 25 cents for each
successful transfer.

· The value of credit that can be sent between Telstra Pre-Paid Plus
mobile service numbers must be whole dollar amount between the values
$1 - $10.

· You can transfer up to $10 worth of credit per 24 hours to other
Telstra Pre-Paid Plus mobile service numbers.

· Credit transferred to another Telstra Pre-Paid Plus mobile service
extends any existing credit expiry date by 2 weeks.

[thegoons]

Same with my samsung cdma sch-a561 (rainbow)

Telstra, lost the plot again. Blame it on Doctor Z.

"The Family" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:4292df34$1@duster.adelaide.on.net...
> Looks interesting but doesn't seem to work with a Hyundai Gullible CDMA
> because the menu text can't be "returned."
>
> Sending a menu item number such as "1" (Balance) simply returns another
> copy of the menu. Ideas, anyone?
>
>
> "Giles" <call125111@email.com> wrote in message
> news:1116903857.865264.157000@o13g2000cwo.googlegr oups.com...
> Hmmm... there must be a bundle of ways to take advantage of this.
> - Get CDMA double-recharge credits and transfer them to your GSM
> service
> - Transfer $30 in $1 lots - costs $7.50 in transfer fees but extends
> your credit expiry more than 1 year
> - Buy starter packs when retailers sell them '2 for 1' then use those
> to recharge your existing service
>
> Might not have to port my CDMA service out to SC Mobile after all...
>
> ===
> http://www.telstra.com.au/telstraprepaidplus/usingphone/myprepaid.htm
>
> Credit Me2U - Do you have friends and family that also have Telstra
> Pre-Paid Plus mobile services? This new and exciting service is a way
> for you to send them credit (or even better - get them to send some to
> you!). This service costs 25 cents each time you transfer credit, which
> is charged to the person sending the credit. You can send between $1 -
> $10 credit per 24 hours.
>
> · To send credit to another Telstra Pre-Paid Plus mobile service
> number will cost the person sending the credit 25 cents for each
> successful transfer.
>
> · The value of credit that can be sent between Telstra Pre-Paid Plus
> mobile service numbers must be whole dollar amount between the values
> $1 - $10.
>
> · You can transfer up to $10 worth of credit per 24 hours to other
> Telstra Pre-Paid Plus mobile service numbers.
>
> · Credit transferred to another Telstra Pre-Paid Plus mobile service
> extends any existing credit expiry date by 2 weeks.
>
>

[Giles]

> > Looks interesting but doesn't seem to work with a Hyundai Gullible CDMA
> > because the menu text can't be "returned."
> >
> > Sending a menu item number such as "1" (Balance) simply returns another
> > copy of the menu.

> Same with my samsung cdma sch-a561 (rainbow)

Fark, y'kidding - that's the 'Loop' handset, right? Is it actually
unable to 'reply' to the original menu SMS; or are you able to send a
reply, but it just resends the menu?

[Giles]

> Looks interesting but doesn't seem to work with a Hyundai Gullible CDMA
> because the menu text can't be "returned."
>
> Sending a menu item number such as "1" (Balance) simply returns another copy
> of the menu. Ideas, anyone?

Bugger eh? I'd just call 125111 and ask them to transfer the credit on
your behalf (or whichever menu item you were after). I'm not unsure
whether they'd do it, though. It shouldn't be too difficult for them
to do, and after all, you're just asking them to do something that they
have advertised as possible, but the handset that they sold you won't
do.

Or perhaps, if you can be bothered, sell your old Gulliver (I wonder
how much of your $35 you'll get back :) and get a new CDMA handset.
Telstra's just dropped the Nokia 2112 $30, to $99.
http://telstrashop.telstra.com/CatBrowse.asp?cat=1&cat2=prepaid

[The Family]

I tried a manual transfer of the credit via the operator.

No Can Do.

"Giles" <call125111@email.com> wrote in message
news:1117098627.030958.268630@g44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> Looks interesting but doesn't seem to work with a Hyundai Gullible CDMA
>> because the menu text can't be "returned."
>>
>> Sending a menu item number such as "1" (Balance) simply returns another
>> copy
>> of the menu. Ideas, anyone?
>
> Bugger eh? I'd just call 125111 and ask them to transfer the credit on
> your behalf (or whichever menu item you were after). I'm not unsure
> whether they'd do it, though. It shouldn't be too difficult for them
> to do, and after all, you're just asking them to do something that they
> have advertised as possible, but the handset that they sold you won't
> do.
>
> Or perhaps, if you can be bothered, sell your old Gulliver (I wonder
> how much of your $35 you'll get back :) and get a new CDMA handset.
> Telstra's just dropped the Nokia 2112 $30, to $99.
> http://telstrashop.telstra.com/CatBrowse.asp?cat=1&cat2=prepaid
>

[Michael]

"Giles" <call125111@email.com> wrote in message
news:1117098627.030958.268630@g44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> > Looks interesting but doesn't seem to work with a Hyundai Gullible CDMA
> > because the menu text can't be "returned."
> >
> > Sending a menu item number such as "1" (Balance) simply returns another
copy
> > of the menu. Ideas, anyone?
>
> Bugger eh? I'd just call 125111 and ask them to transfer the credit on
> your behalf (or whichever menu item you were after). I'm not unsure
> whether they'd do it, though. It shouldn't be too difficult for them

They cant do it, they dont have the facility.

> to do, and after all, you're just asking them to do something that they
> have advertised as possible, but the handset that they sold you won't
> do.

Thats a handset issue. Refer to your manufacturer, not Telstra

> Or perhaps, if you can be bothered, sell your old Gulliver (I wonder
> how much of your $35 you'll get back :) and get a new CDMA handset.

Probably a great deal, actually.

[Albinus]

Just tried transferring $1 from my GSM to CDMA service, the 8250 freezes
between the "Enter amount" and "Authorise" screens. Sending an SMS via
my Hyundai HGC-310E doesn't result in any activity.

Would be a nice feature if it actually worked! :)


Albinus.

[thegoons]

"Albinus" <albinus@spam-this.com> wrote in message
news:42a7e37b$0$30960$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.a u...
> Just tried transferring $1 from my GSM to CDMA service, the 8250 freezes
> between the "Enter amount" and "Authorise" screens. Sending an SMS via my
> Hyundai HGC-310E doesn't result in any activity.
>
> Would be a nice feature if it actually worked! :)
>
>
> Albinus.

Yes, it's stuffed. I had the same results. Tried logging a fault on 125111
but the droid and it's team leader hadn't heard of the service. Attempts to
point the droid and it's team leader to the Telstra website were useless.
I'll try a formal request in writing; won't hold breath.

[Albinus]

thegoons wrote:

> Yes, it's stuffed. I had the same results. Tried logging a fault on 125111
> but the droid and it's team leader hadn't heard of the service. Attempts to
> point the droid and it's team leader to the Telstra website were useless.
> I'll try a formal request in writing; won't hold breath.


Just tried again and it successfully transferred credit from the GSM -->
CDMA service. Haven't tried the other way though.


Albinus.

[thegoons]

Same here. GSM->GSM and GSM->CDMA works OK. However CDMA-> CDMA or CDMA->GSM
is totally stuffed. Keeps sending the original menu selection back to you.
Another Telstra blunder.

"Albinus" <albinus@spam-this.com> wrote in message
news:42aa7cca$0$21717$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.a u...
> thegoons wrote:
>
>> Yes, it's stuffed. I had the same results. Tried logging a fault on
>> 125111 but the droid and it's team leader hadn't heard of the service.
>> Attempts to point the droid and it's team leader to the Telstra website
>> were useless. I'll try a formal request in writing; won't hold breath.
>
>
> Just tried again and it successfully transferred credit from the GSM -->
> CDMA service. Haven't tried the other way though.
>
>
> Albinus.

[Michael]

"Albinus" <albinus@spam-this.com> wrote in message
news:42a7e37b$0$30960$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.a u...
> Just tried transferring $1 from my GSM to CDMA service, the 8250 freezes
> between the "Enter amount" and "Authorise" screens. Sending an SMS via
> my Hyundai HGC-310E doesn't result in any activity.
>
> Would be a nice feature if it actually worked! :)

Get your 8250 fixed

[Albinus]

Michael wrote:

> Get your 8250 fixed


Little slow Mikey... look two posts down and it did work eventually.
Calling 1258888 for account balance also took ages to connect, so maybe
the TPP+ server was a little slow to respond at the time.

Still trying to get CDMA to work though...


Albinus.

[Michael]

> Michael wrote:
>
> > Get your 8250 fixed
>
> Little slow Mikey... look two posts down and it did work eventually.

I dont look at all the posts before choosing to respond. You just get what
yer given

> Calling 1258888 for account balance also took ages to connect, so maybe
> the TPP+ server was a little slow to respond at the time.

Yep, all those aus.comms.* freaks trying out new features :-)

[Michael]

> > Get your 8250 fixed
>
> Little slow Mikey... look two posts down and it did work eventually.
> Calling 1258888 for account balance also took ages to connect, so maybe
> the TPP+ server was a little slow to respond at the time.
>
> Still trying to get CDMA to work though...

just disconnected three CDMA TPP+ services so cant test that!

[Spokes]

Albinus wrote:
> Michael wrote:
>
> > Get your 8250 fixed
>
>
> Little slow Mikey... look two posts down and it did work eventually.
> Calling 1258888 for account balance also took ages to connect, so maybe
> the TPP+ server was a little slow to respond at the time.

if you're desperate for the balance, call 1258880. the consultant will
have the balance on the screen. it's generally quicker via 1258888.

[Michael]

"Spokes" <spokesman_for_the_fbi@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:1119093405.153661.77480@g44g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
>
>
> Albinus wrote:
> > Michael wrote:
> >
> > > Get your 8250 fixed
> >
> >
> > Little slow Mikey... look two posts down and it did work eventually.
> > Calling 1258888 for account balance also took ages to connect, so maybe
> > the TPP+ server was a little slow to respond at the time.
>
> if you're desperate for the balance, call 1258880. the consultant will
> have the balance on the screen. it's generally quicker via 1258888.

Not even close

>

[Spokes]

Michael wrote:
> "Spokes" <spokesman_for_the_fbi@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:1119093405.153661.77480@g44g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
> >
> >
> > Albinus wrote:
> > > Michael wrote:
> > >
> > > > Get your 8250 fixed
> > >
> > >
> > > Little slow Mikey... look two posts down and it did work eventually.
> > > Calling 1258888 for account balance also took ages to connect, so maybe
> > > the TPP+ server was a little slow to respond at the time.
> >
> > if you're desperate for the balance, call 1258880. the consultant will
> > have the balance on the screen. it's generally quicker via 1258888.
>
> Not even close

Michael, what do mean by that?
Do you work in C8/TPP customer service by any chance?

[Michael]

"Spokes" <spokesman_for_the_fbi@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:1119142304.149099.256180@g47g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>
>
> Michael wrote:
> > "Spokes" <spokesman_for_the_fbi@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:1119093405.153661.77480@g44g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
> > >
> > >
> > > Albinus wrote:
> > > > Michael wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Get your 8250 fixed
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Little slow Mikey... look two posts down and it did work eventually.
> > > > Calling 1258888 for account balance also took ages to connect, so
maybe
> > > > the TPP+ server was a little slow to respond at the time.
> > >
> > > if you're desperate for the balance, call 1258880. the consultant will
> > > have the balance on the screen. it's generally quicker via 1258888.
> >
> > Not even close
>
> Michael, what do mean by that?

"not even close"

> Do you work in C8/TPP customer service by any chance?

No, but i know some team leaders/staff there. just down the road and around
the corner
>

[Spokes]

Michael wrote:
> "Spokes" <spokesman_for_the_fbi@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:1119142304.149099.256180@g47g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> >
> >
> > Michael wrote:
> > > "Spokes" <spokesman_for_the_fbi@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> > > news:1119093405.153661.77480@g44g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Albinus wrote:
> > > > > Michael wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Get your 8250 fixed
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Little slow Mikey... look two posts down and it did work eventually.
> > > > > Calling 1258888 for account balance also took ages to connect, so
> maybe
> > > > > the TPP+ server was a little slow to respond at the time.
> > > >
> > > > if you're desperate for the balance, call 1258880. the consultant will
> > > > have the balance on the screen. it's generally quicker via 1258888.
> > >
> > > Not even close
> >
> > Michael, what do mean by that?
>
> "not even close"
>
> > Do you work in C8/TPP customer service by any chance?
>
> No, but i know some team leaders/staff there. just down the road and around
> the corner

Good for you. I know some Team Leaders and staff as well. That's
because C8 CS is one of the areas I work in.
Don't insult mine or anybody else's intelligence in this NG with your
ignorance.