Have you ever decided to change mobile providers when you still had loads of credit left on your phone? Have you ever thought that it was a waste to leave it on the sim? This instructable will show you how you can transfer credit from your mobile phone account into your bank account, so that you don't have to waste any leftover money you have on your old sim.
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- You can read the instructable all the way through.
- Or you can skip straight to it and work it out for yourself here
Either:
- You can read the instructable all the way through.
- Or you can skip straight to it and work it out for yourself here
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What is mobillcash?
Mobillcash, the service that we're going to use to carry out this instructable, is designed as a payment system to allow online merchants to accept payment directly from people's mobiles. It works in the same way as premium text messaging services - the customer recieves a text message from the merchant's website at a premium rate, which pays for whatever service the merchant is offering.
We are going to be using the same principle, but a little more creatively. By setting yourself up as a merchant, you can send yourself premium rate text messages and the money that your mobile account is charged is paid into your own bank account. This allows you to reclaim any credit that you have left on an old sim card back into usable cash.
Mobillcash, the service that we're going to use to carry out this instructable, is designed as a payment system to allow online merchants to accept payment directly from people's mobiles. It works in the same way as premium text messaging services - the customer recieves a text message from the merchant's website at a premium rate, which pays for whatever service the merchant is offering.
We are going to be using the same principle, but a little more creatively. By setting yourself up as a merchant, you can send yourself premium rate text messages and the money that your mobile account is charged is paid into your own bank account. This allows you to reclaim any credit that you have left on an old sim card back into usable cash.
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DJBD says:
Dec 29, 2008. 10:13 AMReply
What if you won a year long free mobile credit... THAT WOULD BE SO AWESOME!
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paulgeering says:
Feb 8, 2008. 7:36 PMReply
sounds like this could be used as a method of seriously ripping off friends who leave their mobiles lying around.
Matrixis says:
Feb 6, 2008. 4:29 PMReply
Nice idea. On another note, I didn't think posting web addresses with referral links that make money were allowed on here.
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chigozie (author) says:
Feb 7, 2008. 8:29 AMReply
Well, as long as I'm open about it, I think that it's OK. If not, I'll change the links - I don't know the rules on the subject, as this was my first instructable.
gip_mad says:
Feb 6, 2008. 12:52 AMReply
Very nice instructable!! In Italy, a provider offers 40eur (about 60 usd) to their new subscribers... I got 10 sim from them, but now I can use them in a better way than for free calls! :) Thank you very much!
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