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ktkates87
Joined: 13 Apr 2010
Location: Busan
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 Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 6:08 pm Post subject: pay as you go with Korean phone previously under contract? |
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The teacher I replaced left behind a cell phone that I could keep when she left the country. It was previously under contract but she got the phone free as part of her plan. I'm 3 months in and haven't really gotten around to getting it set up to use myself. The thing is, I dont really think I'd use it all that often at all. Most of the time I can rely on facebook or email to stay in touch with my friends here and whatnot. I'm really not sure that I want to pay a bunch of money each month to use this phone if I'm not going to use it.
Would it be possible to take the phone into a shop and get pay as you go minutes for it instead of getting it set up on a monthly plan? While I dont think I'd use it on a regular basis, it would be nice to have a mobile phone number for emergencies or for whenever I'm registering for something as it always seems mandatory to have a mobile number.
Sorry if this is a reoccuring thread, most of the threads I came upon during my search had to do with bringing a phone from the West and trying to use it here. |
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Jake_Kim
Joined: 27 Aug 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:27 pm Post subject: Re: pay as you go with Korean phone previously under contrac |
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| ktkates87 wrote: |
| It was previously under contract but she got the phone free as part of her plan. |
The fact that your predecessor paid nil up front when she got the phone in question is rather irrelevant. What you need to figure out is whether she canceled her contract properly and left the device free of any obligation, or she was in the middle of some 2-year installment plan with unpaid amounts due on the device of which liability you haven't properly assumed.
Figuring out which carrier you're dealing with first (by the SIM card or by the logo on the phone or by model number) is essential. You may see phone shops on the street every 100 meters, but that doesn't mean they necessarily conduct admin customer service for any network, unless you're buying a new phone from them, incurring sales revenue. Prepaid plans are even harder to come by unless you're in some foreigner-pockets such as Itaewon.
Plus, there are prepaid plans offered by three major networks themselves and by MVNOs who 'lease and resale' the lines. Yet I'd stick to one of the three majors if I were to choose, for the straightforwardness of paperwork.
That said, your priority is then to identify the exact status of the phone in your hand. |
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