Hello all,
I am sorry I did not give my e-mail address, so in case someone would
have some other suggestions, please write me at:
[email protected]
Thank you for all your help.
With kind regards
Maria
On 30. 12. 2014 23:35, Flor Lynch wrote:
One of the problems here was that the original sender did not givve
their recipient email address. Subsequently I found it and wrote to
her off list. Not all email clients treat addresses equally. Since
when did you become a list mod?
-----Original Message----- From: Charles Rivard
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 9:53 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Off-topic - Please, I need help, contact me off-list.
Were responses asked to be sent off list?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Flor Lynch" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: Off-topic - Please, I need help, contact me off-list.
Then, maybe you can invoke Google on Slovakia Spain connections. Or he
wil
eventually get enough money together to pay for the desired top-up credit
etc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mária Orovčíková
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 7:49 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Off-topic - Please, I need help, contact me off-list.
Hello,
thank you for your reply.
Unfortunately, he does not know anyone from Slovakia living in Spain.
Evening classes is not an option as his work time changes and he works
from 12.00 p.m. till 10.00 p.m. quite often.
All he needs right now is to top up credit on his sim card so that he
can use mobile internet to communicate with family.
But it seems there is no way doing that. It is quite bad that companies
like mobile carriers do not support paypal.
Thanks again.
With regards
Maria
On 30. 12. 2014 20:37, Flor Lynch wrote:
Hi Mária,
Following are my thoughts:
Do you, or does your brother, know or have any Slovak friends living
in Spain, who could help, who may have been in a situation similar
to this one when they first arrived in Spain? That might be a way to
go. Perhaps your brother could raise the issue witth the Slovak
carrier, in so far as, under EU law, they aren't supposed (or
allowed) to charge exorbitantly ffor roaming?
Any evening classes in Spanish somewhere fairly near, that he could
go to? Maybe, a visit to the other country's consulate by either
you/your family, or him?
-----Original Message----- From: Mária Orovčíková
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 4:29 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Off-topic - Please, I need help, contact me off-list.
Hello list,
Please, I am very sorry for such a long e-mail, but I need to explain my
situation.
I hope it will not be very boring and you will read it to the end and
give me some help if possible.
I know this is very off-topic, but I really do not know where to ask.
My brother is in Spain; he got a job there. He has been there for about
three weeks. He still does not have internet connection where he lives.
However, he needs to be in touch, at least over the net (Facebook chat),
with family here in Slovakia. At first he used his Slovakian mobile
carrier, having roaming, but the carrier charged him very much for the
data, so he decided to get a local Spanish sim card called Digimobil. He
got "pay as you go" or "prepaid" sim card with 10 € credit. He has
activated 1 GB data package which cost him 8 € and he can use it for 30
days. He is almost out of the data and he needs top up credit on his sim
card and here are quite many things he is struggling with:
1. Firstly, since he has been in Spain only for three weeks, there is no
chance for him to speak and understand Spanish. Yes, of course, he can
understand something and he can speak a little but it is not at such
level so that he would be able to talk with the operators. His English
language skills are all the same so there is no point to either call the
carrier or go to the shop to top up credit this way.
2. Talking about shops, the carrier does not have any selling points
nearby. He lives in a small village and there are no shops of this kind.
They have only one grocery shop there and this shop does not sell
coupons to top up credit. As he works six days a week, there is no
chance for him going to the nearest town/city. He does not have access
to transport, plus Shops are usually closed on Sundays.
You might be wondering how he got the sim card them. Well, when he
arrived to Spain, someone just came to the airport to pick him up and on
the way to the place where he is now, they stopped somewhere and he
bought the sim card there, but is quite far away from his place.
3. Another option, which sounds the best, is to top up credit online.
But, unfortunately, this carrier does not accept paypal. They accept
credit cards but only those issued in Spain, Italy or Romania.
I know some carriers have something like monthly plan, but it is not
good for him, because with the monthly plan he must be on contract and
it would be useless for him since he does not know how long he will be
staying in Spain. His employer told him he will has his job contract
till the end of January then they will see if they can keep him.
I got in touch with Digimobil by e-mail asking them for help, but they
said they would give me all the information I need by phone not by
e-mail. I told them that international calls are quite expensive for me,
so they told me they will call me back, but I haven't had any response
so far. I am a bit sceptical about it.
When my brother arrived to Spain, the internet provider told him to have
internet the following day, but it has been three weeks and no internet
still.
Please does anyone know any other recommendation I could try?
To sum up, there is no Wi-Fi, no internet cafe nearby, so he does not
have access to the internet and he cannot be in touch with family, plus
he cannot reach any selling point to top up his sim card.
I would be very grateful for any kind of help.
Thank you in advance.
Have a nice day and a happy new year 2015
With kind regards
Maria
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