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Ireland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Complete waste of money.
September 27, 2019

A more effective use of your money would be burning it to send smoke signals. Took over a week's communication to get data working in the US, and, despite further communication, it did not work at all anywhere in Canada. Of course, their T&Cs absolve them of all responsibility, so no refunds or apologies.

Date of experience: September 27, 2019
Netherlands
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Perfect!
December 10, 2021

Bought an unlimited data card for the USA last month. The card was delivered to my home address within 2 days. As soon as I arrived in Pennsylvania I changed the sim-cards and the PrepaidZero card was immediately operational; connection to the internet without having to go through difficult, timeconsuming things. Also during my stay in worked perfect, no problems whatsoever!

Date of experience: December 10, 2021
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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This sim card is really a waist of your money. It doesn't work and you will probably be as frustrated as I am. When I am back in Holland, I will try to get my money back or maybe contact the authorities about this scam.

Date of experience: August 13, 2019
Netherlands
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Happy with the service
August 10, 2017

After looking at a lot of sim card website for my trip to spain, i decided to order with prepaid zero.
I am not the best when it comes to technical things, bit it was quite easy to use the sim card.

Would use again.

Date of experience: August 10, 2017
Netherlands
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Prepaidzero phone card. Terrible service! Paid 45 Euro for a USA4gb simcard that didnt work.We had e-mail contact to find out why it didnt work the way its supposed to work. When I came back from my vacation at USA I wanted my money back. But no one is responding to my e-mails now.

Date of experience: November 20, 2017
Prepaid Z. PrepaidZero Rep
over a year old

Support had been in contact with you about this report a few weeks ago.

Regards,
Prepaidzero support

Netherlands
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Feeling Scammed.
October 23, 2017

Ordered two T-Mobile SIMs which were labeled as usable in US, Canada and Mexico for a trip through Canada. Both SIMs were activated according to the instructions, only one received a phone number.
Neither SIMcard had ANY data whatsoever. Support told us once to 'enable roaming' and simply mailed a PDF with the instructions we already had, to no avail of course. Requested a refund but all communication was ignored.
The phone is never answered. Our tickets were closed without any confirmation or even a reply. Bad, bad service and a waste of money, effectively inditinguishable from a scam.

Date of experience: October 23, 2017
Prepaid Z. PrepaidZero Rep
over a year old

Dear Jeroen W,

The mentioned sim card subscription had a lot of technical issues until November 2017.
We can confirm that the provider has been replaced in the mean time, so such issues should no longer occur with our current USA sim cards.
If there were any unresolved tickets/issues you may contact us again. Our apologies for the inconvenience.

Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Didn't work for me
October 4, 2018

I recently went to London from US. Bought the prepaidzero UK+Europe 12GB data SIM card and added cash on the card for talk/text. I was told it was compatible with my galaxy s5. When I put the sim card in my phone, my phone just said it didn't recognize the card and wouldn't do anything even through wifi. I bought it mostly for data so I could use GPS but thank goodness my daughter had a phone that worked. I couldn't contact prepaidzero until I returned as my phone wouldn't do anything and was told since I was already back there was nothing they could do. After many emails, I did receive a refund for the cash balance on my card for talk/text. It was a very frustrating experience during my vacation. I wouldn't recommend.

Date of experience: October 4, 2018
Australia
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Daughter had school trip to Italy from Australia. I unfortunately did not think about ordering a card sooner. At about 14 days out from leaving we telephoned and also corresponded by email to the wonderful helpful staff at Prepaid Zero. We were told it should take 8 days for the card to arrive.
Unfortunate this was over the Christmas period and by the post marks it had left Europe very promptly but unfortunately in arrived 1 day too late for my daughters departure. I was worried I might never see my 86 euro again for this data and phone prepaid plan. After contacting them, I sent it back with all details. All ended very well.

Date of experience: January 24, 2015
Sweden
1 review
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I was going to USA for a week and bought a SIM card from PrepaidZero in order to keep up with my mail and manage work remotely. I suspected something wasn't right when I got the card and the instructions said I had to enable roaming!? The entire idea was to NOT have to use roaming. As it turns out the card I got was actually Israeli! And when I used it in my Samsung Galaxy S7 I never got better than H+ (no 3g or 4g or lte) which just wasn't working. I ended up paying for a roaming deal with my normal carrier instead and got 4G right away.
Not worth the gamble.

Date of experience: October 4, 2017
Prepaid Z. PrepaidZero Rep
over a year old

Dear Kris S,

Data roaming needs to be enabled for technical purposes only.
There will be no extra charges when using data roaming with our sim cards.
Also the sim card that you purchased is a sim card up to 3G speed (H+ is a form of high speed 3G)
From our side everything is correct.

Regards,
Prepaidzero support

GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Mini Europe sim!
September 18, 2015

Have used this prepaidzero sim in Italy, Switzerland, France and Spain.
Network coverage, internet speed were just fine.
I would recommend this product to other people, as it's easy to use and you only need 1 sim card.

Date of experience: September 18, 2015
Portugal
1 review
3 helpful votes
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No texting
July 7, 2017

I see other people having problem with texting like us. What is this "company"doing? The answers to the questions seem to be just sorry... but your problem never gets solved! What a waste of time and money!

Date of experience: July 7, 2017
Prepaid Z. PrepaidZero Rep
over a year old

Thank you for your comment. I can confirm that the texting issue was resolved for both of your sim cards.
Our apologies for the inconvenience. For further queries you may contact our support by email.

Virginia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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We were given UK numbers - not Italy ones. When I asked about that they told me it was free to call and text UK numbers so our travel group could communicate with each other. I was only able to ever text one of them. Sometimes I would try to text or call and money would be deducted from my account. I could only complete calls to Italian numbers a couple of times in a month. I had thirty euros credit and was not able to use most of it and they would not refund it when I asked. I followed the instructions they gave me when i emailed to find out what was going on. My brother finally just gave up and got a regular Italy SIM card. Should have done that from the start. It's not that hard. Don't waste your money with this company.

Date of experience: June 28, 2015
Estonia
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Purchased 4 sim cards for France for myself and family with prepaidzero, very helpful staff that responded within 10 minutes after asking them a few questions I had about delivery time and compatibility with my phone. We used this in Paris and Monaco, for Paris it was very easy to use google maps and the sim cards even worked in Monaco without problems. Thumbs up for this service.

Date of experience: February 26, 2014
Germany
1 review
2 helpful votes
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The only thing they proved to be good at was taking my money. Bought 2 SIMs for Germany. Texting never worked. Data was spotty and slow at best. Calls were unintelligible and dropped constantly. 2 requests for help were ignored.
If you go with this company you are wasting your money.

Date of experience: May 30, 2017
Netherlands
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Don't do business with this company! My SIM was extremely slow and despite several emails I did not get any reaction! Their phone number reaches an answering machine and is never answered and never returned despite the messages I left...

Date of experience: October 17, 2016
Netherlands
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I bought a T-Mobile card for Aspen, Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains. Activation went OK but I had no reception and was not able to call or text. Found out that only AT&T or Verizon have service there. Difficulty reaching customer service after my trip, little response and no chance of refund. Would not deal with them again.

Date of experience: September 23, 2016
Spain
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Terrible service after purchase. Finally bought another sim in the airport and it was so simple and they were helpful! You could also get SIM cards at many local stores. That sim was 25% of the cost of prepaidzero as well. Don't use prepaidzero - in my mind they are disreputable

Date of experience: May 20, 2015
Prepaid Z. PrepaidZero Rep
over a year old

Hi Colleen H.,

We are sorry to hear that you're frustrated.
Please contact us by the contact form, so that we can have a look into your case and evaluate further from there. Should the error be our fault, we will of course guarantee you a free resolution. Have a nice day.

California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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What a headache
August 24, 2015

I usually buy sim cards after I arrive in a foreign country and It usually it talks a while before the card is activated. I was attracted to prepaidzero because it works in more than one country and is supposedly active immediately on arrival. Mine didn't work. Through email prepaid zero gave me the number of the carrier to resolve my problem.
The carrier said the sim card I had been given was incompatible with mobile phones. It is supposed to be used in a broadband device. I have spent a lot of time trying to figure out what was wrong. I am not happy. I have asked prepaid zero for a refund. I will write another review to describe how that goes. I am sure there are many happy customers. I am not one of them.

Date of experience: August 24, 2015
Prepaid Z. PrepaidZero Rep
over a year old

Hello, the purpose of the sim card is to offer mobile internet. Without having to use WiFi. If you can't connect using mobile internet, it's best to contact the provider's customer services number for further investigation.

Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Don't trust them. I bough I all Europe SIM card with 2 go data and 30 euro of call and text. I tried to call an ambulances and the police in Paris during a terroristed threat. (I learned later that it was just teenagers with firework who caused a panic) Never worked.

Ho yeah, but the data worked! Seriously, what's the purpose of buying a sim card when you can't use it in the most needed moment!

Date of experience: June 25, 2017
GB
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Company sent me incorrect produc. Totally messed up our trip as a result. Customer services couldn't care less. Offered to repay difference but no apology, no recognition of their incompetence, no acceptance of responsibility. I won't be purchasing anything from them again and nor should you.

Date of experience: October 3, 2015
Prepaid Z. PrepaidZero Rep
over a year old

Thank you for your comment. After checking your case it seems that we indeed shipped an incorrect product. Our apologize for this. To further comment on your case: the product's data bundle was fully consumed by yourself and we could therefor only repay the difference between the products.

Overview

PrepaidZero has a rating of 2.5 stars from 72 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with PrepaidZero most frequently mention sim card, phone number and bad service. PrepaidZero ranks 5th among Phone Card sites.

service
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value
12
shipping
11
returns
5
quality
10