Tim C. wrote:
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:26:38 +0100, Wolfgang Schwanke wrote in post :
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Martin wrote in
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Vodafone expires after 6 months. Pocketing the credit is theft IMO.
I think it varies among countries because different regulations apply.
According to a court ruling some time ago in Germany, they may not
pocket the credit, but they may still expire the SIM if there is no
activity for some amount of time.

How does that work? Does the credit just evaporate? Or can the customer
reclaim it when they reactivate/buy a new card?

Googling around, there appear to be several references to a series of
high court decisions going back to 2006 ruling that pocketing the
prepaid credit is in breach of German law, and T&C clauses to the
opposite effect are invalid.

In the case of Vodafone, the customer should send his CallYa SIMcard
together with a letter of notice and his bank account number to service
centre.
Reference: http://preview.tinyurl.com/bhlsw5

T.