View Full Version : New Skype Rates
bwana
27-07-2005, 02:57 PM
From today is seems local Skype rates (ie Skype calls terminating in SA) are now 22% lower!
http://support.skype.com/?_a=announcements&_m=details&_i=18
R0.505 per minute now.
desraid
27-07-2005, 03:22 PM
great news for skype users like me. :)
very good news for SA indeed, but is it easier for SA Skypers to buy SkypeOut credits than before?
bwana
29-07-2005, 12:00 AM
very good news for SA indeed, but is it easier for SA Skypers to buy SkypeOut credits than before?Dunno - only had a problem once with SA creditcard but since May its all been fine for me. Besides - didnt I hear that pay-pal was back in SA?
zaphod
29-07-2005, 08:57 AM
From today is seems local Skype rates (ie Skype calls terminating in SA) are now 22% lower!
http://support.skype.com/?_a=announcements&_m=details&_i=18
R0.505 per minute now.
It is actually 0.055 €/min, which is 0.44 R/min.
It is more than 50% cheaper than Telkom for long distance calls in peak time.
:rolleyes:
bwana
29-07-2005, 10:43 AM
It is actually 0.055 €/min, which is 0.44 R/min.
It is more than 50% cheaper than Telkom for long distance calls in peak time.
:rolleyes:
Yeah - but plus vat = ZAR 0.505 - http://www.skype.com/products/skypeout/rates/all_rates.html?currency=ZAR
Yeah - but plus vat = ZAR 0.505 - http://www.skype.com/products/skypeout/rates/all_rates.html?currency=ZAR
AFAIK you only pay VAT if you living in europe
bwana
29-07-2005, 10:38 PM
AFAIK you only pay VAT if you living in europeAnd that would probably be a good reason for me NOT to use a UK credit card (he says whilst smacking himself on the forehead) :(
Highflyer_GP
08-08-2005, 07:14 PM
ok i have a question - is it possible to buy skypeout using a debit card? i cancelled my credit card - i think its a curse.
thed33p
08-08-2005, 09:20 PM
Yes. Dunno about Visa-Elctron style debit card though...
Mine is a debit card but it's the real thing (reads: you can't tell that it's a debit card through inspection) and it work 100%
HiltM
09-08-2005, 09:13 AM
I registered with Paypal and bought Skype out credits in 10 min...easy as pie witha bog standard SA credit card.(Mastercard) :D
Sssssssh
Telkom will hear you, and shape it even more :/
diabolus
09-08-2005, 12:59 PM
..i didn't even use paypal..i just bought directly with my Visa. Now if only we can get SkypeIN in SA....
BLaZor
09-08-2005, 02:24 PM
AFAIK you only pay VAT if you living in europe
NO you dont, Use HSBC business card, and you dont pay no vat anywhere in the world. :D
PeterCH
24-09-2008, 09:56 PM
NO you dont, Use HSBC business card, and you dont pay no vat anywhere in the world. :D
It probably depends on the address attached to the card. If its in the EU
you'll pay VAT. HSBC operates in Europe too.
ColinR
25-09-2008, 07:22 AM
Cheaper than free? And no risk of pesky Supernode traffic?
Betamax is the way to go - then again we all know this :D
I have setup a gateway for family members to dial into my house, and call onward from there via betamax - we have never reached our 300min/week free quota.
bwana
25-09-2008, 07:29 AM
It probably depends on the address attached to the card. If its in the EU
you'll pay VAT. HSBC operates in Europe too.You were victim of a spammer's thread resurrection.