Activation fee on new contracts?

[Zewp]

I'm looking for a new contract as my phone is getting a bit long in the tooth, but I see Vodacom charges a R202 activation fee. What the hell is this? Certainly it can't cost them R202 to activate the sim card? Prepaid sim cards are activated free of charge, so what is this fee for or is it just more money-grubbing?

 

[burn]

Money-grubbing.

 

[KleinBoontjie]

How else do you think they get the money to do THIS

 

[atomcrusher]

And we subscribers have no choice but to take it up the back end each time we get a new phone

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

And we subscribers have no choice but to take it up the back end each time we get a new phone

If you have an existing contract, just upgrade, new contract, pay and smile ...

 

[Ockie]

The activation fee is R97.00 and is charged to your Vodacom account. The balance is what you pay for the sim in store. If you convert a prepaid number to contract then you do not pay for a new sim.