Flier:
Sim replacement should be expensive,I think at least 20.000 Naira
Some idiots are replacing sim simply because of cheap data and bonus

shut up

EmperorTolson:

A sim for 2k is not ridiculous?
Is that it?

Dnt mind senseless pipu.So,nah we go help tel co recoup their loss/the money NCC bill dem? Same way,DSTV,gotv dey use us anyhow and we kip quiet while they RAPE/drain our purse.What dey can't do in their own country

jawalis:
It’s 500 naira. But from the explanation she gave; the SIM card itself is 100 naira while it comes with 400 naira airtime. And because prospective buyers must purchase with his/her National ID card.

this is one is fair, but retailers are charging high price.

fait10:
y can't ur friend retrieve his lost sim card. What is d issue exactly? Even me I m having problem of retrieving my sim card because of images differences.

he lost the simpack and he couldn't get affividavit since the court are on strike

The best thing is to go to their experience centres in order to avoid the outrageous costs from the roadside sellers.
I went to MTN ADMIN HEAD OFFICE at Falomo on Wednesday but left cos of network ish,
I eventually bought a new registered 9mobile sim kit for 100naira at their center at Awolowo road,ikoyi that same day.
God bless NIGERIA.

thatsleepboy1:


You're worse than a highway robber. You deserve to be locked up. You're a hardened criminal.

baba,park well...and shut your mouth...where is it writen dat make person no buy sim as dey want,shey na ur money e use buy sim,or network provider complain to you.,.d guy try to get data,tins are hard and man wan sub,if he gat a choice he wont...so stop judging and attack network providers that are exploiting nigerians with exorbitant prices...na dem be d harden criminal...

lettalktrue:
he lost the simpack and he couldn't get affividavit since the court are on strike

ohh ok. But I saw pple getting affividavit now.

Jakumo:
To buy a new phone sim in Nigeria, the new procedure is simple.

1. Make a deposit of just $1000 USD to the nearest police station in your local government.

2. Submit the ownership documents of your car and your house.

3. Tender the VERIFIED address of your first-born child's school or university.

4. Sign over your farm to cattle herding terrorists.

7. Submit recent photographs of your entire family.

8. Allow your wife or girlfriend to spend 7 nights with the sim card vendor, for verification purposes.

9. Sign a written undertaking to be of good behavior for the next ten years.

10. Produce a court affidavit that you have NO objection to the above 9 conditions.

God breast Nigeria.

ur government go bad ooo with policy

#150 in Airtel office here in Enugu

Thought I was the only one o, bought my Airtel line then Econet at 38k, later bought Mtn for 27k. And those two sims are what I have till date.

BabbanBura:


Ridiculous what? We bought sim cards for 40k those days, more expensive than the phones then.

Don't be scammed ! sim retrieval and new purchase of MTN sim cost N100 any amount above that mean you will be credited the excess you paid. If you don't get it call 180 or go back to collect your money back. I work with telecom so believe it.

Sandydayziz:

Does that mean we should buy for 80k now?
A country should be getting better, not moving backward. There was no reason given why the prices have increased, that’s the question you should be asking.

500 naira with registration

Sooner or later if Starlink (Elon musk) pitch there network in Nigeria, MTN and co might be begging us to collect their SIM free of charge

chukwuibuipob:
ONLY IDIOTS will part with 2500 to buy wotbis officially 100.Dey can use Ur head to play ludo game not the smart pipu.U ask question! Why is dis expensive

u lack sense. U sud not be quick to insult potential buyers. But I'm not surprised most u sud b limited to 2go. No teenager on nairaland. It's a matured forum.

kannex:
I understand that most people change their sim card every three month because of the 3 month bonus that comes with it especially the three month double data bonus after 3 month just imagine you subscribing to a 1k plan and you are giving 3gb and 2 gb for youtube night plan that is wonderful.
But what i dont understand is that why cant all the internet service provider make 1k for 3gb be the standard in this country, instead of making people to buy new sim card every three month. well me i get more than 20 airtel sim for my house the thing is that i dont really love to buy sim every three month is it just that the bonus package that comes with it na die. Let all these telecommunication companies make 1k for 3gb be the industrial standard then i believe people will stop to buy sim every 3 month.
See me now i no fit sub because my 3 month double data don expire, i dey only do night plan, na only when dem start to sell sim 200 na that time i go sub for now i still they rock internet with free operamin 50 mb if i wan download i go do night plan but if i wan check nairaland and other that operamini surr pass.

I dey reason say nah only me dey use that free 50mb operamini. Funniest part, if I don use my MTN 50mb, I go switch enter Airtel use another 50mb. With that I dey conserve my data

God bless u

Sandydayziz:

Does that mean we should buy for 80k now?
A country should be getting better, not moving backward. There was no reason given why the prices have increased, that’s the question you should be asking.

some of diz pipu are still teen.They have empty brain/slow.Pathetic is their case

#100 HERE IN AKWA IBOM

Mandesz:
u lack sense. U sud not be quick to insult potential buyers. But I'm not surprised most u sud b limited to 2go. No teenager on nairaland. It's a matured forum.

Ur father lack sense /dumb upstairs.I'll face Ur father not u cos u appear dull.Go back to SS 2 and retake Ur Waec

Mandesz:

I'm after the word IDIOT he used. if the general price level sticks to that price and u need d sim badly,then u av no option

Ok

BabbanBura:


Ridiculous what? We bought sim cards for 40k those days, more expensive than the phones then.

just read what you wrote again And again....


Till you have sense
Are we moving forward or backwards!!
When we have an old fool as president not suprised to see your senselessness

Flier:
Sim replacement should be expensive,I think at least 20.000 Naira
Some idiots are replacing sim simply because of cheap data and bonus

And you think 200naira is expensive

Idowuay123:
I work for mtn, the official price for sim card is #100. Just one hundred naira only.

However, you would be advised to buy airtime on your new sim and your are free to buy airtime of any amount.

If you experienced any thing contrary to the above, please walk in to any of our offices around you.

Thank you.

any news on porting

LMS1:
Since the Ban was lifted I haven't come across any new Sim seller yet.
all the people I am seeing here are selling it for 1k and 1500 highest.
wereas new Sim card those days were only N200.

but my friend told me these new sim cards are Tokumbo Sims And it came in to Nigeria through SEME border that is why they are So costly and I blindly agreed with him

How do you then configure it to work on Nigeria network?
Stop feeding on fallacies

Propheticdavid:
baba,park well...and shut your mouth...where is it writen dat make person no buy sim as dey want,shey na ur money e use buy sim,or network provider complain to you.,.d guy try to get data,tins are hard and man wan sub,if he gat a choice he wont...so stop judging and attack network providers that are exploiting nigerians with exorbitant prices...na dem be d harden criminal...

Thanks boss am happy say pipu like una ware they reason pesin still dey if airtel and co have make 1k for 3gb a standard in nigeria i can tell you that a whole lot of people will not rush to get a new sim every three month

ademuyiwa20:



I dey reason say nah only me dey use that free 50mb operamini. Funniest part, if I don use my MTN 50mb, I go switch enter Airtel use another 50mb. With that I dey conserve my data

So i dtill get partner for this 50mb opera mini no wahala but me i wan make airtel and co make 3gb for 1k the insdustrial standard make man no dey buy sim every three month

Sandydayziz:

Does that mean we should buy for 80k now?
A country should be getting better, not moving backward. There was no reason given why the prices have increased, that’s the question you should be asking.

Did you study Economics at all?

BabbanBura:


Ridiculous what? We bought sim cards for 40k those days, more expensive than the phones then.

Are you sure SIM cards were up to 40k even back then? It was 25k to 28k tops

lettalktrue:
13k! i don't believe this

the current Airtel I'm using I bought it 13k in 2004

zedegit:


Did you study Economics at all?

U can study Economics,Bus Adm, Mathematics,Acc in University and still FAIL in life/outside school.U put Ur brain to work.U see in banking world, there's NO EXCUSES.U pay for being DUMB/SLOW.Ur colleagues will only sympathize with U.in life,u move forward NOT backwards.We all knw dat telecos are looking for way to pay bank/FG.They should look for d money elsewhere NOT ROBBING us

Here in Osogbo, na #200

Porting is still unavailable!