Reduce the minimum top up to £5

hdavey17

Has this ever been suggested? I think it would be popular choice for a lot of members.

davidevans0000

loads of times this has been mentioned but can't see it ever happening as o2 doesn't do it.

mcilwraith

@hdavey17 wrote:

Has this ever been suggested?

I think it would be popular choice for a lot of members.

many times @hdavey17 its a popular idea in labs.but it gets a not for us from giffgaff

if o2 ever do £5 top ups then giffgaff would follow suit

persco

Yup loads of times this has been suggested. Probably one of the most popular. Giffgaff don’t seem interested though

Have a look in labs. One is this https://labs.giffgaff.com/idea/12953402/make-the-minimum-top-up-£5

boblog

Yes, it has been suggested many times, but the transaction costs don't really make it worthwhile

masterluke

Doubt very much they could even if they wanted to, it's an O2 thing isn't it the ~~£20~~ £10 minimum topup. I do agree though £10 is too much it should be £5. I can topup my Three Rewards PAYG SIM £2 using my debit card.

Edit: That's strange not sure where the £20 topup came from instead of £10 :manvery-happy: either a typo or my browser went funny and stuck the 2 from the £2 Three topup I mentioned where the 1 was supposed to be.

ijustcantdoit

@hdavey17

Yes mate but giffgaff feel its not for them due to the costs

see

Make the minimum top-up £5

https://labs.giffgaff.com/idea/12953402?searchQuery=%C2%A35

mrscake

Deja vu!

Yeah, in our dreams.

sha_shah1

@hdavey17

i wish this dream come true one day

jaymailsays

@hdavey17 wrote:

Has this ever been suggested? I think it would be popular choice for a lot of members.

Popularity does not always equate to sound business sense or management.

After you remove vat and banking charges a £5 top up leaves giffgaff with around £4 to profiteer from. The £5 airtime could sit there for years apart from a six monthly text to keep the sim active.

Luckily, giffgaff do allow the £5 purchase of a goodybag that expires after a month.

hdavey17

@jaymailsays It wouldn’t necessarily just sit there. For example if somebody currently has £7.00 credit, that would be sat there. If the user who needs a £12 goody bag was able to top up with £5 then they can use the credit balance to purchase the goody bag.

Bit as mamy of the response’s have stated it’s unlikely to happen regardless of which way you look at it.

jaymailsays

@hdavey17 True enough.

Adding only £10 credit and buying a £12 goodybag reduces the historic £7 credit to £5 and next time to £3 and so on.

dory85

giffgaff do allow the £5 purchase of a goodybag that expires after a month I've used this service a few times too

05hudsond

why cant giffgaff do this i mean whats stopping them allowing someone to top up a fiver im sure years ago you could top up a fiver so why not now and can you top up a fiver via bank card ?

rosstheboss1

This has been suggested many times just cannot see it happening.

tids

A fiver top up would encourage members to top up a little

It's better than nothing