The £5 credit charge end of each month

newcrazymember2018

Are giffgaff still going ahead with the £5 credit that can be charged at the end of each month? It is something I would consider.

rickvigorous

newcrazymember2018 £5 credit that can be charged at the end of each month?

I missed that. What is the idea? Extra credit? I don’t understand.

jt_21

newcrazymember2018 Are giffgaff still going ahead with the £5 credit that can be charged at the end of each month? It is something I would consider.

Whilst it’s a good idea, I think the onus is on us to make sure we have a little extra credit money on account for emergencies (I know many people run goodybags only and have NO credit on their phones which is good (in a way) because no extra money can be taken if the goodybags runs out of data, however if they needed to make a call or send a text in an emergency or use some data …. say a goodybag failed to renew or they needed to make a call not covered by the goodybag then having NO CREDIT means the phone is just as about useful as a potato 🥔) pay as you go means you pay in advance not afterwards, how would this work if people just used the extra £5 and did not pay it back then just changed to a new sim frequently.

johnrooney80

newcrazymember2018

be brill if are! useful for international and MMS for some! 🤔🤸‍♂️😊

kevincunno

newcrazymember2018 never heard of it so it has been nice to read these posts about it 😊

newcrazymember2018

rickvigorous no its if you don’t have credit but want to send mms messages etc (stuff goody bags don’t cover) and you can be charged at the end of each month a maximum of £5.

padiho

newcrazymember2018 where did you see that?

newcrazymember2018

I saw it on my dashboard one day but now it’s vanished, I think giffgaff were going to trial it.

rickvigorous

newcrazymember2018 vaguely remember hearing about that. Maybe it’s beta app only?

jfc1951

newcrazymember2018 I saw it on my dashboard one day but now it’s vanished, I think giffgaff were going to trial it.

Hi, was it recently that you saw it?

Something like this was mooted last year but it didn’t get as far as being implemented, as far as I am aware.

EDIT What I was thinking about was longer ago than I thought, in May 2018!

https://community.giffgaff.com/d/21947504-coming-soon-a-brand-new-feature-for-goodybags

I’d forgotten about the thread in June this year ( posted, below, by @endorphin ) about the “£5 safety net” despite having commented in it.

endorphin

The £5 safety net feature is being trialled and only available to some members https://community.giffgaff.com/d/33138607-new-5-safety-net

mrjeeves

endorphin

It was deactivated just a day or two after I started that thread. No clue when it’s coming for real.

endorphin

mrjeeves aargh, thanks for the update!

cestephanou

It would be a good idea. Would it not cause issues for misuse if you called abroad etc though?