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Icantstayaway
PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 1:08 am 
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Even if you have credit, you will lose your number if you do not add something to the account every 3 months.

So if anyone needs me to pay 100 colon to keep the account active, I will do it for free. Just send me a pm with the number.

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Bigal211
PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:07 am 
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Good Info and a very brotherly offer.

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Hioctane
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FYI, you can topup online so you won't need to look for someone in the country you are in.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 11:57 am 
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KOLBI told me last month that I needed to recharge at least some small amount at least every 120 days to keep my number.

Has something changed????
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Mkink
PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 12:05 pm 
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Rac wrote:
KOLBI told me last month that I needed to recharge at least some small amount at least every 120 days to keep my number.

Has something changed????


If that is what KOLBI said - I would go with that! :D
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Orange
PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 1:38 am 
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Has anybody done it online recently? I tried to do it about 2weeks ago on Masterpago but could not. My account said it had to go through some new verification. I needed to call them to verify. Talk about Tico inefficiency.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 7:18 am 
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Orange wrote:
Has anybody done it online recently? I tried to do it about 2weeks ago on Masterpago but could not. My account said it had to go through some new verification. I needed to call them to verify. Talk about Tico inefficiency.


I got the same message that my account had not been verified and to contact them. I had my account verified in the past so no idea what is going on with the site. I sent a few emails and they all bounced back with the message their account is full. A friend put 500 colones on my sim but I would like to be able to access my account to do a recharge.
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Icantstayaway
PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 11:52 pm 
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Thanks, I changed the thread title to 4 months. I was not sure. I just know I have more than $100 credit on my prepaid number and all the sudden I started getting a message b4 I could make a phone call.

I stopped by Kolbi and they told me I have to add at least 100 colon to keep it active. So I did.

I guess its every 4 months.

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Hioctane
PostPosted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 7:04 am 
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Al mierda con ICE. They suck and want you to do business on their terms. You can buy credit with a bank account, but have to touch the handset while connected to the local network in Costa Rica in order to apply the credit. How freaking stupid is that?

I think the policy is now 120 days. The line stops working after 90 days, but if you recharge within the 120 days it reactivates.

I'm not totally sure, but I think the ICE system for credit card recharge online went away about six months ago. An issue was that if you have a number you could see the name of the owner before even paying to apply the credit. It effectively eliminated privacy.

http://www.claro.cr/wps/portal/cr/pc/pe ... o/en-linea

Just get a line with Claro and you can still recharge online with a credit card.


You don't need to go directly to a carrier to recharge online. One of the many places to recharge is http://www.topup.com/CostaRica/mobile-recharge/
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AlCzervik
PostPosted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 12:37 am 
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You don't need to go directly to a carrier to recharge online. One of the many places to recharge is http://www.topup.com/CostaRica/mobile-recharge/[/quote]



I used topup.com, works like a charm. Put in Phone #, CC info., they call you to verify right away,

couple of simple security questions, good to go. Thanks!
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