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HMFindlay Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Hello : Plan confusion

01. A pre01b00pay02b00 mobile – a mobile where you 01b00pay02b00 for your usage in advance.02br
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002. A pre01b00paid02b00 mobile – a mobile where you've 01b00paid02b00 for your usage.02br
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00I'd be more comfortable with #1, as #2 implies that you've already paid for 01i00all02i00 your future usage.02br
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00Sounds like both are same. The first one suggests that I pay in advance. The second one, I've paid for my future usage, which I think means pay in advance too! But someone told me that the first one is equal to postpaid mobile and the second one is equal to pay-as-you-go plan. But I think the first one refers to pay-as-you-go and the second one is equal to post-paid. Which is true?02br
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00I ask because I went to vodafone sites and most of them use the first term but it looks like it means for the second term and that makes me confused. Well try these sites :02br
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01u01font01a05000 02a00 and 01a05100 02a00 and 01a05200 02a00 - uses the term prepay which i believe prepay means pay-as-you-go02br
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01a05300/ 02a00- uses the term prepaid but is a pay-as-you-go plan (because I use it) 05501a05400/ 02a00 - uses the term prepaid and also pay-as-you-go at the same time.02br
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00Can someone explain me the right term for pay-as-you-go is it prepay or prepaid? And tell me a more easier explanation for the difference 05602br
02font02u0240hrefhttp://online.vodafone.co.uk/dispatch/Portal/appmanager/vodafone/wrp?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=Page_BOS_MainContent&pageID=GM_0082241hrefhttp://www.vodafone.co.nz/pricing_plans/prepay_landing.jsp?item=prepay252hrefhttp://www.vodafone.com.au/rep/redSim/payment.jsp?gs=foryou&hd=mobiles&st=promo280803&ss=redSim_payment233hrefhttp://www.hotlink.com.my234hrefhttp://www.m1.com.sg15id116id4
  

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0They all mean the same thing. You 'top up' your mobile with more 'credit' when you need to. You buy a certain value of calls in advance as you need to.

— Nona the brit

  • 0They all mean the same thing.
  • You 'top up' your mobile with more 'credit' when you need to.
  • You buy a certain value of calls in advance as you need to.
  • Pre-pay, pre-paid, pay as you go, all refer to this.
  • 02br 02br 00I'm a bit confused by your concept of paying for all future useage in advance - how could you possibly do that?
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0They all mean the same thing. You 'top up' your mobile with more 'credit' when you need to. You buy a certain value of calls in advance as you need to. Pre-pay, pre-paid, pay as you go, all refer to this. 02br
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00The only other way to pay for mobiles is on 'contract' where you are billed monthly and pay a set amount for a set service.02br
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00I'm a
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0Used to ask about this and you posted a comment also Nona and this guy named MrPedantic wrote about the terms. You can refer to 01a05000 02a02br
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00So Nona, was he the cause of my confusion or he was correct but Im the one who is still confused? BTW, is it ok for me to use either usage or useage
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0I can't quite follow what he meant either, but in a later post he says02br
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00"you could also interpret 'prepaid' in 'prepaid mobile' as meaning 'mobile which uses prepaid top-ups'.02br
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00So there seems to be a case for either version!"02br
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00so it seems that in the end he agrees that either prepay or prepaid will apply t
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