Talk:Germany/@comment-83.163.108.3-20140625143911/@comment-24682153-20140627003826

In fact most of the offers described above you can purchase online shipped abroad. Good platforms are small dealers on ebay.de or amazon.de. They will charge you a small surcharge for registration and international shipping. The providers generally don't ship abroad.

The advanges are, that you can do all things at home, don't need to look around for shops, let them do the registration/activation and have an active SIM as soon as you cross the border. With voice calling or texting you will know your number ahead, too.

But be aware that the surcharge of the dealer should be reasonable.