Talk:Vodafone Germany/@comment-70.182.154.188-20180829144939/@comment-24682153-20180829191712

For some it's tricky, for others it's swift. Generally you can go to a supermarket, petrol/gas station, kiosk, mobile phone store, electronics center, postal agency or of course a Vodafone store and buy a Vodafone starter pack (@ €10). Vodafone gives you different ways to register. One is of them is online. Their registration partner is WebID. This service is free, but some find it quite unreliable, others have no problems. You will need your passport (or as an European alternatively an ID card), a stable internet connection (preferably via WiFi in your Air B&B), a cam (like those in laptops, tablets and smartphones) and some luck that connections doesn't break down.

First you enter your personal data online in writing, then a video connection to WebID is established. Most people of WebID will be able to speak English and ask you some questions. You will have a video chat with them and pray that connection doesn't break down. Sometimes they'll ask you to show your ID document in a certain angle to the camera to prove its authenticity. As address either your local address (keep it handy with street, town and postal code) or the foreign address in the passport is taken, that differs. But the people of WebID only need to verify your info, that you have already given on the online form by checking your ID document.

When all breaks down, you can still go to a Vodafone store and insist that your starter is registered there (only if it's a Vodafone starter, of course). Officially, registration should be for free, but some places tend to charge extra. This is still the only way for citizens of some small countries outside Europe that WebID is not able to verify.