Talk:Brazil/@comment-76.115.15.49-20150908043848/@comment-76.115.15.49-20150912083522

I'm the original poster of this thread.

I'm sorry... I don't buy what you're saying. If there's a plan that is prominently featured on their website, readable and browsable from anywhere in the world, the employees should be familiar with it and not just AUTOMATICALLY say "no such thing" or "go buy it from the kiosk across the street," as they did with me. This plan was available last year during the World Cup, and is presumably designed to accomodate those "Visitor"s, as well as those for the Olympics next year.

Also, I think you mean "Brazilians are banned from buying those," but it really has no bearing as the purported product is not readily available.

I love Brazil, but there are so many infuriating aspects of visiting there, the least of which is the general apathy of the retail employees at whose mercy you end up being. If they are unfamiliar with it, it doesn't exist. There's no researching or asking colleagues about it. The situation I encountered at multiple TIM stores was, sadly, a familiar situation that echoed throughout many retail experiences in the country. Even the management of the TIM stores were ignorant of the Visitor "option."