Getting QC Plan and Number on Koodo in Toronto

1. Activate with a local number at any dealer. Go on cheapest plan unless there's a promo you want on a bigger plan (overseas calling allowance, bonus data allowance) in order for it to carry over to the equivalent QC plan
2. Hop online (doesn't have to be at home, can even be in the dealer store using their wifi), switch to a QC number
3. Change the plan right away (max once per billing cycle, can be done before your first bill)
4. Port in your GTA number after the fact and keep the QC plan

titaniumtux wrote: ↑ BestBuy will activate a QC number for you.

But since you're going BYOD, it doesn't really matter. Since you can:

1. Activate with a local number at any dealer. Go on cheapest plan unless there's a promo you want on a bigger plan (overseas calling allowance, bonus data allowance) in order for it to carry over to the equivalent QC plan
2. Hop online (doesn't have to be at home, can even be in the dealer store using their wifi), switch to a QC number
3. Change the plan right away (max once per billing cycle, can be done before your first bill)
4. Port in your GTA number after the fact and keep the QC plan

Lolz at anyone who downvotes this post.

will888 wrote: ↑ What Bestbuy stores in the GTA will activate a QC number? I was in Ottawa earlier this week and happen to be walking by a Koodo kiosk. Just for fun, I asked the agent if he will activate a QC number for me. He said sure, show me photo ID with a QC address. I bet I was probably the 10000th person who has ever asked him.

titaniumtux wrote: ↑ Koodo stores and most dealers in Ontario will require proof of address in QC to activate a QC number, with the exception of BestBuy. Walmart might do it, but BestBuy so far does it without question. Koodo's new activations network even blocks porting in "out of province" numbers, but they'll let you do it after the fact in the web portal. The system does allow assigning out of province numbers, just no dice for porting one over.

Had you crossed over to Gatineau, QC, you could have activated a QC number despite using your Ontario billing address at any Koodo store. Sadly, Gatineau doesn't have any Wow or TMS locations.

will888 wrote: ↑ In other words, easiest path is to get a plan at Bestbuy with a QC number, go home and switch to QC plan, port in Ontario phone number, enjoy the savings.

titaniumtux wrote: ↑ BestBuy can even put you on a QC plan right away. Only step would be to port in the ON number after the activation in self-serve.

will888 wrote: ↑ They are actually that accommodating! This is at any Bestbuy store in the GTA?

will888 wrote: ↑In other words, easiest path is to get a plan at Bestbuy with a QC number, go home and switch to QC plan, port in Ontario phone number, enjoy the savings.

titaniumtux wrote: ↑BestBuy can even put you on a QC plan right away. Only step would be to port in the ON number after the activation in self-serve.

will888 wrote: ↑They are actually that accommodating! This is at any Bestbuy store in the GTA?

will888 wrote: ↑ They are actually that accommodating! This is at any Bestbuy store in the GTA?

hvwozq wrote: ↑ Nothing about being accomodating. If they give you a QC number, they have to give you a QC plan because any other plan won't show up.

titaniumtux wrote: ↑ BestBuy will activate a QC number for you.

But since you're going BYOD, it doesn't really matter. Since you can:

1. Activate with a local number at any dealer. Go on cheapest plan unless there's a promo you want on a bigger plan (overseas calling allowance, bonus data allowance) in order for it to carry over to the equivalent QC plan
2. Hop online (doesn't have to be at home, can even be in the dealer store using their wifi), switch to a QC number
3. Change the plan right away (max once per billing cycle, can be done before your first bill)
4. Port in your GTA number after the fact and keep the QC plan

Lolz at anyone who downvotes this post.

titaniumtux wrote: ↑ Looks like in GTA, it's a huge YMMV. In Ottawa, both BestBuy and Wal-Mart still hand out QC #'s on Koodo like a hot burger on a bun. My buddy (who reads RFD forum) got a Galaxy S7 at Walmart and wanted to do a day 2 cancellation, they still gave him (with Ontario ID) a QC # with the device on tab medium. Now he's trying to switch to an AB # to drop the sales tax on his buy-out.

jasman123 wrote: ↑ On the Koodo website, it says that the 2GB bonus data is going to expire today, Nov 27. How fast can I change the ON number to a QC number and select the QC 5+1+2 GB plan? Will it take more than a day, planning to get the line setup right now. TIA