Crazy John’s is one of the original and most accomplished mobile operators in the Australian market. Originally providing their contracts through Telstra, they are now owned and operated through the Vodafone network. In addition to mobile services Crazy John’s also now offer prepaid broadband and a number of other services for the youth and family markets.
The Crazy John’s prepaid mobile product range has undergone some significant changes this year. These changes have impacted all of Vodafone’s prepaid mobile services. The biggest of these changes has been the introduction of free calls and txt between Crazy John’s mobile phones.
Selecting the right prepaid mobile plan isn’t just about getting the right price or expiry on your credits, it’s also about evaluating what provider the people you mostly call are on. If you and your partner/children/friends all began using a service like Crazy John’s, then you could in effect get a lot more value out of your credits, because you could call each other for free.
Crazy John’s offer 3 prepaid mobile plans,the Basic $10,the Prepaid Caps and the Super Saver plans.
The Basic $10 offers $10 credit, with 15c call rate, 15c connection fee and 15c sms. Credit lasts for 30 days. This is their cheapest entry level plan and one that was launched earlier this year.
The second category the Prepaid Caps, offer a range of entry points. The Caps start at $19 an increase to $79. Call rates are unfortunately a little on the high side; 39c per 30 sec (78c per min) with a 35c flag fall. You do however get added credit to any network plus free unlimited talk “Crazy Talk” with each cap. The credit starts at $60 for the $19 Cap and increases to $700 for the $79 Cap. Based on my calcs, with a $19 Cap you would get about 31, 2 min calls from that credit. So that is one call a day. At the other end, the $700 Cap would give you 366 calls. The expiry of credit begins with 30 days on the $19 Cap and gets to 60 days on the $79 Cap. An added bonus offered by Crazy John’s is that it allows you to rollover any unused credit up to $1000 as long as you recharge before the credit expires. So don’t worry if you can’t use it all in the credit period, you can save it up for the following month.
The other sets of offers available are the Super Saver plans. These are available at $20, $30 & $50 and each plan offers an equal amount of credit plus you get free unlimited Crazy Talk & Text. Call rates are the same as the Basic $10, with 15c per 30 sec, 15c connection and 15c text. Credit lasts for 30 days on all plans.
The Basic $10 and the Supersaver plans are great. 15c is a good rate and quite competitive in the prepaid market. It isn’t the cheapest but you also get the free talk and text, so as I said, get a few friends on this plan and save a bundle.
