# Anybody know how to get a new SIM card from Cingular?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-how-to-get-a-new-sim-card-from-cingular/384670
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 18, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-how-to-get-a-new-sim-card-from-cingular/384670 "2006-12-18T19:10:52Z")
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### Author:  [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-how-to-get-a-new-sim-card-from-cingular/384670/1 "2006-12-18T19:10:52Z")
I got a spiffy new Blackberry Pearl from Cingular, but the SIM card it came with is broken (physically) and won’t work, so I can’t activate it. I can use the SIM from my old phone, but that doesn’t have the Blackberry network doohikey on it, so right now my cool new Blackberry is just a plain, lame-ass cell phone.
I’ve searched high and low on Cingular’s website and can’t figure out how to get them to send me a replacement SIM card. Has anyone ever achieved this feat before? Bonus points if you know how to do it without having to talk to some guy in India.
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### Author:  [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-how-to-get-a-new-sim-card-from-cingular/384670/2 "2006-12-18T19:21:33Z")
We went to our local Cingular store and got one replaced.
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### Author:  [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-how-to-get-a-new-sim-card-from-cingular/384670/3 "2006-12-18T19:27:03Z")
[QUOTE=Duckster]
We went to our local Cingular store and got one replaced.
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:smack:
See, that’s why I love this place. I hadn’t even considered that, and there’s Cingular stores all over this damn town.