GSM WORLD

hi,

a friend of mine is currently in europe someplace backpacking, and just
asked me to buy a vodafone top up card for her and text her the number.

only thing is im a lazy bastard with no transport. its a 5 mile trip to
the nearest town, my dad works from home and my mum went shopping today so
she probably wont need to go tomorrow. unless our local post office sells
the cards then ... well actually i could get it tomorrow evening cos we are
going out ... but anyway

i know this newsgroup usually provides answers pretty quick so i thought id
ask here tonight and if not, then ill go to the post office or sainsburys
tomorrow.

theres the thing on the vodafone website where you can register and top up
your phone online. i was wondering whether its possible for me to register
her phone and do it online?

does the regrestation process ask for stuff like a name and address, and
does it check them against their database (i guess for pay as you go phones
they dont have a database of phone holders anyway).

also, if she wanted to use the service sometime, would she be able to
re-register the same number, or should i pick a username more suitable for
her and then tell her the password i used for her when she gets back?

basically i want to know if it is okay for me to register someone elses
phone number and send them money like this. it says you can see your
current credit balance using this method, so i would have thought there
would be *some* extra security (other than just a phone number) otherwise
anybody would be able to check anyone elses balance.

adam