kantonburg

NoListPrice

You think you can PM me that referal? I'm thinking of jumping on this. Too bad they gave up the Nokia 5100 for the Motorola phone instead.

uli2000

FYI, for anyone looking for prepaid cell, T-Mobile is starting to offer absolutly free unlimited mobile internet for all prepaid customers this week.

jough

Link?

There's no mention of prepaid on their website.

NoListPrice

kantonburg,

Sorry for the late reply. I have not been checking this discussion lately. Please send your email address to [email protected]. I'll send you a referral asap.

Thanks.

kantonburg

ygm

ShawnMercury

They still doing free minutes? Anyone able to send a referral code so we both get 100 free mins?

[email protected]

Colleen

Ygm!

speedy1961

How does this work if you pick up a cell phone (Tracfone) at say a Wal*Mart?

I've been eye-balling this at Wal*Mart for the last two weeks and if I could get 100 minutes, it would cinch the deal.

Any help would be appreciated.

beencrazier

It works the same. We got my step-daughter a tracfone at Walmart and had the referral sent, received 100 free minutes. After web sign-up (10 free mins) and the 10 mins that come with the phone she had 120 minutes, to use within 60 days....

speedy1961

My next question is does purchased minutes expire?

I can understand that the free minutes might expire but if purchased minutes expire also (as I was once told at Staples) then this phone might be for me.

kantonburg

Yes it's all valid for 60 days unless you buy a one year card. But when you add minutes your unused minutes rollover for 30 days.

speedy1961

Thanks for responding.... How much (approximately) does a one year card cost? I see the refill cards at Cumberland Farms but they have NO prices on them. I would assume that airtime prices do not fluctuate but will be priced cheaper based on larger volumes.

kantonburg

Normally it's about $95 for 1 year and 150 minutes.

Jay G.

Boost Mobile has wireless web for $0.20 for a day of use.

Boost is part of Nextel and uses their network. It also has a walkie talkie feature that can be used to talk to other Boost/Nextel users for an unlimited number of minutes for $1.50 a day.

http://www.boostmobile.com/



Personally, I use Virgin Mobile because I got the phones as a present a few years ago. You have to spend at least $20 every 90 days to keep the account active, but all the minutes roll over. There's no roaming, but that also means that you can't use the phone where Virgin/Sprint doesn't have service (excepting 911).

speedy1961

I'll be buying one of these on5/26 if anyone can send a referral code, it would be greatly apreciated. Thanks all!

PoolSide

Check your e-mail speedy1961.

drpie

Beyond Wireless is definitely the best deal for prepaid wireless service (www.gobeyondwireless.com). I picked up a phone off of ebay for $15 shipped (nokia 3360), called up beyond wireless and I was ready to go. The minutes never expire as long as you use the phone once every 60 days. Plus their rates are great, as low as 10 cents a minute. When you are roaming you pay 4 minutes for every minute of talk time. You also get 35 minutes free when you sign up. There are absolutely no hidden costs whatsoever. There are threads about this service on other forums.

cverneau

I was at Target the other night and I'm considering going the Tracfone route.
The phone would be used for pretty much only emergencies.
the phone I was looking at was $50 and the one year card (300 minutes??) was $90. There was a note on the phone package that there was a 100 minute deal inside the package.
it seems to be the cheapest as I'd be getting what I assume is 400 minutes and a phone for approximately $140.
Am I seeing something wrong, or is there a cheaper way to go??
ANy help would be appreciated.

Jay G.

The $90 card for 1 year of services is 150 minutes, not 300. The 300 min/1 year card runs $130.

The "deals" in the Tracfone packaging are basically coupons or specials along the lines of "but 40 minutes, get 10 minutes free." To get the full 100 free minutes you'd have to buy several different prepaid cards.

The Tracfones do come with 10 free minutes of talk time when you activate them though, as well as 60 days of service.

So $140 would buy you the phone, approx 160 minutes of talk time, and up to 14 months of service, depending on when you add the 1 yr card to your phone.

Virgin may be cheaper. For a $40 phone you also get $10 of talk time and 90 days of service. After that, a $20 card will get you an additional 90 days of service. So $100 would get you the phone, approx 1 year of service, plus $70 talk time (at least 280 minutes). Plus, Target occasionally runs sales where they sell the $20 Virgin prepaid card for $15. So the cost could be as low as $85 for the first year.

Of course, Virgin and Tracfone have different service areas, and I think Tracfone's may be larger. I'd check which services work in your area, and then compare.

X

No referrals!

http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=400608

cverneau

Sorry. I didn't realize this as others have also asked for this in the past in the above posts.

Chip718

I just bought a Tracfone V170 flip phone and on the box and in the instructions booklet it says "Downloadable Ringtones," but there are no menu selections for that feature. Does anyone else have this phone?

PoolSide

Chip718,
Start at the bottom of page 87 and see if that helps...

http://www.tracfone.com/images/phone...nersmanual.pdf

Poolside

tbird2340

Bringing this thread back up.. My mother-in-law is wanting a non-contract cell phone to use in emergencies only.. Any good deals floating around?

Thanks!

josepotato

I use Virgin Mobile, Target usually has a few older model phones on clearance, I got a nice flip phone for $40 the "K" series are even cheaper. If you do auto top-up through Virgin's website you only have to buy $15 worth of minutes (25 cents a minute) every 90 days which is plenty for me. If you buy the top-up cards it is $20 every 90 days.