The Real Tom Miller wrote:
Tom Miller) wrote:
| the service is almost completely straightforward -- no gimmicky
| rebates, no airtime promos, no spam-bait "deals."
Same as for TracFone, if customers *go to their web site* and read about all
of their offerings.
I just looked on the Tracphone website to see what kind of deal they
offered and noticed that you have to add minutes to the phone every 60
days. With VM, you have to add $15 to your account every 90 days.
Which is the better deal?
I'd say it depends on your usage. I paid $90 for the annual service, which
is $7.50 month. I can add minutes if I need them. In 2 yrs. I haven't had
to, because of buying when promotions were available.
With a VM credit/debit card plan you don't need to actually do
anything, but with Tracphone you have to find a store and buy a phone
card and enter the number before your remaining minutes and usage time
run out.
OR buy additional time on the internet or by phone, or sign up for their
monthly auto-pay plan.
With Tracphone, the minutes added to the phone expire after 120 days
and each of the cards have an expiration date too. With VM there is
nothing to expire if you choose the credit/debit card plan.
Their web site says [and it is my understanding] that time purchased does
not expire, with ACTIVE service. How you choose to keep your service
*active* is up to you.
I'd say the Tracphone asks you to pay way too much attention to your
phone or else you'll lose your money. And you have to guess in advance
how much you will be using it in the next 60 days to buy the "right"
size card. To make it an easy, convenient plan to use you would have
to buy one of the annual plan cards with a significant outlay of money
up front.
OR you could sign up for the same service with TracFone. They also have the
option of monthly auto-pay plans. Your choice...
Too complicated for me. Too expensive for me. I just want to
use the friggin' phone and not have to worry about buying phone cards,
what day it is, how many minutes I'm going to be using in the next two
months, and how many minutes I have left.
Not many TracFone users do either.
I'm not selling TracFone, but your
message was really distorting what is available through TracFone, and I
thought people should be encouraged to read the site info for themselves.
http://tracfone.com/rates.jsp?nextPa...jsp&task=rates
bj