TracFone Wireless Digital Prepaid Plan

Average customer rating: 3.0

Why!

Losing your purchased minutes

TracFone Wireless Digital Prepaid Plan

Manufacturer:
Product Group: Wireless
Binding: Wireless Plan
ASIN: B00005U1RS

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Emergency Use: Under 100 min
| Service Plans | Cell Phones & Service

Amazon.com Product Description

Calling Range: national (roaming not included)

This cell phone service plan lets you call throughout TracFone's nationwide network, with no additional fees for long distance service.

Included Minutes: Units good for 10 local or 5 roaming

This plan includes 10 airtime units; good for 10 minutes worth of local calling (billed at one unit per minute) or 5 minutes of roaming (billed at two units per minute), or any combination of local and roaming totaling 10 airtime units.

Mobile-to-Mobile minutes: no

This plan offers no reduced fee for calls made between two TracFone cell phone plan subscribers.

Services and products included at no additional fee

A Nokia 5165 cell phone and access to the TracFone nationwide long distance network is available at no additional cost to the by-minute rate (see Services Available, below) when you purchase individual phone cards. You'll also get voice mail, caller ID, call waiting, and text messaging. There is no monthly fee, deposit, or credit check with this program. For more information, see the "prepaid faq" on the left column of this page.

Services Available for an additional, per-use fee

Calls cost between $0.10 and $0.50 per minute depending on the type of pre-paid phone card you use. Cards are purchased separately.

Upgrade Highlights: n/a

No upgrades are available for this plan.

Plan Duration: n/a

Calls are paid for with prepaid phone cards, sold separately and refillable by TracFone and most cell phone retail outlets.

Customer Reviews:

Why!.......2007-04-16

Because it's an as you use plan.
I had one of those plans before where I paid 50 dollars a month for two lines and, you know, like a gazillion minutes evening and 30 anytime. Wasn't even using the 30 anytime minutes to when the contract ended! So did my usage. Tracfone allows me to control my minutes, admitedly I don't use my phone for a lot except emergencies but it is nice if you DON'T have to have for business. Although I would use mine for business.

Losing your purchased minutes.......2002-01-12

When I first received this phone, I was very happy with it. That changed quickly, however. I bought the phone with a 120 minute 1-year activation card, and chose extra minutes instead of a cash rebate with purchase of the phone. In total, I had over 200 minutes of time when my phone suddenly went dead one day. After trying many things, a customer service rep explained that I would have to mail it back to the factory, which I did, and received a new phone back 2 weeks later...without any minutes. Apparently, TracFone has no way to track available time, other than the phone itself. Since mine was defective, the minutes I paid for were lost. I spent over an hour on the phone with CSR's, after which they "generously" (the CSR's word) gave me 30 minutes of airtime to fix the problem. Be wary of this company. If your phone breaks, is lost or stolen, or if it just dies, there is no way to recoup your expense of purchased airtime.

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