We came upon a nice blog post recently.
A parent was getting their child ready for college and complaining about the expense. On top of everything else, the kid's dorm room didn't have a landline, so it was necessary to get a cellphone. But the parent never had a cellphone and expenses were mounting. What to do?
Get a TracFone.
Here's what they wrote: There is cable television in every room, but there are no landline telephones! We’ve never used cell phones, and we are not going to take on an unnecessary monthly bill, so we bought a prepaid tracfone. We got a very good deal on it!
Makes perfect sense!
$17.5 Million to settle "Early Termination" lawsuit
Here's an interesting item: "A proposed national settlement has been reached in a class action proceeding alleging that Sprint, Nextel and/or Sprint Nextel's use of a flat-rate early termination fee (ETF) in its customer wireless agreement violate the Federal Communications Act and consumer protection laws of the states and of the United States. Sprint Nextel denies any liability or wrongdoing but has agreed to settle under the terms of the Settlement Agreement."So Sprint denies any liability but is going to pay big bucks to make this go away.
Bottom line: why would anyone have a phone with a contract? It's pretty clear that the contract phone companies are the only parties that benefit from the contract. Users don't.
Prepaid cell phones are the way to go. No contracts are necessary!
TracFone Not BlingPhone
I've been poking around the Internet a bit, as usual. One of the things that I've discovered is that TracFone users seem to be loners.There aren't hundreds of TracFone fan clubs or users' groups. Or if there are, I haven't found very many.
Not sure why. Maybe it's because TracFones aren't particularly sexy; they mostly appeal to people who want to talk and text and save money.
The phones themselves are good, but they don't make coffee, shoot flames or cure erectile dysfunction. They just allow users to talk, text, surf the Web... that sort of thing.
They're phones, not bling.
Regardless, here's a great resource, with links to info on TracFone and other relevant stuff. There's also a link to the Yahoo TracFone Users' Group... which I will definitely check out. LOL!
Sharing is a beautiful thing
I'm not greedy. I'm generous.
Whenever I have something, I like to share.
My neighbor dropped off a bunch of tomatoes last week but the week before, I gave him some fish I caught on my vacation. I had plenty and my freezer was full. Sharing is a beautiful thing.
So in that spirit, please allow me to share a a promo code for a FREE accessory kit. Just enter it in the appropriate place (you'll see) when you order your TracFone online.
It's 88160.
Oh, and be sure to order a TracFone that comes with Double Minutes For Life, too.
Is TracFone "disposable"?
I heard some bozo the other day refer to my TracFone as "a disposable phone."
"Excuse me? What does that mean exactly?"
Well, the guy was a friend so I was polite, but he stammered and stuttered and said something about it being "disposable" because I didn't have a contract.
That's what made it "disposable?" The fact that I didn't have a stupid, expensive contract that tied me to my cell-phone provider for two years (or more) made my phone "disposable"?!?
I think not.
The fact is that my TracFone gets great reception and saves me tons of money. I didn't have to sign up for two years, go through a credit check or subject myself to bills with crazy charges and screwy fees for things I don't want... and sure as hell don't want to pay for, either.
I don't understand why prepaid phones don't get the love they deserve. My cousin lived in Europe for a a few months for his jobs and told me that most phones over there are prepaid. So what is the big deal?
I think we're been brainwashed. Maybe it's because we think that signing a contract to use a phone is normal and natural. It isn't.
In fact, I think the contract is what needs to be disposable. ASAP!
Double up
I'm kind of astonished that people aren't going nuts about Double Minutes For Life.
It's really an amazing deal: half-off on minutes for as long as you own your phone.
Some TracFones come with it already which is awesome but you can buy a card and get it too.
Here's a link to check it out.
It's really an amazing deal: half-off on minutes for as long as you own your phone.
Some TracFones come with it already which is awesome but you can buy a card and get it too.
Here's a link to check it out.
