We have just bought the LG600 (I think - DW will edit if I am wrong lol) Net 10 phones - three of them. We got them off ebay for less than it would have cost us to get them from Walmart. They come all ready to go with a sim card that is loaded with $30 worth of calls and texts.
To be honest I don't know if they will call the UK, as the reason we have bought them is for using over there for when we get split up into 3 groups.
If it is urgent that we call the UK then cost wont be an issue - but if we want to call for a sociable chat then we will use Skype on the laptop
We bought 2 of these and have just come back from DW. We still have minutes left on both of them, but they do have an expiry date on the minutes, (I think it's 60 days), but as SIL is going out in a couple of weeks, we will give them to her to use.
Pro's were:-
1) they were quite neat, and light
2) you can use them to text or call each other in the parks or out and about, so when we separated we were able to keep in touch
3) you can call home to a landline, but not a mobile.
Con's were:-
1) we were constantly receiving odd texts, eg "I still remember the money you owe me" with no name; so I don't know if it's some kind of scam that if you reply you lose all your credit
We just ignored them
2) as soon as you dial, they start deducting minutes, so if you dial a wrong no, even if it doesn't connect, you lose the minutes. We still had loads left though, so it's not a big problem
3) When we dialled the UK, it didn't always work. It sometimes took 2 or 3 attempts, so that was frustrating!
4) I thought you would be able to text a mobile at home, even if you couldn't phone, but that wasn't the case. You can't connect with mobiles in the UK at all.
Having said that, we found them useful, and will take them with us next time and just top up with new airtime.
Jules x
