I can send a referral and detailed directions to anyone else who needs one to get set up.
Just send me a Private Message.
(Referrals only work when buying a new or reconditioned phone, not for anyone REactivating an old phone.)
Tracfones are great if you are going to use the phone very little. The battery & charger come with the phones. They have a package deal for 100 minutes with a reconditioned phone included for $29.99. There are now many deals at stores before Xmas, dropping the price down to $14.99 (Target) - $19.99 or $24.99.
The best way to utilize this deal is getting a referral to activate the phone to get a bonus free 100 minutes. Depending on how much you are going to use the phone, the trick is how & when to ADD the airtime minutes on in a way to get
6 full months of airtime before needing to buy another minutes card! Plus there are often promo bonus codes for another free 40 minutes, so you will be getting a total of 260 minutes + 6 months activation, all for the $29.99.
On the Tracfone website, there is a place to enter your zip code to see if they have coverage in your area.
Tracfone doesn't have their own cell service, per se. What they do is RENT cell service from existing carriers in your area. Instead of getting a Verizon cellphone, & only having serviced dedicated to Verizon, when I've traveled, the Tracfone SWITCHED to whatever carrier was available to me, in that area.
When I've been in the boonies with friends & we all turned on our phones. The Sprint people almost never had coverage because of the all digital network. If there was a carrier out there that Tracfone works with, I usually had service. Something to think about whether you decide on a cellphone carrier, Tracfone or otherwise. Of course, in some areas, none of us had any service.
Tracfone does give you 30 days to RETURN your phone if you find out, it doesn't have enough service/coverage for you or not the plan you want. I think this is what the "reconditioned" phones are that Tracfone is selling for the $30 +100 minutes. When you return a used phone, Tracfone has to wipe the old telephone number from it's memory before selling it again.
.
. I've been buying another phone (for $20) at Wal Mart insted of buying airtime cards. I refer myself (with a different e-mail) and get 100 minutes on each phone. After a few weeks, I transfer the minutes for the new phone (the $20 one) to my flip-phone and just give the unactivated phone to goodwill or somewhere like that (you can still dial 911 if it's not activated).
