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Save money on cell phones

Discussion in 'Money & Finance Forum' started by Thelt, Dec 5, 2007.

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  1. Dec 5, 2007 at 4:04 PM #1
    Thelt

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    I have been thinking of getting one of those prepaid phones. I currently have an Alltel phone that costs me $59.99 per month. I wonder if I could save with one of those Trac Phones. I do not use a lot of minutes each month.
     
  2. Dec 5, 2007 at 6:18 PM #2
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    If you don't need many minutes, why are you paying for a $60 plan?
     
  3. Dec 5, 2007 at 6:22 PM #3
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    If you call them they will tell you your average monthly usage and you can decide from there.
     
  4. Dec 5, 2007 at 7:28 PM #4
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    I have my phone and one for my wife and one for the kids so I have three total phones. If I take the $60 plan then I get the extra phones for $10 each. If I drop it down to the $40 plan then they charge me $20 per extra phone.
     
  5. Dec 5, 2007 at 10:05 PM #5
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    Do the extra phones use the same pool of minutes?
     
  6. Dec 5, 2007 at 11:42 PM #6
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    Just curious - how many minutes do you get for $60 these days? If you have three phones sharing them it can't be very many.

    I hate to even say how much I spend for four phones sharing minutes. With two of them teenagers that love to text I had to either do without or pay a premium to max out the minutes/features. It seems like a lot of money but the premium easily pays for one month of overages.
     
  7. Dec 6, 2007 at 9:08 AM #7
    Thelt

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    They use the same pool of minutes. I have 900 per month. We probably use half that many.
     
  8. Dec 6, 2007 at 9:18 AM #8
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    That's not a bad deal. 3 for $80 per month?
     
  9. Dec 6, 2007 at 9:23 AM #9
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    It ends up being more like $100 once they throw in all the fees and taxes and crap. It is not a horrible deal but I would like to do better than that if possible.
     
  10. Dec 6, 2007 at 9:27 AM #10
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    I think my wife and I are around $200 per month for data, texting, and minutes.
     
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