Re: [CODE4LIB] Cell phone conundrum

2023-08-18 Thread charles meyer
Hi Lynda, Thank you so much for that kind help. You hit the nail on the head! She bought 500 minutes from Tracfone via their toll free phone # 3 months ago and they're all gone. Same thing when she bought the service plan with 1,500 minutes in Jan via HSN and they were all gone by April. Tracf

Re: [CODE4LIB] Cell phone conundrum

2023-08-17 Thread Lynda Howell
ou asked for. Lynda. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries On Behalf Of charles meyer Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2023 6:07 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Cell phone conundrum Tim, Debbie and Lynda, Thank you for your replies. I'm baffled by all this

Re: [CODE4LIB] Cell phone conundrum

2023-08-17 Thread charles meyer
Tim, Debbie and Lynda, Thank you for your replies. I'm baffled by all this. I own an HSN Tracfone and I buy a new phone and new Tracfone service every January for $60 - $69.00 with 1,500 minutes. That's essentially $5.00- $5.83 a month. It expires each January and I often have many minutes Tr

Re: [CODE4LIB] Cell phone conundrum

2023-08-15 Thread Tim McMahon
ersity and Inclusion Research Librarian Catherwood Library 239A Ives Hall 607-254-5257 dkrah...@cornell.edu Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' (the Cayuga Nation). From: Code for Libraries on behalf of charles meyer S

Re: [CODE4LIB] Cell phone conundrum

2023-08-15 Thread Lynda Howell
ebbie Krahmer Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 1:17 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Cell phone conundrum Oh, wait, I think I know what happened now. When you buy minutes with tracfone, you only get 90 days to use it (or 30 days, depending on the refill<https://www.tracfone

Re: [CODE4LIB] Cell phone conundrum

2023-08-15 Thread Debbie Krahmer
l University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' (the Cayuga Nation). From: Code for Libraries on behalf of charles meyer Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 1:06 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG Subject: [CODE4LIB] Cell phone conundrum My este

[CODE4LIB] Cell phone conundrum

2023-08-15 Thread charles meyer
My esteemed listmates, I beg your indulgences on this one. There are more than just one of our patrons who live on Social Security alone, dare I use the 4 letter word poor? They've been using a Tracfone from HSN for $60 for 1,500 minutes. After just 3-4 months they tied to make a cal and St