Re: [CODE4LIB] Cell phone conundrum

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

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

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

I've seen a lot of complaints about Tracfone customers losing minutes, data, and/or service time, but from the way you describe it I think it's just service time running out like Debbie said. There are other companies that have service for less per month, but you'd have to use an unlocked phone

Re: [CODE4LIB] Cell phone conundrum

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

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). So it's not about running out of minutes, it's running out of "time" of service. From the site: "A