Help with Cell phone plans

[jjirons69]

Good advice. I think I'll go the pay-as-you-go route and see how that works.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by jjirons69

Good advice. I think I'll go the pay-as-you-go route and see how that works.

Phones are only a couple bucks at Walmart, Jamie.
Hey, if you can do the pay as you go with any verizon phone, I have a couple of the gzone unbreakable ones that kick ass. I can hook you up, tuna.

[captain53]

Originally Posted by shilala

Phones are only a couple bucks at Walmart, Jamie.
Hey, if you can do the pay as you go with any verizon phone, I have a couple of the gzone unbreakable ones that kick ass. I can hook you up, tuna.

I have had two of those GZones and no doubt they are some great heavy duty performers. If i did not need some crackberry features I would use nothing else but the GZones. My son jumped in the swimming pool with one in his pocket and when he got out opened it up blew off the water and made a call. Never quit working. I also got mine wet and muddy on a regular basis in the duck blind, never quit working till one day it finally met its match - a 6 month old Labrador Retriever and then after he ate it the damn thing still actually worked but was rather uncomfortable to hold on to! They are the Ronson JetLites of Cell Phones.

[captain53]

Originally Posted by jjirons69

Good advice. I think I'll go the pay-as-you-go route and see how that works.

I had my son a TracPhone for a while and as long as you don't use it a lot (especially out of your area) then it is very reasonable and quite frankly the coverage service was excellent. I found the best deals by using TracPhone online for both minutes and phones.

[Ashcan Bill]

My wife and I went with a 2 year Verizon plan.

We went with Verizon because it has the best coverage for where we live. Friends and neighbors with other carriers always have problems, but ours tend to work pretty good. Also a lot of our friends and family have Verizon so the calls don't count against your minutes.

We got 2 free phones and I think around 750 minutes a month, which we'll never come close to using. I believe with taxes we pay around $75 a month.

One other thing I discovered when I was shopping around was it's cheaper to sign up on line than it is walking into a Verizon store. If I recall, we saved $20 or so a month by doing it on line.

Our plan expires at the end of this year, and I'm happy enough with Verizon that I plan on sticking with them if I can negotiate a decent enough renewal deal.

Phone companies are like banks - you have people that like certain ones, and others that hate them. Just depends on your personal experiences and needs.