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CherishedbyGod -> Cell Phones (4/1/2008 9:29:57 PM)

OK, you guys, don't laugh at me.

I know absolutely nothing about cell phones, or any of that stuff. In fact, I still have a TV with rabbit ears[:D]

I finally have come to the conclusion I need a cell phone. I need something really simple. I would not be using it very often - maybe only several times a week. I don't need any other gadgets with it...

Any recommendations? I read that one can get a refurbished one through AT&T for alot cheaper - one that has been returned within 30 days due to buyers remorse. Anyone know about that?



ladioffaith -> RE: Cell Phones (4/4/2008 12:04:02 AM)

Not laughing ... I just got my first cel phone last week. (Although my workplace furnished a phone for the last few years ... but it broke a month ago.)

First of all ... ask yourself this question: Are you SURE you won't use it every day? Because those go phones or low-usage plans will charge you for EVERYTHING you do on them. Just checked out Verizon's plan and it's 99 cents per day and free mobile to mobile, but 10 cents a minute for everything else. Unless you only call Verizon customers, you could be paying more than if you just had a basic plan.

Once you have it, you're likely to find you use it for everything ... to call your kids at the store to see if you're out of milk, to call 911 to report a car in a ditch, to call a friend to say you're in the neighborhood, to call roadside assistance when your car breaks down or to call work when you're running late.

I'd just go shopping all the providers in your area (most have web sites) and scope out their basic plan. Verizon and Alltell will let you build a plan, pick out your phone and see what you'd pay per month. Both of them are about $39.99 for a basic monthly plan that does not include insurance for the phone and other extras. (Although the insurance is a MUST.) Most providers give you a phone that's free, or free after rebate, and Verizon waives the activation if you sign up on a weekend. (They also give me a discount because I sell Pampered Chef.)

Also ... touch base with the significant people in your life. If they're all on one particular network, it might be smart to sign up with them because it's free mobile to mobile.

Alltell has a "circle" that lets you include any number ... but on the basic, el-cheapo plans, there is only ONE number in that circle.

Verizon has a 30 day test drive that lets you walk away after a month with no obligation. So that might be a smart way to see how much you use a phone before you convert to a daily use plan, if you're really not using it that much.

Go to Wal-Mart. They have all the phones out and let you compare the phones side by side.

And talk to your friends ... they will tell you who to avoid and who to stay with.



CherishedbyGod -> RE: Cell Phones (4/5/2008 7:19:00 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: ladioffaith

Not laughing ... I just got my first cel phone last week. (Although my workplace furnished a phone for the last few years ... but it broke a month ago.)

First of all ... ask yourself this question: Are you SURE you won't use it every day? Because those go phones or low-usage plans will charge you for EVERYTHING you do on them. Just checked out Verizon's plan and it's 99 cents per day and free mobile to mobile, but 10 cents a minute for everything else. Unless you only call Verizon customers, you could be paying more than if you just had a basic plan.

Once you have it, you're likely to find you use it for everything ... to call your kids at the store to see if you're out of milk, to call 911 to report a car in a ditch, to call a friend to say you're in the neighborhood, to call roadside assistance when your car breaks down or to call work when you're running late.

I'd just go shopping all the providers in your area (most have web sites) and scope out their basic plan. Verizon and Alltell will let you build a plan, pick out your phone and see what you'd pay per month. Both of them are about $39.99 for a basic monthly plan that does not include insurance for the phone and other extras. (Although the insurance is a MUST.) Most providers give you a phone that's free, or free after rebate, and Verizon waives the activation if you sign up on a weekend. (They also give me a discount because I sell Pampered Chef.)

Also ... touch base with the significant people in your life. If they're all on one particular network, it might be smart to sign up with them because it's free mobile to mobile.

Alltell has a "circle" that lets you include any number ... but on the basic, el-cheapo plans, there is only ONE number in that circle.

Verizon has a 30 day test drive that lets you walk away after a month with no obligation. So that might be a smart way to see how much you use a phone before you convert to a daily use plan, if you're really not using it that much.

Go to Wal-Mart. They have all the phones out and let you compare the phones side by side.

And talk to your friends ... they will tell you who to avoid and who to stay with.


Wow! I'm impressed[:D] For someone that just got your own phone, you seem very knowledgeable.

Thank you so much! You gave me alot to work with.

BTW your avatar kitty, looks like one of my kitties - one of my orphaned kitties that I rescued[:)]



Giulia -> RE: Cell Phones (4/5/2008 7:31:22 PM)

I have been using mobile phones for yrs now and even the most simple one is still very complex for me. The one I have now is just a whole new world, it's got web connections, camera and video, I get lost with it. Yet the kids know all about it[:D]. Whenever I get lost with it I ask one of my children.

Not sure about plans over there but here I use a 29.99 value talker bundle, gives me 100 dollars worth of calls a month. Here (Australia) we have pawn shops or cash converters where you can pick up some cheap pieces.



ladioffaith -> RE: Cell Phones (4/5/2008 10:31:21 PM)

Well, I spent weeks researching all the plans before I signed with Verizon ... and I have 30 days to change my mind ... so I am still checking things out to see if I could get a better deal elsewhere.

One of the reasons I got the phone is so I'm not afraid to make business calls. So I spent a LONG time on the phone today making them all. Gotta love free weekends!



Giulia -> RE: Cell Phones (4/6/2008 4:22:24 AM)

The blue tooth gets me, haven't got a clue what it does, perhaps it's like a sweet tooth only with an apetite for crayfish (our 20 dollar notes look like cray)[:D]

Also I use pre-pay so I have control and if i don't look like making many calls I have a break for a month, still receive calls so it still has a purpose.



JonBulb -> RE: Cell Phones (4/6/2008 10:32:43 AM)

I like to use letstalk.com to compare with what cell phones or monthly plans are available. I currently use *******, three thousand anytime mins w/in four States, Three of which are my primary calling areas. I pay $49.99 per month. Its the best calling plan I have ever found. My bill is unusally about 65.00 per month. I will never go back to a landline again!



Giulia -> RE: Cell Phones (4/8/2008 10:24:04 AM)

Geez that's a lot what you are all paying, thought the cost of living in Australia was higher, doesn't seem it with those prices!

Recently we had a lot of news on telly about mobile phones and that the radiation they let out can cause cancer. I don't use mine unless I must, or to send messages, otherwise I use the landline, don't like the thought of getting my brain fried[:o]

I have heard it before, now am hearing it again, doesn't sound too jolly.



bluestone -> RE: Cell Phones (4/9/2008 3:17:48 PM)

if you will use it infrequently, the prepay may be the way to go.



redtulip -> RE: Cell Phones (4/9/2008 3:49:39 PM)

I didn't get a cellphone until I started driving (3 years ago). My parents didn't want to add me to their Nextel account, since they were already maxing out their minutes. Instead they got me a T-mobile to-go phone. I don't know how much the phone was, but the minutes are 10cents each. I like for just basic calling. I ends up costing them about $25/month without minimal texting (which costs 10 cents to sent, 5 to receive). If you're going to make a lot of calls, go with a plan especially if you'll be using extra features such a picture and text messaging. If all you're doing to light calling, T-moble to go has worked great for me.



called2valor -> RE: Cell Phones (4/10/2008 8:25:27 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Giulia

The blue tooth gets me, haven't got a clue what it does, perhaps it's like a sweet tooth only with an apetite for crayfish (our 20 dollar notes look like cray)[:D]

Also I use pre-pay so I have control and if i don't look like making many calls I have a break for a month, still receive calls so it still has a purpose.



Bluetooth allows a cell phone or Smart phone to use wireless headsets or sometimes to sync wirelessly with a computer within a certain distance (hopefully securely hehe)

I finally combined the whole PDA/phone thing and got a smart phone recently. You can get Bluetooth headsets for phones cheaply if you look around. I rarely use mine. I think people look like Cyborgs with them haha! My friend sometimes is talking with me or in the car with his on and I tell him to take it off his ear or I won't talk to him ;)



Giulia -> RE: Cell Phones (4/12/2008 4:24:48 AM)

I think I prefer to loook at a person with yellow teeth than just one blue tooth [:D], I mean blue hair is one thing, but blue teeth?

I see many blue noses, actually they are purple, you know when someone drinks too much, sure that's why they put a ton load of make up on actors, so the blue nose don't show[:D] Many of them drink way too much.

Yes, I know it has some function to do with connection, just never really had the pressing need to try it out[:D]



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