Cell phone help ideas please

[cassiesmom]

I'm no help. Mine is $39.99 a month, which is the least expensive plan Verizon offered when I signed up, and I have 500 minutes (almost 8 1/2 hours) per month... how much of that do I actually use? about one third. They keep contacting me because I will be entitled to a "new every two" phone soon - only problem is, I don't want a new phone! I just figured out my current phone. The newer phones have buttons that are so small I can't see them without glasses.

[pomtzu]

I am now on Verizon - on my son's plan, but before that, I had a Tracfone for years.. You can buy a very inexpensive phone from them, and most of their phones now carry double minutes for life. They have Valueplans, where you sign up for x-amount of minutes for x-dollars per month. I had a double minutes phone and went with the basic value plan of 50 minutes for $10 per month - so I actually got 100 minutes. And then they used to screw up too, and most months they were adding double-double minutes to the phone. I tried to tell them what they were doing, but they never corrected the situation. You never lose the minutes - they roll over each month. When I cancelled with them last summer, I forfeited over 2300 minutes. Guess that shows you how much I use my cell phone.

Check them out at tracfone.com

[Medusa]

I just figured out my current phone. The newer phones have buttons that are so small I can't see them without glasses.

I'm w/ya! I was due for a new every two and I went into Verizon and said "I want to downgrade my phone, please". The Verizon guy said "You mean upgrade". I said "No, I mean downgrade. I'm tired of my smart phone being smarter than I". Fortunately, he's a friend of mine so he didn't try to sell me the moon. He knew I'd walk out if he did.

[Freedom]

Thanks for the ideas, and for the links for the Go Phone.

What I have works similar to the Tracfone.

Ellie, "losing" 2300 minutes, that is my dilemma.

[Roxyluvsme13]

Can't you just get a free one like Assurance wireless? I don't know if they offer if where you live, but it's through Tracfone and gives you 250 minutes free every month.

http://www.assurancewireless.com

[Freedom]

That would have been nice! Not available here (yet).

So I paid $100 for one year, I'm all set again

Thanks for all the info.