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Drat! Under contract again.

October 13th, 2007 at 02:54 pm

I convinced DH to get a Tracphone about 6 months ago, since he rarely uses his phone. After an inital $15 investment for the phone, and $120 for 1 year of service plus 300 minutes, I figured we were all set for a year. Well, he is down to 10 minutes, thanks to a flurry of calls during his grandfather's illness and passing. He decided he wanted to go back to a regular phone. I think it was a case of phone envy, as I just got a really cool mp3 player/2 megapixel camera phone (but, in justification, I use mine all the time!). Anyway, he spent literally all day researching online and found a decent deal. He ended up getting a $29.99 mo/plan with Sprint with a free phone. He ordered a car charger too, but was able to get 20% off with a coupon code. I'm a little bummed at being under contract again, but I'll get over it. I could have gotten a 15% discount through my job off the monthly rate, but that would have only saved us $107 over the course of a two year contract. Instead, we took the free phone (we couldn't take both discounts) which saved us $250 since he wanted a nice phone.

2 Responses to “Drat! Under contract again.”

  1. JanH Says:
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    I get frustrated because they want two whole years for the contract. I hate being locked in for such a long term on something like a phone service.

  2. denisentexas Says:
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    I used TMobile for about two years but really disliked the fact that every time I changed something it extended my contract for a year. I also didn't like that to get their circle type plan I'd have to pay $30 or something like that. I recently switched to Alltel and like it much better. I can make changes without an extension of contract time and the circle plan is free. Smile

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