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[Tinkrbl44]

Well, I guess Tracfone and QVC have parted ways.   

I noticed the TS today & would appreciate your thoughts ... pros, cons, or whatever.  

TracFone Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime 4G LTE 5" 8GB Smartphone w/ 1350 Minutes/Texts/Data & Accessories

TIA !!!

[Mistreatedbycs]

there's nothing wrong with Tracfone's, any of them, triple minutes for life (never keep it anyway more than a year since getting a new phone is sometimes cheaper than paying the $100 a year renewal fee.

No cons as far as i'm concerned, for roughly $100 a YEAR a phone, that's a great deal.

[hckynut]

@Tinkrbl44

I have bought my many Tracfones from another retailer. I ordered that Samsung phone back months ago. It took my order and I kept looking for when it would be delivered. After 2 weeks, I called their CS, and they said my order was cancelled.

By whom? They told me their distribution center, because that particular Samsung, would not work in my area code. Nice! So after 2 weeks of waiting, I then ordered my Samsung Galaxy Luna. Smaller screen with only 1200 stuff, but good enough for me. It was $99.95

hckynut(john)

[Tinkrbl44]

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@hckynut wrote:

@Tinkrbl44

I have bought my many Tracfones from another retailer. I ordered that Samsung phone back months ago. It took my order and I kept looking for when it would be delivered. After 2 weeks, I called their CS, and they said my order was cancelled.

By whom? They told me by they distribution center, because that particular Samsung, would not work in my area code. Nice! So after 2 weeks of waiting, I then ordered my Ssmsunf Galaxy Luna. Smaller screen with only 1200 stuff, but good enough for me. It was $99.95

hckynut(john)

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@hckynut

Thanks, John.

I've been resisting getting a smart phone, and have been happy with my current phone bought a hundred years ago with a Verizon plan.    Problem is, I have about 200 phone numbers in my contacts, and there seems to be no way to download or print them out.    Verizon will be happy to transfer them to a new phone, but I'm not going for another contract, even with my employer discount.  So I guess I'd have to hand write all the names and phone numbers!   ugh

My sister, a Tracfone lover,  suggested I just get one and start playing with it, and keep the Verizon phone for another month or two ....   until I'm sure I actually want a smart phone.   Duh!    

I emailed her the phone webpage and she said the only thing she would change is to get a bigger memory card and put it in BEFORE I start loading it.

Apparently, she got hers, and had it for a while before getting a card for more memory.  When she installed it, everything she had on the phone deleted!   grrr.   

[Tinkrbl44]

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@Mistreatedbycs wrote:

there's nothing wrong with Tracfone's, any of them, triple minutes for life (never keep it anyway more than a year since getting a new phone is sometimes cheaper than paying the $100 a year renewal fee.

No cons as far as i'm concerned, for roughly $100 a YEAR a phone, that's a great deal.

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@Mistreatedbycs

Thanks, JB.    

Apparently, a LOT of people are happy with their Tracfones.

[aggravated]

TracPhone may not be parting ways with QVC.  They have also been on HSN for a while with the same plan, maybe added Evine to the mix.  No complaints with mine except the phone is smarter than I am.  I renew my yearly contract and got the triple minutes again, old minutes carry over if you have them -- all online (initial activation also done online).  My counsin just bought one through QVC.  One issue I believe is if you carryover your old phone number and decide not to keep TracPhone you lose the ability to use that number going forward.  Also you can phone into foreign countries but you are not able to phone from foreign countries.  So, If you plan to travel and get confirmation flight emails, that be be an issue - but I'm not 100% sure sure about that and maybe someone here or at TracPhone could tell you.

[Tinkrbl44]

Hmm ... now I'm having second thoughts because I don't see "triple minutes for life" included anywhere.

[Kachina624]

@Tinkrbl44  Maybe I'm dense today but why do you say TracFone and QVC have parted ways? 

[Tinkrbl44]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@Tinkrbl44  Maybe I'm dense today but why do you say TracFone and QVC have parted ways? 

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@Kachina624

I've seen so many vendors leave QVC ....   and end up on another shopping channel.    When Tracfone showed up on Evine, I assumed they & the Q had parted ways.  Never seen a vendor on more than one shopping channel before.   Hey, maybe this is the exception.   Who knows?

[Kachina624]

@Tinkrbl44  I briefly saw a bit of their presentation this morning and it seemed like a different plan than what QVC and HSN offer.  Seemed like free everything for a set fee every month, sort of like the Cricket plan.  They didn't mention all the minutes you usually get.