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HSN is offering this

 

Tracfone Moto G Play 6.5" with 1500 Talk/Text/Data & 5K mAh Power Bank

874-456
 
 
I don't use a cell phone often and don't want to sign up for a monthly plan.  
 
Is this a good deal?
 
Pros and cons for Trafone.  TIA!
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I seldom use my phone either, but my experience with Trac Phone has been horrible, worst CS ever, I would stay far away from them. I use Consumer Cellular. 

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@kaydee50  - DH and I have had nothing but Tracfones for the past 24 years.  We like them and haven't had any issues.  Like you, we wanted no-contract phones.  We mostly use them for calls and texts and you can add minutes easily on the Tracfone website.

 

Our current phones are Moto G Stylus 5G, which have more storage than the one you're looking at.  But if you're a casual user, you should be fine with the Moto G Play.  You can always add an SD card for more storage, if needed.

 

I'd suggest watching the presentations on HSN before you decide.  They're usually very good at explaining the features.

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DH and I both have Tracfones and have for years.  We like ours very much.  Never had a problem with CS.  We don't want a monthly plan either.

 

That has been our experience.  

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@tends2dogs @Venezia @Shelbelle 

 

Thank you all for your quick replies.  I will watch the presentation as suggested.

 

As for Consumer Cellular I had them years ago.  They automatically switched me to a different plan which I did not like so I dropped them.

 

I had AT&T Go Phone until recently when I had a problem with them!!!  So I want a "no contract" phone.  I actually would like a "burner" phone but they don't seem to be available any more.

 

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@kaydee50 wrote:

I actually would like a "burner" phone but they don't seem to be available any more.

 


@kaydee50  Where have you looked?  In my neck of the woods, you can purchase them anywhere offline from "pookie" on the corner, local grocery & drug store(s) & all electronic retail stores.

 

Online all electronic retail as well as Amazon & eBay.

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If you don't use a cell phone very often then why not get a flip phone instead of a smart phone. Save yourself the hassle of smart phone.

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Go to Tracfonereviewer.blogspot. com.  Over to the right is the search bar where you can search any phone.  He will tell you everything you need to know about it.

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@Ainhisg wrote:

Go to Tracfonereviewer.blogspot. com.  Over to the right is the search bar where you can search any phone.  He will tell you everything you need to know about it.


Thanks!!  Looks like a lot of good info there.

 

 

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@SilleeMee  I prefer a flip phone which I've always had--never had a smartphone.  My #1 criteria is I don't want any sort of "plan."  I just want a phone that has a certain amount of minutes available on it and be done with it.  I'm not very tech savvy--LOL!!--so this is very confusing to me.