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Argh, cell phone plans are such a rip-off for people who don't make a lot of calls. I don't need 450 minutes a month, I need maybe 100-200.

Posted by mara Nov 15 '09, 12:07

Crap, my prepaid phone was perfect. Until it stopped working.

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Mara check out this link at Clark Howard..... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 15, 14:21
Yes I want a Droid but they won't sell it without a much bigger calling plan and I don't use half of the minimum now. - zeitgeist Nov 15, 12:46 10
- No, I think you can get a data plan for the Droid with 450 minutes. -- nm - mara Nov 15, 12:59 8
  - That's not the droid plan you are looking for? -- nm - Obi Won Kenphonebi Nov 15, 13:02 7
    - Hee! I'd love one with 200 minutes a month, but I might just have to go with that guy anyway. Going to the Verizon store tomorrow. -- nm - mara Nov 15, 13:05 6
      - buy online, then you don't have to deal with main in ripoff...I mean rebate. afaik -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 15, 13:29 5
        
        I may well do that. Tomorrow I can look at the phone in the store, then buy it online if I like it. -- nm - mara Nov 15, 13:30 4
        
        I bought a Droid... - Remlik Nov 15, 14:24 3
        
        Yup, I've been doing research at letstalk.com today. Thanks for the info about Best Buy! -- nm - mara Nov 15, 14:34 2
        
        the nice thing, for me, was that they handled the rebate so I didn't have to mess with it.... - Remlik Nov 15, 14:50 1
        
        Cool. I'll get the online prices, then the Best Buy prices, then visit the Verizon store and see what they're offering. -- nm - mara Nov 15, 15:05
- well, it doesn't make sense to get it without a data plan. -- nm - loosilu Nov 15, 12:57
I have a $15 Verizon plan, but that's an old phone with voice service only, no extras. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 15, 12:44 1
- And that only includes 25 local minutes. I only carry it for emergencies. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 15, 12:48
You sound like a Net10 customer. - psilotum Nov 15, 12:36 2
- Close -- I'm a Tracfone customer. Tracfone owns Net10. :-) -- nm - mara Nov 15, 14:05 1
  - They own Straight Talk too. Just different offerings. -- nm - psilotum Nov 15, 19:05
yeah me too. The salespeople seem totally perplexed by this. -- nm - loosilu Nov 15, 12:12

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Argh, cell phone plans are such a rip-off for people who don't make a lot of calls. I don't need 450 minutes a month, I need *maybe* 100-200.

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Argh, cell phone plans are such a rip-off for people who don't make a lot of calls. I don't need 450 minutes a month, I need maybe 100-200.