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Good cheap phone if you need it today and cannot wait for shipping.

These were on the end cap in electronics in South Western PA - all three of my local stores have them, but YMMV B&M only.



My Target had these for $7.xx last week. Bought all 4 that they had. If you bought a better phone from online, then activate these first and transfer the number each time. Make sure the phone you want to use is transferred last. You will get all the credit for the minutes and the extra time to use your phone.


can you even use those phones you bought after you x-fer them? What do you do with them? Sale them?


On a per minute basis, the online deal is better. Same phone with 300mins, plus 300mins card for under $24.


Juhsga said: can you even use those phones you bought after you x-fer them? What do you do with them? Sale them?
You can't use the phone anymore but some places will take them in as recycles. I believe Office Max has a mail-in program that gives you $1 each for them. They provide all shipping materials and costs. You could also sell the phone and the charger on CL for a few extra bucks too. Some people might need the battery or the charger for an existing phone. What's funny is that the transferred phones say Simcard Inactive but still show 300 minutes.


Anyone know the expiration timeframe for minutes? 60 days, 90 days? Cost of new minutes?


JaxFL said: Anyone know the expiration timeframe for minutes? 60 days, 90 days? Cost of new minutes?

60 days.

10 cents a minute.


AishaDad said: On a per minute basis, the online deal is better. Same phone with 300mins, plus 300mins card for under $24.

Yes I realize this, but if you need a phone right away this is still a good deal.


Just a heads-up on the on-line deal for $22. I've been through 3 consecutive defective phones with them, and they were not the same model.

I used to sell the phone cheap on CL and keep the card, but when this defective streak hit - I am reluctant to sell the phone. 3.7¢ per minute is a screaming deal if you don't mind a basic phone or get around $11 for the phone (easy). But now I am paying 25¢ per minute for a Verizon PAYG phone due to my Net10 phones being down for weeks.

Anyone else run into this problem? I am ready to walk away once my minutes are up.


I bought 3 of these phones in June for my triplets' b-day and haven't had any problems. Yet, anyway.


I think we've had 4-5 of the Net10
phones, one had a bit of a finicky keypad, but otherwise all good.

As for the expired phones, I think they are still good for 911 service, you can donate to some organizations such as women's shelter for further use.




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