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

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.

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

60 days.

10 cents a minute.

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 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.