I (and some other folks here) like the Virgin pay-as-you-go service: [link]
You know, I just... I woke up, and I looked in the mirror, and I thought, hey, what's with all the sin? I need to change. I'm... I'm dirty. I'm, I'm bad with the... sex and the envy and that, that loud music us kids listen to nowadays.
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tommyrot - Jun 19, 2008 8:35:24 am PDT #6660 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Dana - Jun 19, 2008 8:36:19 am PDT #6661 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I have T-Mobile pay as you go and like it fine.
flea - Jun 19, 2008 8:45:29 am PDT #6662 of 25501
information libertarian
Hmm, not T-Mobile stores locally, but they have Virgin at Target, one of my favorite places!!1! I am never going to be able to pick a phone just looking at them online.
Dumb question: if you receive calls on a pay-as-you-go phone, do you get charged anything, either the daily access fee or for minutes or anything?
tommyrot - Jun 19, 2008 8:46:02 am PDT #6663 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I was on some other pay-as-you-go service before (might have been T-Mobile, but I'm not sure). The only problem I had with it was they required you to buy more time every 45 (I think) days, and if you forgot you'd lose all the time you'd already paid for. Of course, if you can stay on top of things this isn't an issue, but Virgin doesn't do this.
DCJensen - Jun 19, 2008 8:58:26 am PDT #6664 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Windsparrow and I use Tracfone. [link]
It has a basic or advanced phone to choose from, you can get one for $14.99 at wall mart with minimum minutes, and you can buy time and minutes as you go or in 3 month increments.
We initially started out with a phone and a 60-minute 3 month card. ($20), and signed up for the eamils. sometimes the emails send you some great deals as your due date approches.
I think I spent $70 for 260 minutes and 15 months of service the last renewal. (60 minute, 3-mo card+1 year & 200 bonus minutes for $50)
However the offers of bonus minutes are not consistant, and a couple of times I renewed for $20 just to keep the service up.
DCJensen - Jun 19, 2008 9:00:23 am PDT #6665 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Oh, and there is the annoying tracfone advertisement when you go to the site.
Connie Neil - Jun 19, 2008 9:10:20 am PDT #6666 of 25501
brillig
Virgin doesn't do this.
I just went to the Virgin site, and under Pay as you go it said if you didn't buy more minutes within the 30 day period, any unused minutes would expire at the end of the 30 days. I may have misread it, though.
edit: Also: Mega Number of the Beast!
tommyrot - Jun 19, 2008 9:14:18 am PDT #6667 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I just went to the Virgin site, and under Pay as you go it said if you didn't buy more minutes within the 30 day period, any unused minutes would expire at the end of the 30 days. I may have misread it, though.
Huh. Well, I haven't actually run past the date limit in a while, so perhaps they've changed their policy.
tommyrot - Jun 19, 2008 9:18:19 am PDT #6668 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh connie, I love your tagline:
Policemen are hiding behind the skirts of little girls, their eyes have turned the color of frozen meat.
An odd lyric from an odd song (Blue Öyster Cult's "Joan Crawford.")
Connie Neil - Jun 19, 2008 9:19:09 am PDT #6669 of 25501
brillig
Yup, recently downloaded and rediscovered, wallowing in the memories of my youth at the college radio station.
edit: and kudos on the umlaut over the O