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Oooh, I just bought my husband some minutes by going to the TracFone website. There is a similar special going on. A 400 minute card for $99.00, but put in the promo code 51729 and get 200 bonus minutes. The 400 were doubled (he has the same phone I do) but it looks like they didn’t double the bonus minutes for him. It was easy to tell because he only had 30odd minutes left a couple days ago, and now has just over 1000. Maybe they didn’t double mine either. I still had a couple/few hundred minutes so I didn’t really notice. Still, 200 bonus minutes is not a bad deal, even if it’s slightly more than 9 cents a minute. The total cost came to something like $108.00 with taxes. Plus it added a year of service.
The special ends soon so take advantage asap if you’re going to.
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I bought a 450 minute card at Wally for $80 a couple weeks ago (with tax probably $87.00). I don’t think they ever double bonus minutes. So you got 1000 for $108. I got a little better deal, I guess, unless you got more than 90 days service added.
I didn’t know that about bonus minutes. I do now, thanks.
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I got a little better deal, I guess, unless you got more than 90 days service added.
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Plus it added a year of service.
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Ah, I see…I missed that in your post. As I mentioned I’m good for 2 years into the future so the days of service don’t matter. You got a pretty decent deal, then! I guess whoever posted they got the bonus minutes doubled must have misspoken.
BTW I notice you’re a Kate Bush fan. Now I’m tempted to change my “Location” to “Running up that hill.”
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Ah, I see…I missed that in your post. As I mentioned I’m good for 2 years into the future so the days of service don’t matter. You got a pretty decent deal, then! I guess whoever posted they got the bonus minutes doubled must have misspoken.
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That was me, and yes, I misspoke. I just assumed the bonus minutes were doubled when I took advantage of the Mother’s Day special, but didn’t really do the math.
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BTW I notice you’re a Kate Bush fan. Now I’m tempted to change my “Location” to “Running up that hill.”
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Nice that you got the reference in my Location!
[QUOTE=Equipoise]
That was me, and yes, I misspoke. I just assumed the bonus minutes were doubled when I took advantage of the Mother’s Day special, but didn’t really do the math.
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That’s how they get you…they muddle your brain until you’re handing over the money without thinking. Trac Fone is really good at that. :smack:
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Nice that you got the reference in my Location!
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In the spirit of not being a total copy cat, I’m working on another location that I think you’ll approve of.
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That’s how they get you…they muddle your brain until you’re handing over the money without thinking. Trac Fone is really good at that. :smack:
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Ha, yep, but I won’t have to give them any more money for several months which beats a monthly bill and a service contract.
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In the spirit of not being a total copy cat, I’m working on another location that I think you’ll approve of.
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Got it, Gabriel! I became a KB fan because I was a PG fan.
I’m not a big fan of kids with cell phones (teacher chiming in) Can an arrangement be made where the kid pays for the service? Then the child can evaluate whether or not he or she really needs the phone.
I’ve heard of some horrible text messages being sent from kids to other kids via cell phones. Grossly sexual and degrading. All they need is their # for bullying to happen.
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I’ve heard of some horrible text messages being sent from kids to other kids via cell phones. Grossly sexual and degrading. All they need is their # for bullying to happen.
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It depends perhaps on the service. With Trac Fone, I have to pay for sending or receiving, so if I get a text from someone I don’t know, I can delete it without reading it. The sender shows up like it would for caller ID.
My caller ID seems to only work “within” the phone. In other words it seems to recognize the number but if that person isn’t in my personal phone directory, there’s no name. At any rate, if someone started sending nasty ones, I’d simply remember the number and delete without reading it. Why pay to be insulted?
Also, I imagine there’s a lack of anonymity. If a kid threatens another kid verbally, say in the locker room, “I’m gonna kick your ass after school,” maybe there’s no witness. But when it’s texted, the kid can prove he was threatened. Even if it’s just a number with no name, that’s easy.
I guess it depends on whether the child lets you know about the bullying, I’d wager in a lot of cases they wouldn’t.
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It depends perhaps on the service. With Trac Fone, I have to pay for sending or receiving, so if I get a text from someone I don’t know, I can delete it without reading it. The sender shows up like it would for caller ID.
My caller ID seems to only work “within” the phone. In other words it seems to recognize the number but if that person isn’t in my personal phone directory, there’s no name. At any rate, if someone started sending nasty ones, I’d simply remember the number and delete without reading it. Why pay to be insulted?
Also, I imagine there’s a lack of anonymity. If a kid threatens another kid verbally, say in the locker room, “I’m gonna kick your ass after school,” maybe there’s no witness. But when it’s texted, the kid can prove he was threatened. Even if it’s just a number with no name, that’s easy.
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Fair enough, though I don’t know if younger children have the same sensibility as you. My guess would be that if someone unknown called their phone, they would answer to see who’s calling.
I’m just a teacher seeing kids swallowed up by distractions. But I think it’s the parent’s call whether to get one or not. Cell phones obviously have legitmate uses.
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Fair enough, though I don’t know if younger children have the same sensibility as you. My guess would be that if someone unknown called their phone, they would answer to see who’s calling.
I’m just a teacher seeing kids swallowed up by distractions. But I think it’s the parent’s call whether to get one or not. Cell phones obviously have legitmate uses.
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On the issue of sensibility, it’s probably like anything else: kids have to learn for themselves. It’s like spam, right? When I first got on the net, I read everything that came into my email but with time, I learned that a lot of things are meant to be ignored. If I’d had to spend money to read it, I would have learned faster.
If a kid bullies via text, it’s like the “world’s dumbest criminal” thing because it can be traced…it isn’t anonymous, really, and it’s a written record instead of hearsay. The parent of the bully will know and can identify the number.
As for the kids being distracted, I think that’s probably like anything else as well. When gameboys were popular, kids had to learn that they weren’t appropriate during class time. If a teacher confiscated it, the kid deserved it and it’s on the parent to back that up.
Just like the net, a cell phone is a privilege and parents need to discuss the ethics of appropriate use with the kid.
Get one of the ones that allow calls to only three numbers. Program in 911, mom’s cell, dad’s cell. At age 13, that’s all he needs.
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Get one of the ones that allow calls to only three numbers. Program in 911, mom’s cell, dad’s cell. At age 13, that’s all he needs.
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Disney already markets something along these lines but I think it’s aimed at a younger group.
What’s the fun of having a cell if you can’t contact your buddies?
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Disney already markets something along these lines but I think it’s aimed at a younger group.
What’s the fun of having a cell if you can’t contact your buddies?
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That’s weird on so many levels.
And nobody even think about giving one of those phones to anyone over 10!