Phone phun
When I first moved out here, Nextel was the only phone service that offered coverage. Been a happy Nextel customer for close to ten years. Eighty bucks/month and I have cell coverage all over.
About a year ago, Sprint announced that it had purchased Nextel. Now, in June of 2013, they are shutting the entire network down and they are adding a penalty to your bill starting January 1st, 2013.
There is no Sprint coverage out here -- only in town.
So I go into WalMart and see that I can buy a nice phone for $20 and for another $40, I can get two cards that give me a total of six months of service and 120 minutes of airtime (I generally do about ten-twenty minutes/month).
Say hello to a new
TracFone customer. Looks great so far with one hitch.
I tried entering my PO Box number but their website would not accept it -- the error message is that they do not ship to PO Boxes. 'SCUSE ME?
#1) - anyone should be able to ship to a PO Box and besides, it's not like I am ordering a new phone from them. I already have the puppy charged up and sitting in front of me. If I need more time, I'll go back to Wally-World and spend another $20.
#2) - I need to use the PO Box for any correspondence. I am very rural and there are a lot of low-income families out here that seek solace in drugs. A lot of the mail delivered to my mailbox will be stolen by the crack-heads looking for money or identity information. I have all of my billing and business correspondence come to my PO Box for that very specific reason.
I don't know what the reception will be like out here but for now, I will be saving $60/month for services I do not need and which will be taken away in a few months anyway. This shit adds up over time. From now on, it will be my
going-into-the-big-city number. Plus, I am able to port my old Nextel number over to the new phone.
I'll call their business office tomorrow and see about the mailing address issue but everything else makes me a happy camper.
Posted by DaveH at December 9, 2012 9:03 PM