Earl Camembert

I keep reading about a deal with T-Mobil Pre-Paid; what do I get for $88 dollars?

ace587

you get a $100 tmo refill card along with a free nokia 6030, all in one package :phone:

check your Target sunday ad, my local Target has it

NotSmellyPrepaid

What Ace said, but more specifically:

1) You get a phone that can be SIM-swapped with any other T-mobile SIM (unlike Tracfone's inability to swap SIMs between phones at random and without a call to CS-purgatory). After 90 days, T-Mobile has a policy of allowing their customers to have the unlock code for their phone. This would allow you to then use ANY GSM SIM (except Tracfone and Net10) in your phone. There have been rumors to the effect that even T-Mobile doesn't have remote codes for the 6030 RM-225 version, but I don't know if that's still true or not. Also, when you can't resist the siren song of some other T-Mobile phone on the prepaid page of Unsupported Browser, your SIM card with your original phone will slide right into it without even a hiccup. Ditto for buying an unlocked phone off ebay, Motorola, or Nokia.

2) You get up to 15 months of service time for $88 + tax. You do this by activating the phone with the activation kit but waiting until that airtime has almost expired (my last store-bought TMo was 90 days on that one) before adding the $100 airtime card that cost you $88 this week. The $100 card adds another full year of service time plus 1000+ minutes (sometimes you get bonus minutes without asking for them, there are no codes for this like with Tracfone, it's a complete lottery system, lol).

3) You get free roaming on T-Mobile's affiliated carriers. It is NOT as good a roaming arrangement as Tracfone's but you can force it into roaming when necessary, UNLIKE Tracfone's roaming which is determined by Tracfone only.

4) After the first 15 months of service time are almost expired, you can roll over your remaining minutes for another FULL YEAR for only the addition of a $10 airtime card. Normally $10 cards are good for 30 days, but once you've activated that $100 card above, you become what is called "Gold Rewards" and any future airtime purchases, no matter how small, extend your service days for a full year.

ace587

im curious because my moms Tmobile2Go will expire this november with lets say $80, so if i add $10 by novemeber, it will be $90 and will expire next november, or do i have to make it reach $100 to get another year?

NotSmellyPrepaid

Is your mom's phone in "gold rewards" status? You can check this by going into T-zones on her phone, then click on "My Account" The next screen up will tell you:

"Your balance is xxx Nationwide Whenever minutes ($xx.xx).

Your balance will expire on 11-xx-2007 at midnight.

Thank you for being a GoldRewards customer."

If it doesn't thank her for being a GoldRewards customer, it will probably tell you how far away from GoldRewards she is. In that case, you will need to add 2 cards, one to get the balance *just over the top* of $100 total, and the next card (a $10 card) will get her into GoldRewards and extend the airtime service date by one whole year. Or you can buy a $100 card and that will automatically take her to GoldRewards status and extend the due date by one year, in addition to giving 1000+ minutes.

If she IS GoldRewards status, all you need to do is add $10 airtime to extend the minutes and previous balance by another year.

ace587

i forgot, she is in goldrewards, i had the sim before and put it to $100 above, its now $80, so ill buy her a card tonight

ClariceLecter666

Hello Earl!!!

GuyOnTheAir

You can get a nice hooker for $88.

At Target this week, get a $100 card, and a free Nokia 6030 phone for $88. The phone is regularly priced at $39.99 and is a cute, color screen Nokia brick phone.

On other forums, I've seen that you can activate the phone, which comes with a $10 credit, and runs for 90 days. Then, on the 89th day, add the previously purchased $100 card, and get another year's worth of service. Then, on the 364th day, add a $10 card and get another year's service, and rollover of your remaining minutes (because you're a Gold level member now...)

So, who knows. I'm tempted, but I already have too many phones, and $88 is starting to sound expensive when I don't have a real need...

ClariceLecter666

I have no use for a hooker, but a phone for 15 months, plus adding the $10 at the end of that adding another year sounds pretty good to me. 2 years 3 months for $98. really good, plus I like this little phone.

PixieBaby473

Well lord, that was random...:boxed2:

MobilePrincess

Definitely wasn't a PG rated comment, that's for sure. :laughing:

PixieBaby473

I know, and it came right out of nowhere! I was like, um... huh?
I had to go read it again to make sure I didn't miss some hidden reference to a phone. But nope, it was just as it sounds...

GuyOnTheAir

Do you people have nothing else to do but comment on a comment? It was humor. Take it or leave it... They have hookers in PG rated stuff... I was just pointing out one thing one could get for $88. The question was, "what do I get for $88?"

ace587

i can buy me some food and pig out

MobilePrincess

My post on your comment was a joke, and I'm sorry that you took it the wrong way.