Re: Best phone for AT&T Free2Go?

"Joseph" <JoeOfSeattle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 15:16:06 GMT, "Zoltron" <me5@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>>BTW, I found you can get airtime cheaper on eBay or from
>>http://www.cheapphonecards.com and without paying the 12% tax you pay on
>>the
>>AT&T site. http://www.cheapphonecards.com has $100 cards but they don't
>>say
>>if the minutes last for a yr. I assume they do. That would bring the
>>per/min
>>cost down to about 12 cents with coupon.
>
> It's totally bogus. If you click on rates for any of the cards from
> any of the companies it says "no results" found. It says a percentage
> savings for all these companies but it doesn't tell you what the rates
> are so it's totally bogus as far as I'm concerned.

I called them and they seemed legit. Spoke American. I found one guy on
Usenet who said he uses them. Anyway, the AT&T prepaid rate is technically
determined by your plan and whether you bought a $100 card. The guy I spoke
to didn't know if the $100 card had a 1yr expiration on the minutes rather
than 90 days. He said all they do is resell the cards (PINS really), so it
should. With coupon, their $100 card is $76.50 with no tax. On eBay they are
$87 but they DO mention that their $100 card is for 1yr.