what service provider should i use?

[xycose]

i live in so cal, so OC to be a little more exact. Laguna Hills/Mission Viejo/El Toro/Laguna Nigail area. I wouldn't mind paying up to 50$ for a phone, but no more then that, and less/free is best. I don't want to be on a contract. I currently have a job and im making a ton of money, but I might quit in a couple months due to the working conditions when the boss is there, then I don't want to continue to pay for a cell phone and drain my savings if i don;t get another job for while.

I do NOT want to be on a contract. Thats why I was going to go with Amp'd! and a hybrid plan, so i could get a FREE phone, and one that looked pretty cool too, plus on a decent plan. I was going to go for the 30$ a month one since I don't need a lot.From reading what everyone says its a terrible company though? from what i read hybrid plans are the worse and are treated like both service and prepaid sometimes and have problems with billing?

Any suggestions for where to go? I want to pay 30$ a month(OR LESS!, I would strongly prefer less, but I'm not seeing anything less, unless i went prepaid, but prepaid seems to be a rip on most places)

the other thing i was looking at was tmobile and the PEBL, except on their website it says out of stock on the PEBL now. Also, Its a web only discount and I want to buy online, which leads to another problem with tmobile, i do NOT want to use my SS number over the internet. I just dont. They require it when signing up.

[Ellen]

I'm not seeing that the PEBL is even a choice according to the TO GO phone lineup on TMobiles website. Unsupported Browser
I'm thinking that you may have been viewing TMobiles postpaid phone selection, because when you are signing up for their prepaid services (even online) they do not ask for your SS number.
TMobile also sells their PP phone kits at Target, Walmart as well as a few other locations.

[xycose]

I was looking at their service plans, not prepaid. I was just going to settle for that. I don't really want a pre-paid either though. I want a month to month plan without a contract, like the hybrid that Amp'd has.

[Ellen]

Originally Posted by xycose

I was looking at their service plans, not prepaid. I was just going to settle for that. I don't really want a pre-paid either though. I want a month to month plan without a contract, like the hybrid that Amp'd has.

TMobile does not offer this type of service. The only other carrier that I know of that offers a hybrid no contract option in the $30.00 price range that you are looking for, would be Cingular's Go Phone "Pick Your Plan" service.
They offer a $29.99 plan with 200 any time minutes. Other than this one, all other hybrid plans start at $39.99 and above. Prepaid cell phone, GoPhone | AT&T, formerly Cingular Wireless

[xycose]

Wow, just wow. nevermind.