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New Tracfone Worry
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| K. M. Kirby 2007-03-19, 4:33 am |
| Just thought I'd spread this story around, hopefully to initiate some
sort of change or redress.
After purchasing a new airtime card for my tracfone, I proceeded to
peel off the tape which covered the activation number. As the tape
came off, I noticed that it was taking some of the underlying paper --
along with digits of the numerical code!
Very carefully, I began peeling again; this time from the opposite end
of this tape. Result: most digits were intact, with two in bad shape.
Was that a "3" or a "2" there?
It didn't matter. After trying both numbers, and others beside, all I
get is an "invalid number" message.
In the long run, it's no big deal to get a replacement card, or
possibly get the number from a receipt which may still be at a
friend's house. However, in a world where dialing 9-1-1 could mean the
difference between room break-ins and timely rescuers, not having
one's phone can be very worrisome...
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| Todd Allcock 2007-03-19, 4:33 am |
| At 18 Mar 2007 14:07:23 -0700 K. M. Kirby wrote:
> Just thought I'd spread this story around, hopefully to initiate some
> sort of change or redress.
>
> After purchasing a new airtime card for my tracfone, I proceeded to
> peel off the tape which covered the activation number. As the tape
> came off, I noticed that it was taking some of the underlying paper --
> along with digits of the numerical code!
>
>
> In the long run, it's no big deal to get a replacement card, or
> possibly get the number from a receipt which may still be at a
> friend's house. However, in a world where dialing 9-1-1 could mean the
> difference between room break-ins and timely rescuers, not having
> one's phone can be very worrisome...
You do realize that you don't need any airtime credit on the phone to
dial 911, right? Even an expired Tracfone can call 911.
So yes, not having a valid working refill card is certainly an
inconvenience, but in "a world where dialing 9-1-1 could mean the
difference between room break-ins and timely rescuers" you were not in
any more danger without a valid pin that you were with one.
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| ultranate@gmail.com 2007-03-20, 4:33 am |
| That pretty much is the rule with any cell phone in the United States,
it's an FCC rule - the phone with or without a sim card, or with or
without service has to be able to dial 911.
Nate
http://www.prepaidcompare.com
On Mar 18, 7:28 pm, Todd Allcock <eleccon...@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote:
> At 18 Mar 2007 14:07:23 -0700 K. M. Kirby wrote:
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> You do realize that you don't need any airtime credit on the phone to
> dial 911, right? Even an expired Tracfone can call 911.
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> So yes, not having a valid working refill card is certainly an
> inconvenience, but in "a world where dialing 9-1-1 could mean the
> difference between room break-ins and timely rescuers" you were not in
> any more danger without a valid pin that you were with one.
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| JoshIII 2007-03-20, 10:33 am |
| JoshIII wonders:
Does TracFone still offer the $50/year airtime service
plan (no minutes included), or the $5/month plan (no minutes included)?
They offered both these plans several months ago, but apparently were only
temporary marketing experiments and since discontinued.
JoshIII
upstate south carolina
josh3i at hotmail . com
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