CELL PHONE DISPOSAL

I do not even pretend to understand all this. Only to get out of it. I just viewed my new card statement which had some after closing charges from the replaced canceled card. No phone charges though. I have to use the new card now but wanted to wait until I saw a statement. I have never in all my years of credit cards had a problem with theft or misuse but have always believed that getting a new card and cancelling the old was a good cure. I hope it works now. I plan not to call anyone but to watch the statements carefully as I use the new card and dispute any unwanted suspicious charges. I like the phones but my wife does not and will likely get another brand. I do not really need one as before. But will likely keep the one I have as long as t works. I originally mistook the whole situation as I tried to explain. Now will just watch and wait. I cannot expect anything to work or last forever. Just hoping for relief and to return to normal. Seems OK so far. Thanks for the advice and information. I shall read all the above over again.

 

I keep checking the minutes on both phones and they remain the same. But the buttons on the bottom of screen have stopped working. And streaming messsage at top offers me free upgrade before it stops working. The website it gives says site can't be reached. It is https://mytf.co/Obsc. Think I will just let it quit and get rid of it. Haven't used it in a long time.
Will these phones just quit working soon? Not even sure I want them anymore.
I rechecked and I had left the .co from the mytf. Will try it again now that I see error. Still not work. Will check it again.
https://my-tf.co/Obcs

 

I have to decide if I want to trust Tracfone and if I want to continue with Tracfone or get some other brand. So far I have found no abuses. Maybe I will log in. I already have a login. I do nt know why the address I gave was on my message but the one you listed works.

 

You seem to know a lot more than I do about this sort of thing. I tried te Tracfones from Walmart about 5 years ago. Got tired of going to Walmart and letting the clerk call and buy minutes for me then I paid at Walmart. Found it easier to just order by pnone from home instead of drivinng to Walmart and hang around while he did it for me. I never realized I could purchase a minutes card like you said. My wife I believe does not even know how to use the tracfone and will probably want a simpler phone to carry around. I was going to see if I could find out what phones would be easy to use and inexpensive. No text, photos, or fancy stuff. Just talk like on the land line. I likely do not even need a separate phone and the minutes are already paid for and I see no reason to upgrade a Tracfone for free or $40+ dollars just to use minutes. I have a lot of thinking and decision making to do before I take any action. I do not even know if Tracfone minutes are any cheaper than Verizon long distand minutes to North Carolina any way. It was just easier to use the Tracfone rather than tie up the house line for extendied calls. Now I have 2 phones getting ready to expire in a month and a year I believe (did not check it recently) and over 4000 minutes and do notknow what to do.

 

I do not know why I would get a messaging messsage on my Tracfone with an obsolete website. I have cancelled the old credit card and gotten a new one. ShouldI go ahead and use the minutes now on the phone that have been put there and paid for?

 

Do you suggest I just get a new tracfone when or if mine stops working? Since I can find no proof of any wrongdoing. I have more minutes than I will ever use even though they re paid for and I guess I can only use them on Tracfones. My wife does not like the complexiity of Tracfone and would prefer a phone that is simple to call with. Though I have not the need of it now I do know how to use it and I would probably just buy another maybe at Walmart if mine quit. Maybe if I did that the minutes would transfer.

 

UPDATE : I have 2 tracfones A463BG. I use one and m wife uses other. The online minutes balance ste says my phone service end date is 3-4-22 and the other is 1-22-23. Mine has 2023 minutes and the other has 2586 minutes. How urgent is any action? May try actually using some minutes.

 

Plodr- I thank you very much for all your helpful info and advice. You know much more than I about this. I trust you far more than I do Tracfone right now if only because you did not sell me 4500 minutes, put them on my phones, and charge me for them. I still believe it was some sort of promotional tactic to sell phones instead of a theft of money as I originally thought. I have no big need of phones right now but I would like to be able to keep them if I could instead of buying more. And I have more minutes than I ever did. They have not stopped working yet and I have seen no signs of abuse since I cancelled credit card. Company investigated for fraud but found nothing. I will look at above site and see but my phones ARE a463bg type. Just too much to deal with right now.

 

If it works out I would like to keep the phones I had. I also like the idea of purchasing a minutes card. Instead of calling on phone and ordering and giving out credit card number for minutes .. What card would I look for or would clerk suggest one? Never did this before but it sounds like a good idea. I am close to a WalMart store. Maybe I could explore phone minutes cards on internet? I would guess you have to purchase minuutes before end of service date eve if you have more than you need. I could maybe purchase a small amount of minutes?

 

Now that I see I may not HAVE to discard the phones and buy new ones, is there a way to find out the maximum number of minutes each phone can hold? I believe I will try to keep the phones but I guess when service ends I must add some minutes. I prefer to do this by buying a minutes card as this may be the safest way I have become aware of. Am tryin to plan what to do. I only used to get around 100 minutes at a ime which would be 100 x 3X minutes. I have not really used the phones in a few years.

 

This sounds good.