Embedded Files
Save Money with a Prepaid Phone
Save Money with a Prepaid Phone
Save Money with Tracfone Prepaid Phone Tricks
There are several Tricks to saving money on your Prepaid Cell Phone bills.
Don't sign that long term contract.
Don't sign that long term contract.
That long term cell phone contract makes you pay for service no matter how much you use it. Almost all the prepaid cell phone plans allow you to roll over your minutes, you will still have to pay a yearly or semimonthly payment to keep your phone active but if you move or decide you don't need a phone you can quit the service any time you want.
Don't answer your phone.
Don't answer your phone.
Often if I am near a land line I will not answer my cell phone and I will call whoever called me right back from a land line. I call this using your cell phone like a pager but it works fine for me. I use my prepaid phone to deliver messages not to talk for long periods.
Text Message instead of calling.
Text Message instead of calling.
Often it will cost you one half a minute or less to text a message. If you use texting to communicate and not for recreation it can be an easy inexpensive way to get a message to someone. With Tracfone the cost to text is different on different phones, some it costs .5 units in and .5 units out, some it is free to receive and .5 units out and some it is .3 units in and .3 units out. How to Text Message with your Tracfone.
Don't sign up for voice mail on your phone.
Don't sign up for voice mail on your phone.
Voice mail is a great airtime waster. The time you spend accessing your voice mail will burn lots of prepaid minutes. Just use the phone number in caller ID and call them back. Some people will leave long winded voice messages and not really say anything. If you are good about calling people back it is not that inconvenient for people if they cannot leave a message.
If you use more than 150 minutes per month it will probably be simpler and cheaper to use Net10 (same company as Tracfone) for your prepaid cell phone service. It always costs 10 cents except when it costs less. You can get minutes as cheap as 7.5c each. I explain how to get Net10 minutes for 7.5 cents each.
Put all the people you know into your contact file.
Put all the people you know into your contact file.
This makes it really easy to know who is calling and whether or not to call them back.
Don't put a large number of prepaid minutes on your phone.
Don't put a large number of prepaid minutes on your phone.
I find when I have a lot of minutes to use I use a lot more minutes. If I don't have much time left I will stretch it farther. Instead of burning money on cell phone minutes I would rather buy another six pack---Coca Cola of course.
Buy minutes in larger quantities.
Buy minutes in larger quantities.
This is the exact opposite of my last suggestion, with some Prepaid vendors you get a much better price per minute if you buy a large denomination. T-Mobile gives you a better deal if you spend $100 at one time. Tracfone also charges less for minutes if you buy in larger denominations.
Buy a new $50 Tracfone phones with Doubler Card.
Buy a new $50 Tracfone phones with Doubler Card.
If you use 70 minutes or more per month it is cheaper to buy a new Track phone with Doubler card already installed. Tracfone has been coming out with more phones with the Doubler installed. The Moto W370, Lg cg225, Lg 3280 are all available with the doubler card installed.
Use Tracfone Bonus Codes.
Use Tracfone Bonus Codes.
If you are using a Tracfone be sure to check this website for the latest Bonus Codes for Tracfone.Bonus Codes are a great way to save with a prepaid phone
Check out your new Prepaid Phone.
Check out your new Prepaid Phone.
Before installing a large number of minutes on your new phone use the phone a little. If you put a large number of minutes on your new phone and then discover that it does not get good coverage where you want to use it you will not be able to get a refund on the minutes. Most of the prepaid companies will only refund your hardware purchase price not the phone services price.
Get Voip phone services instead of your landline
Get Voip phone services instead of your landline
Get Voip phone services for your land line so all your long distance and local calls will be one price. Many people use their cell phone to make all their long distance phone calls and use up their minutes that way. If you use a prepaid cell phone your minutes will roll over so you don't need to use them up. A Voip land line can cost you less than $100 per year with a ton of free additional services included. Voip land lines can be one of the best deals going in phone services. Often the land line Voip call is much clearer than a cell phone call.
Check out NET10 Wireless
Check out NET10 Wireless
If you use more than 100 minutes per monthe consider using a Net10 Prepaid cell phone. The phones are sometimes a little more expensive but if NET10 is available it is a less expensive plan. Tracfone and Net10 are owned and operated by the same company.
7.5 Cents per NET10 Minute | Compare Tracfone vs Net 10 Prepaid Cell Phones | NEW NET10 CDMA Phones | NET10 Easy Minutes. | Net 10 LG 200C Cell Phone | NET10 Phone Cards | Net 10 Prepaid Review | NET10 Verizon Alltel | Tracfone Tips Site map | Tracfone Tips Home Page | NET10 Directory on Tracfone Tips | Check out the latest Net10 Phones
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse