BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H.
wrote:

I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and
getting a
prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100
and
they're good for a year.
Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom
and how do
you like it?

I've had the that T-Mobile deal for about 3 years.
If you do the $100 right off, after a year you can buy any amount to
renew for another year. Gold member or something like that.
Last year I think I bought a $40 refill because we still had
about 800
minutes left.
I still don't know any service that's cheaper for "light" use.
But.......any phone is worthless if there's no coverage.
From Chicago to Florida - which is where we use it, it's been
perfect.
So check coverage first.
I've heard coverage maps aren't always indicative of "good"
coverage,
so it would be best to actually find somebody who uses it your area
and get the straight skinny.
We bought here in Chicago with local use in mind, but it's worked
out
for out trips too. Dumb luck.
--Vic


You used only 200 minutes over an entire year?

Crikey.

We go through about 700 minutes a month...of course there are four
of us on the family plan, one is a teenager still in high school
and another is a college student. They talk a lot, but they IM
even more. Thank goodness IM's are free. Even better, *I* don't
IM. At all. Hate it.

IM's aren't free. IM's are the phone company's bread and butter
these days.


Our plan includes "unlimited" IMs on four cell phones for $10 a
month. That's pretty much free. The three other users burn up the
airwaves with hundreds of messages each a month.

Like I said, IM's aren't free. And I seriously doubt that you have
unlimited IMs on 4 lines for $10 per month.


That's what it costs on the family plan, bozo.

With who?



With my carrier. You do know you can negotiate discounts off the rate
card with most carriers if you are at or near the end of your contract
and you threaten to switch to another carrier. Works with cell phone
companies, works with cable providers.

Use your superior education and business acumen to deal with your
carrier. Or be a schnook and pay what they ask.

Your boy Loogy probably pays more than the rate card says, stupid as he is.

"HK" wrote in message
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BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H.
wrote:

I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and
getting a
prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100
and
they're good for a year.
Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and
how do
you like it?

I've had the that T-Mobile deal for about 3 years.
If you do the $100 right off, after a year you can buy any amount
to
renew for another year. Gold member or something like that.
Last year I think I bought a $40 refill because we still had about
800
minutes left.
I still don't know any service that's cheaper for "light" use.
But.......any phone is worthless if there's no coverage.
From Chicago to Florida - which is where we use it, it's been
perfect.
So check coverage first.
I've heard coverage maps aren't always indicative of "good"
coverage,
so it would be best to actually find somebody who uses it your area
and get the straight skinny.
We bought here in Chicago with local use in mind, but it's worked
out
for out trips too. Dumb luck.
--Vic


You used only 200 minutes over an entire year?

Crikey.

We go through about 700 minutes a month...of course there are four
of us on the family plan, one is a teenager still in high school and
another is a college student. They talk a lot, but they IM even
more. Thank goodness IM's are free. Even better, *I* don't IM. At
all. Hate it.

IM's aren't free. IM's are the phone company's bread and butter these
days.


Our plan includes "unlimited" IMs on four cell phones for $10 a month.
That's pretty much free. The three other users burn up the airwaves
with hundreds of messages each a month.

Like I said, IM's aren't free. And I seriously doubt that you have
unlimited IMs on 4 lines for $10 per month.


That's what it costs on the family plan, bozo.

With who?



With my carrier. You do know you can negotiate discounts off the rate card
with most carriers if you are at or near the end of your contract and you
threaten to switch to another carrier. Works with cell phone companies,
works with cable providers.

Use your superior education and business acumen to deal with your carrier.
Or be a schnook and pay what they ask.

Your boy Loogy probably pays more than the rate card says, stupid as he
is.

With your low claimed usage, I don't see you having much negotiating power.
What carrier?

HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H.
wrote:

I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and
getting a
prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for
$100 and
they're good for a year.
Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom
and how do
you like it?

I've had the that T-Mobile deal for about 3 years.
If you do the $100 right off, after a year you can buy any
amount to
renew for another year. Gold member or something like that.
Last year I think I bought a $40 refill because we still had
about 800
minutes left.
I still don't know any service that's cheaper for "light" use.
But.......any phone is worthless if there's no coverage.
From Chicago to Florida - which is where we use it, it's been
perfect.
So check coverage first.
I've heard coverage maps aren't always indicative of "good"
coverage,
so it would be best to actually find somebody who uses it your area
and get the straight skinny.
We bought here in Chicago with local use in mind, but it's
worked out
for out trips too. Dumb luck.
--Vic


You used only 200 minutes over an entire year?

Crikey.

We go through about 700 minutes a month...of course there are
four of us on the family plan, one is a teenager still in high
school and another is a college student. They talk a lot, but
they IM even more. Thank goodness IM's are free. Even better, *I*
don't IM. At all. Hate it.

IM's aren't free. IM's are the phone company's bread and butter
these days.


Our plan includes "unlimited" IMs on four cell phones for $10 a
month. That's pretty much free. The three other users burn up the
airwaves with hundreds of messages each a month.

Like I said, IM's aren't free. And I seriously doubt that you have
unlimited IMs on 4 lines for $10 per month.


That's what it costs on the family plan, bozo.

With who?



With my carrier. You do know you can negotiate discounts off the rate
card with most carriers if you are at or near the end of your contract
and you threaten to switch to another carrier. Works with cell phone
companies, works with cable providers.

Use your superior education and business acumen to deal with your
carrier. Or be a schnook and pay what they ask.

I did and just re-uped a couple of days ago for two years and received a
credit for 4 months of service. Not bad, I wasn't going to switch from
this national carrier anyway. I get great service from them.

Your boy Loogy probably pays more than the rate card says, stupid as he is.

Loogy is his own boy. But he wasn't dumb enough to get kicked off of
some discussion board like you did.

BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H.
wrote:

I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan
and getting a
prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for
$100 and
they're good for a year.
Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom
and how do
you like it?

I've had the that T-Mobile deal for about 3 years.
If you do the $100 right off, after a year you can buy any
amount to
renew for another year. Gold member or something like that.
Last year I think I bought a $40 refill because we still had
about 800
minutes left.
I still don't know any service that's cheaper for "light" use.
But.......any phone is worthless if there's no coverage.
From Chicago to Florida - which is where we use it, it's been
perfect.
So check coverage first.
I've heard coverage maps aren't always indicative of "good"
coverage,
so it would be best to actually find somebody who uses it your
area
and get the straight skinny.
We bought here in Chicago with local use in mind, but it's
worked out
for out trips too. Dumb luck.
--Vic


You used only 200 minutes over an entire year?

Crikey.

We go through about 700 minutes a month...of course there are
four of us on the family plan, one is a teenager still in high
school and another is a college student. They talk a lot, but
they IM even more. Thank goodness IM's are free. Even better,
*I* don't IM. At all. Hate it.

IM's aren't free. IM's are the phone company's bread and butter
these days.


Our plan includes "unlimited" IMs on four cell phones for $10 a
month. That's pretty much free. The three other users burn up the
airwaves with hundreds of messages each a month.

Like I said, IM's aren't free. And I seriously doubt that you have
unlimited IMs on 4 lines for $10 per month.


That's what it costs on the family plan, bozo.

With who?



With my carrier. You do know you can negotiate discounts off the rate
card with most carriers if you are at or near the end of your contract
and you threaten to switch to another carrier. Works with cell phone
companies, works with cable providers.

Use your superior education and business acumen to deal with your
carrier. Or be a schnook and pay what they ask.

I did and just re-uped a couple of days ago for two years and received a
credit for 4 months of service. Not bad, I wasn't going to switch from
this national carrier anyway. I get great service from them.

Your boy Loogy probably pays more than the rate card says, stupid as
he is.

Loogy is his own boy. But he wasn't dumb enough to get kicked off of
some discussion board like you did.


I got a note from chuck...I know what he did and why, and I support what
he did. Loogy will be permanently banned from chuck's sooner rather than
later.

Gotta love Loogy's support group here...losers all, and barely a boater
in the bunch.

HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H.
wrote:

I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan
and getting a
prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for
$100 and
they're good for a year.
Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with
whom and how do
you like it?

I've had the that T-Mobile deal for about 3 years.
If you do the $100 right off, after a year you can buy any
amount to
renew for another year. Gold member or something like that.
Last year I think I bought a $40 refill because we still had
about 800
minutes left.
I still don't know any service that's cheaper for "light" use.
But.......any phone is worthless if there's no coverage.
From Chicago to Florida - which is where we use it, it's been
perfect.
So check coverage first.
I've heard coverage maps aren't always indicative of "good"
coverage,
so it would be best to actually find somebody who uses it your
area
and get the straight skinny.
We bought here in Chicago with local use in mind, but it's
worked out
for out trips too. Dumb luck.
--Vic


You used only 200 minutes over an entire year?

Crikey.

We go through about 700 minutes a month...of course there are
four of us on the family plan, one is a teenager still in high
school and another is a college student. They talk a lot, but
they IM even more. Thank goodness IM's are free. Even better,
*I* don't IM. At all. Hate it.

IM's aren't free. IM's are the phone company's bread and butter
these days.


Our plan includes "unlimited" IMs on four cell phones for $10 a
month. That's pretty much free. The three other users burn up the
airwaves with hundreds of messages each a month.

Like I said, IM's aren't free. And I seriously doubt that you have
unlimited IMs on 4 lines for $10 per month.


That's what it costs on the family plan, bozo.

With who?



With my carrier. You do know you can negotiate discounts off the rate
card with most carriers if you are at or near the end of your
contract and you threaten to switch to another carrier. Works with
cell phone companies, works with cable providers.

Use your superior education and business acumen to deal with your
carrier. Or be a schnook and pay what they ask.

I did and just re-uped a couple of days ago for two years and received
a credit for 4 months of service. Not bad, I wasn't going to switch
from this national carrier anyway. I get great service from them.

Your boy Loogy probably pays more than the rate card says, stupid as
he is.

Loogy is his own boy. But he wasn't dumb enough to get kicked off of
some discussion board like you did.


I got a note from chuck...I know what he did and why, and I support what
he did. Loogy will be permanently banned from chuck's sooner rather than
later.

Gotta love Loogy's support group here...losers all, and barely a boater
in the bunch.

Bull****, you didn't get a note from Chuck.

BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H.
wrote:

I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan
and getting a
prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for
$100 and
they're good for a year.
Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with
whom and how do
you like it?

I've had the that T-Mobile deal for about 3 years.
If you do the $100 right off, after a year you can buy any
amount to
renew for another year. Gold member or something like that.
Last year I think I bought a $40 refill because we still had
about 800
minutes left.
I still don't know any service that's cheaper for "light" use.
But.......any phone is worthless if there's no coverage.
From Chicago to Florida - which is where we use it, it's been
perfect.
So check coverage first.
I've heard coverage maps aren't always indicative of "good"
coverage,
so it would be best to actually find somebody who uses it
your area
and get the straight skinny.
We bought here in Chicago with local use in mind, but it's
worked out
for out trips too. Dumb luck.
--Vic


You used only 200 minutes over an entire year?

Crikey.

We go through about 700 minutes a month...of course there are
four of us on the family plan, one is a teenager still in high
school and another is a college student. They talk a lot, but
they IM even more. Thank goodness IM's are free. Even better,
*I* don't IM. At all. Hate it.

IM's aren't free. IM's are the phone company's bread and butter
these days.


Our plan includes "unlimited" IMs on four cell phones for $10 a
month. That's pretty much free. The three other users burn up
the airwaves with hundreds of messages each a month.

Like I said, IM's aren't free. And I seriously doubt that you
have unlimited IMs on 4 lines for $10 per month.


That's what it costs on the family plan, bozo.

With who?



With my carrier. You do know you can negotiate discounts off the
rate card with most carriers if you are at or near the end of your
contract and you threaten to switch to another carrier. Works with
cell phone companies, works with cable providers.

Use your superior education and business acumen to deal with your
carrier. Or be a schnook and pay what they ask.

I did and just re-uped a couple of days ago for two years and
received a credit for 4 months of service. Not bad, I wasn't going to
switch from this national carrier anyway. I get great service from them.

Your boy Loogy probably pays more than the rate card says, stupid as
he is.

Loogy is his own boy. But he wasn't dumb enough to get kicked off of
some discussion board like you did.


I got a note from chuck...I know what he did and why, and I support
what he did. Loogy will be permanently banned from chuck's sooner
rather than later.

Gotta love Loogy's support group here...losers all, and barely a
boater in the bunch.

Bull****, you didn't get a note from Chuck.


Of course I did. Why wouldn't I? And why would I care what you or the
other dwarfs think?

On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:21:18 -0400, BAR wrote:

HK wrote:

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I got a note from chuck...I know what he did and why, and I support what
he did. Loogy will be permanently banned from chuck's sooner rather than
later.

Gotta love Loogy's support group here...losers all, and barely a boater
in the bunch.

Bull****, you didn't get a note from Chuck.

I don't believe he did either. But, if he did get a 'sorry about that' note
from Chuck, then I don't believe even Harry would be stupid enough to
broadcast the fact. So, I believe your statement is correct.

However, Chuck could post a message here validating Harry's claim and
explaining why Harry got treated so nicely. Chuck sure as hell sent me no
message. All I ever saw was the "You've been banned" message. But then
again, I'm probably not very special.

John H. wrote:
On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:21:18 -0400, BAR wrote:

HK wrote:

snipped
I got a note from chuck...I know what he did and why, and I support what
he did. Loogy will be permanently banned from chuck's sooner rather than
later.

Gotta love Loogy's support group here...losers all, and barely a boater
in the bunch.
Bull****, you didn't get a note from Chuck.

I don't believe he did either. But, if he did get a 'sorry about that' note
from Chuck, then I don't believe even Harry would be stupid enough to
broadcast the fact. So, I believe your statement is correct.

However, Chuck could post a message here validating Harry's claim and
explaining why Harry got treated so nicely. Chuck sure as hell sent me no
message. All I ever saw was the "You've been banned" message. But then
again, I'm probably not very special.


Let's not have you assholes start up a tale that isn't true. I did not
say I got a "sorry" note from Chuck. I said I got a note from Chuck in
which he briefly explained his thinking and I said I sent a response
saying I supported what he did.

Shouldn't you boys be out playing a round of lousy golf?

HK wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:21:18 -0400, BAR wrote:

HK wrote:

snipped
I got a note from chuck...I know what he did and why, and I support
what he did. Loogy will be permanently banned from chuck's sooner
rather than later.

Gotta love Loogy's support group here...losers all, and barely a
boater in the bunch.
Bull****, you didn't get a note from Chuck.

I don't believe he did either. But, if he did get a 'sorry about that'
note
from Chuck, then I don't believe even Harry would be stupid enough to
broadcast the fact. So, I believe your statement is correct.

However, Chuck could post a message here validating Harry's claim and
explaining why Harry got treated so nicely. Chuck sure as hell sent me no
message. All I ever saw was the "You've been banned" message. But then
again, I'm probably not very special.


Let's not have you assholes start up a tale that isn't true. I did not
say I got a "sorry" note from Chuck. I said I got a note from Chuck in
which he briefly explained his thinking and I said I sent a response
saying I supported what he did.

Shouldn't you boys be out playing a round of lousy golf?


Prove that you received a note from Chuck stating that he had to smack
your hand in order to be fair to all.

Krause you are a lying sack of crap.

HK wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:21:18 -0400, BAR wrote:

HK wrote:

snipped
I got a note from chuck...I know what he did and why, and I support
what he did. Loogy will be permanently banned from chuck's sooner
rather than later.

Gotta love Loogy's support group here...losers all, and barely a
boater in the bunch.
Bull****, you didn't get a note from Chuck.

I don't believe he did either. But, if he did get a 'sorry about that'
note
from Chuck, then I don't believe even Harry would be stupid enough to
broadcast the fact. So, I believe your statement is correct.

However, Chuck could post a message here validating Harry's claim and
explaining why Harry got treated so nicely. Chuck sure as hell sent me no
message. All I ever saw was the "You've been banned" message. But then
again, I'm probably not very special.


Let's not have you assholes start up a tale that isn't true. I did not
say I got a "sorry" note from Chuck. I said I got a note from Chuck in
which he briefly explained his thinking and I said I sent a response
saying I supported what he did.

Chuck put you in time out because you were doing your best to stir up
****. All I have to save about Chuck's logic in putting you in time
out is "BRAVO".