Verizon Prepaid Samsung Smooth Can Save Big Money

Bought for my wife as we wanted to end her current contract month to month on her old phone to save money which was like $45 a month, and her old phone was getting out dated.

$19.99 + tax from Walmart came with $10 airtime good for 60 days and $10 more will be added when more time is bought, so in other words, the phone is free.

The daily fee is 99 cents only on days you use the phone, and no minutes are deducted if you talk to others on Verizon. She has a few friends on Verizon so that will save a lot. Talk all day for 99 cents if you want.

If not on Verizon it is 10 cents a minute. Daily mobile web access is 99 cents if used and is good for 24 hours of use, so checking emails on the go is good if you are away from your computer for an extended time.

There is a GPS feature and that is $2.95 a day if used for that 24 hour period.

Airtime cards are bought to add time, and a $15 card is good for 30 days.

Unused money is rolled over as well.

I bought a $100 card and that is good for a whole year, so that is a $80 saving right there.

BUT, I bought it on eBay for $93.97 and that makes it just 7.83 a month.

So, the old contract price was $45 a month or $540 a year

Now the prepaid price is $7.83 a month or 93.97 a year.

A savings of $446.03 a year of $37.16 a month.

This is of course depending on usage, and at this price she could use it 8 times a month with no extra fees, but she usually used her old phone less than 6 or 7 times a month anyway. Since the time is good for a year, some months may have heavier or lighter usage, so it would average out over the 12 months.

We use Skype at home, so even using more times per month this would still be a big savings per year overall.

To sum it up, if you only use a cell phone once in a while, consider a prepaid phone as an alternative, as this can save you big money.

net10 Nokia 1600 My Prepaid Cell Phone

I had a cell phone years ago, I still have it in the garage. It was a SONY that at the time cost $100, but now is literally worthless. Unless the house is attacked by aliens, and I'm trapped in the house and can use it to call 911 for help.

About 6 months ago, I had been wanting to get a cell phone again, but was really shopping around to find the best deal, but I did not want to sign a 2 year contract. You never know what may happen in the future and getting stuck for a long time, if I for whatever reason wanted to stop, or switch would be a bummer.

I was in Walmart and saw the net10 display, and looked everything over, took a brochure, went home and looked it up on Google. I seem to take months to make up my mind and research everything 3 ways to Sunday.

To do research, I looked on scam sites, blogs, comparison sites. So, eventually I decided to go for it. The phone was literally free, as it was $29.97 and included 300 minutes and 60 days airtime, and the 'aircard' for that same time is $30, so the way I saw it, that meant 'free phone.'

This means it is $15.00 an month.

We still have a home phone, as I need it in case the cable for the internet goes down, as I need that for business, and I use SKYPE for long distance, so a cell phone is just for emergencies, or to be in contact when not at home, not something I would ever use to 'chat' or 'gab' on.

I have used it to do my 'radio show' when I am away from home, that works out good too.

The airtime rolls over too, so now, six months later, I have a little over 1000 minutes left.

The way I figure now, when I get some crazy amount of minutes on it, and no plans to talk that much, I will just sell it on eBay, as lets say I have 2000 minutes on it, that would be worth $200 retail just for the airtime.

I do see others doing this, and a phone with 1000 minutes sometime may go for $50 - $60 or more.

So if I want to upgrade, although this phone works great, I could just sell it, and use the money to replace it, another free phone!

New Update: I get my aircards on eBay for around $12.50 (a month) so the yearly cost is $150.00