Unbelievably Cheap Cell Phone Offers

Our family was looking for another cell phone for the family, but didn’t want to break the bank. It was also important that the phone work well throughout the United States.   So, here is how we went about making our decision.

1. We called up our existing cell phone carrier to see how much money it would cost to add a line sharing the minutes.  Since we had a basic plan with them with only one phone attached, they wanted us to upgrade to a pricey plan with features that we did not need or want.
2. Next, we started looking at pre-paid (pay-as-you-go) plans.  We were pleasantly surprised at how much the services and prices have improved in the last couple of years.
3. So, we started digging deeper and discovered tons of pre-pain plans offered by different phone carriers.  We wanted to focus on plans that cost the least over a twelve month period of time.  Since we’re not going to be using the phone very much, the annual cost is what decided to focus on.
4. Ok, so after considerable research, we ended up with two companies that are owned by the same parent company, but offer different plans (TracFone and Net10).
5. We found that Net10 and TracFone were the most competitively priced and offered us the most flexibility in terms of coverage.
6. Since we’re  light-weight cell phone users, TracFone ended up being the best bet for us.  Plus we really liked the fact that they offered an option that allowed us to keep our pre-paid minutes for 90 days.  If we re-filled our minutes within that 90-day period we get to keep our unused minutes. Nice……
7. Our best bet was to go with a phone that came bundled with the double-minutes for the life  feature.  The LG phone we purchased with that feature only cost us $21.89 (including free shipping and sales tax)…..Sweet.
8. After looking at Wal-Mart, we found the best deal online at the TracFone.com web site.

If you plan to use your cell phone more often, you may want to look into the Net10

As always, things change over the months and years and it pays to double check what’s being offered right before you sign up.