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Tracfone user review

5

Tracfones been great

By: Cassidy Swain on Sunday, June 29, 2008
From Houston MO (United States)
Experience: 1 Years
Pros: no contract, can be cheap, easy to figure out, pretty much everything

Cons: coverage isn't as good as other companies

Summary: I've used tracfone for about a year and a half and it's been great. i started out with the little $15 phone then went to their $40 camera phone and recently bought the $80 phone with double minutes. the double minutes is the way to go especially if you buy your minutes.. i buy the $20 card with 60 minutes and ( on the internet) when i go through the checkout i can add another 60 minutes for $10. so with double minutes i get 240 minutes for $30. that is 12.5 cents a minute and about 4 cents per text sent or recieved.. overall i've had a good experiance with them. the worst part is i don't get service in some places that most people do with other phone companies.

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