Tracfone 1 Year of Service and 400 Minutes

Do not purchase Tracphone minutes Friday from SoCallDeals. You are not getting the actual Tracfone card as pictured, instead you get what looks like a home printed piece of paper with a number to enter on your phone, for which you pay $4.99 shipping. My phone did not accept the given number, so I requested a return which was fine, however I only received $84.00 out of $100.00 (plus shipping) that I paid, because they charge a 20% restocking fee. Restocking a piece of paper....you have to be kidding!

As someone who is not glued to their phone but likes to carry one "just in case," I find the Tracfone service more than adequate for my needs. Plus, what's not to like about a yearly cellphone bill that's less than a hundred dollars? I purchased my "triple minute" phone just about a year ago, so I came here to buy my first "One Year" airtime card to refill minutes and service days. I got a great price from Shopcelldeals, and prompt shipping. For the record, I received the actual green and blue Tracfone card as depicted.Adding the airtime card was simple to do from my Tracfone, using the "Add Airtime" button under the "Prepaid" section. My phone automatically tripled the 400 minutes to 1200, and I also used a bonus code that I found on the internet for an additional 250 minutes, totaling 1450 minutes added. It also rolled over my existing 1139 minutes (told you I am not glued to my phone!). Best of all, unlike those other "no contract" cellphone carriers who start your service time from the date you enter the card, Tracfone added the service date to the end of my current service date. I entered my new card with 22 days service remaining, and now I have 387 days service. I was so please that I was not robbed of my 22 remaining days, the way those other cellphone carriers rob you. Kudos to Tracfone for being fair and honest. I'll be keeping my Tracfone service for a long time to come!

I have bought the 1 year 400 minute airtime cards from amazon in the past for $90 and they were actual Tracfone Airtime cards. This time I did not receive a Tracfone card but instead a couple pieces of home printed looking paper. That wasn't what I expected to get. Now it seems better to buy direct from Tracfone to be sure you get what you want.

I placed the order, and received it 4 days later via USPS Priority Mail (would have been perfectly happy for lower shipping fee to take a couple of more days for standard US Mail as it would have only taken a day or two more). It was not an actual card such as you might purchase via a retail outlet, but just a printed piece of paper with a PIN code.It is interesting that their web site shows a shipping charge of $0 for "standard handling to the continental USA" but this "card" isnn't available via that route as far as I can find. That was slightly annoying to me, though I can't put my finger on why I feel that way.I tried to enter the code via my phone, but the code kept giving an "error code 7" message. I went to the tracfone web site, and the code worked fine. The cost via this method worked out to about a 15& discount over the price on the tracfone web site.. $15 bucks is $15 bucks. Since I already have "double minutes" it registered as 800 minutes.. They now offer "triple minutes" too.. Tracfone gets credit for trying to be a "value-positioned product"I had no reason to contact the seller so I can't speak to their customer service.I rank it a satisfactory experience, even though there was some slight variance over what I expected.It is worth mentioning that if you buy through TracFone, you normally get 250 bonus minutes for purchasing this same 400+365 deal.. (I'm not sure this is ALWAYS offered, but I've never looked that it was NOT offered). Since it costs $5 for "shipping" on this card, it means $90 for 400 (double-able) or $99 for 400 (double-able)+ 250 "bonus" minutes.. cheaper online by the minute, but it's your choice. I will say that buying direct from TracFone they add a bunch of "fees" on to increase it nearly $10 which you don't have with this item.[edit 8/2013] I note this is up $5, so after shipping it is only "fees" cheaper.. so it's less of a "deal" Watch the prices and act accordingly :/ This last round I just bought from Tracfone

In the world of buy as you go phones. I have found Tracfone to be the one with the best overall coverage. Throw in the benefit of triple minutes plus many bonus minutes thrown in quite often and I can only give this 5 stars. Switching from a plan I've had with Sprint that started when phones were still in bags and had cords the plan I had was $30.00 a month. (actually $40 when you add in all the fees.) I went from paying $480.00 a year minimum to paying $100.00 to $150.00. Plus the Tracfone works in an area where the Sprint only worked if I was outdoors and facing in the right direction. This is not to say there have been spots where I lose my service. but they are far and few between. I can't speak for the smart phone abilities even though I have a 3g model. I just don't use it. For me a phone is a phone. The sad thing is. The card can be bought for less in places other than Amazon. Which saddens me as I try to remain loyal to Amazon as much as possible.