Cellphone pay as you go ?s

[gofastmerc]

My wife has an old Tellus pay-as-you-go phone that is about five years old and a piece of crap. It is an older phone that does not have SIM card. What are the options? She just needs a cheap phone, doesn't need a camera, or any other gizmos.

I see cheap phones on ebay, just buy one and start using it? I assume she will lose her number, which realy isn't a big deal.

[aaronck]

Go to the futureshop site and search "refurbished"
they usually have decent phones there for under $100, and they usually come with a $50 airtime credit..I've had a couple of these over the years, they're great

[toyboy88]

check these links all under $70, and they come with a $50 intial prepaid credit so the phones are pretty much free!

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10082990&catid=10155&logon=&langid=EN

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10082988&catid=10155&logon=&langid=EN

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10082989&catid=10155&logon=&langid=EN

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10082986&catid=10155&logon=&langid=EN

those would be your best bet, basically free phones...no contract/credit check or anything just start and talk :thumbsup:

[kaput]

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[gofastmerc]

That sounds great. What about the phone number?

[Mar]

I used to work there, what exactly are you asking? You want to start a new pay as you go plan? You want to continue your old one?

[toomuchb00st]

Originally posted by Mar
I used to work there, what exactly are you asking? You want to start a new pay as you go plan? You want to continue your old one?
His wife's phone is a piece. They want to replace it. He just wants to know what his options are for replacing a pay as go phone. And I think its been answered...buy a new one for cheap lol. GL.

[toyboy88]

Originally posted by gofastmerc
That sounds great. What about the phone number?

I'm 99% sure you have to get a new number when u buy a new phone, unless u go to the store and get them to transfer the number if that's possible with telus

[Mar]

Just replacing the phone, yes you can keep your number. It's $25 to switch it over to the new phone, or you can do it online on their website for $10. You can also find some cheap refurbished phones on their website for under $100 and they're really not bad.

[LuxCars]

^^^

i dont know if that applies to pay as you go...because that is deffinately true for plans.

and yeah for 80$ you can get a 50$ phone card and a brand new samsung color phone. for 100$ you can get the camera phone, but you already stated that you dont need it.

[Supa Dexta]

pretty sure its 90 days now, that if you don't have an active account for pay&go you lose your number..

you do get the 50$ card with a new purchase, but its 10$ to sign the phone up online yourslef, or 35? I think to call and have them set it up...

I grabbed one a couple of months back in a hurry, but I'll be switching over to a contract now, too damn expensive, I just need it for work, so they can get in touch with me...

Oh, and if you let the mins run out it gets worse.. you start at a rate of 25cents/min with telus, if they run out you buy a new card, 10$=new rate of 44cents min, 25$card=33cents and 50$ card= 25 cents, so you have to spend 50bux to get back to their cheapest rate of 25cents/min..

[Ajay]

For Telus pay as you go yes it is 90 days and you lose that number but that's only if you leave it for 90 days with a zero balance in the account.

You can simply buy a new phone and have the number switched to the new phone. You don't have to get a brand new number at all if you don't want too.

At most dealerships the switch over fee is around $35.