Samsung T301G – Double Minutes for Life – 1 Year of Service for only $70

Samsung T201G Deal

Samsung T201G Deal

Here’s a really great deal from Tracfone and Wal-Mart right now. For $70 you can get a Samsung T301G cell phone with the following features:

  • Double Minutes for Life
  • 1 Year of Service
  • 200 minutes
  • Accessory kit

This is an awesome deal if you are a new Tracfone customer… or if you just want a new phone… or even if you just want the minutes, service, and DMFL!

Here is the link! Wal-Mart Samsung T301G deal

Have fun!

Magic Jack Skirts the Law Again

Magic Jack plans to use a legal technicality as the basis for its next product.  Your home becomes a mini cell tower.  How does that make you feel?  Here’s the scoop:

By PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer Peter Svensson, Ap Technology WriterFri Jan 8, 2:29 pm ET

[Associated Press] LAS VEGAS – The company behind the magicJack, the cheap Internet phone gadget that’s been heavily promoted on TV, has made a new version of the device that allows free calls from cell phones in the home, in a fashion that’s sure to draw protest from cellular carriers.

The new magicJack uses, without permission, radio frequencies for which cellular carriers have paid billions of dollars for exclusive licenses.

YMax Corp., which is based in Palm Beach, Fla., said this week at the International Consumers Electronics Show that it plans to start selling the device in about four months for $40, the same price as the original magicJack. As before, it will provide free calls to the U.S. and Canada for one year.

The device is, in essence, a very small cellular tower for the home.

The size of a deck of cards, it plugs into a PC, which needs a broadband Internet connection. The device then detects when a compatible cell phone comes within 8 feet, and places a call to it. The user enters a short code on the phone. The phone is then linked to the magicJack, and as long as it’s within range (YMax said it will cover a 3,000-square-foot home) magicJack routes the call itself, over the Internet, rather than going through the carrier’s cellular tower. No minutes are subtracted from the user’s account with the carrier. Any extra fees for international calls are subtracted from the user’s account with magicJack, not the carrier.

According to YMax CEO Dan Borislow, the device will connect to any phone that uses the GSM standard, which in the U.S. includes phones from AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile USA. At a demonstration at CES, a visitor’s phone with a T-Mobile account successfully placed and received calls through the magicJack. Most phones from Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp. won’t connect to the device.

Borislow said the device is legal because wireless spectrum licenses don’t extend into the home.

AT&T, T-Mobile and the Federal Communications Commission had no immediate comment on whether they believe the device is legal, but said they were looking into the issue. CTIA — The Wireless Association, a trade group, said it was declining comment for now. None of them had heard of YMax’s plans.

Borislow said YMax has sold 5 million magicJacks for landline phones in the last two years, and that roughly 3 million are in active use. That would give YMax a bigger customer base than Internet phone pioneer Vonage Holdings Corp., which has been selling service for $25 per month for the better part of a decade. Privately held YMax had revenue of $110 million last year, it says.

U.S. carriers have been selling and experimenting with devices that act similarly to the wireless magicJack. They’re called “femtocells.” Like the magicJack, they use the carrier’s licensed spectrum to connect to a phone, then route the calls over a home broadband connection. They improve coverage inside the home and offload capacity from the carrier’s towers.

But femtocells are complex products, because they’re designed to mesh with the carrier’s external network. They cost the carriers more than $200, though some sell them cheaper, recouping the cost through added service fees. YMax’s magicJack is a much smaller, simpler design.

Newest Tracfone Promo Codes

Here are a list (with actual user reports) of some of the latest TracFone deals and promo codes.  These have all been used by actual people.

  • Used 53211 for 30 bonus minutes with a 60 min card (1/17/2010)
  • 14938 on a 60 minute card, DMFL phone gave me 90 bonus minutes, for a total of 210 minutes! (1/16/2010)
  • Just used code 49100 on a DMFL phone. Got 450 units plus 550 bonus and 90 days added.  So the code got me an extra 100 minutes.

There you go!

Get 1050 Tracfone Minutes and 1 Year of Service for $100

Why do some people pay upwards of $150 per month for cell phone service?  I doesn’t make sense, especially for those of us who use their phone less than once per day.

I just paid $100 to Tracfone for a full year of service and 1050 minutes of talk time.

Trasaction Details

Trasaction Details

Up until today, I used to load up my Tracfone every 3 months, spending a total of $80 per year with about 600 minutes of talk time.  A few weeks ago I “woke up” and realized that it would be a better deal to simply by 1 year of service!

Here’s how the 1050 minutes breaks down:

  1. 1-year card provides 400 minutes
  2. Double Minutes for Life (DMFL) provides another 400
  3. 250 bonus minutes using code 22118

Now I’m good to go until January of 2011!

Get 120 minutes on a 60-minute card?

I found another Tracfone promotional code that can supposedly get you 60 bonus minutes on top of a 60-minute card.  Can anyone confirm this?

Here is the code: 53322

It’s possible that this could be an old code.

Tracfone - Get 280 minutes on a 120-minute card

Hi gang,

Recently we’ve been seeing reports of a fairly good Tracfone Promo code to be used with a 120-minute card.  If you’ve got Double Minutes for Life on your phone, then you are set to receive a whopping 280 minutes for a 120-minute card!

Just use code: 43916

Double Minutes for Life will snag you:

120 * 2 + 40 bonus = 280 minutes

Regular users will still get:

120 + 40 = 160 minutes, which is not bad!

Have fun, peeps!

Long Term Tracfone Investment Could Pay Off

A reader brought this to our attention…

Tracfone is offering a web exclusive of 1500 minutes, plus 365 days added, for $199.  That works to a pretty good deal if you are a heavy Tracfone user.  I’m not, and I currently pay $80 per year for a total of 600 minutes by purchasing 60-minute cards every 3 months with bonus codes applied.

Check it out if you think you could derive some savings.

Magic Jack Customer Service Chat Log - Lauralee

Here is another Magic Jack Customer Service Chat Log for your reading pleasure!  These things are always so strangely interesting.  When you read it, try to look at it objectively and see who’s right and who’s wrong.

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Chat InformationPlease wait for a site operator to respond.

Chat InformationYou are now chatting with ‘Crystal’

Chat InformationYour Issue ID for this chat is LTK419085579833X

Crystal: Hello, how may I help you?

Lauralee Holley: I was talking to someone before and was disconnected or ignored

Lauralee Holley: Chat Information Please wait for a site operator to respond. Chat Information You are now chatting with ‘Mickey’ Chat Information Your Issue ID for this chat

is LTK419085575169X

Mickey: Hello, how may I help you?

Lauralee Holley: I ordered the magic jack online and I want to return it but it’s been more than 30 days

Mickey: CAn I have your magicjack number please?

Lauralee Holley: I dont know it because it doesn’t work

Mickey: One moment please…

Lauralee Holley: I tried many times to get it to work and it doesn’t

Mickey: Did you register it?

Lauralee Holley: I think so

Mickey: Is it plug in now?

Lauralee Holley: no it’s in the original packaging

Mickey: It’s not yet registered I guess.

Mickey: One moment please…

Lauralee Holley: Can it be returned being the fact it’s never been used

Lauralee Holley: Is there anything I can do to get a refund?

Mickey: Thank you for your patience. I will transfer you to a higher level of support. Please hold while I transfer you.

Chat InformationPlease wait while I transfer the chat to the best suited site operator.

Chat InformationYou are now chatting with ‘Roy’ Chat InformationYour Issue ID for this chat is LTK419085575169X Roy:

Hello Lauralee. My name is Roy. To better assist you, let me put you on hold while I read your previous chat. Thank you.

Lauralee Holley: Is anyone there?

Roy: Yes.

Roy: Thank you for waiting.

Roy: May I have your sales order number please?

Lauralee Holley: would that be on the packageing

Roy: On your email confirmation.

Lauralee Holley: I’ll have to go check my email real quick

Roy: Sure thing.

Lauralee Holley: I don’t have the email

Roy: May I have your complete name and address please?

Lauralee Holley: how do I find that?

Roy: Your complete name and address that you’ve used when you place your order?

Lauralee Holley: oh I’m sorry.  [address removed by admin]

Roy: It’s okay. No problem.

Roy: Thank you for the information.

Roy: Please wait while I check that for you

Roy: Please confirm the information below.

Roy: Order Date: 10/05/2009

Roy: LAURALEE HOLLEY

Roy: [address removed by admin]

Roy: [address removed by admin]

Roy: US

Lauralee Holley: yes

Lauralee Holley: That is correct

Lauralee Holley: So can I get a refund?

Lauralee Holley: Is anyone there? If you cant help me is there a 1 800 number that I can call?

Lauralee Holley: hello?

Lauralee Holley: I pasted the conversation

Lauralee Holley: I just want to know if I can have a refund

Lauralee Holley: I’ve been trying to get a answer for an hour and a half

Crystal: You want to return your device right?

Crystal: Are you still with me, Lauralee?

Lauralee Holley: yes

Crystal: May I know where did you purchase the magicJack device?

Lauralee Holley: online

Crystal: May I know if you are still on your free 30 day trial?

Lauralee Holley: no I am not

Lauralee Holley: I never used it because when I tried to install it, it wouldn’t work

Crystal: Thank you for your patience. I will transfer you to a higher level of support. Please hold while I transfer you.

Chat InformationPlease wait while I transfer the chat to the best suited site operator.

Chat InformationYou are now chatting with ‘Imarie’

Chat InformationYour Issue ID for this chat is LTK419085579833X

Imarie: Hello Lauralee. My name is Imarie. To better assist you, let me put you on hold while I read your previous chat. Thank you.

Imarie: I hope you can bear with me.

Imarie: Thank you for allowing me to review your previous chat session. Allow me to assist you with your issue.

Imarie: Would you mind if we will just replace your magicJack, Lauralee?

Lauralee Holley: I don’t want it

Lauralee Holley: this one doesn’t work why would a new one

Imarie: I understand that one but that’s all we can offer since your over 30 days already and we cannot issue a refund even if you send the device back to us.

Lauralee Holley: I NEVER USED IT

Imarie: I understand that one but we have a policy that we need to follow and I guess you are aware of it too.

Lauralee Holley: so i got transfered 4 times and waited and hour and a half to be told I am not going to get my money back

Imarie: May I know the issue you are having with your magicJack?

Lauralee Holley: when I tried to install it, it wasn’t working so I went to FAQ and it told me to buy a new phone because my phone was not compatable so I tried 8 different

phones and still the same problem I get a dial tone but the call does not go threw

Lauralee Holley: It doesn’t work so now I want my money back

Imarie: But you are over 30-days already, Lauralee.

Lauralee Holley: I don’t care I got sold a product that does not work

Lauralee Holley: and hasn’t worked since day one not day thirty

Lauralee Holley: I got scammed and ripped off

Imarie: I understand your concern but it was clearly stated in our FAQ section that you will only be refunded if you are still under 30-days.

Lauralee Holley: So basically your telling me that I am stuck with this thing that doesn’t work

Lauralee Holley: I paid money to your company for me to get nothing

Imarie: That’s why I offered you a replacement.

Lauralee Holley: Do I have to pay the shipping?

Imarie: We will pay for the the shipping for a RUSH for the new magicJack and you need to pay for the return postage of the OLD magicJack.

Lauralee Holley: Why should I have to pay anything?

Lauralee Holley: I refuse to pay anymore

Lauralee Holley: It is not my fault that it doesn’t work so why show I have to pay more

Imarie: Okay, then there’s nothing I can do about it. I already offered you all possible things and still you refuse.

Imarie: Is there anything else I may help you with today?

Lauralee Holley: I want a manager or someone who can help me since you cant

Imarie: I am the highest person that you can deal with in this chat session.

Imarie: There’s no one higher than me already.

Lauralee Holley: How else can I reach someone besides the computer? Is there a phone number I can call?

Imarie: No, we only do chat support here, Lauralee.

Lauralee Holley: so whats 281-404-1551?

Imarie: That number is not related to our support. You are free to call that number to check if you can talk to a person.

Imarie: Is there anything else I may help you with today?

Imarie: I have not heard from you in a while. Do you wish to continue this chat session?

Imarie: Since I have not heard from you for some time, I am going to close this chat. If you need any help in the future, please do not hesitate to chat with us again. Good bye

Chat InformationChat session has been terminated by the site operator.

Reader Report – 160 bonus minutes on 120-minute card

Ines reports good news from TracFone code 26733:

I got 160 bonus minutes + 90 days by using code 26733 on a 120-minute card!

Cool, thanks so much!

That sounds like a pretty good deal!  If you have success with this code, please let us know!

Tracfone Promo Code still gives 150 minutes on a 60 minute card

As reported over at Ooine.com, apparently code 79570 will still give you 150 minutes on a $20 60-minute card.  And at least 1 reader of that site indicated that the code works without a Double Minutes For Life (DMFL) tracfone!

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