Tracfone 1 Year of Service and 400 Minutes

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

I've been using Tracfone for six years now, and I am pleased with it in every way. The voice quality has always been good, but with the new LG 500 I now use it is really outstanding. I have normal senescent hearing loss, and I have problems with even our landline at home, but with my Tracfone the problem is almost always the phone of the other party.I live in Montana, and we don't have the internet feature available, but I doubt if I'd use it that much anyway. The coverage area here, by the way, is as good or better than the regular carriers. The one unusual Tracfone feature that I make regular use of is the international calling access number, which makes it the cost to make calls to our friends in Germany and Mexico as it does to call a neighbor. The problem in Mexico is that our friends are all rural folk with almost no landlines, and so the Tracfone international access doesn't work. But you can get an access number in Mexico that people there can use to call you at local rates (which are unfortunately expensive, thanks to a near monopoly of Telcel, which is also owned by Tracfone's parent company America Movil). It works well and calls in my experience go right through.This year I've used about 1000 minutes of airtime, which I've now gotten--thanks to these discounted cards--for $75, about what most folks I know pay per month for cell service. I notice that in areas (not mine unfortunately) Tracfone now offers triple minute phones whereas mine is a mere double minute phone.I have used their customer service to resolve a few problems or get help and generally their people are pretty good. They are all over the place: Canada, Belize, the Caribbean and sometimes you have to work through the varous Englishes. I've also tried their Spanish-language CS just to see how it works. I think they're all Mexicans (unsurprisingly) so the accents are not a problem (if you're used to Mexican Spanish, of course) but they generally are o.k. too.

was without phone service for several days when the time expired until the card arrived, but getting it reinstalled was as simple and fast as going online and signing on for service. It was re-established in seconds.

It seems that some reviewers would rather discuss the Pro's and Con's of TracFone and there customer service as apposed to this card, which is what the review should be about. So let me review this card first and touch on the rest later.Previous to using this card I was using prepaidonline.com for my Tracfone minutes. They are about the same price as Tracfone but unlike Tracfone the service was excellent. All my transactions where over the phone to a US operator. My minutes where added to my phone while I was talking to them " Nice and easy with no problems ". I saw this card on Amazon for 30% off the list price and $30 less than I was paying, so I bought it. True it only has 400 min. on it but I have double minutes on my phone so that adds up to 800 total. With prepaidonline.com I was getting the 800 min plus 200 bonus minutes but my phone is rarely used for long conversations, so 800 min. is plenty in fact I have 900 min leftover on my phone now. All I was concerned with was the time left, and this card gave me another year. The Amazon seller was Veronica Tablet and they sent it overnight even though I was expecting Prime 2 day delivery. It was packaged properly and super easy to use. I just put the pin # from the card in on my phone to add minutes and within a minute the time and minutes where added to my phone. I noticed the price fluctuates on this card depending on the seller, I have seen it go from 69 to 99 dollars. Best to keep watching it untill the price is right.As for Tracfone I have had it for nearly 5 years and love it. I have not had any problems PERIOD. I have traveled extensively on the East Coast with no dead areas or connection problems. Reviewers mention Tracfone customer service is lousy, well I have never used them. I have used prepaidonline.com from the beginning, that could explain why I have not had any problems.