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Tracfone 1-Year Prepaid Smartphone Plan w/ 1200 Min, 1200 Txt & 3GB Data Expired
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tracfonewireless via eBay has Tracfone 1-Year Prepaid Smartphone Plan for AT&T or T-Mobile w/ 1200 Minutes, 1200 Texts and 3GB of Data + SIM Card for $39.99. Shipping is free. Thanks CorNut
Note: Coverage on AT&T, Verizon or T-Mobile network (based on device/location, selectable via the drop-down menu).
Kit Includes:
Note: Coverage on AT&T, Verizon or T-Mobile network (based on device/location, selectable via the drop-down menu).
Kit Includes:
- Pre-Loaded SIM Card
- 365 days of service
- 1,200 minutes
- 1,200 texts
- 3GB data
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Edited March 9, 2020
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tracfone...3493
separate activation card and sim kit
Kit Includes:
activation card
AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile SIM cards
365 days of service
1,200 minutes
1,200 texts
3GB data
Service it for 1-year, NOT per-month. This is targeted to light users or for a backup phone.
separate activation card and sim kit
Kit Includes:
activation card
AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile SIM cards
365 days of service
1,200 minutes
1,200 texts
3GB data
Service it for 1-year, NOT per-month. This is targeted to light users or for a backup phone.
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Last Edited by larryc
July 6, 2020
at
03:21 PM
Instructions from @wordage:
I can confirm what @dreamwarrior and @duluthgeek have been saying. I have an existing unlocked smartphone that I was using via Tracfone's BYOP program. It was using a TF AT&T SIM. I am pretty sure any other TF SIM (i.e. Verizon or T-Mobile) would work, too, but the transfer process may take a little longer (see step 7 below). Anyway, I received an AT&T-only SIM (no separate one year card) from Grand Prairie, TX today, and here are the steps I followed to transfer from my preexisting TF AT&T SIM, and maintain all the existing data/minutes/texts, while adding one year of service plus 3GB data + 1200 minutes + 1200 texts that are associated with this new TF AT&T SIM.
1.) go to Tracfone website (https://www.tracfone.co
2.) click the "Activate" tab towards the top of the page
3.) choose the "I'M BRINGING MY OWN SMARTPHONE" option, and then choose "YES" for the "ACCEPT TERMS AND CONDITIONS" popup that appears
4.) at the "Do you have a Tracfone SIM card?", choose the "YES, I ALREADY HAVE ONE" option, and enter the full number of your new SIM starting with 89014, then click the "CONTINUE" button
5.) at the "Do you want to keep your current phone number?" screen, choose the "YES" option
6.) at the "SELECT THE NUMBER YOU WANT TO KEEP" popup, select the telephone number of your phone of interest (see step 1 above), and then hit the "CONTINUE" button
7.) you'll end up at a "Phone Upgrade Request Submitted" screen that gives instructions about waiting for your existing SIM to deactivate, then shutting down the phone, putting in the new SIM, and starting up again; hit the "CONTINUE" button to proceed
8.) you'll end up at a "SUCCESS!" screen, woo-hoo, you have completed the process!
At that point, I shut down the phone, pulled the old SIM, inserted the new SIM, and woo-hoo, everything worked. Indeed, when I checked my balances for that phone on the Tracfone website, they had been immediately updated--I did not even have to wait 15 minutes.
I note that since I was already using a TF AT&T SIM, the transfer process was essentially instantaneous (even though the messages on the screen in step 7 above suggested it could take up to two business days). If I had been using a Verizon or T-Mobile SIM, I suspect the transfer might have taken longer.
Anyway, in the long run, if you have an existing Tracfone, and simply want to add a year of service + 3GB data + 1200 minutes + 1200 texts, this is a great deal for $40 + tax. And do not be worried about not getting a separate one year card!
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BUYER BEWARE! Fraud ALERT Tracfone is sending out SIMs that are not pre-loaded with plans/airtime. You might as well throw $40 out the window. Good luck getting a refund.
see posts on this deal thread and see recent negative seller reviews: https://www.ebay.com/fdbk/feedbac...:ONE_
I too received empty SIM not pre-loaded and no airtime card/PIN was received. Tracfone customer service is useless and just demanded I buy airtime with a credit card and would not listen that I bought a plan and not just an empty SIM.
I can confirm what @dreamwarrior and @duluthgeek have been saying. I have an existing unlocked smartphone that I was using via Tracfone's BYOP program. It was using a TF AT&T SIM. I am pretty sure any other TF SIM (i.e. Verizon or T-Mobile) would work, too, but the transfer process may take a little longer (see step 7 below). Anyway, I received an AT&T-only SIM (no separate one year card) from Grand Prairie, TX today, and here are the steps I followed to transfer from my preexisting TF AT&T SIM, and maintain all the existing data/minutes/texts, while adding one year of service plus 3GB data + 1200 minutes + 1200 texts that are associated with this new TF AT&T SIM.
1.) go to Tracfone website (https://www.tracfone.co
2.) click the "Activate" tab towards the top of the page
3.) choose the "I'M BRINGING MY OWN SMARTPHONE" option, and then choose "YES" for the "ACCEPT TERMS AND CONDITIONS" popup that appears
4.) at the "Do you have a Tracfone SIM card?", choose the "YES, I ALREADY HAVE ONE" option, and enter the full number of your new SIM starting with 89014, then click the "CONTINUE" button
5.) at the "Do you want to keep your current phone number?" screen, choose the "YES" option
6.) at the "SELECT THE NUMBER YOU WANT TO KEEP" popup, select the telephone number of your phone of interest (see step 1 above), and then hit the "CONTINUE" button
7.) you'll end up at a "Phone Upgrade Request Submitted" screen that gives instructions about waiting for your existing SIM to deactivate, then shutting down the phone, putting in the new SIM, and starting up again; hit the "CONTINUE" button to proceed
8.) you'll end up at a "SUCCESS!" screen, woo-hoo, you have completed the process!
At that point, I shut down the phone, pulled the old SIM, inserted the new SIM, and woo-hoo, everything worked. Indeed, when I checked my balances for that phone on the Tracfone website, they had been immediately updated--I did not even have to wait 15 minutes.
I note that since I was already using a TF AT&T SIM, the transfer process was essentially instantaneous (even though the messages on the screen in step 7 above suggested it could take up to two business days). If I had been using a Verizon or T-Mobile SIM, I suspect the transfer might have taken longer.
Anyway, in the long run, if you have an existing Tracfone, and simply want to add a year of service + 3GB data + 1200 minutes + 1200 texts, this is a great deal for $40 + tax. And do not be worried about not getting a separate one year card!
====
BUYER BEWARE! Fraud ALERT Tracfone is sending out SIMs that are not pre-loaded with plans/airtime. You might as well throw $40 out the window. Good luck getting a refund.
see posts on this deal thread and see recent negative seller reviews: https://www.ebay.com/fdbk/feedbac...:ONE_
I too received empty SIM not pre-loaded and no airtime card/PIN was received. Tracfone customer service is useless and just demanded I buy airtime with a credit card and would not listen that I bought a plan and not just an empty SIM.
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1.) go to Tracfone website (https://www.tracfone.com/) and log into your account; my existing TF BYOP AT&T SIM was listed there--well, the phone number was, not the SIM number; if your existing BYOP SIM is not already listed there, set it up
2.) click the "Activate" tab towards the top of the page
3.) choose the "I'M BRINGING MY OWN SMARTPHONE" option, and then choose "YES" for the "ACCEPT TERMS AND CONDITIONS" popup that appears
4.) at the "Do you have a Tracfone SIM card?", choose the "YES, I ALREADY HAVE ONE" option, and enter the full number of your new SIM starting with 89014, then click the "CONTINUE" button
5.) at the "Do you want to keep your current phone number?" screen, choose the "YES" option
6.) at the "SELECT THE NUMBER YOU WANT TO KEEP" popup, select the telephone number of your phone of interest (see step 1 above), and then hit the "CONTINUE" button
7.) you'll end up at a "Phone Upgrade Request Submitted" screen that gives instructions about waiting for your existing SIM to deactivate, then shutting down the phone, putting in the new SIM, and starting up again; hit the "CONTINUE" button to proceed
8.) you'll end up at a "SUCCESS!" screen, woo-hoo, you have completed the process!
At that point, I shut down the phone, pulled the old SIM, inserted the new SIM, and woo-hoo, everything worked. Indeed, when I checked my balances for that phone on the Tracfone website, they had been immediately updated--I did not even have to wait 15 minutes.
I note that since I was already using a TF AT&T SIM, the transfer process was essentially instantaneous (even though the messages on the screen in step 7 above suggested it could take up to two business days). If I had been using a Verizon or T-Mobile SIM, I suspect the transfer might have taken longer.
Anyway, in the long run, if you have an existing Tracfone, and simply want to add a year of service + 3GB data + 1200 minutes + 1200 texts, this is a great deal for $40 + tax. And do not be worried about not getting a separate one year card!
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So no one bought a Verizon SIM from this deal (in past week or so) that actually included the 1200/1200/3GB annual plan?
EDIT - they just gave me a refund too, now I don't need to return.
What's interesting is that there was nothing saying they canceled the sim & the number is active. It still showed a year of service on AT&T, so I tried swapping it to a TF BYOP Verizon sim & it went through, free year.
Last night, out of curiosity, I went and checked to see if the sim can be activated or not (since lots of user here saying it can't be activated). It turned out that it was all good and ready for activation. So I decided to give it a try: activate the ATT by keeping my current TF number and then switch back to Verizon.
The process was pretty smooth, except I lost all my balance in the end of the first activation. I didn't panic since I was prepared: took screenshot of my airtime balance beforehand. So I opened a live chat with a TF tech support and told them what happened. I also told them my current airtime balance. They had no problem adding back my balance, just took about 10~15 mins. They didn't ask any further questions or require any proof. The whole process was basically waiting for them to work on their end.
After I got all my airtime balance back (including the additional 1yr of service from this pre-loaded ATT sim), I went on switching back to Verizon network by activating my previous TF phone, which was deactivated after I activated the ATT sim. This phone was listed under my account as "Inactive Device". I didn't even need to use a different V sim. I just click on the "Activate" button under the listed phone, and went through the process by keeping my current number again. I also took a screenshot of my updated airtime balance beforehand. This time I lost only the text balance. So I went to live chat with TF tech support again to get it back, pretty much just like the last time.
So I went to ebay and cancelled the return request (altho they just accepted it and issued a pre-paid shipping label this morning). Well, this is my experience. I suggest you guys to give it a try first before requesting return. TF tech support team should be able to help you if you encounter any problem like I did. And the whole process was not really that bad, considering the saving you get from this deal. If it doesn't work out in the end, you can always request the free return on ebay then.
BTW, I did a quick speed test comparison between the ATT and V network while switching back and forth. I got about 80M down and 20M up on V, but only about 20M down and 6M up with ATT. This test was done in my area of course. So I'm glad I could switch back to V network with all my airtime balance added as it supposed to be.
Will see if eBay can assist me with refund.
Hopefully they will be able to fix the (programming?) activation problem, so we can take advantage of that low price for "preloaded" 1200/1200/3GB in the near future.
Not a big deal. This is the first time I have had any issues with Tracfone over many years. Obviously a mistake on their end. Not a scam as some have said in this thread.
Hopefully, Tracfone will send me the pins with the data and minutes. The sim is empty and a BYOP sim without all 3 carriers the $1 sim kit includes.
I will update the thread when I get a response from Tracfone.
"On the other hand, we regret to inform you that we could not provide an
airtime PIN to use with the unloaded SIM card."
"On the other hand, we regret to inform you that we could not provide an
airtime PIN to use with the unloaded SIM card."
Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you for your interest in TracFone Wireless. We are responding to
your recent inquiry.
We have read your message today, March 20, 2020, 2:00 PM EST. This is
about the TracFone Prepaid Wireless Smartphone SIM+Plan-1200 Min, 1200
Text, 3GB Data. Please be informed that the bundled airtime plan is
pre-loaded in the SIM upon action. In other words, the airtime plan is
currently on your reserve. You will automatically receive the benefits
of your airtime plan upon the activation of the SIM. To activate, you
may text the keyword "Activate" to 611611. You may also activate it
through the website (www.tracfone.co
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us via chat or by
calling one of our customer care representatives at 1-800- 867-7183. For
your convenience, our representatives are available Monday-Sunday from
8:00 AM to 11:45 PM EST.
Thank you for being a TracFone Wireless customer. We appreciate your
business.
I don't know what a reserve is but it was mentioned earlier in this thread. If I followed the word of the email. I would be activating a Verizon Sim that Tracfone customer care has already said was an empty BYOP sim. As was mentioned a BYOP Sim kit with all 3 carriers included is $1.
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Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you for your interest in TracFone Wireless. We are responding to
your recent inquiry.
We have read your message today, March 20, 2020, 2:00 PM EST. This is
about the TracFone Prepaid Wireless Smartphone SIM+Plan-1200 Min, 1200
Text, 3GB Data. Please be informed that the bundled airtime plan is
pre-loaded in the SIM upon action. In other words, the airtime plan is
currently on your reserve. You will automatically receive the benefits
of your airtime plan upon the activation of the SIM. To activate, you
may text the keyword "Activate" to 611611. You may also activate it
through the website (www.tracfone.co
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us via chat or by
calling one of our customer care representatives at 1-800- 867-7183. For
your convenience, our representatives are available Monday-Sunday from
8:00 AM to 11:45 PM EST.
Thank you for being a TracFone Wireless customer. We appreciate your
business.
I don't know what a reserve is but it was mentioned earlier in this thread. If I followed the word of the email. I would be activating a Verizon Sim that Tracfone customer care has already said was an empty BYOP sim. As was mentioned a BYOP Sim kit with all 3 carriers included is $1.
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