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New Mint Mobile Lines: 6-Months Unlimited Talk/Text + 8GB LTE Prepaid Service Expired

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Best Buy offers New Mint Mobile Customers an Additional 3-Months of Mint Mobile Prepaid Service for Free with the Purchase & Activation of a 3-Month Mint Mobile Prepaid SIM Card Kit for $45. Shipping is free or select free store pickup where applicable. Thanks duknotduck

Note: Must visit mintmobile.com/activation and complete activation within 45 days of receipt.

Plan features
  • Operates on the T-Mobile network (check coverage)
  • Unlimited Nationwide Talk & Text
  • 8GB 4G LTE data per month
  • Free international calls to Mexico and Canada
  • Free Mobile HotSpot
  • WiFi Calling & Text
  • Data speeds reduce after 8GB but data is unlimited
  • Bring your own T-Mobile compatible / GSM unlocked smartphone (check compatibility here)

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Best Buy is selling Mint Mobile - 3-Month Prepaid SIM Card Kit (8GB) at $45.00 $60.00. The website also says there will be additional 3 free months with this plan.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/prom...bile-offer

Purchase a Mint Mobile 3-mo. prepaid SIM card kit below and get 3 additional mo. free of Mint Mobile service after activation.
Visit mintmobile.com/activation to complete your activation steps. (By going to this site, you are entering a site hosted and operated by Mint Mobile. Please review their Privacy Policy. All personal information you provide is subject to that Privacy Policy. Different terms and conditions may apply.)
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Nice one OP! For those who really want to work the system, the easiest way is to have a Google Voice number. You can play the field and use any promotions that come along and whatever phone number you get assigned as a new number just point your Google voice number to it. with the Google Voice app on your phone, your caller ID is always the number you prefer. Need more? University of YouTube is open 24/7.
Yes blows losing that $15 in a matter of minutes. However the "Buy 3 months get 3 months free" is still there. So this has become $10/month for 8GB of data EACH month. (For 6 months) And it comes with 5G coverage for free.

Not quite as good as an hour ago but still a darn good deal at $10/month.
iwheela
I am notoriously slow on the uptake, so decided to finally try to figure out the GV shuffle. So I have a Google Voice number "A" that I use only on rare occasions, albeit it is linked to my current Mint mobile account number "B". I do not want to lose my "B" number because it is established on all my other Cable TV, work, etc accounts/services/etc. The GV "A" number is not important.

So, in order to "keep" my "B" number but still be able to take advantage of the Mint mobile promotions for "new accounts", I would need to port out my "B" (Mint) number to GV (at the end of my current term). There will be a one-time $20 fee charged by the mobile provider. And, at the same time, I will port my GV "A" number for a $3 fee to Mint mobile as a "new" number, and from that point on that number will be disposable. After each Mint term is up, I would just get a new "A" number while the "B" number (which is my "permanent" number) will live on at GV as the actual GV number.

If I would not be so dependent on my current "B" number at Mint, I could just let it expire (and save $23) and get a different Mint number activated with each promotion and link it to the GV "A" number? .

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IndigoTable7852
10-25-2020 at 12:18 PM.
10-25-2020 at 12:18 PM.
New customer only?
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Bye. Too much spam.
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HapShaughnessy
10-25-2020 at 12:26 PM.
10-25-2020 at 12:26 PM.
Quote from IndigoTable7852 :
New customer only?
Obviously. "After Activation."
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duknotduck
10-25-2020 at 12:30 PM.
10-25-2020 at 12:30 PM.
Quote from IndigoTable7852 :
New customer only?
Yes, it is a kit for a new customer. Either you need to get a new phone number or port-in number from other carriers.
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willguy
10-25-2020 at 12:38 PM.
10-25-2020 at 12:38 PM.
Can I port my number from mint mobile to the new mint mobile sim? What's the best way to do this?
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bestdeal
10-25-2020 at 12:38 PM.
10-25-2020 at 12:38 PM.
better than $120 one year 3G/month deal?
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deshwasi
10-25-2020 at 12:40 PM.
10-25-2020 at 12:40 PM.
Quote from bestdeal :
better than $120 one year 3G/month deal?
where is that deal? direct at Mint?
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tyguide
10-25-2020 at 12:43 PM.

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10-25-2020 at 12:43 PM.
Nice one OP! For those who really want to work the system, the easiest way is to have a Google Voice number. You can play the field and use any promotions that come along and whatever phone number you get assigned as a new number just point your Google voice number to it. with the Google Voice app on your phone, your caller ID is always the number you prefer. Need more? University of YouTube is open 24/7.
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RileyRR
10-25-2020 at 12:46 PM.
10-25-2020 at 12:46 PM.
Quote from bestdeal :
better than $120 one year 3G/month deal?
$120/12 months = $10 per month for 3GB data
$45/6 months = $7.50 per month for 8GB data

If you don't mind searching for another plan in 6 months, the math says this deal is better.
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coolcoder
10-25-2020 at 12:46 PM.
10-25-2020 at 12:46 PM.
How long do you have to activate this service from order date?

Edit: Nevermind, found this in the FAQ:

Mint Mobile SIM cards can be activated up to 45 days after you receive your SIM.

I think it used to be 90 days based on some of the answers on BestBuy
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MisterBlue
10-25-2020 at 01:03 PM.
10-25-2020 at 01:03 PM.
Quote from coolcoder :
How long do you have to activate this service from order date?

Edit: Nevermind, found this in the FAQ:

Mint Mobile SIM cards can be activated up to 45 days after you receive your SIM.

I think it used to be 90 days based on some of the answers on BestBuy

Best buy is offering returns on current purchases until January, in case you can't activate in time. I checked with customer service chat on this item, and they verified it can be returned in January if you don't use it.
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hyhnos13
10-25-2020 at 01:04 PM.
10-25-2020 at 01:04 PM.
Quote from willguy :
Can I port my number from mint mobile to the new mint mobile sim? What's the best way to do this?

Port your number to google voice. Use these deals as you please after by linking the random number to google voice. You can't port within mint but if your main number is on gvoice you can use the promo plans over and over
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duknotduck
10-25-2020 at 01:04 PM.
10-25-2020 at 01:04 PM.
Quote from willguy :
Can I port my number from mint mobile to the new mint mobile sim? What's the best way to do this?
I don't think you can port-in from mint mobile's phone number. I recommend you to follow the suggestion.
Quote from tyguide :
Nice one OP! For those who really want to work the system, the easiest way is to have a Google Voice number. You can play the field and use any promotions that come along and whatever phone number you get assigned as a new number just point your Google voice number to it. with the Google Voice app on your phone, your caller ID is always the number you prefer. Need more? University of YouTube is open 24/7.
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brainydexter
10-25-2020 at 01:07 PM.
10-25-2020 at 01:07 PM.
Where is the 120$/12 month deal ?
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