Best Buy has 3-Month Mint Mobile 10GB 5G / 4G LTE Prepaid SIM Card Kit on sale for $30. Select free curbside pickup where available, otherwise shipping is free on orders of $35 or more.
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Best Buy has 3-Month Mint Mobile 10GB 5G / 4G LTE Prepaid SIM Card Kit on sale for $30. Select free curbside pickup where available, otherwise shipping is free on orders of $35 or more.
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I'm a current Mint customer. Here are a few things to keep in mind:
1a. Coverage is on the native T-Mobile network. There's no domestic roaming, not even for voice/texts. I highly, highly recommend testing out the T-Mobile network before purchase.
1b. Mint (and other MVNOs) are on the lower rungs of network priority. That means deprioritization is going to hit you before it hits Metro or T-Mobile's direct customers. Again, test the network if you can.
2. There's no separate bucket for hotspot. If this is a 10GB plan, you get 10GB combined for phone and hotspot use. What that also means is that they don't slow you down on hotspot, at least until your 10GB is all expended. Not sure what happens to hotspot speeds then, but phone data speed is crippled to something like 128k.
3. Mint comes with access to 5G, VVM, voLTE and WiFi calling. Not sure if you can activate eSIM with this plan, but it is an option Mint is now offering for some phones.
4. Customer service is decent imo. If you have a reddit account, they have a pretty active rep and company brass that posts there.
5. No, they don't check IMEI numbers.
6. There is a limit on the duration of phone calls. Search reddit for it, if you're on long calls and don't want to get disconnected in the middle of one.
7. They offer free text and calls from US to Canada and Mexico. What they don't offer is cheap overseas roaming. It's something like $200/GB.
I was told by mint customer service that all physical SIMs sold at best buy are actually partially activated in terms of the 45 days when they are shipped from Mint to the retailer. Could this possibly be why Best Buy seems to run these promotions every 30-45 days, to clean out stock of their products?
Customer service mentioned that if I had problems activating and I was within 45 days of my receipt Mint customer service would take care of it, with proof of purchase.
I held the last one for 35 days, and had no problem activating it.
It's my opinion and just a guess that some type of expiration date clock starts when the SIM is shipped, notice the packaging of the SIM. The barcode numbers of the SIM card are clearly visible through the backside of the packaging.
Last offer was January 25th, 2021 for the 10 GB, but it seems random as to when and which SIM goes on sale. The 4 GB I've seen down to $20-$25.
Where is everyone getting this blocking the device concern from? Seems you have some background knowledge since you are the first to mention on this post but are asking a question. So can you explain exactly where your concern is coming from because that's quite an odd question to ask.
Btw I've been switching for a while and never had this issue. The more recent mint deals folks have been randomly mentioning about device blocking, but never once has anyone confirmed this actually happening.
The last buy 3 get 3 months free promo had this additional stipulation on the T&C that the phone IMEI# should not have been on Mint for past 90 days. I did not do that promo, just remember reading about it
The last buy 3 get 3 months free promo had this additional stipulation on the T&C that the phone IMEI# should not have been on Mint for past 90 days. I did not do that promo, just remember reading about it
Yeah, I already mentioned about folks posting on the last BB deal, so just a whole bunch of speculation and inaccurate regarding folks who get new number. I got the last deal bogo 3 month deal and had been a mint customer previously with same device - never had any issue.
Yeah, I already mentioned about folks posting on the last BB deal, so just a whole bunch of speculation and inaccurate regarding folks who get new number. I got the last deal bogo 3 month deal and had been a mint customer previously with same device - never had any issue.
I had the issue and called customer care and solved it. They said it is with mint within last 90 days
How much was it to port your number to Google Voice? And Essentially you are now just picking up plans on sale and forwarding the new numbers to your Google Voice? And calling on your Google Voice number?
Iunno the price, but you can search it quicker than reading my response. Yes to your last questions - the mint number should be treated like a "burner" phone and folks will still be able to reach you like any other number via call forwarding.
This plan is pretty good and $10 per month of 10GB per month. Since Mint supports eSim. I have this as my data SIM and main number on a physical sim. I swap out the eSIM whenever there is any offer. Heads up, Mint numbers usually comes with some baggage from the previous owner and expect lot of spam calls/previous friends reaching out.
I haven't got additional 3 months promo offer. So called them and checked after a week. They said it is violated the terms and hence couldn't process promo. But again explained them i got recently from Ebay may be imei matched by mistake. 🙂
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How do I get pin to port # to GV? They don't check IMEI right?
With Google voice you need to pay the $3 to Google to port out your number.
Then when you're providing the info to mint your account number is also your Google voice number and your pin is the same pin you setup for your voicemail.
I just activated my plan 6 days ago and that's what i provided and it activated my Google voice number immediately
This plan is pretty good and $10 per month of 10GB per month. Since Mint supports eSim. I have this as my data SIM and main number on a physical sim. I swap out the eSIM whenever there is any offer. Heads up, Mint numbers usually comes with some baggage from the previous owner and expect lot of spam calls/previous friends reaching out.
Are you using mint to provide data for an LTE watch by any chance?
I haven't got additional 3 months promo offer. So called them and checked after a week. They said it is violated the terms and hence couldn't process promo. But again explained them i got recently from Ebay may be imei matched by mistake. 🙂
So you had mint before the BOGO promo, you were able to use it for 3 months, but then it didn't continue for the next 3 months?
My additional months came in no issue at all and i never had to contact them. Why did you contact them about the additional months, were you near the end of the 1st three or did you decide to call them immediately after purchasing the promo?
Most folks never reached out to mint asking about the additional months and just trusted that they'd come since its what they purchased.
With Google voice you need to pay the $3 to Google to port out your number.
Then when you're providing the info to mint your account number is also your Google voice number and your pin is the same pin you setup for your voicemail.
I just activated my plan 6 days ago and that's what i provided and it activated my Google voice number immediately
You don't need to provide any information to mint. Perform activation online and you can always check your service details by just texting "MENU" to 6700
Is there anyway to port your number out of mint to GV and then port in as new customer?
It seems like people are implying you can but no details. It seems like mint would block the same number or device.
When I joined Mint a year ago as a port from google Fi, the process was torturous and took a few days. Hours and hours with customer service for both providers. similar experience when porting my wife's number just a few days later. Just FYI.
This plan is pretty good and $10 per month of 10GB per month. Since Mint supports eSim. I have this as my data SIM and main number on a physical sim. I swap out the eSIM whenever there is any offer. Heads up, Mint numbers usually comes with some baggage from the previous owner and expect lot of spam calls/previous friends reaching out.
I thought Mint checks for IMEI and bans devices to keep using promo offers
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1a. Coverage is on the native T-Mobile network. There's no domestic roaming, not even for voice/texts. I highly, highly recommend testing out the T-Mobile network before purchase.
1b. Mint (and other MVNOs) are on the lower rungs of network priority. That means deprioritization is going to hit you before it hits Metro or T-Mobile's direct customers. Again, test the network if you can.
2. There's no separate bucket for hotspot. If this is a 10GB plan, you get 10GB combined for phone and hotspot use. What that also means is that they don't slow you down on hotspot, at least until your 10GB is all expended. Not sure what happens to hotspot speeds then, but phone data speed is crippled to something like 128k.
3. Mint comes with access to 5G, VVM, voLTE and WiFi calling. Not sure if you can activate eSIM with this plan, but it is an option Mint is now offering for some phones.
4. Customer service is decent imo. If you have a reddit account, they have a pretty active rep and company brass that posts there.
5. No, they don't check IMEI numbers.
6. There is a limit on the duration of phone calls. Search reddit for it, if you're on long calls and don't want to get disconnected in the middle of one.
7. They offer free text and calls from US to Canada and Mexico. What they don't offer is cheap overseas roaming. It's something like $200/GB.
Customer service mentioned that if I had problems activating and I was within 45 days of my receipt Mint customer service would take care of it, with proof of purchase.
I held the last one for 35 days, and had no problem activating it.
It's my opinion and just a guess that some type of expiration date clock starts when the SIM is shipped, notice the packaging of the SIM. The barcode numbers of the SIM card are clearly visible through the backside of the packaging.
Last offer was January 25th, 2021 for the 10 GB, but it seems random as to when and which SIM goes on sale. The 4 GB I've seen down to $20-$25.
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Btw I've been switching for a while and never had this issue. The more recent mint deals folks have been randomly mentioning about device blocking, but never once has anyone confirmed this actually happening.
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How do I get pin to port # to GV? They don't check IMEI right?
Then when you're providing the info to mint your account number is also your Google voice number and your pin is the same pin you setup for your voicemail.
I just activated my plan 6 days ago and that's what i provided and it activated my Google voice number immediately
My additional months came in no issue at all and i never had to contact them. Why did you contact them about the additional months, were you near the end of the 1st three or did you decide to call them immediately after purchasing the promo?
Most folks never reached out to mint asking about the additional months and just trusted that they'd come since its what they purchased.
Then when you're providing the info to mint your account number is also your Google voice number and your pin is the same pin you setup for your voicemail.
I just activated my plan 6 days ago and that's what i provided and it activated my Google voice number immediately
It seems like people are implying you can but no details. It seems like mint would block the same number or device.
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