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Are there high-end Preferred plans?

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Posted by: SuperCM

It seems that the standard Preferred plans that are floating around always come with only 200 minutes and all the basic features. Do they have any high-end Preferred plans for people who need more minutes or more features?

I'm stuck being a Normie, because the Preferred plans don't offer what I need. I've got 3 lines and they're all primary communication lines, so there's no landline to take some of the burden off of them.

The lines also have a Fun 15, FuelME 20, and Fun 25 to provide complete feature solutions. Which I guess gives reps a hard time trying to figure out how to try and benefit me via no charge features.


Posted by: burning_jonny

I dunno about this...I've always been able to get on a corporate plan though my union. It wasn't high-end, but it was a good deal. Of course it's now discontinued, so I pay on a month-to-month basis.

If you're willing to go on a 3 year plan, the All-in-25 doesn't sound too bad.


Posted by: MacD

The All In 25 & 30 with 200 minutes is all there is. If you need more minutes, you can add them at the regular additional minutes rates.

Features, you'd also have to pay extra for if you need them. The only features included in the All In plans are Call Display and Message Centre Express. With the first 3 months with unlimited texts as a promo.

Fairly sure that's everything included feature wise. If say, you wanted regular Message Centre instead of express, you'd have to pay the $8 extra for it.


Posted by: burning_jonny

What's the difference between the regular Message Centre and express? I guess while we're on the topic, I have the option to add the "Free MessagePro" option to my features...but I can't find out what that actually is.


Posted by: MacD

The difference between Regular and Express, is express holds 5 messages, and regular holds 25.

Also there are a couple of other differences, like how long of a message people can leave you, and what type of message you can set for others to hear. But the main significant difference is the 5->25 messages.

MessagePro, is a bundle feature. Off the top of my head, it has Regular Message centre, call display, message centre fax, and message centre plus. I can't remember off hand what Plus is. I think it has something to do with your lan line message centre.


Posted by: burning_jonny

Doesn't sound like MessagePro is something I need (got those features already), so even if it's free I might as well pass on that. Thanks!

...it's not like I'm that popular anyways :P


Posted by: SuperCM

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Originally Posted by MacD
MessagePro, is a bundle feature. Off the top of my head, it has Regular Message centre, call display, message centre fax, and message centre plus. I can't remember off hand what Plus is. I think it has something to do with your lan line message centre.


You forgot 200 text messages.


Posted by: burning_jonny

Wait, wait...I have this "free" option that gives me 200 texts?!


Posted by: SuperCM

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Originally Posted by MacD
The All In 25 & 30 with 200 minutes is all there is. If you need more minutes, you can add them at the regular additional minutes rates.

Features, you'd also have to pay extra for if you need them. The only features included in the All In plans are Call Display and Message Centre Express. With the first 3 months with unlimited texts as a promo.

Fairly sure that's everything included feature wise. If say, you wanted regular Message Centre instead of express, you'd have to pay the $8 extra for it.


Ah nuts... Then I might as well just keep what I have. By the time I rebuild my plan, there's no point as it looks like it'd cost more and I'd have less features.

One line has 350 minutes with 6pm nights for $40, then $25 for Fun 25. The other two lines have 700 minutes with 8pm nights for $45, then Fun 15 or FuelME 20 for their features.

Taking a Preferred and adding 200 minutes would make it $50, plus you need to put back text for $10 and Mobile Browser for $7. Not to mention I'm still missing a wad of stuff.


Posted by: SuperCM

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Originally Posted by burning_jonny
Wait, wait...I have this "free" option that gives me 200 texts?!


I had MessagePro before giving it up for Fun 25 + $3 for Fax. When I paid $10 for it each month, my version came with 200 text messages. Not sure if your $0 version is exactly the same or not.


Posted by: burning_jonny

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Originally Posted by SuperCM
I had MessagePro before giving it up for Fun 25 + $3 for Fax. When I paid $10 for it each month, my version came with 200 text messages. Not sure if your $0 version is exactly the same or not.


I'm going to give Bell a call tomorrow and find out just what exactly this is, and I'll post that here.


Posted by: SuperCM

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Originally Posted by burning_jonny
I'm going to give Bell a call tomorrow and find out just what exactly this is, and I'll post that here.


P.S. Bell Mobility is closed on Sundays.


Posted by: burning_jonny

I meant "tomorrow" as the next business day


Posted by: MacD

What do you mean by "free" though? What plan are you on, and who told you it'd be free?

What im thinking, is if a rep told you it's free, and you already have the features, he was probably offering to bundle it up for you.


Posted by: gundagordy

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Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperCM
Quote:
Originally Posted by MacD
The All In 25 & 30 with 200 minutes is all there is. If you need more minutes, you can add them at the regular additional minutes rates.

Features, you'd also have to pay extra for if you need them. The only features included in the All In plans are Call Display and Message Centre Express. With the first 3 months with unlimited texts as a promo.

Fairly sure that's everything included feature wise. If say, you wanted regular Message Centre instead of express, you'd have to pay the $8 extra for it.


Ah nuts... Then I might as well just keep what I have. By the time I rebuild my plan, there's no point as it looks like it'd cost more and I'd have less features.

One line has 350 minutes with 6pm nights for $40, then $25 for Fun 25. The other two lines have 700 minutes with 8pm nights for $45, then Fun 15 or FuelME 20 for their features.

Taking a Preferred and adding 200 minutes would make it $50, plus you need to put back text for $10 and Mobile Browser for $7. Not to mention I'm still missing a wad of stuff.


Look at the FamilyShare plans as a possible solution. Ask them to give you the bonus promos and the 6 pm start and you are good to go!


Posted by: burning_jonny

Quote:
Originally Posted by MacD
What do you mean by "free" though? What plan are you on, and who told you it'd be free?

What im thinking, is if a rep told you it's free, and you already have the features, he was probably offering to bundle it up for you.

Here's the deal...the "Free MessagePro", while on the list of features one could add, is now defunct. It was the same thing as the $10 MessagePro, which offered 200 text messages among other things.

The reason it's on the website? The website developer's haven't taken it out yet! To make a long story short: the service rep had to talk to a senior service rep, who had to talk to a manager, who had to talk to the web team. Half of the people didn't know what the feature was, and the other half didn't know why it was still there. I was on hold for almost 30 minutes. Did you know they even had to log in through *my* account just to see what I was seeing? Wow.

I wonder if I were to still add it I could argue I should have those free features? Anyone willing to give it a try?




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