Do the special VA tracfones still exist?

[Extraordinary]

Was wondering if anyone has purchased one lately? It's been years since I have.

[BobbyLee]

Yes, they still sell the phones that come with One Year of service. I just bought 1 GSM phone and 2 CDMA phones there about two weeks ago for $9.99 each, I was stocking up. My VA only stocks the lower end phones LG100C and LG101G.

[Lisme]

And they are happy to sell you more than two, which is the limit at other stores.

[Extraordinary]

What carrier do the 100C's use?

[BobbyLee]

Verizon, it's a CDMA phone and Verizon is the only CDMA carrier in our area.

[annepani]

What carrier do the 100C's use?

I imagine that the CDMA phones from the VA canteen are like any other CDMA Tracfone -- if you activate it in a Verizon area, it will be on the Verizon network. If you activate in a US Cellular area, it will be on the US Cellular network.

[Extraordinary]

Cool deal. I figured it could be Sprint since StraightTalk started using Sprint for the Android devices and noticed the ESN started in 268435 like they always do on Virgin Mobile.

I am in a US Cellular and Verizon area so I wonder where it would go...

[annepani]

I got some phones at the VA canteen about a month ago. They had the Net10 LG 900 and LG 800. The LG 800 was $49.99 and the LG 900 was either $49.99 or $39.99.

The Tracfone phones were the LG 100c and Sam T105g for $9.99, the Sam T301g for maybe $19.99.

Last year at this time they also had the Trac LG 220c but I don't remember seeing it this time. On the other hand, I wasn't looking for it. I was just there to get some cheap phones and get out. I got 2 Trac $9.99 phones and 1 Net10 LG800.

[annepani]

At the VA canteen, CDMA phones activate with 12 months but GSM phones activate with 14 months.

If you are getting a phone specifically to transfer the service days onto an existing phone and then you are going to dump it on CL or whatever, you would do better to get a GSM phone.

[annepani]

I am in a US Cellular and Verizon area so I wonder where it would go...

I think it goes to whichever carrier has the tower that is closer or sending the stronger signal.

[Pabster]

I am in a US Cellular and Verizon area so I wonder where it would go...

Here my CDMA Trac's run on Verizon but roam on US Cellular in the sticks at times. So maybe both...

[millept]

At the VA canteen, CDMA phones activate with 12 months but GSM phones activate with 14 months.

annepani, I bought a Samsung T105g last year which activated with only 12 months. Also, can you verify that the Net10 phones activate with at least a year like the Tracfones? In my store, the Tracfones had a label that they came with a year of service, but the Net10's did not have a label.

[annepani]

annepani, I bought a Samsung T105g last year which activated with only 12 months. Also, can you verify that the Net10 phones activate with at least a year like the Tracfones? In my store, the Tracfones had a label that they came with a year of service, but the Net10's did not have a label.

Last year and this year I got CDMA Trac phones so I cannot verify specifically that GSM phones still activate with 14 months but I know that they used to. The Trac packages have the 1-year label.

The Net10 LG 800 definitely activated with at least a year. The package does not have the 'Activates with 1 year' label like the Tracfone packaging. It is Net10 Unlimited packaging. But there was a big banner across the pegs holding the Net10 phones warning that adding an unlimited card will wipe out the 1 year. So you can be confident that they activate with a year.

[millept]

Thanks for the info and the quick response!

[annepani]

Thanks for the info and the quick response!

You're welcome. Hope it all works out for you.