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OK do anyone know if I would loss my current phone number if my service was disconnected because I fail to refill my service after my service date ends? One reason I am asking this is because ST still have not listed a end date when I check online and I know the end is coming soon. So i was thinking I would play along with them and see if they will cut my service although there is no end date showing and if not good but if they do will i loss my number if I refill after being disconnected? also do they give a heads up via email, text or call that it's time to refill? or am I'm asking too much?
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I get alerts if i get close. i feed it a card or two at a time from a stack on my desk.
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Playing dumb is not an excuse. If you suspect something is wrong, say something.Originally Posted by rock13979
...So i was thinking I would play along with them and see if they will cut my service although there is no end date showing and if not good but if they do will i loss my number if I refill after being disconnected? also do they give a heads up via email, text or call that it's time to refill? or am I'm asking too much?
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no you shouldn't lose your number. I've gone 3 days without paying it and still kept the same number when I refilled. I believe you have up 30 days though, but don't take my word on that!
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Yeah I also wouldn't play with fire if you don't want to get burned....
But re: the question itself I too am curious what happens if your next cycle isn't paid for by the end of the current cycle? Do they immediately disconnect service? Do you in fact have a 30 day window to retrieve/save phone # and re-activate service?
Not planning on it, just is good to know in advance, just in case....
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Check the T&C, but I believe they hold the number for 3 months after you no longer fill your service. It's definitely more than a few days, though, so if you lose service, refill at that point. (I believe they "back-fill", so if service ends on Tuesday and you refill on Friday, you're refilling starting Wednesday, even though those are two days you'll never use.)
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If your Straight Talk service remains inactive over 30 days, you will lose your telephone number.*
* as informed by ST-CC
Last edited by ron6400; 06-21-2012 at 11:39 AM.
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I have a Nokia E71 that I tried out for a month to check out how the service was going to work out for me.
I let it sit inactive for two months, reactivated it (added a service card to it) in my account on the ST site and still still had the same number, which I still have today on my BYOD.
That's my experience, YMMV.
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I would not take my chances with ST, as they have no clear outlined policy. As per my reading of their TOS i could not find anything about how long they will keep the number before releasing it. So i will stick to 30days policy as explained to me by there Rep.
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I just re-upped a newer ST line this morning that was expired for 5 days. Took 30 seconds and retained original phone number. 30 days seems reasonable I would not expect beyond that...
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