How many in mylot have prepaid cell phones?

@ShellyB (5241)
United States
July 15, 2009 9:07pm CST
I have had a prepaid cell phone for some years, I have been happy and have this little commodity that for a lot of people is a must have, It is a must have for me, not having a car, I rely on the bus and I need to let my loved ones what's taking so long, especially when I walk. This month I am able to pay my prepaid cell phone with mylot earnings, I am excited, so I thought of this discussion. So my questions are do you have a prepaid cell phone? Can you pay it with mylot earnings? And if you could would you have a cell by contract?
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@fwidman (11514)
• United States
16 Jul 09
*raises hand* I have a prepaid cell I probably could pay for it with mylot earnings if I made payout every month. No, no contract for me
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@fwidman (11514)
• United States
17 Jul 09
I love you too :)
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@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
17 Jul 09
Yeahm that's the way to go, replacing a contract phone is not fun at all. I
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@danilliam (278)
• Philippines
16 Jul 09
i have a prepaid cellphone but i not load to it that very much.hehhee i only load pasaload or alltext10 because it is very cheap and i only need few load to text a few people.i very lazy to text.hehehe only use it when i really need it. no.my earning here in mylot cannot pay for my cellphone load.maybe if i can get it even if it is only $0.05 everyday then it can pay my load.hehe i also not have amny earnings here because i not able to post here that very much. even if my earning pay for my load enough for a plan, i not going to get that plan.i would buy for me a new cellphone instead.hehehe
@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
17 Jul 09
I know what you mean, when I begun on mylot, I did not reply that often, and could not make it then but trust me it can happen. Good luck.
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• Philippines
21 Jul 09
ok.tnx i hope that i can get to that minimum earning.i am still not past one dollar.tsk3
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• United States
18 Jul 09
I have had several prepaid cell phones . Right now i am with verizon. and i like it so far. no i don't make enough on mylot to put time on it. and no i would not want one with a contract.
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@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
30 Jul 09
The more I know about contract cell phones, the less I would want one. The only condition I will ever have one is if I have an office job and I can use it for work, other than that their cell phones are expensive, their batteries are expensive, everything is gear to keep you two more years in the company.
@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
30 Jul 09
I have a prepaid cell phone. Always have since my first one. I never thought about paying it with myLot earnings but there are months I could have. I refuse to pay monthly for a contract. I don't use my cell that much. And there are months that I don't use it at all. I usually use it during the school year when I'm working, but don't use it when I'm not working - as you say I call to warn that the bus is late and things like that, other than that I don't really use it. So even if I do pay a bit more per call it's still cheaper each year with the prepaid than if I had a monthly plan even if it was the cheapest one. Would I have a contract if I could afford it? I don't really know. I guess if I had plenty of money to spare I could think about it. But I wouldn't necessarily jump for it, I hate to fall into the monthly payment trap no matter for what.
@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
30 Jul 09
I agree with you, the more I know about contract cell phones the more it feels like a trap for their costumers. It is like everything is designed to keep their customers tied to a contract, their cell phones are expensive, and their extras are expensive. Right now prepaid have prepaid monthly months that can rival those of a contract cell phone company and they are better to me because the persons are not tied to a contract. And they charged much more when for some reason people go over their minutes, I believe it can be 40 cents per minute. Plain horrible system. I believe the prepaid cell phones are more than contract each year.
@kayedanda (1850)
• Philippines
16 Jul 09
my myLot earnings are enough to pay my monthly phone bills but i wouldn't spend it on that simply because i don't have a prepaid phone. wait, scratch that. i simply don't have a phone. period. the one that we use here at home can go for as long as a week without the need to charge the batteries, that's how uninterested in phones me and hubby are we have the internet, and we communicate with the outside world mostly through it, thus negating the need for a phone.
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@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
17 Jul 09
Well that makes sense to me, and I believe that most people can do anything through the computer. I send text messages to Frank to his email box, for him is free, part of the internet bill, and when we text from cell to cell, it is double the bill, so your way of life makes sense to me. If I did not had to leave home or had a car, I am sure I would be that way too.
@jshekhar (1562)
• India
17 Jul 09
Hello Shelly, It is a really interesting discussion to start, though it might sound simple when one reads for the first time. I used a pre paid mobile connection when I was in my hostel, doing my engineering. Now I have graduated form the University and I own a cell phone which has a post paid connection. This way I do not have to keep a tab on the remaining balance.I know I end up overspending sometimes but then, it is fine as long as you know how to strike a balance. No, I don't spend enough time here to be able to pay my mobile bill through the earnings here.
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@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
17 Jul 09
Well it makes sense that your cell usage or how you pay changed because your situation change and so did your income. I am sure your mylot income will be able to pay a bill or something that you like someday
• United Kingdom
16 Jul 09
I used to have a mobile phone with a contract but I found that I was spending a huge amount of money on calls and there was just no capping point! Well, I decided to go for a pay as you go mobile and I'm so pleased with the way things have been going. I will never resort to a contract phone again. I know how much I'm spending each month by going for a pay as you go phone, it's a great idea. Andrew
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@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
17 Jul 09
Like two years ago I read that prepaid cell phones, or pay as you go are very popular in Europe, and that they are getting momentum in here, because of the many charges that contract cells phones have. So the increase in prepaid cell phones is increasing.
• India
16 Jul 09
I have pre paid cell phone with me but i am going to shift to postpaid because it is good for unintruped calls. though you cant control in the monetory part but it is perfact for enjoy the talking with friends
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@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
17 Jul 09
Yes, I do not think anyone can beat the quality of some contract companies but I do not like the headache and being attached to one monthly payment for a couple of years. I am sure it makes sense to you and that's what matter. Good luck.
• India
16 Jul 09
Yes, I do use a prepaid cellphone because earlier I used to use postpaid cellphone but that way, the bills were getting higher and higher by each month and I had bear the grunt of using postpaid, so now I have resolved my usage to prepaid cellphone and it has worked great for me as now I have more savings, and eventually the monthly expense is not that more, so I don't need to use my mylot earnings for paying that!!
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@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
17 Jul 09
That sounds great, my monthly pay is not that much either, and I change it to whatever I want, it is the beauty of prepaid. Thanks for sharing.
@shia88 (4570)
• Malaysia
16 Jul 09
I am using prepaid cellphone now....although it might be troublesome as I have to keep topup the value once it is expired,but it saves me alot. I do not need to pay a monthly handphone fee as no contract is going on....Just feel free and easy with my current prepaid handphone usage.
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• Philippines
16 Jul 09
I own a prepaid cellphone. and so far, i'm using my own budget to load myself. I haven't been qualified for payouts so i can't really use my earnings here.Ü
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@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
17 Jul 09
I used to be there, not enough posts, but one day you will get the hang of it and make payout everymonth. Good luck.
@ruperi (138)
• India
16 Jul 09
I have post paid.
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@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
17 Jul 09
Is a good thing too.
• India
16 Jul 09
I don't have a cellphone.Period. :p
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@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
17 Jul 09
That's ok. I imagine you do not need it.
@kR4t0s (6)
• Guatemala
16 Jul 09
I have a postpaid cell phone, I like it because I can speak all the time I want, it turns sad when I have to pay the bills, lol. I guess I have to learn to control myself, because each time the bills come higher
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@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
17 Jul 09
That's what I hear from my friends who have contract cell phones, their billing day is a sad day.
@Poison_Girl (4150)
• United States
16 Jul 09
I have a prepaid plan. I use Boost Mobile. I know you didn't ask, but I thought I'd say anyway. And Boost is alright, I guess. I haven't had too many issues with them and they seem to get a pretty good signal. I could use my MyLot earnings if I really wanted to. I just need at least $20 and to transfer the money into my checking account. I usually use my earnings to buy Skype credit, though.
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@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
17 Jul 09
Well with Virgin Mobile I have issues with the signal but they told me that in my are I would and they were not lying, ironically the area most affected is my home at times, at times I can't move at all but what I the most is text, and well I can text out of everywhere. So that's a plus to me. I have a nitendo ds lite. I don't get skype, I have seen them but I do not understand.
• China
16 Jul 09
Congratulation. And ,could you tell me how long you have taken to buy your favorite cell phone?
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@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
17 Jul 09
I can see I did not explain myself very well, I am able to pay for my texting plan and make my regular calls, bur my cell was a birthday gift from Frank.
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Hey Shelly! I have the same situation as you do! I don't have a car and take the bus too. I also take medical transportation and need to call them to tell them when to pick me up so I need to have a phone with me. I have had a prepaid cell phone for about 4 years now. I just got rid of the Nextel Boost Mobil phone that I had because it didn't allow me to roll over the minutes and I had to keep adding $20 every 90 days whether I needed to or not. I now have a Trac Phone which is being paid for through my Disabilty and they give me 68 minutes a month for a year. Even if I didn't have this I would still stay with Trac Phone because they allow you to roll over the minutes and have a wider range of amounts of money cards that you can use that are lower than $20. I don't use the cell enough to need a contract. I use my home phone for most of my calls.
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@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
17 Jul 09
That's a great plan to have, I can make local calls from my home but that's it, the long distance I either go to a public phone or use my cell. Virgin Mobile also have rollover minutes but I believe one has to buy a 20 dollar package (200 minutes for that to happen every month) and they expired I think after 6 months) I really am not sure right now.)
• United States
16 Jul 09
I have a prepaid with Verizon. I use to have a contract with Cingular but I got behind on the payments. I hardly ever talk on my cell and when I do the people I talk to they also have Verizon so I don't have to use all my minutes. I also have unlimited texting.
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@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
17 Jul 09
Makes sense to me, what I do not like is the little payments that ones has to me on the days one uses the phone, plus the minutes one uses. I used to have unlimited texting too but I am only texting to a handful of persons right now so I have the 1000 text message.
@Mac6999 (705)
• India
16 Jul 09
I have a prepaid phone. It good because it keeps you in control of your talking. Unfortunately I cannot pay my for my recharge with my mylot eranings. My monthly bill is way more than what I would earn at mylot in a year.
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@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
17 Jul 09
I am not sure what your monthly payment, but it can happen. Trust me.
@yogambal_64 (1014)
• India
16 Jul 09
Hi, I too have a prepaid cell with me for quite a long time. actually I am able to contact my husband at a cheaper rate to know about his whereabouts when he goes out of station and when he is late from work or held up anywhere. I hope I am also able to pay for my cell like you in future as I have just joined Mylot and my earnings are not sufficient to pay the bill right now.
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@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
17 Jul 09
I am very sure it can happen, you know, so I am wishing you good luck.