Darth Ferret wrote:
> During a family emergency in October I lost my cell phone. Cingular
won't
> help me unless I sign up for another year, and phones that would be free
are
> over $200 if I do not extend my contract. I have 12 months left.
> I bought an unlocked phone on Ebay for $80 that was guaranteed to be
ready
> to go. They didn't say that the first step was putting in my Sim card,
which
> was lost with the first phone.
> How do I get a Sim card to make this phone work???
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Joe in Florida
HI Joe,
I have been going through a similar situation with Nextel. Except my
phone broke and with Nextel you can't just walk into a store and buy a
phone without extending your contract. Since I have 6 months left on my
contract, it would cost me over $200 for a new phone even if I renewed
my contract for two years.
One thing you can do is to check with all your friends who might have
phones left from previous contracts that might have a sim card you can
use.
In my case, I had my number changed from my broken phone to my wife's
phone and I borrowed a tracfone from her sister and activated it. My
wife doesn't use her phone much so I think we can get by for 6 month
this way and it will only cost me $50 to $60 for the 6 months.
I tried some of our friends to see if I could get one of their old
Nextel Phones but wound up with a couple of old phones that did not
have simm card technolgy.
If I had purchased insurance with my package, I would not have had any
problems replacing my phone but for around $5 per month per phone, I
still don't think it is worth it.
Good Luck,
David
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