Don't know where to post this, advice please.

[kickysnana]

1. New low for Tracfone...

I cannot understand why you cannot give it to a family member. I tried to move minutes onto a new phone when I was activating several years ago it but they wouldn't move them unless I "bought more minutes". So I kept my old one and I gave one to my daughter-in-law to keep in her car during winter driving season when she was a working mother with infants but I left my name on it. Why would I ask them if I could do that?

You can give them as gifts. You can take your old number with you can't you? Then the phone can be activated by someone else. I guess it is the minutes that don't transfer?

Anyone can buy a card and put it on any phone can't they? or have things changed again?

I still use one of the first post analog sturdy Nokias from 2004 with the bigger buttons. It lets me text message but I have only done that twice. I did have to buy a new battery for it a year ago. The new one has a camera A third one wanted to carry with me to take pictures of the grandkids. I activated but did not use for months and when I went to use it it didn't work and they first said they had to send me a new SIM card and then they decided they could reactivate it. I have no idea how long I did not get the service I paid for.

The worst thing they did is on that old phone that I had a $4.98/service after the card/service plan expired to use up the additional minutes and they stopped honoring it so I have to pay about $7.50 a month now.