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TalonFiero · 02-23-2005

The ariel plan for $5 a month is for only a couple hundred minutes, but who cares if you go over the limit a bit when you are only paying $5.

When I worked at Best Buy years ago, they took that plan away from everyone who wasn't working in the "mobile" department. I was in the tech department and they eventually cancelled my plan. Somehow my buddys plan didn't get canceled who worked along side me. To this day he still has the $5 plan and hasn't worked for Best Buy or any retailer in the past three years. Lucky SOB.

BTW, my buddy was in the same situation you are in right now. His original phone went out so he bought one off ebay. Too bad it was a PacBell phone, he had to buy a cable off of ebay that allowed him to unlock it via his computer. As long as you buy an actual tmobile phone, you should be fine. I have bought numerous tmobile phones off my friends over the years and have been able to use them as soon as my sim card was installed in the phone.

You could also buy one of those new GSM simcard nokia video phones from over in Europe. A friend of mine bought one of these new & unlocked from the UK, not one that T-mobile USA even knows about. Once he installed his sim card it was up and running with t-mobile. He uses it as a modem for his laptop everyday and t-mobile doesn't even know about it. I have no idea how that works but I do know he isn't being billed for it.

02-23-2005	#19
TalonFiero moonshine power Looney Tunes Mahjong Champion! Mine Sweeper Champion! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Ethanol Plant Drives: 08 Saab 9-7x Aero Posts: 1,358	Re: Need Cell Phone advise.. The ariel plan for $5 a month is for only a couple hundred minutes, but who cares if you go over the limit a bit when you are only paying $5. When I worked at Best Buy years ago, they took that plan away from everyone who wasn't working in the "mobile" department. I was in the tech department and they eventually cancelled my plan. Somehow my buddys plan didn't get canceled who worked along side me. To this day he still has the $5 plan and hasn't worked for Best Buy or any retailer in the past three years. Lucky SOB. BTW, my buddy was in the same situation you are in right now. His original phone went out so he bought one off ebay. Too bad it was a PacBell phone, he had to buy a cable off of ebay that allowed him to unlock it via his computer. As long as you buy an actual tmobile phone, you should be fine. I have bought numerous tmobile phones off my friends over the years and have been able to use them as soon as my sim card was installed in the phone. You could also buy one of those new GSM simcard nokia video phones from over in Europe. A friend of mine bought one of these new & unlocked from the UK, not one that T-mobile USA even knows about. Once he installed his sim card it was up and running with t-mobile. He uses it as a modem for his laptop everyday and t-mobile doesn't even know about it. I have no idea how that works but I do know he isn't being billed for it.