Comments on: Save Money Buying Your Cell Phone Online http://www.moneycrashers.com/save-money-buying-your-cell-phone-online/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=save-money-buying-your-cell-phone-online personal finance blog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:07:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ekrabs http://www.moneycrashers.com/save-money-buying-your-cell-phone-online/comment-page-1/#comment-6024 ekrabs Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:36:25 +0000 http://www.moneycrashers.com/save-money-buying-your-cell-phone-online/#comment-6024 I don't know anything about buying cellphones online, but if you don't have any preferences as to what kind of cellphone you want, then they can be had for very cheap if you look hard enough. My personal favorite is this Motorola flip phone that is essentially "free" from TracPhone. Well, ok, it costs $40, but it also includes the double minutes rate plan, which is $50 if you had to buy it separately. So, you end up spending $40 for $90 worth of cellphone and rates. Why is that good? With the double minutes... and with the larger minutes deals such as their one-year plan, I once calculated the rate to be around $0.11 per minute. To me, that's an extremely good deal since you'll be saving from then on past the up-front cost of the cellphone and double minutes.... From what I can tell, the minutes and the rate plan is the hardest part in keeping your cellphone cost down. Many practically give away their cellphones, but more than make up for it the rate plans. Class razor / razor blade model. For those that don't care about their cellphones anyway, I think focusing on the rates per minute is the best way to go. However, I think you have specific cellphone tastes, so... perhaps this won't help you after all. I don’t know anything about buying cellphones online, but if you don’t have any preferences as to what kind of cellphone you want, then they can be had for very cheap if you look hard enough.

My personal favorite is this Motorola flip phone that is essentially “free” from TracPhone. Well, ok, it costs $40, but it also includes the double minutes rate plan, which is $50 if you had to buy it separately. So, you end up spending $40 for $90 worth of cellphone and rates.

Why is that good? With the double minutes… and with the larger minutes deals such as their one-year plan, I once calculated the rate to be around $0.11 per minute. To me, that’s an extremely good deal since you’ll be saving from then on past the up-front cost of the cellphone and double minutes….

From what I can tell, the minutes and the rate plan is the hardest part in keeping your cellphone cost down. Many practically give away their cellphones, but more than make up for it the rate plans. Class razor / razor blade model.

For those that don’t care about their cellphones anyway, I think focusing on the rates per minute is the best way to go. However, I think you have specific cellphone tastes, so… perhaps this won’t help you after all.

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