{"id":25363,"date":"2016-05-20T10:37:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T17:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=25363"},"modified":"2016-05-20T10:37:30","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T17:37:30","slug":"anybody-had-this-happen-with-tracfone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/20\/anybody-had-this-happen-with-tracfone\/","title":{"rendered":"Anybody had this happen with Tracfone?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If this has happened to you — particularly if you managed to resolve the issue — I’d like to hear about it.<\/p>\n

Got a text from Tracfone this morning: URGENT — Network changes in your area — ACTION REQUIRED — You MUST call … Blah blah.<\/p>\n

I called and all I got was, “Press 1 if you already have your replacement phone. Press 2 if you need to purchase your replacement phone.” No other info. No option for reaching a human being (which wouldn’t help much, in any case, as I’ve never spoken with a Tracfone rep who could speak English, not to mention they probe for private info and can take hours at customer expense(!) to resolve problems).<\/p>\n

Here’s all that TF has to say<\/a> about the issue. Yeah. Big help.<\/p>\n

Here’s what complaining customers<\/a> have said about TF requiring replacement phones.<\/p>\n

I presume TF is about to obsolete my phone. Actually, two phones. One of which I carry every day and is about to run out of minutes. And one of which is a backup only but has 2,200 precious minutes on it.<\/p>\n

Not surprising if they’re going obsolete. I’ve had them since sometime in the mid-Jurassic. Still. COMMUNICATION, people!<\/p>\n

If any of you dear Commentariat members know how to fix this with minimum fuss (and no damn snoopy smart phones), I’d love to know.<\/p>\n

Oh, and if anybody is going to suggest I quit Tracfone and try some other privacy-respecting phone service, keep in mind that said service must operate here in the western edge of nowhere. NetZero doesn’t work here. I tried an AT&T GoPhone for a while, but it was a horrible rip-off, charging me substantially for a day of “use” any time the phone rang, even if I didn’t answer it. Oh, and the only local dealer of privacy phones just closed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If this has happened to you — particularly if you managed to resolve the issue — I’d like to hear about it. Got a text from Tracfone this morning: URGENT — Network changes in your area — ACTION REQUIRED — You MUST call … Blah blah. I called and all I got was, “Press 1 if you already have your replacement phone. Press 2 if you need to purchase your replacement phone.” No other info. No option for reaching a human being (which wouldn’t help much, in any case, as I’ve never spoken with a Tracfone rep who could speak…<\/p>\n

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