Renewing cellphone contract--what to get? [telecom]

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- hancock4
  
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15 years ago

Tue, Feb 17, 2009 3:16 AM

My cellphone contract will expire soon. I'm happy with the telephone set, plan, etc. and don't want to change anything.

It is a cheap plan. Can I ask the carrier for any 'giveaways" to keep me as a customer? What are some things carriers typically give customers to get them to renew? As mentioned, I don't want a new handset. But I'd like a new battery for the phone, a case, or a car charger. (The phone battery lasts about 90 minutes talk time between charges, which seems low to me.)

Under my previous cellphone plan, when it expiried it went month-to- month, same terms, but I could cancel at any time. I wonder if the current plan will automatically formally renew and become a new contract for another full term.

Thanks.

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- Steven Lichter
  
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15 years ago

Tue, Feb 17, 2009 5:30 PM

You should not have a problem leaving it from month to month; I did that with Sprint, but if they decide to make changes to t he plan you are using and you have not contract, then you will have you plan changed. They might offer you case to stay with them; Sprint did with me, I kept the handset I had and just agreed to a 2 year contract, later on my set went bad and they replaced it for free with an updated version. Batteries, chargers and the such are really cheap on eBay.

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15 years ago

Wed, Feb 18, 2009 4:22 AM

Don't know what you pay now or how much you call, but prepaid may be a good option. Not hard to get 10 cents/minute. Or less than $10 month if you don't call much. T-Mobile has a $100/year prepaid plan for 1000 minutes.