Dear Adam,

Thanks for the info. They do have a retail locator and also an online
purchasing system. It's just that, in two towns that I spend a lot of time
in (Ithaca and Scranton), their retail base seems to be disappearing, and I
just wanted to see if that is true elsewhere since it might be an indicator
that they are in trouble.

As for Walmart's phones, I might go that route but as I said, I've been
pretty happy with Tracfone's service, so ideally I'd like to stay with them
provided I could find some explanation of why it some stores are deciding
not to sell them.

Thanks,

Sean

At 08:34 AM 2/19/02 -0500, you wrote:
>I don't know about tracphone in particular, but Walmart is supposed to
>start selling phones 'off the shelf' fairly soon, so if traphone isn't
>sold where you are you'll likely find another phone that is.
>
>I'm surprised you can't buy them online, and doubly surprised they don't
>have a retail locator on their site...?
>
>-Adam
>
>Sean H. Breheny wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>Once again I apologize for my off-topic post but since this is a
>>follow-up
>>to a previous post, I think it's not  inappropriate.
>>
>>Awhile back, I asked the list about people's experience with prepaid cell
>>phones. Since then, I bought one from a company called Tracfone
>>(thanks to
>>the recommendation of KC5PPI, a piclist member) and I've been very happy
>>with it, except for a minor issue of not being able to get the voice mail
>>feature to work yet (but I'm still in the process of working with their
>>tech support on this).
>>
>>However, I wanted to also buy one for my mom and now I can't find them at
>>local retailers either in Ithaca, NY or in Scranton, PA, despite the fact
>>that I bought mine in Ithaca just about a month ago. When I asked in
>>Staples here, they said that they are "phasing them out", but it was
>>unclear whether it was just Staples that was phasing them out or if
>>Tracfone was going out of business.
>>
>>In fact, Tracfone seems to be expanding their web site and doing fairly
>>well. Does anyone know if the company is doing OK? It would be nice to
>>know
>>before I buy another of their phones :-)
>>
>>Thanks again,
>>
>>Sean
>>
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