jayg. For some reason I always think of Beyonce when I see your posts. Telcel will sell you a phone and a chip (SIM card) for like $400 and it includes $50 of prepaid credit. Or, if you have an unlocked phone you can buy the chip for $149 and that also includes $50 in credit. You can then prepay credit as you need it. The more you buy, the bigger the bonus. $100 gets you $100; $200 gets you $250; $300 gets you $450 and $500 gets you $900 and sometimes $1,000 when the have promos. You also get to have 3 of your "favoritas" or friends numbers where you can call the first five minutes for free to any of those numbers. I want to find out more about the Gringation /ToriB plan that I just heard about lately. I have a plan, with the internet or media package and 300 extra text messages and it runs about $880 a month with taxes. But I go over on some things on a regular basis and my bill averages about $1,000. Gringation or ToriB - Can you please confirm that: 1. The media package that I am paying for on a plan, that includes unlimited internet, is the same that you are getting, basically for $500 a month. 2. That after I chew up my $400 I can buy the credits as with the Amigo card or just adding to my account at OXXO or whereever. 3. Are you sure that the calls are only permitted to other Telcel phones as part of this deal? With the Amigo deal or the plan, you just get credits for X number of minutes, whether to a land line, Telcel or other carrier. Is this not the case? If you can only call other Telcel numbers what do you do when you want to call me at home or on a Nextel or MoviStar or whatever? Or long distance? 4. With my plan I get 6 (Telcel only) numbers I can call for free for the first 5 minutes. The Amigo deal gives you 3. Do you get any with your deal? I must admit that I hate Telcel but they are still the best game in town and a virtual monopoly. Way to go Sr. Slim. Thanks
1. The media package that I am paying for on a plan, that includes unlimited internet, is the same that you are getting, basically for $500 a month. It's not unlimited internet, it's 3G (whatever that means)... but I've never used it up and I use quite a bit of internet. (email, Facebook, WhatsApp, some Youtube videos) 2. That after I chew up my $400 I can buy the credits as with the Amigo card or just adding to my account at OXXO or whereever. Yes. You're using the Amigo Kit, so everything in terms of credit is exactly the same. 3. Are you sure that the calls are only permitted to other Telcel phones as part of this deal? With the Amigo deal or the plan, you just get credits for X number of minutes, whether to a land line, Telcel or other carrier. Is this not the case? If you can only call other Telcel numbers what do you do when you want to call me at home or on a Nextel or MoviStar or whatever? Or long distance? The extra $400 gifted credit ("regalado") is only for other Telcel numbers. Since I communicate via other Telcel numbers, email and WhatsApp 99% of the time, I really only need regular credit to order sushi once a week. I might put in around $30 pesos per month to cover those random calls. (I understand that's how it is with all gifted credit, but I didn't learn this until 2 or 3 months ago. I think it might be a new change, but I'm not sure because I'd been on Movistar for so long.) 4. With my plan I get 6 (Telcel only) numbers I can call for free for the first 5 minutes. The Amigo deal gives you 3. Do you get any with your deal? It's not a "deal" per se, it's just the Amigo Kit, then you order however many days of internet you want separately. More of a service than a deal. I think it only gives me 3 numbers, but I haven't registered any and I never run out of credit ... $400 a month in credit is more than enough for me.
Yes, I need internet and television. I talked to the folks at Cablemas in July who said they would have to come check the pole, decide whether I could have service, come an tell me about their decison, come back a week later and install if I could have service.....I didn't see a good outcome here and I needed to leave Playa for a few months anyway. Now, I'm back at square one. I could do the plug-in thing for the internet but I've not heard great things about it and dont' know where to get one.
Teeeej, I second everything Laura said, I just want to add that when I check my balance, I have two accounts. The first is the "all other service provider" account; and the second is where the $400 bonus credits go for telcel calls/sms messages. If you add credit at any point after the monthly 500, the amount will go into the first account and if the amount had any bonus credits, they go to the second. I hope that all made sense. After 3 or 4 months, I two have never ran out of credits.
