I very recently bought the $88 T-Mobile deal at Target. My question is, what do I have to do and when to activate the $100 card, I have about 5 months on my other Nokia 6030 bought from T-Mobiles website with the 'Free' $25 card, I have about 2 months from the initial activation of the phone and will have 90 days on the 'Free' $25 card when I put that $25 card on the phone.

My questions are because I don't want to activate the newest Nokia 6030 until the time is almost up on the first phone. I also plan on keeping the current Nokia 6030 as a backup in case something happens to the newer one, I plan on keeping T-Mobiles service with the $10 roll-over, I don't really talk on the phone very much, so it's good to have a long time of service verse lots of minutes, but 1000 minutes will give me a lot of yak time if I ever start yakking.

But, I don't want to risk the $100 card being void by the time I get around to using it.

Also, I have no idea how the T-Mobile cards from Target work, I have heard they are in layers of activation, one being from Target, you call or something, and they give you the 'real' pin number, and I don't know how long that is good for. Should I call this week, or can I hold out longer on calling to get the 'real' pin number? Is the 'real' pin number good for a year before you have to use it? Or just 90 days?

Sorry to be so long winded, I am used to Tracfones cards and codes and pins. And T-Mobile to Go is new to me. :idiot:

Never mind, I got the answers to my question, so the Admins can close this thread if they want to.

I think it died on its own. So don't leave us hanging, what is the answer?

90 days on the first layer, 1 year on the 'real' pin, works out great for me now that I know. I just wish I could transfer my Tracfone minutes to the T-Mobile phone. Oh, well, It's good to have 2 working phones I guess, you have what, 6 active and a few just waiting to be active?

Earl's got so many lonely phones waiting to be active that they've started their own support group, ROFLOLO!

It was the Refer A Friend that made it profitable to buy and activate so many TracFones. I am going to transfer the units but want to spread it out. I will have service for years very cheaply.

I don't blame you one bit Earl, that is the reason my Tracfone has so many minutes on it too, I miss that RAF <RIP>. The RAF was kind of a game, I didn't really need the minutes, I just wanted them because they were free. I also have the same problem you do, I don't really want to talk to anyone. Especially on the phone. Well, it's not really a problem, but having that much time on the phone and not really wanting to talk to anyone is kind of funny. At least I know I can if I ever decide I do want to.

Me anthropomorphizing Earls phones now.

I have to tell ya, Clarice, that's been my favorite word this week ever since you used it the first time regarding your teddy bears, ROFL! :phone:

My stomach hurts, I'm laughing so hard at what you wrote. Those Teddy Bears....

So how are the teddy bears doing today? Are they happy and well-fed?

Don't worry. I'm sure the teddy bears are stuffed! :D

Very stuffed, and very happy. :bear_wub: