I have been a StraightTalk customer for about 6 months now.When I first got the phone ,the service was spotty.Signal,no signal.The phone was no comparison to my Verizon phones.I liked the phone(Samsung R355c) so I renewed every due date.First 4 months same thing,spotty service.In the meantime my minutes were rolling over.I had over 4,000 minutes, 3,800 texts.Good deal,but phone sometimes worked and sometimes not.Last refill,minutes and texts were reset to 1,000 each.No big deal.I come nowhere even close to using that much.Here is the "kicker".Now my reception is great.I actually get a better signal that with my Verizon phones.I can place a call or send a text with only one bar.The places where I had signal issues in the past are now a thing of the past.If this continues I will be a customer a long time.For the price you can not beat StraightTalk.I have never had to deal with CS so I can not comment on that.Right now I am loving my StraightTalk phone.I would recommend this service to anyone.I think that the company is finally getting all the bugs worked out.You can not go wrong with the service in my opinion.I love it

I think Verizon should live up to their claim "Can you hear me now?" I purchased a Straight Talk phone with Verizon as the carrier. very bad move for Tracfone to go with Verizon. I live within 8-12 miles area in my county that has service but my area blocked out, called Verizon they say they have no plans whatsoever to add service to my area...WHAT GIVES? bad plan for Tracfone to go with Verizon

perfect thing to do when you get mad is to give up. ever thought of hustling a little to get what you want. well thats what it takes. from my experiene verizon managers are allways reasonable and often discount hugely, i recieved broadband internet anywhere the technology and new phones and only had to pay the sales tax. which is great. why not try to get something out of it than giving up.

We got sucked into adding me on my husband's family's plan--told it would cost $10/mo. Ended up $50 /mo. and my pho was defective, wouldn't keep charge. Bought new battery for $44, still didn't hold charge. Finally a guy at kiosk admitted pho had a programming defect and he fixed it. I've since discontinued with V.

I was thinking about getting this verizon service because I live in the country- and getting a signal in the valley is hard-after reading these comments-I will stick to my virgin mobile phone,I had for about 2 years. I had the pay as you go plan-you have to top up (add money) $20.00 every 3 months or when you need minutes. My plan is 18C per minute but has long distance also. The phone is fine for everywhere but the road I live on.There are other phones and plans to pick from also.The only downside is -if you forget to add minutes when time-you won't be able to use your phone until you do and you can lose your minutes that were on there if you don't.

Verizon DOES NOT charge you for the day if you text. Only if you use the cell to speak to someone who you call or if you answer if they call you.

This is without a doubt the most expensive prepaid plan I've ever had. If someone sends you a text, even if you don't check it, they charge you for the entire day. The signal is fine but so was AT&T's gophone that I had before this one. I don't use a cell phone often so prepaid is best for me. I switched to the Verizon because most of my family has it and I thought it would be cheaper however it is more expensive than my previous plan and every time I turn around my account balance is low even though I add money about every 2 weeks. The Motorola phone I have works fine and has good reception. It's just too expensive for someone like me who is on a limited budget.

I have a Samsung Verizon Impulse. Original battery went dead after a year, replaced with a lithium battery for Impulse but not from Vzn. It will not recharge even with a VZN charger! Must you buy one of their Batteries?

DON'T USE VERIZION PREPAID. I got the phone July 8th 2010. My next payment of $44.99 was due August 8th. I paid $44 (my bill said I owed 43.26) on July 29th 2010. When I paid early they said because I did not pay the .99cents. I did not pay the full bill so I went to an 'air-time' charge for usage, which gave me 1 hour and 40 minutes of time. The customer service rep understood the error and tried to get the manager on duty to rectify the error. Long story short, they said I had to pay again ($44.99) on August 8th. I am cancelling the account and will be posting on my web company accounts (all 2679 of them and 2.3 million readers) to post our new 'BAN VERIZON' ads. They lost a good costumer and will loose many more.

no daily access fee with BASIC prepaid--$.25/minute. no per unit break for buying airtime in bulk either. $100 on Verizon gets you 400 minutes, whereas $100 on T-Mobile gets you 1,100 minutes good for a year. that's with t-mo basic prepaid too.

Verizon is expensive but it works.I have tried a few different prepaid providers and NOONE comes close to VerizonWireless.They could do a better job on rates but they are far and beyond all of the competition.I love my VerizonWireless phone.If you want reliable service and do not mind spending a little extra ,this is the service for you.

Verizon's prepaid phone plans are too expensive, I am thinking about switching over the VM, which is much cheaper. They have good coverage, but it is just too expensive for me.

THE MOST EXPENSIVE PHONE CO. IN THE WORLD IS VERIZON.MY BATTERY DIES EVERY 2 MONTHS AND A BATTERY IS $44.00

verizon sucks where I live I can't get anything else like att or sprint without paying too much for roaming.
I'd like to be able to have any carrier I want.
another thing is if verizon want's to be the KING of my area so to speak!! then they need to put up more towers in the gully's so we can tell frontier to kiss our well u know!!!!!!1

As of today, July 19, 2010, Verizon prepaid has launched unlimited talk/text for 49.99 in 11 states as a test market. You heard it right. Verizon prepaid is launching in 11 test markets running it until at least early September . 49.99 unlimited talk and text (no mms).

Available in georgia texas mississippi lou ark alabama florida tenn nc sc ok

Verified through a Vz pp csr.

Verizon PrePaid is lousy and too expensive. MetroPCS With 3 other people is about $30 to $35 each depending if you have internet connection and it is all unlimited calling and text messaging and internet usage. It does not drop that I have seen in my area. It is not in some areas but I hardly ever go to those areas. What a waste. The largest company in the business and they charge the most. They have to buy up all the competitors because of their greed. That is the only way the can force everyone to us them. What happened to the laws to protect us from usury and monopolies?

i was wondering is it possible to buy a prepaid phone.Then not activate the prepaid plan but activate the phone to a verizon plan

incorrect information: Verizon has BASIC prepaid with no daily access charge and anytime minutes are $.25. unfortunately you do not get a better unit rate for buying in bulk like with T-mobile where anytime minutes are only $10 when purchased in $100 block which are good for a year. Verizon by far has the largest coverage area though.

very expensive, poor reception,and nasty customer service reps

when it is time to refill the phone (even if it has ample credit) they notify the seldom used phone#. If you miss the refill deadline, they ABSORB the credit balance.
Choose a fairer plan.

What I disliked most about having a Verizon account was the poor customer service that was provided. I am much happier with Sprint.

my telephone was cut off because they said i did'nt pay my bill when i no i did when i call these people they are so rude all i want is my money back in my account

i love verizon pre paid because i have kids and they get the expensive things and i get what is cheap and the service is great for what i pay

i love this service....the best way to set up your plan is go with the 99 cent a day plan called the core plan n what i did was add the $10 a month unlimited texting. This plan works out awesome for me anyways because 99% of the people i know have verizon. With that being said i can talk to any one on a verizon phone for as long as i want for only 99 cents and only on days i use it(any other minutes to non verizon will be 10 cents a min). With the core plan texts are 10 cents but if u get the 10$ unlimited plan u can text as much as u want n wont get charged... seriously this combo has worked out very well for me.

You get what you pay for. Verizon prepaid is the REAL Verizon network and allows TRUE unlimited calling even though it costs more. There is no cap, no limit, no "abuse" clause like there is with Verizon resellers like Page Plus.

Verizon OWNS the network and doesn't have to pay the middle man. ALL night/weekend and mobile to mobile minutes are FREE. Page Plus and other Verizon resellers have to pay Verizon to get their "unlimited" plans so actually have a hidden "cap" . If you "abuse" a Verizon reseller's "unlimited" plan, they can kick you off.

Verizon resellers offer a better deal for paygo and limited minute plans (like Page Plus's 1200 minute/1200 text/50 meg 29.95 plan). Most Verizon resellers only charge 10-12 cents a minute on their paygo plans (H20 Cdma/Air Voice Express/Mingo/Page Plus) vs the 25 cents a minute Verizon wants.

For unlimited it's Verizon original all the way. For limited plans and paygo, go with a reseller. Most resellers allow you to use Verizon phones (but NO Verizon prepaid phones allowed. They are now all banned on resellers because of abuse).

When I first bought my Verizon pay as you go phone, I liked it a lot at first. Once I ran out of minutes, I just use my debit card to pay for more. Now, the bad part, I've had it almost 2 years and all of a sudden, I can't pay for minutes via the phone anymore. It gives me an error message saying my financial institution does not allow me to make this purchase. I called my bank up and they said there's absolutely no reason for it not to work. Yet, I still keep trying and it still won't let me. So, now I have to buy the refill cards at Walmart which is a hassle because I have to drive to get it.

More cons: It charges you .99 cents a day that you use the phone. If you think you might just not use your phone today to save the .99 cents, they will find some way to get it. Like sending random stupid texts that also cost I think .25 cents a text. So too bad, so sad. It will even send you a text to say your balance is low and charge you for that message as well. This happens when I have not even touched my phone at all that day.

Also, it charges you minutes for calling your own voicemail. The most ridiculous thing I've heard of from a phone.

i have had this service 4 2 years itsnice but its 2 exspencive it would b cheeper 2 have a contract from vzw

I called VZW customer care via *611 from my handset to inquire about the prepaid plans. I was told that there are monthly prepaid plans available for $5 more than the post-pay accounts,e.g. 450 Min/$44.95; 900 min/$64.99; and Unlimited Min/$74.99. In fact, these prices are actually less expensive because there are no taxes, fees, and VZW surcharges charged to the monthy access fee. That information is not given on the Verizon Wireless website. Walmart's Straight Talk and Page Plus Cellular are paying Verizon to operate on their network. Love them or hate them, Verizon is getting PAID anyway!!!

Someone changed my Security code and Now I can't use my Visa Card to add minutes. If the Account is still in my name and I have my phone it is really ridiculous that I can't get my Security Code and Security question back where I had it in the first place.
You need to chane your rules. If my other phone gets changed I will hold Verizon responsible.
I am very unhappy with your Company and will tell everyone I know how I was treated.
At the end of my minutes I will crush my phone and your Company will lose $ 180.00 a year. Is it worth it?

My daughter who is a high school student was told at the Verizon store in Panama City, Florida that she could buy a prepaid unlimited texting plan for $20 a month without purchasing any kind of talk plan. When I went back to the same store today a different person said that you are required to purchase some time of a voice plan and can't just purchase a texting plan.

Does anyone know???

wrong. now they have BASIC, which seems like the only really sensible prepaid option. you pay about $.25/minute. that daily access charge seems like a rip off. i had been using t-mobile for years prepaid at about $.10/minute by buying $100 time each refill. that way your minutes are good for a full year, but i can't can't get t-mo's signal here.
guess what, i paid $30 for a tiny nokia verizon phone from walmart and verizon's service is excellent.

I LUV MY CELL PHONE ITS THE BEST OF ALL

i love verizon wireless prepaid phones they are hot and nice i got a texting phone it is amazing

i was wondering.. if i bought the Samsung Intensity off of amazon or ebay (not the prepaid version, but there is a prepaid version for that model) could i still use the normal, not prepaid module WITH the prepaid plan?
get back to me soon,
Hill.

I hate that every time you make a call it tells you how many minutes you have and sends a ring tone. Very aggravatig. It is easy enough to check your balance and they also send you Text messages when you are low, I have the annoying ring and message each time I make a call. I am switching to T-Mobile. They have a new $50 unlimited text and talk coming our on 5/16.

i bought a verizon blitz phone about two months ago. i used it alot but never dropped or any thing. but some how my phone would not charge so i bought a new charger which was approximately $35. just too find out it was my phone it self. so if your planning on buying one.. not a smart idea. keep in mind not only did i buy one my family also did and there having the same problem as me.

Pros: Great network coverage. That's all.

Cons: Expensive! None of the plans are all that great. You can get cheaper from most other carriers. 25c per minute or 10c per minute with a daily charge of 99c!?! WTF, seriously that is not cool. And all the handsets are expensive too.
A buddy of mine showed me he pays 10c per minute on his NET10 prepaid phone without ANY daily use charge, so a much better deal IMO. Switchin as soon as my minutes run out...

this plan sucks really bad it works goodfor kids though

i don't usually check my mins or charges with verizon, but lately i have been doing so. i found out that there's a kind of glitch in the verizon calculation of mininutes. i manually added it and even made their rep add it to see a false total, but he said theres nothing he can do that it is coming from their corporate. he said to call them and i told him the corporate office told me to go to a kiosk... i just left. i'm canceling after my contract ends. they are stealing by trick.

I hate verizon. i had tmobile for a long time and never had any major problems with them. i love tmobile. i switched over to verizon and immediately regret it, verizon sucks they really don't have all that good of a reception as they say they do. tmobile has way better reception and plan. and their charges and plans are so ridiculous!!..to all of you who are planning on getting verizon for phone service i have one word for you ..RUN!!!!

Just to let you know, I used to be a Verizon customer with a contract. Then I found out about Page Plus Cellular. They utilize the Verizon Network but I now get unlimited minutes and text for $39.95 a month all-inclusive. The best!I compared all the plans and Page Plus Cellular gives the most for the least. Although their C/S sucks and you are on hold forever, just go online to buy new minutes. This is the way to go. Now only if their phones were nicer....

verizon is so money hungry they will charge you hidden fees and then smack you with a monthly data plan you pay for even if you dont want or use it my plan total was suppose to be 120.00 pre month not seen a bill yet under 200.00 bye bye verizon

well guess what joanie and paul,
on behalf of us alltel customers that they screwed over, im getting my fair share out of them. just as you guys mentioned about data, the same service that would cost $60 a month, i get it free. and its totally legal because i asked a customer service rep about it. oh and dont let them lie to you that the alltel phone wont work.. it will because i still use mine right now. i have it connected to my laptop as a wireless modem. i use it all day and doesnt cost me anything. whatever you do dont surrender your grandfathered alltel prepaid plan. thats what they want you to do so you wouldnt get to use their expensive network for cheap.

Have been an Alltel customer for prepaid minutes for years, but today, April 17 2010, I was told that Verizon refuses to service my very recently bought prepay Alltel phone bought at an Alltel/Verizon that was going through the switch to Verizon. They will not buy back the recently purchased prepay cell phone, but insist on my buying a new Verizon phone to get activated. Plus they would re-charge us for activation, despite being activated when purchasing the new prepay phone. We were so disturbed by their lack of customer concern. How many other Alltel customers have found themselves ousted and forced into buying yet another cellphone like this? Just for service?! They have dropped all Alltel connections now and you may as well say Alltel customers! This really pi**es me off! I don't have a lot of money to waste and having an emergency cell phone is a must. Prepay was all I could afford and Alltel did a good job for me. I have twice paid #25 dollars for a ten dollar amount of time because of Verizon's underhanded way of attacking Alltel customers! Need I say, huge lawsuit? They have stuck me with a useless phone that they had no intention of servicing, and refuse to activate the phone service. It would seem that I have no recourse, and since I don't have a lot of money, you better believe that I am looking for a new phone company that will service for me! Verizon is only interested in their bottom dollar!

I love my Straight Talk but cant seem to figure out how to get my call history online. Please help or tell me where to get help. I'm new!

Connectivity is pretty decent, but sadly the phones are LOW END SUCKY phones. Verizon pushes BIG TIME for DATA accounts, and every decent phone they have require an asinine DATA account!!!

The lousy Samsung has absoilutely LOUSY voice quality.

Called them and they told me that the Motorola W755 or W766 would work just fine, but after I buy one off of eBay, receive it then try to swap phones they now state I need a post-pay account with a data link.

All I want is decent voice connections, a 2MP camera with DVR capability, a USB port, a MicroSD card!!! NOT ROCKET SCIENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you look at the phones Verizon offers you can see they are really pushing hard for their money maker (data is where they make the most money!)... a few for regular use, the rest require data and monthly contracts. A cellphone is supposed to be a cellphone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even this webpage shows Motorola's W755 as uable on pre-pay..............

PISSED OFF!

I think verizonwireless has its ups an downs as far as the service go! Every time Ilook up I'm out of minutes.Whats the plan to have more minutes.Waite for promoe codes! Or go virginmobile.

Thought this was a pay as you go phone. If you don't pay, they deactivate your phone. Took my $15.00, added it to my previous balance,told me it would be good until the end of the next month. Not true. You may as well get a regular plan.

Verizon Wireless has no competition.These other cheap prepaid cellular providers may claim to have hold of the VW network to get their service.To a degree it is true,but each and everyone of them have signal issues...so called dead zones.I have never got this from a VW prepaid phone.Yes they may be a bit higher but you can depend on their service.Leave these "small time "players alone and go with VW.They are dependable.

Best prepaid company Ive been with