Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 05 Dec 2007 05:57:00 -0500 Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>
>>> For minimal use, T-Mobile is $100 the first year, $10 (yes, ten)
>>> each additional year.
>>
>> No, after the second year everything expires and nothing rolls over.
>
> That's incorrect. First you piss on PagePlus for being unavailable
> for purchase (which wasincorrect) and then on T-Mo with more
> misinformation. What's your interest in this Elmo? Are you a Sprint
> stockholder?
>
>> You're back to $100 every other year, if that's what you're doing.
>
> No. Not only is that not mentioned anywhere in T-Mo's website or
> literature, I can tell you from personal experience that you're dead
> wrong. As long as you don't let the account expire, all future
> refills on "gold" accounts (over $100 of airtime added) have a one
> year expiration. I have three active T-Mo prepaid accounts now that
> I don't even need, but for $10/year I can't let them go. One is
> going on it's fourth year this month (the first year cost me $25, due
> to a special Christmas promo T-Mo ran a few years ago that gave you
> "Gold" status for $25 instead of $100) so I have invested $45 in that
> account- $25 for year one, and $10 each for 2 and 3. Another $10 is
> due later this month to carry me through 2008.

I can confirm this. Both my parents bought an initial $100 card and then
they just buy another $10 card every year. They've had the service for 3
years.