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Company Overview: TracFone is a prepaid wireless provider. The company is a subsidiary of América Móvil, and also operates Net10 Wireless.

Network Benefits: TracFone does not operate its own network, but operates as an MVNO reselling service from over 30 other providers.

Special Plan Features: Prepaid services only; Remaining minutes balanced tracked on handset.

Unique Features: Refer-a-Friend offers free service minutes in exchange for referring a friend who purchases service.

Pros: Flexible service options without contract commitment; Inexpensive handsets (often refurbished); Phones and service available direct from Website and at stores nationwide; Choice between many networks and technologies.

Cons: More expensive than contracted service from national carriers.

Technology Used: GSM, TDMA, and CDMA.

Primary Coverage Area: Nationwide.

Customer Service: TracFone's service is both very popular and widely complained about with regard to phone activation and other technical problems, call quality, customer service, and general business practices.

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Based on 272 Reviews

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Lousy customer service

Posted on: November 13th, 2013 by William Minor

Sometimes price isn't everything. After 13 days couldn't port my number, spent many hours on the phone many times with heavily accented people. Always told to wait couple hours for the phone to work never does. Start over the whole process again. I'm returning the phone to Walmart and probably have to eat the $45.00 data card. Worst experience ever. Do not buy this inferior product

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Unbelievably Awful!!

Posted on: October 27th, 2013 by Vicki Mormino

Had Tracfone years ago & really liked it. When US Cellular left my area, I went back to Tracfone. I have NO SERVICE in my home. Text messages take up to 2 days to arrive. CUSTOMER SERVICE barely speaks English & are completely useless. They changed my phone number when I called in for assistance!!!!! Total, completely incompetent idiots!!

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Horrible Customer Service

Posted on: October 17th, 2013 by Becky Coates

Horrible Customer Service Should be out of business. I would give it a 0 if I could.

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suck azz compay

Posted on: October 17th, 2013 by Beth Booth-Pillsbury

the service people do not speak a lick of English. they screwed up my trac fone and refused to fix it and I had 20655.08 minutes on my phone. and now they are gone. the service style sucks, and they do not know what they are doing. so very glad I switched companies. I would NOT go with trac fone at all

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Piece of Crap!!!!!!!!

Posted on: October 15th, 2013 by Ekuson Debango

throw the damn phone away as it is worth much less than a piece of crap. Save you money for something better. Tracfone sucks and their customer service speak little English anyway. Fools they all are.

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Poorest quality phones & Horrible customer service

Posted on: October 12th, 2013 by Mary Steil

Purchased a new LG840 phone, when activated it wouldn't work. Sim card rejected, contacted Tracfone, the support tech said he would have a new Sim sent out, that also was rejected. Contacted Tracfone again, the support then stated he would have a brand new phone mailed. It arrived & it was a reconditioned phone. They sell crap phones.

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Could not transfer phone number

Posted on: October 3rd, 2013 by Dan Kahn

Purchased new phone for Bluetooth. Battery lasted 2 days. Called got new battery and it lasted 2 days. Got new phone. Four tries to get phone number transfered no good. Phone indicates one number but caller ID says it's another number. Was on the phone with them for 4.5 hours with no resolution. Asked for someone to talk to that was in America. Agent said I was, CENTRAL AMERICA, Hondurus. Forum web site is useless. Auto response from computer and all issues have to be taken using PM which never get returned. Worst service from a vendor I have ever had.

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Customer service frustrating

Posted on: September 30th, 2013 by Daisy Lee

I lost my cell phone somewhere in my house. When I tried to have my minutes transferred to a new phone. They asked me how many minutes I'd had and I said 2,354. The man said he showed me having 968. He said he would verify my minutes and came back with a new figure of 490! He said I could have 490 or nothing. I took it but it troubled me that he quoted 2 different figures. He had a heavy accent and was hard to understand. The next day I called back and a supervisor verified that I'd had 2400 mins and granted me them. I had trouble understanding her also. I don't know if the first person was crooked, incompetent or both.

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HORRIBLE!

Posted on: September 17th, 2013 by Tyler Uncensored Norml

I've been through 3 nokia phones with them. My phone number displays wrong, and today my phone randomly lost 80 minutes while i slept for 4 hours. I woke up to have 0.06 minutes. I was by customer service managers' manager that I actually had 35 minutes left because I used my browser. I suggest do NOT get a tracfone. Talking connection is great on the phone, if you can actually use it! My phone displayed the wrong phone number to me for 6 months. It told me one but it called with another phone number. Customer service had attempted to fix it but no success. I have a laundry list of issues with this company. Even when i first got my tracfone, it took forever to set it up. It turned out that the first phone i bought in stores was bad as well as the sim card the supplied was bad. I had to wait weeks for them to sed me new products which have been replaced several times. Overall rating is a 0 in my opinion. I really never bother to do reviews for this sort of thing, but I highly suggest that you do not purchase Tracfone!!! Hope to save you a headache.

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Great for me

Posted on: September 16th, 2013 by Lisa Heibner

I have used tracfone for two years. Only had one issue which was fixed right away. Every phone I have used has worked great. Tracfone has been great for me all the way around.

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