I see there are activations available on ebay, as well as vendors on
PagePlus's site. Any advantage, disadvantage to going one route or the
other? Is there anything to know that a vendor might not tell you?
As I understand it, the only phone that's guaranteed to work is a
Verizon phone. Why is this? Can you use ANY Verizon phone? Does it
matter if it's a few years old - i.e. used?
As an observation, I called the PagePlus customer service number and
got someone who spoke very fractured, heavily Spanish-accented
English, who it seemed ultimately hung up on me when I couldn't
understand them and asked them to repeat themselves. Called back and
got someone else who was also marginally intelligible, who gave me a
number for a PagePlus vendor that is out of order.
Anyone have any major problems with PagePlus customer service?
Thanks for all input
> As I understand it, the only phone that's guaranteed to work is a
> Verizon phone.
I guess AMPD or Alltel will also work.
I have personally activated two phones (both had old numbers ported over) through one of the Ebay
vendors, primarily because Page Plus's website is one of the worst I have ever seen, and, they never
seemed keen to do activations. In fact, I see now that it is not mentioned on their site anymore. The
guy I used doesn't seem to be on Ebay at the moment, but Ugly Eric seems a popular one.
Then, for refills, there are different (very slightly) prices from different vendors. I have bought from
Babblebug, Calling Mart, and now, the best price I can find is from Cellular 360, who apparently also has
a brick and mortar store. He will also do online activation for $3.99 (don't know if he does porting)
http://sales.cellular360.googlepages.com/page_plus_cellular
It must be a Verizon phone because Page Plus uses the Verizon network, it's major advantage. Yes, you
can activate an old phone, as long as it's not still active under any Verizon account. I didn't have one,
but I bought a used phone on Ebay. The other phone I activated was for my parents; I bought them a
new, but never activated Verizon phone.
I have only called customer service once, when I missed my refill date and lost my rollover minutes
when I did add time. (I was really nice, and they restored them.) I didn't get a non-English speaker, but
the person I spoke did not seem like a natural at this type of work (although I got what I needed). I
suspect it may be a prison, as I have heard of companies using inmates for customer service.
I'm happy with the coverage, etc. and I have had it now for a year and a half. Hope this helps.
J.
> If I want to activate PagePlus prepaid cel service, any
> recommendations as to the best way to do it? I see PagePlus has 3
> different plans, do you need to activate *under* a particular plan or
> are activation and selection of a plan two different issues?
>
> Sorry, I skipped this. The standard plan is what I have. The other two do not seem a good value, you
might as well get a regular Verizon plan if you are going to go that route, especially the 24/7 plan for
$2.49 a day...?! I'm not a cell phone junkie, so Page Plus fits my needs.
J.
AFAIK, PP customer service doesn't activate phones, so you need a dealer to
start your service.
> I'd suggest
> averybody to avoid the "Over the phone" customer service. Email, in my
> case is the best way to do business with PP. Any Verizon digital phone
> will work. I've been with PP for quite awhile now and I'm very pleased
> so far.
As am I- they're an excellent rural backup for my more featured GSM phones.