This happens every once in a while, and usually when a deal is too good to be true, it IS too good to be true. Always a catch.
A while back, I bought a cell phone at discount store for $10...brand new, in box. It had a radio, camera, and most of the goodies... and 60 days service with 300 minutes. The phone is an EM326g. I brought it home, registered it online, and was in business, in about 5 minutes. Perfect... I love it. Works great.
Now, I only use the phone for a rare call from DW or to use when I'm away from the house or at my camp. At most 60 minutes a month. I've had a tracfone or tmobile for a few years, but the total cost for the service works out to about $125-- $150/year...
Looked like the phone I bought was a good deal, but there are no more at the store (clearance)... So... I went on-line and bought 3 more for $12 each, free shipping... from another source.
So, here's the question... Where's the catch? At the very least... even when the phone is not live any longer, I still can use it as a camera, flashlight, radio, stopwatch or 911 etc. etc... Must have cost more than $10 to manufacture... free shipping... for me, not for the seller. The only downside that I can see is changing the phone number, but that's not important to me. BTW... no time limit on the free minutes offer, that I could find.
There has to be something here that I'm missing... I expect to learn a lesson from this $36 bet.
Any thoughts on this or other items.... and have you found particularly good deals... or been scammed by the "Too good to be true" thing?
A while back, I bought a cell phone at discount store for $10...brand new, in box. It had a radio, camera, and most of the goodies... and 60 days service with 300 minutes. The phone is an EM326g. I brought it home, registered it online, and was in business, in about 5 minutes. Perfect... I love it. Works great.
Now, I only use the phone for a rare call from DW or to use when I'm away from the house or at my camp. At most 60 minutes a month. I've had a tracfone or tmobile for a few years, but the total cost for the service works out to about $125-- $150/year...
Looked like the phone I bought was a good deal, but there are no more at the store (clearance)... So... I went on-line and bought 3 more for $12 each, free shipping... from another source.
So, here's the question... Where's the catch? At the very least... even when the phone is not live any longer, I still can use it as a camera, flashlight, radio, stopwatch or 911 etc. etc... Must have cost more than $10 to manufacture... free shipping... for me, not for the seller. The only downside that I can see is changing the phone number, but that's not important to me. BTW... no time limit on the free minutes offer, that I could find.
There has to be something here that I'm missing... I expect to learn a lesson from this $36 bet.
Any thoughts on this or other items.... and have you found particularly good deals... or been scammed by the "Too good to be true" thing?