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Can anyone recommend a web site for pre-paid telephone cards? I am calling from the continental United States to Manizales, Colombia. I have used zaptel.com and speedypin.com in the past, but haven’t quiet been satisfied with the quality I’m receiving.

By webjacks on Apr 1, 2006, 15:05 in Friendly Talkzone. AddThis Social Bookmark Button


expatriate says on Apr 1, 2006, 16:13:

Here are two that I've had luck with.

http://www.2prepaidcard.com/ratelookup.asp
http://www.phonecardonsale.com/

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Christian88 says on Apr 1, 2006, 17:29:

www.tel3advantage.com

I've used probably 30 different brands of prepaid over the last couple of years, but this is the only one I've found with a decent combination of: quality, price, and doesn't cheat you.

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Miguel_Clavo says on Apr 2, 2006, 14:18:

Never had a problem with www.nobelcom.com and its easy to recharge your PIN cards over the internet.

Just my opinion...

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martasban says on Apr 6, 2006, 22:22:

I use Pinplan too, they just added more minutes to my card Nobelcom I've used before, there are lots of hidden fees so be careful. PinPlan's customer service will explain all their plans in detail, they dont hide any fees or charges and they just added more minutes to my card, they sent an email and lowered the rates. It was a nice surprise. here's the link of what they sent:

http://www.pinplan.com/store/tmpl/full.aspx?body=_direct_04032006

If you go with them, use their Pinless dialing thing so you dont have to enter your PIN everytime. and they are going to have speed dialing in 2 weeks. good luck

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divina22 says on May 6, 2006, 12:05:

Thank you all for your suggestions!!!! I have been spending WAY TOO MUCH F'ING MONEY on these dirty phone cards, those stupid fees for everything drive me nuts (do I sound bitter?).. hopefully now I can see my money actually going to the freakin' phone call itself........ I'm gonna try pinplan first and see how that goes... seems interesting to me...... and God willing, soon, I won't have to deal with these stupid phone cards anymore, he'll be in my bed! LOL.... then all I have to worry about is him calling his family, which won't be three to four times a day like I call him!!! WOO HOO!!! Thanks again!!!!!

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bamacellist says on Apr 29, 2007, 10:56:

avoid these! I bought a Boss card from ez-pins.com which seems to be associated with usprepaid.com. The rates and fees advertised at ez-pins are apparently very incomplete and Boss tells you how much credit you have when you dial the access number and then tells you how many minutes you have after dialing the number of your party but when you call again you will have incredibly less remaining credit than you should. I have had NO luck getting truthful information from ez-pins/usprepaid regarding this and Boss supplies a customer service number that only provides automated services with no possibility of addressing any questions about their rates and fees.

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