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Re: Anyone have one of Sharon's phones?
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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05/25/2018 02:03 PM
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A loyal SXM'er advised me to buy a French Phone for the French side and I did! 5 years ago ....From DAUPHIN in Marigot ..cost 39 Euros with 40 minutes FREE! ... have added 5 Euros on the card twice ..and it's still going! Yes, Folks , it is French, but it's intelligent enough to shift in ENGLISH. We use it to call our landlord, taxis, restaurants and Pizza. BUT just-in-case , we had an emergency, we could call Emergency Services. We spend 2 month on the French side, but do not use it to call our children (USA and Canada). For us, it's a DEAL!
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Re: Anyone have one of Sharon's phones?
[Re: BillandElaine]
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05/25/2018 06:18 PM
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On Chippie/UTS network you need a new chip (and phone in some cases) as they no longer work with the upgraded system. MUST be a 3G phone. Even if you have a 3G phone, you have to take your old chip in and they will give you a new chip, same #, $ balance retained.
I know nothing about TelCell service other than everyone complains about it. They have a store in Simpson Bay. Elaine, I'm soooo confused! I used my Chippie SIM earlier this month with no problems. When you say you need a new chip, exactly what does that mean? Has something changed since we were there?
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Re: Anyone have one of Sharon's phones?
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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05/25/2018 06:29 PM
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No, this changed after Irma. If you have a working chip, you're very lucky.
Elaine ********************************* God Bless the broken road....
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Re: Anyone have one of Sharon's phones?
[Re: GaKaye]
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05/29/2018 08:42 AM
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AHA! Another piece of the puzzle...lol Linda, it's a cute little gold Samsung Jr (mini?) dual sim for $110 I like the dual sim as it can have another card in Europe or Mexico.
"It is good to do nothing all day, and then to rest"
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Re: Anyone have one of Sharon's phones?
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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05/29/2018 08:46 AM
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Same as we got! Both our phones have dual SIM's. Very convenient.
Elaine ********************************* God Bless the broken road....
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Re: Anyone have one of Sharon's phones?
[Re: mort]
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05/30/2018 09:30 AM
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Thanks mort. We are going to buy a phone at this point. Trying to decide whether to wait until we get there to confirm our phone doesn't work for sure, or just buy it here, assuming it doesn't work.
Carol Hill
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Re: Anyone have one of Sharon's phones?
[Re: boucharda]
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05/30/2018 12:40 PM
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Yes, I'm sure we can get it cheaper at home. Holding out hope that our phone will work, will probably it won't...
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Re: Anyone have one of Sharon's phones?
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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05/30/2018 02:35 PM
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Works fine for us. We don't use any phone very much.
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