Free cell phone if you are on the system??? - The Firearms Forum

ampaterry · 02-19-2009, 03:43 PM

When did THIS happen?

https://www.safelinkwireless.com/Enr...blic/home.aspx

We are CONSTANTLY re-evaluating whether or not to keep our Cell phones STRICTLY due to the cost of them.

But anyone on the system can get one FREE???

bcj1755 · 02-19-2009, 08:49 PM

Yet another tactic the closet-commies will use to make the sheeple more dependent on Uncle Sugar.

armedandsafe · 02-19-2009, 09:33 PM

The basic concept is good, but their logic is flawed. These phones are touted as a way to keep the "dis-advantaged" able to contact help when in trouble, sick or such.

What they don't tell you is that ANY cell phone with a good battery will dial 911 without a service plan. These people are hoping they will be able to suck in more customers, as the "low-income" use them to talk to their {snip as not nice.}

Pops

Vladimir · 02-19-2009, 10:31 PM

Programs like these frequently recycle used cell phones as well. Not sure about this particular one but all the ones I have seen do.

SolidVFR · 02-20-2009, 05:20 AM

Nothing is free...real taxpayers pick up the tab.

Shellback · 02-20-2009, 05:31 AM

More socialist programs, if your on welfare or goverment assistance you need a cell phone.
Tim

ampaterry · 02-20-2009, 06:32 AM

Hey, getting used phones and giving them to folks on welfare WITHOUT service plans is fine with me; yes indeed, as Art says, they CAN call 911 that way.

But these are BRAND NEW PHONES, the kind that use pre-paid minutes. Here in TN, they get 68 minutes a month with their new phone, and the minutes roll-over.

That is one heck of a lot of 911 emergency calls, in my book.

The website virtually APOLOGIZES for the fact that you need a real address to sign up. I guess they are sorely distressed that they have no way to deliver these tax-payer purchased phones to the same park benches that so many of the BHO supporters registered to vote from.

02-19-2009, 03:43 PM	#1
ampaterry TFF Admin Staff Chaplain Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: West Tennessee Contributor Posts: 6,373	Free cell phone if you are on the system??? When did THIS happen? https://www.safelinkwireless.com/Enr...blic/home.aspx We are CONSTANTLY re-evaluating whether or not to keep our Cell phones STRICTLY due to the cost of them. But anyone on the system can get one FREE??? __________________ Reason given by one of Obama's more intellectual supporters when asked why she voted for him: *"He gave me a PHONE!!"* -->

02-19-2009, 08:49 PM	#2
bcj1755 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: A wretched hive of scum and villiany Posts: 4,357	Re: Free cell phone if you are on the system??? Yet another tactic the closet-commies will use to make the sheeple more dependent on Uncle Sugar. __________________ History is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace, and revolution continue on forever. Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges - Cicero If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. - Samuel Adams

02-19-2009, 09:33 PM	#3
armedandsafe Former Guest Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Moses Lake, WA Posts: 10,344	Re: Free cell phone if you are on the system??? The basic concept is good, but their logic is flawed. These phones are touted as a way to keep the "dis-advantaged" able to contact help when in trouble, sick or such. What they don't tell you is that ANY cell phone with a good battery will dial 911 without a service plan. These people are hoping they will be able to suck in more customers, as the "low-income" use them to talk to their {snip as not nice.} Pops

02-19-2009, 10:31 PM	#4
Vladimir Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Issaquah WA Posts: 3,558	Re: Free cell phone if you are on the system??? Programs like these frequently recycle used cell phones as well. Not sure about this particular one but all the ones I have seen do. __________________ -JVRR меня зовут Владимир или Джеймс. Я знаю только немного русский язык (я американец, но мой пра дедушка русски). STEAM (CSS, TF2, etc): Ask me! Xbox LIVE! GT: "Vlad is Rad" PS3 PSN: "Vlad_Is_Rad"

02-20-2009, 05:20 AM	#5
SolidVFR V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 346	Re: Free cell phone if you are on the system??? Nothing is free...real taxpayers pick up the tab. __________________ -USA- ~ Μολὼν λάβε ~ The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.

02-20-2009, 05:31 AM	#6
Shellback Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Broken Arrow Ok Posts: 950	Re: Free cell phone if you are on the system??? More socialist programs, if your on welfare or goverment assistance you need a cell phone. Tim __________________ The Plumber Protects The Health of the Nation New World Order never, Sovreignty Forever

02-20-2009, 06:32 AM	#7
ampaterry TFF Admin Staff Chaplain Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: West Tennessee Contributor Posts: 6,373	Re: Free cell phone if you are on the system??? Hey, getting used phones and giving them to folks on welfare WITHOUT service plans is fine with me; yes indeed, as Art says, they CAN call 911 that way. But these are BRAND NEW PHONES, the kind that use pre-paid minutes. Here in TN, they get 68 minutes a month with their new phone, and the minutes roll-over. That is one heck of a lot of 911 emergency calls, in my book. The website virtually APOLOGIZES for the fact that you need a real address to sign up. I guess they are sorely distressed that they have no way to deliver these tax-payer purchased phones to the same park benches that so many of the BHO supporters registered to vote from. __________________ Reason given by one of Obama's more intellectual supporters when asked why she voted for him: *"He gave me a PHONE!!"*