WARM? Petrocan Mobility Nokia 1112 or 2610 with Free $20 Air Time

[deals46]

The search I did found the Expired Deal for Petrocan Mobility. Mods, if this thread should be deleted, please do so.

Currently Petrocan Mobility offers the Nokia 1112 (down to $59.95) or the new Nokia 2610 ($99) with Free $20 Air Time. I have not had any luck finding any phone in stock around the local stations!

Does anyone have either phone with Petrocan Mobility service? Any comments? Price seems good (if I could actually find one!)...

Thanks!

[Sparky]

I've had the nokia 1112 since January and Haven't had any problems. They use Rogers network. Don't make alot of calls so it works out to very economical for me.

[clone]

Both Petro Canada Mobility and 7-eleven Speakout are run by Ztar using Rogers network. Cheapest cellular service for casual users. 7-eleven may have the free phone promotion again next month but if you need a phone right now this is a good deal.

http://retail.petro-canada.ca/en/mobility/2303.aspx

[major]

I just bought a second Petrocan Mobility phone (Nokia 1112). For the extremely light user (ie. emergencies only), this is the perfect phone. In fact the current deal for $59.95 (includes the basic $5 airtime plus a bonus $20 additional airtime) is better than the 7-11 Speakout deal that expired last month for the light user.

7-11 Promotion (expired): $100 airtime card (includes a free Nokia 1112 phone). Minutes good for 365 days.

Petrocan Promotion (current): $59.95 (includes Nokia 1112 phone + $25 airtime). Minutes good for 180 days.

[deals46]

Wow! :-0 Thanks for the quick replies/posts!

I want to get the phone for exactly the reason that you have mentioned: light use!

I was one of the many that switched to Virgin Mobile (when it was 120 days) thinking that I'd save from Bell (30 days). Now I'm feed up with "feeding" the VM phone. :mad:

From what I'm hearing the 1112 seems to be a good choice and perhaps it's not necessary to spend the extra $$$ for the 2610. Now if I could actually find one!!! >:(

[epiphony]

I just bought the phone 2 weeks ago. Anybody know if PetroCan will offer price protection and refund me $15?

EDIT: The 1112 is a decent phone. The screen is B&W, but very visible in bright situations. If you read the reviews about the 2610, you'll see that the backlight is very weak, and the screen is difficult to view when it's sunny outside.

[JAC]

I just bought the phone 2 weeks ago. Anybody know if PetroCan will offer price protection and refund me $15?

EDIT: The 1112 is a decent phone. The screen is B&W, but very visible in bright situations. If you read the reviews about the 2610, you'll see that the backlight is very weak, and the screen is difficult to view when it's sunny outside.

The 1600 is also a good phone, basically the 1112 but color.

[cheapbastage]

Are these unlocked like the 7-11 phones?

[cloneman]

I'm pretty sure they are unlocked. Some people have claimed fido sims work fine.

[AMD]

This looks like a great deal!

Does the additional 25$ time credit come with both phones or only with the newest one?

[AMD]

I guess should have read the link correctly.

20$ airtime credit comes with both phones in the current promo.

[hehehaha]

i heard that the Petro phone does not have signal in the US, how about 7-11??

[harry]

i heard that the Petro phone does not have signal in the US, how about 7-11??
No, 7-11 doesn't either.
http://www.speakoutwireless.ca/

[deals46]

Actually found a phone! :-0 Got the Nokia 1112... Thanks for the advice everyone! :)

Just to confirm to those of you who were wondering, the phone is priced at $59.95 plus taxes. The box contained the phone, battery, charger (home, not car), and manuals. Also received a separate receipt for $20 worth of Air Time! :)

[sungfra]

Actually found a phone! :-0 Got the Nokia 1112... Thanks for the advice everyone! :)

Just to confirm to those of you who were wondering, the phone is priced at $59.95 plus taxes. The box contained the phone, battery, charger (home, not car), and manuals. Also received a separate receipt for $20 worth of Air Time! :)

I assume you also get a free Rogers SIM?

[deals46]

I assume you also get a free Rogers SIM?

I'm not too familiar with the technical aspects. There is a card already inserted in the phone. I assume that it is related to Rogers since:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
"Petro-Canada Mobility operates on the GSM network of Rogers Wireless."

[kya79]

Has anyone found a Petro Canada with any phones in stock in Toronto?

No luck for me so far...

~K.

[erikm5150]

for those already using the petrocan/speakout service, can you please confirm something for me:

how easy is it to check your account balance? -- is it button pressing instead of voice recognition?

[Mystix]

i think you punch in *777, and an automated msg will tell you how much money is remaining

[ACCORD MAN]

i think you punch in *777, and an automated msg will tell you how much money is remaining



Exactly

[erikm5150]

Thanks, Mystix and Accord Man
:)

[cloneman]

Some facts about this service:

- Uses rogers network.
- You MUST buy their phone, they won't sell you just the SIM
- You CAN use the sim in unlocked -or- rogers-locked GSM phones
- The phone they sell you should be unlocked (at least the nokia 1112 is)

- Their customer service menu is very no-nonsense, simple to use.
- a customer service representative is available on weekends and evenings, unlike rogers payasyougo

- internet access is now available, 5cents/kb
- Number porting is available, took 2 hours for me. Must be done during business hours though.
- Voicemail is free, you only pay to check your messages *IF* you use your cellphone to call. (you can check from another phone for free)
- You can disable voicemail entirely by calling customer service if you want.

- text messaging is 5 cents to send or receive; a great bargain.

- long distance rates I think are reasonable, but I'm not sure on this.

[yvrwindsor]

Aside from using the cell phone to load funds, are there other choices such as doing it from the web.

I live in Vancouver and go to Toronto several times a year. Currently, I have a Toronto Fido which I constantly load $10 each month as not to waste the previous balance.

[Mystix]

Currently they do not have an internet access site. But apparently they are working on it? :confused:

But if you are coming here several times a year. Just refill $10 20 bucks when you are here. You do have 180days to use it

[Gotcha]

SOrry to hijack the the thread but does anyone know if FIDO Sim card works on any of these nokias?
My dad's old pay as you go cell phone doesnt ring anymore... he was thinking about getting a used one but they cost as much as those listed here for the petrocan promotion...

I was thinking may be he can get one of those and use the credit up with his petrocan number and then switch his fido sim card to use his regular cell phone number on FIDO network? Is that how it works?

PM me if you have any advice or alternatives

Thanks!

[atforum]

Their customer service is horrible. Also you can only recharge by getting the card from petro canada. For those having only a cell phone and no homephone this is not at all recommeded. If you want a cheap replacement phone for fido/rogers then get it

[cloneman]

Yes. That's how it works. Although you could probably sell the petro sim as well, hehe

[atforum]

SOrry to hijack the the thread but does anyone know if FIDO Sim card works on any of these nokias?
My dad's old pay as you go cell phone doesnt ring anymore... he was thinking about getting a used one but they cost as much as those listed here for the petrocan promotion...

I was thinking may be he can get one of those and use the credit up with his petrocan number and then switch his fido sim card to use his regular cell phone number on FIDO network? Is that how it works?

PM me if you have any advice or alternatives

Thanks!

Yeah it would work. Petro canada sells unlocked phones

[NG]

Although you could probably sell the petro sim as well, hehe

OT: On that note if anyone has a petro/7-11 SIM to sell I am looking.

[cloneman]

Their customer service is horrible. Also you can only recharge by getting the card from petro canada. For those having only a cell phone and no homephone this is not at all recommeded. If you want a cheap replacement phone for fido/rogers then get it

Customer service horrible? It's hard to beat rogers, where there's NONE for pay as you go past 5PM and NONE on weekends. THAT'S useful when you need your phone in an emergency and it doesn't work.

It's also hard to beat telus, who's french menus were broken for months at a time without CS having a clue about it.

[meocanada]

Some facts about this service:


- The phone they sell you should be unlocked (at least the nokia 1112 is)



Cool. I hope they can grow and compete with rogers someday?

[cloneman]

I just called a few petro-canada locations and they tell me the nokia 1112 scans at 75$ or 85$.... not 59.95... what gives... they should really get their act together

EDIT: Nevermind. I believe it's because we're in September and it's their August promotion... bleh. They didn't update their site yet.

[dimlight]

how long do the 4x$25 prepaid cards last? is it the same as the $100?

how can i make it last longer? and if you dont use all of the money can you bring it over just like rogers prepaid?

[cloneman]

you would have to apply the airtime right before the previous card expires. If you do so, 4 cards will last you 180 days x 4 = 2 years. I think you have to activate them within a short time after purchase, so you have to buy the cards as you go, you can't just buy 4 of them now and apply them slowly over 2 years.

And yes, you can carry over. All of this is provided that Petro doesn't reverse their policy on long expiries, like virgin mobile once did.

[erikm5150]

I just called a few petro-canada locations and they tell me the nokia 1112 scans at 75$ or 85$.... not 59.95... what gives... they should really get their act together

EDIT: Nevermind. I believe it's because we're in September and it's their August promotion... bleh. They didn't update their site yet.

Check with them again.
i just got one, and luckily i got a clerk that knew what to do...

he was printed out somekind of coupon which he scanned after scanning the phone.
yeah the phone scans at 75, but after scanning that coupon that he printed out, the price adjusts to 60

[nit2]

i had to go to a lot of gas stations before I finally found a clerk who knew what he was doing.

They have to scan the phone AND a $20 voucher (they can print out the bar code and scan it). THEN the computer rings up a combined price of $60.
If you scan just the phone, it shows up at $75.