That's just it. Walmart is the one place where they don't activiate them at the register. They do at Best Buy, they do at Circuit City, -- but not at Walmart.
"That's just it. Walmart is the one place where they don't activiate them at the register. They do at Best Buy, they do at Circuit City, -- but not at Walmart."
That is true - I kind of clarified that in my last post. What the register does is start the time ticking on the use of the minutes. That being said I believe you can activate the sim by placing it in any compatible phone. The minutes on each sim card are of very limited value because they are guaged at the highest per-minute rate. It would make sense that these guys were selling phones with extra sims IF they are not re quired to be activated in the phone that they were sold with.
My point is that although this could stifle people that are just trying to make some money the fact remains that sealed packages of consumer electronics have a greater sale value than opened packages. That reality is different when you are talking about used car parts from chopshops where the profit is essentially 100%. I don't see much, if any, profit in selling these phones except for convenience (can't buy locally; never had a cell phone before), drug sales and terrorism.