I have the cheapest flip phone possible...$29...and I have to renew the data plan for X number of
minutes every month or 6 months or 9 months for the privilege of leaving it in my car 24/7 for
emergency calls only. The problem is, they don't have a plan that doesn't include X number of
minutes every time I renew coverage, so now I have over 11,000 minutes. The phone people
won't take them as a donation to somebody relying on a charity, so I asked around, and the VA
will take them, but only as a loaded "minute card," worth X amount of money. They have promised
to call me if they have someone's cell number who can use them, but so far, no call. (They have to
have a Tracfone cell number in order for the donation to work. So the minutes keep adding up.)

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