Tracfone Rewards Program

[Woz2000]

Its very possible if the limit is enforced at the 3rd party logistics provider. The phones are all shipped out from a 3rd party, so if they check shipments going to 1 address, that would be all that is needed.

Some of you guys are lucky you have an alternate address for shipments. I don't have that luxury.

Not a chance. eBay is "possible" but personally I would be VERY surprised.

Try finding someone at any level within the company that even knows that eBay seller is part of the actual corporation.

Personally I think isn't really, actually a separate spinoff side project of a higher up like saveontracfone.com

[PaulCrawhorne]

It is only theoretically possible

in practice Tracfone is simply too incompetent

and I reckon huge 3rd party retailers are not going to help them, for many reasons

Go ahead and order 100 units from each, they will be all too happy, really has got nothing to do with TF they have no say.

You seriously have no friend or neighbor or family member, anywhere in the country that would be willing to accept a package for you??

[drooper]

Some of you guys are lucky you have an alternate address for shipments. I don't have that luxury.

I use UPS Access points that receive packages for you, CVS, UPS stores, etc. Some are free, some charge a small ( like $5 ) fee.

[Joshtt]

Yes, you can. Again, I suggest that you give yourself a cooling off of about 3 months.

thanks info- will watch wuz 2000 results then try my own... its just it can be such a pain to deal with getting points back if it is rejected
and having to get a refund i have avoided even trying..

but sounds promising.thanks!

[Joshtt]

I use UPS Access points that receive packages for you, CVS, UPS stores, etc. Some are free, some charge a small ( like $5 ) fee.

in my area they wouldn't let me do the $5 deal, I wanted to do it lol. I went to 3 different shops/stores ups, they said basically i would have to rent a box to be able to get shipments.. but every area is different I guess and employess knowledge of how it works varies too lol...

the freinds route can work also hehe. Christ in me had some great tips in the past on how he worked it out if you look up some old posts...

[jet1000]

in my area they wouldn't let me do the $5 deal, I wanted to do it lol. I went to 3 different shops/stores ups, they said basically i would have to rent a box to be able to get shipments..

You don't do the deal at the store. You set it up online in your My UPS Choice account.

https://www.ups.com/us/en/track/ups-my-choice.page

Once you create an account there is an option that says:

Send your home deliveries to a UPS Access Point® location for pickup at a later time.

We'll apply this preference to all eligible shipments unless it's superseded by a shipper restriction, legal or regulatory constraints, or an existing hold request.


As the link above says, here's the cost:

Deliver to a UPS Access Point® location*† $5.99

For example, I've used CVS as most of their locations are UPS access points as shown here:

https://www.cvs.com/content/ups

But there are others of course.

[hpham]

When you use a UPS Access Point, do you put that address on your TF order? The "redirecting" is confusing to me.

[ChristInMe]

Woz2000,
Here are some of my old posts to guide you:

https://www.howardforums.com/showthr...6#post17230666

https://www.howardforums.com/showthr...1#post17223911

https://www.howardforums.com/showthr...2#post17223952

[drooper]

When you use a UPS Access Point, do you put that address on your TF order? The "redirecting" is confusing to me.

I use the Access Point address in the TF order. No need for a UPS acct or any redirecting. CVS is free but you have to know when it arrives via tracking. Once when I did not get the tracking number from TF, I just went to the store every few days. They dont call you. Most of the time they want to see your ID for pickup. I've used 4 different stores. Same procedure for UPS stores, but they charge a $5 fee.

[greatgoals]

I got an email from Tracfone that my May 20th order for a new iPhone-11 was shipped out. But the same day, UPS tracking showed package return to sender request. Now my package shows "Returned to sender Plainfield IN". I don't know what is going on.....no further emails from Tracfone after that last email....and my old refurbished phone order is still showing Pending remote fulfillment. I don't know what to do......will appreciate any advice. Thank you.

[hpham]

I got an email from Tracfone that my May 20th order for a new iPhone-11 was shipped out. But the same day, UPS tracking showed package return to sender request. Now my package shows "Returned to sender Plainfield IN". I don't know what is going on.....no further emails from Tracfone after that last email....and my old refurbished phone order is still showing Pending remote fulfillment. I don't know what to do......will appreciate any advice.

* The Return To Sender message means TF recalled/cancelled your shipment after it was shipped for some reason. How many phones did you have shipped to that address?

* Is the refurbished phone a separate order? If so, when was it placed. A refurbished phone usually takes longer to ship because the refurbisher seems to ship them in batch. If you have a (free) UPS account, you can keep checking to see if there's any incoming shipment from La Vergne, TN.

* You can fight with TF Executive Resolution to get the points and/or credit card charge for your new i11 restored/refunded.

[Woz2000]

Thanks for the links, appreciate it.

As for sending to different addresses:
No family in the country.
Friends - closest is 1.5 hours away and live in a condo and he works crazy hours...so not ideal
Neighbours - I'm in the sticks, friendly with the neighbour on the right but he wouldn't understand, neighbour on the left, he calls the cops when someone parks in front of his house (and more)...

So yeah, gettings the phones isn't worth the hassle if I can't get it at my own address (maybe UPS, will look into it if needed).

[Joshtt]

You don't do the deal at the store. You set it up online in your My UPS Choice account.

https://www.ups.com/us/en/track/ups-my-choice.page

Once you create an account there is an option that says:

Send your home deliveries to a UPS Access Point® location for pickup at a later time.

We'll apply this preference to all eligible shipments unless it's superseded by a shipper restriction, legal or regulatory constraints, or an existing hold request.


As the link above says, here's the cost:

Deliver to a UPS Access Point® location*† $5.99

For example, I've used CVS as most of their locations are UPS access points as shown here:

https://www.cvs.com/content/ups

But there are others of course.

this may touch on hphams question also..

Yah I never got it figured out but I did try it through ups my choice. The issue I had was when you order
the phone at tracfone using your $300 coupon what address would you use.

I got the impression using my choice I would still use my real home address and name then once it shipped it would
be rerouted to the cvs, or ups store or whatever.. is that enough to go around the return to sender issue from tracfone?
you are still using your real home adress right at the tracfone order page..

What I wanted to do ( I thought was write in my name, and the ups stores address when making my tracfone order.
thus a different address when ordering the phone..

So I sort of gave up on that as ups said to do that you needed a po box to use thier adress directly..and you couldn't do that for $6
thats sort of what I remember...
whew ..

I guess thats what you are doing using your real address and have it delivered to another location in transit for $6 I guess like cvs, or ups store etc whatever you chose.

[jet1000]

I guess thats what you are doing using your real address and have it delivered to another location in transit for $6 I guess like cvs, or ups store etc whatever you chose.

Yes, that's what I do. However drooper was saying that you can just send it to the CVS and they'll just hand it to you when they get it. I've not tried that yet:

I use the Access Point address in the TF order. No need for a UPS acct or any redirecting. CVS is free but you have to know when it arrives via tracking. Once when I did not get the tracking number from TF, I just went to the store every few days. They dont call you. Most of the time they want to see your ID for pickup. I've used 4 different stores.

[hpham]

Yes, that's what I do. However drooper was saying that you can just send it to the CVS and they'll just hand it to you when they get it.

As far as avoiding TF's "blacklisting" an address, using your real address on the orders but having the shipments rerouted to an access point or store doesn't accomplish anything.