Katerz
Verified Insider/Robert Wiggins
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My dad had a “burner” phone so to speak. You purchase the phone, and certain companies do it a different way. The first one he had was a back up when he drove over the road. That one he would get a phone card and pay so much for so many minutes. It can be attached to any name. The second one, he purchased the phone and the company took the money out of his account automatically each month. It was a pay as you go type thing, no contract. It’s not hard to get one. I had a non contract phone for a while myself. IMO they’re easy to get. And if I remember correctly, my dad went into both company stores and got the phones. You give them a name to set up the accounts and that’s that.
so that kind of leaves 2 options if Brian and this “older lady” went into an AT&T store. He was either on that person’s plan and they needed to be there for a new phone (I’ve never had to have a broken or missing phone replaced so I don’t know if that can be done automatically in store and you walk out with new phone), or he picked out a prepaid phone and cards for minutes or a no contract plan and the person with him paid for it.
so that kind of leaves 2 options if Brian and this “older lady” went into an AT&T store. He was either on that person’s plan and they needed to be there for a new phone (I’ve never had to have a broken or missing phone replaced so I don’t know if that can be done automatically in store and you walk out with new phone), or he picked out a prepaid phone and cards for minutes or a no contract plan and the person with him paid for it.