I do this all the time. If you got to www.phonehog.com and shop through the stores at the Mall, you earn minutes for your purchases--plus there are ways that you can get minutes without buying anything. You can also search on the web for coupon codes that you can use at checkout. For example, I got my sister some dishes and my friend Sue a lamp at Target.com (one of the stores that you can shop at) I earned a minute for ever 2 bucks I spent there, and then I used a coupon code I found in a search that gave me 10 percent off and free shipping! It was even cheaper than going there and buying the stuff!

Plus, I subscribed to three magazines for gifts for friends--all three for 25 bucks, and earned 4 minutes on the dollar for that.

So far I have earned like 500 minutes there, just clicking links and doing some clearance shopping And they have some decent stores there--including Sephora, ladies!

My cell phone is prepaid but somehow it always has minutes. It will go down to 20 min. of talk time then next time it is back up to 60 min. I love it!! The last time I even bought minutes was last Nov. :D ( knock on wood)

Still, even if you don't use the minutes, you can still shop through them, use any discounts that you can find and give the minutes to other peope by just giving them the 800 number and the PIN if you want.

I hope I can get a magical, mysterious recharging phone too--that's cool! :thumb: