It seems that some reviewers would rather discuss the Pro's and Con's of TracFone and there customer service as apposed to this card, which is what the review should be about. So let me review this card first and touch on the rest later.

Previous to using this card I was using prepaidonline.com for my Tracfone minutes. They are about the same price as Tracfone but unlike Tracfone the service was excellent. All my transactions where over the phone to a US operator. My minutes where added to my phone while I was talking to them " Nice and easy with no problems ". I saw this card on Amazon for 30% off the list price and $30 less than I was paying, so I bought it. True it only has 400 min. on it but I have double minutes on my phone so that adds up to 800 total. With prepaidonline.com I was getting the 800 min plus 200 bonus minutes but my phone is rarely used for long conversations, so 800 min. is plenty in fact I have 900 min leftover on my phone now. All I was concerned with was the time left, and this card gave me another year.

The Amazon seller was Veronica Tablet and they sent it overnight even though I was expecting Prime 2 day delivery. It was packaged properly and super easy to use. I just put the pin # from the card in on my phone to add minutes and within a minute the time and minutes where added to my phone. I noticed the price fluctuates on this card depending on the seller, I have seen it go from 69 to 99 dollars. Best to keep watching it untill the price is right.

As for Tracfone I have had it for nearly 5 years and love it. I have not had any problems PERIOD. I have traveled extensively on the East Coast with no dead areas or connection problems. Reviewers mention Tracfone customer service is lousy, well I have never used them. I have used prepaidonline.com from the beginning, that could explain why I have not had any problems.

In the world of buy as you go phones. I have found Tracfone to be the one with the best overall coverage. Throw in the benefit of triple minutes plus many bonus minutes thrown in quite often and I can only give this 5 stars. Switching from a plan I've had with Sprint that started when phones were still in bags and had cords the plan I had was $30.00 a month. (actually $40 when you add in all the fees.) I went from paying $480.00 a year minimum to paying $100.00 to $150.00. Plus the Tracfone works in an area where the Sprint only worked if I was outdoors and facing in the right direction. This is not to say there have been spots where I lose my service. but they are far and few between. I can't speak for the smart phone abilities even though I have a 3g model. I just don't use it. For me a phone is a phone. The sad thing is. The card can be bought for less in places other than Amazon. Which saddens me as I try to remain loyal to Amazon as much as possible.

I placed the order, and received it 4 days later via USPS Priority Mail (would have been perfectly happy for lower shipping fee to take a couple of more days for standard US Mail as it would have only taken a day or two more). It was not an actual card such as you might purchase via a retail outlet, but just a printed piece of paper with a PIN code.

It is interesting that their web site shows a shipping charge of $0 for "standard handling to the continental USA" but this "card" isnn't available via that route as far as I can find. That was slightly annoying to me, though I can't put my finger on why I feel that way.

I tried to enter the code via my phone, but the code kept giving an "error code 7" message. I went to the tracfone web site, and the code worked fine. The cost via this method worked out to about a 15& discount over the price on the tracfone web site.. $15 bucks is $15 bucks. Since I already have "double minutes" it registered as 800 minutes.. They now offer "triple minutes" too.. Tracfone gets credit for trying to be a "value-positioned product"

I had no reason to contact the seller so I can't speak to their customer service.

I rank it a satisfactory experience, even though there was some slight variance over what I expected.

It is worth mentioning that if you buy through TracFone, you normally get 250 bonus minutes for purchasing this same 400+365 deal.. (I'm not sure this is ALWAYS offered, but I've never looked that it was NOT offered). Since it costs $5 for "shipping" on this card, it means $90 for 400 (double-able) or $99 for 400 (double-able)+ 250 "bonus" minutes.. cheaper online by the minute, but it's your choice. I will say that buying direct from TracFone they add a bunch of "fees" on to increase it nearly $10 which you don't have with this item.

[edit 8/2013] I note this is up $5, so after shipping it is only "fees" cheaper.. so it's less of a "deal" Watch the prices and act accordingly :/ This last round I just bought from Tracfone

Tremendous value for full year of cell service. I don't need to use my phone except for internet access purposes and emergencies, so the 400 minutes might cover the whole year.

We got 2 Tracfones because Net10 (operated by the same company) doesn't offer any long term cards - the cheapest is 60 days for $30. Longer terms are *more* expensive per month - go figure - and we were getting tired of having to repeatedly add airtime for the kids long before the minutes were used. A Tracfone 1 year / 1000 minute card (400 doubled + 200 promo code) is much better for our usage.

After 3 weeks of customer service calls with the annoying "3 minute holds" described in another review, about a dozen tedious code entries, and a mailed replacement SIM later, we finally had a working phone with an old provider's number ported to it. The second phone was easier to activate with a non-ported number, but Tracfone still initially rejected two valid airtime cards ("card not in our system"). I'll give Tracfone's customer service an E for effort - they were always available and friendly - but it really shouldn't have been necessary to talk to them so much.

Now that the phones are working, they are fine. The LG 420G is a great basic cellphone; unlike the Net10 Motorolas with non-functioning USB you can bluetooth ringtones and pictures without having to waste airtime, and the phone comes with a car charger, a headset, and double minutes for life without having to buy a separate double card. I like them so much I bought 2 more for spares.