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Catalyst 6500 , running TCL scripts to configure sub-interfaces
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Document for creating multiple sub-interfaces on Catalyst 6500 using TCL script.
For creating 100 sub-interfaces using Vlan 2 to 101 with ip address 192.0.2.1 to 220.127.116.11/24
Cat6k#tclsh ( for going to the tcl shell )
Cat6k(tcl)#set ip 2 ( here we are creating a variable for ip address and setting its value to 1 )
Cat6k(tcl)#set vlan 2 ( This variable is created for configuring vlan to be used by sub-interfaces )
Cat6k(tcl)#for { set i 1 } { $i <= 100 } { incr i } { ( starting a for loop from i = 1 to 100, inc i increments the value of i after each step )
Cat6k(tcl)#ios_config "int g1/4.$i" "encapsulation dot1q $vlan" " ip address 192.0.$ip.1 255.255.255.0" "no shut" ( Here we are giving the commands we want to run on config mode on the switch , each command in seperate double colons)
Cat6k(tcl)#incr ip; ( incrementing the value of ip )
Cat6k(tcl)#incr vlan; ( incrementing the value of vlan )
Cat6k(tcl)#} ( closing the loop )
Related show Commands
This section provides information you can use to confirm your configuration is working properly.
show ip interface brief to verify the sub-interfaces and there ip addresses.


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Attorney General Lockyer Criticizes Federal Fuel Economy Standards That Attack California Curbs on Global Warming Emissions
NHTSA Rules Seek to Preempt Landmark State Restrictions on Vehicle Emissions
(SACRAMENTO) – Attorney General Bill Lockyer said he will fight to protect California's landmark law that requires reductions in vehicle emissions that contribute to global warming against an attack launched today by the Bush Administration. Fuel economy standards for light trucks and SUVs adopted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) attempt to preempt the California statute.
Lockyer issued the following statement in response to the final NHTSA rules:
"These rules contain an unwarranted attack on California's landmark law to fight one of the greatest environmental dangers facing our people and economy. The rules' 51-page treatise that alleges federal law preempts California's mandate to cut carbon dioxide pollution from vehicles is not only wrong, but completely irrelevant to the fuel economy standards at hand. It's nothing more than another gift to the auto industry from the Bush Administration, whose response to the global warming threat has been to stick its head in the sand. We will continue to defend California's right to protect its environment, people and businesses from global warming, whether the attack comes from the auto industry or the Bush Administration."

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A Glen Burnie woman's savings savvy has landed her an appearance on the reality show "Extreme Couponing."
People can tune in to TLC, starting tonight, to see Zadia Hardy, a 37-year-old project manager, work her magic at the cash register.
On her episode, which was filmed over two days at Saubel's Market in Whiteford, Hardy finds a way to buy frozen vegetables, which usually cost about $3 a bag, for just 17 cents. She got about 90 of them. She also gets seasoning mixes for free and brings home more than 100 of those.
"Any time I'm shopping I shop with a purpose and have a strategic plan," Hardy tells Insider, adding that the grocery run on the show is probably her biggest trip ever.
Hardy has been smitten with coupons since she was a little girl, taking scissors to the glossy pictures while her mother clipped for savings. She didn't start relying on them though until she lost her job three times in the last several years. Now she also blogs about saving money on MsCouponista.com.
Hardy's goal, she says, is to get groceries that are "free or super cheap." In 2011, her year-to-date savings at her favorite supermarket topped $7,000. She's a self-described stockpiler, keeping as much as $10,000 worth of products stacked in her home at any given time.
"When everyone was racing to the store to stock up for Sandy, I didn't have that concern," says Hardy, who regularly plays Santa with the goods, giving them out to family, friends and various charities.
Her motto: "Don't spend money unless you're saving money."
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|2009-06-22, 16:03
|Link #401
Best of both worlds
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: A land far, far away... or very, very close, depends on where you live
When you combine an "epic shounen" series with an author like Eiichiro Oda, expect things to be very drawn out. Oda's a pretty patient guy seeing as he can introduce something in the first chapter of a series and not explain it until the halfway point, nearly 500 chapters later.
You said that it was believable for Clare and her fellow Claymores to wield their BFS's because they are clearly described as superhuman. I can say the same for Mihawk, but the fact would still remain that I have no proof or explaination of this (aside from the obvious display during his first appearance) because Oda is simply with-holding that information. It is implied that Mihawk uses some kind of Haki just as it was originally implied by Kreig that he might imploy the powers of a Devil Fruit (and since I've yet to see Mihawk swim/submerged in water both are still equally valid views). Until Oda gives validation, this is all merely speculation.
And then of course there is the fact that Oda has some ideals that he sees no need to explain.
Why are even normal people so resillient in One Piece? Perhaps it is because they are technically not "average" humans but a higher-order with much more endurance than the typical earthling.
Oda's explaination: That's just his style, take it as standard for his world.
And of course there's also this...
Fan: "How does Sanji not burn himself when he uses Diable Jambe?"
Oda: "It is because his heart burns brighter even brighter."
One Piece is far from finished and you can be that Oda plans to milk as much of that time out of it as he can. Yeah, he's a little abusive to his readers... but I suppose I can respect that.
|2009-07-27, 17:22
|Link #402
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: 1431 Highland Drive
Here are two factors that I'd like to speculate:
1. Mr. 2 Bon Clay's fate- we saw that he had to stay behind and he was facing Magellan. The only chance we may have for Mr. 2 to survive is if Magellan's diarhea starts acting up again. < (wheezing laugh)
2. What awakened zoans are- my brother thinks they're descendants of previous zoan devil fruit users but I highly doubt that. I would think that they may be animals who have eaten zoan devil fruits of that same nature.
i.e.: Minotauros- a bull or cow who had the Ushi Ushi no mi model standard
Minozebra- a zebra who had the Uma Uma no mi model zebra
Minorhinoceros- a rhino who had the Sai Sai no mi (Sai japanese for rhino)
Minokoala- a koala who had the Kuma Kuma no mi model koala (koalas could be related to bears)
|2009-07-28, 01:07
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|2009-07-29, 08:59
|Link #404
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Age: 25
And here's a speculation of my own... Sengoku was once an Admiral right? My idea is that he could have been known as Shirokamome, white seagull, and he had a snow logia. If not that, he has a Seagull Zoan. Okay fine, ignore the stupid nickname, but really i really want to believe the effing FLEET ADMIRAL has a Devilfruit.
|2009-07-30, 11:13
|Link #405
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Land of tha Heartless
Age: 30
I don't know if it's been said already, but I have a feeling Dragon knows about the Poneglyphs and will probably have some involvement with them in his revolution plot.
Oh, and I hope somebody kills that smug Aokiji bastard, not to mention his comrade Akainu. Stupid Marines. ()
|2009-08-01, 21:24
|Link #406
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: 1431 Highland Drive
Here's another theory I have:
It is said that women who are loved by their natural beauty and gentle character with love as their weapon of choice are quite powerful to tame a wrath-filled person so that person would not think to harm them. Boa Hancock is the oddest example of such. She indeed has natural beauty but doesn't exactly have a gentle character. She tends to be cruel to innocent animals yet her tribe forgive her because of her natural beauty. Lastly she has the Mero Mero no Mi as a form of love power. I suspect that even though Boa Hancock has two of the three descriptions she would not be powerful enough to handle a wrath-filled person. I mean Boa Hancock may not stand a chance against this person if she is filled ego that comes with natural beauty. In other words natural beauty alone is not enough to make a difference in preventing a person of wrath from harming her.
Another theory I have:
Boa Hancock was a former slave and Donquixote Doflamingo runs the slave auctions. This makes me wonder if Hancock and Doflamingo would turn against each other if they knew each other's secret.
|2009-08-02, 00:58
|Link #407
One King One Legend
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Outer Heaven
Age: 37
I came up with this theory: The Void Century
It is known in all kingdoms that there's no country without people, and no people without a leader for the country. Since hundreds of years, people were to choose someone among them that wise, honest; thinking of peoples' needs, helpful, reliable & known of his good deeds, to make a pact with him to give him loyalty as a ruler of the country. This is something known in history.
The point from what I'm saying is that that once flourishing country might be ruled by ROYAL FAMILY chosen by the people of that unknown country to rule it. this unknown country was under attack, so regardless of what happened to that country these family might be targeted by the enemy to wipe out their parentage, their blood, so some of them might survived and they kept their name & blood living from generation to generation, and to insure that their name will live for ever, they hid their name coz the enemy might be still looking for them, and this family might be native speakers of the prohibited language Poneglyph they kept in the dark not from society I mean they kept the family name secret, even the new generation might don't know about their history... FAMILY'S HISTORY.
On the other hand, another one of One Piece mysteries is "D" even Ex-Vice-Admiral Jaguar D. Saul didn't know what D means to him, it proofs that the D family are something..... Beyond mystery.
one more thing Clover-Hakase words still ringing in my mind:
"We won't know what the threat is until we clear this up, but the most essential thing that holds the key to everything, is the name of that once flourishing country"
|2009-08-03, 14:35
|Link #408
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Land of tha Heartless
Age: 30
Since Luffy swore that he would defeat Kizaru, Kuma, and Sentyoumaru, and when Luffy vows something, it happens, I think he's going to fight and defeat Kizaru and Zoro is going to defeat Kuma (their history and facing one another in the past). I don't know about the fat kid, though.
|2009-08-03, 16:15
|Link #409
Is Your Daddy & Its True
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: In the Sky with the Birds
I'm predicting Mihawk and Shanks cross blades before this arc is over. If Shanks decides to go save Ace, this would be a good opportunity to kill Shanks character off (as much as I hate to say it), I can't see what possible role he can play in the story anymore.
|2009-08-03, 16:16
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|2009-08-03, 16:20
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Is Your Daddy & Its True
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: In the Sky with the Birds
|2009-08-03, 16:31
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|2009-08-03, 16:39
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okay you guys listen to this,
ive just done watching the anime and reading the capters so far and ive been streaming on the onepiece wickipedia i there read this
"Recently, Robin tried to ask Silvers Rayleigh about the significance of The Will Of D at the same time as mentioning the Void Century. While he did not reply on what the D stood for, Silvers stated that they (The Jolly Roger Pirates) discovered the details on the Void Century, but when he offers to tell her, she turns down his information. Robin agrees to discover the truth herself. "
so i though
What if
He did answer both, That the poneglyphs are the key to the will of D and that is what Revolutionary Dragon know (Luffys father) and that is why he is doing what he does and then you can think on more to it.
|2009-08-04, 07:07
|Link #414
Is Your Daddy & Its True
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: In the Sky with the Birds
That's possible. For the Revolutionary Dragon to know the true history, which is why he is rebelling against the World Government. But being as though we don't know why specifically, or even gotten any clues, anything could be possible as to why Dragon is rebelling against the World Government. I think I remembering someone believe it may have something to do with Luffy's mom
|2009-08-04, 14:46
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Location: Land of tha Heartless
Age: 30
Anybody think the Will of the D has something to do with the name of the ancient kingdom that was destroyed by the precursor to the current WG?
|2009-08-07, 13:35
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Location: Land of tha Heartless
Age: 30
I think that if the Straw Hat crew came across a Devil Fruit sometime in the future and a non-fruit using member ate it, it could open up story possibilities, although it might also be redundant/stifling, such as by limiting the available swimmers in the crew.
|2009-08-15, 09:29
|Link #418
Is Your Daddy & Its True
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: In the Sky with the Birds
Yeah I know right, lol.
Or Garp could been on of those type who think its better to integrate and assimilate rather than cause more bloodshed. But who knows, we haven't seen Garp condemn or speak ill about Dragon's or his actions like he does Luffy and Ace.
I think it would actually be cool, I just don't want Zoro to get one.
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|2009-08-15, 09:55
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|2009-08-15, 14:32
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OT: Friday tell a funny story open thread
We've had a jokes thread, we've had a funny gifs thread, now I want to hear your funny stories. They can be your own, jacked from the internet, whatever.
For my participation, I'm just going to provide you a link to dontevenreply.com. If those don't make you laugh, there's something wrong with you.


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Apple heads to lows not seen since Steve Jobs died
The last time Apple ran into serious trouble, its founder Steve Jobs was there to save it. But now, the stock is crashing back to levels not seen since the company's visionary leader died.
Shares of Apple (AAPL) continued their vicious slide Friday, falling another $1.52 to close at $390.53, after dropping $10.75 on Thursday. If the decline continues, shares of the stock are less than 4% away from cutting through Apple's $378.25 price on Oct. 5, 2011, the day former CEO Jobs died.
The Apple stock crash is starting to reach a historic order of magnitude, shaking the faith of the individual investors who piled on in large part on Jobs' showmanship. Shares are down 44% from the closing high of $702.10 on Sept.19, 2012. This crash has obliterated more than $291 billion in shareholder wealth, which exceeds the market value of Google and Microsoft individually and is nearly five times the market value of Facebook.
ASK MATT: Why does Apple stock keep falling?
MARKETS: IBM's earnings miss could hurt stocks
The rapid come-uppance for Apple and its investors is a big reminder that the company, especially lacking the leadership of its CEO and top salesman Steve Jobs, is "becoming just another stock," says Frank Longman, analyst at Brean Capital. "The phenomenon is unwinding."
But while Apple is only now getting back to the point it was when Jobs died, the fact is that having a sick or dying CEO is generally a big problem right away for stocks. Research in the area has shown:
• Announcements of medical leaves are negative for stocks. On average, companies that have announced the medical leave of absence of a top officer suffer a 2% hit the day of the announcement, says Sara Holland, professor of finance at the University of Georgia. Declines are even larger when a CEO leaves due to a long-term or chronic illness and eventually dies.
• There can be long-term problems when a CEO is sick. During the time that top managers are sick, the companies often pull back on research and development spending, potentially starving future innovation, Holland says. This happens in some cases because the ill CEOs don't think there will be benefit for them by making the R&D spending, but in other cases its because the CEOs know they might not be alive the steward the long-term project, Holland says.
• The death of a CEO is a big negative. CEO deaths aren't as uncommon as some might think, as it happens on average seven times a year at publicly traded companies, says research co-authored by David Larcker and Brian Tayan of Stanford University. One of the biggest negative reactions occurred when Mark Hughes of vitamin seller Herbalife died on May 21, 2000, and the stock fell 12%, Larcker and Tayan found. Most recently, shares of computer chipmaker Micron Technologies fell 2.8% the day its CEO Steve Appleton died in 2012.
And so Apple is struggling with what many firms deal with when their CEOs fall ill or die, short-term shock that turns into long-term disappointment. "It's not just a short-term reaction, but a (cause) of long-term declines in stock prices," says Ugur Lel, professor of finance at Virginia Tech.


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This exhibition aims to chart the artistic and personal relationships of three of the great figures in early twentieth-century art, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and Francis Picabia.
Together they created the Dada movement in New York during the First World War, and, unusually within the history of modern art, they remained friends, with periods of varying intensity, throughout their lives.At the heart of the friendships lay a shared outlook on life, manifested in their works through jokes and a sense of irony, iconoclastic gestures, and a pronounced, if often coded, interest in sexual relations and eroticism. Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia aims to explore the various affinities and parallels between the work of these three, showing how they responded to each others' ideas and innovations. Picabia was a painter, Man Ray worked in all media but became celebrated as a photographer and Duchamp abandoned the life of a professional artist, yet became a revered figure for later generations of artists. The exhibition begins in the 1910s, with works showing the artists' attempts to respond to and go beyond the implications of Cubism and abstraction. It will feature seminal early works including Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase (No.2) 1912 which created a furore when it was exhibited in America in 1913, Picabia's I See Again in My Memory My Dear Udnie 1913-14 and Man Rays The Rope Dancer Accompanies Herself with Her Shadows 1916.
Covering the period to the end of their careers and spanning nearly 40 years, the show will also feature Duchamp's ready mades and optical experiments.
The exhibition will travel to the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona from 26 June - 21 September 2008.


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|Thursday, Nov 8, 2012 - 7:00 AM
"The Butler Did....What?/The Trouble with Trophies"
The Butler Did.What? - Bailey is missing! He just left, leaving no note. With the help of the Baxter Detective Agency, Muffy discovers a series of clues. D
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|2008-10-20, 21:10
|Link #42
Junior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Been using this script for quite awhile now and I have been very pleased. However I have come across one series, Baccano, that just keeps failing.
I want to know if it's worth my time to extract the audio and convert it to AAC. I've had to do that once or twice before but I this file's audio is already aac.
I have quoted the errors I get.
If I could get any advice on this, I would be most appreciate!
|2008-10-21, 05:11
|Link #43
makes no files now
Join Date: May 2006
If the audio is already in AAC then there shouldn't be any need to transcode, just remuxing should be enough (unless it is AAC-HE or AAC-HEv2 -- depending on where you want to playback the file, since those two aren't supported by most hardware players).
Some notes...
1) If the video is H264, you may be able to just use type 1 to remux it.
2) To solve your problem try adding "ConvertToYV12()" at the end of the .avs script.
Also blergh... I should update the binaries in the package. :/
|2008-10-21, 08:14
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I tried option 1. While it completed successfully, it didn't burn the subtiles into it.
I am going to try "option 4" when I get home.
MPC says it's MPEG4 Video (H264) 704x400
The audio is AAC 480000Hz stereo
and the subtiles are ass of course.
|2008-11-02, 18:18
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
I have got a type 3b file, but I decided to test type 1 first simply to ensure that tc2mp4 works, and—it does not. My original MKV is 0:23:06 long and if I play it in Windows Media Player and open the Info & CPU tab in the ffdshow video decoder configuration, it shows 29.970 fps throughout the entire video:
Besides, MP4Box counts 39162 samples in the extracted H.264 and in the resulting MP4 files. On the other hand, if I press Pause in Windows Media Player and move the current position marker to the very right, i. e. go to the last frame, ffdshow's Info & CPU tab shows 'Current frame: 41536'. I have tried running MP4Box with the nodrop and packed flags in every combination (neither; only nodrop; only packed; both), but nothing changes.
P.S. iTunes does not allow to copy the file to my iPod touch either (it says 'the device does not support this video format'). This could be because it only supports the Baseline H.264 profile; if this is not the reason, then something fishy is going on, because all other requirements are met.
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|2008-11-15, 21:43
|Link #47
grumpy guy in #mirrormoon
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Kalevala
Before continuing too much I'll apologize if this post seems messy/vague but writing at 04:36am doesn't help
I presume I've missed something important in the tutorial in the morning hours but this is the problem I'm having right now.
Everything is going all fine till this pops up
Ignore those yen signs "Ei löydy" can be translated as "Couldn't find"
This is how the folder looks like
The AviSynth script file contains the following line
"DirectShowSource("F:\Mkv2MPG4\They_Are_My_Noble_Ma sters_02.mkv")"
This is the information for the file I'm working on.
Based on that I think I should be using the third option.
Any help on this matter is very appreciated and please be patient with me
|2008-11-16, 15:08
|Link #49
makes no files now
Join Date: May 2006
Oh wow... Lots of things gone wrong there. I can tell you that one of them is because the script was written for an older revision of x264, and well, the newer ones are incompatible with it. I'll update it at some point, just that it's going to be a bit messy since I no longer use Windows. Another thing is that your .avs script has "F:\Mkv2MPG4\They_Are_My_Noble_Ma sters_02.mkv" doesn't seem to match the name if the file, which is "They_Are_My_Noble_Masters_02.mkv" from what I see. Unless you made a typo or Windows sucks at showing filenames with spaces in them. Either way, even if that is one of the issues it wouldn't help. This thing needs an update. As far as the rest goes, I'll have to test it first, so hang on.
|2008-11-16, 17:33
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grumpy guy in #mirrormoon
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Kalevala
EDIT: Right now I'm using AlltoAvi to turn the .mkv files that just wont bend to Mkv2vob into .avi files and then converting them with PS3 Video 9. It's a painful and slow progress if you ask me.
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|2008-11-29, 12:59
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
I've been searching around the web for a day looking for a way to convert MKV files into proper MP4 format for my PSP. These two tutorials seem to be the most useful I can find (and the most recent), however each one has it's own problem.
I first tried GHDpro's tutorial, in which my progress was halted every time I try to convert the .avs file. Shortly after clicking "Convert" a window would pop up. "ffmpeg.exe has experienced an error and has to close". No matter how much a fiddle with the avs file or the directory (Making sure there are no spaces in folder or files names, checking spelling, etc.) it still comes up with the same problem.
After that, I tried Martino's tutorial. I downloaded everything, Identified my MKV as Type 3b, then used the batch file. After I fill everything out it begin working, but then suddenly closes. My suspicion here is this is because when I install the latest MKVtoolnix, pcrecpp.dll isn't included.
A solution to either of these problems would greatly appreciated.
|2008-11-29, 13:04
|Link #52
Pioneer in Fansub 2.0
Join Date: Aug 2007
Spazthemax, if you want to convert softsubbed MKVs for your PSP, I would heartily suggest XviD4PSP. Despite its name, it actually converts basically everything for a boatloat of different devices.
To make it simple:
1. Have CCCP
2. Go to CCCP settings page 2 and check "Autoload VSFilter"
3. Convert videos for PSP with XviD4PSP
|2008-11-29, 14:16
|Link #53
Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Oddly enough, I tried again with PSPvideo9 and it didn't give me that error message.
Daiz, if this one doesn't work I'll use your suggestion. Thanks.
IF anyone cares, the series I'm trying to convert is Spice and Wolf. I noticed there is a section for it here, I may look there after this is all over. I can't wait for season 2.
Edit: Oh, and I recall having problems with XviD4PSP, something like not being able to find temporary avs files. Although that was before I touched CCCP's settings.
Update: Even though PSP Video 9 was able to convert my AVS into a mp4, my PSP calls it "Unsupported Data". Quicktime says the movie has a "bad atom".
I'm now trying XviD4PSP, and oddly enough it's working good so far. Here's hoping this is finally the solution that made me lose sleep last night.
Update: Success! Using XviD4PSP, I could just open the MKV files and convert them, no extracting or AVS required! And excellent quality as well, although that maybe because the original was 1280 x 768. Thanks, Daiz!
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|2008-12-07, 21:36
|Link #54
Hopefully this "guide" hasnt been posted. If so oh well, just good that people know about it.
Found another pretty simple way to convert .mkv files to mp4 and still get the subtitles on. Most of this was taken from the manual that comes with PSPVC. This is mainly for psp but i tested in for my 360 as well and it works if you change the file extention to avi. But because of the resoultion it does have a very poor quality video if you play it on your tv.
First you'll need a converter called PSPVC
And of course you want MKVtoolnix
Youll also want to get a program called Subtitle Workshop
Open the MKVtoolnix folder in program files and use a program called MKVextractGUI- this will allow you to extract the required ssa/srt file from the mkv. Once youve done this open subtitle workshop and do the following:
For video i selected:
Hope this helps cause i know even with the other guides it was still a headache.
|2008-12-17, 20:10
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Join Date: Dec 2008
I ran the mkv2mp4 batch file with cmd, below is the log. To simplify the process I gave the mkv, the avisynth script, and the output files very similar names.
C:\Documents and Settings\Elliot>desktop\mkv2mp4\mkv2mp4.bat
Running MKV to MP4 batch script v1.02
What type of file have you got? (1, 2, 3 or 4)
Type: 4
Please enter the filename of the MKV file to load excluding
the extension
File: "C:\Documents and settings\Elliot\desktop\mkv2mp4\kanon01"
Please enter the filename of the AviSynth script to load excluding
the extension
Script: "C:\Documents and Settings\Elliot\desktop\mkv2mp4\kanon01"
Please enter the filename for the final output file excluding the
Output: "C:\Documents and Settings\Elliot\desktop\mkv2mp4\kanon01output"
Is your video standard or high definition (s or h)
Standard: s
Please enter the pixel aspect ratio (in the format N, ie 1:1):
Please enter the video bitrate (kbps) that you would like to use
(recommended: 700-850)
Bitrate: 800
Encoding Audio...
The system cannot find the path specified.
Is this a matter of compatibility or have I fumbled a step?
Thanks again for all the time you've devoted to this.
|2008-12-17, 22:10
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Join Date: May 2006
Two or three days and I'll be able to look at all the problems that piled up so far (stupid uni). Although Daiz seems to have been recommending Xvid4PSP for PSP conversions, so the program is probably not half-bad... at least it probably works unlike this script. Anyway, for those who can't wait for my eternal slowness.
|2008-12-17, 22:18
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2007
I am having some issues with a new install of vista 64 bit and mkvmerge and Aegissub and this whole process.
I had started to use xvid4psp to encode my videos instead as it was much faster. The resulting file was bigger but for me that wasn't an issue.
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by Mike Masnick
Wed, Feb 18th 2009 10:42am
Filed Under:
contracts, life, mobile operator
Reader crcb alerts us to a fun discovery made by his sister, who had purchased a phone plan from Tracfone, including the companies advertised "Double Minutes for Life" deal. The idea is that if you sign up and pay for that plan, any additional minutes you buy actually give you double the stated number of minutes. Obviously, for some, that sounds like a really good deal. Except that, at least in this case, it turned out that the "for life" part actually only meant "one year." If she wanted to continue getting "Double Minutes for Life" she had to buy a new plan... which also apparently would only last a year. This seems quite reminiscent to various telcos having trouble understanding the meaning of the word "unlimited." Either way, I contacted Tracfone for comment on this on Monday of this week, using two separate email addresses provided on the company's website, clearly explaining what I was writing about... and have received absolutely no response. Perhaps all the folks there are out living it up... since apparently they believe life only lasts a single year, and they shouldn't waste a minute of it.
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Ima Fish, 18 Feb 2009 @ 10:50amI've had a tracfone for years and am utterly shocked that the company still honors its "double minutes for life" deal, at least to me. I figured they would find a way to weasel out of it. Apparently, they have.
Xris, 18 Feb 2009 @ 10:51amor, shouldn't waste a double minute of it
Chareene Humphreys, 27 Oct 2011 @ 1:37pm
Re:how can you lose your double minutes privilege?, if you let your minutes or service days expire you'll lose your double minutes for life. Is this true? I have several hundred minutes left, but am almost out of service days. Does this mean I'll lose my double minutes for life deal if I don't get more service days?
this true?
trw, 10 May 2012 @ 2:36am
Re: Re:how can you lose your double minutes privilege?i don't know what this is about for life means for life. i remember going oint a restuarant that said all you can eat for $15 what a deal. i went and got some prime rib and shrimp. when i wa done i wnet back to the counter and the server asked what i wanted i said some mnore prime rib he replied "NO" i said this says all you can eat and he said that is right and what I served you is "ALL YOU CAN EAT". what now/ so now we have all you can eat for life.
Anonymous Coward, 18 Feb 2009 @ 11:07am
Common PracticeThis is just another example of the unfortunately common practice amongst companies of inventing new definitions for words. Definitions that, of course, favor the companies.
My latest experience with this practice was when I purchased a new headlamp bulb with a "lifetime warranty" for my car from one of the national auto parts chains. When it burned out and I took it back they told me that since the bulb had burned out, it had reached its "lifetime" and the warranty was thus expired.
Anonymous Coward, 18 Feb 2009 @ 11:49am
Re: Common PracticeWhich chain did this?
Laurel LaFlamme, 18 Feb 2009 @ 2:55pm
Re: Common Practice ReplyOh, that is just too funny! "...it had reached its lifetime and the warranty was thus expired." Well, then, there you have it.
As awful as it sounds, we must just get used to the idea that nothing really is what is seems and we have to DEFINE everything before we decide to go forward with a plan.
Define: Lifetime Warranty
Define: Limited Warranty
Some pharmaceutical companies have got it going on with their explanations of what is and is not - they leave nothing out these days and no matter what, if you use their product and don't experience great results...it's your fault.
Remember, you were warned: May cause headaches, migraines, upset stomach, explosive diarrhea, convulsions, coma, and/or death.
eleete, 18 Feb 2009 @ 11:09am
Another way of looking at it.I would sign up for an annual contract and explain that my definition of annual is one month. Let them try to argue their point and use every argument they make for my 'annual = 30 days' explanation.
LumpyDog, 18 Feb 2009 @ 11:28am
Definition of "life"Tracfone's seems in line with that of our penal system. And, given the jaded view most in the telecom industry have of pre-paid users, perhaps they thought they were speaking in the same terms.
Anonymous Coward, 18 Feb 2009 @ 11:36am
Re: Definition of "life"In all fairness to the judiciary, I dont think even the most forgiving person would consider 1 year a sufficient "life" sentance . . . hehe
Sallo, 18 Feb 2009 @ 12:10pm
Say it with me now...Always Read The Fine Print!!!
R. Miles, 18 Feb 2009 @ 12:34pm
People should research before they buy.When looking for a "pay as you go" plan for my wife, I stumbled across Tracfone, lured in by their "low cost" plans.
But something didn't settle with me, so I started doing research on Tracfone.
Needless to say, they did not get my business.
It's no surprise anymore to see companies bending the rules to increase profits while giving little back to consumers.
The first to go was customer service.
Now this.
What next?
Rah for capitalism.
Ima Fish, 18 Feb 2009 @ 12:59pm
Re: People should research before they buy.As I've written above, my wife and I use Tracfones and have no problems with the company for how I use it. Now that I have kids wanted a phone around to get a hold of my wife or to call a tow truck if my car breaks down. You know, just for occasional use.
Once a year I buy a one year extension plan which includes 400 minutes, which gives me 800 minutes, for 99 bucks. That puts my phone at about 8 bucks per month.
But if saying "life" equals "one year" is the sort of shit they're going to pull in the future, I probably won't be using it for long. Let's hope that the problem the sister is having is a one-time glitch and not official policy.
Diego, 29 Oct 2009 @ 7:24pm
Re: People should research before they buy.Yup, I'll have to agree with you there, big companies are always out to make the most profit they can while offering the least to the customers.
However, what troubles me the most is that people always think it's the representatives of this companies that need to be blamed for that. I mean sure, tracfone has some customer service representatives that are stupid as hell, but many of them are very professional and helpful and really don't have anything to do with those cheap bastards at the top of the company that only think about making money.
And not only that, you wouldn't believe how little these agents get paid compared with america's salary standards, simply because they live in third-world countries so the company can save LOTS of money by hiring them instead of hiring americans, when they should get paid more 'cause they're dealing with english-speaking custs, a lenguage that is not their own.
Like you said, "rah for capitalism"
Tracfone CSR
Micki, 1 Feb 2016 @ 1:25pm
Re: Re: People should research before they buy.I have spoken with Tracfone reps. on the phone and all have been very professional. They have done so much to assist me when I had a problem (not many problems, however!)
For anyone who doesn't talk constantly...the Tracfone is an excellent buy.
Maybe people should read the 'small print' before purchasing anything. It would save lots of aggravation. I know we all expect so much more today because there's so much more out there.
Anyway...Tracfone has never failed me over the years.
Anonymous Coward, 18 Feb 2009 @ 12:39pmLooks as if they have changed the lingo -
Double Minutes for the Life of your TracFone
Tracfoner, 8 Oct 2015 @ 9:58am
MY Tracfone.THIS is the most logical sane comment here. I knew EXACTLY what the conditions of my Tracfone were as soon as READ about it. Still got it, going on 2 yrs and not an issue because I UNDERSTAND it. People will misconstrue 'til the cows come home.
jimates, 18 Feb 2009 @ 12:56pm
Possibly True - Old PlanAs a seasoned Tracfone user and adviser I will give my take on the situation.
I think there is probably some missing information here, or more than likely some misinformation. Not enough research was done before the post.
Tracfon's double minute for life (DMFL) plan (also referred to as the DMFL Benefit) is for the life of the phone. It is not transferable or refundable.
Double minutes for life of single TRACFONE after you purchase and add this card; not transferable to another TRACFONE even if phone is damaged, lost or stolen. The minutes that come with this card will not double.
There are some current phones that come with the DMFL BENEFIT applied at the time of activation. The terms for the plan are the same as the one added with the purchase of a separate DMFL CARD.
See the screenshot here
Some time ago there were several cards that included a Double Minute Plan that was only good for one year. Possibly referred to as an annual plan. (1 YEAR)
This is taken from Tracfone's Terms and Conditions
Annual Plan and Double Minute Prepaid Plan Cards
300 minute Double Minute Annual Prepaid Plan Card
400 minute Double Minute Annual Prepaid Plan Card
If the users info was actually from a recent occurrence there is a possibility that she was given some incorrect information by the customer service rep. This in itself is a common occurrence at Tracfone. Call again and you will likely get a different answer.
When you call Tracfone with a question they enter keywords in their system search for an answer. The answers given may still be part of the current Terms & Conditions but my not directly apply to the situation presented.
Most seasoned Tracfone users know that if you want correct answers with current information you do not call Tracfone's customer service. You find a good forum and ask experienced users and advisers.
Like the Tracfone forum at HowardForums
or the
Tracfone Users Group at Yahoo.
jimates, 18 Feb 2009 @ 1:48pm
Re: Possibly True - Old PlanIt is also possible that she was referring to her interpretation of the 1 Year Double Minutes Card.
It is a card that gives 1 Year of service and also adds the dmfl plan to the phone that the card is applied to.
It would be easy to misinterpret what
1 Year Double Minutes Card means to someone that is now familiar with prepaid, especially Tracfone.
There are several different scenarios that could be represented here. What is told is not the norm at Tracfone nor do I ever expect it to be, unless you can get one of those older cards.
This is an older card and may just be one like I described. I have asked the seller for the fine print.
Tracfone forum at HowardForums
Tracfone User's Group at Yahoo
jimates, 18 Feb 2009 @ 2:36pm
Re: Re: Possibly True - Old PlanUPDATE: This card http://thejmart.com/dm.jpg
I sent the seller a question and asked if the dm was for life or for one year. This is the response I got.
Hey Jim, It's 1 year and my cards are only activated when they're sold, so my customers get the full 1 year. Thanks
Not sure if he was referring to the service or the dmfl I sent another contact with specifics about the possible differences in the cards. This is what I got.
Jim, It's for 1 year as stated previously, not double minutes for life. Thanks, ]
So, as suspected this whole thing has been misunderstood due to a lack of information from the user.
Tracfone is great if you know the ins and outs. If you don't go to one of those forums and find out.
I also maintain a thread at Fatwallet with all the Tracfone info and deals.
Find it here
You can contact me from there with any questions.
Joe Krahn (profile), 18 Feb 2009 @ 2:17pm
Did she let the phone lapse?If the plan really was "for life", maybe the phone was allowed to expire. If you let the plan expire, even if you have minutes left, you start over with a new phone number and probably lose the double-for-life benefit (but you don't lose minutes until a few months.) They also send you text messages to warn of an approaching expiration.
I have used Tracfone for years and am very satisfied. It is a great system for someone that does not use a lot of minutes per month.
Roger Friedrich, 18 Feb 2009 @ 7:34pm
I think the user is confusedMy wife has a Tracfone and double minutes for life and has been getting the benefit for three years now. Last year I upgraded her phone and the double minutes benefit still continues.
What the article fails to explain is that under the Tracfone system every time you add minutes you also automatically extend your service. My wifes service date is now November 2011. At the rate she uses the phone which is only about 100 minutes per month she will never run out of service time or lose the double minutes benefit.
As long as you continue using the phone and buying minutes the benefit will continue. The only way you would lose the benefit is if you stopped using the phone and let the service expire. If your not going to use the phone anyway and allow the service to expire then what good would a double minute benefit be for a phone you decided not to use for whatever reason.
meaning, 10 Apr 2009 @ 5:40am
Re: I think the user is confusedhey thx fer the help thank you u r makin my life more easier i just need a tracfone so i can text my gf cuz my regular phone cant
fprintf, 19 Feb 2009 @ 3:01amMike, I think it might be time to update your blog post. If you go back to http://thedamari.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/the-meaning-of-life/ you will see that she believes she may have mistakenly purchased a 1 year plan.
Either way, I posted your a link to your blog to howardforums.com, http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=1498009, because that is an excellent resource about the good and bad of Tracfone.
FWIW, I am a very happy TracFone customer and have been for 3 years. I have a regular old Nokia 1100 for my wife, and a new DMFL phone from them. For the $8 a month per phone (including 100 minutes of talking) it works perfectly for my family.
CN, 19 Feb 2009 @ 7:55am
Need to crack down on this kind of deliberate deceptionIf you can redefine words at will, they might as well tell you that you have free access to everything. (Fine print, everything = nothing, free = long term contract with no user rights high cost huge termination fees ridiculous charges).
Joe Schmoe, 19 Feb 2009 @ 8:42amEveryone really owes it to themselves to go read the page at the second link -
The author admits the possibility of making a mistake or missunderstanding the terms, which is exactly what happened.
Tracfone offers two DM plans. One is a 1 year card DM upgrade that can be applied to any of their phones. The other is a Lifetime DM that applies to a given promotional phone for as long as you use that phone. It is not for the lifetime of the user and has never been adverstised as such.
Tracfone says what they do and they do what they say. A certain amount of responsibility falls on the user to RTFM. I've had the need to call their customer service a time or three. You'll end up talking to someone in who knows what country while they go through their scripted call sheet before they will let you tell them what is actually wrong or what your question is. Yeah, it's tedious - but they are polite, and they DO actually take care of things. Their website has improved over the past year and you can completely service yourself online - from buying minutes to activation and phone number transfering.
I am happy with them. They have been a reliable service. And I have saved very much money by choosing them as a pay-as-you-go service over a traditional cell phone plan. All you pay for is the minutes. That's it. My cell phone costs have gone from over a hundred dollars a month to simply $10 here and there.
Anonymous Coward, 21 Feb 2009 @ 8:50amt
Anonymous Coward, 21 Feb 2009 @ 8:53amIf it's a double minute card, it is good for the life of the phone. If she bought a double minute for life it is also good for the life of a phone. the service part if it is a one year card will only be good for one year, but the double minutes for life is still good. Don't ket them try to put one over on you. As long as your sis kept the phone active she should be good to go.
Dr.BiteMe, 23 Feb 2009 @ 12:46pm
Double MinutesI just today added a year and got 400+400+250 minutes. I have a double minutes for life phone and searched the web for a bonus code (16142) that got the extra 250 minutes. I am now entering my second year and have been very happy with the service. Only problem that I have had was wrong calls for the person who had the number before me (only about 3 or 4). That has stopped now that I have had the phone for a year. I am really happy with the value of this service.
I wish I had researched, 23 Feb 2009 @ 1:28pm
TracfoneI purchased two new Tracfones from Tracfone February 12, 2009. I received both February 16. I wanted to keep my old T-mobile phone numbers so I requested the transfer. One phone was "ported" in five days but the T-mobile account was cancelled for both in one day resulting in no phone service for either set of phones. When I tried to add airtime to the "ported" phone it got nothing but error messages. I went through all the code entering to try to correct the problem. It is has now been seven days and I finally got the airtime applied to my phone. But, now I'm worried there is still a problem because the service says I need to add airtime by October 25, 2075. Pretty amazing since the phone and I will probably be long dead by 2075. I would suggest to anyone wanting a prepaid cell phone to do a lot more research than I did and find a reliable service with an American help center with English speaking technicians. I called the one phone number so many times that I think I have a cauliflower ear. Happy hunting.
Diego, 29 Oct 2009 @ 7:13pm
Re: TracfoneDude, I really don't think that the biggest problem with tracfone is that their Customer Service Representatives are not native english speakers. Many of them try really hard and actually do a pretty good job, it's not their fault that the whole tracfone system is a crap.
Just me Inahh, 25 Feb 2009 @ 2:48pm
GUYS! LISTEN!guys, I posted a comment here coz a lot of people who posted their comments in this blog are saying the incorrect things. please listen.
to all TRACFONE CUSTOMERS:
Hey! dont worry about your double minutes for life of phone.. pls listen to this explanation.. okey?..
last 2006 tracfone had a promotion which was the old 400 minute card.. the dmp was being offered at that time.. and that old 400 minute card should be good for a year only but due to the errors that tracfone encountered in their system, that dmp was extended into another year..so that is why last 2008, a lot of customers have been calling with regards to that issue and we ( Customer Service Reps) explained everything to our customers...
we are now offering the DOUBLE MINUTES FOR LIFE OF PHONE.
it means that for the life of your tracfone, every minute that you will buy, it will be doubled.. FOR AS LONG AS YOUR PHONE IS WORKING, YOU STILL CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE DOUBLE MINUTE PLAN.
the double minute that is not transferrable is the double minute that you purchased with a phone. tracfone offers phone that has pre-loaded dmp and that dmp cant be transferred to a new phone(if you have transferred your phone number and minutes) however, if your phone is defective and tracfone replaced your phone, then the double minute can be transferred.
there are two double minute card that is offered by tracfone right now.
TRACFONE DOUBLE MINUTE FOR LIFE OF PHONE for $49.99 - this plan can be transferred to another phone 3 months from the redemption date or the day you added the dmp.
TRACFONE 1 YEAR SERVICE + 800 MINUTES + DOUBLE MINUTES for $ 139.99 - this plan can be transferred within 1 year from the day you added the card.
understand? should you have any questions contact TRACFONE CUSTOMER CARE NUMBER : 1-800-867-7183
Joe Fattal, 25 Feb 2009 @ 4:11pm
The Alien PhoneLast time I checked with tracfone about a problem, I was speaking with and Indian, the one from India. I requested one day a sim card since mine expire, I was told when I called that the sim card will expire automaticaly if I don't add minutes when they expire. In other words is a throw away phone when you don't add minutes to it. By the way I recieved my sim card, an Indian man deliver it to me. It's an expensive phone, they are cheaper phones in the market than tracfone.
Just me Inahh, 26 Feb 2009 @ 1:02am
CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES ARE NOT INDIANSTracfone's customer service rep are not indians.. try to check some of them.. a lot of them can speak english!
Robert Man, 11 Mar 2009 @ 1:47pm
TracFone (Double Your Minutes For Life)I bought a tracfone over a year ago and bought the "Double Your Minutes For Life" card.
On March 10, 2009, I bought a 400 minutes card from TracFone Direct Sales and they doubled my minutes to 800 minutes.
You can contact me at email@example.com if you don't believe me.
lorshel, 30 Mar 2009 @ 10:22pm
doubleI'd love to know if my double plan works -- I was quite happy with my old tracfone, but after 5 years, I needed to upgrade, so I bought a new one (LG, camera, really nice) I attempted to set up the new phone with my old number. That was over a week ago and I STILL can't make any calls. And yes, in answer to whether the reps are Indian, they certainly seem to be. They speak English, but not always very clearly. And believe me, I've spoken to SEVERAL the past week. We've tried the same things over and over and I still can't make or receive calls. Meanwhile, my "service days" keeps being shortened -- excuse me???!! I can only hope they correct that if they ever get my phone working.
the meaning of life, 1 Apr 2009 @ 5:10pmHa the fine print!
Cammy Pelletier, 2 Apr 2009 @ 3:21pm
Tracfone PurchaseBeware before purchasing a Tracfone. I have had two experiences with them, and both really frustrating. A couple years ago, I bought one for my son, and it would not activate. It tooks several days for the Tracfone customer service people to get it going. Recently, I purchased another one for my other son. Once again, I could not get the phone to activate. Tracfone said that Albertsons (the store I bought it from had to re-scan it, because it didn't get into Tracfone's system the first time. Albertsons does not give money back on these phones, and will not re-scan them (per their policy). I spent days going round in circles with Tracfone, as well as Albertsons. Tracfone had me make copies of the receipt, phone, and fax to them with all my personal info. Never got a call back. When I called them, I was told that wouldn't help unless I had purchased the phone at Walmart. I know the phone isn't worth a lot of money, and definitely not the headache I got trying to get help from Tracfone, but I had also purchased a non-refundable $100 card for minutes to put on the phone. I feel that Albertsons SHOULD NOT sell the Tracfone if their customers have no recourse at their store. Tracfone should have stepped up to the plate and figured out a way to get my phone activated or send me a new one! Bottom line is....UNFORTUNATELY....I now have to go purchase yet another Tracfone to use my card. It will be the last one I ever buy!
alex, 10 Apr 2009 @ 5:27am
plz responddoes ur tracfone expire if u dont have one of those 1 year things or can u keep it
alex, 10 Apr 2009 @ 5:27am
plz responddoes ur tracfone expire if u dont have one of those 1 year things or can u keep it
plz helpp, 10 Apr 2009 @ 5:38amwhen it says nation wide long distance included does that mean u get free long distance sorry im not that smart im on a plan with my mom and dad and only have a at&t phone and it doesnt let me text so i want to get a tracfone so i can text my girlfriend
Elston, 20 May 2009 @ 11:14am
Tracfone assistanceHey Tracfone User
My Name is Elston and I am a Tracfone Employee and I am here to assist anyone that needs any assistance. My contact information is 1.800.626.4883 ext 6107 or by email email@example.com
Post a Comment
cranky, 25 Jun 2009 @ 12:19pm
tracfone complaintsWanted to update to a new phone # since moving to a new area
code.Called tracfone customer service twice in the last week
but after listening to each rep realized I needed to order
Rosetta Stone since I also needed to translate more effectivly.Bottom line,my tracfone has now been rendered
inactive now I no longer have phone service but still have
285 unused minutes.After each conversation the "reps".
said "thank you" and "is there anything else I can help
you with today?" or I think they asked that...My reply
Elston, 30 Jun 2009 @ 12:41pm
Re: tracfone complaintsHey Tracfone User
My Name is Elston and I am a Tracfone Employee and I am here to assist anyone that needs any assistance. My contact information is 1.800.626.4883 ext 6107 or by email email@example.com
Diego, 29 Oct 2009 @ 7:19pm
Re: tracfone complaintsYou haven't been lucky enough to get an agent like me when you call customer service..... :D
jaynicks, 18 Sep 2009 @ 10:01am
I was also burnedIs there an FTC complaint I can support.
Is there a class action suit I can join?
Anonymous Coward, 18 Nov 2009 @ 8:53pm
TRACFONE is a cheat!They fried my phone so they could cancel my double minutes and steal my additional year of service as well as the balance of my minutes - they deactivate it, then say you have to buy a new phone because they can't reactivate it.
Andres, 22 Nov 2009 @ 12:49am
why are you ,,,,,,,,people, why , if you dont wnat the double minutes plan.
Well just dont get it.
What is the problem.???
Elston, 23 Dec 2009 @ 2:25pmMy Name is Elston and I am a Tracfone Employee and I am here to assist anyone that needs any assistance. My contact information is firstname.lastname@example.com
Reality Check, 30 Jan 2010 @ 5:19pm
Shocking Tracfone WRONGFUL DEACTIVaTION & CSR BRUTALITY!!!!Tracfone for no reason whatsoever, deactivated my phone that had over a year service on it & over 500 minutes on it, claiming falsely that the phone wasn't deducting time when used.
The phone was sitting on a table when it spontaneously deactivated. I saw it actually go to the "UNREGISTERED SIM" message. I called Tracfone Customer Service the first time, telling them the bizarre thing that had just happened. The rep said they would immediately reactivate the phone within 24 hours. The phone was never reactivated.
I called Tracfone again. This time a rep went through a bunch of troubleshooting codes and finally said he would have to send me a new SIM card and then they would reactivate my phone.
Nothing happened so I called yet a THIRD TIME. Again a rep said they would send me a new SIM card & reactivate the phone. ALL 3 TIMES I WAS ASSURED THAT MY PHONE WOULD BE REACTIVATED, I WOULDNT LOSE MY SVC TIME OR MY MINUTES ON THE PHONE, & THEY APOLOGIZED FOR THE INCONVENIENCE THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSING ME.
THE FOURTH TIME I CALLED, a customer service rep told me the phone couldn't be reactivated unless I called another office. I pointed out that customer service had told me several times already that my phone would be reactivated & a new SIM card would be sent to me but I hadn't ever received it. She ignored that comopletely. Then she gave me the phone number for the "other office, which was the same phone number for customer service I had always called!!!! the only number TF gives out for their customer service number!)
I told her that the number she gave me, was just the same tracfone customer service number I'd been using, so she offered to switch me to the other office. I got promptly disconnected.
I called back, only to get another rep who went claimed I had to call another office to reactivate the phone, but this one told me the people in the other office had gone home for the day and to call back the next day.
The next day when I called back, I got a customer service representative who claimed I had to talk to the other office & she promptly put me on hold, and left me on hold 45 minutes then disconnected me.
Again I called back, and this time I got a customer service rep who claimed I needed to buy a new phone because my phone had been deactivated because it wasn't deducting minutes. I protested that the phone was deducting just fine when used. She insisted it wasn't even though I pointed out that a month and a half before the spontaneous deactivation, I had just purchased a year card with 400 minutes on it doubled to 800 plus 250 bonus minutes.
She said she didn't care what I said, the phone wasn't deducting minutes so they had deactivated it.
I tested the phone by sending a text message, which of course didn't get sent anywhere because of the phone being deactivated, BUT THE PHONE DEDUCTED .30 minute CORRECTLY JUST LIKE IT HAD BEEN DOING FOR THE 3 YEARS I'VE HAD IT NOW!!!! Tracfone always has deducted minutes even for text messages that fail to get sent at all, another little way they steal from their customers all the time.
I offered to send photographic proof that the phone was indeed correctly deducting time when used, either by email or snail mail, to prove it was fine. I had photographed the screen before and after the text message, to show that the phone had deducted time properly.
I asked to talk to the girl's supervisor who put someone else on the phone who gave me the same false claim that the phone had been deactivated because it wasn't deducting time when used. I offered to send the photographic proof to whomever in the tracfone office could do something to resolve my problem and get my phone reactivated. She said THEY DIDNT NEED TO SEE ANY PROOF BECAUSE THEIR OFFICE WAS WHO MADE THE DECISIONS WHOSE PHONE THEY WANT TO DEACTIVATE (those were her exact words too... WANT TO DEACTIVATE!!!!)
To make a long story short, I talked to two more Tracfone customer representatives and got nothing except the same false claim that the phone was deactivated for not deducting, as well as repeat refusals when I offered to email or snail mail photographic proof the phone was properly deducting.
The last time I called to try to get my phone reactivated, I went through everything again, telling the rep that customer service had promised me several times to send me a new SIM card & reactivate my phone, but I never received it, and then when I called back, customer service representatives were claiming my phone wasn't deducting minutes but I had even taken photographs to prove it was deducting properly and could send the photographic proof to whomever needed to see it. This rep said she would transfer me to another office, and she transferred me to another representative who of course needed me to tell the whole story from the beginning again, who transferred me to another one who again needed everything repeated from the beginning. This went on for almost FOUR HOURS as
Tracfone customer service representatives REFUSED to let me speak to anyone in management, and transferred me back and forth between different customer service reps, until finally the last rep who I tried to get help from, took Tracfone's horrific lack of decency or ethics to a whole new dimension.
I asked the girl if they could send me a new SIM card like I'd been promised by customer service representatives they would do in the first place. She said no, because the people in the other office said it's deactivated and that's just the way it is. You have to buy a new phone.
I asked the rep if the phone wasn't deducting, why didn't I still have 1052 minutes on it (I had bought the card with 2 min left on the phone, making 1052 minutes and extending service until year 2012) instead of only 500 plus minutes left on it.
The service rep said she didn't care, that the people in the "other office" whatever that is, says the phone was deactivated and cannot be reactivated and then said "They said you can't tell them what to do, if they want to deactivate your phone, you can't do anything about it, you're not in charge of them!"
I told the rep that I had photographic proof that the phone WAS deducting properly and she said, "I DONT CARE WHAT PROOF YOU HAVE, THE OTHER OFFICE SAID YOURE NOT THEIR BOSS AND IF THEY SAY THE PHONE IS DEACTIAVED, ITS DEACTIVATED AND YOU CANT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I asked if I could speak to management, and she said, MANAGEMENT NEVER TALKS TO THE CUSTOMERS, THEY DONT HAVE TO!
I asked her how they could say my phone wasn't deducting when I can PROVE ABSOLUTELY THAT IT IS DEDUCTING. She said, BECAUSE THE OTHER OFFICE IS IN CHARGE AND YOU AREN'T AND THEY DECIDE WHEN THEY WANT TO DEACTIVATE SOMEONE'S PHONE, NOT YOU.
I asked her about the phone's remaining 500 plus minutes & almost 2 years svc time on it (I had just purchased a year card with 400 minutes on it doubled to 800 plus 250 bonus minutes, a month & a half before Tracfone wrongly spontaneously deactivated it!!!! I asked her how could they just deactivate my phone and claim it wasn't deducting when it WAS DEDUCTING AND I COULD PROVE THAT IT WAS DEDUCTING?
Then THE CUSTOMER REPRESENTATIVE START LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY AT ME & I COULD HEAR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES IN THE BACKGROUND LAUGHING TOO AS SHE SAID THE PHONE WAS DEACTIVATED AND THEY DIDNT CARE WHAT I COULD PROVE BECAUSE THE OTHER OFFICE SAID TO TELL ME I WASNT THEIR BOSS & COULDNT CONTROL THEM. I asked again to speak to management, SHE TOLD ME, MANAGEMENT NEVER TALKS TO CUSTOMERS EVER, YOU CANNOT TALK TO ANYONE HIGHER UP BECAUSE THEY DONT EVER TALK TO THE CUSTOMERS AT ALL.
THEN SHE SAID "TOUGH SHIT, YOUR PHONE IS DEACTIVATED BECAUSE it isn't deducting, WE DONT GIVE A DAMN WHAT KIND OF PROOF YOU HAVE, YOU DONT RUN THIS COMPANY, YOU NEED TO BUY A NEW PHONE.
Then she hung up on me.
So after 3 plus years of being a good customer of Tracfone, buying 3 phones from them, buying airtime regularly from them, I had my phone wrongly deactivated a month and a half after buying a 90 dollar card for it, I had empty promises and empty assurances from the first few customer service representatives that they would reactivate my phone, then I was told they would send me a new SIM & reactivate my phone, then came the false claim that the phone wasn't deducting & the worst treatment I've ever gotten from any business EVER, ending with the laughter of the customer service representatives as that last girl delivered her hateful remarks in an extremely nasty tone of voice, ending in the cruel cussing grand finale when she hung up on me.
I was patient throughout the whole ordeal from first call to that last rep's cussing hangup, never got rude or angry in my tone of voice, never cussed or insulted anybody, even offering photographic proof that the phone was deducting, WHAT MORE COuLD I HAVE DONE TO TRY TO GET TRACFONE TO DO WHATS RIGHT AND REACTIVATE MY PHONE LIKE THEY SAID THEY WOULD?
I wonder if those who own the company approve of this way of doing business with their customers. (I find it exceptionally vile too, that "management never talks to the customers, EVER")
I think that someone who has some kind of authority and power within Tracfone, should do the right thing, reactivate my phone & give me a large number of minutes of airtime to make up for the wrongful deactivation and all the time & effort I spent trying to resolve it, & all the shock, pain (especially at being laughed at by multiple reps as that girl talked so nastily to me), frustration, and horror at the brutal way I was treated.
ntelos sucks, 20 Feb 2010 @ 1:30pm
trac fonestrac fones are still better than contracts with standard cellphone companies if you are a person who does not use cellphone much and the text message deal is really good, my gf got a 10 dollar trac fone with double minutes and then got the 1500 minutes and year of service online deal for 200 bucks so its 3000 minutes + 1 year of service for her not a bad deal, only thing i don't like is how they have the intenet browser button set up as the menu back button on her particular phone so its easy to accidentlly go online and lose minutes other than that its not a bad deal at all and people bad mouth the customer service, but i lost my trac fone and called them and they switched my minutes to a new phone with little hassle at all so i guess i was either lucky or these other people are just impatient with customer service reps
heywood jastopmurder, 25 Jul 2015 @ 9:49pmI had a track phone for years, never had this problem


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