anybody have experience with Working Assets?

[dalloway]

I've been needing to make a change to my cell phone service and am thinking to change to Working Assets--they seem to have a great suite of services. I happened to see their info when I was at their site signing a petition. Anybody have comments about their phone services or other aspects of the company? I like that they contribute to progressive causes but do want to make sure they are competitive with the service quality.

Anybody have thoughts/comments?

[Richard Steele]

1. My sweetie has been using Working Assets for her home phone for years.

No problems to report about that; She's been very happy with them.
I'm afraid I don't know anything about their cellular service, though.

[helderheid]

2. I've only had experience with their long distance and credit card

The LD service has been GREAT. Ever since I found out the credit card is an MBNA card, I won't touch the thing.

[nosmokes]

3. i've used them for years happily

the argument can be made, and often is, that you can save money by going with a different carrier and then donate more money to causes than they would get by your using WA. but the whole point, i believe, is to support those companies that are trying to be good corporate citizens.

their customer service is better than most, imo.

[dalloway]

4. actually, they have a less expensive plan that was cheaper than

what I found at Costco --it had fewer minutes, but I never came anywhere close to using all the minutes. I always end up paying for way more service than I need.

thanks all for the info. I think I'm gonna try the cell service and consider the long distance in the future.

[dalloway]

5. and thanks for the heads up about MBNA--I'll be staying away

from that.

[wryter2000]

7. MBNA

Actually, all the credit card companies suck, so you're going to be dealing with one corporate raider or another if you have a credit card.

Unless someone here knows of a truly good credit card. I'd happily switch.

[nuxvomica]

9. Check out the November 2005 issue of Consumer Reports

They list the top 10 most consumer-friendly cards. None are issued through MBNA, BTW.

[wryter2000]

12. Thanks.

I hope it's online somewhere.

[annabanana]

13. How about Demcard?

http://www.demcard.com/app/japply/lp/12942.jsp?obchannel=018&campaignid=0000448&obcreative=0000000&obadloc=000&listid=00000&ibchannel=03&siteid=0000000000&clickid=0000000000

(I hope this link works..)

[wryter2000]

6. I have their regular long distance

I love them. I get a discount on Cingular through my work, so I use them for cellular. Can't comment on Working Assets cellular.

Working Assets is frankly liberal, btw.

[nuxvomica]

8. I have them for long distance service and have no complaints

They're actually less expensive than my previous carrier (AT&T) unless you count the charges for the citizen letters that I usually check off on every bill. I tried getting cell service from them but I couldn't because my location wasn't included in the network. Note that their cellular uses the Sprint network so you'll want to check on whether that network is a good choice for your location.

[porphyrian]

10. They were great when I had a land line.

Now I'm all cellular, though. They give you free Ben & Jerry's coupons...

[dalloway]

14. yes, the Ben and Jerry's is a real draw :-)

[TalkingDog]

11. We've been with them from the beginning...in the late 80's early 90's

Other than a few too many piece of junk mail (for our taste, but far below the average) we have been very happy with them.

Good luck.

[SmokingJacket]

15. I was with them for years, but I found cheaper services.

MBNA is bad, and I now have digital phone... so...

Buhbye!