Morris, thanks for the clarification. I agree that the fair market value wouldn't be worth the bother of taking a write-off, I just thought it interesting and was curious why it wouldn't count.

Good job re your Mom. No problem with Dean's mom using up minutes -- between the two of them they avg about 4 minutes a month total.

 

Didn't make sense to me either, Martha. I scoured several donation sites via Val's website....took a while to even FIND an answer on FAQ's

I DID deduct a donation of 1-2 phones a couple years ago, but that was before they came up with the strict FMV rules....

 

...b/c you're just special

Actually, I think it's related to your WP software and the settings for it

 

Given the wide range of opinions here, maybe I can get some help.

Does anyone know which carrier(s) support this phone?

I really, really want one, especially for the medical applications. HPH

 

That is the January 2008 issue. You should be able to find it at your local library. It has reports on the services(Alltel seems to be their favorite where it is available), pocket phones, palm pilots, etc.

In shopping for new phones, we found that some phones have 1.5 watt antennas and some have 2 watt antennas. Kids often wondered why our old phones would work in areas that they called "Cell Phone Hell". The antennas were the reason. We made it a point to get new phones with 2 watt antennas. Last two sets were Nokia, latest pair is Sony/Ericsson. All had 2 watt antennas. Kids are cussing their "bargain" phones. Funny part is the Nokias were the basic free phones issued with the service. No fancy decorations, no flip open, no camera.

 

I bought the cheapest "pre-paid minutes" plan I could find. Turned out to be T-Mobile. Now that I have paid $100 for my first year's 1100 minutes (of which I used about 100), I can now reup for $25 and get another 250 minutes for the next year.

I almost always have the cell phone turned off. In fact, I lost it for two months and didn't even realize it until I finally needed it again. I only bought it because of an event a little more than a year ago when I missed a plane flight and needed to borrow somebody else's phone to call in and cancel the reservation.

99% of my not-in-person communication is via email.

 

[QUOTE=martha,Jan 21 2008, 08:10 AM] I thought any donation to a 503-c was tax deductible unless you received something of value in return

 

I want one of those too.



Suppose it will change my oil for me?

 

 

I must be the cell phone king.
I have 4 phones with verizon on a family plan with 1000 minutes a month.
I have 1 phone and a wireless modem with verizon for work although the phone is about to be shut off.
I just got a T-mobile cell which work will pay for directly. of course this phone is a "shadow" microsoft windows based thing. rapidly learning to hate it. instead of hiding the operating system and making it work well as a phone you have to go through multiple windows to do anything. this makes the phone especially useful when your driving....not.