Phonecards On-Line - Written by Alan H. Cohen

October 5, 1997


Issue 99

Phonecards On-Line is written and distributed by Alan Cohen


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Announcing Phone Card Central

Beginning November 1, there will be a web site that can be considered the starting point for beginning and experienced phonecard collectors alike - Phone Card Central. It is located at http://www.phonecardcentral.com, and can be accessed immediately! If you are a dealer, collector, or issuer, be sure to have yourself listed free of charge in the appropriate directory. You can include your e-mail address, specialty (if there is one) and web page link. Visit today to add yourself, a convenient form is available on-line. Additionally, other services available (all free of charge) include:

Phone Card Central is "Your Internet Phone Card Guide." Stop by today for a pre-grand opening preview.

AOL Phonecard Club

If you are an AOL member, then be sure to log on every Sunday at 9:00 P.M. Eastern Time, on the Phonecard Channel. According to Ivan White, "The Phonecard Channel which is a private channel to collectors, dealers only or perhaps the new and curious. We trade, buy, sell, chat, news, discuss and anything else pertaining to the Phonecard Hobby." For more information, contact Ivan White at: lakota@basec.net.

MCI / Rite Aid

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 1997--MCI today announced that Rite Aid Corporation, one of America's leading drugstore chains with more than 3,900 stores in 31 states, has signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract for prepaid long distance calling cards. Rite Aid and MCI will develop co-branded prepaid cards that will offer customers several purchase options for economically priced long distance calling.

Under the terms of the agreement, MCI will provide a complete range of advanced services including retail point of sale activation systems, network transmission; platform services; 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week multi-lingual customer support and marketing materials.

Rite Aid customers can purchase prepaid cards good for 15, 30 or 60 minutes of domestic calling time. The cards can also be used to call abroad to many counties and for overseas calls back to the U.S. International usage rates vary by country.

San Diego Collectors?

Christena Golembiewski has expressed an interest in possibly forming a collector club for other San Diego phonecard collectors. She can be reached via e-mail, chrissy12@hotmail.com.

Kroger Promotion?

I filled 2 prescriptions this week at Kroger and got 2 phone cards in my pharmacy bag. Both were Kroger/Sprint 5 minute cards.

From: Della Wireman

Sunkist

Sunkist Multivitamins has a 5minute calling card in the 60 count package. The package is specially marked. I found my card in the +extra C package.

From: Don Teal

Toyota Phonecard Offer

To receive a 30 minute Toyota Corolla Prepaid card first fill out the survey at http://www.toyota.com/corolla/offer Then print the certificate and take it to your local Toyota dealership. Be sure to read all the terms and conditions. It looks like you have to test drive the car (except residents of GA, LA, MD and NJ) and have the certificate validated, then mail it in. Must be validated between September 26 and December 31, 1997.

From: Phone Card Shopper (EMCards@aol.com)

Duracell / Batman

Here's an offer for Duracell/Batman phone cards. Purchase 3 packages of Duracell batteries at WalMart and receive one of the Batman 10 minute phone cards. Purchase 8 packages of Duracell batteries and receive all 3 Batman phone cards. Offer expires 11-30-97 and requires the cash register tape from WalMart.

From: Ginger Gragg

Until Next Week (Issue #100),

Alan

Distribution

Phonecards On-Line is written and distributed by Alan Cohen. It is a weekly newsletter devoted to phonecards - Current news, viewpoints, and reviews of new issues. It is distributed free of charge, and available two ways.

1) On-Line on the World Wide Web. The address is: http://www.cardmall.com - All back issues are archived at the web site!

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