I just purchased 3 Straight Talk Samsung R451C prepaid cell phones from Walmart.

Other people I have talked to have highly recommended this phone, so I thought I’d try it out. Using Verizon’s great coverage with no contract make these phones a great bargain (mine were priced at $99 each).

There are 2 plans available:

1. $45 unlimited includes:
   • Unlimited Minutes
   • Unlimited Texts
   • Unlimited Mobile Web Access
   • Unlimited calls to 411
2. $30 All you need plan
   • 1000 Minutes
   • 1000 Texts
   • 30 MB Mobile Web Access
   • Calls to 411 at no extra charge

However, I had a little difficulty when the Walmart cashier explained to me that you can only purchase 2 Straight Talk phones at a time.  The slight smirk on the cashier’s face really made me think that he was kidding. But when I asked, “Are you messing with me?”, he replied, “No, that’s a limit set by Walmart on these phones because they are used for ‘traficking’.”

So, I purchased 2, and had my wife purchase 1 so that we could get the 3 phones that we need.

Has anyone else ran into this at Walmart? Reply to me on my Twitter twitter.com/garyfarnam or shoot me an email at gary@garyfarnam.org

Once I get a chance to try mine out, I will write a product review.

Other Straight Talk Phones (click the pic for details):

UPDATE 4/4/2010-I found another article with someone having a similar experience with the Walmart prepaid cell phone limit:  http://www.prepaidreviews.com/blog/consumer-issues/why-wal-mart-will-refuse-to-sell-you-prepaid-cell-phones-34581/