What are some options for getting a very inexpensive cell phone that I am only going to use to contact clients of my therapy practice?

Answer 1

All I know is TV ads. Consumer Cellular claims to be a budget plan.

Answer 2

A trac phone costs in the neighborhood of $20 and the time you buy on the cards is $21 for 3 months.

Answer 3

> I am only going to contact them if I need to cancel or reschedule an appointment.

And how do your clients...
a) know it is you calling (and not reject the call as unknown sales spam ?)
b) call you , if they need to reschedule ?

surely you want to have a known and normal Number to be calling from.
(even if you leave voice mail on it when you don't want to be disturbed)

and as mentioned Google voice can offer these landline/mobile/integrated services but simply using a small voice only phone and low value contract would do the trick.

Answer 4

You should try Google Voice, that way you don't have to carry around two phones. Or a burner app.

Answer 5

just any sim free phone with a pay as you go sim (a sim card with the cheapest tariff and good reception where you are)
I got a phone that cost 10$ and a sim card where the calls cost 5c/min - All I gotta do is make a call once every month and the credit will not terminate
And I can leave the phone switched on for days without needing to recharge)

(just plain simple phones are getting difficult to get now- only thing you can get are smartphones that cost a lot more than 10$ and are always needing to be recharged - the market appears to be for people who like walking around with a phone glued to their ear so they can chat continuously about meaningless trivia, or contact virtual "friends" they have never met on social media

ie they prefer a virtual life to a real one)

Answer 6

there are all kinds of them at the local stores, I have a Jitterbug but they keep adding more and more things to make them more and more expensive