looking for an interim phone

[xela]

I lost my phone Tuesday. Skipping the details, I've now given up on finding it, and have ordered a refurb and a new SIM. Which, because I didn't want to pay the penalties for panic shipping, will arrive next week.

But now it occurs to me that not having a cell phone during the first weekend of rush is tempting Murphy's laws.

So: does anyone know of a place in greater Boston that I can walk into and — < 30 minutes later and without a fight about not wanting a new phone or a plan — walk out with a prepaid SIM on a GSM network? And by that same token, does anyone have an old disused GSM phone sitting in a drawer you'd be willing to lend, sell, or give me for the weekend? Or of anywhere non-sketchy that sells such?

Thanks in advance!

Comments

[siderea]

CVS, maybe.

CVS carries Tracfone phones (prepaid, world's worst company), and some Tracfones are GSM (on ATT) and others are not.

They're in a locked case; you have to scare up an employee to unlock it and let you read the boxes.

There will be no upselling to plans. Buy the minutes you want at the gift card display.