cell phone companies are bitches. I'm still on a family plan with my parents that we've had for 6 years. I still have the same phone I've had for 6 years (an old nokia brick). my phone has pretty much nothing. no caller ID, no call waiting, no voice mail, no fun ringtones, and although I am able to text, it's not included in my plan. I desperately want a new plan, but my mom refuses to sign a new contract because ours is so cheap considering how long ago we got it. the contract has been expired for 4 years now but we're still able to pay month-by-month.
well this past year I've really gotten into texting. I just find it so much easier and more convenient than calling. for me it's 10 cents to text and all incoming texts are free. my mom didn't like that I was texting and would get pissy with me every month about the phone bill. I went and talked to our cell phone company and found that I could add like 300 texts, caller ID, voice mail, and call waiting to my line for 10 bucks a month, and I told my mom I would pay for it of course, but she refused to change our plan. I figured I would have to get my own plan, which kind of sucks because it is so expensive to have for a single line. but I thought about it and decided that's what I wanted to do, and went through different plans, and what I wanted would be about 50 bucks a month. I told my mom this, since she would have to come with me to cancel my old line because it's in her name, and she was like "well it would be way cheaper to just add that feature on the line you have now."
MAKE UP YOUR MIND, WOMAN! haha
but this of course never happened. I knew I would eventually have to get my own plan anyways but kept putting it off because I'm poor. another benefit of getting a new plan is that I could finally get a new phone. if I kept my old plan and just added that feature, to get a new phone I would have to pay full retail price (which is crap!). so for the last few months I've just been going about my normal cell phone using and texting ways.
then this week the shit hit the fan haha. some how, last month I managed to send 581 texts, which I still don't know how I did because I usually never go over 200 or 250. but not only that, our company raised sending rates to 15 cents per text without telling is. rediculous!! so for one month the texting charges alone were $87.15!!!! and of course my mom is making me pay it.
so, basically, I'm fucked.
not only that, but my mom's birthday is september 9, and it's going to be very difficult to buy her birthday gifts when I have no money. working (very)part-time retail blows. I need to get a second job but I really have no idea where to go.
well sorry for that way too long-assed rant!! just needed to let out some frustration.
well this past year I've really gotten into texting. I just find it so much easier and more convenient than calling. for me it's 10 cents to text and all incoming texts are free. my mom didn't like that I was texting and would get pissy with me every month about the phone bill. I went and talked to our cell phone company and found that I could add like 300 texts, caller ID, voice mail, and call waiting to my line for 10 bucks a month, and I told my mom I would pay for it of course, but she refused to change our plan. I figured I would have to get my own plan, which kind of sucks because it is so expensive to have for a single line. but I thought about it and decided that's what I wanted to do, and went through different plans, and what I wanted would be about 50 bucks a month. I told my mom this, since she would have to come with me to cancel my old line because it's in her name, and she was like "well it would be way cheaper to just add that feature on the line you have now."
MAKE UP YOUR MIND, WOMAN! haha
but this of course never happened. I knew I would eventually have to get my own plan anyways but kept putting it off because I'm poor. another benefit of getting a new plan is that I could finally get a new phone. if I kept my old plan and just added that feature, to get a new phone I would have to pay full retail price (which is crap!). so for the last few months I've just been going about my normal cell phone using and texting ways.
then this week the shit hit the fan haha. some how, last month I managed to send 581 texts, which I still don't know how I did because I usually never go over 200 or 250. but not only that, our company raised sending rates to 15 cents per text without telling is. rediculous!! so for one month the texting charges alone were $87.15!!!! and of course my mom is making me pay it.
so, basically, I'm fucked.
not only that, but my mom's birthday is september 9, and it's going to be very difficult to buy her birthday gifts when I have no money. working (very)part-time retail blows. I need to get a second job but I really have no idea where to go.
well sorry for that way too long-assed rant!! just needed to let out some frustration.
maximus_73:
I hate cell phones! 
I had plans for 12 years and I was so glad to be done with them. 
All the little hidden fees and shit, where does it end? How about features? Get a cell phone one day the next day something new is out with more features. Take your phone throw it off a mountain top or drive over it with a hummer. 
I had plans for 12 years and I was so glad to be done with them. All the little hidden fees and shit, where does it end? How about features? Get a cell phone one day the next day something new is out with more features. Take your phone throw it off a mountain top or drive over it with a hummer.