Author Topic: Ever felt like............. (Read 637 times)

Tango · « **on:** December 08, 2007, 08:59:41 AM »

throwing your cell phone in the toilet?????

I do. I'm fighting Alltell over my last 2 bills. Last month was $388 and this month $311. However since I've had this service, past 3 years, my monthly bill has always been $52 a month.

They're saying that sometimes around the holidays people use thier cell phones more often and don't realize how many minutes they are using. She said maybe someone in my family was using it more and I said I'M the only one using it.

Guess I'm in for a long fight.

Chairboy · « **Reply #1 on:** December 08, 2007, 09:05:13 AM »

Ask for itemization.

...and be ready to discover that yeah, maybe you are using more minutes than you though. They add up FAST. I had a few bills like that, switched to a plan with more minutes for maybe $10 extra a month and the bills dropped from $350 to $120 (we have a bunch of phones on the plan).

texasmom · « **Reply #2 on:** December 08, 2007, 10:03:39 AM »

I think cell phones are both the best and worst things ever. I've never chucked mine into the toilet, Tango. One of them did end up in a pool though.

But..... when any of my kids go bike riding (they're still pretty young), they have to take a cell phone ~ which has been so very, very, very wonderful.

Tango · « **Reply #3 on:** December 08, 2007, 10:16:04 AM »

The thing is I have 500 anytime minutes, which after they are gone I pay for the minutes used. HOWEVER I have unlimited nights and weekends and free calling in the 3 parishes [Caddo, Bossier, & Webster]. ALL my frineds and relatives live in those parishes, so the ONLY way I could have gone over is calling outside of the area and the only time I do that is calling our office in Monroe. Rarely even talk to them.

Meatwad · « **Reply #4 on:** December 08, 2007, 10:20:06 AM »

Back when I had AT&T, they screwed mine up BAD.

Got a bill for $5200

Naturally they said it was my fault, but they later admitted they screwed up and took the charges off.

Two months later, the exact same thing happened

They suck

Hawk78th · « **Reply #5 on:** December 08, 2007, 10:50:57 AM »

... Snickers at Tango.....

it's Peaches fault..

** Runs

( jk bud)

Tango · « **Reply #6 on:** December 08, 2007, 03:49:31 PM »

Only time I'm on the phone with Peaches is from 8-10 PM at night. When I'm on unlimited minutes time.

How it can go from $52.00 a month for the past couple of years to over $300 is beyond me. I'm waiting for the transcript of my calls to come in and see.

They screwed up somewhere.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 08, 2007, 04:04:13 PM »

My cell phone is $20 prepaid and expires in 3 months if not used; we’ve never had to refill in less than 3 months. So, we basically pay $80 a year, but don’t use it often. We don’t even tell anyone what our cell number is so the only calls received are from home/each other.

Jackal1 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 08, 2007, 04:33:20 PM »

I have a young friend who is a tattoo artist that is hard to have a conversation with due to the cell either ringing or blipping for incoming text.
I`d hate to pay his cell phone bill.
One thing that I did get a kick out of is that he assigns different ring tones for different people.
For his latest squeeze he has "So Hot" assigned.

I use mine maybe twice a week at most. The world seems addicted to the little pesky noise makers.

Meatwad · « **Reply #9 on:** December 08, 2007, 04:47:38 PM »

I havent had a call on my cell phone for the past 2 weeks.

Im unloved

boxboy28 · « **Reply #10 on:** December 08, 2007, 05:11:29 PM »

I hate ALLTEL/ and windstream .............. that being said they could have some how switched your plan or in the worst case senerio someone cloned your phone!

there were devices (i dont know if they still work with the new tech.) that could pick up the data/info of your cell signature (if you drove by, passed by went near) and then that could be zapped into a phone and they could make calls that would register as yours.

Masherbrum · « **Reply #11 on:** December 08, 2007, 06:00:55 PM »

I pay $14.25 a month for my Nextel. I get unlimited 2-way and Internet. 2,500 weekend/night mins, 550 anytime minutes and free long distance and incoming calls.

I love mine.

ramzey · « **Reply #12 on:** December 08, 2007, 08:44:27 PM »

Im with metropcs, 50$ monthly, unlimited local, long distance, internet............
and no contract

Tango your celll contract could expired and if you not pick another plan and sign agreement they will charge you as in month to month highest rates

Tango · « **Reply #13 on:** December 08, 2007, 09:52:15 PM »

I still have 9 months left on my contract. However this has me so PO'd I'm gonna drop them regardless of what they say. The service has gone to crap around here. Used to be able to use my phone anywhere in my house. Now I have to sit leaning back in my chair in the living room , otherwise the call gets dropped.

LePaul · « **Reply #14 on:** December 08, 2007, 09:56:16 PM »

Holy.

Up in this part of the world, I'm using US Cellular on a unlimited plan that runs me $61 a month. They've been great.

I like flat rate