Cell Phone Overages – A Hidden Cost of Moving

Published on July 6th, 2006 - 8 Comments
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8 Responses to “Cell Phone Overages – A Hidden Cost of Moving”

1. 1
   jim Says:
   July 6th, 2006 at 8:53 am

   Don’t email, ask them when you called up… but that ship may have already sailed since you’ve changed your plans.

2. 2
   nickel Says:
   July 6th, 2006 at 10:07 am

   Actually, Sprint rocks in this regard… They take pretty good care of their long term customers, and I just received an e-mail saying that they’d issue me a credit in this case (details to come in a followup post).

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   BP Says:
   July 6th, 2006 at 11:16 am

   We use Verizon and had the same issue when we moved, but Verizon lets you upgrade your plan to a higher tier for a month and then downgrade, and they even allowed us to do it retroactively.

4. 4
   cw Says:
   July 6th, 2006 at 9:53 pm

   you ppl and your cellphone addiction. . . actually, it doesn’t sound like you talk tons. . . but, I do hope you’re using a hands-free set up (and that you are keeping the actual phone OFF of your body when talking. . . i.e., NOT clipping it to your hip or whatever):

   http://arstechnica.com/news.ar.....-6502.html

   for me, the “convenience” is fully negated when a BRAIN TUMOR is the trade off. Granted, I have a prepaid Tracfone Nokia 1100 (FW finance forum has some archived info about how to get these for ~$5) and I carry it in my car’s glovebox (for emergencies). . but, I HATE when I have to place those devilish devices directly against my noggin. . .

5. 5
   cw Says:
   July 6th, 2006 at 10:38 pm

   btw. . . here are some links to the FW threads I mentioned (if anybody’s remotely interested in just going the *emergency phone* route). Some say $21. . . others, $5. Obviously, YMMV.

   FYI, tracfone’s customer service is awful. T-Mobile is also a good option (plenty of info on FW too) for those in the coverage area who use sporadically.

   http://www.fatwallet.com/t/24/627928

   http://www.fatwallet.com/forum.....did=569237

   http://www.fatwallet.com/forum.....did=626035

6. 6
   Kira Says:
   July 7th, 2006 at 10:08 am

   I also went over our minutes when we were moving – last July 4th. (We thought that holidays were included in free weekends – they thought not.)

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