Comments on: Cell Phone Overages – A Hidden Cost of Moving

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By: Kira

Kira — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 14:08:42 +0000

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.)

By: cw

cw — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 02:38:44 +0000

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

By: cw

cw — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 01:53:01 +0000

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. . .

By: BP

BP — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:16:01 +0000

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.

By: nickel

nickel — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:07:14 +0000

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).

By: jim

jim — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:53:14 +0000

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