cell phone problems again
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| Fri, 06-15-2007 - 3:48pm |
I just looked at the cell phone bill for this month, which I pay online, and it was really high. Last month my DH charges an extra $30 by calling 411 so I thought he was up to that again. But it turns out that my DSD charged an extra $80 for text messaging. I didn't even know she had texting because he had cancelled it on her phone a while ago.
This really burns me up for 2 reasons. Back at Christmas time my DD's present was a new camera phone. She had been asking me for so long to add texting. Since the phone bill is in DH's name, he thinks he is in charge of the phone when in reality, we pay it from our joint acct., so I don't know why he feels he has to give permission. Anyway, when we were getting the phone, I asked him if DD could have texting, which is only $5 a month for 200 texts and she said she would pay for it, so I don't know what the big deal was. She is 18 and has always been very responsible w/ the phone, never going over her minutes. He finally said yes and that we would even pay for it. Since then, she has never gone over 200 texts, even though there is no way for her to check the number, since he will not allow her to look at the bill online, which is the only way to check it (I don't know what the big secret is there either.)
So apparently somehow DSD (17) must have the same deal all of a sudden, although he didn't tell me, but this month she used 900! texts because the 1st 200 are free. I see she is even doing this during school hours. She has a history of not being responsible w/ her phone. A couple of years ago, it costs us hundreds of $$$ extra for her talking before the free time which starts at 9:00. I will tell DH and be anxious to see what he does about this. If it was up to me, I would def. make her pay for it since she has a job. She never had to pay for the overcharges before. This same girl just caused $900 in damage to DH's car, which she claimed she didn't know how this happened. She was sleeping over a friend's house and she claims she came out and the tires were flat. Considering that the tail pipe was also broken (which is why is was so expensive), it seems more like she hit a pothole very hard. Even though DH was very suspicious, he didn't really pursue it, so we got the shaft.
I guess I am really burned up because every time I do anything for my DD, he will say "how much did that cost?" Not that he tells me to take it back, but I feel like I have to justify every purchase. If he buys clothes or something for his DD, I never ask how much it costs.

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Something you might want to look into is if you can have that option taken off of her cell phone.
This is why I like pay as you go phones. They can't rack up extras because then their phone is useless unless THEY add more minutes.
Cell phone use in our home is for emergency only and for checking in when out on his own. Not for long conversations etc.. Our average cost for cell phone use (for three phones) is $25 per month total (not each phone).
stacy
I know with our cell phone company, you have to have the account holders social security number to get on.
Our cell company is the same way, only the account holder can make changes.
Wow, 4 phones under $100????
Our town is 3500 people, and the biggest town for about 30 miles in any direction.
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