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A Look At Cell Phones With Contacts
There are many benefits associated with cell phones that have contracts. For instance, you can purchase a spanking new phone for a huge discount (sometimes you can get them for free), won’t have to worry with service interruption, will have customer service techs to speak with anytime, and will get lower rates than what you find on a prepaid phone. Although there are some wonderful benefits, contracted plans do have some negative aspects. They are:
- Being stuck with a plan that you are unable to change for at least two years
- Inability to get a new phone without paying full price for it
- Unable to take advantage of provider’s new rate plans and/or feature changes without additional monies being paid or contracts being extended for an extra two years.
- Unable to cancel service without paying an extravagantly large shut off fee for early termination.
A Look At Prepaid Phones
One of the biggest negative aspects of prepaid phones is the “per minute” fee to use the service, which is generally more than the contacted “per minute” fees. Another problem is that the prepaid service is often associated with used cell phones even when bought in a retail store. Other than that, prepaid phones are great. If you don’t need a cellular phone on a regular basis, then an inexpensive refurbished model is fine. For instance, you can buy minutes whenever you want, which are good for 90 days. You don’t pay for minutes you don’t use, as seen in contracted phones. You also have the option of changing phones when you want, regardless of the time frame for your current phone. However, the best thing about prepaid plans is that you’re not locked into a long-term contract. You can use a mobile phone for one month or renew it every month (provided you want it every month).
A Personal Look On Cellular Phone Options
I have used both prepaid cell phones and phones with contracts from a number of providers. If I was asked about what type of service provider to get, I would say that prepaid phones are much more beneficial than contract service. Prepaid phones have plans that include unlimited minutes for $60 a month. If you decide it’s time to look for a prepaid service provider, consider starting out with a used cell phone and then check out other providers to see what you find.
Can my cell phone company charge me for a whole month when I signed up on the last day of the period?
I signed up with a new cell phone contract with At&t on 10/19. Apparently that was the last day of the monthly period, and I wasn’t even informed by the salesman. So now I’m being charged the monthly plan rate of $95 for only one day of service, and it turns out I only made one call of one minute to see if the phone was operating. I feel like I’m being swindled by this corporate giant, and if I would’ve know that they would have charged me for so much, then I would have waited to the next day…….
Is there anything I could do to challenge those $95???
Cell phone companies charge you for your base plan a month in advance and any overages a month in arrears. Most of the time your first bill will have a prorated month plus one full month.
Therefore, when you signed up in October your first bill would have had the prorated charge from the cycle date of 9/19 – 10/19 and the charges from 10/19 – 11/19. The next bill that you will get towards the end of November will be from 11/19 – 12/19.
If they charged you for two full months on that bill, then you WILL need to contact customer service because that is NOT right.
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