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So my daughter feels she needs a cell phone. And I am tired of saying no, and I guess it would be nice that she actually had one. :rolleyes:
I'm not wanting to get her into a contract phone, I'd rather do a month to month deal. So who out there has the best deal for TCB phone service?
TIA
Gwen does a prepay with Cingular (now AT&T)... fairly cheap. Any of the pay as you types will be inexpensive.
Although you'd probably get a cheaper rate if you bulked the whole house together... and you'd be able to better track who's calling the kid and who she's calling.
also keep in mind the kids now a days are using text messaging a LOT... if you don't get a bundle that includes it... those text messaging fee's add up quick. There is a friend of mine with a teenage son... racked up $400 in text messaging charges one month...
Just something to keep in mind...
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Originally Posted by Dave04
I would prefer that she did not have the capability to text.... If it is that important to her she can always get a job and pay for her own cell service. ;)
I hear Harrison Industrial is hiring... just an inside tip! ;)Quote:
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I talked to the owner and I said were weren't hiring. ;)Quote:
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Well then tell yourself to ignore my resume when it gets there... I know that'll be hard for you to do! ::Banana::Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
Actually, you can "hire" her to do things around the office, whether it be cleaning up, filing, etc... in lieu of an allowance. This has a couple of advantages. It helps instill a work ethic, and you can write it off as an office expense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Treibenschnell
Check out Disney phones. You can find your child via a website via GPS in the phone. They have nice features for young children.
I take it your family business hasn't been audited lately... ;)Quote:
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Back to the phone stuff! ::Banana::
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Well poop! :(Quote:
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Not lately, thank goodness. But last time we were, this wasn't a problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
So I know some of you have kids that you claim, what are you doing for cell phones for them??
Also some of you TCB Members must have cheap cell service who are you using??
I'm looking for cheap cell service without a long term contract for my daughter.
oh come on... give mick the big scare... how much did the kid rack up in roaming data service?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave04
Okay,
TCB Cell phone.
http://www.scienceyear.com/outthere/.../05_tincan.jpg
Just get the kid a prepaid cell phone plan that doesn't have texting... easy as pie.
I switched over to Virgin Mobile a couple months ago and I am very happy. It uses the sprint network, and I was able to bring my phone number with me. I paid $50 for my phone (they have ones for $20 too), I pay $6.99 a month, and then all calls are 10 cents a minute and text messages are 10 cents as well. You can log into the online website and disable the ability to text.
What a Wii and a Laptop isn't enough for one Christmas?Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
That's where I stopped reading and started laughing. She's working there for free now. Why would he increase her income?Quote:
Originally Posted by cam76034
Just give her the company phone and ccard and quit trying to be Sammm. (She says all the top execs at HI are pushovers.)
Tell her I said Merry Christmas ;)
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What, she's got a log in here too?? You let your kid read this crap we write? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
Amazingly, brown santa found us here (even though he couldn't find us in Dallas...) Kudos to Land's End for apparently going the extra mile to get shipping errors reported to them on Friday taken care of and out the door in time to make red cutoffs and into my hands.Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
Thats funny, I was just at their site and didn't see that.Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
Origionally I just added my son to our family plan, but it only had 200 text messages, ops. Over the last two years his service has grown to unlimited text and multi-media as well. His phone bill is bigger than mine and my wifes. We've made him pay for his for the last year, as his bill alone is $60/mo :(. Plus a phone is only good for about 9 months before he tears it up, or drops it in the commode, or gets pushed in a pool; either way, it's never his fault :rolleyes:. Teenagers can be really reckless. So for most of the last two years he's been begging and borrowing other peoples 2nd hand phones. The funny part was he was really pushing for a I-Phone this year for Christmas. ROTFLMAO, haha.
If I could do it over, I would have gone the pre-paid route, or a phone with the GPS tracking (I really think thats a great feature that I would have loved, still would, to have on my son's phone). Once they start riding with freinds and driving, It's hard to keep up with their whereabouts.
In my experiance, there is no such thing as a $30/mo plan, after all the fees and overages.
metro pcs is pretty close comes out to about 40 a month but their coverage area is pretty limited
+1 for Virgin Mobile. I've used them for over 3 years. The Sprint network is reliable, they offer Nokia phones (okay not very many), and this CB pays 6 or 7 bucks a month for 200 texts plus very occasional phone calls.
As Titus mentioned, they have decently priced options for heavy use too. My lovely bride knows that end of the spectrum.
My 2 cents: Get your little princess a prepaid phone and make her buy the top-up cards for it. Raise her allowance a bit if you feel guilty but I'll bet she quickly figures out how to limit her usage. Worked for me and Queen Aud! ::Clown:: The phone stops working when the account runs out of money. It's like getting her a pet but it won't die if she stops feeding it.