Mobile Minutes
For some reason, I could not get the fact that wireless providers are ripping consumers off out of my mind. Yup! We know they are one of the worst nickel and dime service providers, but I am really pissed about the use-it-or-lose-it minute model.
I pay $69.99 a month (plus excessive taxes) for 1,000 shared minutes. If I do not use exactly 1,000 minutes within the billing period, I lose the balance. What a damn rip-off. If I use only 500 minutes in a given period, each minute essentailly cost me twice as much.
If I use less than 1,000 minutes in a period, I should expect a credit for the unused balance right? Hell no! The only company that does this correctly is AT&T with the rollover minutes model. What? I should switch to an unlimited shared plan? For $249.97, wrong!
These !#$%^ are abusive and need to be regulated and put into check, but of course they won't because they have their butt buddies (aka politicians) on the payroll. Arrghhh! Next month, I am kicking T-Mobile to the curb and switching to AT&T.
February 23rd, 2009 - 20:37
you have to vote with your wallet. Sign up for a service you can generally find as fair, otherwise, and most Americans are oblivious to this option, DON’T BUY THE SERVICE. I spent YEARS without a cellphone. I’ve only had one for 3 years.
I didn’t buy a house till the market crash and that’s because I didn’t believe they were worth as much as people were paying for them. I didn’t see the crash coming, but I had almost decided I wouldn’t buy a house. Simply because I didn’t believe they were worth what everyone else said they were.