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BeautifulChaos27 Granby, United States

Today, I realized I pay $160/month to get two texts a day. One from my bank telling me how much I have, one for my credit card telling me how much I owe. FML

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BeautifulChaos27 37

Okay, first off, I am a women. As for the fml, I was complaining that I pay such a high price to get those two texts a day and the occasional phone call from my employer to cover a shift. Expensive paper weight is what it is and I'm stuck in a contract. With the debate on price, yes, very expensive. I get unlimited text as well as calling (god knows what for), and 1 gig of data which I never use up since I'm almost always in wifi. I do in fact have somebody on my plan with me but that only adds another 10 dollars a month to my bill. There's also insurance on both phones, considering they are smart phones and I'm a bit of a klutz. I know I could always shop around with other phone competitors but living where I do if you so much as want service in your home you have little choice. Any more questions? :P

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CorDa616 22

Cancel the texts and instead use that 160 to of that which you owe, or start to at least.

OverFlash 15

... Why the **** are you paying that much on a phone bill?

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xXxJaGsTeRxXx 11

Guys I think OP pays $160 for the two texts. Which are services from the 2 banks.

MontvaleMayhem 11

That's how I read it too, not sure why you got a thumb down?

Solle 9

But why would you ever pay for that, let alone so much?

Trish01 23

Looks like everyone else was right and the FML God is wrong! Never thought I'd live to see this day.

Sirin_fml 46

There exist higher-range and business phone contracts. It's hardly uncommon, and is the logical explanation here. Come at me, Alan.

thewife5 19

You need to shop around... That is unreal.. I have 4 phones on my plan and I don't pay that much

jrock9093 18

Why do you pay 160 that's an up seen amount for phone unless you have 3-4 lines change carries its only 200 to stop your contract

ExternalUseOnly 4

Haha...thats funny! I think you meant to say "obscene".

NodakN8V 25

....yea what everyone else said.

justmeCee 16

Call your phone company and lower your usage plan.

Amsterdamned13 8

Send me your phone number and I will text you!

gladlily 16

Whether OP meant that he pays actual money in the amount of $160 per month to these financial institutions for these "services," as some people are saying; or meant that he pays $160/month for phone service but gets no contact from anyone else WHY THE HELL is he paying this??

BeautifulChaos27 37

Okay, first off, I am a women. As for the fml, I was complaining that I pay such a high price to get those two texts a day and the occasional phone call from my employer to cover a shift. Expensive paper weight is what it is and I'm stuck in a contract. With the debate on price, yes, very expensive. I get unlimited text as well as calling (god knows what for), and 1 gig of data which I never use up since I'm almost always in wifi. I do in fact have somebody on my plan with me but that only adds another 10 dollars a month to my bill. There's also insurance on both phones, considering they are smart phones and I'm a bit of a klutz. I know I could always shop around with other phone competitors but living where I do if you so much as want service in your home you have little choice. Any more questions? :P

Psyk_fml 11

I don't know if Verizon allows it, but you could negotiate a new plan, as long as you keep paying for your plan every month till the contract runs off, they can (in theory) change the plan, plan options, extras, so you're paying less each month, and only for what you use. Rogers does it, don't see why Verizon wouldn't.

Obey_StudBoii 23

#62 Who would Roger be?

guitarman1400 3

I pay $40 a month for unlimited talk/text and 500mb of data with page plus wireless, I suggest you switch to that as it has NO CONTRACT

Bman54 19

#66 Rogers is the Canadian equivalent to Verizon. They're my carrier. I have basically everything the OP mentioned on my plan (minus the insurance and extra person) and mines $65 a month.

DenBriZel 31

67- the point if her saying she has a contract is because she can't switch to a different company unless she wants to pay a huge disconnection fee. About $700 (at least when I switched from Sprint to Verizon because their customer service and phone service is absolutely terrible)

jw90 18

I would suggest switching to a Straight Talk phone OP. You get everything your plan offers you for $45 a month. Plus they have decent phones or you can switch your current phone once your contract is up. I plan on switching when my own contract is up cuz $130 is way to much for one phone.

caysters 12

I have an iPhone plan through AT&T. Even with a 16 percent discount through work, I pay a little over 100 for unlimited talk/text, and 2 gigs of data.

snerfle 5

Hey OP! You don't need that much talk time or text allowance. You should look up other plans from your provider and switch to a smaller plan. The contract you signed is to guarantee that you pay them each month, but not how much. You don't use all that data so it should be no problem to get a smaller amount. You should be able to save at least $40.

NoFlippinWai 24

72- I know what you are talking about. I have ATT with an 18% discount. 2 smart phones with 2g data and insurance, unlimited text, and the smallest voice plan. $140/month. Honestly, I would rather pay a usage fee for minutes. Average bill uses 35 minutes out of 200.

Coeliacchic93 21

I've got a Sony Xperia Z, I get 5000texts, 500mins and unlimited data, I pay £29 a month for 2 years. that is an insanely high price you pay, as soon as your contract ends, leave.

SkyBlueCloud 21

My carrier is bell.I have world wide texting, 3G of data to use on the Internet, picture messaging, unlimited texting, fav 10. Calling after 6pm thing. A few others things I can't remember. I pay $87.50 a month.

southernbelle_rn 16

AT&T here. With four iPhones, 1400 shared minutes, free mobile to mobile and texting, free nights/weekends, and rollover plus only 2 insurances we pay $240 a month. That's with no discounts and each additional person off mine is $10 a line too. You should call them and see. Usually they allow you to change the plan, just call them and see. You'd be surprised.

NeatNit 32

I pay ~$30 a month for unlimited calls, unlimited texts, unlimited MMS, unlimited data (3GB before speed reduction, I never reach it anyway) and unlimited calls to landline phones in 55 other countries, including mobile for USA and Canada. Golan Telecom, Israel. The only "downside" is that you need to get your own phone, they only provide the sim card. I really prefer it this way anyway.

kisapupcutie 7

I would text you if I had your number. message my email [email protected] with your number and ill give you mine

Shanny2224 21

I pay about $65 a month for unlimited local calling, free evenings and weekends, 150 long distance minutes, unlimited text, picture and video messages. Plus I get unlimited data.

Genociiide 15

I pay $40 a month for unlimited text data and calling. I WIN

castleofg1ass 19

My plan is 40$ a month and I get unlimited calls and texts and runs on 4gb data per month and it's not lock in and runs on Optus

godfathermock 19

Sprint does this too.

plantedrabbit3 16

With verizon, we have an iphone a galexy s3 and an htc thunderbolt and pay a little less than 200 a month for unlimited texts data and 800 minutes

RrubiksCuber 6

I have Sprint on my iPhone 52sc3g. I get 5000000000 minutes an hour, 8473727293663331 texts a minute 4473839177475 Peta-bytes of data every 3.14159265358979 seconds. They actually pay me $500k/week to use their service. I'm a superior human being now because I shared my cell phone plan on the internet, right? RIGHT?!?

Chris93Jones 20

I pay $60 for your plan. koodo in Canada

MisUnFortunate 31

You are a women? How does that work?

QueenJay81 13

I can tell that u have verizon...verizon & sprint are the most expensive. ..I have tmobile and have 2 gb of data and unlimited talk & text, insurance on my phone and I pay less than $100 a month

Beepbeep7 14

Have you never seen that girl with two heads? This may be her.

AmorVitae93 6

eww drop at&t or whatever n go to sprint. .. :)

Coeliacchic93 21

@88 no, you really don't.

Aquila_Umbrae 26

I love how everyone who has ever shopped for a phone plan suddenly thinks they are an expert on who the best and cheapest carrier is regardless of location.

daboar 5

you could save on text plan by using google voice

PokemonLove993 17

guess this is verizon my coworker pays that much as well :/ I would just get a prepaid phone. the big name companies have them as well so the service may not be too bad. planning on getting one myself to save money

BeautifulChaos27 37

Yes it is verizon, and I've been debating the prepaid myself. However those damn contracts got me stuck for now.

Kahli21 15

You should see if you can do Ting instead. It'll be much less, and there's no contract to hassle with.

graceinsheepwear 33

Virgin mobile is great. They offer good phones, a range of plans, and they run on the Sprint network so connections are good. Their most expensive plan is $55 a month for unlimited voice, text, and data. And you can usually keep your number. I highly recommend.

Jezzikah 11

Virgin mobiles customer service is awful though. At least the ppl I've dealt with there