Freewill
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- Oct 26, 2011
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So now that I have more time on my hands I started looking at bills my wife pays. Finding out that she really just pays what they tell her. For example, our direct TV bill went up 35 dollars last month. I looked into it and it was an automatic upgrade the NFL. I got that taken back off but I am pretty damn sure the same thing happened last spring at which time I was told that the automatic upgrade was removed.
So then I look at my cell phone bill. Turns out that in some past time they arbitrarily changed my data package from 2 GB to 3 GBs without telling me and charging me more. I call and tell them that we barely use 1 and how did it get changed. They said that we used .7 GB typically and they would change our service to 1 GB and throw in 1 GB for a year free. So my bill was reduced.
So here is an idea for a web site for those who are smart. Make a web site that compares plans or allows companies to bid on your business. In other words what I want is two (not smart) phones and an ipad. I should be able to plug that into a site with expected minutes and find the cheapest plan. Not so that I have found.
What I have found is that those companies who sell cheap minutes charge out the ass for data and everyone uses data smart phone or not.
The more I think about it I think the companies were ripping me and the wife off for at least a couple of years. My fault for letting the wife pay the bills, automatically. That won't happen again.
So then I look at my cell phone bill. Turns out that in some past time they arbitrarily changed my data package from 2 GB to 3 GBs without telling me and charging me more. I call and tell them that we barely use 1 and how did it get changed. They said that we used .7 GB typically and they would change our service to 1 GB and throw in 1 GB for a year free. So my bill was reduced.
So here is an idea for a web site for those who are smart. Make a web site that compares plans or allows companies to bid on your business. In other words what I want is two (not smart) phones and an ipad. I should be able to plug that into a site with expected minutes and find the cheapest plan. Not so that I have found.
What I have found is that those companies who sell cheap minutes charge out the ass for data and everyone uses data smart phone or not.
The more I think about it I think the companies were ripping me and the wife off for at least a couple of years. My fault for letting the wife pay the bills, automatically. That won't happen again.