Cell Phone Hell - Page 3

LXA1048 · #31 11-07-2002, 02:57 PM

I am glad I have created a place for people to bitch about their cell phones. I believe the bitching is very therapeutic. I spoke to SunCom the other day again and told them that I had a close friend that works with the Wall Street Journal. I said he is more than willing to release a story about my troubles with your company. Their next words were, “we will be sending the check out tomorrow.” I love lying.

Kevin · #32 11-07-2002, 06:30 PM

How it's going to work I don't know. It think it's an FCC mandate or something to that effect. There will probably be some fee involved.

aprilxo · #33 11-08-2002, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by KillarneyRose
Night minutes start at 9 pm so I think most people would assume if you make a call at 8:55 pm and talk for an hour that Cingular will deduct five daytime and 55 nighttime minutes from your balance, right? Wrong!!!

If you start your call at 8:55 pm, you will be using day minutes for the entire duration of the call, even the time you're talking after 9 pm.

Revisiting that idea, if you call right before night minutes end, will it all go on night or are they quick to pull a double standard?

Kevin · #34 11-08-2002, 02:36 PM

You want to call someone at 6:59 AM and find out?

Honeykiss1974 · #35 11-08-2002, 02:58 PM

Ktsnake, are you the spokesperson for SprintPCS or something?

j/k

Anyway, I have been a Sprint PCS customer for about 3 years now and of all cell phone companies, they are the best. But don't get hype....I think all of this cell phones companies are bootleg, its just that Sprint PCS is the least bootleg of them all.

And I y'all remember when night-time minutes started at 7pm, instead of 9pm? Straight scandelous for companies to change that. And when first signed up with sprint, checking voice-mail was FREE, calling customer care was FREE (BTW I despise CLAIRE!

), and the first incoming minute was FREE. I notice on my bill last month that they are no longer FREE

And I do get a LOT of dropped calls, but the guy at the store said that I need to purchase a new phone (mine is about 3 years old - I have the Samsung 3500 flip)

But given that fact that my bill only comes to $30/month and I get 4000 night and weekend minutes I don't complain.

aprilxo · #36 11-08-2002, 03:04 PM

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Originally posted by ktsnake
You want to call someone at 6:59 AM and find out?

doubtful. but i'll bet my grandma knows with the hours she keeps... eesh!

yeah, my grandma has a cell phone, and she also chats with me on instant messenger... did anybody else's grandparents successfully transition into the next millenium?

wow that could probably be an entire other thread haha

~april

aprilxo · #37 11-08-2002, 03:11 PM

I don't think I get charged for all those little things... the first incoming minute maybe but goodness... checking voicemail, calling customer service, etc... but most of the time i'm not using my cell FOR those things if that is what you mean?

My bill is 40/month for 3000 n/w minutes and 400 anytime that rollover at the end of the month. Some people need more minutes than that; I've found that I'm not the type that calls up everybody I've known since I was five when I'm drunk to tell them what I think--so that probably helps LOL My roommate last year on the other hand... one of those crying on the phone for three hours drunk. ALWAYS over on her minutes... oh boy.

Kevin · #38 11-09-2002, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Honeykiss1974
Ktsnake, are you the spokesperson for SprintPCS or something?
j/k

Anyway, I have been a Sprint PCS customer for about 3 years now and of all cell phone companies, they are the best. But don't get hype....I think all of this cell phones companies are bootleg, its just that Sprint PCS is the least bootleg of them all.

And I y'all remember when night-time minutes started at 7pm, instead of 9pm? Straight scandelous for companies to change that. And when first signed up with sprint, checking voice-mail was FREE, calling customer care was FREE (BTW I despise CLAIRE! ), and the first incoming minute was FREE. I notice on my bill last month that they are no longer FREE And I do get a LOT of dropped calls, but the guy at the store said that I need to purchase a new phone (mine is about 3 years old - I have the Samsung 3500 flip)

But given that fact that my bill only comes to $30/month and I get 4000 night and weekend minutes I don't complain.

I do remember the days of 1st incoming minute free and 7PM Nights and Weekends minutes. I recall that we went to 8PM then to 9PM.. All the while Cingular was jumping between 9PM and 10PM for their minutes.

Fact is they ALL want your money. That's what they're in business to get. There is a move to give you flat rate service (finally). AT&T here in our area is offering $99 for UNLIMITED anytime minutes. Very nice. But I think it's only local coverage..

With Sprint, checking voicemail was never free.. it used airtime. It would be free if you do this:

1. Call your cell phone # from a landline.
2. As your away message starts playing hit #
3. Enter your voicemail passcode
4. You're into your voicemail (and it's free!)

That 3500 you're sporting must be 2 years old! Check out some of these new Vision compatible phones. The A400 is pretty nice (and $199). My theory though is that it is probably the one thing in your life that you carry with you EVERYWHERE and you probably use it more than any other electronic device you own...

So why not get one that you like?

texas*princess · #39 11-09-2002, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by amycat412
lol I WISH my bill ws $30 a month!

My Cingular is usually about $120 (sometimes more, but I just upped my minutes)

Mr Amycat's Sprint PCS is about $250-300 a month.

wow that's a lot of $$ for a cell phone for a month!

SATX*APhi · #40 11-09-2002, 02:14 PM

amycat, I echo what texas*princess said.

Kevin · #41 11-09-2002, 03:27 PM

It depends... The communication and instant access that a cell phone provides can quickly pay a 100-200 monthly bill... Imagine if you're an attorney that bills $200 per hour