I’m not going to complain about times being hard, for the truth is, there’s a plethora of folks throughout ourcountry who are in the same boat, trying to stay afloat while the layoffs and pay cuts continue.
We’re trying to cut back every way that we can. Since our kids are grown, responsible adults, we decided to let them take care of their own phone service. This was a good choice, we decided, since it will give them independence in their service and calls and needs to be their responsibility, and at the same time, it will help us financially since we’ll be down to one phone.
Wrong.
We have been in the process over the last three months, of slowly phasing out our current service, as it has such poor reception in the house we live in. So, in the process we discovered we must wait until June to avoid a hefty fee for cancelling early. We assumed this plan would move forward without any obstacles while saving us money. After all, we’re down three phones.
Wrong.
Our almost $300 phone bill for four phones jumped to almost $400 for one phone. My son and daughter, now being on different carriers, now incur a charge for me on my bill with every call they make to me or vice versa. Thus, less has become more.
We opted for less bells and whistles (since it was just the one phone) and tried to make our service as simple as possible to reduce costs and in the end we have ended up paying more.
The life lesson here? I’m still trying to figure it out but I think it has something to do with reading the fine print, something I’ve never excelled in but really should consider.
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