Cell phone bill!

[Foo]

Omigosh, I am freaking out! I just opened my cell phone bill and it seems that my teenager has somehow racked up a $1300 bill in one month... my husband is at the phone company now, trying to find out what happened. First of all, the bill is so confusing that we can barely read it, and it appears that the charges were made on off-peak times when we're supposed to have unlimited minutes, blah blah blah... I know that it will probably turn out that WE'RE wrong, THEY'RE right, but I am pretty upset so I had to tell someone! Anyway, I guess it's a good thing that BabyFoo has a job, cause it looks like she may be working to pay good ol' mom and dad back for a while! I know there's nothing yall can do about it, I just had to get it off my chest. (Well, actually it's my tummy that's upset...)
Foo

 

[Green_Manelishi]

Omigosh, I am freaking out! I just opened my cell phone bill and it seems that my teenager has somehow racked up a $1300 bill in one month... my husband is at the phone company now, trying to find out what happened. First of all, the bill is so confusing that we can barely read it, and it appears that the charges were made on off-peak times when we're supposed to have unlimited minutes, blah blah blah... I know that it will probably turn out that WE'RE wrong, THEY'RE right, but I am pretty upset so I had to tell someone! Anyway, I guess it's a good thing that BabyFoo has a job, cause it looks like she may be working to pay good ol' mom and dad back for a while! I know there's nothing yall can do about it, I just had to get it off my chest. (Well, actually it's my tummy that's upset...)
Foo

Children should not play with high tech communication devices.

 

[stu_in_fl]

wow, thatz a BIG bill!
....a good idea is if you have internet access, to periodically check the usage (assuming they have a website) - then you can spot any odd looking minutes early on and question customer support for an explanation
........"unlimited minutes" often has some small print attached (e.g. on network i.e. to people with the same carrier) and if you ever "roam" - they kill you with charges

 

[Scubaguy62]

If you have any calls to the 809 area code, that might just be the explanation you're looking for!

 

[Foo]

809? I don't understand?

 

[SueMermaid]

Yuh, what's 809?

Edit: Nevermind, I found it. I love Google.

Foo, here's what Rick means.

 

[Foo]

Okaaaaaaaaay... my husband just got home- we had changed my plan back in May to one with more "anytime" minutes. It's saved me $$. Then, I had my daughter go change her plan to the same one, last month. Well, the guy who changed it gave her the additional "anytime" minutes, but neglected to add in the additional 1750 nighttime and 1750 weekend minutes that go with the plan (Not unlimited, as I earlier stated, but still a LOT- and she did not go over the minute limit in any category). Sooooooooo, to make a long story short, for ONCE, we are RIGHT and they are WRONG! Whoo hoo! They are going to go back and figure the bill again, crediting the night and weekend minutes correctly. I think it's still going to be more than normal, but should be MUCH better than $1300. Whew, once again. Thanks to all who listened, my tummy is still fluttering but maybe it's just indigestion...
Foo

 

[scubapro50]

do what we did ..... have two teenage girls and gave them each a prepay phone. They don't waste their time it they have to pay for it themselves..... prepay phone cards also make wonderful gifts ..........

 

[Firefyter]

If that's the only thing she does to make your stomach churn, consider yourself lucky....lol. I remind myself of how lucky I am everyday when I see my 19 yr old daughter's room. As dirty as that room is, things could always be worse.....

 

[eponym]

Glad to hear you sussed it out, Foo.

Is that a nickname? We call our girl (well, our daughter--she now has two girls of her own) Foo as well. That is, when we're not calling her Fang (for her other, darker side).

Fin on,
Bryan