Omfg I woke up this morning and my cellphone service was cut off...I haven't been late in paying my bill so I called Cingular and those fuckers told me my service had been cut off because they suspected my phone had been stolen!

I said nope it's right here restore my service please

They said ok give us $679.09

I said WHAT???!!!

They said give us $679.09 please

I said fine...

Give them my debit card # and they said: Ok we will bill you for $812.00

I said WHAT???!!!

They said well just to make sure that payment for next month will be made.

I was like

I ask why the bill is so high...

They said roaming charges..yadda yadda yadda (apparently I get charged roaming if I leave my backyard even though I have a nationwide plan )


What could I do? I paid it, now I'm REALLY FUCKING BROKE and the worst part is now I definitely can't go to California or Kansas for a while now

Comfort me...

Just kidding.

Sweeny79 said:

you're getting ripped off.

I'm so sorry Sweeny

irresistibleb1tch said:

Yup and i should I talk to damn much

AndGodCreatedMe said:

Thanks hon

Adisa said:

I feel bad for you (I really do) but holy shit is a cell phone worth $133 a month? That's just crazy.

lovemachine said:

$133.00???? that would be a blessing. I talk too damn much

It's because I'm home and not at school. I've got nothing to do but talk

I would dispute it. If you're on a national plan you shouldn't be charged for roaming. Kansas has Cingular towers. I know because I used to use Cingular myself. Plus you didn't even hardly use your phone while you were here. Somethings rotten in Denmark.

LittlePill said:

I know

When they send the bill to me I'll see what the charges were for and I'll fight it. I just wanted my service restored.

Sweeny79 said:

I just subtracted the new total from the original total to come up with that $133.

Maybe you should buy a Sam's Club prepaid card and talk long distance on a land line. If you buy enough minutes long distance is practically free and then you wouldn't need such a huge cell phone plan.

lovemachine said:

That 133 included min I used this month and the reconnection fee.

and that's not a bad idea that way i could use my landline.

You are SO smart!

man, i love my cheep ass virgin pay-as-ya-go cell phone. i've had it over three months and i haven't even scraped $200 (and that includes the price of the phone!). 'course, i'm not a big phone-talker, so it suits me well.

Anxiety said:

I used to have that. But I talked too much and ended up spending close to $100 a week on those stupid top upcards. I talk to Pill and Byron constantly so that wouldn't work for me now.

POOK said:

hands free device

Sweeny79 said:

oh no, you're one of those people who walk around talking into a wire and look all schizophrenic and stuff?

Is your bill normally that high??? 600.00 for a cell phone bill.. that is nuts!!! AND you paid it..

You crazy swee....

Whatta load of crap!! I'd be so pissed, I would be raising all kinds of hell if I were you. In fact, since they took it upon themselves to turn off your service WITHOUT CONTACTING YOU TO SEE IF YOU HAD REPORTED IT STOLEN, I would tell them to take a flying leap.

Go to another cell sevice provider, explain what happened, and see if they won't give you a competitive deal. There are just too many companies out there fighting for your dollar for any one of them to be treating you that way.

I understand that high deposit shtuff, tho... It's why I have a new number instead of paying a ridiculous deposit on my old one (and other reasons for letting that number fall by the wayside...)..

Dang nabbit, and I was lookin' forward to you returning out here, too...

And I thought my $115 phone bill many years ago was bad! Sheesh!

wow, you should query the whole roaming thing for sure.

but i hear you about the high phone bills - mine are regularly over £100 a month, which is crazy but it's good to talk, right?

CRAP!!!!! You must talk a lot?

I'd heard text messaging hadn't really taken off in the US. You're proof. That's one shit phone provider you're on.

Byron said:

Me too

maybe when I get my money back from my taxes

Marrk said:

Part of the reason it was so high is because I went over my text message limit too.

I'm such a

Sweeny79 said:

hehe i do that every month not to mention goin over my minutes....but sometimes 1200 during the day is not enough lol...even with free nights/weekends/and mobile to mobile lol

I work for a mobile (cell) phone airtime provider in UK and trust you do get screwed especially when it comes to billing. And when you get your bill it looks like it is written in some ancient script. Don't stand for no shit and get 'em to explain.

geez o man, if i have a cell phone to my ear longer than 15 min it feels like its burnin a hole in my head.

perhaps try sprint. i only pay 42bucks a month with them and no long distance fees.