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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 2:13 pm
Sometimes, kids have to experience stuff on their own so they can learn how to deal with it, on their own. You can guide them after the fact, and teach them before, but you cannot fight their battles for them or even get involved as tempting as it is. This is kid's stuff, and he needs to learn how to play, get hurt, stand up to bullies, care for others, learn from his mistakes, face his own consequences so he will know what to do when it becomes Adult Stuff. OTHERWISE, you will have a 45 year old 12 year old still living in your spare room.. BTW, good for you for not saying anything to bully/mean kid. Ryan will have to deal with those kinds of people for the rest of his life, as we all do.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 2:33 pm
Just a little gripe. I've told my husband to QUIT texting me until I find out how many we have left for the month. [Which leads to another gripe. *L*] Yet he won't. So I get online and try to get the password cuz the one he says it is doesn't work. They want a pin number or me to answer a secret question. On all of our accounts the first of anything means the first WE had together. Wants to know our first car. Focus. Doesn't work. focus. Doesn't work. FOCUS. Doesn't work. So I call him. ?The Focus wasn't my first car I had a Nova so that's what I used." [WHICH BTW does NOT work no matter how I capitalize it!] aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh just quit texting me hubby PLEASE!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 2:34 pm
OMG, do you have sprint? I had the same issues, finally had to do an online chat with them (their customer service hung up on me 2 times, by "accident")
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 2:43 pm
Yes Sprint. [insert spitting gif here] With my hubby traveling all over the US Sprint was the best/cheapest for nationwide coverage. Unfortunately their "extras" are alot more "extra" money. 2nd gripe is at me cuz I've waited long enough to decide ok so maybe we need to go unlimited. Sprint has changed their plans and our bill would go up $40 instead of $20. We'd have a 1000 more anytime minutes, but we MAYBE use 100 anytime minutes a month. We get our money's worth on the cell to cell. Dang hubby he just texted me and said "well Try AMC wagon." SRINT customer service isn't bad as long as you call the retention center. Sorry to say but at least you get somebody that understands you and you can understand them. NEVER had a problem with them.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 2:47 pm
Don't they have unlimited texting?
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 3:05 pm
Yes but they just changed their plans and we'd have to pay $99.00. Our bill right now for 550 anytime minutes, and 300 texts each phone is $56.47 [I just wrote the check out like 10 minutes ago.] The extra $40+ just isn't in the budget right at the moment.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 3:12 pm
Well, if they changed their plans and you have not signed a new contract, then they broke their contract with you, and you can look for another provider without having to pay a penalty :D
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 3:32 pm
I think we have another 8 or 9 months left, but it won't matter unless some of the other carriers change their nationwide plans or hubby changes jobs. Verizon & AT&T can't touch Sprint's coverage/price. Unlimited texting is something we can live w/o, just with all his traveling the past month, and gone again this week, we've used alot.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 3:39 pm
But if htey break their contract with you, which they have, you can leave early without a penalty. I understand about the coverage/price. We actually have nextel and i love the direct connect.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 3:55 pm
No they haven't broken OUR contract. Just changed the plans you can choose from if you want something different. As long as we stick with them we can keep our plan, even when we use the $150 to get new phones. [Which they've changed THAT too. Used to be after 18 months, now it's after 22 months I think. BLECH. I want a new phone!]
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 3:58 pm
I was told that if they change your contract terms/plan terms in any way, you can cancel early, without paying a penalty, as the terms of the original contract have changed. I could be 100% wrong on that.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 4:10 pm
You are right, but changing the other plans you can choose is not changing your plan/contract. The $99 plan is actually a much better value for the $$ than what we were going to upgrade to in order to get unlimited texting. Just too much strain on the budget at the moment. I've never used the direct connect but it annoys me at WalMart or at a restaurant. The birth vessel wants us to switch to Nextel direct connect. Yep just what we need, others hearing her him out, and her listening in on our conversations with the bonus kids. Ain't gonna happen! She should be happy that Sprint and Nextel phones can talk for free. Not tho cuz it's something she CAN'T gripe about now. *L*
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 4:14 pm
ROFLMAO....I can understand that. I always ask DH "Are you by yourself?" Before I go into anything private or important.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 7:08 pm
Serate, Check this out. You can get have your contract bought out, get new phones at a great price, use the Sprint service, have 550 min at 59.99 and unlimited texting for 9.99. PLUS profits go to support worthy causes. http://www.credomobile.com/default.aspx
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 7:55 pm
quote:good for you for not saying anything to bully/mean kid. Ryan will have to deal with those kinds of people for the rest of his life, as we all do.
not if his Mommy kills them all.

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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 8:44 pm
Or hires someone. 
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, October 20, 2008 - 10:03 pm
Thanks Babyruth I appreciate your trying to help. But there are still roaming charges with Credo and there isn't with Sprint. My husband does way too much traveling, and in out of the way places sometimes - like this week - that we can't afford any roaming charges. Plus they only pay up to $200 to buy out, ours is $200 each phone. That and I'm not hip on a couple of the "causes" and don't like the fact that next year their might be causes that not only am I not hip on, I might be totally against. There's alot of good causes on there, but basically it's too political for me.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 7:05 am
Okee Dokee Serate- 
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 7:51 am
Carriers still charge roaming? Wow, seems like forever ago that I saw roaming charges on a bill (and forever ago was when I was with AT&T).
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 9:25 am
I have 5 phones on our Verizon plan with 1400 minutes and unlimited texting on all but 2 of the phones for $160/month. Why can't I give up my land line? I have had the same number for 25yrs but we really don't use it anymore. I call it my survey phone.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 11:18 am
Carriers still charge roaming? According to Credo's website they do. Denecee only reason we won't give up our land line and go with more minutes is DSL. It's only $21 with the phone which is $20. If we just went with DSL it's be $60. So we added unlimited long distance on our land line for $20 and it works out great. Cept for the damn text messages. *L*
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 2:05 pm
I don't give up my land line because when we have had earthquakes or power failures the land line works when cell phones won't and the internet is down.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 7:16 pm
Serate, if you are at home when dh is sending the text messages, and you have a computer you check a lot, why don't you have him send the text messages to your computer instead of your phone? That way you cut down on the text messages by half.
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Christy358
Member
07-10-2007
| Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 11:44 pm
Ok, so I am on my way home from work. I pull up to a light....about 8 cars in front of me, but due to road construction, even when the light is green, it takes forever to move. Just then----BAMM----- car hits me from behind. We both pull over, ask if we are ok. I make him call police. As we wait, we chat. He hints that he can pay for repairs...but that insurance will not deal. That his job is on the line if they find out. Police come. I fill out forms, he fills out forms. Seems he has no insurance, no registration, no licence. He goes away in handcuffs and I feel bad. Tonight I am not sure how my insurance works...I might have to pay $500 deductible. I am worried and I have a head ache.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 11:47 pm
You did the right thing Christy. HE is at fault for being arrested. If he doesn't have the money for insurance or license or registratin, then he shouldn't be driving. Simple as that. Heck it might not even be HIS car. He might have "borrowed" it. Yes you will probably have to pay the deductible. Depending on your state you can go after him in small claims court for the deductible, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
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