Lower Your Cell Phone Bill

[pennypinch]

Most people pay something like $300 more than they need to each year for their cell phone service. Basically most people pay for things that they don't use and don't need.

Most cell phone service providers have unlimited text messaging for families for $30.00 a month. They charge $20 for just one person.

Most people don't even use all of their minutes that they pay for each moneth. You can ask your cell phone company for a usage summary for the past twelve months. You can take a lookback and see if you can get by with a cheaper plan.

Also typically people pay for insurance for their phone. That can cost $5 per month. By the time you pay that every month you could just buy anew phone if needed.

Don't be afraid to call your service company up and say that you are switching to a new company. Odds are they will offer you a great deal just to keep you.

[dimetime]

I know that people pay out way to much when it comes to cell phones. Personally I think that some of these people are just loopy.

I have a tracfone and that suites my just fine. This is a phone that you really are in control off. I spend about $20.00 every three months on this phone to add minutes to it. That is only around $80.00 per year for this phone.

Granted then again I don't use it a whole lot, but still it is there when I do need it. It is a huge savings for me and the phone does all that I need it to do. It is even a camera phone and the phone that I purchased is one that has double minutes for the life of the phone. So if I buy a 60 minute card, I get a total of 120 on my phone.

Needless to say I always have plenty of time on my phone even if I want to use it just to call some one for the hell of it.

To me these phones are a whole lot better than getting yourself into a contract on a phone that you later realize isn't what you were wanting and of course paying out high prices for the use of it.

[BSClay]

Sadly, we pay like $270 a month on our family plan of cellphones

[Rae74]

Cell phones are very expensive now days. I just recently switched my plan, i was with verizon and had 5 people on my plan and had to open a whole other plan for the 6th person because they said I was only allowed to have 5 on one plan. I was paying about 500 dollars a month. Now I have a phone that I pay 45 dollars for a month and have unlimited everything. It's way cheaper, and I got to keep my same number which is a good thing because it was my business phone and thats how i get all my work.

[moneysense]

Another saving on cell phones is for senior citizens. Through the AARP, you can get a cell phone with plans starting at $10.

Some of their free optional features are caller id, voice mail, call waiting, call forwarding, conference calling.

So if your mom and dad are seniors, join the AARP for great savings in a lot of areas.

[beaston]

There are a couple of cell companies that I know of that offer unlimited everything for $40-$50 a month. I can't personally say how good the service is, but one is Boost mobile, the other is Cricket. They're also pay as you go, so there's no contracts with those dreaded early termination fees and so forth

[ClassyLady]

I am like you Bs Mine is way to high for a family plan. I think I am going to call them and see what else they have to off, or I will switch companies. I am just so tired of all these dang bills.