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It's like everyone is trying to rob you legally and some not so legally. They'll rob you of your left kidneys if they could.

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here, here

damn the man, save the empire

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Cell phone companies are horrible with all their hidden fees. A monthly plan that they advertise as $39.99 per month with an added line at $9.99 actually ends up costing about $65 per month once they're done with all the fees and taxes.

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72;260142]Cell phone companies are horrible with all their hidden fees. A monthly plan that they advertise as $39.99 per month with an added line at $9.99 actually ends up costing about $65 per month once they're done with all the fees and taxes.[/QUOTE]

Ever take a look at a home phone line? My cell isn't that bad with extra fees, but my home phone is horrible.
I happen to be paying my home phone bill right now, here are all the fees / taxes...seriously:
From the basic service:
1- Federal tax
2- state tax
3- city sales tax
4- Municipal franchise fee
5- county tax
6- telecommunications relay service
7- 911 fee implimentation
8- 911 fee maintenance
9- FCC USF charge
From the optional service:
10- Telecommunications relay service (again)
11- federal excise tax
12- state tax (again)
13- city sales tax (again)
14- county tax (again)
15- non published number (totally worth the $2.30 a month)
16- residence line
17- call forward fee
18- interstate subscriber line change
19- call block
20- caller id
21- call waiting
22- call return
Those were actually taken directly off my bill.
So even though I have no long distance on this line, what should cost me $25.18, actually costs me $40.13 a month. Horrible!

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Yeah land line service stinks too. I used to not have long distance and they charged me $5 extra for NOT having it. Scumbags.

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72;260285]Yeah land line service stinks too. I used to not have long distance and they charged me $5 extra for NOT having it. Scumbags.[/QUOTE]

That's amazing! I have considered getting rid of a land line anyway, I have a cell, and I have wireless internet...why have the land line?

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I'd love to dump my land line but the wife wants to keep it.

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72;260294]I'd love to dump my land line but the wife wants to keep it.[/QUOTE]

MINE TOO!
What is the reasoning behind your wife wanting to keep it?

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[quote=jsarno;260297]MINE TOO!
What is the reasoning behind your wife wanting to keep it?[/quote]

She hates talking on her cell phone, she says it drops calls too much.

Personally I don't talk enough on the phone to really care and I've never had major issues with dropped calls.

But hey, whatever keeps the little ladies happy, right?! LOL

:)

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[quote=Mattyk72;260301]She hates talking on her cell phone, she says it drops calls too much.

Personally I don't talk enough on the phone to really care and I've never had major issues with dropped calls.

But hey, whatever keeps the little ladies happy, right?! LOL

:)[/quote]you guys should switch to Cingular, the network with the fewest dropped calls!:oink:

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72;260301]She hates talking on her cell phone, she says it drops calls too much.

Personally I don't talk enough on the phone to really care and I've never had major issues with dropped calls.

But hey, whatever keeps the little ladies happy, right?! LOL

:)[/QUOTE]

Very true...I forgot she talks with her sister for 3-4 HOURS at a time...that would kill my minutes.


Gibbsisgod, we don't have cingular out here. I have sprint. I never have problems with sprint FYI.

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I had sprint once. They messed up my bill by almost 200 dollars once. When I called to complain they basically told me that I had to pay the entire amount and then dispute the bill. I didn't have the extra 200 dollars ( which I didn't owe anyway) so I only paid what my bill should have been. They cancelled my service and then tried to charge me the cancelation fee. I will never go back to sprint no matter what.

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[QUOTE=gibbsisgod;260318]I had sprint once. They messed up my bill by almost 200 dollars once. When I called to complain they basically told me that I had to pay the entire amount and then dispute the bill. I didn't have the extra 200 dollars ( which I didn't owe anyway) so I only paid what my bill should have been. They cancelled my service and then tried to charge me the cancelation fee. I will never go back to sprint no matter what.[/QUOTE]

If I had to go through that, I wouldn't either.
I had a horrible experience with Carnival cruise lines, doubled my bill and said it was my fault...took 6 months to fix. Never again with I travel with them. It's all Royal Caribbean for me.

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[quote=jsarno;260323]If I had to go through that, I wouldn't either.
I had a horrible experience with Carnival cruise lines, doubled my bill and said it was my fault...took 6 months to fix. Never again with I travel with them. It's all Royal Caribbean for me.[/quote]I am planning a cruise for the summer of 07 and Carnival is on my list of possibles. Was the cruise experience good or was the whole darn thing not worth the money?

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Seems like women are keeping land lines alive. I just don't get the need for them but then again I'd hate to deal with the [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp0HyxQv97Q&eurl="]mathematicians over at Verizon[/URL].

Oh and my bitch about Retention Representatives was about Vonage. They suck. I mean, they expect that you stop using your internet to talk on the phone. WTF?