Unexpected Charges or, A Day in My Life
Here’s a fun story for you:
Our happy heroine buys a Blackberry cell phone (or her company buys her one—awesome!), not because she wants to have Internet everywhere but because she likes having a personal organizer with her phone. She learns her phone has wireless. She starts using it.
First, she gets a signal in a downtown area known for its city-wide Wi-Fi. She thinks, Cool! Then, she gets a signal when she’s lost, in the midst of a weird, rural area. Miracle! Then, always curious to see where these hot spots must be, she gets signal at the grocery store, driving down the street, by the mall, on the highway, at her office.
Suddenly, it hits her: There’s no way these are all free Wi-Fi connections. Is she being charged?
Two phone calls, 30 minutes and a lot of frustration later, she has spent $30 more than she planned but, Hallelujah, saved $800 she had rung up in pay-per-use charges.
Yeah. This is my life.
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3 Responses to “Unexpected Charges or, A Day in My Life”
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Sorry to hear. You should call up and complain to your service provider that they weren’t clear on the charges and ask for a rebate.
Craig
http://www.budgetpulse.com
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