FREAKING OUT, AM I? I AM

February 25th, 2011

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FREAKING OUT, AM I? I AM

I feel like I just got punched in my face.

I opened my phone bill, and got hit HARD, $917 hard. As in shit. As in I heard Canada was the most expensive country in the world to own a cell phone, but what the hell, you guys. Apparently this is what happens when you decide to switch from a blackberry to iPhone, and go to the states and your phone ”roams.”

@%*$

Hopefully one day, when I’m rich and awesome, I’ll look back and be all like, “Oh, that silly bill? Lol. I thought that bill was the end of the world at the time,” because right now, it seriously is.

Weekend.
Life.
Budget.
RUINED.

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foronemoreinch said: I told you not to say evil things about Blackberries…
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itskayp said: Oh my gosh! My friend has an iPhone and his (and his wife’s) phone bill is usually around $300.
alittlebitfit said: Don’t let yourself worry about it to much - pretty much EVERYBODY gets one high phone bill. It’s done - just write it off as a learning experience and try to pay it off and forget about it. Trust me - you are not alone!
aimingforpretty said: Oh my goodness. I’m glad you sorted something out with the phone company (RE: your later post).
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robownslife said: W.O.W.!!! Well, you can work on being rich, that’s cool. But, I hate to be the one to break this to you, YOU’RE ALREADY AWESOME! Just sayin! :)
karlaakins said: Oh no. That’s terrible. Could it be a mistake?
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chrystidoeslife said: We learned when we live in the Great White North that it’s FAR cheaper to buy a prepaid disposable phone as soon as you get on this side of the border. Then just refill minutes next time you cone back…
stephintolife said: Call them and see if they can give you a different data plan and take some of the $$ off.
doevie said: Seriously, go to your phone company and complain! I’ve known lots of people who have been slammed with a bill like that and the charges have been reversed. (I’m from Alberta, too. So it works, locally.)
sprinklesomejoy said: you can fight the charges if you didn’t know you were roaming. I would call and see if you can talk them down.
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lifecares said: Holy bleep! That sucks.
saraplainandtall said: They should be able to backdate a roaming plan for less than $5 a day. They did that for us when we went to CA for New Years. Just bitch to the phone company!
smashley said: f. I am SO worried about this happening to me when my next phone bill comes in. Seriously though, if you have an account in good standing, they should knock about half of that off.
janinedoeslife said: Oh E - that sucks! That happened to me once when I had a few too many long distance chats with a Canadian friend.
stephgetsstrong said: OMG
runsweetrun said: Holy crap! That’s ridiculous. I thought my $25 four minute phone call to Australia was bad.
kevdoeslife liked this
augustus-gloop said: Roaming fees suck ! I heard horror stories and turned my data off when I went to Florida last year… Blackberries are good for that option but with iPhones I think the whole device must be off.
losingweightinthecity said: hoooooly shit. hope you can talk them out of some of it.
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smallersarah said: You can probably argue that. My mom argues with the cell phone company all the time and usually wins because they want your business so badly.
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katiepiemiscellany said: It was REAL????? Holy fuck.
mylifetheultimaterollercoaster said: Man that sucks. That is why I hate iphones/at&t/and roaming charges.
nb808 said: You can suspend your iPhone for the time you are in the US or add on a special plan for roaming to the US but in general, I just turned it off and got a TracFone at walmart - best prepaid shitty phones for when in USA! Xo
muchlovekris liked this
mlleh said: I’m echoing everyone else: call the company. They may not reduce all of it, but usually they’ll fix something. It’s just bad business if they don’t. Until you call, you’re just another faceless customer. Actual humans tend to help out.
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mwong said: The $168 should’ve been the upgrade for your phone. I’ve had a phonebill for $1100 so I feel your pain.
dailybaxter said: daaaaamn!
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dearlife86 said: Holy Balls!!! I had my bill reach $600 b4 but it was t mobiles fault i’d cry if that was my actual bill.
viajholla said: call the company and upgrade to higher data plan/text message limit/whatever. They’re obviously overages and they’ll reduce it if you upgrade, especially if you plan on using it that much in the future. I got at $400 one and almost died.
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therevickigoesagain said: holy shit!! that is crazy! WTF! i am so sorry that you got hit with such a high phone bill…do you know what it was that made it that high?
45pounds said: oh yeah you should have turned off data roaming!
94monkeys said: Roaming is a B. I think it might be worth calling them and seeing if they can credit any of it back though. I know, it sucks! but you will be more careful and learn.
beginliving said: What the hell? I know Canada’s different, but how can you even spend that much on phone calls?? Maybe try switching to pay as you go….
sasstacular said: Call them and try and get them to reduce it.
notjusthealthy said: Holy crap! How is that even possible?! What are they charging you for??
regainingmymoxy said: WTF?!?? Is that for the year? Please don’t say it is for one month. For the love of god that’s scary!!
countdowntooz said: Woah. Was it the data?
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