| "body"> | | | | On top of that you have to consider things like |
| It happens way more then you’d think. | | | | text messages and data downloads. Upon signing |
| Some folks are walking through the mall and | | | | a contract it’s easy to overlook these |
| happen into a mobile phone outlet and buy a new | | | | things or right them off as a waste of money on |
| cell phone. All too often they won’t get a | | | | an otherwise great cell phone deal; but if the user |
| good cell phone deal because they are more | | | | ends up accessing those features it will come with |
| concerned about the screen, the color or the | | | | one big smack of hindsight. What tends to happen |
| games then the actual terms of use. Ending up | | | | with a lot of customers is that they send a text |
| with a bad cell phone deal could wind up costing a | | | | message here and there as an alternative to |
| monthly fortune for years to come. If the | | | | wasting daytime minutes, figuring a short note will |
| contract doesn’t suit the needs by being | | | | be cheaper then a three minute call. Once done |
| just too much, or too little, then there will be | | | | five or six times it really adds up on the bill. Many |
| great problems. | | | | companies report on customers signing up for |
| Perhaps the most costly cell phone mistake is | | | | what looks like a great cell phone deal and end up |
| getting a contract that is far less then actually | | | | paying upwards of three hundred dollars a month. |
| needed. While it seems like a good idea at the | | | | The opposite can happen as well. A cell phone deal |
| time, it hurts in the long run. People sign these | | | | is decided too soon and the user ends up with a |
| deals much to hastily because what usually comes | | | | plan costing way more then necessary. Paying for |
| with a contract is a good cell phone deal, if not a | | | | a thousand daytime minutes may seem smart at |
| free phone all together. So when only thinking | | | | first and even safe. If the phone is barely used |
| about it quickly, shoppers tend to shy away from | | | | though, those are just wasted minutes. It’s |
| the big numbers; the result is choosing a twenty | | | | the cell phone equivalent of buying a movie ticket |
| dollar monthly plan over the forty or fifty dollar | | | | but not watching the show. Often, not planning |
| plan. At a glance that obviously seems like the | | | | ahead before taking advantage of a cell phone |
| right move. | | | | deal locks a person into a contract that is totally |
| Then what happens is that person uses the | | | | impractical and they end up spending fifty bucks a |
| phone more then expected. Maybe the deal they | | | | month when they could get by on thirty or less. |
| signed came with too few daytime minutes or it | | | | Before signing that contract make sure to |
| could be that they just use the phone a lot on | | | | consider these frequent problems. Work out what |
| weekends and didn’t get the unlimited | | | | kind of cell phone user you’ll be as well as |
| package. Extra minutes alone cost a lot of money | | | | how many perks you can afford. Remember that |
| for cell phones and that money can add up fast. | | | | cell phone deals are not always a deal. |