Can you text me?
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
United States
November 14, 2018 1:35pm CST
I owe $2.00 more on my cellphone bill. I'm about to pay it now. Technically, what I owe is towards the insurance on the phone, which I plan to get rid of. My phone bill is $36.00 a month, $6.00 of which goes towards insurance on the phone. I don't really feel I need to pay that anymore as I am very careful with my phone.
One thing that annoys me is this : Here lately MetroPCS's app only seems to work when it's time to pay the bill. Every other time I've tried to get on there it has messed up.
I guess I'll have to call to get them to remove the insurance.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
14 Nov 18
We haven't owned or used one of those in years! I'd say atleast 15!
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@Plethos (13581)
• United States
14 Nov 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum - about the same here, around 13 years.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
15 Nov 18
@Plethos I have an aunt who still has hers, though I am not sure if they actually use the line much.
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@inertia4 (27960)
• United States
14 Nov 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum Well, call them on the phone. Tell them the issue you are having with the app. Otherwise, just delete the app and reinstall it.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
15 Nov 18
@inertia4 I hadn't thought of deleting the app and reinstalling it. It was a pre-installed app. I don't know, I'll call them first. I forgot my pin anyway so I'll have to call them.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
14 Nov 18
I considered that, but it only goes faulty when it's not time to pay the bill. That is the only complaint I've had, and so I don't actually think it's faultiness has to do with it being Metro by T-Mobile now.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
15 Nov 18
Our cellphones are our only line of communication in the house. We got rid of the landline several years ago after the company tried to scam us. Of course, we weren't using it for very much anyway, just the occasional long distance call, which we can now do on our cellphones.
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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15 Nov 18
Our phones are covered by our house insurance.
Incidentally, in response to another comment, we still have a landline, and I still use it occasionally. I prefer to give my home number out to official folk like the GP, Hospital, the vets, the Avon Lady, work ... you get the idea! My mobile is very precious and only those I trust get its number.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
15 Nov 18
I'm a bit gobsmacked, how is the phone (I'm assuming cellular?) covered by the home insurance?
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
15 Nov 18
@Poppylicious I wouldn't know anything about homeowner's insurance here anyway, I"m not the HOH here, but of course we don't have homeowner's insurance right now anyway.
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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15 Nov 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum Because it is? It covers both contents and building and also items under a certain amount are covered outside the home. I was going to ask if house insurance can't include the same thing there, but then I remembered that American folk don't even have to have car insurance, which is a legal requirement, heavily enforced here.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
15 Nov 18
It's just accidental drop / damage insurance for the phone.
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@MorrisS (125)
• Rayne, Louisiana
14 Nov 18
that used to happen to me to. I loved the coverage that metro pcs had compared to my old phone but if you wanted to pay ahead of time things didn't work..
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
14 Nov 18
I'm glad I'm not the only one that's experienced this. I've never had to call MetroPCS but I guess I will this time. I want to save that $6.00 a month.
I just hope what I pay won't go up since Metro is now owned by T-Mobile.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
15 Nov 18
@MorrisS I'd still recommend the company. I switched to Metro a few years ago after I couldn't get a new phone with Verizon without trouble. I was using verizon prepaid and they wouldn't let me get a new phone without getting a new line.
@MorrisS (125)
• Rayne, Louisiana
14 Nov 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum since I don't have a phone now I was thinking about going back to them
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
15 Nov 18
The data is apped after awhile, but everything else is unlimited. I use mostly wifi so it doesn't matter about the data.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
15 Nov 18
My thoughts exactly. It will save me $6.00 off my bill.
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