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cell phone shenanigans

 A few months ago i decided i was tired of paying so much money for my cell phone service.  

I have had them all.  Verizon (horrifyingly expensive and confusing) T-mobile (I do not know how i paid them every month and still owed them money to THIS DAY) and finally, an improvement, Comcast cable.  

I went to comcast because i have them for wifi and if you have service with them you can add a phone line for $30ish a month.  And i was fine with this for a long time until I realized how damn expensive my internet is, and that it kept getting more expensive for less service and I had no other choice.  Fiber optic is still not available in my complex and if i'm going to pay a lot of money thats what i want.  One day i had a piss fit and decided i wasn't paying comcast any more money than i literally have to so i cancelled the phone line.  I don't have cable, haven't had cable in years.  

This left me with no cell phone plan.  I had done some research and found that Mint looked good for my purposes so i signed up with them, using my paid off cell phone (important) and ordered 3 months of service.  This is a prepaid plan.  3 months is the lowest amount you can get.  

I found literally no difference in how my phone worked.  I went to PA, no issues.  So i decided to sign on for a full year when i got the "your 3 months is almost up" notice. I paid $360 for a years service.  Unlimited everything.  Think about that.

This morning my cell phone, which has been paid off for a few years and i have been limping it's cracked screen and beat up body along for sheer spite.....died.  The green screen appeared and no amount of youtube videos or free IT advise from work is going to save it.  

I'm freaking out a little without my lifeline.  Frankly.

I mean.  What am i going to do tonight and tomorrow while i wait for my new cell phone to be delivered?

Heartily Laughing My Silly Ass OFF

So this year i'm paying $360 plus $600 which i paid outright for an unlocked phone.....coming to a grand total of $960 for a year.

Some people pay more than that for the damn phone.

Am i cheap?  Or am i sick to fuck of consumerism?  Either way, I will still have a phone with unlimited service that takes great pictures and gives me unlimited access to data.

So. There. 

Also, I'm broke.  BUT I have 3 cards payed off and the balance is going down on the others, slowly.  Will be quicker now that the 3 have been paid off.  I'm living lean.  VERY lean, as in by the skin of my teeth lean but i'm doing it.  I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.  Debt free is the goal.  

I'm going to reach it by the end of this year if it kills me. 


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