I think we got screwed

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Last Thanksgiving, my mom and I went to an AT&T store to upgrade our phones. My mom told the guy that she wanted the best deal for our family plan; that is one with the lowest monthly payment. Instead of just an upgrade, I think the guy actually had us sign up for a new service. He gave us iPhone 14s and didn’t even offer the later models. He had my mom sign up for AARP to get $10 off the bill. He also said that if my mom signs up for automatic debit for monthly payments she will save as well, so that’s what she did. He also told us that we should get a third line to save even more money. We don’t really have to use it. That is what we ended up doing. However, now that I think about it, how the hell are we saving money when we have to pay for the third line? Oh, and he signed us for AT&T next (or something like that) which allows for an early upgrade. Of course, that’s a monthly fee and it’s per line. We don’t need that. And instead of saving us money we are throwing it away. Thankfully, I noticed that after only a few months of the new service and was able to get rid of that by chatting with support online, which lowered the bill. It is now around $208. Before that it was around $221, though first bill was $247. My mom is thinking of getting rid of the third line but there is a problem. For whatever reason the guy put the installments for my mom’s new phone under the third line and not under hers. I don’t think we can get rid of that line if the monthly installments for the phone are on it.