what do you like contract or pay as you go

United States
August 8, 2008 6:56pm CST
I do like haveing a cellphone ,in case of emergency , but i have to admit i am gitting sick of contracts with these companys. because i had to git a new phone other one broke, and because there was no upgrades avaliable to me, and i can't use a broken phone , i had to git a new one. Well of course this exstends my contract . I really do wonder how some of these companys git away with all this stuff. I am seriously thinking of going with a pay as you go. These contracts to me suck more money out of you then what it's worth. what do all of you think. DO any of you have a pay as you go, do you like it. Give me your opinions.
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18 responses
• United States
9 Aug 08
I don't use a cellphone, but I refuse to ever have to use a contract! I will probably get a cheap pay-as-you-go phone soon, since I have a car and I don't want to be stranded. It would only cost about $10 a month if you use it occasionally, as a need or emergency thing. Those cell phone companies really rip you off though if you have a contract, most people don't really read the contracts, so they get ripped off beyond belief! I would never recommend those phones to anyone, just go with the cheaper alternative, they work just as well, and if someone tells you different- well just punch them in the face!
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• United States
9 Aug 08
lol, yeah i agree they really do rip you off, you know i never really saw it before , but latley it's like they are always trying a way to keep you in contract with them , and i am really gitting sick of it , you know what i think i will git a pay as you , considering i really dont use my cellphone that much , but it's nice to know it's there , if you cat breaks down or something. thanks for the advice.
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• United States
9 Aug 08
stick with pay as you go!!!
@GMWilll (84)
• United States
9 Aug 08
I'm with AT&T and am on a plan. Not being on a plan with phones, to me, is a pain. I have a lot of great features and and stuff on my phone, and I like the free nights and weekends. Plus, I never have to go out of my way to go to the store to constantly buy more minutes. The plans really arent that bad if you choose one that suits you.
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• United States
9 Aug 08
Thanks so much for you input i love your avatar pic by the way.
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
9 Aug 08
I don't have a cell phone and that is exactly why. I would never use it other than for emergencys and I've watched the hell my daughters have gone thru with these stupid contracts. One of my daughters had a cell contract with her boyfriend and she was of course the primary owner. He was a dirt bag and when they broke up, he began racking up huge charges on it and then not paying it. he was abusive and it was just another way for him to keep his connection to her. In order to break the contract she had to pay a ridiculous fee of nearly 300.00. It is just so wrong. I think i'm just going to get a track phone for emergencys. I would use it so little that it would not be worth even a monthly fee.
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@sid556 (30960)
• United States
14 Aug 08
and who let the foreign guy in?
• United States
9 Aug 08
i know it is crazy and they wont make any exception to there stupied rules . It's crazy I think everyone should switch to a pay as you go phone, so all these companys lose business and maybe then , they will cut out this stupied contract crap. If you want to cancel for financial reasons, or reasons like your daughter or you just don't want it anymore why should you have to pay these crazy fees like 300.00 dollers. It makes no sense to me. I know how it is to strugle with these companies , my husband needed a phone for work ,so he went with verizon wireless , and in no way did we want a 2 year contract , but that is what we they signed him up for, we refused to sign there contract , and canceled them they are trying to make us pay 600 dollers , i refuse to pay it. I already no they will report it to your credit, but they claim they have the right to charge this because it was a verbel agrement , bull crap i told them i never agreed to a 2 year contract and thaat is why i refused to sign there contract. these companies are crazy and i trully think with all my heart the ripp you off.
9 Aug 08
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@jalucia (1431)
• United States
9 Aug 08
Contracts are a bummer. I thought that I heard on the news that, maybe in California, they ruled that these contracts were illegal. I know a lot of people who are using the pay as you go phones now. And, it doesn't seem so bad. They can get unlimited nights and weekends, even daytime minutes. And, I don't hear a lot of complaints about customer service, etc. Many of the contract companies are now offering unlimited everything. I think that if I was to leave my current wireless provider, I would try a pay as you go, the kind that you buy a card for, not the kind that gets deducted from my bank account.
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@jalucia (1431)
• United States
10 Aug 08
Good for you! If enough people do away with these contracts, these companies will get the hint. I recently heard, word of mouth, that there were votes against eliminating the termination fee. Consumer action speaks louder than enything.
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• United States
9 Aug 08
you know what i think those contracts should be illegal. It takes away your rights if you ask me . Why should you be forced to stay with a company , they hold that if you cancel you will have to pay , 200.00 dollars per phone crap over your head. I feel if i want to leave i should be given that right. I mean to me it's no diffrent then a home phone and we have no contracts with those. I think i will switch to a pay as you go with the card , when my stupied contract is up. Because at least then i wnat have you'll have to pay 200 .00 dollers lingering over my head.
• United States
11 Aug 08
i agree with that, consumers actions speek loader then words if we all left then maybe they would git the picture. band together, lol i know that will never happen but i wish it would.
@kassdaw (591)
• United States
9 Aug 08
I don't "pay as you go" really. I have cricket, so I pay a flat rate at the beginning of a month and get unlimited everything. I like it because I don't have certain hours that I can call during to save me money or anything like that. I can call my parents in Texas or my sister down the street and my bill will never change. I think I pay $48.53 after taxes and everything. That is my bill now and it will still be the same in a year. I don't count minutes or worry about text messages. Greatest cellphone plan ever. Good Luck
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• United States
11 Aug 08
I have a contract with Sprint but if I had my way, I would pay as I go. I don't care for Sprint. I would go with someone like Revol or Govios. Govios is awesome...it's a green company. You don't need a contract..their phones get great reception. Check it out! You can only get one through an ASI rep....which I am....here's the info you need to check it out: 250 minute for 19.95, 450 minutes for 39.99, 600 minutes for 49.99, 1000 minutes for 74.99, 1350 minutes for 89.99!!! They are Motorola phones. Here is the phone number: 1-800-511-1699 give them my rep number: 249514
• United States
11 Aug 08
No contract at all!
• United States
11 Aug 08
wow thank you very much , and there is no contract with them. Because that is the thing i am trying to git away from. thanks.
@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
9 Aug 08
whenever i buy a phone, i like to pay it in cash. i don't like having contracts at all. i hate thinking about paying some more bills every month. i will just buy a phone when i know i have some money for it or if i have enough savings. if i can't afford it at the moment, i will stick to my old phone and if it's broken, i will try to survive without a mobile phone at all.
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
9 Aug 08
I have been with the same company since 1999. Sometimes I have a contract and sometimes I don't. I get a new phone every year for free. I get outstanding customer service and wouldn't switch for anything! I use T-Mobile. I know some people don't like it, but they have been very good to me. We have four phones with them and we all get new ones (our choice) every year. SoI always have a good supply, if one breaks, we have extra.
@gemini_rose (16264)
9 Aug 08
I have never had a contract with a mobile, ever. They are absolutely horrible to control, my hubby has one and he has to watch every call and text he makes to make sure that he does not go outside of his limits. My hubby recently had an upgrade and it extended his contract to 18 months and it would cost a fortune to get out of it early. With my pay as I go it is a lot cheaper and a lot better and I get loads of free texts for next to nothing as long as I top my phone up each month.
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@CharRay7 (1549)
• United States
9 Aug 08
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Hi my friend, I currently am on a contract with a family plan with my hubby and myself. I've had the same provider for the past 6 years. When we first had our cellphone, we had a pay as you go because we didn't have the credit references for a contract. We only use our phones to talk to each other or my son. I always have my cellphone with me when I leave the house for emergency purposes. I only text maybe 10 times a month so I don't use all the bells and whistles that came with the phone. It's hard to find a cellphone that you are just able to make calls and text with. Our contract comes up in March so I am seriously thinking about looking into pay as you go again. We hardly use 1/4 of the minutes that are given to us each month and there is no lower plan so we're stuck. [i]Happy MyLotting, Char[/i]
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• Omagh, Northern Ireland
9 Aug 08
I used a Virgin PAYG cellphone while visiting the US...it was very simple and easy to use! not expensive ,either...Mine was a basic phone,good for texts and calls..you just need to top it up every month.Nokia has gone back to basics with what I believe is the "1000" series of it's phones.greyscale LCD screens,no cameras or bells and whistles..some of them have a built in LED flashlight,but that's it for toys!
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• United States
9 Aug 08
that's what i am saying , i hardly use all my minutes either, and i am on a share plan with mu husband to . I call my husband on it sometimes , We hardly use all are minutes either. It's like where paying for minutes we don't even use and we also are on the losest plan.
@sk66rc (4250)
• United States
9 Aug 08
"Pay as you go" wouldn't really work for my situation... I use the phone way too much that pay as you go would kill me financially... I pay $116/month every month & just last month, I used about 2,700 minutes on my phone, & that's not counting all the free minutes, nights & weekends... It comes out to little more than 4 cents a minute... If I tried using 2,700 minutes on prepaid phone or pay as you go phones, I wouldn't last 2 month... Buddy of mine just got a job & he went to contract from using prepaid for 4 years... His monthly expese went up a bit but he started using his phone more too...
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@maxilimian (3099)
• Indonesia
9 Aug 08
For me i prefer to choose pay as you go, coz i don't like contract paying and all the rules, i don't like rules in contract, coz sometimes it limit me in things what i want to do, for example like you do :-D
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• United States
9 Aug 08
thats what i think , you know like i could help my phone broke and i need a new one why should that extend my contract. It's really not fare some of there gooffy rules. I think cell phones should be like house phones , there is no contract with house phones, you could always switch to a better deal. It should be the same for cell phones. It just feels like there trying to suck the money out of your pockets.
• United States
9 Aug 08
I have a pre-pay phone and I really like it. This one is tracfone motorola . Too many times the contract phones only offer good deals to new customers and never offers any deals to existing companies. I hate that. When I switched Companies, I found I had a wider range of service, better quality, could get double minutes, didn't have a monthly charge either. You buy minutes and when you do, your service is automatically extended for up to a year if you want. Combine that with skype to call any land phone or cell phone for calls at home and you can save a ton of money on cell phone usage.
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@manunulat (604)
• Philippines
9 Aug 08
In my country, there's a prepaid service both cellphone and landlines. Both are cheap and efficient... you can really take control or budget your calls. However, there's an expiry period on the prepaid service so that's the down side of it. In terms of contract, the post paid service... there are different terms on that. It's also cheap and you can get to enroll 2-3 phones so I guess breaking one will have a spare but you will have to quarrel if you gave one of the phones to your kid. Re-evaluate the contract terms according to your needs. Maybe you can also review some telecoms provider on which has more durable units.
@roanne05 (1290)
• Oman
11 Aug 08
i am in a contract and i don't have any problem...maybe it depends...might as well find other cellphone operator!
@lanlan011 (701)
• United States
9 Aug 08
pay as you go are a bad choice if u talk on the phone alot. i had 2 of them in my past experiences and my friends always teased me because i couldnt talk on the phone for long. there are some smaller local cellphone companies it differs from city to city that dont require contracts. getting insurance is only a few bucks(depends on the phone company) that covers broken phones and pay for a new one.
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• United States
9 Aug 08
Well, i like contracts a lot better becuse if you get everything you paid on a pay-as-you-go in the entire year, annd then if you put it side-to-side with a contract....a LOT better!
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9 Aug 08
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