Guess what!!! I need your opinion real quick!

[Whorehay]

Well I am going to be working around 30 hours a week at 9 bucks and hour so around 600 in a check then after taxes like 545 I guess. I was going to get 1500 a month for 15 bucks and the basic 70 a month so there is 85 right there! I didn't know there was a 30 dollar data plan! So 115 a month! A little unsure, i'll talk it over with my parents!

Don't do it.

40 (450 minutes)+30 (data)+15 (1500 msgs)= $85+taxes.. for the cheapest plan with 1500 texts.

If you absolutely need an iPhone at your age and salary, I would consider getting a 1st generation iPhone (upgrading the firmware to 2.0) and paying $40+$20+$10= $70+taxes a month and getting a used one off these boards for around $300. You'll save the ~85 buck difference (after taxes) in 6 months.

 

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Yes i'll be making much more then 400 for my job! Trust me, I mean I already have my car insurance for the next 2 years saved and my dad half the time fills up my car when we go to drag races that are over 200 miles away. So I think i'll be fine imo. If I come up short(Doubt it) they said they'll pitch in some money but I don't think that will happen.

Also, you might be required to put down some deposit, (something like $500) to open up an account if you have no/not enough credit history.
Good luck with whatever you decide

 

[APPLEFAN8]

Also, you might be required to put down some deposit, (something like $500) to open up an account if you have no/not enough credit history.
Good luck with whatever you decide

I never knew that thanks for the info.

 

[APPLEFAN8]

Don't do it.

40 (450 minutes)+30 (data)+15 (1500 msgs)= $85+taxes.. for the cheapest plan with 1500 texts.

If you absolutely need an iPhone at your age and salary, I would consider getting a 1st generation iPhone (upgrading the firmware to 2.0) and paying $40+$20+$10= $70+taxes a month and getting a used one off these boards for around $300. You'll save the ~85 buck difference (after taxes) in 6 months.

So where did someone come up with 115? 85 a month isn't bad in my opinion! I guess only time will tell!

 

[kellen]

Sounds like alot, but if you can keep it down to the smaller plan it should be fine.

Also when you get your .edu email address, sign up with at&t premier, it will save you at least 15% on your phone bill.

Also you may be able to get the cheaper text plan of 1500 texts for 8.99 added on.

Sounds doable, but just don't go over your minutes or texts. Maybe have your parents pay 1/2 of your bill as a way to keep you in close contact while you are away.

Good luck at college. Just don't get a credit card, saw too many of my friends get in a bind with them during college and are finally getting them paid off.

 

[gcmexico]

Re-evaluate your life? I made more than $400 bucks a month when I was 16...

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I was about to say the same thing!!! LOL

 

[tweaks]

OT but nice pics on the link you've got on our sig.

If you want an iPhone get an iPhone.

You wont be happy unless you do. Much better than trying to "settle" for something that you really dont want.

 

[APPLEFAN8]

OT but nice pics on the link you've got on our sig.

If you want an iPhone get an iPhone.

You wont be happy unless you do. Much better than trying to "settle" for something that you really dont want.

Thanks that was with my grandma's Kodak camera. I just bought a 10.1MP online with 18x optical zoom and takes 13 pictures per second! I have a race coming up and at night the flames shoot out of the side pipes because of the stages of nitrous and thats what i'm going to be getting pictures of! Like this picture, it will be like this car at night for the nitrous cars in a racing organization called ADRL.

 

[APPLEFAN8]

Thanks for the advice everyone!

 

[mac jones]

Live like a pauper, put every dime you can into savings/investment/retirement, go to college, get a good job, go to graduate school. When the cost of something like an iPhone becomes trivial to you, then you should buy it.

Work hard, be prudent, retire early.

You asked for opinions

Probably good advice.

It's funny as anyone who has lived through hard times tends to think and live that way.

Americans spend like drunken sailors

it's not good for the long term health.

then again WTF