my dad pays for our family phone bill and it usually ranges $400-$700 depending on usage. That's a **** load of money to be paying AT&T so I'm wondering if I preorder from Apple to have my phone shipped to my work, then activate it myself, when are we charged the $18? And can I make a claim to get that waived based on our huge monthly bill?
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When are we charged the $18 and can I get it waived because...
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The fee is added to the phone bill. Therefore, you will not pay it until your next bill needs to be paid.
I am not sure that you can get it waived, but you can try. That fee is their money maker since there is no point to it.
We have 4 iPhones and 1 regular on our family plan. I think 3000 minutes, unlimited messaging, and there were 4 $30 data plans but I just switched them online to the $15 ones because the 4 of us barely go over 200mb, if ever at all. My dad was out of the country for a few weeks so he must have gotten it run up much higher than normal.
If I were you, I would have waited to switch the data plans until after the new iPhone came out.
Buy it in-store, and when they mention the fee, just say "Wow, that's a lot, never mind." and start to walk out.
If I were you, I would have waited to switch the data plans until after the new iPhone came out.
I thought about it, but I'm the only one getting the new phone and I usually use an average of like 60mb of data since I'm almost always on wifi. Why do you think it will use much more data on it?
I think the fee is for pushing up your eligibility rate. I think of it as AT&T's "convenience" fee... If you're one of the folks whose contract won't end when you buy the iPhone (but will end sometime in 2010) you'll get the fee.
I have been upgrade eligible since 4/22/10 and I still have to pay the fee, so I don't think that is the reason but I wish it was.
I know! Can't you just get unlimited EVERYTHING (calling, texting, previously data, roaming, whatever else you can come up with) for 5 lines for less than $700 a month? Your dad seems like the kinda person who will spend ridiculous amounts of money just so he doesn't have to optimize the plan to save hundreds a month lol (I always envy those kind of people...).
The fee has always been there,even when the iPhone was not around. It is just a feee that they charge. Just like you sign up, they charge you a $36 activation fee. Since you are not new, they can not charge you that same fee, so they cut it in half.
My husband and I are on a family plan with our contract ending soon. There is no discount on the account, and I can get the fee waived, but not him. However, the fee waived on the website does not pertain to the iPhone.
The bill is generally around $400 I think, not $700. I think (hope) that was just the one time thing from being out of the country. And yes we have weekend and rollover minutes.
Maybe the actual bill wasn't $700 actually but we currently owe $700? Does that make sense?
That makes sense...but since I am really honestly curious, can you tell me how in hell you manage to spend $400 a month on 5 lines??
3 additional lines-$30
family unlimited texting-$30
4 data plans-$60
3000 nation+canada minutes-$170
That's all I can think of, for $290. What did I miss that adds up to $110? Maybe $40 for taxes and such...
I'd say taxes and the former data plans at $30 a month. I just switched it the other day to the $15 one.