We are being looted by the cellphone companies .... robbed ...

[Grammy23]

29. We got tired of the robbery from our cell phone provider....

so bought a Tracfone and have been happy ever since. My husband had a simple Nokia phone but dropped it and kind of scrambled its innards and it quit ringing. He could call out but never got a ring so didn't know when someone was calling HIM. Kind of a drawback, no? So he is using my old Tracfone and I got a new one. I even got a touch screen phone that does messaging, FB, etc. (not a Smart phone, however) and spent way less than $250 for the year and still had tons of minutes left when I had to get new air time. Got double minutes for life of phone, too. So I pay for 400 and get 800 minutes.

I understand now that Tracfone makes a Smart Phone if that's your thing. There are alternatives to paying through the nose for a phone that I use mainly for calling people and occasionally texting, checking FB or looking for a map/weather.

I just laugh at my relatives who live and die by their phones....never let it out of their sight!! And pay huge monthly fees for that privilege. Kind of feel sorry for them but then....not really. They VOLUNTEERED to be robbed.

BTW: At a Family Gathering last year we were having a fairly solomn time of family remembrance, sharing memories, etc. We had to insist that some of our family members please put their phones aside and not consult them while we were trying to be serious. IF we had not asked for that, they would have been using FB, email, texting, etc. throughout a time when we needed to be paying attention and PRESENT. Sometimes, I hate iPhones......guess that's makes me an old fogie but I don't care.