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SMS/Text bomb website?

So I came across this website and I was considering using it to mess with friends and maybe a few d-bags, but I was wondering if it could be considered harassment legally? Or could it even be traced to my IP? In the rules it mentions no threats and I wasn't planning on it, but it would be fun to annoy some people.
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I would advise against it for numerous reasons. Most isp's backlog dhcp records for 180 days. While it would be fun to mess with your friends their retaliation would be swift! Best wishes.
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I say go for it, but choose your victims wisely and keep it light-hearted.
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natebriggs said:
So I came across this website and I was considering using it to mess with friends and maybe a few d-bags, but I was wondering if it could be considered harassment legally? Or could it even be traced to my IP? In the rules it mentions no threats and I wasn't planning on it, but it would be fun to annoy some people.
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It is legal, however, if you take it too far it could be construed as harassment. My advice, keep it light hearted and chose your victims wisely. I used a bomb app on my phone with a couple friends before, its funny but it could get out of hand.
EDIT: I thought of something after I posted, I wonder if you could be held financially responsible if the person receiving didn't have unlimited texts (if such a person even exists anymore). Be careful is my advice.

booyakasha said:
EDIT: I thought of something after I posted, I wonder if you could be held financially responsible if the person receiving didn't have unlimited texts (if such a person even exists anymore). Be careful is my advice.
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Why would the recipient need to have unlimited texts?
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The recipient is going to get bombarded with texts so I would hope they have unlimited messages.
I would be careful doing something like this.
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Haha, I didn't even think of that. Can you imagine if you sent like 300 texts to someone with pay-per-use? That would be at least $30-$60 every time you did that. That's a really good point.

Woah. I would hate this website if someone used it on me.

Ok so what if I am not on a contract and I have no more credit and someone sent all these texts? What would happen?
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booyakasha said:
It is legal, however, if you take it too far it could be construed as harassment. My advice, keep it light hearted and chose your victims wisely. I used a bomb app on my phone with a couple friends before, its funny but it could get out of hand.
EDIT: I thought of something after I posted, I wonder if you could be held financially responsible if the person receiving didn't have unlimited texts (if such a person even exists anymore). Be careful is my advice.
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AndroidSupreme said:
Ok so what if I am not on a contract and I have no more credit and someone sent all these texts? What would happen
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According to their site it's USA and Canada only, I guess that's both to and from, in that case I don't see any way that the recipient could be charged (unless their carrier charges them for receiving texts whilst roaming or something).

AndroidSupreme said:
Ok so what if I am not on a contract and I have no more credit and someone sent all these texts? What would happen?
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Well, it would probably eat up any remaining credit you had and then just stop sending, or maybe it just wouldn't send at all. But if you're not in contract with anyone then I don't see how they could pursue charges. You could just switch to another carrier.

natebriggs said:
Well, it would probably eat up any remaining credit you had and then just stop sending, or maybe it just wouldn't send at all. But if you're not in contract with anyone then I don't see how they could pursue charges. You could just switch to another carrier.
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The only other thing the carrier could do is the next time you added funds to your account they could deduct the amount remaining that you owed before you ran out of funds (ie you have twenty dollars available, someone text bombs you costing thirty dollars, then later you add twenty five, the carrier deducts the ten you previously owed and you are left with only fifteen) Sorry if I ran on to long...
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A site I use frequently is:
www.smsglobal.com
You can send from any number you want to any number you want. You can even put a name in the from field for jokes...

Will someone *please* explain how you will be charged for *receiving* texts.

If you do not have a text plan (ie 200 a month, unlimited..) You are charged for texts. T-mobile, for one, does charge 0.20 for each incoming AND outgoing text. Especially on pre paid plans...
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Babydoll25 said:
If you do not have a text plan (ie 200 a month, unlimited..) You are charged for texts. T-mobile, for one, does charge 0.20 for each incoming AND outgoing text. Especially on pre paid plans...
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Is that from international numbers only?

Nope. That also includes domestic texts. If you do not have a plan that covers texting either included like sprint or an add on like I have with T-Mobile, you can be charged for every message sent and/or received. Prices vary by plan, and/or carrier.
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i just use an app called SMS barrage on my droid. messed up once, set it to send 1000 messages to my friend saying hello... didnt realize her husband had her phone, and they were only allotted 200 texts a month... I ended up sending them the money for the texts. seemed only fair.

Nice site here. Too bad only for US/Canada.

Sensation Free until 3AM Thursday

Hey all,
T-Mo has a web-only deal right now from 9pm Wednesday until 3am Thursday where the Sensation is free when you add a line. Just an FYI.

http://www.tmonews.com/2011/07/deal-alert-t-mobile-puts-sensation-4g-hd7-and-mytouch-4g-on-sale/

thanks for the info! this could potentially save me a lot of money!
I JUST bought 4 phones from T-Mobile as I switched the whole family over yesterday. If they don't give me money back for buying 2 Sensations and 2 MyTouch 4Gs....Armageddon is coming early.
I cannot believe the employees didn't mention anything. What a waste of time and hundreds of dollars.

Are you freaking kidding me? When I just spent $200? Son of a *****.

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ctdemonet said:
thanks for the info! this could potentially save me a lot of money!
I JUST bought 4 phones from T-Mobile as I switched the whole family over yesterday. If they don't give me money back for buying 2 Sensations and 2 MyTouch 4Gs....Armageddon is coming early.
I cannot believe the employees didn't mention anything. What a waste of time and hundreds of dollars.
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yeaaah, i'm pretty sure the employees didn't know about this deal, especially if it was in a store. Since you know it says 'online only deal'. Good luck trying to get your money back though.

BS i just joined tmobil -_-... $200 bucks

ctdemonet said:
thanks for the info! this could potentially save me a lot of money!
I JUST bought 4 phones from T-Mobile as I switched the whole family over yesterday. If they don't give me money back for buying 2 Sensations and 2 MyTouch 4Gs....Armageddon is coming early.
I cannot believe the employees didn't mention anything. What a waste of time and hundreds of dollars.
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This is web-only and from midnight to the next morning (6am Thu EST) only.

ARRGGH! I just signed up with T-mo last week( got the phone throu Wirefly.com).Is there any way i can take advantage of this offer???! ideas/suggestions are greatly appreciated.

WOW THEIR SO SMART........... CANT EVEN CALL THEM b.c the deal ends exactly when their customer call centers open
i just opened a new line too...

vvilliamm said:
WOW THEIR SO SMART........... CANT EVEN CALL THEM b.c the deal ends exactly when their customer call centers open. I wonder what will happen..if everyone that got the sensation with a new line react to this...
i just opened a new line too...
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Bahaha that literally JUST happened to me! It says call them or start an online chat but by the time they are open the deal will be expired. I am going to give them a call tomorrow with my order number and see if they will give me the deal anyways.

In for a new line
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silentsnow31802 said:
Bahaha that literally JUST happened to me! It says call them or start an online chat but by the time they are open the deal will be expired. I am going to give them a call tomorrow with my order number and see if they will give me the deal anyways.
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Just got off the phone with T-mo sales.I added a line and will be cancelling my original line tomorrow,since i'm still in the 14 day period.My FREE new Sensation will here by Monday .The whole process took about 12 minutes and the customer Rep girl was so seet and helpful.
To the OP,Thanks a bunch.
EDIT:I called 1-800-866-2453 and followed the prompt.

vvilliamm said:
WOW THEIR SO SMART........... CANT EVEN CALL THEM b.c the deal ends exactly when their customer call centers open
i just opened a new line too...
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Try 1-877-334-7151

It's currently saying OUT OF STOCK!
Hope i won't get stuck waiting because of backorder.

damn... they are out of stock anyway... still go tthe others there tho. DAMN!

In the UK its free on a £32 a month contract
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NYCguy2020 said:
ARRGGH! I just signed up with T-mo last week( got the phone throu Wirefly.com).Is there any way i can take advantage of this offer???! ideas/suggestions are greatly appreciated.
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if you dont care about your numbers open up 2 more lines of service, if it was last week you are still witin your buyers remorse

Just called that above number and spoke to a sales rep who already knew what i wanted to do , I was on the even more plus plans, signed a new 2 year agreement and got the phones for free, 2 of them, should arrive on Monday

I get my phones flat out. Been out of contract since they were called Voicestream.
Nice deal for people who want to be trapped by At&t
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Att monthly discounts

Hey guys I currently have an evo but this chubby guy is starting to show its age I'm really interested in the sexy infuse. I was just wondering if any of you guys knew of any ways to get monthly discounts through att. Its a bit more expensive than sprint. But I know there's usually certain loopholes you veterans know about
Thanks guys

LoveisPeace2012 said:
Hey guys I currently have an evo but this chubby guy is starting to show its age I'm really interested in the sexy infuse. I was just wondering if any of you guys knew of any ways to get monthly discounts through att. Its a bit more expensive than sprint. But I know there's usually certain loopholes you veterans know about
Thanks guys
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I am a sales rep for at&t... as far as i am aware, the only monthly discounts we do are business discounts. If you work for a company that has a business account with at&t for cell phones, as an employee of that company you can use their company monthly discount code on a personal line. It is called a FAN IRU Number.
- Dan

LoveisPeace2012 said:
Hey guys I currently have an evo but this chubby guy is starting to show its age I'm really interested in the sexy infuse. I was just wondering if any of you guys knew of any ways to get monthly discounts through att. Its a bit more expensive than sprint. But I know there's usually certain loopholes you veterans know about
Thanks guys
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Do a Google search you'll find what you need. I can tell you that the US Postal Service discount is 25% off service & data on primary line and 50% off all accessories.

MisterEdF said:
Do a Google search you'll find what you need. I can tell you that the US Postal Service discount is 25% off service & data on primary line and 50% off all accessories.
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Awesome thanks for the info bro I will do that
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AEDan1977 said:
I am a sales rep for at&t... as far as i am aware, the only monthly discounts we do are business discounts. If you work for a company that has a business account with at&t for cell phones, as an employee of that company you can use their company monthly discount code on a personal line. It is called a FAN IRU Number.
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Thanks Dan, yea my current company only gets discount through sprint or tmo. I will have to look up these fan numbers
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MisterEdF said:
Do a Google search you'll find what you need. I can tell you that the US Postal Service discount is 25% off service & data on primary line and 50% off all accessories.
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Same for my employer. I thought someone said USPS was actually 30% on service (e.g. they have the best deal of anyone). I'm 25/50.
AT&T DOES verify that you work for who you say you do when you initially have a FAN applied to your account - so pulling out a random FAN isn't going to help you. However once a FAN is applied, you don't get checked from then on.

Entropy512 said:
Same for my employer. I thought someone said USPS was actually 30% on service (e.g. they have the best deal of anyone). I'm 25/50.
AT&T DOES verify that you work for who you say you do when you initially have a FAN applied to your account - so pulling out a random FAN isn't going to help you. However once a FAN is applied, you don't get checked from then on.
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Do you know how they verify exactly?
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LoveisPeace2012 said:
Do you know how they verify exactly?
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Email.
10 Chars.

Entropy512 said:
Same for my employer. I thought someone said USPS was actually 30% on service (e.g. they have the best deal of anyone). I'm 25/50.
AT&T DOES verify that you work for who you say you do when you initially have a FAN applied to your account - so pulling out a random FAN isn't going to help you. However once a FAN is applied, you don't get checked from then on.
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I was told USPS used to be 30% but is no longer. As for checking .....

apallohadas said:
Email.
10 Chars.
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Depends (not the diapers).

MisterEdF said:
Depends (not the diapers).
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What do you mean diapers
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LoveisPeace2012 said:
Do you know how they verify exactly?
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In my case my employee ID badge worked.

LoveisPeace2012 said:
What do you mean diapers
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I said NOT the diapers.
I was trying to say you can get on a FAN account of your choosing WITHOUT having to verify anything. Google is your friend. Att Fan Discount YMMV.

[Wondering] Just a thought on my mind...

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Playing around with my Infuse earlier today, Listening to music, watched a couple TV Shows, Texted like a beast... Then I kinda sat back and was like *le sigh* Staring at my phone. Well you see, I'm on the prepaid plan due insufficient funds coming(little white boy aint cant get a job around this town:[). Anyways I am on the $50 Unlimited GoPhone plan, and it's served it's purposed in all but one way. Data. Ahhh. the almighty Data that makes a phone go from "this is pretty cool" to "THIS IS FOTHERMUCKING AMAZING!". I scrolled upon this so called "Straight Talk" Phone service. I see here, Unlimited everything... Only $45 dollars a month... Say whaaaaa?? Read a few posts, a couple forums, browsed a blog or 2. Seems legit, Some say they terminate service if you go over said 2 gigs a month or 100mbs a day. But I say, hey. Better than getting 0gigs a month, and 0mbs a day. But here I cometh to the almighty XDA Forums, where I found home, and ask the almighty question, Should I, or Shall I not? I need some opinions people! Throw some facts at me! Anywho.... Now that I have taken your time, I shall leave and the come back and rape my F5 button. ^_^​
Peace out with the grease out,
Malicious. [Don't forget it]
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Maybe something here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1553529
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rxnelson said:
Maybe something here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1553529
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+1 That's what I was thinking. Idk too much about paying the phone bill, but if you are interested in unlimited data, you can still get it easy enough from ATT. Then you will have three gigs of unthrottled data, for $30 a month. Just me talking. But definitely check out that link. And everyone knows that Ctrl+R is for the win..
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Erik_T said:
+1 That's what I was thinking. Idk too much about paying the phone bill, but if you are interested in unlimited data, you can still get it easy enough from ATT. Then you will have three gigs of unthrottled data, for $30 a month. Just me talking. But definitely check out that link. And everyone knows that Ctrl+R is for the win..
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PSSSSHHH I'm an old school F5'er xD Strongly considering Straight Talk still, Thanks for the link I'ma go check it out.
Deuces,
Malicious.

Late payment of Verizon bill w/ unlimited plans

This is kinda related to a GS3 because I have that on my plan, anyway, if I have 2 unlimited data plans still on contract, can Verizon do anything, or will they, if I forgot to pay my bill by the due date and it was paid one day late? It was never disconnected or anything, but just wanted to see if a similar thing happened to anyone else and if they know what Verizon does? I'm just mainly referring to whether they can cancel your unlimited data if you paid a day late, or if it's ok since it wasn't very long after te due date.
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Lol. No. I got laid off during the summer and had a $600 bill. Just call them and work out a plan. I have one unlimited and three regular lines.
I regularly pay a month late
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1ManWolfePack said:
Lol. No. I got laid off during the summer and had a $600 bill. Just call them and work out a plan. I have one unlimited and three regular lines.
I regularly pay a month late
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Lol you pay late every month? Doesn't that look bad on your credit?
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xXJay_RXx said:
Lol you pay late every month? Doesn't that look bad on your credit?
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Nope. Not a speck
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Your good as long as you call them to let them know before the automated system gets a hold onto your account.

I was gonna say I pay the moment I get a text saying my account is about to be turned off and not any sooner.
If Verizon wants to let me use my upgrade and keep my unlimited data I will change my mind.
Until I leave them this is my practice.
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nosympathy said:
I was gonna say I pay the moment I get a text saying my account is about to be turned off and not any sooner.
If Verizon wants to let me use my upgrade and keep my unlimited data I will change my mind.
Until I leave them this is my practice.
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Boom! Me too. When I get the text, I know the bill is due. Then, if I don't have all the cash - I call them and use my mad phone skills. Lol.
Been working for 7 years or so... :good:

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Your good as long as you call them to let them know before the automated system gets a hold onto your account.
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But it wasn't even 24 hrs past the initial due date, like it was due on the 1st day and I paid right after noon on the 2nd day. There was no sign of any automated system taking a hold of my account, not tha I know the sign of that, and I already paid it. Do I still need to call them to let them know? What do I need to let them know if it's already paid? And if it's already paid, does their automated system still react to it because it was a few hours late?
For those who say they don't pay until they get the email saying they will be disconnected, how long after the due date of your bill do you get that email?
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newuser134 said:
But it wasn't even 24 hrs past the initial due date, like it was due on the 1st day and I paid right after noon on the 2nd day. There was no sign of any automated system taking a hold of my account, not tha I know the sign of that, and I already paid it. Do I still need to call them to let them know? What do I need to let them know if it's already paid? And if it's already paid, does their automated system still react to it because it was a few hours late?
For those who say they don't pay until they get the email saying they will be disconnected, how long after the due date of your bill do you get that email?
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Uh...usually not until I get the next bill and a few days after that.
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Don't worry about paying anything until you get the text. Lol. Then call them. Get the billing department. They can tell you how long you have until they cut you off. If you make an agreement with them the service stays on.

When im hard up for cash I set my priorities
house car insurance food at then late fees credit cards then vzw 5 dollars late fee then I would pay current late total at least half for vzw
Vzw does not report to the big three credit card report companies
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lol I cant believe there is a thread on this topic...i guess i should create a guide "how to not pay your bill and keep service on 4.1.2" .

Having worked for Big Red for a couple of years as a CSR/Tech Support (not currently), yes you can go through the automated system and let them know a payment has been "sent" even tho you may not have actually sent one. This is stop them from bothering you for a while. Unless you are extremely delinquent (Past 2+ months), they won't turn your phone off. There's usually a 25-35 re-activation fee per line but you keep your same plan.
I pay late myself just because it works better for my financial situation and changing bill cycle/due date is such a PITA. I highly recommend against it because 99% CS rep don't know how to calculate your pro-rations and end up effing it up, costing you both time and money.

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lol I cant believe there is a thread on this topic...i guess i should create a guide "how to not pay your bill and keep service on 4.1.2" .
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Like I said in another thread. The S3 General forum is turning into an OT-like forum. I don't know if it's age differences (I'm 34) but it seems to me that a lot of people need their hand held for a lot of frivolous things nowadays. Like "should I use a screen protector on my phone?", "I'm thinking about changing phones, need opinions, help!". C'mon. :silly:

xyrcncp said:
Like I said in another thread. The S3 General forum is turning into an OT-like forum. I don't know if it's age differences (I'm 34) but it seems to me that a lot of people need their hand held for a lot of frivolous things nowadays. Like "should I use a screen protector on my phone?", "I'm thinking about changing phones, need opinions, help!". C'mon. :silly:
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Sorry im really 41 to much work to change
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DAMN!!!!! just when I thought that paying a week late was bad....
For the last year I have been trying to pay my bill early but 300$ is a lot of money for 5 lines.
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Itzvik said:
DAMN!!!!! just when I thought that paying a week late was bad....
For the last year I have been trying to pay my bill early but 300$ is a lot of money for 5 lines.
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I felt this way. Then they screwed those of us with unlimited data.
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Itzvik said:
DAMN!!!!! just when I thought that paying a week late was bad....
For the last year I have been trying to pay my bill early but 300$ is a lot of money for 5 lines.
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I have 2 accounts 3 unlimited data 1 netbookfor $50.00 for 5gig 1 $30 for 2 gig 417.00 and no k-y ,"dry"
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I have 2 accounts 3 unlimited data 1 netbookfor $50.00 for 5gig 1 $30 for 2 gig 417.00 and no k-y dry
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That's a lot of money man but the reason my plan is 300$ is because I get Walgreen discount plus a reduction from an issue with Verizon... The store manager put me on a 2yr contract when I signed up with a used phone.. That asshole got me like 40$ of the plan for the first year he hehe.
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paying late shouldn't affect your credit, but i would read all the fine print about your unlimited plan. i am on unlimited plan and they do not slow down my speeds and I still maintain the account. I use over 50gb a month so i really need it. always be careful not to lose it.