Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Cell phone charges

I have noticed that I am not using my cell phone hearly as much as I used to. I did have a Verizon plan with 2,000 minutes per month and unlimited nights and weekends. The past two months I have used about 450 minutes per month. Based on the reduced usage I decided to change to a 900 minute per month plan that costs $59.99 before taxes. I will also get a 20% discount through my employer. My old plan was $99.99 and I received a 19% discount. In the end I was paying about $88 per month but I was able to expense about $60 of it every month so my part of the bill was about $28. I have changed roles in my firm so I can no longer expense $60 per month of cell phone charges that I have been expensing up until three months ago. I will be able to still expense about $20 per month every once in a while but not every month. Now my bill will be $47.99 before taxes of approximately $5 per month. The new plan will help me save about $33 every month in unused charges. That really adds up (almost $400 a year in savings). I am proud of my new frugal mind set.

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