Rollover Minutes
That ain't bad, but just to clarify; If I don't use all my minutes in Sept, they expire the next Sept, or does everything start over at the end of your contract year?
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ur rollover min expire 12 months after u acquire them. that means that ur september min will expire next september, and ur october rollover min expire next october
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A customer service rep told me they last only 90 days. You might want to check it out. I've looked on my bill and I seldom use alot of minutes after about 90 days they went back down to my regular mins.
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If you are rolling over minutes you are on the wrong rate plan. You are paying for minutes you are not using. That is a big catch.
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imcoolerthanyou said:
If you are rolling over minutes you are on the wrong rate plan. You are paying for minutes you are not using. That is a big catch.
I'm currently with Verizon. Let's take a look at my options with them...shall we? I have no idea exactly how many minutes I'm going to use each month. I have a general idea based on past bills, but it fluctuates. I don't want to be caught with a plan that has too few minutes, because if I do, I pay a HUGE bill that month (it's happened to me a few times). Because of this, I have to try and decide which plan gives me what I need "most of the time" yet without being wasteful and buying way more than I need. So my choices with Verizon are:
1. Buy more m...
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wombough said:
or sprints fair and flexible plan.
...which is more expensive then cingulars rollover plans when you compare price per minute. not to mention its CDMA. so no, not sprints fair and flexible plan.
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imcoolerthanyou said:
If you are rolling over minutes you are on the wrong rate plan. You are paying for minutes you are not using. That is a big catch.
That is the largest fallacy that a person could conceive about Rollover. It's simply not true.
Honestly, how many consumers actually "budget" their monthly anytime usage exactly to what their plan allots them each month? VERY VERY FEW!
True, for Rollover to be effective there must be months throughout your tenure that not all of your minutes are used, but that certainly doesn't mean that you're on the wrong plan. Monthly usage varies greatly and no person in this world can accurately predict 100% of the time what their needs will be in any particular m...
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So lets say i'm on a 39.99 450/5000 minute plan. I use an average of say 350 minutes a month and thus acrue 100 rollover each month giving me a 1200minute rollover ballance each year. There aren't any cheaper plans that would cover my needs. Plus i get the advantage of not worrying about going over in the event of a life altering event.
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imcoolerthanyou said:
If you are rolling over minutes you are on the wrong rate plan. You are paying for minutes you are not using. That is a big catch.
That couldn't be more inaccurate! Anything can happen throughout your contract. Take me for an example. I have been out of the country for almost 3 months. I have been using my Cingular phone for the occasional text message to the US. Whenever I get back to the US. I will have a good amount of rollover minutes to cover any overages that I could incur.
Unlike me, other people may not have to leave the country, but still, anyone can go to jail for a few months 😳 , or be in the hospital for a few months 😢 , etc, etc etc... The fact that those minutes k...
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You don't think very well, do you?! 😛 How can you say that rollover plans are not making you pay for minutes you don't use? Most (certainly not all) people probably have a reasonably stable month-to-month usage, barring leaving the country for three months. Therefore, who gives a crap about having a stinkload of rollover minutes that likely won't be used. If you believe in your own crazy logic, you should have the largest plan available on the face of the earth, just so you can bank rollover minutes that "you're not paying extra for". In fact, the smartest plan would be the one in which you use you last minute at the end of the billing cycle, and you were able to limit your usage in the previous month or two to have that safety net av...
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You just refuse to understand, don't you? Did you even read my post?
If that's the case, we all pay for mins that we don't use (cuz otherwise you will incur at least 1 min of overage) If you have a $39.99, do you use exactly 450 mins each month? I didn't think so. Well, with Cingular if I use 400 mins I'll rollover the other 50 so if I need them next month I USE THEM!!!
Why is this so hard to understand?
If that's the case, we all pay for mins that we don't use (cuz otherwise you will incur at least 1 min of overage) If you have a $39.99, do you use exactly 450 mins each month? I didn't think so. Well, with Cingular if I use 400 mins I'll rollover the other 50 so if I need them next month I USE THEM!!!
Why is this so hard to understand?
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So tell us, exactly what plan should a customer be on if he uses 1100 minutes anytime on average AND NOT ACRUE ROLLOVER?
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Whichever is cheaper.. the next plan up or the overages.. obviously.. I think imcoolethanyou's point was you should be getting as close to your actual numbers as you can.. kind of like income taxes.. smart people don;t give a free loan to the Government.. they get as close thier actual tax bill as possible.. if that means a small payment in april.. so be it..that extra money could be working for you all year long instead of it being "dead money..
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There is a cingular plan without Rollover 1500 Anytime min and unl. Mobile to mobile, but I am sure you misundertand Anytime min.
You maybe mean Peak minutes? Anytime min include Night and Weekends. Meaning Anytime you use your phone you use up minutes. No distiguishing of Peak or N&W.
You maybe mean Peak minutes? Anytime min include Night and Weekends. Meaning Anytime you use your phone you use up minutes. No distiguishing of Peak or N&W.
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I'm not sure what you're talking about, but here's the breakdown of Anytime, N&W and M2M minutes.
When you make a call, here's what the system checks for.
Is it a Cingular to Cingular call? Yes or No
If Yes, minutes are unlimited.
If No, goto N&W
Is it a Night & Weekend call? Yes or No
If Yes, minutes come from night time pool
If No, minutes are Anytime.
Now... long long ago, Cingular didn't have unlimited N&W minutes. They had packages of 1000, 3500 and 5000 minutes. If by some chance you used up all those minutes, it would pull from the daytime minutes. This is why they labeled those Anytime minutes.
Currentlly there's only one plan without unlimited N&W minutes, and that's the 450 individual plan with 500...
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When you make a call, here's what the system checks for.
Is it a Cingular to Cingular call? Yes or No
If Yes, minutes are unlimited.
If No, goto N&W
Is it a Night & Weekend call? Yes or No
If Yes, minutes come from night time pool
If No, minutes are Anytime.
Now... long long ago, Cingular didn't have unlimited N&W minutes. They had packages of 1000, 3500 and 5000 minutes. If by some chance you used up all those minutes, it would pull from the daytime minutes. This is why they labeled those Anytime minutes.
Currentlly there's only one plan without unlimited N&W minutes, and that's the 450 individual plan with 500...
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If you follow the threat correctly, I was replying to this question:
So tell us, exactly what plan should a customer be on if he uses 1100 minutes anytime on average AND NOT ACRUE ROLLOVER?
So tell us, exactly what plan should a customer be on if he uses 1100 minutes anytime on average AND NOT ACRUE ROLLOVER?
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not availabel to Sales to put on, but you can still get it, if you ask nicely.
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customer service is not supposed to add that package either, but still does, mostly as save offers
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Well, I think car insurance is a bunch of bs. I pay every single month and I never get in accidents. Well, I guess I could not have car insurance and if I get in a wreck I'll just kinda wing it and hope my car isn't too much to fix or hopefully I won't injure anyone. That would suck! So I guess this is kinda like cingular's rollover. I could just choose the cheap package somewhere else and hopefully I won't go over my minutes and if I do I'll just pay the hefty fees. Or hopefully something won't change in my life like meeting a girl and actually talking more than normal. Because we all know our lives are 100% the same every single month and nothing every changes not minute usage, miles driven, the temperature, golf season. Or I could go with...
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lol..that is a laughable analogy.. Car insurance isn't about you.. its about covering your leinholder and other people.. as far as I can tell.. going over on your cell minutes won;t kill a family of 4..
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RoyalBlu said:
3 months or 90 days
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Each month lasts for 12 months. I swear people, just open up a brochure and read it. It's in plain english. 3 does not equal 12.
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each MONTH lasts 12 MONTHS ??? HUH? 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 i think each month lasts 1 month
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Yes, each month's remaining rollover minutes lasts for the next 12 months, as opposed to each month's remaining rollover minutes lasting for 3 months as you stated.
I'm sorry you're too slow to catch on.
I'm sorry you're too slow to catch on.
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