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edited December 2007 in The Clubhouse
You have 5 cell phones on your family plan and lets say it costs $100 a month. A close friend says "can you get a 6th fone on your plan for me and I'll pay the 10 monthly fee. I dont use many minutes"

You say "now there are 6 phones @ $110 a month so the fee for the 6th fone is really $18. " Friend says thats nuts, you say its fair.


Who is wrong?
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  • Posts: 25,576
    edited December 2007
    Don't ever commit to handling a "friends" cell phone bill or fee. Tell him to stop messing up his credit and buy a Go Phone or Virgin Mobile. Pay as you go, is the way to go for deadbeats.

    You are setting yourself up for a future nightmare on Judge Judy.
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  • Posts: 671
    edited December 2007
    yeah, I'd bail on that arrangement. That can only go one way... downhill
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  • Posts: 51,303
    edited December 2007
    I'd say you're right, it's $18.00. However, I agree with the other comments, DON'T DO IT!!! Look at the problem you're having already.
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  • Posts: 19,725
    edited December 2007
    Run Forrest, run.
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  • Posts: 6,501
    edited December 2007
    Doro, Jesse and Tom are right, eff this guy, there is a reason he cant get a cell phone, and bill paying and honesty ain't those reasons
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  • Posts: 4,634
    edited December 2007
    If he has a problem of agreeing that $18 is fair, then definitely not a go.
  • Posts: 773
    edited December 2007
    how good of a friend is he? why cant he get his own plan, keep the family plan for family members only IMO
  • Posts: 5,207
    edited December 2007
    No,no,no,no,no...........................
  • Posts: 2,637
    edited December 2007
    Get a new friend.
  • Posts: 17,986
    edited December 2007
    C is for cookie, that's good enough for me.

    C is for cookie, that's good enough for me.

    C is for cookie, that's good enough for me.

    Oh, cookie cookie cookie starts with C.
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  • Posts: 437
    edited December 2007
    No don't do it. What happens if there is a phone call nobody wants to fess up to?
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  • Posts: 4,907
    edited December 2007
    Anybody that would complain about $18 a month for a cell phone has serious issues.
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  • Posts: 9,878
    edited December 2007
    In case you haven't already learned, your friend is a schmuck. He's the kind of dude you see getting sued on Judge Mathis.

    I'd tell him, "I've got a $10 a month cell phone for you .... in my pants !".
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  • Posts: 15,722
    edited December 2007
    your friend is a bozo.. release the kraken on his **** and tell him to get his own damn cell phone like an adult.. not mooch off your plan. where do you get 5 cell phones for $100 anyways? I have a shared plan with only two phones.. and it's nearly $100 just for two. you got a good deal going.
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  • Posts: 1,167
    edited December 2007
    don't do it...it's a no brainer.
  • Posts: 9,312
    edited December 2007
    RuSsMaN wrote: »
    C is for cookie, that's good enough for me.

    C is for cookie, that's good enough for me.

    C is for cookie, that's good enough for me.

    Oh, cookie cookie cookie starts with C.

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  • Posts: 5,145
    edited December 2007
    Polk user wrote: »
    You have 5 cell phones on your family plan and lets say it costs $100 a month. A close friend says "can you get a 6th fone on your plan for me and I'll pay the 10 monthly fee. I dont use many minutes"

    You say "now there are 6 phones @ $110 a month so the fee for the 6th fone is really $18. " Friend says thats nuts, you say its fair.


    Who is wrong?

    You have to ask...who is wrong??? You are for even considering this crazy agreement. And your friend is dead on, "You are NUTS"

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  • Posts: 6,371
    edited December 2007
    Don't do it, friend did something similiar except it was with a credit card. He ended up having to sue to recover his money(he won).

    There is a reason why they have prepaid phones...
  • Posts: 12,434
    edited December 2007
    Tell him to take a flying leap. Stay away, this will end in big problems.
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  • Posts: 10,822
    edited December 2007
    Polk user wrote: »
    You have 5 cell phones on your family plan and lets say it costs $100 a month. A close friend says "can you get a 6th fone on your plan for me and I'll pay the 10 monthly fee. I dont use many minutes"

    You say "now there are 6 phones @ $110 a month so the fee for the 6th fone is really $18. " Friend says thats nuts, you say its fair.


    Who is wrong?

    This question makes me angry. You should say "you're right friend, know what's fair? You pay the whole $110 or get your own damn phone." Then give him a purple nurple.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
  • Posts: 2,415
    edited December 2007
    Your friend is right, you should be focusing on marginal costs not average costs.
  • Posts: 4,845
    edited December 2007
    Dont do it man, I fell into that trap with someone and he ran up a 400 dollar bill. It took me months to get the money from him.
  • Posts: 6,501
    edited December 2007
    Dave,

    wondering when you were gonna chime in...LOL
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  • Posts: 11,159
    edited December 2007
    Like everyone else, don't do it. The only person I would share a bill with is my wife.
  • Posts: 849
    edited December 2007
    i say u have the right to set the price at whatever u want. if he cant agree to it then too bad for him. dont get ure hand in this one. Dont know how good of a friend he is. but if he is going to complain about 8 bucks now imagine what can happen later.
  • Posts: 849
    edited December 2007
    ps. if he doe not use a lot of minutes then he can get one of those prepaid phones. and the 10 dollars that is extra for the phone doesnt give you any extra minutes so he is using ure family minutes and u are right to charge him tht extra bit
  • Posts: 19,537
    edited December 2007
    I question why a "close friend" would put you in that position to begin with...
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  • Posts: 6,371
    edited December 2007
    Willow wrote: »
    Like everyone else, don't do it. The only person I would share a bill with is my wife.

    From what I hear even that can be dangerous.
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  • Posts: 2,374
    edited December 2007
    I'm guessing that this guy will use your cell-phone-plan to dial 1-900-sex-talk. Then, it really won't matter whether he has paid you $10 or $20... because your bill will have an extra $400 of expense.

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