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fury
08-22-2008, 07:46 PM
I needed to replace my iPhone. My AT&T contract was terminated because I couldn't pay. Now the replacement iPhone refuses to be restored from my backup - won't proceed past the iTunes screen that calls home to AT&T to get the green light...Frak.

Wonder which would be cheaper, to pay my AT&T bill and try to reactivate, or to pay the money I owe my dad and sweet-talk him into letting me activate the iPhone on his family plan (I've already got a minimal line active on his family plan)

or C) none of the above... for me to give up the iPhone, sell it and just wait until I have the money to do it legitimately... :frown:
dturner
08-22-2008, 08:03 PM
I would pay the money you owe your dad and then go to plan C. This is the right thing to do and you will be a better person for it.
fury
08-22-2008, 08:36 PM
I was already going to pay my dad the money I owe him whether I kept the iPhone or not. I need to work a few more weeks to do it anyway
kokogirl
08-22-2008, 09:22 PM
Pay Dad, then see if you can convince him you can pay if you are on his family plan.

If it were me I would pay dad and get my own plan later since I do not like to be dependent on my parents (but I am also 37, not 23). But I was married and on my own at 23. Now I am just rambling.

I still go with Pay Dad and see if you can get an iphone on his plan. If you were terminated with ATT they will likely charge you a big deposit to fix your account, right?
dturner
08-22-2008, 09:32 PM
If you were terminated with ATT they will likely charge you a big deposit to fix your account, right?
That is why I suggested his C plan. It does 2 things:Makes you less dependent on your parents as you said and also learn a lesson from your first mistake of not paying the bill. It will serve you well later in life. We have all done stupid things (I have done them with lots of zero's on the end) but at 23 it is time for a person to learn real responsibility.:smile:
kokogirl
08-22-2008, 09:37 PM
That is why I suggested his C plan. It does 2 things:Makes you less dependent on your parents as you said and also learn a lesson from your first mistake of not paying the bill. It will serve you well later in life. We have all done stupid things (I have done them with lots of zero's on the end) but at 23 it is time for a person to learn real responsibility.:smile:

Don, you are right. I agree with you. Am I allowed to change my answer?
dturner
08-22-2008, 09:48 PM
Am I allowed to change my answer?
#1- You are a woman.
#2- Check you sig.
:laugh2::laugh2:
kokogirl
08-22-2008, 09:48 PM
#1- You are a woman.
#2- Check you sig.
:laugh2::laugh2:

Right you are again! :wink:
fury
08-22-2008, 11:16 PM
They charged me a huge deposit to start the account as it is... I have abysmal credit. If they'd just use the deposit to mark the account as squared away, it'd be fine, but they're chasing after $700 after holding onto the initial $750 deposit.

I tried to be independent and responsible and I failed miserably, screwing up my dad's life in the process (unfortunately, he co-signed on my student loans which I'm screwing up on)
kokogirl
08-23-2008, 03:33 PM
They charged me a huge deposit to start the account as it is... I have abysmal credit. If they'd just use the deposit to mark the account as squared away, it'd be fine, but they're chasing after $700 after holding onto the initial $750 deposit.

I tried to be independent and responsible and I failed miserably, screwing up my dad's life in the process (unfortunately, he co-signed on my student loans which I'm screwing up on)

I am sorry that you are having some financial problems. I know that is very stressful. I hope you come up with a successful plan to pull yourself up out of debt. I had some problems with money and debt in college. (More like lack of money and even more lack of the ability to use the money I had in a good and useful way). It feels good when you finally pull up out of that. I wish you the best. I also wish that I had good advise for you, but I am not a financial planner.
cdinca
08-24-2008, 12:33 AM
They charged me a huge deposit to start the account as it is... I have abysmal credit. If they'd just use the deposit to mark the account as squared away, it'd be fine, but they're chasing after $700 after holding onto the initial $750 deposit.

I tried to be independent and responsible and I failed miserably, screwing up my dad's life in the process (unfortunately, he co-signed on my student loans which I'm screwing up on)

if you cancel the account, I don't see why they would not apply the deposit to your debt.

I am not assuming anything, but just in case, I am providing the following advice:
Weed is great in college...and maybe it is even great after you nail down a good paying career. But when you are trying to get things going in your life, it is only a hindrance.
MileHighRob
08-24-2008, 04:21 AM
if you cancel the account, I don't see why they would not apply the deposit to your debt.

I am not assuming anything, but just in case, I am providing the following advice:
Weed is great in college...and maybe it is even great after you nail down a good paying career. But when you are trying to get things going in your life, it is only a hindrance.
Do you know the OP? If not then you are ,in fact, both assuming and offering unsolicited advice.
LionOfTheSouthUK
08-24-2008, 06:34 AM
I thought the whole point of charging the high deposit was that if you defualted, they (the company in question) got their money?
fury
08-26-2008, 12:08 AM
They got their money, and gave me back $46.something from what was left. I got the check in the mail today

I'm not a druggie, thankfully (luckily, have neither the opportunity nor the money to get my hands on any) - never even tried illegal drugs
cdinca
08-26-2008, 02:06 AM
Do you know the OP? If not then you are ,in fact, both assuming and offering unsolicited advice.

I do not know him. I read all of his blog entries, but I don't know him. There was no judgement in my comments. I just feel that there are only a few reasons that someone with fury's education and skill would be struggling to pay bills.

They might be:

Severe depression rendering him socially inept. (I have no experience with this)

Physical disability making work difficult. (I have no experience with this)

Preoccupation with gaming. (I have no experience with this)

Over-use of drugs/alcohol. (I know about this)

So...I intended no harm
cdinca
08-26-2008, 02:09 AM
They got their money, and gave me back $46.something from what was left. I got the check in the mail today

I'm not a druggie, thankfully (luckily, have neither the opportunity nor the money to get my hands on any) - never even tried illegal drugs

glad you got them off your back. Good luck with your online game.
fury
08-26-2008, 09:19 AM
Severe depression rendering him socially inept. (I have no experience with this)


That pretty much hits the nail on the head. I've been fighting that for 3 years and haven't got the right formula yet. The one-two punch of my grandmother and mother dying within a year of each other really set off a change in my chemistry. Without changing a thing about my routine, I started slipping downward in school, regaining weight I'd lost, and correspondingly, losing confidence in my own abilities.

No harm, no foul. No offense taken; I can only wish my problems were as simple and clear-cut as drugs. Then I could just stop taking them and be fine after some withdrawals. I can't stop taking depression.