A “Gnome” in Your Phone!
Our day-to-day lives are full of tasks that we know we should do - we need to do - yet, we let these things slip on by for no apparently good reason - often resulting in some lop-sided consequence. There are plenty of examples of this:
- Ignoring your alarm in the morning for one extra snooze session resulting in an extra 45 minutes in traffic
- The $35 late fee on the $10 credit card bill you paid a day late
- The $10 stock you hesitate to buy that rockets to $50
Oh yes, there are plenty of examples that invoke that churning feeling in your stomach - the anger that is just as much your fault as it is justified…Yet, there is one oversite that screams “IN YOUR FACE” a little more than the rest of them:
The overcharges associated with using more minutes than your cell phone agreement allows!
Oh yes - make no mistake - these charges are the worst of them all - there are no simple penalties like 10 or 20% of your monthly bill. No-no, these charges often result in a payment 2 to 3 times more than your standard monthly bill.
So why are we talking about this in the context of model citizenship, you ask? Well there is now technology to help you with this issue - an application that runs on your computer and alerts you when you are getting precariously close to going over your allotted minutes.
So do yoreself a favor, even the field a bit and exert a little contol over your cell service provider! You can find all the details on this service at watchmycell.com . If you are skeptical, Curt the Cyberguy with KTLA News ran a story on the service.
Here’s the best part of the deal: It’s free!!!! No Jack, no Clams, no Moolah, no Dough!!!! We have a concerned citizen that is giving away the means to control what you thought couldn’t be controlled - Your cellphone bill!!! The only thing they are looking for is a simple thank-you!
Now that’s Model Citizenship!!!
Howie said,
Wrote on May 7, 2007 @ 10:40 am
Banks should have something like this to notify you when your checking balance runs low. But that might never happen since they want to make the $30 dollar overdraft protection charge…. which is even worse than the $8 dollar strip club ATM fee.
JC said,
Wrote on May 13, 2007 @ 9:28 pm
Check out Bank of America! I hear they do have this service….Part of their on-line banking offering…
Can’t say what it might set you back in terms of fees, but they do offer it!
Renee said,
Wrote on May 28, 2007 @ 12:45 pm
Bank of America does have a low balance e-mail notification feature associated with the on-line banking feature. Both are free and have helped me tremendously. Check it out.