Monday, May 31, 2010

Get rid of your land line telephone & save money

Last month I finally made the decision to get rid of my land line phone and go with only cell phones. I had been thinking about doing this for some time, since I would always grab my cell phone to make any calls. The only time I was really using my home phone was on the rare occasion that someone was calling me, and even then most people were calling my cell phone. Since I wasn't making any outgoing calls, I didn't notice that I've had voicemails just sitting there for months (yes, for months). I finally picked up my landline phone to make a call, and heard the beeps that I had voicemail. I had over 30 voicemails, dating back to November 2009! I listened to 3, and just gave up. If it really was that important for people to reach me, they probably already called me on my cell phone. That was when I realized it was time to just call and cancel this service.


I've now been cell phone only for just about a month, and have no complaints. That extra savings will come in handy when my grad school student loans come due this month.