Boost Chat Plan is Causing Me Some Pain!
by Mark
(New York)
First, I have to say that I really like the idea of these daily type plans. I feel ripped off and stressed out when I have to pay per minute, but can't yet quite afford a monthly plan.
I signed up for the Boost chat plan because I like walkie-talkie, and my friend gave me an old phone he had lying around. What I don't like is the fact that I have to pay the daily fee everyday even if I don't use the phone. It's not a major problem because I do tend to use my phones most days, but the thought of paying for something I'm not using does give me a bit of a headache.
Not sure if others have discovered this, but let's say I have $1 on my account, and the next day they take $1 for the daily fee, well, what happens is that although I've paid for that day, my phone is shut off because my balance is at zero! I've heard this is a known issue, but come on, really...wow!
It's easy enough to avoid this problem by just keeping a couple of extra dollars on the account, but again, another thing that causes me to have headaches when I think about it.
Lastly, I really can't stand the problem with text messaging taking so long to go through. My friends on other networks don't have this problem. For me texting needs to be pretty much real time, otherwise it's useless. Hopefully this issue will be fixed. At least it's prepaid and I didn't pay for the phone, so I can leave anytime I want if I find something better. I love the freedom of no contract prepaid!
