“Dear Jon, I am a Sri Lankan. While in University in the UK I had obtained 2 phones on a pay monthly scheme. I returned home a month before my Visa expired knowing that my monthly payments would be defaulted and that I could do nothing about it. I had never checked my credit file …
I often write about more sophisticated attempts to extract money from consumers in financial trouble but a story out of China caught my attention because of it’s simplicity and financial impact. For those of us whose lives now feel dependent on a smartphone, those little devices are getting more and more expensive. As of today, …
Mobile alerts from your credit card issuer can do much more than alert you to possible fraud. You can use that information to help you improve your credit. First, a word about how credit scores work. The two biggest factors are paying on time (35%) and the amount of credit you use relative to your …
TracFone, the largest prepaid mobile provider in the U.S., has agreed to pay $40 million to the Federal Trade Commission to settle charges that it deceived millions of consumers with hollow promises of “unlimited” data service. The FTC’s complaint against TracFone alleges that since 2009, TracFone has advertised prepaid monthly mobile plans for about $45 …
“Dear Jon, I owe a particular phone company around 1600 and haven’t paid anything to them in a year . I am wondering that would an unpaid phone bill of £1600 would result into a UK police record if not paid over a period of 1 year ? Or its just civil law ? Salman” …
About 4 months ago I had to goto ER, so now I’m finally getting around to setting up payment plan for the portion ins didn’t cover. I call the hospital billing dept and the girl there says I can do payment plan: minimum is $105 pe rmonth until balance of $3000 is paid. I said …
A few weeks ago Steve came to me and said, “hey, do you think you could find the cheapest cell phone service for someone that talks less than 120 minutes a month using the site ConsumerCellular.com?” “Of course,” I thought. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! I started my search by heading over to ConsumerCellular.com where they provide a …
“Dear Steve, I was using a mobile with contract base and I had always high amount of bill bt I always paid tht bills on time for more than 1 years bt after that I was running through really bad situation like lost my job and was not able to make money and in the …
Martin “Dear Steve, My son is a student at the end of his first year with 6K of debt. He went on a cheap holiday to Greece recently and lost his mobile on the last day. He cancelled his direct debit foolishly thinking that this would cancel his contract. I discovered that he had lost …
“Dear Steve, i live in the UK 6 months ago while i was working i took out a contract fone for £35 a month. recently i am out of work and cant pay this every month and it goes to a overdraft so on top i am getting £25 overdraft fees. i am looking for …