pay as you go phone
that way, there's only "x" amount of minutes on it, pay as you go....we rarely use cell phones, and that's what we have.... every 3 months we have to put $20 on it to keep it active and then we pay like 18 cents/minute. You can accumulate up to 400 minutes before you "don't retain" anymore. DH has like $70 worth of minutes on his phone and now is starting to use them
....i don't have quite that many (as i use it at work sometimes), but i have a lot. And, we have it linked to our "online purchase" credit card, so in 3 months OR whenever we get low, it automatically "tops up"...
It works well for us, but again, we don't talk on it a lot....more of an emergency thing for us..... Couple Saturdays ago, we went to a picnic and i had a phone and gave Bubba a phone to keep in his (zippered) pocket. (Love those cargos!) I told him if he needed me and couldn't find me, or vice versa, to call and i showed him the speed dial for my phone. (It was a big picnic and house and grounds...so, to go looking for him would take awhile....as there are animals, wood shop, in the house, etc....oh, did i mention it was on the grounds of the Berks County wardens house?)
Oddly enough, yesterday, Bubba informs me that when he goes to middle school, he is getting a cell phone WITH a camera in it
oookkkaaayyyy..news to me....but, whatever..... good luck w/ that!
marci....if you think the phone is in the house, have you called it?n (i'm sure you have...but just checkin)
marci & penny....have good trip!