Mobile bill came high... plz help!!!

this may seem weird. my mobile bill came high for the month of october. mom's angry at home. i knew the bill will come today so i went to the tata indicom store but they said the bill is delivered by some other party. they gave me their address but i could not find tht particular shop at the mentioned address. when i returned, i saw the bill already lying open and mom and dad not speaking a word. i immediately zoomed off from the house as i also have some printouts to take. along with i m posting this thread... can u give some excuses

i m not scared but feeling awkward more because mom already knows i have a gf

i feel bad as i m not earning yet and have to depend on them...

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how much was the bill ?? and whats the normal bill that you get ??

and your mom knows u have a gf... LOL

you are in for some fun my friend

normally 200-300 but now it came arround 900

Ahh, I so love my pre-paid connection

If the bill is exceptionally high, you can tell them that there must be some mistake and you'll check out with the service operator regarding what calls were made from your mobile. That is, if the bill doesn't already contain your call records for that month.

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Hmm..Ask ur GF to pay the bill....

(reminds me when i got 2500 rs bill for BB ..... damn that 250rs plan)

^^ it contains call records... "hour long calls" guess i m screwed up at home

adi007 said:
Hmm..Ask ur GF to pay the bill....

+1

Here is what you can do:
Denial
"WTF is this???? I mean, I did not talk so much..there must be mistake here..honestly........check my mobile if you dont believe me..I mean, what happened here?"

Cover up
"Must be some new scheme, rates might have changed, I miscalculated, etc."

Confess
"I'm sorry...sniff.. I didnt mean to...I knew I talked a lot..but..... I'M SORRY...(and start weeping)"

There...pick your poison....

Next time ask for a prepaid connection

^ ^ ^

Nice plan of action! You make war strategies for a living?

thewisecrab said:
Here is what you can do:
Denial
"WTF is this???? I mean, I did not talk so much..there must be mistake here..honestly........check my mobile if you dont believe me..I mean, what happened here?"

Cover up
"Must be some new scheme, rates might have changed, I miscalculated, etc."

Confess
"I'm sorry...sniff.. I didnt mean to...I knew I talked a lot..but..... I'M SORRY...(and start weeping)"

There...pick your poison....

Next time ask for a prepaid connection

i think second one is somewat reasonable... else will have to go with the third

^^ asking a GF to pay for the bill... high hopes mate...

and @jal_desai, from 300 to 900 !! 3 times your normal bill....good going... but honestly did u call your GF that much this month ??

and as for the excuses, say some friend/lecturer/someone always uses your phone for his GPRS {or some needs} and that you cant say NO to him/her.. so to overcome this problem, promise you will de-activate GPRS from your number... {but like a good son, dont actually do it...just say it}

@Klaw-24
Nah dude..I faced such situations before with my BB connection
It was worse than adi's case
I had 400MB free download for 200/- p.m. (1.00 Re per MB for exceeding limit)
In May 2008,my dad got a bill for 8000 Rs (and call charges were 2000Rs.)
You do the math....

I blamed the whole thing on youtube, ("I did not know they would charge surfing...I'm sorry but it's not my fault...")
Since then I've limited myself as far as possible till I got the plan changed yesterday

thewisecrab said:
@Klaw-24
Nah dude..I faced such situations before with my BB connection
It was worse than adi's case
I had 400MB free download for 200/- p.m. (1.00 Re per MB for exceeding limit)
In May 2008,my dad got a bill for 8000 Rs (and call charges were 2000Rs.)
You do the math....
I blamed the whole thing on youtube, ("I did not know they would charge surfing...I'm sorry but it's not my fault...")
Since then I've limited myself as far as possible till I got the plan changed yesterday

Ah yes, that BSNL plan wreaked havoc in many households, including my cousin's

8000 was a treat

T159 said:
8000 was a treat

Treat over my a$$
Man...That day I was really glad my parents were not net savvy.

@Klaw-24
I have MTNL...as BSNL is not in Mumbai (Dunno whether thats a good thing or not

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n6300 said:
^^ asking a GF to pay for the bill... high hopes mate...

and @jal_desai, from 300 to 900 !! 3 times your normal bill....good going... but honestly did u call your GF that much this month ??

yup.. i calld her only...

What else.. Volunteer to pay the bill.

Don't pay the bill. simply change the connection and get a prepaid one from bsnl.

Bill vil pyar vyar.

B

^Lol Krazzy.

Ontopic:

(1) Tell mom that ur friend surfed the net using ur connection. Tell them he'll share half of the bill amount. OR.
(2) Scan the bill, photochop it to lesser amount. Tell mom that there was a mistake. New bill has been issued and here it is

adi007 said:
(reminds me when i got 2500 rs bill for BB ..... damn that 250rs plan)

oh yeah...i got a bill of 9650 for 1st month with that bloody BSNL 250rs plan...

@jal: the best is to...RUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN *s269.photobucket.com/albums/jj44/visio159/Unismilies/28.png

teri toh pungi baj gayee ab... hehe!!
The more you talk, the more you have to pay!

Ok here's what you gotta do :-

goto mom and say "I had an exam you know, I didnt know anyhting about it so i was calling this friend of mine who is an expert in that subject and he is a little slow in explaining......(fee the space with your own imagination.)"

900 rs ke liye koun paresaan hote ho.

Pay the extra amount yourself and don't let your mom know about the original bill. I too did the same when my bsnl bill reached 1500. You can take a bit of help from your GF.
My gf used to pay most of the bill we spend. Even once she give me money to buy the side bag for my bike.

she was a gem.

toofan.is.back said:
she was a gem.

you broke up ?

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Abhishek Dwivedi said:
oh yeah...i got a bill of 9650 for 1st month with that bloody BSNL 250rs plan...

@jal: the best is to...RUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN *s269.photobucket.com/albums/jj44/visio159/Unismilies/28.png

Yeah they have made that plan to suck money...

BTW jai tell us more about ur GF ..?

toofan.is.back said:
900 rs ke liye koun paresaan hote ho.

Pay the extra amount yourself and don't let your mom know about the original bill. I too did the same when my bsnl bill reached 1500. You can take a bit of help from your GF.
My gf used to pay most of the bill we spend. Even once she give me money to buy the side bag for my bike.
she was a gem.

mind sharing her contact details?

.going french is so cool,specially you are as broke as me.

lol. god saved me.

the girl i chat wid is kinda wannabe techie

. so we both have unlimited gprs on our mobiles and wid a mobile im client we used to chat sometimes upto 7-8 hours a day (not now coz we both r busy wid studies) widout tension of bill

.so use my trick to save money in future

The more I learn from you guyz, the less I have learn myself(the hard way, as you)

Bandu said:
(2) Scan the bill, photochop it to lesser amount. Tell mom that there was a mistake. New bill has been issued and here it is

*gigasmilies.googlepages.com/19.gif

sorry to post late coz i was stucked with BSNL's new Alert System that is supposed to block ur connection as u cross 1GB limit (irrespective of the plan) in BSNL DATAONE...

ontopic: well after leaving cyber cafe i went to a person who offered me to work as a grafix designer before diwali.. i went there and told that i was ready. when i reached home, i just overruled the whole thing 'hey i got a new job' yippie' 'yippie' ... and everyone got into tht flow...as of now nobody mentioned the bill ... phew!!!

B

^^ Exactly the #(3) that I almost typed in my earlier post, but later thought not to post it as I thought it might hurt some sentiments. But whatever ... hooray ... it worked for you

utsav said:
lol. god saved me. the girl i chat wid is kinda wannabe techie . so we both have unlimited gprs on our mobiles and wid a mobile im client we used to chat sometimes upto 7-8 hours a day (not now coz we both r busy wid studies) widout tension of bill .so use my trick to save money in future

What? Get a tech savvy girl? Such women are as rare as good customer service these days.

jal_desai said:
*gigasmilies.googlepages.com/19.gif

sorry to post late coz i was stucked with BSNL's new Alert System that is supposed to block ur connection as u cross 1GB limit (irrespective of the plan) in BSNL DATAONE...

ontopic: well after leaving cyber cafe i went to a person who offered me to work as a grafix designer before diwali.. i went there and told that i was ready. when i reached home, i just overruled the whole thing 'hey i got a new job' yippie' 'yippie' ... and everyone got into tht flow...as of now nobody mentioned the bill ... phew!!!

Great going...you just made them forget it for now.....It will come up in future..but atleast you are in a position to pay up.
Congo for the job

and remember my 3 options for a quick getaway from a sticky situation :wink:

thewisecrab said:
What? Get a tech savvy girl? Such women are as rare as good customer service these days.

no no. I meant use ul gprs wid a mobile im client to chat which wil turn out lot cheaper
.

utsav said:
no no. I meant use ul gprs wid a mobile im client to chat which wil turn out lot cheaper
.

Oh...looks like I'm to sleepy to notice obvious points..:yawn:
I'll hit the sack in 5min

thewisecrab said:
Oh...looks like I'm to sleepy to notice obvious points..:yawn:
I'll hit the sack in 5min

well i didnt slept today.

Will be getting ready 4 coaching classes after 30mins :neutral:

now imagine what i wil do thr

T159 said:
you broke up ?

She get married to other gentleman who now pays her huge bills.

^^^ THANK GOD 4 it

lolz

utsav said:
well i didnt slept today. Will be getting ready 4 coaching classes after 30mins now imagine what i wil do thr

Umm....you'll chat with your GF in the last bench? :))

Problem solved?