My Data My Way With Walmart Family Mobile

Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and Walmart Family Mobile.  All opinions are mine alone.  #MyDataMyWay #CollectiveBias

Happy Monday YUMMs! Looking for an unlimited wireless plan at an amazingly low price?  Walmart Family Mobile has the perfect deal for you, now with more 4G LTE data!  $29.88 (+ taxes/fees) gets you Walmart's Lowest Priced Unlimited Plan which includes Unlimited Talk, Text, & Data with up to 1GB at 4G LTE Data Speeds.  This allows you to do even more without paying more.

Can't get enough 4G LTE?  Family Mobile has Unlimited Talk, Text, & Data with up to 3GB of 4G LTE for only $39.88/month (+ taxes/fees).  Check http://cbi.as/6h0j  or visit your local Walmrt for more information on these amazing deals and don't forget to follow @FamilyMobile on Twitter or on Tumblr at walmartfamilymobile.tumblr.com.

At the end of the day, don't settle for paying an arm and a leg plus half of a kidney for unlimited cell phone service plans when there is a better and AFFORDABLE option available.  Save your moola YUMMs!  Besides think of all the awesome things you can do with all the money you'll save each month by switching WFM.  You could use your savings to build up your family's emergency fund, plan a mom's night out with your girlfriends or a manicure.  If you're a blogger like me, you could put those monthly savings towards attending your favorite blog conference!

What is the most important features for you when shopping for a new cell phone service plan?

Unlimited Equals Limited

Hard to believe that it's already Monday again. My weekend didn't get off to best of starts.  Friday, I was going about my business of answering emails, writing, mommy duty, etc.  Then I get a tweet from my baby sister saying they can't get through to me on my phone.  Next, I get a Facebook notification from my younger sister saying the same.

So, I'm like what the heck is going on?  I go to find my phone and I try to call only to get a pre-recorded voice telling me that my account doesn't exist.  In my mind I'm thinking "that's a lie because I was just on this phone 12 hours ago."  The Mr comes home and he gets I the phone with the Sprint people and looks like little Miss Pre-recorded was right.  They had indeed deleted my account.

Why?  Well, it turns out that unlimited with Sprint isn't really unlimited.  You all know that I spend a lot of time at my mom's and on the go.  And I do travel outside of the Sprint network.  I never worried about roaming because well, our plan is unlimited.  But apparently, unlimited is really limited now.  According to several of the customer service agents we talked too, I was roaming too much and Sprint can terminate my account without even notifying me!

My response?  "That shit is bananas!  Yep, I said it.  It's crazy to think that after being a loyal customers with them over 3 years that they wouldn't have the decency to call or mail out a letter to let me know there was an issue.  I could see if our bill wasn't paid, but we pay on time!  And furthermore, it's not like I just started spending time at my mom's, we lived there for almost two years and the roaming wasn't a problem.  So, why is this now becoming an issue?

I'm beyond pissed.  I'm not going to let a cell phone tie me down.  And when I do travel, I'm going to use my phone. That's kind of the reason I got one in the first place.  But what I am going to do is find a new cell phone provider.  These big companies don't really give sticks about loyal customers who pay on time.  I hate they can change policies but don't have to notify customers.  We're suppose to be mind readers or something.

And those customer service agents are a joke.  Like you're copping attitude because I called to see what the deal was with my phone not working?  Wait, is that not your job?  Did I ask you to do something impossible like saw yourself in half?  

I love technology but times and incidents like these make me wonder if all the frustrations we have to experience with it is worth it?

iPhone on the Brain

I have to admit that I do spend a great deal of time of my cell phone.  I'm texting to keep up to date with my girlfriends from college, sending emails when I'm away from the house and adding events to my calendar.  And if that isn't enough, my phone currently serves as my personal digital camera.  While, I do love my phone for the most part, the one thing that really annoys me is all the unwanted apps that are on it.

Seriously, this phone would be perfect but there are apps on there that I don't and have no interest in using but can't be removed.  And this sucks big time because it's eating up my phone memory and prohibiting me from being able to download apps that I really want and will use.  So, I've been thinking that it might be time to switch over to an iPhone.  It seems to be getting some good reviews.

I just a phone that will allow me to choose what I do and don't want  on it.  Too much good money is paid on cell phones themselves and cell phone bills to not be able to have the option of choosing something so simple as what apps I want on my phone.  So, I'm going to search buy iPhone4 San Francisco ( heard the West coast has some good deals) or something along those lines to see what kind of prices I can find. 

Do you have an iPhone?

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Straight Talk

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Straight Talk for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Although, the depression has been declared over, some of us are still looking for ways to make ends meet.  One of the best ways to keep a few extra bucks in your pocket is by eliminating a high cell phone bill.  However, that doesn't mean you have to go without one.  Thanks to the wonderful genius of Straight Talk, you can now have unlimited talk, text and data without breaking the bank!  Yes, you read right.

With Straight Talk, there are no contracts, no surprise bills and best of all no credit checks.  They have great nationwide coverage as well as excellent reception and connectivity.  Think about it.  Wouldn't you love the idea that you could feel richer by cutting your cell phone bill in half?  Why be on a contract these days when you can get everything you need without one?

Honestly, with Straight Talk you can get Unlimited Monthly service for only $45!  That's unlimited calling, texting, picture messaging and web for only $499 for a whole year.  They also offer the "All You Need Plan" to meet the needs of heavy phone users that includes 1,000 minutes, 1,000 texts and 30MB of web data.  411 calls are included free of charge.  There are no activation, reactivation or termination fees.

That means you can pick and choose when you want to have service without being penalized.  Just imagine the amount of cash you could be saving by switching to Straight Talk.  What would you buy with the etra money?  For me, I could use that money to buy extra diapers and baby food.  Straight Talk even has an International Long Distance Service that is a flexible, prepaid and enables you to make international calls from your home, cell or office phone at low rates.  So, now you can call a friend in China or Brazil with ease.

What about their phone selection?  Don't worry because Straight Talk only uses trusted phone manufacturers like LG, Motorola, Kyacera, Nokia and Samsung.  You can save more money with their reconditioned phones available from as low as $10 with a camera, mp3 player, mobile web access and bluetooth capability.  Also, you can check their great selection of amazing smart, touch screen and app capable phones with features like voice navigation, camera, video recorder, music player, instant messaging and Bluetooth.  You can even play games like Fantasy Fishing- hook, line and sinker.

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