Oh man this has got to hurt the old pocket book but it seems that a Florida woman has just got socked with a $201,000 cell phone bill after her two deaf-mute brothers got back from a trip north of the US Canada border.
Apparently the brothers thought it would be a great idea to spend two weeks in Canada and as was their habit the two brothers texted each other and their sister Celina Aarons, who was still at home in Florida, as well as downloading a few videos to watch.
Unfortunately though Celina forgot to change her cell phone data plan with T-Mobile to the semi price friendly international roaming data plan which meant her usual data plan that included her brothers went a little over the normal $175 she was use to.
Like a couple hundred thousand over.
Needless to say Celina contacted T-Mobile about the bill and hopefully for a bit of a break on the amount but T-Mobile said that was her bill and they expected payment promptly. No breaks at all.
So Celina decided that even though she knew that it was only fair to have a higher than normal bill and she did make the mistake of not changing her plan T-Mobile could have been a little more considerate of the situation. Running out of alternatives she contacted her local television stations, Miami TV station WSVN, to see if maybe they could help her out with some public pressure.
Well after running the story and contacting T-Mobile the carrier agreed to lover the bill from $201,000 to $2,500 and give Celina six months to pay the bill instead of just one month.
via TechVibes
