Cutting out your local phone bill can Save $500 a Year. Most of us these days use cell phones. I am currently already paying over $100 a month for my iPhone service which I use for my business. My wife and daughter are both on my plan. Eventually my daughter will have her own plan which will save me when I knock off the $30 for unlimited text messages. But take it from me the $30 is worth it if they ever go over which has happened.
So I asked myself why am I paying this amount of money for my cellphone service and then still have a local phone? It just doesn’t make sense except for the fact that my wife likes to have a local phone too. I really think most people are just so used to having a local phone that they rely on it even though you have a cellphone to use.
Now I understand that you have to charge the cellphone up more if you are using it all the time. But this is easy if you get a cellphone charger in your car and just charge it up as you are driving.
I have a great deal on my local phone and unlimited long distance through my cable company. I only pay a little over $40 per month with the taxes and fees. Many people are paying around $60-70 a month for their local phone. Now this can range from $500 – $700 per month. This is a decent amount of money if you look at it this way over a years time.
So my decision is to cut out the local phone and go to just using our cellphones. I am going to bite the bullet. It is all in an attempt to become more frugal in my daily living and look for ways to cut out expenses that are duplicate or things I just really don’t need.
Now you may be asking do you need an iPhone? Actually I have been thinking about cutting that out too. It is a great way for me to check my online income remotely. I also can use it to text message, check my emails and keep organized. Do I utilize it the way I should, no. I want to start becoming more efficient through the use of the iPhone apps, but if I don’t I might decide to do away with it thereby saving me more money. That is another topic for another day.
Right now I feel good about saving the $500 per year by cutting out my local phone.
The idea behind our site at MakingaMillionDollars is to find all kinds of ways to be frugal and cut expenses. Then you use that extra money to pay debts off completely. Then you get into a position where you can invest that extra money and make more money. We will then explain ways in the future of increasing your income by starting a business from home.
It does not have to be a business that replaces your full time income, but supplements it. Keep reading our posts into the future to learn more!
