My son bought a cell phone , and I put him on my contract with the understanding that he makes his monthly payments.... no payments, I gave me a reminder that is bill is long over do..and his cell well be cut, he is refusin to pay. Any Ideas?
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Has he got enough money to pay?
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Yeah, cut his cell off your plan! If he isn't going to pay when he said he would, you need to put your foot down!
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Take away his cell phone and ground him. Tell hime he can only go to and from school. And if he has a job, that's it. If he drives, tell him that he now can't because he has an overdue bill, and it will be paid. my parents did that to me.
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Pay the bill without letting him know you did. Cut his phone off and let him know if he wants a phone he can A: pay you back and B: get a prepaid phone that he pays for. Remember, cells are a privilege, not a right. Good luck!
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Depends on how old her is... if he is 21+ then have the line cut... then take him to small claims (if it is a large amount)... Make him pay for it he will learn his lesson and you will have obviously learned yours as well! I'm sorry he isn't being responsible but if he is under 21... well young adults make many mistakes before they learn to be a mature and responsible grown adult!
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How old is he? Take him off the contract, and if you can't then terminate the contract. You'll pay a large fee but your paying the bill for mins he's using anyways so oh well. Then let him know you're never attaching his name to yours on anything ever again.
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Stop threatening him and do it. Go on line and temporarily shut down his service. It only takes a few minutes. Dont turn it on until he pays for back payments and one month in advance,
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Keep your word. You said he has to pay and he hasn't, so cut him off. Switch to a pre-paid plan and if he doesn't pay he won't have a phone.
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Sounds like a Judge Judy episode to me!
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Make him work it off. Come up with things around the house that he can do for you and put a reasonable price to them and make him do it. If he already has a job, come up with some form of punishment that is in effect until he pays.
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It's never wise to give cell phones to two-year olds!
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... have the phone deactivated and removed from your plan ... ... confiscated the phone and SELL it to make a partial payment on the bill ... ... ground him until 2 weeks AFTER the bill has been paid in full ... ... after that, let him find his own way to get & pay for a replacement cell phone ...
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Stop paying it, get his line cut until he promisses to pay it.
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You DEFINITELY need to shut him off immediately. That's how the real world works when you don't pay your bills. He needs to learn that, even if it's the hard way. Tough love goes a long way sometimes. My daughters have phones and we use that as a tool to keep them in line.
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In this economy, you can't afford to have your credit rating damaged because of your son's carelessness. Take the cell phone away, smash it if you have too, pay his bill off since it's on your contract and give your son nothing else. He doesn't deserve it since he couldn't honor the committment. You are not helping him by sheilding him from the reality that people loss everything when they mismanage their money. Losing a cell phone can't even compair to losing your home or not being able to afford food. He must learn this lesson NOW.
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LOL. He is "refusing" to pay!? Do the same. What is the issue? If you are liable for the bill, pay it anyway, but cancel the service. If he won't reimburse you the money he owes you, just hold back his birthday and Christmas presents until the equivalent value has been made up (and don't go soft!). That way, you don't have to force him (often an impossibility I'm sure) to do anything.
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I agree with the rest of the people here, make good on your threat. Cut him off. Cell phones aren't free, and he seems to be under the impression that because you're mom, you'll cover for him. Cut his service - if he wants a phone, he'll have to go pay for one. Flat out refusing to pay for something he agreed to is just....wow. No way I'd ever let my children get away with that (when/if I have them ;))
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Well if it long overdue and you have continued to pay yours and his payments, then maybe it is time to buy him a trac-phone, port his number over to the trac-phone and let him pay for his own minutes. I have double minutes for the life of my phone everytime I add more minutes.
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If he doesn't even try to pay anything by the end of the month, take him off the contract or take his phone. If he can't handle the reponsiblity of having a phone he shouldn't have the privilege of having a phone.
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I just went through something similar, only my daughters phone was taken away for bad behavior. I called the cell phone co & they told me I could suspend the line for 2 months at a time without costing me anything. They add the 2 months onto the end of your contract. When it's suspended they can't even get their voice mail. We have some leverage!
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cut the phone. say it, then do it. dont waffle.
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Cut the phone! Even if you do it through the phone company and have them "shut it off" to teach him a lesson. If you don't enforce your rule, he'll keep pushing!
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