Last Saturday, 9/1, I pulled up on consultant corner the info on the newest pampered perk - the discount on sprint/nextel. The info indicates a 10% discount. I followed the instructions to call the 800# for current nextel subscribers since I already have a nextel phone, and the person I spoke with told me that it takes two months to get processed, and its only a 3% discount.
I then called home office, and spoke with someone. She couldn't pull up the info on consultant corner, she spoke with her supervisor and the supervisor couldn't find anything either. Given that it was a holiday weekend, I gave them my contact info, and offered for anybody higher up to call me and clarify. I haven't heard from anybody yet - and was just wondering what others have experienced with this new perk.
and now for my question in general......due to a minor mishap we had recently with our 14 yr old, we are finally jumping off the fence and are ready to start looking at a family cell phone plan. Depending on what the pampered perk offered, we are comparing the possibility of adding 2 phones to that plan......or possibly going a whole different route w/3 phones with another plan, and not renew my plan with nextel in July 08.
I've seen the thousands of commercials.....what I'm looking for is input from families with teens - and wisom you may be able to impart! I'm not interested in spending tons of money each month to accommodate this....I just want my daughter to be able to reach us when she needs us. Not alot of bells and whistles.....voice mail would be important, text could be optional - it would be nice for her to do it with us....I know some kids get out of control with it....she's a very responsible, farily incontrol kid - we can give her boundaries and she'll stay within (I pray it stays that way as she gets older, I remember stretching my own boundaries!!!)
I don't want to start a debate over which company has the best plan....I'd simply appreciate hearing what's worked for you, and myabe some pitfalls to look out for.
Thanks!
Melinda
I then called home office, and spoke with someone. She couldn't pull up the info on consultant corner, she spoke with her supervisor and the supervisor couldn't find anything either. Given that it was a holiday weekend, I gave them my contact info, and offered for anybody higher up to call me and clarify. I haven't heard from anybody yet - and was just wondering what others have experienced with this new perk.
and now for my question in general......due to a minor mishap we had recently with our 14 yr old, we are finally jumping off the fence and are ready to start looking at a family cell phone plan. Depending on what the pampered perk offered, we are comparing the possibility of adding 2 phones to that plan......or possibly going a whole different route w/3 phones with another plan, and not renew my plan with nextel in July 08.
I've seen the thousands of commercials.....what I'm looking for is input from families with teens - and wisom you may be able to impart! I'm not interested in spending tons of money each month to accommodate this....I just want my daughter to be able to reach us when she needs us. Not alot of bells and whistles.....voice mail would be important, text could be optional - it would be nice for her to do it with us....I know some kids get out of control with it....she's a very responsible, farily incontrol kid - we can give her boundaries and she'll stay within (I pray it stays that way as she gets older, I remember stretching my own boundaries!!!)
I don't want to start a debate over which company has the best plan....I'd simply appreciate hearing what's worked for you, and myabe some pitfalls to look out for.
Thanks!
Melinda