Before my wife and I got married, we shared a house with two roommates. The phone was in my name, but most of the calls were made by my French roommate. She’d rack up a couple hundred dollars a month in calls to France. No biggie; she always paid on time, and even helped us out a few times when we were strapped for cash.
Around the time my wife and I were about to move out, I got a letter in the mail from a long distance carrier offering me $100 to switch to their service. Cash the check and you’d be automatically signed up. I cashed it. A few days later I transferred the phone number to the roommate’s name and moved out without ever mentioning the money. Should I have split it? I mean the check did have my name on it. But it was $100 only because she had made so many calls.
Another question along the same lines. On my new phone number, I got a $50 offer to switch. Boy these phone companies love to give me money! Of course they love to take it away too… I cashed that check which sticks me with AT&T for local and long distance service. Now I see yet another $50 offer to switch providers. Would it be wrong of me to switch service again only a couple weeks after signing up with AT&T?
I have the MCI deal where you get free videos from Blockbusters for every $25.00 you spent on long distance.
AT&T has been begging to get me back. Screwed them. For three years they were raping me. Not once did they offered a discount. Even as incentive to stay with them while everyone was offering all these great deals. In looking to save bucks on long distance phone calls. I gotten most of my relatives across the country to log on at MPLAYER.COM. Where you can create private rooms to chat with each other.
Forget the online phone services like DIALPAD.COM. Because often it can be anoying to whomever is on the other line. You know the echo. Even with the use of headphone mic set. It still has problems.
Quicksilver hit number one on the head, IMO. DO you feel guilty about it?
As to the second, by all means take advantage of competing carrie offers, but beware–you will get charged, at least by your local carrier, for switching. Every time you switch. The 50 bucks will cover it, but it’s not as good a deal as it appears.
I agree with Quicksilver and andros. The question is not whether or not we think you owe your roomie a share - it depends on whether or not you think that you owe that share. Since it’s obviously bothering you, I’d say your own conscience is telling you that you should share the money. You’ll feel a lot better after you do.