Venting: Educating my relatives

[powerlifter]

Originally Posted by DRNewcomb

A relative of mine is going on a trip to Africa. They have mobile phone service with a US regional carrier that charges $2.99/min to roam where they are going and doesn't even list roaming data prices. I've offered to loan them my TelnaMobile phone to take on the trip. They are convinced that they will be able to use Viber to make free calls because it works for them in the USA. This is the type of person who is very hard to convince of something once their mind is made up. I see a train wreck coming and there's very little I can do to prevent it.

Been there and done that. Just wait till they come home with a $1000.00 phone bill. I worked for a company who went to at&t and thought they could throw a sim card in the phone and use it overseas. No calling plan just three phones. I tried to tell them they needed to be unlocked it went over their heads. I saved the day, because I had three unlocked phones to use. I brought them with me so we could have communication with the three of us plus our driver. One of the guys had an unlocked phone as he was doing business in Dubai at the time.