Missed Part One? Go here.

Okay, let's recap shall we? The human lost his phone, got a new one, then got his old one back as well. Things are good, but things could still be better. Just be sure to read the fine print first...

So after having the new phone for a time being, there was one thing he didn't like. The cost of the monthly plan Provider Z was charging him. He went to them so see about getting a different plan. Unfortunately, having gotten a new phone, he was locked into the current plan until the phone was paid off. Not having the money to do that at the time, he talked with his mate and came up with a way of getting around that.

Provider Y was always advertising how their network was just as good as Z's. Y's plans were cheaper than what the humans were currently paying. Also the most important thing was that Y would take the new phone and pay it off, then give them a different brand new phone in place of that other "new" phone. Then on top of that, he was given 30 days to change back to Z's service if Y's was not as good as advertised and get their trade-in back.

The network worked just as well as the previous one --but cheaper-- so the humans were happy. Well, for a couple of week, until a major difference between the networks reared its ugly head...or I really should say that it didn't rear its head.

The humans have a cabin near a lake about an hours drive from where they live that they are fixing up usually on the weekends. They plan on moving there when they retire. It's a nice little place (disclaimer: I've never seen it), but they discovered that they have absolutely no reception of Y's network at this location. They'd gotten a perfectly good connection to Provider Z's network, but Y's did not exist at this location at all.

After trying to decide what to do about this, they finally decided to drop Y and go back to Z. I mean, it had only been around two weeks since they switched, so well within the 30 days to change back. Sounds easy and straight forward doesn't it? Ha!

First thing, they store only holds the phones that are traded in for a week, then they are sent out to be either be resold or recycled. There was no possible way to get the phone back and they would not let them keep the new phone if they left without paying it in full. Second, they will only pay off the phone from the other provider after thirty ONE days have passed. So since he could not pay the entire phone off at once nor be without a phone, the humans decided to stay with Provider Y and have no reception at the cabin.

Well, until at least 31 days had passed that is. Then they went back to Provider Z to see what could be done. They found that they were away for long enough that they could get a new plan that was cheaper than what they had with them before this switching debacle AND Provider Z would pay off their phone from Provider Y while also giving them a new phone. So they went with that and everyone involved were all happy in the end.

Well, everyone was happy for a few months or so...

To be continued...