So I have an interesting scenario as my two year lock in contract has expired for my cell phone and as a result I qualify for things like a free phone where you would have to sign another contract. I don\u2019t really need another one at this point as I think next year would be more ideal for an upgrade. But thinking about it that would mean in a sense wasting one year. So the option is renew it next year and get something I want or renew it this year to get something I don\u2019t need where after another two years I then get a true upgrade that I would want. Which route would you go with?<\/p>\n
The frugal shopper in me wants to get the item now as it seems wasteful not to. But the logical side is saying I don\u2019t really need it so why not save it until I actually do? Another thing that bothers me of this is I actually stayed with a carrier once for two years without renewing a contract because I didn\u2019t want to be locked in where in retrospect that was a mistake as I could have gotten a free phone since I stayed with them anyways.<\/p>\n
Who would have thought stuff like this would require a lot of thinking. The only other thought is you never know what can happen in a year as a lot can change too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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