1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,519 Speaker 1: Welcome to How to Money. I'm Joel and I'm Matt, 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: and today we're discussing jumping on a low cost cell 3 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 1: phone plan. Joel, do I look tired to you? Yeah? 4 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: I see the bags under your eyes fell like sleepy. 5 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: There is a reason I asked, is my brother in law, 6 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: him and his wife they had a baby last night? Yeah? 7 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: It so congrats to them, they had a healthy baby boy. 8 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 1: But the reason I'm tired is because they're one year old, 9 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: almost a year old. Daughter spent the night with us 10 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: last night and tonight as well, but you know, she's 11 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 1: not used to being in her house, sleeping in the 12 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:53,959 Speaker 1: pack and play, and we're not used to waking up 13 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: a couple of times a night tending to a baby. Man, 14 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: I gotta say it's a to relief to exit that 15 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: stage as apparent finally your kids sleeping through the night, 16 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: and then to go back to getting woken up in 17 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 1: the middle of the night. I can't imagine it's so 18 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 1: hard to get drugged back into that place again. Yeah, 19 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 1: I know, especially without the adrenaline of having your own 20 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: like fresh baby. You know, like it's like I can 21 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: handle that as long as I about like the cue baby. 22 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: I haven't even met the new baby yet. You know, 23 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: I've been working all day and I haven't been able 24 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 1: to get over to the hospital. Maybe we should do 25 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: an episode about babies. How much do babies cost? Well, 26 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: we need to do one, especially on because I feel 27 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: like every year the statistic comes out about how much 28 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: a child cost to raise. Oh yeah, and I feel 29 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,759 Speaker 1: like it's kind of ridiculous, and we should definitely talk 30 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: about the cost of raising the kid and how to 31 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: minimize those and so let's do an episode on that soon. 32 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: I mean, I think people would love that. And if 33 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: you've had a baby recently, why don't you go ahead 34 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: and send in a picture of your baby, because let's 35 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 1: see the beautiful babies. Yes, I'm not even joking. I 36 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: think love to see a picture of your baby. Seriously. 37 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: But if you're a listener and you've had a baby 38 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: in the past just a year, yeah, if if you 39 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: got a cute baby, let's see the babies. In the 40 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: best place to post it so we can all see 41 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: it is our Facebook group. So if you feel comfortable, 42 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: some people don't feel comfortable posting pictures of this, But 43 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: if you do post a pic of your super cute 44 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: baby on our Facebook group and we will just comment 45 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: with like Google eyes and stuff like oh yeah, hard eyes. 46 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: I'm all about it. Babies are the cutest, all right. 47 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 1: So congrats to Dan and Jeff. That's awesome. And by 48 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 1: the way, the first time I met Dan, I remember 49 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:26,679 Speaker 1: Matt one of the first things that we hit it 50 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: off about was disc golf. We both have this super 51 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: intense love for disc off. Dude, he loves the disc 52 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: oflf is true. And just in case anyone hasn't heard 53 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: or has never played disc golf out there, it's one 54 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:40,679 Speaker 1: of my favorite sports for a lot of reasons. First, 55 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:42,920 Speaker 1: you're kind of walking through nature, and it's just kind 56 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: of fun to spend a couple of hours outdoors checking 57 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: a frisbee essentially. And although discolfers don't really like to 58 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: call it frisbee, it's yeah, you're playing with a disc. 59 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 1: But discolf is awesome because you can buy essentially two 60 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 1: discs and have everything you need to play for the 61 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 1: rest of your life for free. Yep, everywhere you play 62 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: disc golf, it's free. It's just the best time. It's 63 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: so funny to go out there with friends, maybe bring 64 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,799 Speaker 1: a beer too, and and just play disc golf. Man, 65 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: it's the best. I miss it so much. I need 66 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: to get back out there and maybe I'll take Dan 67 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: in the new baby. Dan's actually who got me in 68 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: my first two discs. Man. I think I three with 69 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: you a couple of times and I would borrow maybe 70 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: one or two year discs. But then Dan got me 71 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: a driver and a putter, and I think maybe I 72 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 1: found a mid range disc and that's in the woods. Yeah. 73 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 1: I'm like, all right, well, I only use the driver 74 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: in the putter anyways. All right, and Matt today, the 75 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: beer that we're drinking on the show is Casa Agria 76 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: uh Zarza Marone from Oxnard, California, and it's a Flander 77 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 1: style brown ale with blackberries, cranberries and raspberries. Dude, all 78 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 1: the berries. Yes, Yeah, I was so so stoked when 79 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: I saw those berries on there. So I can't wait 80 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: to tell you guys about the beer at the end 81 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: of the show. And just wanted to say thanks to 82 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: my buddy Josh for bringing it down. He visited the 83 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: A t L recently and we'd a little beer exchange 84 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: and I've never had anything from Cossa Agria and I'm 85 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: really excited to have this beer. So speaking of beer 86 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: or alcohol, saw a report by the World Health Organization. 87 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: But it's a report and they're saying, how five percent 88 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: of deaths globally are attributed to alcohol. Five percent and 89 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: that crazy. That seems like a lot, yeah, like one 90 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: in twenty one in twenty deaths. And I'm sure that 91 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: like they're conflating their numbers a little bit to include 92 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 1: any sort of death that might be possibly related to 93 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 1: some sort of alcohol involvement at all. But they were 94 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: talking about it because there's little you know, there's lots 95 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 1: of stories out there how they say, oh, well, you know, 96 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: if you can have a little bit of booze, like 97 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 1: a single glass of wine and night or something like that, 98 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: it's actually good for your heart. And there's all this 99 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: and they were just saying that, like, you know what, 100 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 1: statistically speaking, it's still safer to not drink like at all. 101 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: And you know, obviously we love craft beer a lot. 102 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: Oh I wonder actually what the percentage of people that 103 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 1: drink craft beer specifically, about the number is way smaller 104 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: as far as death related incidents that are related to 105 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: craft beer, partially because craft beer hasn't been long around 106 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: all that long. Really that is true, but I mean, 107 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: I guess I wanted to mention that too, because we 108 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: love craft beer obviously, but at the same time, like 109 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 1: we drink in moderation, we're not idiots, and we would 110 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 1: encourage you to also be responsible. You know, we love 111 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: having a delicious beer during the week together, you know, 112 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 1: while we have an awesome conversation about money or something 113 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: money related, but sometimes it's easy to get carried away, 114 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 1: and we just want to encourage you to be smart. Yeah, 115 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: and especially a beer like this, Matt, I mean, I 116 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,840 Speaker 1: get so excited to sip this beer slowly and to 117 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: essentially over hours just enjoy the flavor. That's my favorite 118 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: part about craft beer. And so it just doesn't lend 119 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,799 Speaker 1: itself to chugging back three or four and just get 120 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 1: and getting hammered and so um. Something like this. It's 121 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: just really nice to have a small glass and drink 122 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 1: it really slowly. All right, Joel, let's go ahead and 123 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 1: get started talking about low cost cell phone plans um. 124 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 1: And first of all, we want to to encourage you 125 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,359 Speaker 1: to go back and listen to last week's if you 126 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: haven't already listened to last week's, we did an episode 127 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: on getting a deal on a new cell phone, and yeah, 128 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:12,359 Speaker 1: we covered a lot of great points there, and so 129 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,720 Speaker 1: this is sort of like part two of that cell 130 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 1: phone life. Yeah man. And the problem is that many 131 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: people are still paying way too much for their cell 132 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: phone service. It's kind of like my parents randomly, they 133 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: were paying for ao L after everyone else had jumped ship, 134 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 1: like like for free with with the disks they get 135 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: in the mail. Yeah, yeah, I remember that, but they 136 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: were still paying. And there are still people to this 137 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: day paying twenty five dollars a month for ao L 138 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 1: even though a o L has been made completely free 139 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: for their for their mail. Yeah, they're still paying for 140 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: internet service through a o L because they just have 141 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 1: never canceled it. So I think that last I read, 142 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: there over two million people paying AOL a month essentially 143 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,840 Speaker 1: for nothing. That's probably like the worst statistic I've ever 144 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 1: heard in my life, right, like like worst slash saddest. 145 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: I'm like, who are these people who are just paying 146 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: this without realizing it? And I feel like a big 147 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: part of that, right, A big reason might be because 148 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: we just don't talk about our finances enough. That's a 149 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 1: big reason that you and I like talking about money 150 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: is because it's something that isn't talked about enough, and 151 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: we like being somewhat countercultural and stepping on people's toes 152 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 1: and making people feel uncomfortable get it out in the open. Yeah. 153 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: But a big part of it is because we want 154 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: to talk about it. We want it to be normalized. 155 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: And you know, it's like talking about how much you're 156 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: paying for yourself phone service might be this thing where 157 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: you feel that you don't have the freedom to talk 158 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 1: about because you're like, oh, that's that's not really what 159 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: my friends and I talked about. We talk about getting 160 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: the new iPhone. You don't talk about like how much 161 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 1: we're paying every month on cell phone service. But we 162 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: would want to do is encourage you to be that 163 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: person maybe in your friend group, to kind of challenge 164 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 1: your friends to start talking about these things, to challenge 165 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: each other to save money, because like if you're still 166 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: friends in twenty thirty years, like instead you can be 167 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: retired and having these conversations or like you know, while traveling, 168 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: Like we just want you to to be maybe sort 169 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: of like the be and you know, the beacon of 170 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: hope of light when it comes to you and your 171 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 1: friends finances. I think the cell phone bill for many 172 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: people is actually really kind of equivalent to the A O. 173 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: L bill for those two million folks that are still 174 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: paying for it because a lot of people haven't shopped 175 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: their cellphone bill in years, and so they're paying. They 176 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: haven't seen how precipitously the prices have dropped when it 177 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: comes to cell phone plans and how many cheap options 178 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 1: there are out there right now. Because the average monthly 179 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: cell phone bill is still seventy three dollars, that's crazy, 180 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 1: mat Yeah, dude, that is very crazy. And like, so 181 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 1: I did some quick math, and that amount every month, right, 182 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: seventy three bucks invested over ten years, it's pretty close 183 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:44,439 Speaker 1: to thirteen thousand dollars, which is a ton of money. 184 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: And real quick, that's if you take like a monthly 185 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: expense and you multiply it by one seven three, right, 186 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 1: a hundred seventy three, that essentially is that amount invested 187 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:55,199 Speaker 1: over the next two years compounded, Like, that's how much 188 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 1: you know you would end up with. And that's a 189 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 1: lot of money, right, that's a ton of money. Um, 190 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: And since cell phone bills don't actually fluctuate on a 191 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 1: monthly basis, you just kind of get used to paying 192 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 1: the same amount. It gets you know, automatically deducted from 193 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 1: your checking account or automatically paid from your credit card, 194 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: and you don't notice the amount going out, and you 195 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: don't think to shop. You're just paying the same amount 196 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: every month. No matter what we're here to say, there 197 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: are so many better ways to do it, so many 198 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: cheaper ways to get cell phone service, and they're ultimately 199 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: not going to creep your style at all, man. And 200 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 1: that's part of why these cell phone planes don't get shopped, 201 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: because you get used to paying the same amount. It's 202 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 1: sort of on like the subscription model basis, right, It's 203 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 1: a monthly bill and you just get used to paying 204 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: it and it just gets absorbed into your budget. It's 205 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,319 Speaker 1: a set amount, it doesn't really change. And it's sort 206 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 1: of like these new all these new subscription based companies. 207 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 1: They kind of get you hooked, you know, or they 208 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: get you interested, and you start paying it, and then 209 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 1: you can just get used to paying it, and then 210 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: you just never kind of fall off the wagon. You 211 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 1: never really look at what you're receiving and saying, is 212 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 1: this actually worth the money that I'm that I'm putting 213 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: to Like that sock subscription that you jumped on, Dude, 214 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: that's the real thing, is I think that's a real thing. 215 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 1: But I mean like Blue Apron or Dollar Shave Club, right, Like, 216 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: these are all the different subscription based companies and they're 217 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 1: blowing up. And the reason that they're blowing up is 218 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 1: because people sign up and it's just on cruise control. 219 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 1: It just keeps going. And from a business standpoint, it's 220 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:17,839 Speaker 1: brilliant because they get someone on board and they know 221 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:20,080 Speaker 1: that the percentage of people who then turn around and 222 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 1: say no, I don't want to do this anymore is 223 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 1: so slim, and they just keep paying it. They keep 224 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: amassing razors or a bunch of Blue Aprons. I don't 225 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: know how it works, but like it's just something that 226 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 1: they don't challenge themselves to, uh, to say no to. Yeah, 227 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 1: And ultimately, most of the people in our society they 228 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 1: value convenience over cost. And definitely, and we're here to 229 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: say it's actually not terribly inconvenient to pick a new 230 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: cell phone plan. It's not going to be very difficult, 231 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: but ultimately you can save so much your you can 232 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 1: cut your cost to such a level that it can 233 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 1: be a meaningful amount of money that you can save. 234 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 1: All right, man, let's go ahead and get started and 235 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 1: let's jump into it. So how to get on a 236 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 1: low cost cell phone plan? Uh? The first thing that 237 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: you want to consider is consider using your phone less, 238 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 1: because if you use it less, you'll end up paying less. 239 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: And what we're specifically referring to is data. Everyone wants 240 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: to have unlimited data, but if you do, you're gonna 241 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 1: pay for it. You need to ask yourself do you 242 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:14,959 Speaker 1: really need it or are you just looking sort of 243 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 1: for that piece of mind where you think, well, I 244 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 1: don't really know how much I'm consuming. I just want 245 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 1: to have unlimited so I don't have to worry about it. 246 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 1: That's a very worthwhile question, right, how much data am 247 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,440 Speaker 1: I actually using? Yeah? And there's a whole lot of 248 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 1: things in life, right where we choose to use less 249 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: of something in order to save money. Right. We turn 250 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: the thermostat up in the summer to avoid using the 251 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: electricity and the air conditioning. Right, that's a conscious choice 252 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:43,319 Speaker 1: that we make. And you can do the same thing 253 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 1: with your cell phone. You choose to use WiFi most 254 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 1: of the time you have access to a WiFi network 255 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: if you're at home, or at work most of the time, right, 256 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 1: you can jump on the WiFi network there, and so 257 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: if you can do that and use less data on 258 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 1: your phone, that's gonna be a way that you can 259 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 1: hop on a lower cost plan. Yeah, and specifically as well, 260 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 1: I'm thinking about it as like a budget, right, so, like, 261 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 1: look at your statements at the end of the month 262 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 1: and look at how much you actually are using, Like, 263 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: look at how much you are using of the allotted 264 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 1: data that you're given every month. If it's unlimited, look 265 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:15,719 Speaker 1: at how much you're using, and if it's less than 266 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 1: two gigs a month, we'll shoot. You don't need unlimited. 267 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 1: You already fit within the two gigs are less sort 268 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 1: of plan. With a little bit of thoughtfulness, you could 269 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: easily even get that probably under one gig. But knowing 270 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: where to start, right, if if I actually do think 271 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 1: about it like a budget, you need to know where 272 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: you're starting and then to see if that's even something 273 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,079 Speaker 1: that's possible for you. You might look at your statement 274 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 1: and see that like, oh man, this past month, I 275 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 1: used eleven gigs worth a data. There's no way I'm 276 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 1: gonna be able to get under two. And if so, 277 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 1: that's sure like there's no sense and maybe trying to 278 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 1: cut it down just a little bit, or to go 279 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: through the pain and discipline of trying to get yourself 280 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: under two. It's just not gonna be worth it for you. 281 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: It's not gonna be worth your time. Yeah, but if 282 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:56,320 Speaker 1: you're close, you can take a look at that building 283 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: statement and you can see I'm using two and a 284 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 1: half or three and a half gigs of data. And 285 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: you know what, I really think I can jump on 286 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 1: a WiFi network a little more frequently and just use 287 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 1: less in general in order to save you know, forty 288 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 1: fifty maybe even more dollars a month. Who I just 289 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 1: noticed you said data. Do you say data or do 290 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 1: you say data? I think I go back and forth. 291 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:17,680 Speaker 1: I don't know. I think earlier I was saying data data. 292 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 1: Oh snap, what was the kid's name on Goonies? I 293 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:22,200 Speaker 1: don't know. I didn't see the movie. Wait, you never 294 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: seen the Goodies. I've never seen the Goonies? You shut up. 295 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 1: I hate to admit it. Well, there's a little Gosh 296 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 1: this gonna sound so racist. There's a little Asian kid 297 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 1: and his name was data or I say it, you're Asian. 298 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 1: It's allowed like you've heard people talk about booby traps. 299 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:37,959 Speaker 1: I was sending booty traps and they're like, no, it's 300 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 1: booby traps. And he's like, that's what I said, booty traps. 301 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 1: I can't believe you've never seen the Goonies. Dog pathetic. 302 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: You're not pathetic. You're a little bit younger than I. 303 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 1: You know, that's it. I'm like a year younger than you. 304 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 1: But you missed you miss the Gooneys tram. You are 305 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:51,839 Speaker 1: really old, that is true. I think I had a 306 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 1: Gooney's lunchbox, dude, Like it was that hard It was 307 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 1: that hardcore to that into it. Yeah, okay, all right, 308 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 1: or maybe I'm just envisioning my friends. I don't know. 309 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:03,199 Speaker 1: I can't remember so old. So ultimately, if you want 310 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: to save on a cell phone, pland, one thing you 311 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 1: need to do is to consider your carrier. Man. Mostly 312 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: they're the same now, Verizon's network it still seems to 313 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: be the best everywhere you go. I know there are 314 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:16,319 Speaker 1: a lot of people that travel all over the country, 315 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: are in the mountain states, are kind of in more 316 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 1: rural areas, and Verizon does work better in those places. 317 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 1: But if you're in a major metropolitan city, if you're 318 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 1: in the suburbs of a city. Uh, you're usually okay 319 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 1: with a less fancy network, and Verizon definitely charges a 320 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: lot more for you to be on their slightly better network. Yeah, 321 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: that's a great point. Also consider doing the family and 322 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: friends plan. You know, if you can get more folks 323 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: on your plan, that will often save you money, although 324 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 1: that can be a huge pain, and single lines are 325 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 1: also starting to get a good bit cheaper as well, 326 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: so it may not even be worth the hassle. And 327 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 1: I say this out of a personal experience. This is 328 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: something Joel and I both do. We are on the 329 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: same family ends planned and we have do we have 330 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 1: ten people now or nine? We just I think we 331 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 1: just have one drop off, but we were hoping to 332 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 1: pick two up, so we'll see how it goes. We 333 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 1: can we can go from nine to eleven. No, we 334 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 1: were at nine, we went down to eight, and we're 335 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 1: hoping to go back up to ten. Okay, we've got 336 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 1: two more hopefully lined up soon. But it is a pain. 337 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: I will tell you, it is a p So you're 338 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: the one. I'll go ahead and set you up because 339 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: you're the one that like the accounts under your name 340 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: and you're the one that's basically charged with, you know, 341 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: collecting cell phone rent from people you don't even know, 342 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 1: because I got some friends actually they're like siblings of 343 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 1: my friends. Like they're not even folks I know super closely. 344 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 1: All that well, but I'm like, yeah, I'm pretty sure 345 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 1: they're good for a dog. Sign them up. No, it's 346 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 1: it's honestly, it's worked out really well for all of us. Okay, 347 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 1: but it's just really changed in the last year and 348 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 1: a half to two years maybe where cell phone plans 349 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 1: for individuals have kind of started to decrease rapidly, almost 350 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: to the point where family plans were for a minute, 351 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 1: family plans were by far, by far the cheapest options. 352 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 1: Couldn't even get close to that with a single or 353 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 1: double plan, And now you're starting to get at that 354 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 1: point with other providers that that that really, you know, 355 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 1: ten separate lines can be close to the same price 356 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: as a ten person family plan. Yeah, so our ten 357 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 1: person family plan we're paying right now about twenty three 358 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 1: about twenty three bucks a person, right, something like that. 359 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 1: And when we first signed up, we were, you know, 360 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: we hit a promotion, and that's something that will mention 361 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: later you know, you gotta look for those deals, those promotions. 362 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 1: But for a point there, how were we paying eleven 363 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 1: dollars a line? We were paying eleven dollars, I know 364 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 1: that for me a year. For a year, Kate and 365 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: I were paying you two dollars a month, you know, 366 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 1: and and we each had our own phone, and it 367 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: was fantastic. Yes, and it's still great now. But yeah, 368 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 1: like I said, the new family plans right of four lines, 369 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 1: even those are rivaling what we're paying now is they're 370 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: getting down close to three bucks for sure. Yeah. So, uh, 371 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 1: let's talk about Matt specific providers, specific costs, and kind 372 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 1: of where you should go as a single individual or 373 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: a is a dual line or family plan. Right after 374 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:14,880 Speaker 1: this break, all right, Matt, we promised specifics, so let's 375 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:18,280 Speaker 1: get into it. We said that the prices for single 376 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 1: line cell phone plans has gone down, and that is 377 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: so true. So let's call out a few of the 378 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 1: best companies to consider when you're looking for a single 379 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: line cellphone plan. So one of my personal favorite companies, Matt, 380 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:31,440 Speaker 1: and one that's been around for quite a while now 381 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 1: in this space that actually really has kind of changed 382 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 1: the game for everyone involved. I feel like they've been 383 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 1: one of the main competitors that spurred competition. Republic Wireless, 384 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 1: you can for twenty do get unlimited talking and text 385 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,640 Speaker 1: with one gig of data, and then you can pay 386 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 1: five dollars more per gig when you use more. That's 387 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 1: one of the best deals out there on the market 388 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:55,120 Speaker 1: for a single line. Another one of the best deals now, 389 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 1: which I kinda hate to say it, it's Exfanity Mobile, 390 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,360 Speaker 1: but it actually is a really good deal. So if 391 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:06,479 Speaker 1: you have a Comcast for your Internet service, you can 392 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 1: get Exfinity Mobile. It's twelve dollars for again unlimited talking text, 393 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 1: and you get one gig of data with that. So 394 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:17,639 Speaker 1: if you're a small data user, I would say Exfinity 395 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:21,199 Speaker 1: Mobile and Republic Wireless are two really great ones to consider. Yeah, man, 396 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,199 Speaker 1: for someone like me, that might actually be you know, 397 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 1: really good. I'm actually thinking for you, like how much 398 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 1: time I spend at home, like working from home, like 399 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,200 Speaker 1: on WiFi. I mean that's all I do. I don't 400 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 1: have a life, you know, I just like sit at home. 401 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:36,919 Speaker 1: I don't really have friends. I've said that about you, 402 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: And so like, why do I actually need a cell 403 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 1: phone plan that allows me to use it out in 404 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: the world, like out and out in space. As long 405 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 1: as you can use it in your caveable home, you'll 406 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 1: be fine. Um, but no, I mean that's something that 407 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 1: we mentioned earlier, like if if you're looking at a 408 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:54,159 Speaker 1: plan that does have less data or data depending on 409 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,399 Speaker 1: how you say it, that might entirely be an option 410 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: for you, especially if you're spending a good amount of 411 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:01,159 Speaker 1: time either at home or at work. And obviously everyone 412 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 1: has WiFi or just about everyone should have WiFi at work. 413 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 1: And so while like on the surface, these numbers don't 414 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:09,360 Speaker 1: sound like enough right, like you see here like oh, 415 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: you get like one gig of data, but gosh, really, 416 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 1: how much do you really need if you're going to 417 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 1: be on WiFi? You know, that's why at the earlier 418 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 1: I was mentioned going back and looking at your statements 419 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:20,719 Speaker 1: and seeing how much are you actually using, because I 420 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 1: think there might be a good chance that folks are 421 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:26,359 Speaker 1: using a good bit less than they maybe even realize. Yeah, 422 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:28,680 Speaker 1: so just a couple more companies Matt that if you're 423 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:30,919 Speaker 1: looking for single line service you should consider. And by 424 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:32,680 Speaker 1: the way, I know this is a lot of information. 425 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 1: We will link to all these companies in the show 426 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 1: notes as well. Unreal Mobile you can get a gig 427 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 1: for ten dollars or two gigs for fifteen dollars. Again 428 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:43,679 Speaker 1: that comes with unlimited talking text. That's kind of the 429 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: way all these plans are set up now. Project five, 430 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:50,359 Speaker 1: which is a product of Google. Yeah, and with Project 431 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 1: five you pay twenty dollars a month and then one 432 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:56,360 Speaker 1: dollar per ten of a gig of data that you use. 433 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 1: So I kind of like that map that they are 434 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 1: not just charging per single gig, but they're going down 435 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,479 Speaker 1: to the tenth of a gig of data, so you 436 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 1: can essentially know that you're not paying for more than 437 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: you're using, and if you're a light user, you're gonna 438 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 1: be paying very little. And Project five from everything I've 439 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:13,880 Speaker 1: heard all the reviews, and they've got really really good 440 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 1: service because they use multiple networks actually as their backbone. Man. 441 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:20,359 Speaker 1: And of those uh sort of off brands you know, 442 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:24,879 Speaker 1: names specifically five and Republic Wireless are the most highly 443 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,439 Speaker 1: rated across the board and with consumer reports, you know. 444 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:30,920 Speaker 1: And that's actually worth mentioning as well that the sort 445 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,120 Speaker 1: of non traditional cell phone carriers they all run off 446 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 1: of the different major networks that you've heard of right, 447 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:38,200 Speaker 1: and so it's not like they've built out their own 448 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:40,960 Speaker 1: networks that they're trying to compete their buying space on 449 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 1: these major networks. So you're instead of paying T Mobile 450 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 1: money for T Mobile, you can pay one of these 451 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 1: their companies money and Republic Wireless. Yeah, T Mobile network 452 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:52,919 Speaker 1: at a much cheaper price. Yeah, exactly. And so Exfinity 453 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 1: they run off of Verizons LTE network and Unreal Mobile, 454 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:58,920 Speaker 1: Uh they run off of the Sprint network. And so 455 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: they're essential really the sort of like generic you know, 456 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 1: they're like the store brand version of these trusted name 457 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: brands that you've heard of, like Taste e os in Cena, Cheerios. 458 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: Oh man, that's only reminds me of Kroger. I think 459 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:15,160 Speaker 1: it's Kroger. In college, I used to get their frosted 460 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:21,120 Speaker 1: mini spooners and that was like the frosted mini wheat equivalent. Obviously, 461 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 1: you gotta love the off brand names that they get 462 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 1: creative or they just don't because they don't they don't 463 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 1: care at all. I will call it spooners. It's fine, 464 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 1: it'll be delicious. So, now that we've talked about Matt, 465 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,680 Speaker 1: some of the best selfone plans for single lines. Let's 466 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 1: talk about some of the ones for two lines, and 467 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 1: really some of the ones that we just mentioned as 468 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,160 Speaker 1: single lines are some of the best for two people. 469 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 1: The best discounts ultimately end up coming for people that 470 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 1: do family plans, but I wanted to mention if you're 471 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:50,160 Speaker 1: over fifty five, T Mobile has a thirty five dollar 472 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:53,440 Speaker 1: per line for a seventy dollar total for those two lines, 473 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:57,159 Speaker 1: and you're getting that unlimited plan. And another great feature 474 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: about T moble, which will get into a little bit 475 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: further on out, is their overseas coverage. So if you're 476 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:04,919 Speaker 1: over fifty five and do travel overseas a lot, that 477 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 1: T Mobile plan is a really good deal. T Mobile 478 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:11,159 Speaker 1: is also offering fifty discounts for military members, So just 479 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: kind of wanted to mention both of those in case 480 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 1: you're in either of those boats chedule. And like you mentioned, 481 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,880 Speaker 1: you can't beat the family plan, right, the best cell 482 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 1: phone coverage that you're gonna be able to get uh 483 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 1: is gonna be for four lines or more, and that's 484 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: gonna be a family plan. Specifically, Cricket Wireless, they've got 485 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 1: an awesome plan where you can get four lines of 486 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:34,880 Speaker 1: unlimited data for one dollars and that kind of gets 487 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:36,679 Speaker 1: down to that sort of sweet spot. You know, you've 488 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 1: got four lines hundred bucks. Do the math. That's twenty 489 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 1: five dollars a line that's getting really, really stinking close 490 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:45,160 Speaker 1: to our twenty three dollars, a line without the hassle 491 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 1: of getting these deadbeats to pay up. Uh, and you're 492 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 1: having to send them texts? Yeah, exactly. Have you ever 493 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 1: had anybody not paying? Actually, know, everybody's been pretty cool, nice, Yeah, 494 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 1: just you know people that forget Every once in a 495 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:01,400 Speaker 1: while you have to send a reminder. Yeah, right, Well, 496 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 1: I'm glad to hear that. Well. Yeah, and I want 497 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,880 Speaker 1: to mention that Sprint probably offers the best family line 498 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: deal right now. And I promise not not a homer 499 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:11,959 Speaker 1: for Sprint, even though we're on them, But but if 500 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 1: you transfer from a different cell phone company to Sprint 501 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 1: right now, they will give you a free entire year 502 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: of service for your family. It's kind of crazy. We'll 503 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 1: put a link to it in the show notes so 504 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:24,720 Speaker 1: that you can check it out. That's insane. It's it's insane. 505 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: They've had that offer going on for a little while, 506 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:28,920 Speaker 1: and really, man, he can save you upwards of fifteen 507 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 1: hundred dollars in a single year, you know, by essentially 508 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,120 Speaker 1: having free cell phone service for that time, and then 509 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:37,680 Speaker 1: after that it goes back up to the normal price point, 510 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:40,119 Speaker 1: but then you're free to switch to another company at 511 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:42,199 Speaker 1: that point in time. I would just say, if you 512 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:44,200 Speaker 1: do have, like, you know, a family plan somewhere else, 513 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:46,680 Speaker 1: you know, consider that free Sprint offer because that's that's 514 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: a huge savings in just a year. Awesome. Man. There's 515 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 1: are some great uh specifics when it comes to you know, plans, 516 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 1: but with carriers, you know, if you still feel that 517 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: you still really need to have Horizon because you live 518 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 1: in an area maybe out in the country three where 519 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 1: they're basically the only ones that you're gonna be able 520 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 1: to get coverage with, you know, consider Total Wireless or 521 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,439 Speaker 1: Exfinity Mobile. They are on that Verizon network, but for 522 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 1: way cheaper than the actual fancy Verizon plan. Yeah, and 523 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 1: if you really need unlimited data, the best providers of 524 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:22,120 Speaker 1: that at the most reasonable prices that our major networks 525 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 1: are T Mobile and Sprint, and they are especially good 526 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:29,640 Speaker 1: if you also travel overseas and want cheap coverage as well. Yedjuel, 527 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 1: we're gonna talk more here about the international travel benefits. 528 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 1: In addition to that, we're gonna talk about how you 529 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:38,080 Speaker 1: can save even more money on your cell phone plan 530 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 1: right after this break, All right, Joel, back to cell 531 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:51,920 Speaker 1: phone plans. I wanted to mention this real quick before 532 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 1: we keep moving, Uh, that the cell phone plans space, 533 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 1: you know, like the industry, it's always changing and deals 534 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 1: are easy to find because have such a competitive marketplace now, 535 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 1: you know, like we've got the big carriers, but then 536 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 1: on top of that, the these smaller companies have kind 537 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:08,639 Speaker 1: of sprouted up and are piggybacking off of those networks 538 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 1: and taking advantage of the unused network, and what that 539 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,920 Speaker 1: means is a lower price for us. Yeah. Man, there 540 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: are so many companies offering really cheap cell phone service 541 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:20,919 Speaker 1: that we haven't even talked about. Right, We've covered some 542 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: of the cheap ones, but there are dozens of companies 543 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 1: in this space now offering ridiculously cheap prices depending on 544 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 1: what you're looking for. So depending on your usage, let's 545 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 1: say you use two hundred megabytes of data or something 546 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 1: ridiculously small, there are companies that cater exactly to your 547 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: specific needs. So, you know, shopping around and doing your 548 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 1: research is really important. Yeah, and let's go ahead and 549 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,679 Speaker 1: talk about to the international travel benefits. And so if 550 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,200 Speaker 1: you travel overseas, you might want to spend some more 551 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 1: for service than you normally would to get that free 552 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 1: robust international coverage, right, Project Fi, T Mobile, and Sprint 553 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 1: are all gonna be the best options for you there. 554 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 1: Uh So for you, it could be worth a few 555 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 1: extra bucks a month to you to have that service 556 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,879 Speaker 1: if you'll use it. Yeah, man, And so we're on 557 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 1: Sprint and they've got almost as good of an international 558 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 1: plan as Project Fi and T Mobile. Not not quite, 559 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:19,639 Speaker 1: but they cover you in a ton of countries around 560 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:24,440 Speaker 1: the world. And we can get free slow data, free texting, 561 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 1: and twenty cents a minute phone calls. So it's just 562 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,680 Speaker 1: really nice to have that option. Some of the major 563 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 1: old school providers like A T and T and Verizon 564 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:37,680 Speaker 1: will charge you a fee per day to use your 565 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:40,679 Speaker 1: plan internationally. Uh And so I would say if you 566 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 1: do travel internationally a lot, you should really think about 567 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:48,960 Speaker 1: going with either Project Fi, T Mobile or Sprint. You know, 568 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 1: look at what they offer, and you're not gonna get 569 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,199 Speaker 1: like blazing fast LTE speeds, you know, while you're in 570 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 1: Europe on these plans, but you will get something like 571 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 1: really solid and it comes included in the price of 572 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:02,360 Speaker 1: your monthly bill. Ye. Man, that's not actually something I've 573 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 1: ever done, you know, taking my cell phone over into 574 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 1: a different country and used it before. I think I 575 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 1: would immediately feel like I've like upgraded the baller status. 576 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:11,080 Speaker 1: You know, if I had my phone and I just 577 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:12,720 Speaker 1: pulled it out and started using it like I normally 578 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 1: would have. I'm not gonna lie, man, I take a 579 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 1: minimum cool one international trip a year. I like to 580 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,280 Speaker 1: take two if I can, but you fancy Yeah, And 581 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 1: so it is so nice to be able to essentially 582 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 1: just not do anything and take my phone with me. 583 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:27,480 Speaker 1: I can see how nice that would be. Yeah, Like 584 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 1: I'm I'm envisioning in it. I'm just like, Man, that 585 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:32,400 Speaker 1: would be freaking awesome. And we're paying twenty three bucks 586 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,919 Speaker 1: a month and I still get that awesome international service. 587 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:38,119 Speaker 1: I love that. And Matt, I wanted to mention that 588 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,879 Speaker 1: there are other discounts that you could potentially qualify for, 589 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:45,639 Speaker 1: maybe through your employer, through your local credit union, or 590 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 1: through other companies that you do business with. So on 591 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 1: that Sprint bill, Man, we get off a huge chunk 592 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:56,440 Speaker 1: of that bill just because my employer offers a discount 593 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:01,480 Speaker 1: if you join up on a sprint plan, which suits. Yeah. Yeah, 594 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,480 Speaker 1: Like the benefit that you receive through your employer is 595 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,919 Speaker 1: distributed to all eight of us now hopefully it's hopefully 596 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 1: it's in Yeah. And my credit union, man, they offer 597 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:13,879 Speaker 1: something similar. They offer a ten percent discount, So not 598 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 1: quite as strong as my employer. But make sure to 599 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:18,960 Speaker 1: look around and see what your credit union offers or 600 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 1: what the your place of business offers. There might be 601 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 1: a sweet deal like waiting there in the wings for 602 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:26,360 Speaker 1: you that you just haven't jumped on yet. Um, And 603 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:28,359 Speaker 1: all it takes is to open your eyes and look around. 604 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:30,400 Speaker 1: It's worth doing some research to see if the play 605 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:33,200 Speaker 1: that you're currently on, if there's a discount for it. 606 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 1: Just because of the place where you work. You know, 607 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 1: it almost seems like that that's a small amount of money, 608 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,280 Speaker 1: and it is right if it's just for one month. 609 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:43,400 Speaker 1: But like we said earlier, this is a bill that 610 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 1: we pay every single month, and so if you're saving 611 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:49,240 Speaker 1: ten percent or if you're able to say that's a 612 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:52,800 Speaker 1: huge deal. When you're paying that every single month, it 613 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,040 Speaker 1: might feel like you're coupon ing. If it's just a 614 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,760 Speaker 1: single purchase, like a one time thing, and that it 615 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,160 Speaker 1: may not be worth your time. But if you're able 616 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 1: to do that that one time and then off every 617 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 1: single bill for the next year or two years or 618 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 1: however long that you have that plan, you're gonna have 619 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 1: some substantial savings that will be well worth the time 620 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,960 Speaker 1: to to to know that information, yeah completely, And then 621 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:16,680 Speaker 1: other fees to like the dumb activation fee you know 622 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 1: that's always involved when you get a new phone, be 623 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:20,760 Speaker 1: sure to call up and see if you can get 624 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 1: them the way of that. This is something we've talked 625 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,000 Speaker 1: about on a previous episode, the art of asking for 626 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 1: a discount. But even just asking, you know what, like 627 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:29,800 Speaker 1: the worst they can say is no, But see if 628 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,000 Speaker 1: there's a way where you can figure out, like, hey, 629 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 1: I'm I'm a nice guy, you're a nice guy, like 630 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 1: that whole thing. Maybe you feel silly, you know, saying 631 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:38,640 Speaker 1: it that way, but just see if there's the different 632 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: fees and you'll be surprised at the control that the 633 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 1: teller has, you know, the person that's ringing you up 634 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 1: um or maybe you happen to be getting checked out 635 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 1: by a manager, and they have the ability to give 636 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 1: you an even steeper discount. It never hurts to ask. Yeah, 637 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:54,880 Speaker 1: I think I may be mentioned in that episode that 638 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 1: Twitter can be a great place to ask her a discount. 639 00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 1: So consider reaching out to your cell phone company on 640 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,760 Speaker 1: Twitter on the social media. Uh and and maybe they'll 641 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 1: have like a little more wiggle room to help you 642 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:08,160 Speaker 1: with some of those silly fees. And and that activation 643 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:11,760 Speaker 1: fee specifically, it's often like thirty to forty dollars depending 644 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:13,400 Speaker 1: on the cell phone company, and it's just kind of 645 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:16,480 Speaker 1: a bogus fee. And so I would just recommend giving 646 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:18,240 Speaker 1: it a shot. I feel like ninety percent of the 647 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:21,080 Speaker 1: time I have had success giving them to waive that fee. 648 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 1: That reminded me of Kate. So I mentioned my brother 649 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 1: in law, you know, they had their baby. He mentioned 650 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,920 Speaker 1: that she went to the hospital today and she went 651 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 1: to the parking debt and the guy that was sitting 652 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 1: there to you know, let people through, and she didn't 653 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:34,959 Speaker 1: ask him for a just you know, she didn't ask 654 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 1: him for a free pass. But she was just friendly, 655 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:39,640 Speaker 1: being nice. You know, she's happy to be there and 656 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,840 Speaker 1: you know, I go see a new baby. And the 657 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 1: guy was just like well, how long are you gonna 658 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 1: be here? And she's like, you know, like probably an hour. 659 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:47,320 Speaker 1: And he's like, here you go, and he reached in 660 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,080 Speaker 1: his pocket and pulled out like a free pass a chaser, 661 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,160 Speaker 1: like the car that you're stick in after Yeah, and 662 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:54,600 Speaker 1: she said, I'll thank you so much. I really appreciate it, 663 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:57,240 Speaker 1: you know, just kind of being friendly and being human 664 00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:00,640 Speaker 1: it can go a long way and saving you a buck. Doubt, buddy. 665 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,720 Speaker 1: All Right, so we gotta tell people about this amazing 666 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:08,120 Speaker 1: beer we just had Casa Agrea Zarza marone thanks to 667 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:10,800 Speaker 1: getting to my buddy Josh. Josh, we owe you a 668 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:14,920 Speaker 1: huge one because this beer is the best. Dude, this 669 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:19,640 Speaker 1: is delight. This was good blackberries, cranberries and raspberries in 670 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:23,880 Speaker 1: a Flander style brown. It was like berry jam with 671 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,760 Speaker 1: like a little bit of tartness and oh dude, it 672 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 1: was absolutely beautiful. And I will say it poured very 673 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:33,480 Speaker 1: brown like when I when I when we poured it 674 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:35,520 Speaker 1: at the before we started recording, I was kind of 675 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:39,880 Speaker 1: shocked at how sort of muddy water it looked, which 676 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:44,040 Speaker 1: sounds incredibly unappetizing. But this beer was incredibly delicious. You know. 677 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,000 Speaker 1: It was a sour One of the things I love 678 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,560 Speaker 1: about sour beers is that for me, it doesn't fill 679 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:51,440 Speaker 1: me up. For some reason, I can if I wanted to, 680 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 1: I could keep drinking sour beers. It doesn't hit you 681 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:56,040 Speaker 1: quite like a stout does right where it feels like 682 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,840 Speaker 1: you're just drinking a lot of calories. Likely the a 683 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 1: b V on this one is six point four percent, 684 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:02,959 Speaker 1: so it's pretty light. You and I are splitting this 685 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,680 Speaker 1: bottle here. But but yeah, that's one of the things 686 00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:08,320 Speaker 1: I found man with with sour beers, is that something 687 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:10,160 Speaker 1: about them it just doesn't you know, it doesn't fill 688 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:12,400 Speaker 1: me up, you know I'm talking about I definitely do. 689 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:14,880 Speaker 1: And I will say, Man, you know I mentioned this 690 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:18,000 Speaker 1: on the show before that a sour beer with fruit 691 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:20,680 Speaker 1: mixed in there is one of my favorite all time styles. 692 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,200 Speaker 1: And I feel like this is my first beer from 693 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:26,640 Speaker 1: this brewery, Casa Agria, and man, they just kind of 694 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:28,840 Speaker 1: vaulted up to the top of my list. I totally 695 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:32,080 Speaker 1: want to have more stuff from them because this hit 696 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 1: the nail on the head in one of my favorite 697 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:36,960 Speaker 1: beer styles ever. Yeah. So this is a Flanders brown, 698 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,440 Speaker 1: So typically I think Flaander's reds tend to be a 699 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:43,160 Speaker 1: little more popular, and the flavor profile of those tend 700 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,520 Speaker 1: to be maybe a little more forward, like in your face, 701 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 1: kind of aggressive. And we you and I were talking 702 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:50,480 Speaker 1: kind of off air earlier, how this is a lot 703 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,280 Speaker 1: more subtle. It's a brown nail it, so it's a 704 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:55,320 Speaker 1: Flaander's brown and it kind of bramps up to that flavor, 705 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:57,440 Speaker 1: but it just doesn't smack you in the face like 706 00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:59,400 Speaker 1: right when you drink it. It's kind of subtle. I 707 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:02,200 Speaker 1: kind of ease is this way in your taste buds, 708 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:07,000 Speaker 1: And oh my gosh, it's like nicely balanced. Yeah, it's 709 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:10,400 Speaker 1: it's so well balanced. Even though Scott just massive amounts 710 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,960 Speaker 1: of flavor, it still feels balanced. Yeah. It what builds. 711 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,800 Speaker 1: It's got all those berries. Yeah, it's just it's just wonderful, 712 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:20,120 Speaker 1: all right, Joel, let's hit him with our final thoughts. Yeah, man, 713 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 1: the first thing I want to say is people are 714 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:24,560 Speaker 1: paying way too much for their cell phone service. So 715 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:26,880 Speaker 1: if you keep getting that bill every month, open it 716 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:30,080 Speaker 1: up instead of letting it auto pay, remember what you're paying, 717 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,880 Speaker 1: look it in the face, and then decide, you know what, 718 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:37,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna pay less because this is just ridiculous. Yeah, man. Also, 719 00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:39,280 Speaker 1: when you're looking at that statement, look at how much 720 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:42,080 Speaker 1: you're actually using. I think you'll find that you might 721 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:44,800 Speaker 1: be using much less than you think. When so much 722 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:47,240 Speaker 1: of our time is spent in locations that have WiFi, 723 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:48,840 Speaker 1: whether it be at home or at work or at 724 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:51,600 Speaker 1: a friend's house, you'll find that your on WiFi and 725 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:54,560 Speaker 1: that you're not actually using your data. So if you're 726 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:58,240 Speaker 1: able to use less of your cell phones data, you're 727 00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:01,040 Speaker 1: gonna end up paying less. Yeah, and for a list 728 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:03,280 Speaker 1: of some of the cell phone carriers that are providing 729 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:07,120 Speaker 1: the best deals, whether that be for single lines, multiple lines, 730 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:09,000 Speaker 1: or even four lines or more. If you're gonna do 731 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:12,080 Speaker 1: the family plan, go to our website check it out. Yeah, 732 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:15,000 Speaker 1: the cell phone space it's always changing and it's a 733 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:17,759 Speaker 1: really competitive landscape. So if you haven't shopped for cell 734 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:20,839 Speaker 1: phone service in a while, chances are you're paying way 735 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:24,080 Speaker 1: too much. Also, there's a good chance that your company 736 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:27,719 Speaker 1: or a company that you do business with, offers you 737 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:31,080 Speaker 1: an additional discount on the cell phone plan that you're 738 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:35,560 Speaker 1: currently on. Look into that. Because I'm saving on my 739 00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:39,759 Speaker 1: plan because of an employer sponsored deal. And to that, 740 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:42,359 Speaker 1: all eight of us say thank you. Papa Joel, no problem. 741 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,960 Speaker 1: Little Birdie's all right. Everyone. Thanks for listening. Our home 742 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,600 Speaker 1: on the web is how to money dot com. We'll 743 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,560 Speaker 1: have shown up for this episode with links to each 744 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:54,799 Speaker 1: and every specific cellphone provider that we mentioned. That's right, 745 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:56,640 Speaker 1: And if you like what you hear and have found 746 00:34:56,880 --> 00:34:59,319 Speaker 1: our podcast helpful, let us know. You can give a 747 00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:02,319 Speaker 1: s review on Apple Podcasts. We'd love to hear from you, 748 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,840 Speaker 1: and while you're there, be sure to subscribe. Until next time. Buddy, 749 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:07,879 Speaker 1: Best Friends Out, Man Best Friends Out.