Communication – isn’t it what keeps us going be it our love life, business, financial affairs, friendships and family unity? But the whole point of dilemma when it comes to all these is that although communication is the best thing ever, the price you pay for it becomes the worst thing ever!

So let’s explore the cheap tricks in communication. Phone calls are one of the widely used methods. Suppose you are at home and you want to call a friend on his mobile. It’s the natural tendency to grab your fixed line to do that right? This is where your super-ego has to be redefined. Fixed land lines will charge so much more for calls made to mobile phones than a mobile network call. So even if you are at home, if you have to call a mobile network, use your mobile phone.

Similarly, if you are outside and have to call a landline, evaluate the urgency of the situation. If the call can wait until you get home, then hold your horses! Do not make calls thinking ‘one call wouldn’t kill me’ because every time you make a call, it is only one call in your eyes, but when the phone bill finally arrives; it is one call in to another thousand more which has multiplied in to hundreds and hundreds of dollars, all because you didn’t pay close attention.

The internet game operates on the same basis too. Fixed subscription to an ADSL or T1 line might cost you a bit at first and the package will include a monthly fixed price. When you hear about the cost, you will be reluctant to invest all that money, just for an internet connection. So what happens next? You will happily use a dial-up line and keep login in and out of it a million times a month. Finally when your bill arrives, you will realize how much money you’ve wasted on too little time, all because you haven’t evaluated the situation properly.

So the punch line is, always look for ways to lower your bills and you will always find a way. Talk to your friends and family about ways in which they reduce bills, maybe you will get good ideas from them. Get creative and solve the puzzle, you will surely find a good way out of those monstrous bills!