When I talked to Mr. A about stopping the bills, I also told him that he should get a good breakdown of his cell phone bill if he could.
Even though I was charging for games, I felt that it was indeed a lot to spend 20,000 yen every month.
At any rate, Mr. A seemed to have stopped charging for the game after I suggested he stop charging for his spare time.
But we never got a breakdown of the cell phone bill, and we never checked it for more than six months after we talked to them.
Then one day, many months later, during one of our sessions, Mr. A suddenly said, “I just checked the breakdown of my cell phone bill, just to get my apps in order.” He said.
I remember being surprised and happily saying, “Oh, you confirmed it! I remember saying happily, “Oh, you confirmed it!
He had a lot of unused and unwanted apps on his phone, and as he was deleting them, he got a little motivated and checked his phone’s breakdown.
After checking, he discovered to his shock that “the subscriber fee (￥300) for downloading ringtone music, which he had paid monthly during his old “Galaga” days, was still being debited.
There were various other apps that were charged monthly, and Mr. A himself said, “I was surprised to see apps that I had forgotten when I put them in!” He said, “I was surprised to see apps that I had forgotten when I had put them in!
Mr. A was happy that he was able to save money on his phone by checking it, and from there he gradually became able to manage his money.
