Ahaha, my phone was free. I remember in track when all the other kids had these nifty color phones I was still stuck with a blue glow black/white phone, haha. Then I got my first job as a diner...which was horrible, but it had to do, XD.
But yeah, pay as you go is bleh, but...at the least you won't have to go past your minutes. My friend talked to her friends so much she ran it up 200! Ahaha...not a good thing when the parents found out, but yeah.