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4 edits | I can already hear the conversation Humanist (aka socialist, or dirty commie): Wow, that's kind of sleazy, taking advantage of the elderly.
Free Marketeer: It's their own fault, companies have the right to do anything they want, particularly if I'm an investor, fanboy, or employee! (mmm, granny greenbacks!)
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Puyallup, WA | said by Karl Bode:Humanist (aka socialist, or dirty commie): Wow, that's kind of sleazy, taking advantage of the elderly better than us. Unethical Free Marketeer (Enron): It's their own fault, companies have the right to do anything they want, particularly if I'm an investor, fanboy, or employee! (mmm, granny greenbacks!) Corrected |
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said by Karl Bode:Humanist (aka socialist, or dirty commie): Wow, that's kind of sleazy, taking advantage of the elderly. Free Marketeer: It's their own fault, companies have the right to do anything they want, particularly if I'm an investor, fanboy, or employee! (mmm, granny greenbacks!) Humanist: Shill! Free Marketeer: Hippy! No one forced her to keep a lease. She was given the choice of opting out in 1985(when she wasn't OLD). She chose not to. Should the company have forced her to buy a phone instead of leasing?
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RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
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As the article points out, notice was sent to all such lessees in 1985 and they were given the option to quit paying 'rent' and buy their own phone (or even the one they already had) at that time.
That some people didn't exercise that option is hardly surprising. I think it's insane that anyone would pay $600 a month to lease a Cadillac, but they are out there in droves. People will pay for whatever they think has value to them. It's not your place to judge, especially in a "news" item.
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No but they should have stopped billing her for the phone that she has paid for several hundred times over.
It should not have been an opt out service. It should have simply ended with customers then having the option to stay in. |
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said by RadioDoc:People will pay for whatever they think has value to them. It's not your place to judge, especially in a "news" item. this is a huge stretch. i'm sure AT&T has upped the rates on those leases over the years. greedy bastards.
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It's not your place to judge, especially in a "news" item.
I thought this was the comment section? Thanks for telling me what I can and cannot do though, that's valuable counsel.
Equating leasing a Cadillac to being elderly and not knowing you're being ripped off by the telco is, as morbo suggests, a chasm-esque leap. |
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How many of those 750,000 do you really believe conciously understand that they're paying insane amounts of money to lease sub-par technology? |
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said by Skippy25:No but they should have stopped billing her for the phone that she has paid for several hundred times over. I think that landlords should do the same thing...once the mortgage is paid off, the tenants should be able to live there for free.
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Maineville, OH | reply to John Galt
They do it already. Sure you have to pay your taxes and HOA fees. But you don't pay your mortgage if it is paid off.
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Check out the tv adds next week... is coming... the class action sue...
Are you between 55-100 years of age? have you been leasing your phn from the telecoms? if so call INSERT FIRM NAME OF YOUR CHOICE.... you may be entitle to a refund.... |
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Mount Airy, MD | reply to Skippy25
said by Skippy25:No but they should have stopped billing her for the phone that she has paid for several hundred times over. I'm surprised no one hasn't called in FEMA to put a stop to this injustice!
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Mount Airy, MD | reply to Karl Bode
said by Karl Bode:Equating leasing a Cadillac to being elderly and not knowing you're being ripped off by the telco is, as morbo suggests, a chasm-esque leap. Please, one need not be elderly to be ripped off by a telco... one just needs to be a customer.
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Camden, TN | reply to fAcEtIOUs
No one forced her to keep a lease. She was given the choice of opting out in 1985(when she wasn't OLD). She chose not to. Should the company have forced her to buy a phone instead of leasing?
In 1985 she would have been 61. Maybe not old by today's standards, but in 1985 that was old. In 1985 my grandparents were 64 I was 16, they were OLD. |
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Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to Karl Bode
im suprised she wasnt forced out sooner. doesnt it take something extra to support a rotory phone nowdays that everything is done in tones?
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RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
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Re: I can already hear the conversation Yeah and rent and groceries and electricity and gas and water and sewer and taxes have been "upped" over those years too. What is your point?
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said by Karl Bode:How many of those 750,000 do you really believe conciously understand that they're paying insane amounts of money to lease sub-par technology? She had children and grand children to assist her in a better decision. I make sure my parents(in their 80's) aren't getting ripped off. It isn't the job of a business to be a welfare agency for people who make bad decisions.
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John GaltForward, MarchPremium
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kudos:3 | reply to Karl Bode
said by Karl Bode:Bravo for inaccurate comparison hyperbole. Hardly inaccurate...
I *REALLY* wanted to point out the Socialist "should" in the post (twice in fact) but settled for the hyperbole instead.
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