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 RaptorNot a Dumptruck
join:2001-10-21
London, ON | A childs logic... FTA: "Consumer choice would be the casualty of policies that mandate that all companies do the same thing the same way,"
Wait wait wait...they're saying consumer choice dies when companies are mandated to do the same thing???
Now I try to be articulated when it comes to debating a topic, but I cannot in this instance. So therefore -- No you crack heads, that's exactly what fosters competition and consumer choice!
If all the carriers were forced to allow unlocked phones, it would (should), create ridiculous consumer choice, as the feeding frenzy occurs to undercut your competition since you're all able to offer the same services, and you don't have a crippled phone keeping someone from leaving you if you try to inflate prices.
The Verizon spin machine should explain how the iPhone is consumer choice. I guess they don't care about the insane number of phones AT&T is moving. Many of those could have been Verizon customers, but no, apparently locked phones give more choice. My God do they think we're stupid.
Design good plans, do some business studies...no one said you still can't sign people on contracts. Offer them a good plan and they will take it, unlocked phone or not. Man. Take a hint from Field of Dreams...
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 RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY | said by Raptor:The Verizon spin machine should explain how the iPhone is consumer choice. I guess they don't care about the insane number of phones AT&T is moving. Many of those could have been Verizon customers, but no, apparently locked phones give more choice. My God do they think we're stupid. Apple offered the iPhone to Verizon FIRST and was told to peddle it to some other provider (which is how ATT get it). | |
 nipseyrusselNipsey Russell, yo
join:2002-02-22
Philadelphia, PA | reply to Raptor
said by Raptor:...Now I try to be articulated when it comes to debating a topic... now thats friggin' funny  | |
Time4aNAPPremium
join:2007-04-09
Des Plaines, IL | reply to Raptor
Re: A childs faulty logic... This "unlocked phones" misdirection is great if you're an AT&T shareholder, but not if you're a consumer. Surely we haven't forgotten the rampant cloning that led to these measures? Do you really want to waste more of your precious time culling through your monthly cellphone bill, looking for yet another bunch of clone calls, and spend hours settling the charges? Or have some crackhead steal your phone, complete with all of those numbers that you can't recall because they're in your phone? Do we really want to go back to that?
Today cellphones are disposable items. If you switch carriers, they'll give you a free phone. And old phones are recycled and put back into service for charitable causes. Even those few who are willing to spend exorbitant amounts of money on a phone tend to spend more and more money to have the latest model.
A choice that nobody aside from the AT&T shills is demanding is no choice at all, because all it does is lock you into one carrier--precisely the thing that it claims to be against. It's a ploy, a sham, a rip-off, a false dilemma, manipulation, an insult to your intelligence, a fraud, a red herring, a dirty trick...
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| said by Time4aNAP:This "unlocked phones" misdirection is great if you're an AT&T shareholder, but not if you're a consumer. Surely we haven't forgotten the rampant cloning that led to these measures? Do you really want to waste more of your precious time culling through your monthly cellphone bill, looking for yet another bunch of clone calls, and spend hours settling the charges? Or have some crackhead steal your phone, complete with all of those numbers that you can't recall because they're in your phone? Do we really want to go back to that? Today cellphones are disposable items. If you switch carriers, they'll give you a free phone. And old phones are recycled and put back into service for charitable causes. Even those few who are willing to spend exorbitant amounts of money on a phone tend to spend more and more money to have the latest model. A choice that nobody aside from the AT&T shills is demanding is no choice at all, because all it does is lock you into one carrier--precisely the thing that it claims to be against. It's a ploy, a sham, a rip-off, a false dilemma, manipulation, an insult to your intelligence, a fraud, a red herring, a dirty trick... You do need a nap. I think you are an insult to our intelligence. Do you work for one of the phone companies? I would not doubt it. Your smoke and mirror verbiage is so smoked up it leaves us all uttering... "HUH"? Offering unlocked phones is a sham that ultimately limits provider choice? HUH? | |
| Time4aNAP is an interesting fellow. I had similar response from him as well. His account is no longer active, so, I think someone had enough of his BS. | |
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