 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | reply to ThrowDemsOut
Re: Unfees are marketing/lobbying efforts against regulation said by ThrowDemsOut:All unfees are is an attempt by phone companies to bring to the attention of their customers the underlying costs in meeting government regulations The problem is that the cell phone industry is getting away with a practice that few other companies can get away with. If I go to a grocery store to buy something, I see the price that is charged, and I pay a sales tax. I know that the grocery store has fixed costs imposed on it by the government, such as minimum wages, fire safety codes, health and safety requirements for food and the like. However, when I go to buy a given item at the store, these costs are included in the price.
If I wanted, I could look at other stores carrying similar items, and comparison shop based on price, knowing that another store isn't showing an artificially low price that includes an "unfee."
said by ThrowDemsOut:Just see it as advertising and not some attempt to deceive the public. But the end result is that the public is being deceived. The only way I could find out what the "true" cost of cell phone service is would be to try out each provider and then cancel within the allotted time frame, provided it doesn't expire before I receive my first bill.
If the advertised price for cell phone service, less actual taxes that go directly into government coffers (as I could look these up if I wanted), was listed, then it makes shopping around for cell phone service much easier. Otherwise, I see the day coming when each company would offer service for one penny a month, and not mention the $50 or so in fees that are added to that.
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