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kfsutops
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Re: On typical 2 yr contract still pay $60 cancelling 1 mo early

said by TKJunkMail See Profile :

The $5/mo plan is better than it was.
That is the attitude that let's the consumer get screwed now. Complacency is what AT&T want from us.

I don't think there should be any early termination fees. Just charge full price for the phone and move on.
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permalink · 2008-05-26 11:07:37 · Print · Reply to this

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Re: On typical 2 yr contract still pay $60 cancelling 1 mo early

said by kfsutops See Profile :

said by TKJunkMail See Profile :

The $5/mo plan is better than it was.
That is the attitude that let's the consumer get screwed now. Complacency is what AT&T want from us.

I don't think there should be any early termination fees. Just charge full price for the phone and move on.
AT&T and T-Mobile both have that option, you can pay full price and not be locked into a contract or you can bring your own GSM device.
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permalink · 2008-05-26 11:23:07 · Print · Reply to this

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Re: On typical 2 yr contract still pay $60 cancelling 1 mo early

said by texans20 See Profile :

said by kfsutops See Profile :

said by TKJunkMail See Profile :

The $5/mo plan is better than it was.
That is the attitude that let's the consumer get screwed now. Complacency is what AT&T want from us.

I don't think there should be any early termination fees. Just charge full price for the phone and move on.
AT&T and T-Mobile both have that option, you can pay full price and not be locked into a contract or you can bring your own GSM device.
They all stopped doing that years ago.
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permalink · 2008-05-26 13:03:07 · Print · Reply to this
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Re: On typical 2 yr contract still pay $60 cancelling 1 mo early

said by joako See Profile :

They all stopped doing that years ago.
Not true. T-Mobile has FlexPay. If you bring your own phone or buy one from them at full retail you can get service without a contract. If you get a discount on the phone price then a contract comes into play.
permalink · 2008-05-26 22:16:08 · Print · Reply to this

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said by texans20 See Profile :

AT&T and T-Mobile both have that option, you can pay full price and not be locked into a contract or you can bring your own GSM device.
Of course they have the option, but the price it so that it makes no sense to that pay that price.

All cable companies are in bed with the cell phone makers on this. Do you really think that the cell phone carriers are really giving discounts here??? They have an extremely high mark up so they can appear to be giving a big discount.
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permalink · 2008-05-26 14:16:26 · Print · Reply to this
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Re: On typical 2 yr contract still pay $60 cancelling 1 mo early

said by kfsutops See Profile :

]Of course they have the option, but the price it so that it makes no sense to that pay that price.
Not if you know how to game the system.

With T-Mobile at least (and AT&T?) you can buy any "prepaid" phone kit that they sell and use it for postpaid service simply by swapping the SIM cards.

I got a replacement Motorola V195 for $30 this way. Would've been $100 to get it through the postpaid group. Works just fine.
permalink · 2008-05-26 22:17:40 · Print · Reply to this
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said by kfsutops See Profile :

I don't think there should be any early termination fees. Just charge full price for the phone and move on.
This is the disconnect between this board and what most people would think- I would guess most people would say (at least at first) that they'd rather have a risk of an ETF than a much higher upfront cost.
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