Combat Chuck
Too Many Cannibals
Premium
join:2001-11-29
Erie, PA
| reply to keyboard5684
Re: What's He Talking About?
said by keyboard5684  :I think shoppers are more aware, now, about what plans they are buying into than the phones and accessories. Yes, but they still won't pay what the phone is worth to get higher level of service, they still go with the provider with the lowest upfront cost (without regard to actual to incidentals), and they still bitch when the bill comes due.
Consumers have removed their brains from the actual part of purchasing stuff. They want someone else to tell them what is a good value, and what it comes down to is that someone else is the Verizon rep they buy their phone from because they can't be bothered to actually look for themselves. Why the hell do you think the US economy is the way it is, how many people relied on a mortgage broker to give them advice on the loan that that broker stood to make money from? The answer there is pretty much everyone who is sitting on an ARM.
--
The world’s elusive, remember
where love's the leaf
faith, the river
what's born as flame dies in ember
see for yourself! |
|
Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | Around 60% of the US mortgage market are fixed rate, this being the only fact you supplied, I'll surmise the accuracy of the rest of your ancedotal comments. |
|
Combat Chuck
Too Many Cannibals
Premium
join:2001-11-29
Erie, PA
| I'm sorry, at what point does %40 not signify a large number. That also doesn't account for the number of people given good advice by their brokers, but that still relied solely on their brokers for advice.
I'm sorry I didn't give you a 150 page report on the issue but you'll understand that I'm a little strapped for time here. |
|
KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
Premium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
 ·AT&T Yahoo
·AT&T DSL Service
 ·Cox HSI
·AT&T Southwest
| reply to Combat Chuck
Actually, if the providers didn't close their networks and limit and control handsets, phones would be dirt cheap.
Much like buying a wristwatch, for example. The market would be flooded with all kinds of handsets and you'd just pick one. This competition would make them cheap, too. However, the locked down, controlled market keeps them high.
--
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini
|
|
Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA
 ·Verizon FIOS
1 edit | reply to Combat Chuck
Sorry, misread your response. I thought I read "The answer there is pretty much everyone is sitting on an ARM." Missed the who.
That being said, I still don't think generalizations hold value. There are plenty of intelligent consumers. There are more dummies, but you can say that about everything. |
|
