en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
| handset upgrade fee...
Is basically a B.S. fee (administrative?)
Its almost as if you're being penalized to renew a contract.
There's no real reason for it - as you're already paying for the device and the service.
Eg. I can get (from AT&T) a Moto RAZR V3xx for an over priced amount of $129 (or less + pay for extra services). I can also go to CompUSA and pay a similar amount.. and not have to pay for $18 upgrade fee or be in a contract. |
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aSic
application specific
Premium
join:2001-05-17
Wakulla, FL
clubs:
| Yup... its a bs fee indeed. I wish Sprint would drop theirs... frickin $34 "new device" activation fee for a phone thats already been previously activated. 
Maybe this will be the beginning of similar removals of BS fees from other carriers.... I can hope.
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
1 edit | I doubt it... it will just be passed off as another fee, or rate increase somewhere (sms costs fractions of a penny, yet people are charged up to $0.25/message ).
I think they'll just bury it in the cost of the handset. |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| said by en102  :I doubt it... it will just be passed off as another fee, or rate increase somewhere (sms costs fractions of a penny, yet people are charged up to $0.25/message) Actually its 50 cents /message when you consider the double dipping providers do on sms
$0.25 to send then another $0.25 to receive!
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iLive4Apple
Hybrid power
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join:2006-07-13
Helena, AL | reply to aSic
I switch phones all the time, and just upgraded to a Sprint HTC Touch Diamond and didn't get charged any kind of upgrade or activation fee. I got it in store |
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alphapointe
Premium,MVM
join:2002-02-10
Columbia, MO
clubs: | reply to aSic
Sprint will "upgrade" you for free if you call on Arbor day during a total eclipse of the sun while listening to the Marine Corps band playing Home on the Range and watching a badminton match between two guys named Ichabod. (whew!) |
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