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Mount Airy, MD | reply to BF69
Re: hmmm..... said by BF69:So if you find out the service sucks you should just have to stick it out? I'm 100% sure if you went into a restaurant and found the food inedible you would NOT have to pay for it. All cell phone companies give customers an opportunity to quit their service within a 2 week to 30 day period in case they are not happy with the service. If someone can't decide within this window that the service is right for them, then tough.
said by BF69:Come on it's a phone not a computer or a TV. Yes, its a phone. This doesn't merit Congressional action. Perhaps people should think twice before entering into 2 year contracts if they can't afford to pay the ETF.
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| 2 weeks isn't enough time to properly evaluate phones such as the phones in question. 30 days is barely enough time to properly test out a phone. The rest of your statement is just as insulting yet entertaining as usual. |
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Mount Airy, MD | said by jjeffeory:2 weeks isn't enough time to properly evaluate phones such as the phones in question. 30 days is barely enough time to properly test out a phone. The rest of your statement is just as insulting yet entertaining as usual. Simply because you cannot do it does not mean it isn't true.
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| It's not about me specifically. I am thinking of the people who travel and go outside their home area from time to time. Some people actually travel. I think a 6 week window would be pretty fair. Simply because you, me, or anyone thinks something is true doesn't make it true either. Come on... |
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pnh102  Yes, its a phone. This doesn't merit Congressional action. Perhaps people should think twice before entering into 2 year contracts if they can't afford to pay the ETF. Sure it does, the inept shit needs to prove she is "doing something for her constituents" to ensure she stays in power for her next term. |
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chimera
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Washington, DC | reply to pnh102
Except it does since this effects interstate commerce which the federal government is empowered to regulated. Ditto for the internet. |
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Camden, TN | reply to pnh102
said by pnh102:All cell phone companies give customers an opportunity to quit their service within a 2 week to 30 day period in case they are not happy with the service. If someone can't decide within this window that the service is right for them, then tough. Verizon has been proven to NOT honor that promise. So what's you answer to that smart guy?
Yes, its a phone. This doesn't merit Congressional action. Perhaps people should think twice before entering into 2 year contracts if they can't afford to pay the ETF.
If the phone is only available via 2 year contract what other option do they have EINSTIEN? You are obviously of the mindset that business should be able to fuck people all they want because they are busniess. As a person that runs his own small busines I do NOT feel that is the proper way to conduct one's self. I guess ome of us have morals others like you lack them. |
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Mount Airy, MD | reply to jjeffeory
said by jjeffeory:It's not about me specifically. I am thinking of the people who travel and go outside their home area from time to time. Some people actually travel. I think a 6 week window would be pretty fair. Simply because you, me, or anyone thinks something is true doesn't make it true either. Come on... So in other words, these people did not think through a major purchase. Perhaps they should not plan to switch carriers when a trip is being planned.
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Mount Airy, MD | reply to chimera
said by chimera:Except it does since this effects interstate commerce which the federal government is empowered to regulated. Ditto for the internet. Heh. In the eyes of the federal government, everything falls under interstate commerce, and can thus be regulated at the federal level.
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Verizon, Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile offer prepaid plans. Test out service using those. Infinite return window, no contract. |
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Mount Airy, MD | reply to BF69
Re: hmmm..... said by BF69:Verizon has been proven to NOT honor that promise. So what's you answer to that smart guy? How is that relevant to your original point of not being able to buy a spanking new phone without a 2 year contract?
said by BF69:If the phone is only available via 2 year contract what other option do they have EINSTIEN? If you find the terms of the contract disagreeable to the point that it detracts from your use of the device, then perhaps you should reconsider such a purchase.
said by BF69: You are obviously of the mindset that business should be able to fuck people all they want because they are busniess. And again, you fail to provide proof that businesses are forcing people into these contracts. If you do not like the terms of the contract and agree anyway, you really have no place to complain.
said by BF69: As a person that runs his own small busines I do NOT feel that is the proper way to conduct one's self. I guess ome of us have morals others like you lack them. Based on the tone of your posts, I can't say that running a lemonade stand at your parents' house qualifies as a small business.
And as a business owner, you of all people should appreciate contract law.
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Re: hmmm..... I can buy the phone on my current account with no two year contract. Look next to the $559.99 It says MONTH TO MONTH. So now what is your answer Smart Guy! |
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| Except, unlike every other advanced industralized country, even if you bring your own cell phone you pay the same inflated monthly prices that people with subsidized contracts pay. So there`s a huge incentive to go with a 2 year contract, as you`ll save a great deal of money on the `subsidy`.
But you knew that already, didn`t you? |
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Mount Airy, MD | said by sonicmerlin:Except, unlike every other advanced industralized country, even if you bring your own cell phone you pay the same inflated monthly prices that people with subsidized contracts pay. So there`s a huge incentive to go with a 2 year contract, as you`ll save a great deal of money on the `subsidy`. But you knew that already, didn`t you? Well you can get the GSM-ish version of the Droid for only $800.
»welectronics.com/gsm/Motorola/Mo···OID.HTML
BUT THERE'S NO CONTRACT! WOOT!
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Not any more. Tmobile's prices are ~20 dollars a month less if you are not under contract. |
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chimera
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Unfortunately they are becoming more and more correct about this too given the increasingly global nature of our economy and the size of major corporations. |
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Have you seen the price of those pre-paid plans? Last time I checked T-Mobile was the only one that charged 10 cents per minute with no monthly fees. Everyone else charged $1 per day if call is made. Plus you have to pay insane SMS charges and I bet you cannot add data plan to your pre-paid service either.
I've been using T-Mobile prepaid for years, still do, but outrageous SMS fees (0.05$ to receive and 0.20$ to send) and lack of data plans make it little more than an emergency cell phone while everybody else wants to use SMS/chat/send pictures/etc. |
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said by chimera:Unfortunately they are becoming more and more correct about this too given the increasingly global nature of our economy and the size of major corporations. Oh it has nothing to do about the global nature of the economy.
A stacked court decision in the 1930s lead to this when the Federal Government decided that the Federal Government could classify something as Interstate Commerce simply by placing any regulation on the object.
IE: according to the ruling, it is interstate commerce if the Legistlature decides to regulate any product in almost any way.
The logic was used in the following manner as well:
The federal government bans something (anything) your use of that product, even if produced by yourself and consumed by yourself results in market pressure in the BLACK market which crosses state lines.
The commerce clause is the most abused aspect of our entire government. |
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