 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | reply to Steve B
Re: So? said by Steve B:Its only designed to make sure the carriers don't charge more for the ETF than what the customer received as a discount. This just begs the question. Why is this even the government's business? The ETF is a fully disclosed and entirely avoidable fee. I could understand if the government was cracking down on phone companies imposing an ETF in a manner that wasn't agreed to by the customer first, but if an ETF is imposed in a manner that was fully disclosed to the customer beforehand and the customer agreed to the terms, then tough.
Again, if people do not want to be bothered with an ETF, they can buy a phone for full price already, among other things.
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| said by pnh102:said by Steve B:Its only designed to make sure the carriers don't charge more for the ETF than what the customer received as a discount. This just begs the question. Why is this even the government's business? The ETF is a fully disclosed and entirely avoidable fee. I could understand if the government was cracking down on phone companies imposing an ETF in a manner that wasn't agreed to by the customer first, but if an ETF is imposed in a manner that was fully disclosed to the customer beforehand and the customer agreed to the terms, then tough. Again, if people do not want to be bothered with an ETF, they can buy a phone for full price already, among other things. I`m personally enjoying watching mouthpieces like you and tk squirm while the FCC and Congress sticks it to the telecommunications industry.
In reply to your spurious argument, even if you pay full price for a phone you still have to pay the same `subsidized` price that everyone else pays. There`s no real incentive to buy a phone full price.
Not to mention the lock-ins and 2 year contracts in the US market allow phone manufacturers from actually competing with each other directly.
Computer technology depreciates in value and cost dramatically over time. The cost of hardware drops like a rock off a cliff after 1 or 2 years. The fact is that even for older phone models people have to pay marked up prices because there`s no real competitive market for phone hardware.
So yeah, a bill limiting ETFs sounds just about right considering the state of the wireless industry. |
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Mount Airy, MD | said by sonicmerlin:In reply to your spurious argument, even if you pay full price for a phone you still have to pay the same `subsidized` price that everyone else pays. So why should those of us who are don't pay ETFs have to pay more for the people who seem to want to pay these fees?
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