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Camden, TN | Re: Pay through the nose if you use it. said by Mr Matt:  Tony Bologna demonstrated the wireless industries usual M.O. Everything is fine unless you use the service, then you will have to pay through the nose. Back to the Voice FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt). Buy a package of N GB of data you will probably not use or pay through nose for any excess over your CAP. After all it worked since 1983 for voice. The Wireless weasels want instant ROI. Yep people can't wait. No one invests for the LONG term anymore. Which is why our economy sucks and will continue to have these sucky periods from now on. Hell I'm 41 and no spring chicken. Still I don't need instant ROI on an investment. I'm still 20-25 years away from retiring. All that matters is what my investment is worth THEN. Making decisions for short term gain will ensure my investment won't be worth shit in 25 years. Smart move. NOT. | |
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join:2005-05-17 | Re: Pay through the nose if you use it. They do want long-term gain. They just also want short-term gain. | |
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Camden, TN | Re: Pay through the nose if you use it. said by Sabre:They do want long-term gain. They just also want short-term gain. can't have your cake and eat it too. | |
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Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | Re: Pay through the nose if you use it. Sure you can. Find investments with growth that pay dividends. | |
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Camden, TN | Re: Pay through the nose if you use it. said by openbox9:Sure you can. Find investments with growth that pay dividends. You have totally missed the point. | |
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kudos:2 | Re: Pay through the nose if you use it. You mixed points between individual and corporate ROIs, so I chose the one with an easier answer. | |
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Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | And that kind of thinking is one reason why 43% of our country's workers have less than $10K in retirement savings. There's a balance between making money now and investing for the future. | |
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| | | | Re: Pay through the nose if you use it. said by openbox9:And that kind of thinking is one reason why 43% of our country's workers have less than $10K in retirement savings. There's a balance between making money now and investing for the future. Or perhaps that has something to do with wages for everyone except the rich not keeping up with inflation? | |
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join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | Re: Pay through the nose if you use it. Nope. Most of our citizens never really started saving for their retirement once their employers began dumping their unsustainable pension plans. The savings rate has been minimal for many years, even negative in some cases. But that didn't stop anyone from buying big luxury homes, SUVs, flat screen TVs, etc, that they can't afford. We're a gluttonous society that has no problem "keeping up with the Joneses", just retirement. | |
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kudos:3 | Likewise, in your comment about "no one invests for the LONG term anymore".... neither do consumers... So while I agree with what you say, I think that statement just needs to be expanded a little. Another reason this economy sucks is that people spend themselves into a paycheck to paycheck scenario... if more people had a savings, this economy would have seen a much slower slip, vs. this huge fall off the cliff that we had.
On another note, in most cases, I have to laugh at people, at the collapse of the market recently, who pulled their stock/401's on the low... it came back, so did most people's money.. I was happy to buy on the low - made a big chunk of change last year so far.  | |
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| Re: Pay through the nose if you use it. Some of us who pulled out had no choice , being layed off and unemployment not paying the bills , you gotta do what ya gotta do to survive.
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| | | | said by fiberguy:Likewise, in your comment about "no one invests for the LONG term anymore".... neither do consumers... So while I agree with what you say, I think that statement just needs to be expanded a little. Another reason this economy sucks is that people spend themselves into a paycheck to paycheck scenario... if more people had a savings, this economy would have seen a much slower slip, vs. this huge fall off the cliff that we had. On another note, in most cases, I have to laugh at people, at the collapse of the market recently, who pulled their stock/401's on the low... it came back, so did most people's money.. I was happy to buy on the low - made a big chunk of change last year so far. Right, and the 30% interest rates loan-shark banks use to prey on their customers has nothing to do with it? | |
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join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | Re: Pay through the nose if you use it. I have three mortgages, a vehicle loan, one school loan, and a secured personal loan, and the largest interest rate that my "loan-shark" bank is using to prey on me is 6.25%. The horror..... Don't blame banks for personal choices to spend beyond what people can afford. | |
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