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Re: I don't get it... The extras that car dealers don't mention are a combination of two things. One, government charges that are actually a percentage of the retail price and so need to be calculated after a price is negotiated, and two, car dealers being sleazy and adding in "delivery charges" and "undercoat" and what not.
telephone companies should not model themselves over the sleaze that is in the car industry. |
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| said by justin:
telephone companies should not model themselves over the sleaze that is in the car industry.
Chicken and the egg ... which one came first?
Have you noticed that when you buy a product now days that the retail store wants to sell you its warranty for that product?
I went to CompUSA, Circuit City and Best Buy shopping for a modem. Each store will promote selling you a warranty. What's their warranty? They will exchange the product for another within the time of the warranty if it is defective.
Therefore warranties that use to be part of the base price and good public relations are now priced separately as an add on cost after the sale price.
That's the way of things today. What was bundled into the base price is now broken out separately and sold to you. And that is the point of looking at your telephone bill. |
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