titanium
Titanium
join:2000-05-25
West Richland, WA | hand made...
riiiiiiiiight ... thats the biggest crock of $hit i have ever heard... but can't expect much else from this company. |
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techoncall$
join:2001-09-18
Charter-WI
| Think about this. If you lose a movie from a video store you have to pay the 89.95 suggested retail cost.
If you lose a book from the library you have to pay the suggested retail cost.
You could go to a discount store and buy these items cheaper. This is how companies ensure that they will get their return on their investment if a customer loses or breaks it.
Just my 2 Cents--Flame Away 
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The views expressed may not directly reflect those of my employer, Charter Communications |
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cybermud
join:2000-08-25
Chicago, IL
| I agree with you wholeheartedly, but often times, AT&T specifies that it is their responsibility to pick up the modem. If they never do, then are you liable?
I also understand that most people aren't home during the day when tech's are out installing new modems and collecting old ones, so this is kind of a grey area.... |
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too lazy to register
@direcpc.com | reply to techoncall$
may or may not be handmade
but just like you said, you must pay the original price of a missing movie from a movie store
because they have a special license
im sure these modems have some sort of fcc license |
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JakCrow
join:2001-12-06
Palo Alto, CA | Actually, these Shark Fin modems are discontinued units from 3Com that you could by in the store for $150 to $199 dollars, so no, at&t has no grounds for charging $650 for it. |
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g0nepostal
I Am The One Her Mom Warned Her About
join:2001-03-23
Concord, CA
clubs:
 ·DSL EXTREME
 ·Astound Broadband
 ·magicjack.com
| reply to titanium
$100-150 is still too much
You can find them for less than $100 on Ebay!
AT&T is smoking major crack. They need to lay off the Monopoly Cigars® they've been inhaling.
gp |
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orgaz
join:2002-02-03
Edmonton, AB
|  reply to techoncall$
Re: hand made...
they also charge 49.95 for a network card that may or may not be brand-new out-of-the-box. Their justification is that they're also delivering this nic to your door, even though a tech is coming out anyways to install your service(which they're charging 49.95 for anyways; assuming its not a promo). |
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djdanska
Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Glen Ellyn, IL
clubs:
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·T-Mobile US
·A + Net
·Mediacom
·RCN CABLE
| reply to titanium
It depends on what kind of modem he had. Those Motorola CyberSurfer (non-docsis) modems really do cost them $600-650 each. No lie..
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guru700
join:2001-04-08
Matawan, NJ
| reply to titanium
I guess it might be a good price. It may be a rare shark fin and you can get a lot of money for the soup.
[text was edited by author 2002-03-09 22:48:21] |
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX
| said by guru700:
I guess it might be a good price. It may be a rare shark fin and you can get a lot of money for the soup.
[text was edited by author 2002-03-09 22:48:21]
Take a look inside and see if you can find a limited edition number and a certificate of authenticity |
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odog
Cable Centric Vendor Biased
Premium
join:2001-08-05
Norcross, GA
clubs:
·Comcast
·Metrocast Communic..
·Vonage
| reply to titanium
that bill is hella old..... but even then i believe they were EOL..
just try getting support for their other DOCSIS modems..... took me almost 30 minutes to find a firmware for the 3cr29210 office connect.. and i didn't find it with 3com assitance...
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hsdguy
join:2001-06-17
Plymouth, MA | reply to JakCrow
AT&T can charge whatever they want.... Because they can! |
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