No, he is clearly complaining about the $25 developer entry fee.
On Dec 12, 6:44 pm, He Who Tries to Code <[email protected]> wrote:
> You should read the entire post. His gripe is about knowing the
> shipping price before hand. Shipping price should not be a secret.
> Also, and no one mentioned this but you actually have to give your
> credit card details to find out what the shipping will be. Then find
> out that you can't afford it. That's how the original post SOUNDS to
> me.
>
> On Dec 12, 3:27 pm, Craig Larson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I could be mistaken, but isn't this phone for developers? So, if you
> > were going to be developing apps for the phone, you need to pay $25
> > regardless of when. My understanding is that those that are already
> > signed up as developers don't need to pay another $25. Are you
> > looking to just get the phone unlocked for $400? Because, that is
> > what it sounds like from your post.
>
> > On Dec 10, 7:00 pm, stridy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > I wanted to find out how much time will it take to ship the phone
> > > within the US... and i couldnt find this info anywhere... so as a last
> > > resort i registered, paid $25 and found out this:
>
> > > Depending on how much u are willing to pay, the time varies:
>
> > > $0 - Fedex Ground - check their site map to figure how many days will
> > > it take to ship to the area ur friend is in
> > > $13 - Fedex 2 day
> > > $19 - Fedex Overnight
>
> > > Now,
> > > any of the android team members could have easily logged into the
> > > market and found this out... but instead, we normal developers are
> > > forced to pay $25 just to login to the site and see what the price
> > > after shipping or other such details are. irrespective of whether we
> > > even buy the phone. why cant they instead allow everyone to be able to
> > > place the order AND THEN charge $25 as registration fees... i mean,
> > > there are so many reports of people spending $25 and then realizing
> > > its simply not affordable... seems plain unfair.
>
> > > And the worst part is that after registering I DONT get anything
> > > extra?? what exactly am i registering there for? if you say for
> > > uploading apps, well why cant google charge $25 the first time an app
> > > is actually uploaded?? Right now, all i can see is, $25 wasted. hope u
> > > guys will look into the system and make some changes. heck, a refund
> > > will be nice :)
>
> > > ps: i have already posted this message before as a reply
> > > tohttp://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss/browse_thread/thread/f...
> > > but none of my replies are coming up on that thread... so if this ends
> > > up as a double post, sorry about that...
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