After about two months of fighting with them and forcing me onto the $40 plan.
-------------------- Scientists report creating a sheep that is 15% human. Why shouldn't they? The public fool system has created humans that are 85% sheep. ...... Original Message ....... On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:21:34 -0400 J Messeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Wowzer. Did they at least give back the $3500 charge? > >Scandals & Animals wrote: >> Hah! Wait til they do you like they did me. They switched me off my $19.95 >> plan without my knowledge or consent and put me on a plan allowing me only >> 5mb/mo. Imagine my reaction when I got a bill for over $3500 for data! >> When I demanded to be switched back to the plan I was on, she said she >> couldn't because that $19.95 unlimited plan didn't exist any more. I >> planned to cancel my service without paying the cancellation fee because >> they made a substantial change to my service, but money is tight right now >> and I can't afford another phone, so it has to wait. >> >> -------------------- >> Scientists report creating a sheep that is 15% human. Why shouldn't they? >> The public fool system has created humans that are 85% sheep. >> >> >> ...... Original Message ....... >> On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:22:11 -0400 J Messeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I was about to upgrade my 650 to a 680. After much discussion, >>> contemplation, and browsing the boards, that seemed the way to go. >>> So I stopped at the Cingular store, where the guy said if I'd bring >>> him a print of the online deal, including any mail-in rebates, he'd give >>> me all the rebates up front. That clinched it. On the Cingular site, I'm >>> eligible for an upgrade. I went through the entire ordering process, >>> stopping only at the final button to place the order. The list said I'd >>> get a $150 instant rebate, a $100 mail-in rebate, and use my existing plan. >>> Went back to the store. Turns out there's no way around the mail-in >>> requirement. And BTW, the $100 mail-in requires me to increase my data >>> plan by $20 a month. Somehow, Cingular gave me a $19 plan (which has >>> unlimited data and 200 text messages and works really well for me) but >>> Treos and Blackberries have to be on the $39 data plan to qualify for >>> the $100 rebate. >>> So for an additional $20 a month, I can have a $100 rebate. In five >>> months, they've got their money back. Not exactly a good deal for me. >>> The salesman agreed. >>> I called Cingular. The nice lady agree on the requirement, about >>> which she also agreed I would have found out when I ordered the phone >>> and two weeks later got the rebate form in the mail. She also agreed >>> that the system basically lied when it said I'd be on my existing plan, >>> and get the $100 mail-in rebate. >>> Here's the problem with rebates: we pay taxes on $100 we're not >>> really spending (since we will get it back), the company get's to claim >>> the $300 sale instead of only a $200 sale, then claims the loss when >>> they give back the $100. >>> And in five months, it has recovered in fees for service I neither >>> wanted nor needed, the money it "lost" by giving me the purchase rebate. >>> And I'm left with the remaining 19 months of a two-year contract at $20 >>> more than I needed or wanted. >>> I wish there were a way to roll back the whole rebate scam. We The >>> People jump on rebates like they're a discount, when all they are is a >>> way for the state (taxes) and banks (finance fees on the credit cards) >>> to make money on what we, in the end, are not spending. >>> >>> BTW, the lady who agreed Cingular was lying by appearing to say I >>> could keep my existing service and get the $100 rebate, then told me the >>> difference between the $39 plan and the $19 plan was the less expensive >>> one would go only to MEDIA web sites, where I could buy ringtones and do >>> a few other minor things. >>> Another lie, at least so far. I have been able to go anywhere I want >>> on the browser. I haven't found a site yet I can't access. Of course, I >>> don't spend a lot of time browsing from the Treo. My data mostly is used >>> for email and IM. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> > >-- > >/The erasure of a human subspecies is largely painless -- to us -- if we >know little enough about it. A dead Chinaman is of little import to us >whose awareness of things Chinese is bounded by an occasional dish of >chow mein. We grieve only for what we know./ >A Sand County Almanac, /Aldo Leopold, July 1949/ > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >
