I was thinking of going to sprint, but then business slowed down and money got tight and I couldn't afford to buy a new phone. Otherwise, I'd have switched by now.
-------------------- 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 21:44:56 -0400 J Messeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >So in about 14 years six months, they'll have their $3500. >Unless you switch to T-Mobile before then. > >Scandals & Animals wrote: >> 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] >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> 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] > > >
