Sprint To Rein In Boost
Should just shut it down
Argonnj said:
Just look at the commercials, its not hard to determine who they are marketing to.
I like to call them "Thug Life". 'Cause, you know, I'm down with D-mob.
nextel18 said:
They target the younger demographics whose credit are not that great or does not want a contract.
I.E., "deadbeats".
You've got your United Negro College Fund. Not to mention anyone of Native American, and Jewish descent also have college funding. Foriengers live here tax free for 7 years.
Affirmative Action.... They consider women a minority in that... I guess can be good.
But even still. I believe you're either smart or your stupid... Getting funding for college or getting a job should be based on your ability to do the job, and are you smart enough to get accepted period! Everyone has an equal opportunity to go to elementary, jr. high, and high school. If you haven't got any smarts to get accepted to a college by then, then that's your fault. There shouldn't be a special fund for you just because you're a cert...
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SkillciaX said:...
Of course racism is still alive...
You've got your United Negro College Fund. Not to mention anyone of Native American, and Jewish descent also have college funding. Foriengers live here tax free for 7 years.
Affirmative Action.... They consider women a minority in that... I guess can be good.
But even still. I believe you're either smart or your stupid... Getting funding for college or getting a job should be based on your ability to do the job, and are you smart enough to get accepted period! Everyone has an equal opportunity to go to elementary, jr. high, and high school. If you haven't got any smarts to get accepted to a college by then, then that's your fault. There shouldn't be a special fun
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muchdrama said:...SkillciaX said:
Of course racism is still alive...
You've got your United Negro College Fund. Not to mention anyone of Native American, and Jewish descent also have college funding. Foriengers live here tax free for 7 years.
Affirmative Action.... They consider women a minority in that... I guess can be good.
But even still. I believe you're either smart or your stupid... Getting funding for college or getting a job should be based on your ability to do the job, and are you smart enough to get accepted period! Everyone has an equal opportunity to go to elementary, jr. high, and high school. If you haven't got any smarts to get accepted to a college by then, then that's your fau
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SkillciaX said:...muchdrama said:SkillciaX said:
Of course racism is still alive...
You've got your United Negro College Fund. Not to mention anyone of Native American, and Jewish descent also have college funding. Foriengers live here tax free for 7 years.
Affirmative Action.... They consider women a minority in that... I guess can be good.
But even still. I believe you're either smart or your stupid... Getting funding for college or getting a job should be based on your ability to do the job, and are you smart enough to get accepted period! Everyone has an equal opportunity to go to elementary, jr. high, and high school. If you haven't got any smarts to get accepted to a c
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VZWrep1906 said:...SkillciaX said:muchdrama said:SkillciaX said:
Of course racism is still alive...
You've got your United Negro College Fund. Not to mention anyone of Native American, and Jewish descent also have college funding. Foriengers live here tax free for 7 years.
Affirmative Action.... They consider women a minority in that... I guess can be good.
But even still. I believe you're either smart or your stupid... Getting funding for college or getting a job should be based on your ability to do the job, and are you smart enough to get accepted period! Everyone has an equal opportunity to go to elementary, jr. high, and high school. If you haven't
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VZWrep1906 said:...SkillciaX said:muchdrama said:SkillciaX said:
Of course racism is still alive...
You've got your United Negro College Fund. Not to mention anyone of Native American, and Jewish descent also have college funding. Foriengers live here tax free for 7 years.
Affirmative Action.... They consider women a minority in that... I guess can be good.
But even still. I believe you're either smart or your stupid... Getting funding for college or getting a job should be based on your ability to do the job, and are you smart enough to get accepted period! Everyone has an equal opportunity to go to elementary, jr. high, and high school. If you haven't
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Nothing was said the about college fund being private or not. What they're saying is if there were a nationally accepted college fund strictly for white students, whether publicly or privately funded, it would cause a huge uproar. I feel kids that are restricted from college because of being from a lower income should get some help, but it's just wrong for a kid to get passed over if he were white as it would be if he were black.
FonePhixer said:
but it's just wrong for a kid to get passed over if he were white
Actually, it's just wrong for any properly QUALIFIED kid to get passed over...white or black.
SkillciaX said:
So you don't think GPA and smarts should get you accepted into college? That anybody should be allowed to get in any college they choose?
Wha-huh? You may want to read my post again. I think any qualified kid should get into the college of his choice...regardless of color. "Qualified" equals this: Your GPA and SAT scores meet whatever university's requirements. Period.
thea640 said:
Good to see that ignorance and racism is still alive and well in america..this is the 21st century right?ugh... โน๏ธ
Oh, please...he's just stating the obvious.
thea640 said:
looking at your username ...funny too funny...
Which was intended. Glad you approve.
thea640 said:
Just stating the obvious
Don't get all smarmy on us now. If you've got something to say, just spit it out.
thea640 said:
Arguing over the net is like the special olympics,even if you win you still look like a retard
Let's not offend the retards now. Truce.
thea640 said:
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Would you agree, though, that "Boost" targets the hip-hop culture?
When more than a few people agree about the culture of people using something they're usually right. Nobody really has a sterotype for all the other companys but Nextel/Boost Mobile users.
thea640 said:
Absolutely, Boost as any major corp are opportunists,they see a market and they milk it for whats it worth,being that they do target the "hip hop or basically blacks is because percentage wise the majority of poor people which is made up mostly of blacks and Hispanics do to thier enviorment, they have poorly paying jobs or terrible credit,just the way wall mart targets those on welfare sends out sale cupons when they receive there check.They market the crap out.knowing it will sell and it does.Now this doesnt mean that other individuals will not buy boost or any prepay, may be better for a person who rarely uses a cell.But it is more than obvious who they target.
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Also depends on where your looking,your not going to notice the little old lady in the mall sitting on the bench talking on her boost that her grandson gave her for her birthday.The same can also be said about baggy jeans etc.. making an assumption based on observation is tricky,like the old saying dont judge a book by its cover ..but again i understand your point.It has valdility and faults
thea640 said:
Im guessing it all depends from how you define unsavory, the same unsavory could also have verizon or t mobile but i understand your point.
Also depends on where your looking,your not going to notice the little old lady in the mall sitting on the bench talking on her boost that her grandson gave her for her birthday.The same can also be said about baggy jeans etc.. making an assumption based on observation is tricky,like the old saying dont judge a book by its cover ..but again i understand your point.It has valdility and faults
Take a vacation to South Florida and sit around and watch the local youth...there's a general malaise involved that's pretty scary. Boost plays into this culture nic...
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thea640 said:
Being from ny i see all the "culture" types using all devices from all companies.But the fact still remains that Boost still targets a certian type..
right, cause "It's not where you from. It's where you at." That says a lot right there. ๐คฃ
lil_wayne_1029 said:
"Boost in only used by ganger wannabes and paid for by drug money." What the hell are u talking about? Boost is used by people with not such good credit. So there targeted to teens and people who dont have good credit but where u get off by saying such ignorance? Who are you, and where do u get your facts, Court Tv,Cops,Law and Order? Please next time Shut the hell up!! Thank you for your time
Apparently, even gangster wannabes get pissed off.
๐ Just cuz you wish you were them...
Man, ๐คจ I bet chu guys listen to punk music or somethin.
Invader J said:
This is INDEED the 20th century, as someone previously said - just look at the death of the English language. "chu"? "hatin"? Come on, this is the interweb, just type normally. Aren't you going out of your way to make your type sound like your speech? ๐
I think it's more personified to type how you speak. That way the person/people on the other end get a better feel for the type of person you are.
SkillciaX said:Invader J said:
This is INDEED the 20th century, as someone previously said - just look at the death of the English language. "chu"? "hatin"? Come on, this is the interweb, just type normally. Aren't you going out of your way to make your type sound like your speech? ๐
I think it's more personified to type how you speak. That way the person/people on the other end get a better feel for the type of person you are.
Yeah, maybe if you apply a grammatically correct way of writing to how you speak. A lot of what I read on here is gibberish.
No offense but for someone like me who lives near Detroit I can't count how many Nextel subscribers grow the furthur and furthur I go into Detroit. Almost everyone I know that has a Nextel is either a business oriented person, or a gangstaish looking type of person. I don't know anyone that likes Nextel just to make calls, or use it because it has bluetooth. Business people like Nextel for walkie-talkie, and everyone else likes nextel because it "chirps" and that says a lot right there.
It is for the covienence of contacting family and friends via the DirectConnect or walkie-talkie. If you get the unlimited DC and you have a wife or friend or relative on the same type of package, you can talk literally all day for nothing (or whatever you pay for your monthly bill)
Hmmm, I know a golf pro who has it, he teaches in Detroit, his wife has it and they chat when they need to via DC.
I know a doctor with the unlimited DC and his wife is a consultant and she has the unlimited DC package also. Saves them time and money es...
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tmbold said:
i work in the ghetto, and boost is perfect for drug dealers. no personal info is needed to activate and its hard to tap. next time you need a sac come over to the hood iwork in. you pull up and give your money to the man, he chirps his boy up the street and he brings it to you, perfect! ๐คญ
A "sac"? What are we talking about? Crack? Weed? Pixie sticks?
SkillciaX said:
don't forget them yard stick size pixie stix ๐คฃ
I've seen those. Scary.
muchdrama said:SkillciaX said:
don't forget them yard stick size pixie stix ๐คฃ
I've seen those. Scary.
yeah kinda like a sugar bong ๐ฒ
SkillciaX said:muchdrama said:SkillciaX said:
don't forget them yard stick size pixie stix ๐คฃ
I've seen those. Scary.
yeah kinda like a sugar bong ๐ฒ
i've seen those,sweet ๐
Boost is no different, it is a matter of whether or not they (law enforcement) chooses to allocate resources.
Remember the prevailing viewpoint is that so long as the drug use/sales are confined to certain communities and only certain groups are effected, they aren't going to worry, it is once it leaves those communities and spreads to the suburbs that they spring into action. Better than actually putting in preventive measures like jobs...
sigmamason said:
Can you smell what the kkk wannbe are trying to cook? smells like horses&*#...
Whatever you do, don't blow this out of proportion and into some KKK rally.
Pfft. ๐
He is allowed to make pseudo racist comments, but any rebuttal is seen as stirring up the pot???
Interesting
sigmamason said:
I guess you didn't read his veiled comments and only mine?
He is allowed to make pseudo racist comments, but any rebuttal is seen as stirring up the pot???
Interesting
No, stirring up ANY racial pot on this particular site is just plain stupid.
SkillciaX said:
Uh, I'm white, and I dislike punk music very much.
No offense but for someone like me who lives near Detroit I can't count how many Nextel subscribers grow the furthur and furthur I go into Detroit. Almost everyone I know that has a Nextel is either a business oriented person, or a gangstaish looking type of person. I don't know anyone that likes Nextel just to make calls, or use it because it has bluetooth. Business people like Nextel for walkie-talkie, and everyone else likes nextel because it "chirps" and that says a lot right there.
Ah, the dreaded "chirp". Kinda makes you want to buy a shotgun.
SkillciaX said:
Uh, I'm white, and I dislike punk music very much.
No offense but for someone like me who lives near Detroit I can't count how many Nextel subscribers grow the furthur and furthur I go into Detroit. Almost everyone I know that has a Nextel is either a business oriented person, or a gangstaish looking type of person. I don't know anyone that likes Nextel just to make calls, or use it because it has bluetooth. Business people like Nextel for walkie-talkie, and everyone else likes nextel because it "chirps" and that says a lot right there.
For the gangster types its all about the chirp. Flashy jewelry, loud, obnoxious clothes and now a phone that makes noise, so that everyone can hear. Its...
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Argonnj said:...SkillciaX said:
Uh, I'm white, and I dislike punk music very much.
No offense but for someone like me who lives near Detroit I can't count how many Nextel subscribers grow the furthur and furthur I go into Detroit. Almost everyone I know that has a Nextel is either a business oriented person, or a gangstaish looking type of person. I don't know anyone that likes Nextel just to make calls, or use it because it has bluetooth. Business people like Nextel for walkie-talkie, and everyone else likes nextel because it "chirps" and that says a lot right there.
For the gangster types its all about the chirp. Flashy jewelry, loud, obnoxious clothes and now a phone that makes nois
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muchdrama said:...Argonnj said:SkillciaX said:
Uh, I'm white, and I dislike punk music very much.
No offense but for someone like me who lives near Detroit I can't count how many Nextel subscribers grow the furthur and furthur I go into Detroit. Almost everyone I know that has a Nextel is either a business oriented person, or a gangstaish looking type of person. I don't know anyone that likes Nextel just to make calls, or use it because it has bluetooth. Business people like Nextel for walkie-talkie, and everyone else likes nextel because it "chirps" and that says a lot right there.
For the gangster types its all about the chirp. Flashy jewelry, loud, obnoxious clo
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SkillciaX said:...muchdrama said:Argonnj said:SkillciaX said:
Uh, I'm white, and I dislike punk music very much.
No offense but for someone like me who lives near Detroit I can't count how many Nextel subscribers grow the furthur and furthur I go into Detroit. Almost everyone I know that has a Nextel is either a business oriented person, or a gangstaish looking type of person. I don't know anyone that likes Nextel just to make calls, or use it because it has bluetooth. Business people like Nextel for walkie-talkie, and everyone else likes nextel because it "chirps" and that says a lot right there.
For the gangster types its all about the chirp.
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NOT because there "wanna be gangsters" (Lets be real you wouldn't say that to a gangster because your scared you sit behind this screen and talk this crap its 2006 leave the raciest comments out), or because there border jumpers with no social or there white guys who act black i see plenty of people who have vzw and cingular service have a boost because there friends might have nextel or boost
SO IN ENDING GROW UP
Come on now... You honestly think errbody that got boost mobile is "gangsta"? That is some cold racial ****. Ya'll don't understand anything bout our culture.
๐ Bitches plz.
๐ก Ya'll hush and end these long ass replies to the simple statement I put bout bein jealous.
๐ You kno is true.
Change the topic & talk bout somethin new already.
๐คจ I swear, it hasnt even been 2days after I posted my message before ya'll attacked & responsed the **** out of it...
prepyjuan said:
That boy got a point! I give you props moemoe26
Come on now... You honestly think errbody that got boost mobile is "gangsta"? That is some cold racial ****. Ya'll don't understand anything bout our culture.
๐ Bitches plz.
๐ก Ya'll hush and end these long ass replies to the simple statement I put bout bein jealous.
๐ You kno is true.
Change the topic & talk bout somethin new already.
๐คจ I swear, it hasnt even been 2days after I posted my message before ya'll attacked & responsed the **** out of it...
I hope your being sarcastic, if not you have proved my point.
It's also true that most "Independant Pharmaceutical Sales Reps" like prepay because it's hard to trace them down since they can give false info for the account.
All this being said, these guys are some of the best and easy-going customers.Generally, they don't throw a fit if they break thier phone. They know it's broke and they know they have to buy another. If they gripe if they use up thier minutes. They know they talk a lot and understand they need to buy more. If they do h...
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Pre-paid are for elderly folks who want the phone for emergencys who barely make calls, or for other people who barely make calls but use it more than for emergencys, kids & teenagers, so they don't go over their minutes, people who travel but don't use a ton of minutes, and people who have bad credit. Usually bad credit is the last reason people go for pre-paid.
Just because someone has good credit doesn't mean they're going to jump on a contract even though rates & coverage and phones are better, cause pre-paid ppl often don't like contracts either.
Metro PCS just sprouted here and already the customer base is growing. I ask people why they like it and they say "because I can call anyone anytime, and there's no contract".
I found a website that had 6 reasons to choose pre-paid:
Reasons to consider prepaid:
1. To control mobile costs
2. Because you hardly ever use your mobile
3. Because you have periods where you don't use your mobile
4. Because post paid plans are unavailable to you (younger than 1๐
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lil_wayne_1029 said:
"Boost in only used by ganger wannabes and paid for by drug money." What the hell are u talking about? Boost is used by people with not such good credit. So there targeted to teens and people who dont have good credit but where u get off by saying such ignorance? Who are you, and where do u get your facts, Court Tv,Cops,Law and Order? Please next time Shut the hell up!! Thank you for your time
Seriously, that has to be one of the most ignorant things I have heard on this site.....well, for the past month at least, lol. Boost is sometimes one of the only ways a customer can afford to get a phone. Communication is a necessity for everyone. Who are you to try and deny someone the capabili...
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Sprint Nextel is in a situation that they created for themselves and now they have to remedy it. Right now it boils down to this: would they rather make the Boost customer base happy or utilize the Nextel system the way they dreamed during the merger?
No racism or ignorance meant, but look at the Boost marketing campaign. Would you rather keep customers that are marketed strictly through a hip-hop campaign and ebonics ("Where you at?"...hell, it's not even correct grammar) or would you rather have customers that will guarantee higher monthly revenue and credit classes?
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