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T-Mobile Settles ETF Lawsuit

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Marckoe

May 13, 2009, 6:17 PM
>.>;;; what is their grounds for suing them for something they agreed to?
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Globhead

May 13, 2009, 6:39 PM
The grounds are, it's a ridiculous one-sided scam. True, they agreed to it.

But if you %$&# people over bad enough, you can end up losing.

Especially when a reason is claimed for why a fee is necessary, and further investigation reveals that the claimed necessity for a fee was inflated.
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irockash

May 13, 2009, 8:49 PM
Do you think this will carry over to the other carriers? Prorated ETFs are still very recent, all the other carriers have had thier fair share of ETF money.
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Mektah

May 13, 2009, 9:06 PM
Sprint I believe has already settled it's ETF fee.
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irockash

May 13, 2009, 9:09 PM
Yeah, and I think I remember AT&T having some settlement in California. Cloudy memory. (And I'm not a fan of Phone Scoop's search box [no offense Rich!] so I can't look just now)
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Globhead

May 14, 2009, 7:47 AM
GTE had a prorated ETF 10 years ago, before Verizon bought them and turned a good carrier into another mindless scam machine.

I remember the contracts, which I actually read to people each time I sold a phone (shocking, isn't it?). The cancellation fee is not to exceed $25 for each month remaining on the contract.
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familyguync07

May 14, 2009, 10:41 AM
No they are not !! If owned a billion dollar company u surely didn't get there letting people do what they want a cell phone is a want not a requirement!! If you don't want a contract don't sign up!! Simple as that
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