FCC Taking On Verizon's New ETF
why
So $100 for $1000 worth of equipment
Sell second storm on ebay brand new in box for $500 and pay $175 eta.
YEs factor in activation fee and I just made $300 profit. If you don't think people figured this out and where abusing it you are nuts!
In order to keep offering such great deals to honest consumers they had to hike that up to keep the scammers away. It was that or stop offering bogos on the high end devices... but I am guessing those who used to promo wouldn't have liked that to much
would you rather pay $400 for two high end BB, Droid or whatever and have a $175 cancellation fee
Or Would you rather pay $100 upfront for two devices and have a $375 fee
Question 2 for the Att Iphone fanboys (which is fine)
If At&t came out and said we are going to offer a bogo on the new iphone... 2 for $50-$100 bucks but we are raising the ETF... are you trying to tell me there would not be a lot of consumers and sales people out their rejoicing over and an extra $300 in savings off of iphones this holiday season in a crappy economy????
The carriers stop padding my bill to pay for "discounted" phones which they selected and modified with their own interests in mind, and instead I keep my money and use it to buy a phone I actually want.
I think Verizon is realizing that there is such a massive saturation in the cell phone industry, they need to retain as many customers as possible, by any means.
Another great example is looking at all the commercials that have came out recently from verizon, as well as at&t, and Sprint.
Lets face it, most people who are activating new service are coming from a different carrier.
so he received 4 BB storms..paid $200
he then paid 3x175= 525 + free acts (did online)
then sold all three phones for around $1400 on ebay making a nice $900 profit (well about 800 after prorated first bill)
I am just saying it probably happens more then we think.... I have considered adding a line before just to cancel and sell it.
With the above example, one could avoid the higher termination fee by returning the phones if less than 4 months old at cancellation to the cell phone provider with a nominal restocking fee of say $25-35 per line/phone. In this way that phone(s) can not be sold by the customer on Ebay or Craig's List.
Option 2, have the ETF decrease twice as fast for those higher end phones so that after 18 months the ETF is the same for both low and high end phones.
I am welcome to any suggestions for those out there about my two options to min the gouging of the cell phone subsidies.
i know that's why att is considering raising etf to equal difference in price of iphone to full retail.
You decide to have a party at your house. You send out invitations saying you will provide soda, steak and Ribs and everyone who visits should bring their own side dishes. you realize 1/2 way through the party that people are coming to the party not only without side dishes but stealing other peoples food out of the fridge and off the counter. They are even steeling the free meat you are cooking for people. Do you get mad? how do you stop these hooligans?
What point would Verizon have in raising prices if it wasnt to protect itself?
its not some wireless conspiracy going on, its abou...
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