FCC Wants A Better Explanation from Verizon On ETFs
It Would Be Nice...
Learn to read and know exactly what you sign. You shouldn't have any problems then. Jeez, common sense is an endangered species in the states.
Jayshmay said:
I'm curious, are there ?ANY? real consumers on Phone Scoop, or are all of you brainwashed, soldiers of corporations?!!!!!???
I'm a real consumer.
And I think what Verizon's doing, while it might make some level of sense from a business standpoint, really sucks from a consumer standpoint, and I think it will come back to bite them in the butt.
Especially since smartphones are going to become more and more ubiquitous anyway, and the prices will drop. Now that some carriers are adding them to prepaid plans, we may be seeing the beginning of the end of contracts and super high ETFs
Not that I agree with this sort of mentality, just trying to see it as how Verizon probably does. When it comes to providing services, service providers come up with all kinds of lofty loads of BS to explain why they charge what they charge for their services. Like late fees. There's no reason at all why anyone should be charged $7 for not paying their bill before...
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Does it screw over some people? Some will say yes, I will say, you probably had 2 weeks since you got the bill to pay it, why did you wait till the last day?
P.S. It's nice to know somebody like yourself who is as active as you are on Phone Scoop is not a wireless employee.
It's the goverments job to protect us from threats from abroad (militart) and threats from within (police) It is not their job to hold our hands so we as a culture can remain constantly ignorant of how things work and then go crying back to mommy fcc when someone pulls a fast one on us that they told us about beforehand
if they could stay in office by screwing people on live tv they would do it. never forget that
Cuz, y'know, take the government out of the equation, and we consumers can fight our own battles against the corporations in whatever way gets us satisfaction, including the spilling of blood, if that's what it takes.
Just remember - when and if that happens, and no matter how many corporate lives are lost, you did ask for the government to NOT BE INVOLVED. So be careful what you ask for, beca...
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Menno said:
If the company was pulling a bait and switch (such as changing the ETF after the contract was signed) then YES the government should get involved,
Wait. Why? You already said the government shouldn't be involved. You can't pick and choose when or how the government's going to be involved. If it's not the government's job to protect consumers, it's not the government's job to protect consumers, PERIOD. Not "it's their job to protect consumers if the corporations pull a bait & switch." If I don't need the government's protection BEFORE I get screwed, I don't need their protection AFTER I've gotten screwed.
This is about regulation. The government either speaks for we the people of the United Sta...
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Those are two wholly different scenarios. Bait and switch by the carrier is against the law, and thus, the govt has the right to intervene.
The customer willingly signing a contract where they were informed of the terms and the company abided by it, is not against the law. The ...
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the government shouldn't get involved in business practices unless they are infringing on the rights of customers.
Me saying: Hey, I'll sell you this leaf for a million dollars! is not infringing on your rights. you can buy it or you can ignore me.
But if I say I'll give you the leaf and then 3 months later try stealing a million dollars from you, I am violating your property.
If the exchange was volun...
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and if said customer does not agree with terms, that customer can go do business with someone else.
No one is forcing anyone to sign up with Verizon. You can go to AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, etc.
No one is forcing you into a contract. You can buy a phone off of eBay and start service contract free.
I am tired of ignorance.
A pleasant reminder to how all governments end up at some point is Animal Farm. If it's been more than a few years since you read it, you might get a refresher course in History Repeating Itself and read it again.
Jayshmay said:
Well isn't it the government's job to protect consumers?
P.S. It's nice to know somebody like yourself who is as active as you are on Phone Scoop is not a wireless employee.
No, its the governments job to blow up nations that haven't done anything to us, to tell you how to have sex and with whom, what forms of birth control, who you should pray to, what to if your pregnant. But, they are in no way there to interfere with helping you with consumers right.
Its funny how all of a sudden these so called complaints about "big brother" interference goes the wayside when it supports "their" ideology.
Perhaps we can all start a commune somewhere in the Yukon?
Jayshmay said:
I'm curious, are there ?ANY? real consumers on Phone Scoop, or are all of you brainwashed, soldiers of corporations?!!!!!???
I'm with an authorized dealer but they dont activate with just one particular carrier. I very much identify with being a consumer and not schmuck who buys stock with a particular company and goes out of way to defend their business practices.
Regarding Verizon, I think they're overpriced. To seem to think their network justfies that. I've used multiple carriers driving throughout the country (recreational purposes, not for business) and I admit, Verizon is the most reliable. But the thing, not everybody needs the extensive coverage. Not everybody lives in a trailer ...
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I've been with ATT for 8yrs, the only other national carrier I'd be open to considering is Tmo, I just prefer GSM. And Tmo launched a 2-line unlimted plan for $80/mo recently, that's pretty awesome!!!!
tell me it doesnt work.
Oh and futuresealsniper, you do understand usury is illegal?
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