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the full retail price forces contracts

Desolationblade

Jan 27, 2010, 11:19 AM
contracts need to go period. I personally haven't been under contract for years. I go to a retailer pay full price on 18 months no interest and set it up on a plan w.o a contract. Just like my bb bold 9700. My problem is if you take the cost of the handset that costs verizon or at&t and add the 175 fee for a bb curve it's still less then I pay. BB bold 9700 costs me 500. They pay BB 298.45. Add the 175 that's 473.45. So you literally pay their price plus cancelation fee for a nocontract price.... This needs to be lower.

both at&t and verizon profit hugely on monthly costs. About 35% of what a data text plan costs is straight profit after all admin operation sales and payroll expenses. So if the handset costs them 300, 325-350 would be muc...
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Azeron

Jan 27, 2010, 4:52 PM
Thirty-five percent? SMS and MMS are pure profit. Don't believe the hype! This reminds me of when a local government builds a toll bridge and initially the toll is to pay for the bridge, but conveniently long after the bridge has been paid for they excuse the toll charge because they have began budgeting other items based on that revenue. As I have been told in the past, the carriers can charge whatever they wish for pay per use messaging, just don't tell me it is paying for the messages themselves...it isn't. It is simple profit and like the guy said they ARE in it to make money. *Shrug*
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Desolationblade

Jan 27, 2010, 11:22 PM
Sorry I was being generous to Verizon and at&t.
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Azeron

Jan 27, 2010, 11:51 PM
I don't dispute that the carriers are greedy. I dispute that nearly everyone else isn't. Many worship at the altar of Capitalism. I don't see Congress or the President offering to cut their pay for the greater good (nor do I expect to, I'm just saying).
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Desolationblade

Jan 28, 2010, 1:02 PM
I love being on employee plans. 20 a month no contract any phone you want that's gsm or cdma compatible... After expenses not just the network but salary operation costs plant bills I thinl 35% profit is about right
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