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Cell Carriers to Take On Credit Card Companies

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Oh Wonderful

T Bone

Aug 2, 2010, 11:51 AM
Oh wonderful, one more thing you have to worry about if your phone is lost or stolen.....now the person who stole your phone could be ringing up thousands in credit card charges too....as if international calling and mobile downloads weren't already a big enough concern.
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Daniel Dc5

Aug 2, 2010, 11:54 AM
You just sound like your living in fear, have a social security protection with both my bank and a outside resource and have the lock features and date lock and clear from a remote location for my phone. What is there to worry about if your protected?
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Globhead

Aug 2, 2010, 12:04 PM
One worry might be that common implementation of this will make phones in general a more appealing target for theft. It still sucks, even if you have post-theft security measures in place.
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Jayshmay

Aug 2, 2010, 12:16 PM
Yeah, all someone would have to do is call customer service if they lost their phone and suspect service.
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T Bone

Aug 2, 2010, 9:50 PM
Yeah....and how much longer after they lost their phone would they be able to do that? Especially all the people who have no access to any phone except their cell (which is a pretty large group of people)?
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Jayshmay

Aug 3, 2010, 3:43 AM
You can count me in on that group, heck, its probably been nearly 10yrs since I've had a landline phone.
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Azeron

Aug 2, 2010, 12:28 PM
Seriously, don't get your panties in a bunch. This will go nowhere. Why would these guys be dumb enough to get in bed with Discover? Talk about beer goggles! Yuck!
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ATTDRONEV2.5

Aug 2, 2010, 12:56 PM
and all the people calling care to ask ,"to make my phone have more money !"
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slolearner

Aug 3, 2010, 12:09 PM
As a customer service/sales rep, this would double my daily work load.

"What's an overdraft fee?"

"How come they bill the tip the next day?"

"MYPHONEISNTWORKINGANDICANTBUYANYTHING!!!"

"I haven't paid my credit card bill in months so AT&T suspended it, can we make it work today but have me pay tomorrow?"

"My five year old was playing with my phone and bought someone else's groceries, can you credit my account?"
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