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Oct 1, 2010, 12:56 PM
lets see some more CONSUMER friendly changes to the wireless industry
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monster_will

Oct 1, 2010, 1:27 PM
do other pay-per-use company's do the same? i.e.; elct. water, cable ect. ect. ect.??
i'm all about saving money and doing the right thing for customer's, but people as awhole should be aware of what they use, and should not have to be babysat!
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phatmanxxl

Oct 1, 2010, 1:48 PM
Thank you Senator because im just too stupid to watch my own usage, I need a law passed so the phone company has to do it for me. 🙄 how bout we focus on jobs so people can pay their phone bills?
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acdc1a

Oct 1, 2010, 2:10 PM
Consumers should know when they're being fleeced and be smart enough to avoid it. More legislation is NOT the answer. Metro PCS will let you activate between 2 and 5 lines for $35 out the door each. Wal-Mart has an all you can use prepaid service. Boost has all you can use for $50.

There's no need for overages at all any more.
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phatmanxxl

Oct 1, 2010, 2:19 PM
Hey put in bank overdraft alerts too, cause if I can't seem to keep track of my minutes just imagine what my bank statement looks like. Also car payments, electric, water, toilet paper, and a law that mandates I need to take a shower and brush my teeth at least every two days. I also need text alerts to remind me to breathe. Thanks Senator. 😉
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optima974

Oct 2, 2010, 1:16 PM
I hate to say it, but we american consumers as a whole, are that stupid where we do need a bill like this to help us sleep better at night. Maybe not you reading this. You read over whats in your plan and whats not. You asked the right questions and did your own research. You check online to make sure you know what your account looks like. Good for you. But majority of consumers do not. Also, there are sales agents that will say anything to the dumb ones just to make that sale.

People get phones beyond there level of I.Q because: It makes them look smarter. To keep up with the Joneses. A sales agent said that it brought out there eye color or went with there purse. Or got it for there kids cause Johnny or Jenny at school has the same pho...
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flagrantmisuse

Oct 2, 2010, 2:23 PM
you made a point i forgot in my thread.

the sales people. any salesmen worth his salt will get someone to sign before the customer realizes what even just happened so they can get the next sap to their kiosk and do the same thing. but if consumers we properly educated then there would be less and less of these types of "interventions" needed.

how do the customers get educated? use the technoloy and limitless info at your fingertips and make it happen.
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bp3dots1

Oct 3, 2010, 12:24 PM
flagrantmisuse said:
the sales people. any salesmen worth his salt will get someone to sign before the customer realizes what even just happened so they can get the next sap to their kiosk and do the same thing.



False. A salesman worth his salt can get you to buy without bamboozling you. It's the craptastic ones that are uninformed as to the correct information and the liars that continue to give good ones a bad name. I've been in electronics retail for about 10 years, and the best salespeople, the ones who actually get promoted and make consistently good money are the honest ones.

My staff are all very clear on the fact that if they do not know something is 100% accurate, they need to find the right...
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