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All you can fit into one bag.

Troll-Bait

Mar 18, 2011, 6:03 PM
Upon seeing an advertisement, I walk into a store to ask the clerk what this new sale is all about.

"well," she say's, "all you have to do is purchase this bag, and you can have whatever you want from the store if you can fit it into the bag!"

"That sounds Keen" I say as I pay my money and start walking around filling the bag she gave me.

As I am walking, I notice other people filling their bags, and filling up the extra bags they brought along, so I ask, "are you allowed to do that?"

"We sneak the bags in disguised as the other bags, they say we can have all we want off of these shelves, so we are taking what we are paying for!!!"

"So you know your not supposed to do it?" I ask.

"Of course we know, but they will never c...
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daxdcagain

Mar 19, 2011, 2:40 PM
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analyst422

Mar 19, 2011, 5:06 PM
Best. Analogy. Evar. 🤣
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Kineticboy2001

Mar 19, 2011, 5:13 PM
Hmmmm... no.

That doesn't work. With a cell phone you aren't paying for "what can fit in the phone." Data is formless and you can use as much as you want if you have an unlimited plan. The bags for this analogy should be bottomless to be similar to web usage, but then that makes the analogy stupid so I see why you did what you did.
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pickles

Mar 19, 2011, 5:23 PM
I think you missed the entire point. It was a great analogy, people are just too ignorant and self-righteous to admit when they're wrong.
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Kineticboy2001

Mar 19, 2011, 5:29 PM
What? Okay, to translate it into phone terms.

Upon seeing an advertisement, I walk into a store to ask the clerk what this new sale is all about.

"well," she say's, "all you have to do is purchase this phone, and you can use as much data as you want!"

"That sounds Keen" I say as I pay my money and start walking around surfing the net on my new phone.

As I am walking, I notice other people surfing the web, and using that same unlimited data on another device, so I ask, "are you allowed to do that?"

"We connect the phone to our computers to access what we bought, they say we have unlimited data, so we are using what we are paying for!!!"

"Don't you know you're not supposed to do it?" I ask.

"Of course we know, but they wil...
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pickles

Mar 19, 2011, 5:32 PM
Kineticboy2001 said:
Okay, you're right, I messed up. They're breaking rules because their provider is stupid, my bad.


lol, exactly. the service is on their terms, not yours, no matter how ridiculous their policies are.
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bp3dots1

Mar 20, 2011, 9:54 AM
Kineticboy2001 said:"That sounds Keen" I say as I pay my money and start walking around surfing the net on my new phone.


At the point when you purchased the phone, you signed the agreement. Thus you are responsible for living up to the t+c. That's the catch!
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Troll-Bait

Mar 20, 2011, 9:09 AM
"With a cell phone you aren't paying for "what can fit in the phone"

Really? Because the contract you sign says you are, I mean, unless I'm the one who can't read...

A pricing plan designated for one type of device may not be used with another device. Compatible data-enabled wireless device required. An Activation Fee may apply for each data line.


Tell me if I'm wrong. I'm sure you will. 😁
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marufio

Mar 20, 2011, 11:00 AM
ATT should not use the term unlimited, it is a very powerful term. should have used unlimited on one device or 2gigs on one device or 4gigs on two devices. ATT should admit they are learning because they are changing the rules as time goes on. Same thing with 4g ATT should not have used that term either.
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Slammer

Mar 20, 2011, 12:34 PM
---"ATT should not use the term unlimited. it is a very powerful term."---

I can agree on this to a certain extent. However, ignorance is a very powerful deficiency as well. Those that think they can just keep using more and more multiple devices coupled to one unlimited plan, need to be put into check. I know a neighborhood as we speak that is in court right now for stealing from the garbage pick up company. A small portion of the neighborhood banded together and pooled their trash to one residence. This effectively allowed the neighbors to have trash pick up for the price of one home. But why should this matter? The one home is paying for the trash. Right?

I am sure you can clearly see where taking advantage of tethering rights coul...
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marufio

Mar 20, 2011, 2:00 PM
True how does ATT know how many people use one account holders unlimited data plan, from here it can get very bad. Hence forth, the tethering price should only be for unlimited plans and not 2gigs or 4gigs plans. Give the consumer an option.
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Kineticboy2001

Mar 23, 2011, 1:53 PM
I think my main problem is that I have no idea what is in AT&T's contract as I've never had them and I never will. I'm just arguing for the sake of arguing because I tether my phone for free and I found the concept of having to pay extra for that stupid.
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