Consumer Advocates Lodge Complaint Against T-Mobile
Too Bad Ignorance Isn't Painful
Most carriers in most cases pay the manufacturer full MSRP for these wonderful devices that we enjoy. Despite the overwhelming notion that the "actual" cost is only $100 or so and the rest is an "inflated" markup. These devices are very expensive and most carriers device subsidy program (deeply discounted device in exchange for a term commitment of service) nearly bankrupt some carriers.
I don't have T Mobile, but what they did made sense.
Paraphrased - "We will charge you a reasonable rate for service (not padded to offset your device subsidy).
No contract and you can either bring your own device that you already own, buy of ours outright, or buy a new device and we will bill you for the device autonomous of your service plan. -
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I don't have T Mobile, but what they did made sense.
Paraphrased - "We will charge you a reasonable rate for service (not padded to offset your device subsidy).
No contract and you can either bring your own device that you already own, buy of ours outright, or buy a new device and we will bill you for the device autonomous of your service plan. -
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Yours is painful to read.
>>You go to Best Buy and purchase a television on credit to be paid back on the terms of your cardholders agreement.
Then you call up Comcast to establish programming services for this device you bought autonomous of Comcast. Few months later you no longer need Comcast so you cancel service.
Call your card company and tell them since you no longer have service to that device you financed that you no longer owe that debt.
Ok, now let's try an analogy that actually makes sense. You go to Best Buy and buy a TV and finance it on your Best Buy credit card (not on a general purpose credit card). The TV comes bundled with ComCast service (instead of the service being sold seperately). You try ComCast for a few mo...
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>>You go to Best Buy and purchase a television on credit to be paid back on the terms of your cardholders agreement.
Then you call up Comcast to establish programming services for this device you bought autonomous of Comcast. Few months later you no longer need Comcast so you cancel service.
Call your card company and tell them since you no longer have service to that device you financed that you no longer owe that debt.
Ok, now let's try an analogy that actually makes sense. You go to Best Buy and buy a TV and finance it on your Best Buy credit card (not on a general purpose credit card). The TV comes bundled with ComCast service (instead of the service being sold seperately). You try ComCast for a few mo...
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