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Cell Phone Rip-Off
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Why should we pay a monthly fee for a particular number of minutes used? It is so difficult to determine how many minutes you're going to use each month. And if you go over your minutes, the charge is outrageous. Why can't the cell phone companies charge the same as we pay for land lines...a monthly service fee for unlimited calls? I think we're being ripped off!
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yoohoo2
(female, mid-50s)
(Posted 9/21/05)
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Scuba
(9/21):
The infrastructure to support cell calls is much more expensive than traditional land line calls. No one is requiring you to have a cell phone. The economics are appearantly working as the number of cell phone users is at an all time high and land line usage continues to drop.
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schoonerman
(7/7):
With all due respect, Scuba is mistaken. Infrastructure for wireless is far less costly then wired, that was and is the primary incentive for the transition between wired and wireless. Can you imagine how much money providers save by not having to send a full crew and a truck out to activate a new customer and that is just one of the many areas that present a gain for providers. As with most new technologies they tend to be more expensive during an early adoption period and decrease with time. The cell phone industry has been around along time and does not follow this solely due to a lack of competition (monopolies), price fixing and contractual constraints. Can you imagine what would happen if Microsoft tried to follow the same model?
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Anonymous
(9/22):
Several companies, including Tracfone and Virgin, don't charge monthly fees, but sell cards good for a certain number of minutes. I've bveen using a Tracfone for 3 years.
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Anonymous
(6/8):
the new american way is to allow corporations and government to stick it up our ass while we just complain and allow it to keep happening. it sucks, and it's wrong, but what will it take to do more than post a complain on a random and useless internet forum? legislation needs to be put in place to protect consumers from being rhino-raped.
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pquick6165
(9/13):
its like the gas companies they screw us because they can
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Anonymous
(2/6):
I agree. And also in other countries cell phone rates are allot cheaper and they get similar service. In the US you can pay >40$ for service. In Germany thats the high end.
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Anonymous
(2/20):
if you don t like it don t have a cell phone and sleep peacefully without worries about monthly fee
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Anonymous
(9/17):
Unfortunately many of us are victims of supply and demand. Too many idiots paying exorbitant fees without question. As long as cell phone companies can rip people off, they will. Unfortunately the lemmings wouldn't dare not use their phones for a day or two. Imagine how fast prices would drop if people enmasse closed their accounts?
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Anonymous
(12/7):
I had a Centennial Wireless Plan, I am disabled and on a fixed income! I called to see if I could get the line I use, taken off. He said NO. So I asked what I could do? He said he could take off the featurers (the features he was talking about meant I would be off the shared PLAN and all my calls would now be charged by minutes,heneglected to tell me that) so being 'old school" I am thinking the "Plan" included caller ID, call waiting, answering machine, etc. I got my bill and it is $262.00. I called to lower my bill, and it went up. So I called Nikki at Centennial and explained to her that they made a mistake, she said she would listen to the call BUT she would take off 25% of my bill, if she did not have to listen to it. But if she did listen, she would take nothing off my bill, SO not being guilty, I declined the 25% and insisted she would listen to it. She called me back, hours later,saidshe listened to it and said I agreed to have the "plan features" removed. I said I wanted to listen to it, she said there was NO WAY unless I had a supeona. So I asked for a Corporate phone number and was told there was none, I was already talkng to them (this was Cust. Service)! So I asked to talk to her boss, then a younger gentleman got on the one, Anthony, I explained to him what was going on and being "old school" this is what I thought features meant.... NOT my calling PLAN. He said well YOU have been offered a deal (the 25% off, which was like $50) I said NO I am not guilty of this, it is ridiculous, so he said "then you have to pay the full amount", I said but you haven't even listened to the recording and you've deemed me that I have to pay it. I told him, your just going to say the same thing Nikki said, he said "yes, I trained her"!!!!!! Where is the Justice?? HOW can they get by with this crap. THEY are ripping us off!!
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SICOFIT
(4/22):
THIS IS A RIP OFF AND NOT 0NLY THAT IF I DIAL SOMEONES CELL PHONE THEY ALSO GET CHARGED FOR THEIR AIRTIME ANOTHER RIP OFF AND PAY AS YOU GO IF I BUY A $25.00 CARD AND DON'T USE IT ALL IN THE 30 DAYS I LOOSE THE BALANCE ANOTHER RIP OFF
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frenzyfire
(6/18):
Well first off let me say to pquick that the gas companies make only a fraction of a cent on a gallon of gasoline, and their profit margin is only 8.5%, compared to lets say...brewers who average 10.5%, supply and demand is supply and demand, the politicians who prevent us from drilling for more oil, and building more refineries, plus the environmentalist whack jobs are the ones to blame, but anyway, oh yea, cell phones, if you dont want a freakin cell phone dont buy one, just like everyone else is saying, sure their a freakin rip off, but you really cant do much about it, business is business, they have to eat too, plus why should they not be rewarded for building an innovative and now almost vital business? Its always easy to get angry at successful people. Working and paying taxes are the best cure for a liberal.
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gerrycda
(8/22):
Cell phones are cheaper to run than line lines. No thousands of miles of wiring. Towers pay for themselves within days. Yet on a landline, you can call India for pennies per minute, or for $7/month over and above basic landline rates, you can call Cda from the US for 7 cents a minute. Roaming charges are a huge massive rip-off...nothing more than a do-nothing fee. I don't haven't owned a cell phone in 10 years 'cause they're such a rip.
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AnonyMouse
(9/5):
Text messaging is another sever rip off. Sending text data are pretty trivial in comparison to streaming audio yet can cost 10 cents a pop
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