Posted on 01/09/2005 2:51:02 PM PST by wagglebee
"I felt like I lost a piece of me"
How sad is that?!
The New York Slimes' agenda is that big business is ALWAYS at fault.
Text messenging is so dumb
DUH!!!
"Anyone who can afford to pay for a cell phone should not be getting free lunches."
Actually, these days, cell phones have become an alternative to real phones due to their competative pricing, (40$ per month) special features like long distance North American phone calls, 3 way, caller ID and call waiting, plus the portability factor plus the free phone vs 40 dollars for a land line that has call waiting and 3 way, but has zero portability and none of the features of a cell phone. And then there's that pesky uncaring monopoly problem.
I abandonned my land line after it was costing me around 120 dollars for the same features and the pleasure of dealing with an uncaring monopoly that wanted to charge us for a phone line that doesn't work in our house, which they were supposed to fix for free.
And we're not the richest family in the world, let me tell you.
I know what you mean. Not only is trying to get clear explanations of how the additional services work, as well as the pricing, it seems that these additional services are pretty much mandatory, given the new telephones.
I recently needed to buy a new telephone, because the batteries in my 3 year old phone weren't holding charges anymore. The cost of new batteries was really out of site, so I decided to go with a new telephone. Trying to buy a cell phone that's nothing more than a telephone is like finding hens' teeth! You just can't find them anymore.
I wound up getting the brand I wanted (LG, which I've had excellent luck with, as opposed to Motorola), but it's got alot of features I'll never use, like text messaging, and even Internet access! I've got everything I can have disabled on the phone, but I'm still worried that I'm going to wind up getting spammed with text messages.
Mark
They are overcharging for an UNNECESSARY luxury on an nonessential apparatus.
You have a problem with capitalism? No one has a .44 at this young man's head.
While I didn't post the message you're responding to here, I'd just like to say that I'm all for it! I think that his quote is perfect! "Overcharging for an unnecessary luxury on a non-essential ..." I love it! Hey, the guy who came up with the concept of the "Pet Rock" has always been one of my heros!
Mark
Ironic, isn't it?
I work on computers, and have installed networks in a number of banks. I still don't use ATMs or electronic banking! (Don't trust computers!)
But I don't think that I'd want to lose my cell phone. I had my home phone turned off two years ago, and have never missed it. I typically use my cell phone for less than 100 minutes a month!
Mark
I believe that it was Clark Howard who coined the phrase "Customer No-Service," or "Customer Dis-Service" when dealing with cell phone companies.
It's reminiscent of the old Laugh-In TV show with the operator... "We're the phone company... We don't have to care!"
Mark
Now that's a real Father. Let this kid learn his lesson about money and debt now while he's young, make him much more savvy by the time he's old enough to really do damage.
We've just got to stop paying interns by the word.
We're going through these folks: VoIP2Save who are basically retailers for RNKVoIP. (I'm not affiliated with either company, just a customer) You need a broadband internet connection since the VoIP uses approximately 72kbps in either direction. You could also check out Vonage.
It IS amazing, isn't it? They NEED, don't they?
I especially love it when you see some girl walking down the street, yakking on the phone....and she;s walking with another girl, totally ignoring the person she is WITH, blabbing with someone else.
Boggles the mind.
1. Did I say that I did? Why do you ask? Do YOU assume that I do? What a strange question. It seems rather snide of you, but then that's just an opinon. I might be wrong.
2. That's the obvious, isn't it? You seemed to have completely missed my point.
No matter. I don't really care. I simply threw up an opinion. Didn't expect such angst. Lol.
That was the open-ended inference you left.
Why do you ask?
Because as a rule, those on the Right don't criticize capitalism.
Do YOU assume that I do?
I made no assumptions. Your comment begged the question.
What a strange question. It seems rather snide of you, but then that's just an opinon. I might be wrong.
You're flat wrong.
Because as a rule, those on the Right don't criticize capitalism.
Well, first of all, you assumed that my comment was a criticism. That is an incorrect assumption on YOUR part. It was, if you couldn't tell, partly sarcastic and partly factual. Sarcasm IS allowed on this site, at last reckoning. So are facts.
Also, what is wrong with cricizing captialism anyway? I wasn't, but what makes it such a sin to criticize our system? It ISN'T perfect. Are you the thought police? Do YOU decide that, along with incorrect assumptions, you are the arbiter of what I ought and ought not criticize?
I made no assumptions. Your comment begged the question.
Yes, you did. You assumed that I was criticizing captialism.
Perhaps my comment begged the question to YOU but it didn't to anyone else. Perhaps your skin is a bit thin. Or you got up on the wrong side of bed.
What a strange question. It seems rather snide of you, but then that's just an opinon. I might be wrong.
You're flat wrong.
Well that's nice. I'm glad you weren't being snide. You were just making an incorrect assumption about what I said/meant and criticizing what you THOUGHT I was saying.
Failure to communicate. Of course, I wasn't communicating with YOU originally, but no matter. I think you get my point. Lol. Maybe not. You didn't before, so I am not sure you will now.
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