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danny burstein

2007-01-13, 4:33 am

In < 45a8677a$0$4846$8826
0bb3@free.teranews.com> Todd Allcock < elecconnec@AmericaOn
Line.com> writes:
[ snip ]
>If you're happy enough with the service, why not just continue month to
>month until you have a reason to renew (like needing new phones, for
>example.) In my ten years with Cingular (starting when they were
>"Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems" in my area) I was under a contract
>probably for only three or four of them. In my current six-plus years
>with T-Mo, I'm finishing up my 3rd one-year contract this April. Unless
>I want a substantial discount on a new phone, I don't need or want a
>contract.

It might be worth going for a contract anyway. When I
renewed and they (in my case, T-Mobile) offerred me
a phone, I said I was quite satisfied with the one
I had.

I wound up getting a month's "free" service instead.

(the sixth month of the one year contract had the
basic fees waived. The taxes and non tax taxes and
similar charges were still there... In short, though,
it saved me about $40).

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Todd Allcock

2007-01-13, 4:33 am

At 13 Jan 2007 06:03:42 +0000 danny burstein wrote:

> It might be worth going for a contract anyway. When I
> renewed and they (in my case, T-Mobile) offerred me
> a phone, I said I was quite satisfied with the one
> I had.
>
> I wound up getting a month's "free" service instead.
>
> (the sixth month of the one year contract had the
> basic fees waived. The taxes and non tax taxes and
> similar charges were still there... In short, though,
> it saved me about $40).

The problem is, had your phone broken during the first few months of your
contract, you'd be inelligible for the best pricing on a replacement for
quite awhile.

To each his own- to me, the freedom to switch carriers or negotiate a
better deal (when I need one) is worth more than $40.

BTW, I don't know if they're blowing smoke or not, but some at Howard
Forums have claimed to hold out for two months free (the 6th and 12th,)
doing what you described .

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