On 29 May 97 12:01am, George Erdner wrote to Brian Leo:
 DN> Comcast Cellular One. It was two years but the phone was free.
   I don't believe that people still believe there is something for free.
     There is no free phone given away out there by any provider. 24 months
     at whatever you pay per month, if you use the phone or not will pay fo
    the "FREE" phone about 3 times over. Consumer beware.....
 GE> You obviously haven't been paying attention in here. From a consumer's
 GE> point of view, a "free" cellular phone IS free.
That is why I have offered a warning... I'm very attentive to your
 information. The consumer is being tricked with 2 or 3 year plans for
 $x dollars per month before using the "Free" phone. 
 GE> Customers who already own a cell phone, and who sign up for new service
 GE> pay the exact same rates, under the exact same terms, as someone who
 GE> gets a "free" phone. Therefore, the rates have nothing to do with
 GE> getting a free phone.
 The guy who does that gets ripped off even more! You pay per month for
 something you may never use and don't get a phone at the end. Rip me off.
 Rates have everything to do with it. True rates would be credit for
 air time the way Clearnet does. A $35.00 plan gives you $35.00 worth of
 calling and you don't pay on top of that unless you use more air time. Now
 that's the only fair way. And you pay at the end of the month after you
 have used the service. 
 GE> I activate both new and old phones every day. I
 GE> assure you there is no difference in the contracts, regardless of
 GE> whether the customer gets a phone or not.
 Yes there is. The guy with a phone gets ripped off for monthly charges
 and does not get a phone at the end of the term. !
 GE> Second, even though someone pays for the phone, that someone is not the
 GE> consumer.
 The consumer pays for it with a monthly service charge thats paid to the air
 time provider. 
 GE> Therefore, from the consumer's perspective, the phone IS free.
Therefore CONSUMER BEWARE you are paying for your "FREE" phone each month
when you write a cheque to the provider. Then they charge more to use the
phone!
 GE> If you are given a birthday gift, the gift-giver paid for it, so to them
 GE> it is not free. But to you, since you aren't the one who paid for it, it
 GE> IS free.
If I had to pay a monthly fee to have my birthday gift>> I end up paying for
the gift.
Why don't you get it?
CONSUMER BEWARE there is no "Free" phone....
BRIAN LEO
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