BL>  GE> No one gets a phone at the end of their contract, they get it at the
BL>  GE> beginning. A consumer who gets a phone for no cash payment (ie. a
BL>  GE> "free" phone) in exchange for signing a contract takes full legal 
nd
BL>  GE> equitable title to that phone on day one. It is his property the 
inu
BL>  GE> he walks out of the store,
BL>  Not true, if you try to get out of your contract with Bell or Cantel 
her
BL>  is a huge "cancellation" fee which is where you pay for the phone 
utrigh
BL>  If you stick out the whole term of the plan you pay for the phone about
BL>  3 times over.
Like I said, you get charged the exact same cancellation fee if you do
not get a free phone. And you still have to sign the same term of
contract if you don't get the phone. The only difference between someone
who gets a free phone with activation and someone who does not is that
for the former, the carrier makes a lower profit margin.
BL>  GE>> which means it's up to him to get it repaired
BL>  GE> if it breaks or to replace it if stolen.
BL>         What kind of crap is that? No warranty?
BL>         What planet does this provider operate on?
Even when there's a warranty, it is still the owner's responsibility to
take the phone to a warranty repair center to have it fixed. Little
elves don't come and get it for him. And if a piece of expensive
property is stolen, the owner (if he has any sense) has it insured for
its replacement cost.
BL>  GE> Cellular phone billing is no different than landline billing. You 
av
BL>  GE> to pay $X for basic service (ie. dialtone). You pay that even if you
BL>  GE> make no phone calls.
BL>  Wrong........ Only Bell and Cantel rip off people like that read the 
ov
Maybe in Canada you get free dialtone, but here in the states, it costs
a certain amount of money just to have a landline phone line into your
house with dialtone on it. If you make no calls at all, you still have
to pay a minimum amount.
 * OLX 2.1 TD * I threw a beer at Clinton. He dodged it. (It was a draft)
--- Renegade
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