On 8 Jan 2008 13:32:32 GMT, "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy71@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>Sprint PCS and others, will not allow you to activate a phone [that you
>purchased elsewhere .. perhaps used] on a new account without a contract.
>THAT IS WRONG! They have no investment stake in you if you provide your
own
>phone. For instance, if you buy a "clear" Sprint PCS phone, used, off of
Ebay
>and create a new account with Sprint [you are a new customer], they FORCE
you
>into a one or two year contract in spite of the fact they put exactly
zero
>investment dollars into subsidation, which is what they claim these
contracts
>are required for.
I was under the impression that the cost to acquire a new customer
included more than just the cost of the equipment subsidy.
>Yes, that is the way it should be, but that is not the way it is with
some
>providers. I am not sure if T-Mobile does it this way or not, but I know
>Sprint PCS will rope you in [with a noose] to their contract.
Just curious, does anyone know when they stopped calling themselves
Sprint PCS? Was it around the time of the Nextel merger, or before
that? It seems odd to refer to them as Sprint PCS this many years
later.
--
Paul Miner
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