Comments on: Cingular and Double Standards http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/09/21/cingular-and-double-standards/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:00:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: rcadden http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/09/21/cingular-and-double-standards/#comment-4502 rcadden Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:20:19 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/09/21/cingular-and-double-standards/#comment-4502 *sigh* As a new site, I was really hoping you'd run better stories than this. This clause has been in Cingular (and Sprint, ftr) contracts for YEARS, they just haven't really enforced it until recently. Also, if anyone would actually read their cellphone contract, it's not a 2-sided agreement. It's a contract that says they don't guarantee service everywhere, that they will not reimburse you if the network is down and you lose business, etc. etc. ad nauseum. Basically, use at your own risk, but you're required to keep paying us anyways. This is cause (at least in the US) the contract is required in order to get roughly $100-150 off the retail price of the handset that you pick. It has nothing to do with service in the least bit. *sigh* As a new site, I was really hoping you’d run better stories than this. This clause has been in Cingular (and Sprint, ftr) contracts for YEARS, they just haven’t really enforced it until recently.

Also, if anyone would actually read their cellphone contract, it’s not a 2-sided agreement. It’s a contract that says they don’t guarantee service everywhere, that they will not reimburse you if the network is down and you lose business, etc. etc. ad nauseum. Basically, use at your own risk, but you’re required to keep paying us anyways.

This is cause (at least in the US) the contract is required in order to get roughly $100-150 off the retail price of the handset that you pick. It has nothing to do with service in the least bit.

]]> By: Peter http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/09/21/cingular-and-double-standards/#comment-4491 Peter Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:31:06 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/09/21/cingular-and-double-standards/#comment-4491 I always hated cingular and their outrageous charges and nitpicking even though I had been with at&t before that and before at&t it was cellular one...15+ years and you'd think they'd do anything to keep me...NO. But I must admit the UMTS phone they have coming out made me think twice about leaving but only for a second. I always hated cingular and their outrageous charges and nitpicking even though I had been with at&t before that and before at&t it was cellular one…15+ years and you’d think they’d do anything to keep me…NO. But I must admit the UMTS phone they have coming out made me think twice about leaving but only for a second.

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