Cingular store ripoff pricing on accesories

"SMS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> SMS <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>> He's perfectly free to read the packaging and know that it's not a
>>>> genuine anything--but he doesn't. That's his prerogative. He may be
>>>> an idiot, but he's allowed to be an idiot.
>>> Many people expect that the carrier's own stores would be selling OEM
>>> merchandise.
>>
>> People would be wrong. People are wrong to expect ANYTHING.
>>
>> Trust, but verify. If you can't be bothered to look at the packaging,
>> that's your problem.
>
> Well if you're ordering on-line, you can't look at the packaging. I
> learned this when I ordered a phone from Verizon. I sent their gawd-awful
> car charger, case, and headset back, at their expense.
>
> Car chargers is where you really have to be careful, as almost all of the
> after-market car chargers are pure junk.

My wife's no name RAZR car charger prevented the phone from
accepting incoming calls while it was charging.

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In <gQbGf.3159$Qb.1122@trndny07> on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 01:29:48 GMT, "RobR"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>"SMS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Car chargers is where you really have to be careful, as almost all of the
>> after-market car chargers are pure junk.
>
>My wife's no name RAZR car charger prevented the phone from
>accepting incoming calls while it was charging.

With all due respect, I don't think that's possible. Perhaps the profile for
charging was screwed up.

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John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

When you go to the dealer, you're getting an OEM oil filter, not the $1
filter that the quick-change places use. You're also usually having the
oil changed by someone who knows how to do it properly, and that won't
destroy your vehicle in the process.

Actually, many dealers have good prices on oil changes, compared to
places like Jiffy-Lube, though often not as good as independent
mechanics. I.e., in my area, the dealers are usually running $30 oil
change specials, while independent shops are charging around $15-25.
Jiffy Lube is $36 in my area. But I'd never let Jiffy Lube touch one of
my vehicles, with all the horror stories.

It used to be that the wireless carriers sold the high quality
accessories from the phone manufacturers, albeit at high prices. Now
they've switched to low quality accessories, but kept the prices high.

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In <[email protected]> on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:54:58
-0800, SMS <[email protected]> wrote:

>When you go to the dealer, you're getting an OEM oil filter, not the $1
>filter that the quick-change places use. You're also usually having the
>oil changed by someone who knows how to do it properly, and that won't
>destroy your vehicle in the process.

The filters used by most quick-change places are as good or better than OEM
filters, and the level of skill needed is trivial.

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Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

You do realize that phone makers don't make the accessories. When they
design a phone they send the specs for chargers to vendors who make the
chargers for them and put their cute little logo on it so they can
charge you more. Despite what you call cheap accessories is often the
same as the OEM charger. Convince is the factor here, get it now, no
wait, got a problem take it back to the store.

SMS wrote:
> When you go to the dealer, you're getting an OEM oil filter, not the $1
> filter that the quick-change places use. You're also usually having the
> oil changed by someone who knows how to do it properly, and that won't
> destroy your vehicle in the process.
>
> Actually, many dealers have good prices on oil changes, compared to
> places like Jiffy-Lube, though often not as good as independent
> mechanics. I.e., in my area, the dealers are usually running $30 oil
> change specials, while independent shops are charging around $15-25.
> Jiffy Lube is $36 in my area. But I'd never let Jiffy Lube touch one of
> my vehicles, with all the horror stories.
>
> It used to be that the wireless carriers sold the high quality
> accessories from the phone manufacturers, albeit at high prices. Now
> they've switched to low quality accessories, but kept the prices high.