Re: Pro's & Con's about 7pm and 2 year Q

RexYBlue <rexybluezz@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:ngs8vv8j57du9tk92l9phucnhikf8l48b3@4ax.com:

> On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 08:39:11 GMT, SprintingForService
> <SprintingForService@Nogood.com> wrote:
>
>>RexYBlue <rexybluezz@hotmail.com> wrote in
>>I've got friends all over the country so like you I'll take what I can
>>get so long as it's offered at a reasonable price. I'm on 8 nights
>>now so to me obligating myself to a two year contract for the
>>priviledge of paying an extra 120 plus tax, so that I can start
>>calling an extra hour earlier just doesn't seem worth it to me.
>>
>>I see where sprint is advantaged but I don't see where the customer in
>>my situation is. I think Sprint should be a little more equitable
>>with it's plans. They're essentially giving a pittance in exchange
>>for the large commitment they're asking of their customers.
>
> I don't think you're wrong in most situations. If I had the 8 PM
> nights option, 7 PM would have been worth a lot less for me, and I
> probably would not have signed up for it. Also, call me a fool, but
> I've never been daunted by an early termination fee. If the service
> gets to be crap, I'll cancel and pay the $150.

Hi Rex,

If the service gets to be unusable I'll terminate without paying the
termination fee and will take it up with small claims if I had to. I
guess I'm kind of ornery that way ;0)

As for the cancelation fee if I were in the middle of a contract. I
don't suspect it would be an issue really as the free phones being
offered should more than make up the cost. One thing that the providers
are doing that I don't agree with is not pro-rating the cancelation fee.
That should be standard practice and I don't believe it is.

> Speculating... Sprint's TV commercials could be are very revealing.
> Could it possibly be that 7 PM nights is aimed at the younger crowd
> who gab on the phone ALL THE TIME? (So often I see 20-somethings in my
> neighborhood ambling down the street or sitting in a coffeehouse,
> phone glued to ear, saying absolutely NOTHING. What are they listening
> to?) Thing is, they text message all the time too, and Sprint doesn't
> offer true SMS just yet. Might this also serve as an offset to that to
> attract teens, students and younger adults?


I suppose you have a point there Rex. I mean I don't really get that
whole camera on a phone thing either. I mean I get it it's just that
It's not something that really interests me in the least.

>
> I was talking to a female college student--a friend of the family--the
> other day and she was laughing her head off at Cingular's Rollover
> promotion: "I NEVER have anything left to roll over. It's a joke!" She
> was asking me what I thought of Sprint's 7PM nights deal. The girl
> LIVES on the phone.

LOL The young ones really run up the minutes.