Re: upgrade phone or cancel service and start over?

09-22-2005, 07:44 AM

"Quick" <quick7135-news@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > It doesn't appear they will but in order to keep their
> > present customers they should offer something extra. A
> > second "free" phone doesn't seem all that much to give.
>
> It seems that it does to you.
>
> You're looking at it like "it's just a free phone and they're
> a great big corporation".
>
> Their perspective is 33 million free phones...
>
> Or is it that you think they should make a special exception
> for you because... why? and why not everyone else?
>
> -Quick
>
>
The "basic" phone should be a free option to everyone & if you select one on
the upgraded phones you should pay accordingly. There making money on me
every month.

09-22-2005, 08:24 AM

RichC wrote:
> "Quick" <quick7135-news@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:wr1Ye.638$G64.25@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com.. .
>
>>>It doesn't appear they will but in order to keep their
>>>present customers they should offer something extra. A
>>>second "free" phone doesn't seem all that much to give.
>>
>>It seems that it does to you.
>>
>>You're looking at it like "it's just a free phone and they're
>>a great big corporation".
>>
>>Their perspective is 33 million free phones...
>>
>>Or is it that you think they should make a special exception
>>for you because... why? and why not everyone else?
>>
>>-Quick
>>
>>
>
> The "basic" phone should be a free option to everyone & if you select one on
> the upgraded phones you should pay accordingly. There making money on me
> every month.
>
>

There are two business models that could be used. One would be to charge
more for service and provide a "free" basic handset. The other would be
the current system.

09-22-2005, 10:22 AM

"RichC" <rcacace{REMOVE_TO_REPLY}@swfla.rr.com> wrote in message
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> The "basic" phone should be a free option to everyone & if you select one
> on
> the upgraded phones you should pay accordingly. There making money on me
> every month.

Funny, That never happened on the wireline side all these years, why would
you
think it "should be the case" now ?

--
I work for the ILEC ...." stuff happens! "

09-22-2005, 11:05 AM

RichC wrote:
> The "basic" phone should be a free option to everyone &
> if you select one on the upgraded phones you should pay
> accordingly. There making money on me every month.

They don't have a profit sharing plan for customers.

-Quick

09-22-2005, 04:27 PM

"RichC" <rcacace{REMOVE_TO_REPLY}@swfla.rr.com> wrote in message
news:6zyYe.103202
> The "basic" phone should be a free option to everyone & if you select one
> on
> the upgraded phones you should pay accordingly. There making money on me
> every month.

The illiteracy of some of posters is practically unbelievable! 'There making
money on me' is but one example of what should be typed as 'They're making
money on me' !!!!

I know, English is very hard to spell (and punctuate) at times, but geez,
you guys should be able to master the basics eh?

09-22-2005, 06:27 PM

"Bob the Printer" <bdolson@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
> "RichC" <rcacace{REMOVE_TO_REPLY}@swfla.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:6zyYe.103202
>> The "basic" phone should be a free option to everyone & if you
>> select one on
>> the upgraded phones you should pay accordingly. There making money
>> on me
>> every month.
>
> The illiteracy of some of posters is practically unbelievable!
> 'There making money on me' is but one example of what should be
> typed as 'They're making money on me' !!!!
>
> I know, English is very hard to spell (and punctuate) at times, but
> geez, you guys should be able to master the basics eh?
>
>

Possibly because there may be a difference between "American" English
and "Canadian" English, eh? <---Note:
The basic premise is that the posters problem or gripe to be addressed
and not the spelling or grammar.

Elector

09-22-2005, 07:36 PM

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:27:28 GMT, "Elector" <elector@my-deja.com> wrote:

>> The illiteracy of some of posters is practically unbelievable!
>> 'There making money on me' is but one example of what should be
>> typed as 'They're making money on me' !!!!
>
>Possibly because there may be a difference between "American" English
>and "Canadian" English, eh? <---Note:

Not a chance.

-- Larry

09-22-2005, 09:29 PM

"Elector" <elector@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> Possibly because there may be a difference between "American" English and
> "Canadian" English, eh? <---Note:
> The basic premise is that the posters problem or gripe to be addressed and
> not the spelling or grammar.
>
> Elector

I don't think so and that's certainly the most lame excuse I've ever seen!

I'd give our Canadian friends a lot more credit than that.

09-22-2005, 09:43 PM

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:27:28 GMT, "Elector" <elector@my-deja.com> chose to
add this to the great equation of life, the universe, and everything:

>"Bob the Printer" <bdolson@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:Hvudnfgam-tCsq7eRVn-uA@comcast.com...
>>
>> "RichC" <rcacace{REMOVE_TO_REPLY}@swfla.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:6zyYe.103202
>>> The "basic" phone should be a free option to everyone & if you
>>> select one on
>>> the upgraded phones you should pay accordingly. There making money
>>> on me
>>> every month.
>>
>> The illiteracy of some of posters is practically unbelievable!
>> 'There making money on me' is but one example of what should be
>> typed as 'They're making money on me' !!!!
>>
>> I know, English is very hard to spell (and punctuate) at times, but
>> geez, you guys should be able to master the basics eh?
>
>Possibly because there may be a difference between "American" English
>and "Canadian" English, eh? <---Note:

In American, Canadian, English, Indian, Australian, New Zealand and any
other English you can name, the "there/their/they're" rules are all the
same. Anyway, what does Canadian-ese have to do with anything?

>The basic premise is that the posters problem or gripe to be addressed
>and not the spelling or grammar.

The basic premise is that the poster*'*s problem or gripe *is* easier to
understand if the spelling and grammar are correct.

--
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09-22-2005, 09:46 PM

Bob the Printer wrote:
> "Elector" <elector@my-deja.com> wrote in message
> news:QZHYe.79568$PM3.20746@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
>
>> Possibly because there may be a difference between
>> "American" English and "Canadian" English, eh? <---Note:
>> The basic premise is that the posters problem or gripe
>> to be addressed and not the spelling or grammar.
>>
>> Elector
>
> I don't think so and that's certainly the most lame
> excuse I've ever seen!
>
> I'd give our Canadian friends a lot more credit than that.

I think Elector was just making a spoof.

>> The basic premise is that the posters problem or gripe
>> to be addressed and not the spelling or grammar.

I've tried to parse that numerous times and failed...
I know what he is trying to say through inference
and extrapolation but I can't find the short, one or
two word fix to correct the sentence.

-Quick

09-23-2005, 05:35 AM

"Quick" <quick7135-news@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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<snip>
> I think Elector was just making a spoof.
>
>>> The basic premise is that the posters problem or gripe
>>> to be addressed and not the spelling or grammar.
>
> I've tried to parse that numerous times and failed...
> I know what he is trying to say through inference
> and extrapolation but I can't find the short, one or
> two word fix to correct the sentence.
>
> -Quick
>
>

I was making it as a joke, Bob the Painter used the "eh" which is what I
have heard many times from the folks while visiting Canada.

Elector

09-23-2005, 05:38 AM

"David S" <dwstreeter@spamisnaughty.att.net> wrote in message
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<snip>
> In American, Canadian, English, Indian, Australian, New Zealand and any
> other English you can name, the "there/their/they're" rules are all the
> same. Anyway, what does Canadian-ese have to do with anything?
>
<snip>
--
> David Streeter, "an internet god" -- Dave Barry
> http://home.att.net/~dwstreeter
> Remove the naughty bit from my address to reply
> Expect a train on ANY track at ANY time.
> "Jerry died broke. We only have a few hundred thousand in the bank."
> - Deborah Koons Garcia
>

It was in reference to the "EH" in Bob the Painter's reply post. It is not
common in the USA to hear that. In Canada I hear it all the time.
Got it now? Also English may not be a first language for many posters so
spelling and grammar mistakes are just that, mistakes.

Elector

09-23-2005, 05:39 AM

"David S" <dwstreeter@spamisnaughty.att.net> wrote in message
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<snip>

Excuse me "Bob the Printer" not Painter :-)

09-23-2005, 10:24 AM

Elector wrote:
> "David S" <dwstreeter@spamisnaughty.att.net> wrote in
> message news:0qt6j1plb9hbttesedep92vitsibls8u6s@4ax.com...
> <snip>
>
> Excuse me "Bob the Printer" not Painter :-)

let me guess... you've got kids and you crossed
Bob the Printer with Bob the Builder?

On the ESN (English as Second Language) issue I've
found that those mistakes are very easily distinguished
from just plain bad English. In most cases sentence
structure, wording, phrases, colloquialisms, etc. all
make it pretty clear with a very small amount of context.
I would have to say that the OP simply used bad English.
There is no excuse.

-Quick

09-23-2005, 02:13 PM

"Elector" <elector@mydeja.com> wrote in message
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> I was making it as a joke, Bob the Painter used the "eh" which is what I
> have heard many times from the folks while visiting Canada.

I'm not Canadian and I've never even BEEN to Canada! But I do use that 'eh'
frequently in written conversation.