AT&T Bait Switch Programs Begin

On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:39:18 -0600, "Scott" <[email protected]> wrote:

><Mark> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>
>>
>> This one was from a vendor who i presently do business with throwing
>> carrots at me to change our agreement to a less than desirable service
>> then what I'm presently receiving.
>
>And you don't get any of these from your cable provider? ISP? Landline
>telco? Credit card company? Mortgage company? Or is the problem that the
>offer came from the evil cellular provider?

And the group that i posted it in was once again, help me out?

>I believe their primary goal is to make money.

No, your kidding me?

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Oh, they are so evil that they don't bother to gently remind the
people they bailed out when att dumped on them, that it is time to move
on before the safety net they provided is taken down. If that guy does
not want to climb out of the net, he can not blame cingular when his
arse slams into the ground. He also won't be able to plug his ears hard
enough not to hear us laughing.

<Mark> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:39:18 -0600, "Scott" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>><Mark> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>
>>> This one was from a vendor who i presently do business with throwing
>>> carrots at me to change our agreement to a less than desirable service
>>> then what I'm presently receiving.
>>
>>And you don't get any of these from your cable provider? ISP? Landline
>>telco? Credit card company? Mortgage company? Or is the problem that
>>the
>>offer came from the evil cellular provider?
>
> And the group that i posted it in was once again, help me out?

Help you out? How? My 14 year-old knows how to ignore this kind of stuff
without being told how.

>
>>I believe their primary goal is to make money.
>
> No, your kidding me?

Well, you've made it pretty clear that the obvious is generally lost on you-
I figured you needed domeone to point this out to you, too.

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:39:53 -0600, "Scott" <[email protected]> wrote:

><Mark> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>> On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:39:18 -0600, "Scott" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>><Mark> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>>>
>>>> This one was from a vendor who i presently do business with throwing
>>>> carrots at me to change our agreement to a less than desirable service
>>>> then what I'm presently receiving.
>>>
>>>And you don't get any of these from your cable provider? ISP? Landline
>>>telco? Credit card company? Mortgage company? Or is the problem that
>>>the
>>>offer came from the evil cellular provider?
>>
>> And the group that i posted it in was once again, help me out?
>
>Help you out? How? My 14 year-old knows how to ignore this kind of stuff
>without being told how.

Seems my posting it to a newsgroup is beyond the bounds of you
ignoring it however.

>>
>>>I believe their primary goal is to make money.
>>
>> No, your kidding me?
>
>Well, you've made it pretty clear that the obvious is generally lost on you-
>I figured you needed domeone to point this out to you, too.

Have your 14 year old teach you proper *****ing and punctuation.

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:29:08 -0400, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>, Mark wrote:
>
>> >Help you out? How? My 14 year-old knows how to ignore this kind of stuff
>> >without being told how.
>>
>> Seems my posting it to a newsgroup is beyond the bounds of you
>> ignoring it however.
>
>When you thrust your individual and utter stupidity in front of people,
>don't blame them for seeing it.
>
>We expect stupidity from companies trying to sell us things. That's dog
>bites man. But when an individual goes blasting about like a demented
>homeless person about "how DARE they send me something in the mail
>asking me if I'd like to do something that's profitable to them!" then
>that's man bites dog, and is worthy of comment.

I see that your STILL reading what you want to read and not what was
wrote. Carry on.

<Mark> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:39:53 -0600, "Scott" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>><Mark> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>>> On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:39:18 -0600, "Scott" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>><Mark> wrote in message
>>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This one was from a vendor who i presently do business with throwing
>>>>> carrots at me to change our agreement to a less than desirable service
>>>>> then what I'm presently receiving.
>>>>
>>>>And you don't get any of these from your cable provider? ISP? Landline
>>>>telco? Credit card company? Mortgage company? Or is the problem that
>>>>the
>>>>offer came from the evil cellular provider?
>>>
>>> And the group that i posted it in was once again, help me out?
>>
>>Help you out? How? My 14 year-old knows how to ignore this kind of stuff
>>without being told how.
>
> Seems my posting it to a newsgroup is beyond the bounds of you
> ignoring it however.


Unlike you, I don't feel the need to whine to the masses about seeing it and
showing an inability to deal with it.

>
>>>
>>>>I believe their primary goal is to make money.
>>>
>>> No, your kidding me?
>>
>>Well, you've made it pretty clear that the obvious is generally lost on
>>you-
>>I figured you needed domeone to point this out to you, too.
>
> Have your 14 year old teach you proper *****ing and punctuation.

Physician, heal thyself.

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:01:05 -0600, "Scott" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Unlike you, I don't feel the need to whine to the masses about seeing it and
>showing an inability to deal with it.

Where in the hell am i whining? Idiot....

Just for the hell of it i was going to post a few of your older post's
where you seem to have nothing else in your life to do but to *****
about cell phones/service.

I'd say there is life other than cell phones dude, but i also see that
you have an infatuation with big time wrestling as well.

I know, must be your 14 year old using your sign on.

Enough said.

<Mark> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:01:05 -0600, "Scott" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Unlike you, I don't feel the need to whine to the masses about seeing it
>>and
>>showing an inability to deal with it.
>
> Where in the hell am i whining? Idiot....
>
> Just for the hell of it i was going to post a few of your older post's
> where you seem to have nothing else in your life to do but to *****
> about cell phones/service.
>
> I'd say there is life other than cell phones dude, but i also see that
> you have an infatuation with big time wrestling as well.
>

Oooooo- a groupie. Want my autograph? Picture? You been going through my
garbage as well?

Looks like I'm not the one with too much time on my hands.

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:00:36 -0600, "Scott" <[email protected]> wrote:

><Mark> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>> On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:01:05 -0600, "Scott" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>Unlike you, I don't feel the need to whine to the masses about seeing it
>>>and
>>>showing an inability to deal with it.
>>
>> Where in the hell am i whining? Idiot....
>>
>> Just for the hell of it i was going to post a few of your older post's
>> where you seem to have nothing else in your life to do but to *****
>> about cell phones/service.
>>
>> I'd say there is life other than cell phones dude, but i also see that
>> you have an infatuation with big time wrestling as well.
>>
>
>Oooooo- a groupie. Want my autograph? Picture?

Heterosexual here but thanks for asking.

move on dude, you bore me.

<Mark> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:00:36 -0600, "Scott" <[email protected]> wrote:
>

>>
>>Oooooo- a groupie. Want my autograph? Picture?
>
> Heterosexual here but thanks for asking.

Telling us or asking for our vote?

>
> move on dude, you bore me.

Obviously not enough to stop posting.

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 22:39:15 -0400, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>, Mark wrote:
>
>> >We expect stupidity from companies trying to sell us things. That's dog
>> >bites man. But when an individual goes blasting about like a demented
>> >homeless person about "how DARE they send me something in the mail
>> >asking me if I'd like to do something that's profitable to them!" then
>> >that's man bites dog, and is worthy of comment.
>>
>> I see that your STILL reading what you want to read and not what was
>> wrote.
>
>"what was wrote". Hmmmm.
>
>Anyway, we all know what was written. It's there for everyone to see.
>Care to see what you wrote?
>
>You started a thread about "here it comes, the bait switch" (whatever
>the hell that means), and you wrote:
>
>> Got my first letter from Cingular offering a free Nokia phone in
>> exchange for switching over to one of there national plans.
>>
>> Went in the garbage.
>
>And then it turned out it wasn't even from Cingular.

LOL

You know what Elmo, I've read some of your post's in the past and you
seem somewhat intelligent and articulate. I've obviously either
misjudged you or your now writing with blinders on just to try and
take a swipe at me.

On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:36:40 UTC, "Jeremy" <[email protected]> wrote:

> <Mark> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> >
> > This one was from a vendor who i presently do business with throwing
> > carrots at me to change our agreement to a less than desirable service
> > then what I'm presently receiving.
> >
>
>
> One day they'll become even more aggressive. They'll tell you that they are
> shutting TDMA down, and that you must "Upgrade" at a higher price, or lose
> all service from them, period.
>

Not always higher prices. My father can change to GSM and save money.

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Ben Skversky wrote:
> So why is that bait & switch?
>
> <Mark> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>> Got my first letter from Cingular offering a free Nokia phone in
>> exchange for switching over to one of there national plans.
>>
>> Went in the garbage.


At least they're no longer doing what the old AT&T Wireless used to do.
I would from time to time get letters in the mail from AT&T Wireless,
sporting what appeared to be an account number and stating "Your new
wireless account has been activated! Please call us at this number to
have your new phone shipped to you!"

This of course led me to believe someone was opening accounts in my
name. I called the number to say I *didn't* want any such account and
order it closed, only to get told "oh that letter means nothing!" and
then the rep launched into a hard sell song & dance about why I SHOULD
have such an account.

I hung up the phone before he could finish.

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