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- 07-05-2004, 12:24 PM #16O/SirisGuest
Re: Vision For Less
In article <[email protected]>, Michael=20
[email protected] says...
> Smiling Wickedly, John answered:
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> > I have the best price of all. My vision is FREE!
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> howd ya manage that?
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If he has a plan over $100/month, and got it more than a=20
few weeks ago, Vision was provided at no extra charge.
Someone in marketing said that wasn't having much of an=20
impact on sales, so we stopped offering that.
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O/Siris
I work for SprintPCS
I *don't* speak for them.
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- 07-05-2004, 12:28 PM #17O/SirisGuest
Re: Vision For Less
In article <[email protected]>,=20
[email protected][email protected]=20
says...
> This is all incredibly confusing. I really don't understand why Sprint
> has never bothered to explain the differences between the various text
> messaging methods. In particular, there seem to be three methods:
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> 1) Send SMS via the SPCS website;
> 2) Send SMS via a conventional email client to
> [email protected];
> 3) Send SMS via the SMS application on your phone (in my case, a Treo 600=
)
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> Apparently, there may be some billing distinction between these, but
> this has never been clearly laid out. It would make sense to clarify
> all of this on the Sprint PCS website!
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Actually, the confusion is there, but the billing=20
distinction is not. All are considered SMS. And yes, a=20
Vision pack as old as you state, setup in January, includes=20
unlimited service. If you switch packs now, even to the=20
$10 one, you lose the unlimited as an included option. It=20
drops to 100 messages.
BTW, there's a 4th method, too. TAP software. Usually=20
only used by businesses.
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O/Siris
I work for SprintPCS
I *don't* speak for them.
- 07-05-2004, 01:08 PM #18Guest
Re: Vision For Less
O/Siris wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected][email protected]
> says...
>> This is all incredibly confusing. I really don't understand why Sprint
>> has never bothered to explain the differences between the various text
>> messaging methods. In particular, there seem to be three methods:
>>
>> 1) Send SMS via the SPCS website;
>> 2) Send SMS via a conventional email client to
>> [email protected];
>> 3) Send SMS via the SMS application on your phone (in my case, a Treo 600)
>>
>> Apparently, there may be some billing distinction between these, but
>> this has never been clearly laid out. It would make sense to clarify
>> all of this on the Sprint PCS website!
>>
>
> Actually, the confusion is there, but the billing
> distinction is not. All are considered SMS. And yes, a
> Vision pack as old as you state, setup in January, includes
> unlimited service. If you switch packs now, even to the
> $10 one, you lose the unlimited as an included option. It
> drops to 100 messages.
>
> BTW, there's a 4th method, too. TAP software. Usually
> only used by businesses.
ARGH!
Here's where I am. I told the CS rep to make my change to the $10 if
the ONLY effect would be to reduce my monthly bill and eliminate my $5
download credit. I told him that I signed up in January.
He went ahead and made the change. So, YOU say that all my text
messaging is limited to 100/billing period.
By contrast, he is saying that it is only SMS that is limited to
100/billing period. He says I can send and receive unlimited SPCS SMM on
the $10 plan.
And as I now understand it, there *IS* a distinction between Sprint PCS
SMM and generic SMS (aka One-Way or Two-Way SMS).
I believe that via the website, you can specify transmission either by
SPCS SMM (SPCS phones only, and only those that are capable of it) or
"automatic", which will use SMS for phones that can't do SPCS SMM.
Sending to [email protected] is SPCS SMM.
Sending via the SMS application on my Treo (which seems to be used to
receive both SMM and SMS) will generate an SMS.
That's my current understanding of the situation.
There really is just NO excuse for SPCS having failed to describe all
this on their website. It's just NOT that complicated! They're just
making it extraordinarily painful to determine what you will pay for what!
- 07-05-2004, 02:08 PM #19Robert M.Guest
Re: Vision For Less
In article <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Steven J Sobol wrote:
>
> > [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> I did get a positive response, right away (via the SPCS website, "email"
> >> customer service). The rep indicates that the $10/month plan includes
> >> "100 2-way text messages" and "unlimited email and SMS messages" as well
> >> as, of course, unlimited PCS Vision access.
> >>
> >> So, what's the difference between "2-way text messages" and SMS?
> >
> > None, AFAIK. Two-way text messages means you can receive SMS and send it.
>
> Argh. Confusion abounds.
>
> The email CS rep is claiming that my $15/month "Sprint PCS Vision
> Pictures Pack" did "not include any Two-Way SMS Text Messages", whereas
> there will be "100 text messages included with the $10.00 PCS Vision plan".
>
> I have been using my [email protected] number quite a
> bit, for urgent, brief notifications. I had been under the impression
> that these were free, especially since I started my Vision service in
> January, before some limits were placed on SMS. I've never been charged
> for receiving these messages, and they simply aren't listed on my
> detailed invoice.
>
>
> This is all incredibly confusing. I really don't understand why Sprint
> has never bothered to explain the differences between the various text
> messaging methods. In particular, there seem to be three methods:
How can the CSRs explain it to you, when as you've discovered, they
don't understand it all themselves?
- 07-05-2004, 04:37 PM #20Steven J SobolGuest
Re: Vision For Less
Robert M. <[email protected]> wrote:
>> This is all incredibly confusing. I really don't understand why Sprint
>> has never bothered to explain the differences between the various text
>> messaging methods. In particular, there seem to be three methods:
>
> How can the CSRs explain it to you, when as you've discovered, they
> don't understand it all themselves?
I'll concur. SMS is a new service for Sprint and it does sound like the
reps may need a further Injection Of Clue, additional to whatever training
they've already gotten on SMS. Either that, or the rep the OP got got
enough training and just didn't completely understand what was said.
Using two different terms for the same service is a bad idea.
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- 07-06-2004, 04:22 AM #21Røbert M.Guest
Re: Vision For Less
In article <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Røbert M. wrote:
>
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > [email protected] (M Benz S Class) wrote:
> >
> >> As i've learned over the years, you never know what you get from one
> >> rep to the next.
> >
> > Thats why SprintPCS is always rated worst for Customer Service.
>
> Geez, you're so boring, "Robert". Same stupid song, all the time.
You're the one who said about SprintPCS CSR's:
" As i've learned over the years, you never know what you get from one
rep to the next."
You think that's an acceptable condition? I don't.
- 07-07-2004, 10:54 AM #22Kenneth CrudupGuest
Re: Vision For Less
In article <[email protected]>,
O/Siris <0siris@sprîntpcs.com> says:
>The $10 option basically surrenders the download credit.
Cool! I never used that anyway.
-Kenny
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H: 3630 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #138, L.A., CA 90034-6809 (310) 391-1898
- 07-08-2004, 05:39 AM #23Jerome ZelinskeGuest
Re: Vision For Less
Cool, this is something I wished for a while ago. But wasn't one
of the download credits $10? That would in essence bring the Vision
price to $5. The current Vision section of the web site does not
mention download credits at all. The price is still $15.
O/Siris wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
>
>>I called customer service to cancel my Vision service, as i really wasn't using
>>it enough to justify $15 per month. At the end of the call, the rep told me of
>>a special deal if i ever wanted to restart Vision again. He said i could
>>restart at any time for only $10 per month, instead of $15. I just wanted to
>>let everyone know about this as it might be a way of getting around paying the
>>regular price. By the way, make sure the rep makes a note of the offer on your
>>account. As i've learned over the years, you never know what you get from one
>>rep to the next. Hope this helps!
>>
>
>
> Technically, the offer is still in test market phase. The $10 option
> basically surrenders the download credit.
>
- 07-09-2004, 12:08 AM #24O/SirisGuest
Re: Vision For Less
In article <[email protected]>,=20
[email protected] says...
> Cool, this is something I wished for a while ago. But wasn't one=
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> of the download credits $10? That would in essence bring the Vision=20
> price to $5. The current Vision section of the web site does not=20
> mention download credits at all. The price is still $15.
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It doesn't reduce the like. Your choice for a Vision pack right now=20
is $15/month for the advertised packs, or $10 for the "rolloff" test=20
option that provides, basically, unlimited Vision access, and=20
Picturemail.
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O/Siris
I work for Sprint PCS
I *don't* speak for them
- 07-09-2004, 07:24 AM #25Jerome ZelinskeGuest
Re: Vision For Less
Any comments on why the web site no longer mentions any download
credit?
O/Siris wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
>
>> Cool, this is something I wished for a while ago. But wasn't one
>>of the download credits $10? That would in essence bring the Vision
>>price to $5. The current Vision section of the web site does not
>>mention download credits at all. The price is still $15.
>>
>>
>
>
> It doesn't reduce the like. Your choice for a Vision pack right now
> is $15/month for the advertised packs, or $10 for the "rolloff" test
> option that provides, basically, unlimited Vision access, and
> Picturemail.
>
- 07-09-2004, 12:14 PM #26Michael ArendsGuest
Re: Vision For Less
O/Siris wrote:
>
> It doesn't reduce the like. Your choice for a Vision pack right now
> is $15/month for the advertised packs, or $10 for the "rolloff" test
> option that provides, basically, unlimited Vision access, and
> Picturemail.
Rob,
If one is OFF Contract, and would like this Option, ( $10 Vision) do you
have to re-up on a new Contract? 12 month? 24 month?
- 07-09-2004, 10:22 PM #27O/SirisGuest
Re: Vision For Less
In article <[email protected]>,=20
[email protected] says...
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> Any comments on why the web site no longer mentions any download=20
> credit?
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???
I see it there. Go shopping for plans, look at the Vision Packs,=20
click on the title for either the Pictures Pack, or the Premium Pack,=20
and it's there.
Pictures Pack:
http://www.sprintpcs.com/common/popu...html?#pictures
Premium Pack:
http://www.sprintpcs.com/common/popu....html?#premium
Last item listed in the description of each.
Could you describe again how you failed to see it? Maybe there's a=20
"hole" in information there.
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O/Siris
I work for Sprint PCS
I *don't* speak for them
- 07-09-2004, 10:26 PM #28O/SirisGuest
Re: Vision For Less
In article <[email protected]>,=20
[email protected] says...
> O/Siris wrote:
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> > It doesn't reduce the like. Your choice for a Vision pack right now
> > is $15/month for the advertised packs, or $10 for the "rolloff" test
> > option that provides, basically, unlimited Vision access, and
> > Picturemail.
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> Rob,
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> If one is OFF Contract, and would like this Option, ( $10 Vision) do you=
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> have to re-up on a new Contract? 12 month? 24 month?
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Vision is NEVER tied to a contract. Once EV-DO rolls out, who knows?=20
This is probably as good a time as any to bring this up. By the time=20
EV-DO rolls out, my call center will be closed. And I am not being=20
offered another position within SPCS. I'd pit my technical knowledge=20
against virtually anyone, but I'm not much of a salesman, and the=20
only positions remaining locally are sales. I've already got a=20
position lined up with a small local company, back in I.T. again.
For now, though, there is absolutely no contract requirement for=20
Vision.
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O/Siris
I work for Sprint PCS
I *don't* speak for them
- 07-10-2004, 08:34 AM #29Jerome ZelinskeGuest
Re: Vision For Less
You are correct, but in my opinion, which does not matter in the
least to Sprint PCS, that there are download credits should be on the
plans page.
O/Siris wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
>
>> Any comments on why the web site no longer mentions any download
>>credit?
>>
>
>
> ???
>
> I see it there. Go shopping for plans, look at the Vision Packs,
> click on the title for either the Pictures Pack, or the Premium Pack,
> and it's there.
>
> Pictures Pack:
> http://www.sprintpcs.com/common/popu...html?#pictures
>
> Premium Pack:
> http://www.sprintpcs.com/common/popu....html?#premium
>
> Last item listed in the description of each.
>
> Could you describe again how you failed to see it? Maybe there's a
> "hole" in information there.
>
- 07-10-2004, 10:51 AM #30Guest
Re: Vision For Less
O/Siris wrote:
> This is probably as good a time as any to bring this up. By the time
> EV-DO rolls out, my call center will be closed. And I am not being
> offered another position within SPCS. I'd pit my technical knowledge
> against virtually anyone, but I'm not much of a salesman, and the
> only positions remaining locally are sales. I've already got a
> position lined up with a small local company, back in I.T. again.
I'm really sorry to hear that. You've been one of the few reliable
sources of information on this newsgroup. It's unfortunate that SPCS
can't/doesn't realize the positive impact you have made.
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