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- 10-02-2003, 06:54 AM #1Tech GeekGuest
Word has gotten to me about a "protest" at an undisclosed location.
The sad part is that no one, employees, corporate, the police, can
figure out exactly what the message was supposed to be.
I am posting this on some forums to see if anyone has answers about
this, maybe one of the protesters are on here (a long shot, I know).
All I want to know is, "What was the message supposed to be?".
So I will know that any responders are real (and not people making up
stories), all I will say about the protest is that it involved a
clothesline (among other things).
You'll have to get the location AND the setup correctly for me to take a
response correctly.
No one can act on a protest if they don't know what the message is (sad,
but true). If we get the message, then maybe someone will take it into
consideration in the future.
Please feel free to respond to this thread, PM, or email me what you
did. I will not call the police, corporate, or anything like that
(you're in the clear), they would just like to know what the message
was.
Thank you.
-Tech Geek
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- 10-02-2003, 07:22 AM #2Phill.Guest
Re: Sprint PCS Protest?
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Tech Geek) wrote:
> Word has gotten to me about a "protest" at an undisclosed location.
>
> The sad part is that no one, employees, corporate, the police, can
> figure out exactly what the message was supposed to be.
>
> I am posting this on some forums to see if anyone has answers about
> this, maybe one of the protesters are on here (a long shot, I know).
> All I want to know is, "What was the message supposed to be?".
>
> So I will know that any responders are real (and not people making up
> stories), all I will say about the protest is that it involved a
> clothesline (among other things).
>
> You'll have to get the location AND the setup correctly for me to take a
> response correctly.
>
> No one can act on a protest if they don't know what the message is (sad,
> but true). If we get the message, then maybe someone will take it into
> consideration in the future.
>
> Please feel free to respond to this thread, PM, or email me what you
> did. I will not call the police, corporate, or anything like that
> (you're in the clear), they would just like to know what the message
> was.
>
> Thank you.
>
> -Tech Geek
>
> [posted via phonescoop.com]
This is all news to me.
I did a Google news search and only thing vaguely close is in Florida
folks are upset at Sprint because of the large proposed landline rate
increases.
http://news.tbo.com/news/MGA2P2GHRKD.html
- 10-02-2003, 07:41 AM #3TechGeekGuest
Re: Sprint PCS Protest?
Phill. wrote:
> *This is all news to me.
>
> I did a Google news search and only thing vaguely close is in
> Florida
> folks are upset at Sprint because of the large proposed landline
> rate
> increases.
>
> http://news.tbo.com/news/MGA2P2GHRKD.html *
I doubt that is it, and I couldn't find anyhting in the news involving
what was involved.
Also, the Verizon wireless and Cingular (partner with Bell South) would
have also gotten the protest.
Not only that, the 'protest' would not have involved what it did.
(And also, there were no people, just something was set up in front of
the store over night)
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- 10-02-2003, 11:53 AM #4Sam IamGuest
Re: Sprint PCS Protest?
All I know is Sprint POS is the worst.
1) Dropped calls regularly.
2) Terrible coverage. My wifes ancient Nokia 8260 get FAR superior
coverage.
3) BS "takes" that aren't really taxes at all. The scam is that there
are goverenment fees for doing business that Sprint claims it's passing
onto the consumer. What they don't tell you is that they're not really
taxes at all and that Sprint is grossly inflating what they charge and
is really just a sneaky way for Sprint to gouge thier customers for
profit above what the contract terms are.
Many consumer advocacy groups have pointed out that Sprint is grosly
inflating the fee it charges it's consumers.
4) Terrible CS. Sprint ranks at the bottom in studies done by groups
such as Consumer Reports.
5) Terrible billing headaches. Sprint's billing policies combined with
inadequatly informed/trained CS regularly has the result of adding
mistaken fees which can only be disputed by more calls to incompetant
CS, and ly resolved (if you're lucky) in future billing cycles which
means a customer has to continue paying Sprint POS for bad service just
to have they fix their prior billing mistakes, while hoping they don't
make any more of course!
STAY AWAY FROM SPRINT P.O.S. !!
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- 10-02-2003, 12:59 PM #5Thomas T. VeldhouseGuest
Re: Sprint PCS Protest?
"Sam Iam" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
<snip all meaningless drivel>
Oh look, there isn't a post left. Folks, we have another troll. If this
guy had anything good to say, he wouldn't need to troll it with all that
"Sprint POS" stuff.
If I want to inform people, I don't try to turn them off ... but Sam Iam is
doing just that.
Tom Veldhouse
- 10-02-2003, 01:34 PM #6Sam IamGuest
Re: Sprint PCS Protest?
Look a Sprint POS apologist. What a surprise. Employee perhaps?
But anyone who doubts this whole "his word against mine" crap can simply
stroll over to Consumer Reports to see that Sprint ranks on the bottom.
Or Google for customuer satisfaction studies from other major
publications to see thay all rank Sprint POS at the bottom.
But of course that makes me a "troll" becasue any unhappy Sprint
customer is automatically a "troll" as any Sprint employee will be happy
to tell you.
Btw: that is exactly the attitude one can expect from Sprint POS
untrained and unhappy sounding CS if you call them.
It's always amazing to me how some people in business are so shoddy they
make no connection between what they personally expect from customer
service and what they provide to their customers.
What a company of A-holes!
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- 10-02-2003, 01:40 PM #7EricGuest
Re: Sprint PCS Protest?
<<Oh look, there isn't a post left. Folks, we have another troll. If
this guy had anything good to say, he wouldn't need to troll it with all
that "Sprint POS" stuff.
If I want to inform people, I don't try to turn them off ... but Sam Iam
is
doing just that. >>
All I know is that the guy must have some time on his hands. He just
shows up out of nowhere and posts four *very* long posts on the same day
which all say about the same thing.
I read his initial postings and it does sound like Sprint gave him the
shaft. But why someone would come in and post such long, drawn out
stories is certainly puzzling. If he is not happy with how Sprint is
handling his billing problems, then file a formal complaint. Coming
into a Sprint newsgroup and thrashing everyone in here who seeks more
information about his story doesn't help anyone. If he is rid of
Sprint, or is going to be rid of Sprint, than wouldn't he try to focus
his energies into finding a provider who suits his needs?
- 10-02-2003, 02:04 PM #8EricGuest
Re: Sprint PCS Protest?
<<Look a Sprint POS apologist. What a surprise. Employee perhaps? >>
Interesting use of the word "apologist" here.
<<But of course that makes me a "troll" becasue any unhappy Sprint
customer is automatically a "troll" as any Sprint employee will be happy
to tell you. >>
No, a troll is someone who repeatedly posts the same story in every
thread even after everyone has already read it. Say it once, and that
should be enough.
- 10-02-2003, 02:52 PM #9Sam IamGuest
Re: Sprint PCS Protest?
It's real simple.
I post occasionally to this forum.
I can say from personal experience Sprint Sucks.
People should know how badly they suck. I don't mind spreading the word
when a company really sucks. I type quickly.
Consumer Reports and others all say Sprint ranks the lowest i.e. it's
not just my opinion that they suck, it's a widly held belief based on
scientific study that they suck.
Am I changing carrier, yes I already said that.
Will I feel gratified if even one consumer reads this and goes to
Consumer Reports or Googles to find other customer satisfactions studies
to find out just how badly Sprint ucks and then thinks better before
signing up with Sprint? Absolutly.
All I'll gain from that is the gratification that someone didn't sign up
with the lowest rated cellular carrier. I've read other people's reviews
of services and had them save me trouble by pointing me to such reviews.
So what goes around comes around and that is a large part of the purpose
of this forum.
In regards to your opinion on my posts: when you're paying me for them
or advising other people considering paying me for them in the manner I
paid Sprint for their service like otheres are considering doing, then
I'll actually care about your critiques of my posts.
In the meanwhile you might ask yourself why you're posting.
If you think you know more about my experience than I do maybe then
you'd have a reason to post. If you think that Consumer Reports and many
others don't rate Sprint POS the lowest than maybe you'd have a reason
to post.
In the meanwhile..... post all you like, but it doesn't change the facts
or have any relevance that I can figure out.
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- 10-02-2003, 03:24 PM #10EricGuest
Re: Sprint PCS Protest?
<<If you think you know more about my experience than I do maybe then
you'd have a reason to post. If you think that Consumer Reports and many
others don't rate Sprint POS the lowest than maybe you'd have a reason
to post. >>
I don't think anyone has claimed to know more about your experience than
youself. But you are relying way too heavily on the Consumer Reports/JD
Powers/etc. You had some really bad experiences with Sprint, but just
because you did and they rate low... doesn't mean that *everyone* has
had poor CS from Sprint... and anyone who posts otherwise isnt
automatically an "apologist".
I have had a mixed bag with customer service... good and bad --
nothing to the extent that you have had however. But you just have to
stay open that some people have had good CS experiences, and not to
discredit them or write them off if they talk about it. I think that is
fair, and at the same time, doesn't refute anything that you have said
previously today. Just because Consumer Reports does a study and Sprint
rates low, it doesn't mean that *everyone* agrees with the survey
results (i.e. agrees with what the polls say). It is a crapshoot as
someone put it, and everyone's CS encounter is unique to them.
Eric
- 10-02-2003, 03:51 PM #11Phill.Guest
Re: Sprint PCS Protest?
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Tech Geek) wrote:
> Word has gotten to me about a "protest" at an undisclosed location.
>
> The sad part is that no one, employees, corporate, the police, can
> figure out exactly what the message was supposed to be.
>
> I am posting this on some forums to see if anyone has answers about
> this, maybe one of the protesters are on here (a long shot, I know).
> All I want to know is, "What was the message supposed to be?".
>
> So I will know that any responders are real (and not people making up
> stories), all I will say about the protest is that it involved a
> clothesline (among other things).
>
> You'll have to get the location AND the setup correctly for me to take a
> response correctly.
>
> No one can act on a protest if they don't know what the message is (sad,
> but true). If we get the message, then maybe someone will take it into
> consideration in the future.
>
> Please feel free to respond to this thread, PM, or email me what you
> did. I will not call the police, corporate, or anything like that
> (you're in the clear), they would just like to know what the message
> was.
>
> Thank you.
>
> -Tech Geek
so was this a TROLL?
- 10-02-2003, 04:47 PM #12Bob SmithGuest
Re: Sprint PCS Protest?
"Sam Iam" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> It's real simple.
>
> I post occasionally to this forum.
Yes ... very occasionally. Once in Dec, asking about a possible Vision
outage, and mentioning you have an A500 - http://tinyurl.com/pij8
Next, in a promotion plan cross thread in Sept.
http://tinyurl.com/pijd
And then you post today ... Funny thing is that in neither of the two
above posts do you talk about dropped calls ... as you did in your
original post today. You also didn't mention why you needed a
different phone number, or how many minutes were in your plan.
>
> I can say from personal experience Sprint Sucks.
>
> People should know how badly they suck. I don't mind spreading the
word
> when a company really sucks. I type quickly.
>
> Consumer Reports and others all say Sprint ranks the lowest i.e.
it's
> not just my opinion that they suck, it's a widly held belief based
on
> scientific study that they suck.
>
> Am I changing carrier, yes I already said that.
>
> Will I feel gratified if even one consumer reads this and goes to
> Consumer Reports or Googles to find other customer satisfactions
studies
> to find out just how badly Sprint ucks and then thinks better before
> signing up with Sprint? Absolutly.
So, just because you talked a hellava lot with your SPCS phone this
past month over your plan minutes ..., and didn't get your way in CS,
you want to spend all this time talking about an incomplete report?
Geez, you need to get a life ...
Bob
- 10-02-2003, 05:05 PM #13Sam IamGuest
Re: Sprint PCS Protest?
Eric-
Apparently you didn't read an earlier post i made about personal
experiences (which are anecdotal and should be taken as such) and
studies done scientifically.
This may come as a shock to you, but two people can post opposite
opinions of a carrier based on their personal experience and both be
right. That is why it is reatrded for people like 'bob' to come on and
say their opinion is more right becasue it is theirs.
I never said that.
What I did say is that I had a horrible experience which is supported by
multiple scientific studies which is verifiable fact. Anyone who argues
with that is just a goon who doesn't understand the above points and the
difference between subjective and objective truth.
Multiple studies done scientifically could all be wrong, but the odds
are against it. If you don't understand that, I suggest you stay out of
casinos and other places based on probability.
The simple fact is this: no matter if a few or even several people here
love Sprint more than life itself, studies confirm that my horrendous
experience is more likely with Sprint than with any other carrier. That
is fact based on the best present knowledge.
In addition from personal experience I can offer opinion on why that may
be, which is what I did.
People who defend a carrier against the statistics based on ther
persoanl experience or who are argumentative about my experience which I
am obviosly the most qualified to talk about here; those people are
either in Sprints employ or stupid and lacking some concepts such as
those mentioned above and the concept of competative capitalism and how
informed consumers are a necessary part of that.
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- 10-02-2003, 05:09 PM #14Sam IamGuest
Re: Sprint PCS Protest?
Ok bob,
You seem to be completly retarded or at the least very confused. I've
posted several times to various forums here much more recently than Dec.
Never did I post that I have an A500.
So basically your whole last post is completly idiotic.
Apparently your searching and reading comprehension skills are on par
with your quote posting skills.
[posted via phonescoop.com]
- 10-03-2003, 01:33 AM #15O/SirisGuest
Re: Sprint PCS Protest?
In article <[email protected]>,=20
[email protected] says...
> All I know is that the guy must have some time on his hands. He just
> shows up out of nowhere and posts four *very* long posts on the same day
> which all say about the same thing.
>=20
Nah. Did you notice how identical it is to the way Philly started=20
spouting off in here? No, he's not another Philly clone. Just the same=20
type of person. Everyone else's experience contrary to his own is=20
anecdotal, and his own experience is _THE_WAY_IT_IS_.
I'm told they *do* tend to run in packs.
--=20
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R=D8=DF
O/Siris
I work for SprintPCS
I *don't* speak for them.
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