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  • 07-11-2012, 12:48 PM
    R. F. Duffer
    On 2/22/2012 11:12 AM, Roger 2008 wrote:
    > If you already have a phone and you want service on it from AT&T without
    > starting a contract you have to place a phone call to AT&T because if you
    > try to get service for you phone at an AT&T Store they will put you on a 2
    > year contract and the worst part is even though you supplied your own phone
    > for AT&T service you can not upgrade either so if I wanted to buy the
    > Samsung Galaxy Note today I'd have to pay $649.99 for it instead of just
    > $299.
    >
    > My complaint has been forwarded to a special group that gets 72 hours to
    > make a decision and that was 71 hours ago and I'm still waiting but I'll bet
    > they didn't start their clock until Monday so I'll end up waiting 96 hours
    > before they laugh at me for not knowing I had to order my SIM over the
    > phone.
    >
    > Signed: Pissed at AT&T and still waiting to see what AT&T plans to do about
    > the contract and my inability to Upgrade.
    >
    >

    So why are you complaining on a Sprint newsgroup? Are you planning on
    switching over to Sprint because AT&T is so bad for you?

  • 03-22-2012, 04:33 PM
    Roger 2008

    "Unquestionably Confused" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > On 3/2/2012 10:02 AM, Roger 2008 wrote:
    >
    >>>> so I was willing to pay the $141 to get me out of the contract.
    >>>
    >>> I wish I could afford to have that attitude about $141.

    >>
    >> It was either that or $85 a month for 21 more months.

    >
    > No, it was that or get the contract canceled w/o charge in four days.
    >
    > At least that's what you've indicated here. Either you have a terrible
    > problem with reading comprehension or suffer from an inability to express
    > yourself. Either way, that seems to go along way in explaining your
    > predicament.


    The now let go of salesman told me not to worry about what the paper I
    signed said and he was right because it just took one phone call to the
    right person to get me out of the contract.


  • 03-19-2012, 08:38 PM
    Unquestionably Confused
    On 3/2/2012 10:02 AM, Roger 2008 wrote:

    >>> so I was willing to pay the $141 to get me out of the contract.

    >>
    >> I wish I could afford to have that attitude about $141.

    >
    > It was either that or $85 a month for 21 more months.


    No, it was that or get the contract canceled w/o charge in four days.

    At least that's what you've indicated here. Either you have a terrible
    problem with reading comprehension or suffer from an inability to
    express yourself. Either way, that seems to go along way in explaining
    your predicament.



  • 03-02-2012, 10:02 AM
    Roger 2008

    "Ryan P." <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > On 2/29/2012 1:22 PM, Roger 2008 wrote:
    >> "Ryan P."<[email protected]> wrote in message
    >> news:[email protected]...
    >>> On 2/22/2012 7:23 PM, Roger 2008 wrote:
    >>> So wait a second... You were put onto a contract against your will,
    >>> prevented from using the new contract discount, and then paid $141
    >>> dollars
    >>> to get out of the contract you shouldn't have been put in in the first
    >>> place?
    >>>
    >>> Sorry, but that is just ridiculous. Or did I misunderstand what you
    >>> did?
    >>>
    >>> I know you said it would be difficult to get back to the store you
    >>> activated your service at, but couldn't you call them and talk to the
    >>> store manager and get it fixed?

    >>
    >> To make a long story short, the manager had told me he would get me out
    >> of
    >> the contract but I didn't want to wait 4 more days to talk to him in
    >> person
    >> so I was willing to pay the $141 to get me out of the contract.

    >
    > I wish I could afford to have that attitude about $141.


    It was either that or $85 a month for 21 more months.


  • 03-01-2012, 07:46 PM
    Ryan P.
    On 2/29/2012 1:22 PM, Roger 2008 wrote:
    > "Ryan P."<[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    >> On 2/22/2012 7:23 PM, Roger 2008 wrote:
    >> So wait a second... You were put onto a contract against your will,
    >> prevented from using the new contract discount, and then paid $141 dollars
    >> to get out of the contract you shouldn't have been put in in the first
    >> place?
    >>
    >> Sorry, but that is just ridiculous. Or did I misunderstand what you did?
    >>
    >> I know you said it would be difficult to get back to the store you
    >> activated your service at, but couldn't you call them and talk to the
    >> store manager and get it fixed?

    >
    > To make a long story short, the manager had told me he would get me out of
    > the contract but I didn't want to wait 4 more days to talk to him in person
    > so I was willing to pay the $141 to get me out of the contract.


    I wish I could afford to have that attitude about $141.
  • 02-29-2012, 03:25 PM
    Roger 2008
    sprintpcs removed

    "Paul Miner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:22:37 -0600, "Roger 2008" <[email protected]>
    > wrote:
    >
    >>To make a long story short, the manager had told me he would get me out of
    >>the contract but I didn't want to wait 4 more days to talk to him in
    >>person
    >>so I was willing to pay the $141 to get me out of the contract.

    >
    > Money has less value to you than it does to me.
    >
    > If it's a choice between costing me $0 in 4 days or $141 now, I know
    > which one I'm taking.


    Well, to tell the truth, all I really did was ask how much it would take to
    get me out of the contract and that was good enough for the woman at AT&T to
    get me out of the contract before I would talk to the manager in person
    again.


  • 02-29-2012, 01:40 PM
    Paul Miner
    On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:22:37 -0600, "Roger 2008" <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    >To make a long story short, the manager had told me he would get me out of
    >the contract but I didn't want to wait 4 more days to talk to him in person
    >so I was willing to pay the $141 to get me out of the contract.


    Money has less value to you than it does to me.

    If it's a choice between costing me $0 in 4 days or $141 now, I know
    which one I'm taking.

    --
    Paul Miner
  • 02-29-2012, 01:26 PM
    Roger 2008

    "SMS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > On 2/26/2012 5:53 PM, Ryan P. wrote:
    >
    >> So wait a second... You were put onto a contract against your will,
    >> prevented from using the new contract discount, and then paid $141
    >> dollars to get out of the contract you shouldn't have been put in in the
    >> first place?

    >
    > If you go to an AT&T reseller, rather than a company owned AT&T store,
    > it's definitely possible that you could be put under contract even if you
    > brought your own device and did not take a subsidized handset. They get
    > their kickback only if you sign a contract.
    >
    > Roger used the term "reseller" which seems to indicate that he was not at
    > an actual AT&T store.
    >
    > If I were bringing my own AT&T smart phone, and not buying a heavily
    > subsidized handset, I'd order a SIM card from StraightTalk, and be on the
    > AT&T network with unlimited everything for $42-45/month. Of course
    > "unlimited" doesn't mean unlimited anymore on any of the carriers. On
    > StraightTalk apparently unlimited is somewhere between 2GB and 5GB/month
    > but they won't tell you this directly. <http://www.straighttalksim.com/>.
    >
    > Jailbroken iPhones work too,
    > <http://wiki.howardforums.com/index.php/Straight_Talk_iPhone>.
    >
    > What you don't get with Straight Talk is free access to any paid AT&T
    > Wi-Fi hot spots, and no international roaming, but I'd stick a prepaid SIM
    > card in anyway for international travel.


    What I want most is the ability to use my phone as a wireless hotspot. When
    I ordered that service it was $45 a month but now it is $50 a month to use
    your phone as a wireless hotspot. You also get 5gig now instead of just 4
    gig for the $50 a month but even with 4GLTE I doubt if I'll ever go over
    4gig in one month so I'll stay with the $45 for the data plan.

    Rocky


  • 02-29-2012, 01:22 PM
    Roger 2008

    "Ryan P." <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > On 2/22/2012 7:23 PM, Roger 2008 wrote:
    >> Top posted in response to a top poster.
    >>
    >> Thanks for the input and going back to the reseller is what AT&T
    >> suggested
    >> too until I called someone and asked them how much it would cost me to
    >> end
    >> my contract. Then things finally changed.
    >>
    >> Oddly enough it was only $141 extra to break a contract and I'd save more
    >> than that if I bought the Galaxy Note as a new customer. But I'm not so
    >> thrilled about the Samsung Note anymore and might I want to see the LG
    >> phone
    >> with the 1024x768 display first.

    >
    > So wait a second... You were put onto a contract against your will,
    > prevented from using the new contract discount, and then paid $141 dollars
    > to get out of the contract you shouldn't have been put in in the first
    > place?
    >
    > Sorry, but that is just ridiculous. Or did I misunderstand what you did?
    >
    > I know you said it would be difficult to get back to the store you
    > activated your service at, but couldn't you call them and talk to the
    > store manager and get it fixed?


    To make a long story short, the manager had told me he would get me out of
    the contract but I didn't want to wait 4 more days to talk to him in person
    so I was willing to pay the $141 to get me out of the contract.

    I have the name of the woman I called that worked for AT&T and she was very
    good. She spoke to someone herself and got me out of the contract in less
    than 10 minutes but she couldn't do anything about my upgrade eligibility
    but that doesn't reality matter since I'm out of contract now I could always
    just start a new contract if I really wanted to save $350 on a Galaxy Note.


  • 02-28-2012, 12:17 PM
    SMS
    On 2/26/2012 5:53 PM, Ryan P. wrote:

    > So wait a second... You were put onto a contract against your will,
    > prevented from using the new contract discount, and then paid $141
    > dollars to get out of the contract you shouldn't have been put in in the
    > first place?


    If you go to an AT&T reseller, rather than a company owned AT&T store,
    it's definitely possible that you could be put under contract even if
    you brought your own device and did not take a subsidized handset. They
    get their kickback only if you sign a contract.

    Roger used the term "reseller" which seems to indicate that he was not
    at an actual AT&T store.

    If I were bringing my own AT&T smart phone, and not buying a heavily
    subsidized handset, I'd order a SIM card from StraightTalk, and be on
    the AT&T network with unlimited everything for $42-45/month. Of course
    "unlimited" doesn't mean unlimited anymore on any of the carriers. On
    StraightTalk apparently unlimited is somewhere between 2GB and 5GB/month
    but they won't tell you this directly. <http://www.straighttalksim.com/>.

    Jailbroken iPhones work too,
    <http://wiki.howardforums.com/index.php/Straight_Talk_iPhone>.

    What you don't get with Straight Talk is free access to any paid AT&T
    Wi-Fi hot spots, and no international roaming, but I'd stick a prepaid
    SIM card in anyway for international travel.
  • 02-26-2012, 07:53 PM
    Ryan P.
    On 2/22/2012 7:23 PM, Roger 2008 wrote:
    > Top posted in response to a top poster.
    >
    > Thanks for the input and going back to the reseller is what AT&T suggested
    > too until I called someone and asked them how much it would cost me to end
    > my contract. Then things finally changed.
    >
    > Oddly enough it was only $141 extra to break a contract and I'd save more
    > than that if I bought the Galaxy Note as a new customer. But I'm not so
    > thrilled about the Samsung Note anymore and might I want to see the LG phone
    > with the 1024x768 display first.


    So wait a second... You were put onto a contract against your will,
    prevented from using the new contract discount, and then paid $141
    dollars to get out of the contract you shouldn't have been put in in the
    first place?

    Sorry, but that is just ridiculous. Or did I misunderstand what you did?

    I know you said it would be difficult to get back to the store you
    activated your service at, but couldn't you call them and talk to the
    store manager and get it fixed?

  • 02-22-2012, 07:23 PM
    Roger 2008
    Top posted in response to a top poster.

    Thanks for the input and going back to the reseller is what AT&T suggested
    too until I called someone and asked them how much it would cost me to end
    my contract. Then things finally changed.

    Oddly enough it was only $141 extra to break a contract and I'd save more
    than that if I bought the Galaxy Note as a new customer. But I'm not so
    thrilled about the Samsung Note anymore and might I want to see the LG phone
    with the 1024x768 display first.

    "LG Announces Optimus Vu with 5-Inch Display"
    http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=9878

    Besides, due to circumstances beyond my control it isn't easy for me to make
    it back to the reseller.

    ------------------------------------


    "mikeyhsd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    if you did not start this at a REAL AT&T store but used a reseller instead,
    this is the problem.
    you need to go back the reseller and get the problem fixed.

    mikeyshd

    "Roger 2008" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...

    "nospam" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:220220121232394137%[email protected]...
    > In article <[email protected]>, Roger 2008
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> If you already have a phone and you want service on it from AT&T without
    >> starting a contract you have to place a phone call to AT&T because if you
    >> try to get service for you phone at an AT&T Store they will put you on a
    >> 2
    >> year contract and the worst part is even though you supplied your own
    >> phone
    >> for AT&T service you can not upgrade either so if I wanted to buy the
    >> Samsung Galaxy Note today I'd have to pay $649.99 for it instead of just
    >> $299.

    >
    > if you want to pay a subsidized price, you will need to sign a contract.


    TOTAL BULL****. I can't get the subsidized price because I'm already under
    a contract and I am not eligible for an upgrade either because that part of
    my contract where I did not buy a phone from AT&T was screwed up.

    And to make matters worse, I just found out AT&T will not do a DAMN thing
    for me because they claim it is the place I got the contract at that has to
    fix it for me so that could make things go another 6 days.

    Man, I've had so much of this **** I just want out of it and I just found
    out it will only cost me $141 extra if I cancel now and that amount goes
    down $4 a month.


  • 02-22-2012, 12:06 PM
    Roger 2008

    "nospam" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:220220121232394137%[email protected]...
    > In article <[email protected]>, Roger 2008
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> If you already have a phone and you want service on it from AT&T without
    >> starting a contract you have to place a phone call to AT&T because if you
    >> try to get service for you phone at an AT&T Store they will put you on a
    >> 2
    >> year contract and the worst part is even though you supplied your own
    >> phone
    >> for AT&T service you can not upgrade either so if I wanted to buy the
    >> Samsung Galaxy Note today I'd have to pay $649.99 for it instead of just
    >> $299.

    >
    > if you want to pay a subsidized price, you will need to sign a contract.


    TOTAL BULL****. I can't get the subsidized price because I'm already under
    a contract and I am not eligible for an upgrade either because that part of
    my contract where I did not buy a phone from AT&T was screwed up.

    And to make matters worse, I just found out AT&T will not do a DAMN thing
    for me because they claim it is the place I got the contract at that has to
    fix it for me so that could make things go another 6 days.

    Man, I've had so much of this **** I just want out of it and I just found
    out it will only cost me $141 extra if I cancel now and that amount goes
    down $4 a month.


  • 02-22-2012, 11:33 AM
    Scott W
    Wrong newsgroup!

    "Roger 2008" wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...

    If you already have a phone and you want service on it from AT&T without
    starting a contract you have to place a phone call to AT&T because if you
    try to get service for you phone at an AT&T Store they will put you on a 2
    year contract and the worst part is even though you supplied your own phone
    for AT&T service you can not upgrade either so if I wanted to buy the
    Samsung Galaxy Note today I'd have to pay $649.99 for it instead of just
    $299.

    My complaint has been forwarded to a special group that gets 72 hours to
    make a decision and that was 71 hours ago and I'm still waiting but I'll bet
    they didn't start their clock until Monday so I'll end up waiting 96 hours
    before they laugh at me for not knowing I had to order my SIM over the
    phone.

    Signed: Pissed at AT&T and still waiting to see what AT&T plans to do about
    the contract and my inability to Upgrade.

  • 02-22-2012, 11:32 AM
    nospam
    In article <[email protected]>, Roger 2008
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    > If you already have a phone and you want service on it from AT&T without
    > starting a contract you have to place a phone call to AT&T because if you
    > try to get service for you phone at an AT&T Store they will put you on a 2
    > year contract and the worst part is even though you supplied your own phone
    > for AT&T service you can not upgrade either so if I wanted to buy the
    > Samsung Galaxy Note today I'd have to pay $649.99 for it instead of just
    > $299.


    if you want to pay a subsidized price, you will need to sign a contract.
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