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Sprint does not want to work a plan to pay easily monthly or they will charge me fees . you know for great costumer service I myust say they suck big time. any suggestions
majmuni said:
Sprint does not want to work a plan to pay easily monthly or they will charge me fees . you know for great costumer service I myust say they suck big time. any suggestions
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Ummm....pay the fees and deal with it? You cancelled the contract, you have to pay the fees.
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Better yet...sell the phones that you kept and pay your fees. The only reason your bill is that high is because you have atleast 2 smart phones.
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Ummm....pay the fees and deal with it? You cancelled the contract, you have to pay the fees.
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Better yet...sell the phones that you kept and pay your fees. The only reason your bill is that high is because you have atleast 2 smart phones.
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you work for sprint is that it sprint service sucks buddy and you will see one day when you need your phone the most
Why would you expect them to work with you? You broke the contract, you KNEW there were fees attached to breaking the contract.
There's dozens of ways to get out of the contract without paying a dime, but you chose the FEE route and you expect them to work with you?
You owe them $, they want their $, what else is there? If you want to fight with them, easier to take it to small claims court, which, you will probably still lose and have court fees at the same time.
Your alternative is "don't pay", and you'll screw up your credit after it goes to collections and you probably won't have to worry about cell phone bills any longer because most other providers won't touch you after they see you defaulted on another carrier.
majmuni said:
Sprint does not want to work a plan to pay easily monthly or they will charge me fees . you know for great costumer service I myust say they suck big time. any suggestions
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Yeah here's a suggestion:
Learn to read and write beyond a sixth grade reading level. If you could read and comprehend words clearly typed out on that piece of paper commonly referred to as a contract and/or Terms of Service that you got when you signed up for your service, you would come to understand that if you decided to cancel your contract you would owe sprint an early termination fee for up to $350 per phone, plus any outstanding balance tied to your account.
If you could read the posting rules for the general section of the Samsung Epic 4g Touch forum, you would understand that this isn't the place to talk about contract issues, sprint customer services issues, or billing issues. Nobody cares. Take it someplace else.
Also, learn to articulate, whether you post on this forum or any other. Watch me. I am virtually rolling my eyes at your atrocious spelling and grammar.
Mods, close this thread please.
I can smell the smoke of the flame war that will come from this.....
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Don't be stupid. Keep the contract open, do some research and you'll find out how to get out of your contract with no ETF. Otherwise, buck up and pay because it is a legally binding contact you signed.
thanx you guys wow some of you are really rude way to go. you guys make someone feel really good after posting something in here. i hope you get the insults that you given me back one day and i hope its really soon. and feel the same way i feel. thanx a lot.
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you work for sprint is that it sprint service sucks buddy and you will see one day when you need your phone the most
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Don't work for Sprint, sorry.
I have had Sprint for over 10 years in the St. Louis area and never had any issues at all with them. I am sorry that you had a bad experience with them and I wish you the best of luck with another carrier but once again, you signed the contract and then cancelled. You cancelled for a reason (not sure what, you didn't enlighten us) but you still cancelled. If Sprint wasn't holding up their end of the bargain, you could have called numerous times complaining and opening tickets with them and probably could have gotten out of your contract ETF free, but from what I am suspecting, you didn't make the effort to do this so you are stuck.
Once again, good luck with whatever carrier you go with and have fun paying those ETFs.
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I almost forgot.... http://www.inbeforethelock.xxx
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Why would you expect them to work with you? You broke the contract, you KNEW there were fees attached to breaking the contract.
There's dozens of ways to get out of the contract without paying a dime, but you chose the FEE route and you expect them to work with you?
You owe them $, they want their $, what else is there? If you want to fight with them, easier to take it to small claims court, which, you will probably still lose and have court fees at the same time.
Your alternative is "don't pay", and you'll screw up your credit after it goes to collections and you probably won't have to worry about cell phone bills any longer because most other providers won't touch you after they see you defaulted on another carrier.
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That's a lie i left Sprint with a etf and i was approved for Verizon 5 lines no deposit ..
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Oh, hello there. Had to pop my head in this one. OP, sorry it isn't working out in your favor, but you're not going to get any help here. Call them and talk, call them again, and again, until they come up with something for you if you want. Posting here isn't going to do anything but cause a war. Please don't start another one. And P.S. you knew the terms of the contract when you signed. :/
If you're considering it, maybe do it before then!
http://mashable.com/2013/01/23/unlocking-cellphones-illegal/
They can take their "laws" and shove'em. Might as well openly tell us they are doing as told to do so by the rich companies. At the end of the day people will still do it and most likely users on craigslist will end up making more money by unlocking them for users. =s
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If you're considering it, maybe do it before then!
http://mashable.com/2013/01/23/unlocking-cellphones-illegal/
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but that's only for flashing phones to diff. carriers not unlocking bootloaders or rooting phones no?
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but that's only for flashing phones to diff. carriers not unlocking bootloaders or rooting phones no?
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Correct. Rooting is still legal.
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(Note that unlocking is different from "jailbreaking," which opens the phone up for running additional software and remains legal for smartphones.)
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Making things like this illegal will just make people do it more. When the government steps in an says no you cannot do something to something you have purchased then that becomes a major issue. As far as I am concerned once you enter a contract the phone is yours to do with what you want. If you break that contract then there is an ETF. If you refuse to pay the ETF then the carrier must go after you VIA other channels. It would be the same as leasing a car and then not paying on it but while you owned it you repainted it. LOL
this is just dumb.
all thats going to result from this is that you can charge allot more when unlocking a phone on craigslist or something like that. **** i used to charge 20 bucks to unlock iphones before i got tired of handling icrap
remember laws are meant to be broken so who cares what they come up with... besides this goes back to the arguments many have had on this forum and other ones ...
if i bought the device with my money that i earned the device is mine and i can do whatever i want to do with it . if i put sprint phone on verizon and i pay my bill then im not stealing or anything like that yeah its not "right" or what they want us to do but $hit many of the things carriers do to us the consumers aint right either... as long as your doing this things for your personal device and not for stalking or in any way affect or hurt someone else who cares what the law says.....
oh and to those who follow the rules to the T and dont like my statement dont even bother replying ...
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remember laws are meant to be broken so who cares what they come up with... besides this goes back to the arguments many have had on this forum and other ones ...
if i bought the device with my money that i earned the device is mine and i can do whatever i want to do with it . if i put sprint phone on verizon and i pay my bill then im not stealing or anything like that yeah its not "right" or what they want us to do but $hit many of the things carriers do to us the consumers aint right either... as long as your doing this things for your personal device and not for stalking or in any way affect or hurt someone else who cares what the law says.....
oh and to those who follow the rules to the T and dont like my statement dont even bother replying ...
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I like your statement!!! I IGNORE rules to the T.:beer::beer::beer::screwy::sly:
Pp.
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Lasted I checked I bought my phone with my money and I will do whatever I want to do with it. Government can go stick it up their butts.
Can you even use this phone on another carrier? If so, what are the adverse consequences of unlocking it now?
I dont think the reasoning behind the law is to stop individual users, but to be able to stop stores/phiscal locations that unlock phones. There's about a bazillion phone stores that you literally can walk in and have a phone unlocked and activated.
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I dont think the reasoning behind the law is to stop individual users, but to be able to stop stores/phiscal locations that unlock phones. There's about a bazillion phone stores that you literally can walk in and have a phone unlocked and activated.
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If the carrier allows you to bring your own device the government needs to stay the hell out of it. This is just one more law to generate revenue that will be next to impossible to fully enforce, just like drug laws. There's more damn drugs imported to this country and on the streets than there was when the "war on drugs" began. Land of the free my ass, if the person is hurting no one other than themselves thats their choice. Just like you should be able to do whatever the fork you want with your device that you paid for and no one should be able to say boo about it. What's next? Gonna say I can't install linux on my PC cuz it shipped with windoze? Guess where you can stick your "laws"?
I like to break stuff!
Not only is the company making money off you when you sign the contract, they're making money when you buy a phone from them. They're pissed off because they're not getting any money for the device. Greed pure and simple. Another bit of proof that large companies have the government in their pockets. They tell the politicians to make laws that protect the company's interests. I say screw those companies and stop doing business with them. Let your money do the talking and voting.
The revolving door. Smh
Sorry but it makes sense to me... in some areas. I bought my E4GT used with a clean ESN and had it flashed to Cricket. $250 total investment (including flash and porting my existing number over), and I pay less than $60 a month. I don't get 4g but I'm always around WiFi anyway, so it's a sweet deal. But...
A few years back, my old BlackBerry on Sprint was stolen. The jackhole that took it most likely walked into a Cricket store and had it flashed and activated the same day without issue.
Also, who's to stop a contract Sprint customer from reporting a phone stolen, paying a deductible for a nice replacement, then selling the "stolen" phone on Craigslist (with a clearly advertised bad ESN for Cricket/Boost/Metro only) for a handsome profit? It only takes a few to spoil the bunch, but this is actually pretty common.
But if I buy a clean and clear phone outright LEGALLY, shouldn't I have the right to flash it to whatever carrier is compatible? There really should be some kind of middle ground, where only clean ESN phones can be legally flashed. I can see some good intentions here, but as usual, Uncle Sam goes about it in a really dumb way, bending everybody over while smiling and trying to convince us it's for the best
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Im sure CDMA has long gone bee shafted. This is more as the shaft to GSM American users. Guess american businesses will lose more cash at the end of day with users either preferring to buy international unlocked phones or going the "breaking the law" route. Who is there to enforce it? And how.
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Anyone able to offer a tutorial so I can unlock my phone today before it's illegal? No joke either I really want to do this before it's illegal.
It's a E4GT on Sprint wanting to flash to Metro in the Bay Area.
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Anyone able to offer a tutorial so I can unlock my phone today before it's illegal? No joke either I really want to do this before it's illegal.
It's a E4GT on Sprint wanting to flash to Metro in the Bay Area.
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Assuming you got a sprint e4gt why even ask? This applies to GSM devices when they mean unlock, they mean unlock it network wise ATT/T-Mobile vice versa.
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Yes. I believe ESN swapping is still considered illegal.
But you can still unlock your gsm phone legally, you just have to ask the carrier first. Just tell them you are going oversees
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I was wondering i have a 2 year contract with sprint and its almost been a year and i want to get the s4 am i allowed to upgrade from phones?
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I could be wrong here but I think it's still to early to even qualify for an early upgrade.
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You have to pay the prorated etf
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thanks i didn't know where to put it i thought the q&A was just for troubleshoot for s3 device
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THORMUNZ said:
I was wondering i have a 2 year contract with sprint and its almost been a year and i want to get the s4 am i allowed to upgrade from phones?
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Normally you would have to wait til you have at least one year left. If you really want it that bad you can tell them that you will quit their service. They don't want you to leave. You'll be transferred to a supervisor who will accomodate you with your request. However you will have to pay a fee for the change of home and early termination of contract.
Go to a corporate store they will probably be able to do something. You will have to pay for the early upgrade though, which probably after paying for the phone and etf might not be much cheaper than buying a phone off contract and just sell the S3.
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THORMUNZ said:
I was wondering i have a 2 year contract with sprint and its almost been a year and i want to get the s4 am i allowed to upgrade from phones?
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You can upgrade your phone any time you want. You may have to pay full price for the phone, though. They killed the early upgrade program a year ago I think. Right now you will get the discounted price after 20 months. So unless you can convince a service rep that they owe you a favor, you will will be paying full price (at least $600).
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You can upgrade your phone any time you want. You may have to pay full price for the phone, though. They killed the early upgrade program a year ago I think. Right now you will get the discounted price after 20 months. So unless you can convince a service rep that they owe you a favor, you will will be paying full price (at least $600).
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Not necessarily true, you can upgrade early but will still have to pay an etf. The etf amount depends on how long you have left on your contact, I just upgraded about a month ago from an epic 4g and had to pay a $50 etf, I had about 6 months left on my contract I think
The last 6 months of your contract is a $50 etf. It starts at a $350 etf and it goes down $20 a month, but it is something weird like the $20 a month doesn't start till after the first year or 6 months or something. I think it's a year when it starts going down $20, until the last six months of the 24 month contract, then it's the flat $50. But at 20 months you get a upgrade. I found out my contract from when I got my Epic 4g touch started in October a month after I got my phone. I do know one thing contracts are B.S. and after talking to the people at the corporate store the other day when my phone broke and typing all of this, I once again don't want to renew my contract in July. A Nexus device off contract seems like the way to go and just use T-Mobiles new monthly plan. We have good service here with T-Mobile and their new plans that are about to roll out look very good. Sprint is the worst carrier in my city it's frustrating. AT&T, Verizon, and MetroPCS all have LTE here, T-Mobile has HSPA+42 and in the meantime I'm lucky in the last 18 months of my contract to see over 500kbps download. Sorry for the rant but every time I start thinking about it I feel completely ripped off for the service I've received, or lack their of. Okay I want to sell my S3 right now and pay the etf and grab the Nexus 4. Only thing is I'm not going to. LTE is being built as I type this here, I have friends in the industry and I'm about to start a job as a radio technician so I know it is. It will be completed by the end of the year and by this summer the 3g and overall network is going to vastly improve. And the fact that I only pay $41 a month for unlimited everything, that is with insurance, keeps me around. THE END
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When I found out my previous Photon was no longer being supported, I called and complained a bit. I got an early upgrade for the store price with a 2 year contract and no change in my current contract.
Even flashing roms from other carriers can have awful effects. Just don't do it.
"Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!"
Probably belongs in general... but noobs take note.
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Probably belongs in general... but noobs take note.
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We had one of these in the SGS3 forum because of rampant people looking for advice on how to fix/replace their phones for this issue. Hopefully some people will read it here first before coming to us last.
I believe this is the correct place for this... This is where people come to look for goodies to flash without reading...
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inphamous36 said:
I believe this is the correct place for this... This is where people come to look for goodies to flash without reading...
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IMHO if 'those people' don't read enough to know what to and what not to flash they deserve it. They know flashing could potentially brick their phone yet they don't care enough about their 600 dollar phones to learn a bit about what they're doing first. $#@% 'em.
But on a more touchy feely side, yes, this would be the place to put it. As a sticky up top so they have no excuse for when they do it.
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IMHO if 'those people' don't read enough to know what to and what not to flash they deserve it. They know flashing could potentially brick their phone yet they don't care enough about their 600 dollar phones to learn a bit about what they're doing first. $#@% 'em.
But on a more touchy feely side, yes, this would be the place to put it. As a sticky up top so they have no excuse for when they do it.
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They may deserve what they get but we get to pay higher phone prices as a result.
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An international Odin package will not flash on this phone anyway. Odin will not flash it.
The only way someone can flash an international ROM is through CWM from a rom they downloaded in the international forum.
clubtech said:
An international Odin package will not flash on this phone anyway. Odin will not flash it.
The only way someone can flash an international ROM is through CWM from a rom they downloaded in the international forum.
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Yup
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The Root said:
They may deserve what they get but we get to pay higher phone prices as a result.
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How so?
Some dumb person bricks their phone flashing the wrong rom they can't get a replacement from samsung because they will see the counter was tripped and know this is why.
I guess they can try bringing back to the store... but unless it was within a small time frame (I think it's like 14 days for ATT) they will just say well ya shoulda got insurance, buddy.
And if they use insurance to get a new one that wouldn't result in paying more for phones because the insurance company makes bank off all the months people don't break their phones and by giving you refurbished ones back.
Either way it's bad. Don't do it.
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How so?
Some dumb person bricks their phone flashing the wrong rom they can't get a replacement from samsung because they will see the counter was tripped and know this is why.
I guess they can try bringing back to the store... but unless it was within a small time frame (I think it's like 14 days for ATT) they will just say well ya shoulda got insurance, buddy.
And if they use insurance to get a new one that wouldn't result in paying more for phones because the insurance company makes bank off all the months people don't break their phones and by giving you refurbished ones back.
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Then we all end up paying more for insurance. And we get upset when T-Mobile decides to lock the next one down, like AT&T and Verizon did.
WatermelonSlim said:
Then we all end up paying more for insurance. And we get upset when T-Mobile decides to lock the next one down, like AT&T and Verizon did.
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If people breaking phones would end up in higher insurance we wouldn't be paying the same price we did in 2006. It would have dramatically increased. It's only 7 bucks. It's not going up because a few tards brick their phone....
My point is still valid. /win.
TeknoGodz said:
If people breaking phones would end up in higher insurance we wouldn't be paying the same price we did in 2006. It would have dramatically increased. It's only 7 bucks. It's not going up because a few tards brick their phone....
My point is still valid. /win.
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Speak for yourself. In 2006 I think my insurance was $3 per month with either a $30 or $50 deductible. No carriers were locking them down back then.
TeknoGodz said:
If people breaking phones would end up in higher insurance we wouldn't be paying the same price we did in 2006. It would have dramatically increased. It's only 7 bucks. It's not going up because a few tards brick their phone....
My point is still valid. /win.
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Wrong. Insurance for the GS4 is $11. That's more than 50% over the $7 for the note 2 which was an increase from the $5 GS3 insurance. You lose.
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Wrong. Insurance for the GS4 is $11. That's more than 50% over the $7 for the note 2 which was an increase from the $5 GS3 insurance. You lose.
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Insurance is $7.79, which the full Premium Handset Protection bundle, which includes in-store warranty service (which normally has a $20 charge), is $11.99.
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Speak for yourself. In 2006 I think my insurance was $3 per month with either a $30 or $50 deductible. No carriers were locking them down back then.
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Think about it. What were the retail prices for phones in 2006?
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Wrong. Insurance for the GS4 is $11. That's more than 50% over the $7 for the note 2 which was an increase from the $5 GS3 insurance. You lose.
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You're getting screwed buddy. Might want to talk to your provider, also, you lose in two ways.
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Think about it. What were the retail prices for phones in 2006?
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The Hitachi G1000 I bought in 2004 was $650. I eventually dropped it from a moving truck and had to use insurance to replace it. I think the deductible was $30, but it did go up to $50 a year or 2 later. They sent me the PPC 6600, which was the first HTC phone released by a USA carrier, if I'm not mistaken.
The next phone I bought was the PPC 6700 (made by HTC) in 2006. It was also $650 but I got a couple hundred off for signing a 2 year contract.
We're still paying around $600 for our phones, but insurance costs a lot more than it used to. The monthly cost is a lot more, and the increase in deductible is even more drastic.
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Think about it. What were the retail prices for phones in 2006?
You're getting screwed buddy. Might want to talk to your provider, also, you lose in two ways.
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You're an idiot, and I doubt you even have a GS4. When you buy one from customer care they offer insurance and notify you of the increase.
Even k0nane just confirmed it is $11. Sorry I don't know what the cheapo plan is I have PHP.
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You're an idiot, and I doubt you even have a GS4. When you buy one from customer care they offer insurance and notify you of the increase.
Even k0nane just confirmed it is $11. Sorry I don't know what the cheapo plan is I have PHP.
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Oh I see, you're talking about the insurance and extended warranty.
Well buddy, extended warranty is not insurance, and also not what we are talking about at all. You, sir, are the idiot. Source from T-Mobile because you'll try to make another reasoning for you to be right.
Anyways, back to the point. Let the dumbasses brick their phones if they don't read. It's going to happen, and we will not end up paying more due to a couple hundred people being stupid. If you actually believe this you obviously have no business sense and no nothing about economy. I'm done with this conversation before it just turns into a flaming thread takeover.
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Oh I see, you're talking about the insurance and extended warranty.
Well buddy, extended warranty is not insurance, and also not what we are talking about at all. You, sir, are the idiot. Source from T-Mobile because you'll try to make another reasoning for you to be right.
Anyways, back to the point. Let the dumbasses brick their phones if they don't read. It's going to happen, and we will not end up paying more due to a couple hundred people being stupid. If you actually believe this you obviously have no business sense and no nothing about economy. I'm done with this conversation before it just turns into a flaming thread takeover.
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Let me ask you a serious question. Have you ever heard of an insurance that didn't get more expensive the more it was used?
I've been wanting to get out of one of my lines, is there anyway I can do this without getting the etf?
Google is your friend.
Most folks won't give you ways here because it breaks the terms of usage rules on this site.
But, quite sure if you spent some quality time on google, bing, etc, you shall find the answer to what you are seeking.....
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Yeah pay the ETF its only fair that you do you signed a contract that you agreed to. Why should sprint loose because you just don't want to pay your bill or the ETF. Now if you have horrible service and you get dropped calls all day than I wouldn't want to pay a ETF either but to just say you want to cheat your way out thats immoral. Thats just what I think. Not to offended anyone but right is right
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Yeah pay the ETF its only fair that you do you signed a contract that you agreed to. Why should sprint loose because you just don't want to pay your bill or the ETF. Now if you have horrible service and you get dropped calls all day than I wouldn't want to pay a ETF either but to just say you want to cheat your way out thats immoral. Thats just what I think. Not to offended anyone but right is right
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This is EXACTLY the reason the XDA rule is in effect. Every case is different and the reason wasn't (exactly) specified and both opposing view points were listed right in Budde2's post.
Instead of having the community be your moral police and judge you, a simple rule of "thou shall not" is posted. Saves everyone.