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More info?)
I can get equal or better service with another carrier and get a new phone
as they want to attract new customers. Signing contracts are not a problem.
Hopefully it wont come to my leaving Sprint, but being able to move the
number makes it a lot easier.
"Bob Smith" <usirsclt_No_Spam_@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> "Scott" <stacoma_fightspam_@excite.com> wrote in message
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>> I am not talking about the aspect of the rebate at this point...I would
>> consider paying more to have the discount option every 18 months . The
> idea
>> that I should pay $5 more per month, restart a 2-yr contract, and then
>> *lose* benefits by giving up the earlier nighttime hours is poor business
>> practice. If I pay for a higher cost plan I should not have a net loss in
>> benefits. Sprint already benefits by making me pay more for no change in
>> benefits if I go to $35. I have considered buying a phone outright, but
>> I
>> am also looking at other phone carriers when my contract runs out in
>> January. Maybe I can get progress by getting to the retention department,
>> since the sales department has their own priorities.
>> However, since I am interested in getting a new phone earlier, I will
>> probably either just buy it (ideally on sale), or just get rid of my
> Sprint
>> service in January.
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> No one is forcing you to change your plan, nor lose any options that you
> currently have. As it stands now, with the options that you listed
> previously, you aren't generating much, if any profit for SPCS. SPCS
> offers
> a rebate, but that doesn't mean that you have to take it. If you do, SPCS
> does require certain conditions on your plan.
>
> With SPCS, there is no expiration of the plan you signed onto, nor any
> rate
> increases. You can keep that plan, until you either leave SPCS or change
> plans. As mentioned here numerous times, there are customers still on the
> initial Pioneer plan offered, where no monthly service charges were
> applied.
> The only charge for those folks is $0.35/min, including LD for outgoing
> calls. Granted, it's not much a plan now for the minutes offered in
> today's
> plans, but for those that have minimal usage every month, it's still
> working
> for them.
>
> If you find a better deal with another provider, so be it, but you can
> expect to be locked into an agreement with them, for the same type of
> featur
> es you have now with SPCS.
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> Bob
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