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If you're about to sign up for a new SPCS account -- hang on a sec!

Sign up for an account at IngDirect.com first. Put in $25 or whatever.

NOW, go to http://ingdirect.com/sprint to get 16% off your recurring
rates. The 16% applies to most or all voice plans, Vision plans,
equipment replacement program,... So far as I can tell, it applies to
everything.

Unfortunately, this only applies to a new line of service. As soon as
I'm out of contract, if this deal is still on, I'm going to avail myself
of this deal!

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In article <a%mBe.25099$aA5.6318@tornado.socal.rr.com>,
NoSuchPerson@bigfoot.com says...
>
> If you're about to sign up for a new SPCS account -- hang on a sec!
>
> Sign up for an account at IngDirect.com first. Put in $25 or whatever.
>
> NOW, go to http://ingdirect.com/sprint to get 16% off your recurring
> rates. The 16% applies to most or all voice plans, Vision plans,
> equipment replacement program,... So far as I can tell, it applies to
> everything.
>
> Unfortunately, this only applies to a new line of service. As soon as
> I'm out of contract, if this deal is still on, I'm going to avail myself
> of this deal!
>

That site is an employees-only site. And so is the discount.

--
RØß
O/Siris
-+-
A thing moderately good
is not so good as it ought to be.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue,
but moderation in principle is always a vice.
+Thomas Paine, "The Rights of Man", 1792+

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O/Siris wrote:
> In article <a%mBe.25099$aA5.6318@tornado.socal.rr.com>,
> NoSuchPerson@bigfoot.com says...
>
>>If you're about to sign up for a new SPCS account -- hang on a sec!
>>
>>Sign up for an account at IngDirect.com first. Put in $25 or whatever.
>>
>>NOW, go to http://ingdirect.com/sprint to get 16% off your recurring
>>rates. The 16% applies to most or all voice plans, Vision plans,
>>equipment replacement program,... So far as I can tell, it applies to
>>everything.
>>
>>Unfortunately, this only applies to a new line of service. As soon as
>>I'm out of contract, if this deal is still on, I'm going to avail myself
>>of this deal!
>>
>
>
> That site is an employees-only site. And so is the discount.

Sorry, but that's not correct -- which is the first time I've seen you
err!

This was a promotion sent to all INGDirect.com customers.

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rlsusenet@NOSPAMPUHLEEZschnapp.org wrote:
> O/Siris wrote:
>
>> In article <a%mBe.25099$aA5.6318@tornado.socal.rr.com>,
>> NoSuchPerson@bigfoot.com says...
>>
>>> If you're about to sign up for a new SPCS account -- hang on a sec!
>>>
>>> Sign up for an account at IngDirect.com first. Put in $25 or whatever.
>>>
>>> NOW, go to http://ingdirect.com/sprint to get 16% off your recurring
>>> rates. The 16% applies to most or all voice plans, Vision plans,
>>> equipment replacement program,... So far as I can tell, it applies
>>> to everything.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, this only applies to a new line of service. As soon
>>> as I'm out of contract, if this deal is still on, I'm going to avail
>>> myself of this deal!
>>>
>>
>>
>> That site is an employees-only site. And so is the discount.
>
>
> Sorry, but that's not correct -- which is the first time I've seen you err!
>
> This was a promotion sent to all INGDirect.com customers.

Interesting -- I just tried the link I posted, and it's now broken.

But I'm sitting here, looking at the ING Direct flyer that was mailed to
me. It says, verbatim, "Sprint is offering a 16% discount on select PCS
Services to all ING DIRECT Customers. Go to ingdirect.com/sprint to
learn more."

And I saw an across-the-board 16% discount on everything when I visited
that URL last week. Hmmmmmmm... Perhaps someone at ING Direct screwed
up? Big time?

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It asks me for an id/password and says EMPLOYEES only, too.


"rlsusenet@NOSPAMPUHLEEZschnapp.org" <NoSuchPerson@bigfoot.com> wrote in
message news:vtwCe.15086$3o4.7887@tornado.socal.rr.com...
> O/Siris wrote:
>> In article <a%mBe.25099$aA5.6318@tornado.socal.rr.com>,
>> NoSuchPerson@bigfoot.com says...
>>
>>>If you're about to sign up for a new SPCS account -- hang on a sec!
>>>
>>>Sign up for an account at IngDirect.com first. Put in $25 or whatever.
>>>
>>>NOW, go to http://ingdirect.com/sprint to get 16% off your recurring
>>>rates. The 16% applies to most or all voice plans, Vision plans,
>>>equipment replacement program,... So far as I can tell, it applies to
>>>everything.
>>>
>>>Unfortunately, this only applies to a new line of service. As soon as
>>>I'm out of contract, if this deal is still on, I'm going to avail myself
>>>of this deal!
>>>
>>
>>
>> That site is an employees-only site. And so is the discount.
>
> Sorry, but that's not correct -- which is the first time I've seen you
> err!
>
> This was a promotion sent to all INGDirect.com customers.

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In article <vtwCe.15086$3o4.7887@tornado.socal.rr.com>,
NoSuchPerson@bigfoot.com says...
> Sorry, but that's not correct -- which is the first time I've seen you
> err!
>
> This was a promotion sent to all INGDirect.com customers.
>

I didn't deny that. But if you try to go to that link, you're going to
get an employee login screen. That's what happened when I went there.

And other sites are reporting that Sprint is admitting the postcard was
sent in error, intended only for employees.

--
RØß
O/Siris
-+-
A thing moderately good
is not so good as it ought to be.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue,
but moderation in principle is always a vice.
+Thomas Paine, "The Rights of Man", 1792+

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In article <1ywCe.11447$rF5.5241@tornado.socal.rr.com>,
NoSuchPerson@bigfoot.com says...
> Interesting -- I just tried the link I posted, and it's now broken.

That's odd. Wasn't broken for me. Just gave me a login screen.

>
> But I'm sitting here, looking at the ING Direct flyer that was mailed to
> me. It says, verbatim, "Sprint is offering a 16% discount on select PCS
> Services to all ING DIRECT Customers. Go to ingdirect.com/sprint to
> learn more."

I think you misunderstand. I wasn't denying that the mailing went out.
Only that it was *mistakenly* sent out.

>
> And I saw an across-the-board 16% discount on everything when I visited
> that URL last week. Hmmmmmmm... Perhaps someone at ING Direct screwed
> up? Big time?
>

I don't know if I'd call it "big time" as a screwup. But yeah, it was a
screwup.

--
RØß
O/Siris
-+-
A thing moderately good
is not so good as it ought to be.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue,
but moderation in principle is always a vice.
+Thomas Paine, "The Rights of Man", 1792+