http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/ Engadget Mobile Comments for AT&T's prorated ETF is live for new / renewing customers http://mobile.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://mobile.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/May 27th 2008 6:43PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/May 27th 2008 7:18PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/May 27th 2008 8:58PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/May 27th 2008 9:42PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/
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Damn, I hate Sprint!!]]>May 27th 2008 8:47PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/May 27th 2008 10:37PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/May 29th 2008 2:00AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/
So to the poster that said it wasn't true:


YOUR WRONG!!!!!!!]]>May 27th 2008 11:01PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/May 27th 2008 11:01PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/
You are receiving a huge discount on your phone when you initially sign up, usually more than $200 considering those free phones so many people go for. Well look at the outright price at your local Radioshack or Best Buy. Usually $199 on up just for that phone your getting for free for signing on a new two-year agreement.

Like it or not, it's business. I think it's more than fair that these companies have these fees. It protects them as a company from getting screwed over. So people who love to complain about every possible thing under the sun don't buy five lines with five free phones, cancel 4 months down the road for free, turn around and sell those five phones on ebay for $100 a piece.

Look you can't just cancel your mortgage or cancel your car payment without any consequences. So why should you expect to cancel your cell phone all of the sudden and not expect to have some kind of consequence.

There is a reason for these fee's. Besides, you have 30 days! RISK FREE with all the major carriers. You should be able to tell within 30 days if service is substantial.

It's two years not two decades.

If you don't like the service, sell your phone on ebay, use that money to pay your termination fee and go to another carrier.

It's not rocket science.
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Oh wait, they get you with a contract anyway? Looks like I just found a loop hole to your rant.

While I agree with you for the most part, the problem lies when you come in with your own phone to AT&T and they make you sign a 1-year contract anyway (at least, that's what happened to me, 1 year ago). If you pull out of that, you (previously at least) still had to pay the enormous cancellation fee.

Where is the logic in that? What did they lose? Nothing! They didn't prorate my phone, and they made money off of me for the months I stayed on the service.]]>May 28th 2008 3:23AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/May 28th 2008 2:55PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/Jun 1st 2008 12:11AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/Jun 1st 2008 7:46PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/May 28th 2008 5:36PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/05/27/atandts-prorated-etf-is-live-for-new-renewing-customers/
I bought a phone a couple of times at full retail and didn't have to sign a contract.]]>May 29th 2008 10:42AM