Comments on: The Bizarre, Misleading World of Cell Phone Prices

By: TelefoaneMobile

TelefoaneMobile — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:18:30 +0000

Although all this makes sense, the situation in the US is far better than the one in Europe.
Back home in Romania I would have paid 300 euro for a Blackberry Curve with subscription…

By: Leigh

Leigh — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:43:23 +0000

They don’t disclose all the fees so you won’t know how much you are being cheated until it’s too late and once you sign that contract you stuck with them. It’s not only the cost of the phone you should be looking at. According to consumer action 2009 cell phone contracts with company’s such as Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile are becoming more and more expensive and there is nothing we can do about it. If you don’t have an expensive unlimited cell phone plan you may end up paying overage fees of up to 45 cents per minute. All the contract company’s just decided to up there text messages to more than 20 cents per message, we paid 10 cents in 2005 and this rise is unjustified in relation to inflation or their costs of delivering the message. So if you don’t like the new charges you can terminate the contract early but only if you are prepared to pay between $150-$200 in termination fees and that is only available for some contracts in their second year. The other very scary thing about contract phones is that after your contract time is up they just renew the contract without notifying you so if you don’t pay attention and cancel the contract in writing and with a notice period you’ll find yourself roped into another two years of exorbitant bills. I also discovered that these contract companies have been cheating immigrants with international calling cards.
I would think long and hard before signing a contract in this volatile economy, you would do better to go out and get a prepaid wireless contract that will cost you a fraction of the price. I’ve bought a Tracfone and I’m saving money every month, I hear that Net 10 is also a good option.

By: Marina

Marina — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:55:57 +0000

Thanks for providing information and prices of different variety of shopping product. I need this info because i am using online shopping services.

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By: StevePR104

StevePR104 — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:53:12 +0000

Harry:
You’ve not even come close to the wonderful world of resellers. Try this one:

http://www.ushopwireless.com/wireless/getyours/index.php?page=home&pc=USHOP_8320R_1&oc=SS

It’s $49 for the phone….but only a one-year deal with T-Mobile. And don’t forget, can get an unlock key after 90 days, meaning that after a year, you’re free to take your BlackBerry anywhere you want.

By: Harry McCracken

Harry McCracken — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:27:30 +0000

Other: Neither T-Mobile nor Sprint tells you the price you’ll hand over to them to get the phone on a two-year contract–just the list price, and the price after rebate, assuming you get it. But not the amount that’ll show up on your receipt and credit card statement. What other product is there on the planet that doesn’t provide that info in a straightforward fashion?

–Harry

By: other

other — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:21:36 +0000

Umm, are you kidding

ALL of them

1. Sprint T mobile , ATT – ALL TELL YOU THE RETAIL PRICE FOR THE PHONE
Verizon is the only one that doesn’t…
But big red doesn’t have to people will gladly pay more for the little devil.
2. umm again the same companys do..//
3. Umm also again
4. Ummm WOW this writer cant read or didn’t do ANY research.

WOW, this is just stupid..