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<blockquote data-quote="Overpaid Union Thug" data-source="post: 1426614" data-attributes="member: 198"><p>Well....like I said. Not really free. Realistically most phones should be no money down with the carriers that have subsidies built into their plans. To be honest I think that one could argue that those carriers should really be paying back the difference between the value of the cheaper and/or outdated phones and the accumulation amount of subsidy payments at the end of two year contracts. I've seen people by really cheap and/or outdated phones for zero down and they thought think they came out ahead. NOPE. After two years they will have paid around $720.00 for a phone that was probably already out of date. One guy I work with has had the same phone since 2006. I tried explaining how subsidies worked ant that he's probably already paid out about $2880.00 since he purchased his phone eight years ago and that he should have at least opted for a "free" phone every once in a while because he, in fact, has already forked over enough in subsidy payments to pay for at least four high end smart phones.</p><p></p><p>Man I tell ya.....the more I learn about cell phones and their carriers the more I feel like I've been swindled by a blind beggar selling snake oil. But the cold hard fact here is that to have a decent phone with decent coverage we <u><em>HAVE to</em></u> play this game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Overpaid Union Thug, post: 1426614, member: 198"] Well....like I said. Not really free. Realistically most phones should be no money down with the carriers that have subsidies built into their plans. To be honest I think that one could argue that those carriers should really be paying back the difference between the value of the cheaper and/or outdated phones and the accumulation amount of subsidy payments at the end of two year contracts. I've seen people by really cheap and/or outdated phones for zero down and they thought think they came out ahead. NOPE. After two years they will have paid around $720.00 for a phone that was probably already out of date. One guy I work with has had the same phone since 2006. I tried explaining how subsidies worked ant that he's probably already paid out about $2880.00 since he purchased his phone eight years ago and that he should have at least opted for a "free" phone every once in a while because he, in fact, has already forked over enough in subsidy payments to pay for at least four high end smart phones. Man I tell ya.....the more I learn about cell phones and their carriers the more I feel like I've been swindled by a blind beggar selling snake oil. But the cold hard fact here is that to have a decent phone with decent coverage we [U][I]HAVE to[/I][/U] play this game. [/QUOTE]
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