Last time I bought a phone I made the person at T Mobile do the contract/buy math and look me in the face when they tried to sell me the contract. They had the decency to look ashamed. If draw even inside of a year, what's the vague temptation?
I'm just waiting to see if I pass out. Long story.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Aug 18, 2011 7:08:46 am PDT #20934 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kate P. - Aug 18, 2011 7:18:37 am PDT #20935 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Ah, I just realized you all are talking about contract vs. buy for the phone itself, right? Separately from how you pay for calling/texting/etc.?
P.M. Marc - Aug 18, 2011 7:20:19 am PDT #20936 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Virgin Mobile is tempting. I was no contract for years, but I've been latched to AT&T since I got my first iPhone.
Sadly, I *really* like the phone.
Amy - Aug 18, 2011 7:22:12 am PDT #20937 of 30001
Because books.
I thought you always bought the phone. With some of the contracts you, what? Trade up when the contract is over?
I'm dealing with someone who is possibly the stupidest person I have ever met today. The wall of her stupidity is so high, I don't have any idea how to get around it.
Especially since CLEAR and SIMPLE questions for her to answer don't seem to be doing it.
§ ita § - Aug 18, 2011 7:22:13 am PDT #20938 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Now I'm remembering AT&T is buying T Mobile and I'm sad. I've been running from AT&T for so long. I don't love T Mobile, but I have unlimited data (even though they do seem to throttle me) and SIM card technology and they're not AT&T. That used to be enough.
P.M. Marc - Aug 18, 2011 7:27:47 am PDT #20939 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I have grandfathered unlimited data. When, you know, there is actually coverage.
§ ita § - Aug 18, 2011 7:28:02 am PDT #20940 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought you always bought the phone.
T Mobile seems to price the phone about $200 lower, and then have a more expensive voice/minutes cost. And then if you decide to not go with them within the 2 year period, you have to cough up the the $200 anyway.
In theory I could get my phone anywhere and still pay the monthly costs I pay now. But I'm hesitant about where I'll get my OS upgrades, so I've most recently tended to get the phone from T Mobile.
OMG, my head hurts so much. I can't believe I've only been at work 90 minutes.
Sue - Aug 18, 2011 7:28:57 am PDT #20941 of 30001
hip deep in pie
We are all a-twitter here at work because Pierce Brosnan was about 20 feet away from us at lunch.
sumi - Aug 18, 2011 7:30:57 am PDT #20942 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
oooh
Allyson - Aug 18, 2011 7:43:46 am PDT #20943 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica