Welcome to my first attempt at a real blog. I find that as I wander through this wonderful world of ours, sometimes Common Sense seems to go right out the door - so this is my little attempt at bringing it back....or at least bringing a smile to some faces along the way. Couldn't we all use a little more if it in our lives?
Up first? How about the new T-Mobile/Google phone - the "G1", which is Google's answer to the uber-popu
lar iPhone - which it seems like everyone and their brother has one of these now....don't get me going on the new heads down iPhone crowd.As a loyal T-Mobile customer (pretty sure they've been my only wireless provider since the magical day I got a cell phone), I expected to get some special break, or treatment, or at least gesture when T-Mobile released this bad boy...I've been eyeing a iPhone for a while, but with the AT&T charges for texting, couldn't make the move.
SO, T-mobile advertises the new G1 for $179, which is great I think - "its $20 cheaper than the new iPhones, this is a no brainer right?"
So I log into my T-Mobile account to "reserve" my shot at glory and envy of all my friends.....well to my surprise MY cost for an 'upgrade' to my current phone is $299 (and that includes the "online discount" of $100). Are you kidding me T-Mopbile? So for being a long time, bill on time paying customer, I get a higher cost to get into this fancy G1 game than somebody switching over from AT&T or verizon?
Holy Smokes .......makes we want to go get one of the real deal iPhones - am I the only one felt like I'm held captive by my wireless provider with contracts, upgrade costs, and random charges that take too long to battle to be worth it?
2 comments:
Couldn't agree more. Same thing for Comcast. Whoever thought up the "for first time customers only" was obviously asleep in Sales 101 when they went over "new customers are 10x more expensive to get than current customers are to retain." Grrr.....
Grrrr! By the way, I loved the "head down iPhone crowd" line, JQ. Too true!
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