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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Cingular / June 2006AT&T Bait Switch Programs Begin
Got my first letter from Cingular offering a free Nokia phone in exchange for switching over to one of there national plans. Went in the garbage. > Got my first letter from Cingular offering a free Nokia phone in > exchange for switching over to one of there national plans. > > Went in the garbage. That's not bait and switch. People scream "BAIT AND SWITCH!" whenever something--ANYTHING--happens that they disagree with. They hope to get stupid people to sympathize with them simply by using the phrase. It is alleged that Elmo P. Shagnasty claimed: > > Got my first letter from Cingular offering a free Nokia phone in > > exchange for switching over to one of there national plans. > > > > Went in the garbage. > > That's not bait and switch. He didn't say "bait and switch", he said "bait switch". As in, they're trying to bait him into switching plans.  SignatureJeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org The from userid is killfiled Send personal mail to gordol "Gods", she muttered. "I've fallen in love with a man who thinks he's an onion." (Elli Quinn [Lois McMaster Bujold, "Brothers in Arms"]) >It is alleged that Elmo P. Shagnasty claimed: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >He didn't say "bait and switch", he said "bait switch". As in, they're >trying to bait him into switching plans. Thank you, Jeffrey. I couldn't have worded it any better myself if i tried. It is alleged that Mark claimed: > >It is alleged that Elmo P. Shagnasty claimed: > > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Thank you, Jeffrey. I couldn't have worded it any better myself if i > tried. Well, I +almost+ said essentially the same as Elmo. Then I re-read the Subject line. btw, I think you will have to switch at some point. Others have said that Cingular is declining to renew the old AT&TW contracts nor allowing old AT&TW customers to devolve to a month-by-month usage. SignatureJeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org The from userid is killfiled Send personal mail to gordol "I am not letting them leave here without saying yes." "Really? And how do you propose stopping them, perhaps a big red and white sign with the word STOP on it." (Cmdr. Ivanova and Marcus Cole, B5 "Voices Of Authority") >It is alleged that Mark claimed: > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >that Cingular is declining to renew the old AT&TW contracts nor >allowing old AT&TW customers to devolve to a month-by-month usage. Yea, mine runs out in October so we'll see. >> Got my first letter from Cingular offering a free Nokia phone in >> exchange for switching over to one of there national plans. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >that they disagree with. They hope to get stupid people to sympathize >with them simply by using the phrase. And your reading skills need improvement. So why is that bait & switch? > Got my first letter from Cingular offering a free Nokia phone in > exchange for switching over to one of there national plans. > > Went in the garbage. Where did i say "bait & switch"? Do all of you guy's in this group read what you want to read and not what is written? >So why is that bait & switch? > >> Got my first letter from Cingular offering a free Nokia phone in >> exchange for switching over to one of there national plans. >> >> Went in the garbage. >Where did i say "bait & switch"? > >Do all of you guy's in this group read what you want to read and not >what is written? So you got an ad in the mail trying to get you to try something new and you threw it in the garbage. I do that every day. So what the hell was the point of your post then? >>So why is that bait & switch? >> >>> Got my first letter from Cingular offering a free Nokia phone in >>> exchange for switching over to one of there national plans. >>> >>> Went in the garbage. >>Where did i say "bait & switch"? >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >and you threw it in the garbage. I do that every day. So what the hell >was the point of your post then? This one was from a vendor who i presently do business with throwing carrots at me to change our agreement to a less than desirable service then what I'm presently receiving. Hardly the paper flyer offer of a 15 dollar lube job. > This one was from a vendor who i presently do business with throwing > carrots at me to change our agreement to a less than desirable service > then what I'm presently receiving. One day they'll become even more aggressive. They'll tell you that they are shutting TDMA down, and that you must "Upgrade" at a higher price, or lose all service from them, period. That day is coming. The question for you to decide is, "Will you cave in to them, or will you thumb your nose at them and favor another carrier with your continued business?" >> This one was from a vendor who i presently do business with throwing >> carrots at me to change our agreement to a less than desirable service [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >them, or will you thumb your nose at them and favor another carrier with >your continued business?" We'll if McDonalds stop selling quarter ponder w/cheese I'll have to make a choice there too. This has nothing to do w/my original post. > > This one was from a vendor who i presently do business with throwing > > carrots at me to change our agreement to a less than desirable service [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > shutting TDMA down, and that you must "Upgrade" at a higher price, or lose > all service from them, period. Not always higher prices. My father can change to GSM and save money. >>>Where did i say "bait & switch"? >>> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Hardly the paper flyer offer of a 15 dollar lube job. I get this kind of junk at least once a month from Centurytel my landline carrier and throw it in the trash, but I don't write newsgroups about it!! .. bamp >>>>Where did i say "bait & switch"? >>>> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >I get this kind of junk at least once a month from Centurytel my landline >carrier and throw it in the trash, but I don't write newsgroups about it!! Is the an alt.centurytel group to even post it in if you were so inclined to do so? My post was on topic for the group. > This one was from a vendor who i presently do business with throwing > carrots at me to change our agreement to a less than desirable service > then what I'm presently receiving. And you don't get any of these from your cable provider? ISP? Landline telco? Credit card company? Mortgage company? Or is the problem that the offer came from the evil cellular provider? I believe their primary goal is to make money. >> This one was from a vendor who i presently do business with throwing >> carrots at me to change our agreement to a less than desirable service [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >telco? Credit card company? Mortgage company? Or is the problem that the >offer came from the evil cellular provider? And the group that i posted it in was once again, help me out? >I believe their primary goal is to make money. No, your kidding me? >>> This one was from a vendor who i presently do business with throwing >>> carrots at me to change our agreement to a less than desirable service [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > And the group that i posted it in was once again, help me out? Help you out? How? My 14 year-old knows how to ignore this kind of stuff without being told how. >>I believe their primary goal is to make money. > > No, your kidding me? Well, you've made it pretty clear that the obvious is generally lost on you- I figured you needed domeone to point this out to you, too. >>>> This one was from a vendor who i presently do business with throwing >>>> carrots at me to change our agreement to a less than desirable service [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >Help you out? How? My 14 year-old knows how to ignore this kind of stuff >without being told how. Seems my posting it to a newsgroup is beyond the bounds of you ignoring it however. >>>I believe their primary goal is to make money. >> >> No, your kidding me? > >Well, you've made it pretty clear that the obvious is generally lost on you- >I figured you needed domeone to point this out to you, too. Have your 14 year old teach you proper spelling and punctuation. > >Help you out? How? My 14 year-old knows how to ignore this kind of stuff > >without being told how. > > Seems my posting it to a newsgroup is beyond the bounds of you > ignoring it however. When you thrust your individual and utter stupidity in front of people, don't blame them for seeing it. We expect stupidity from companies trying to sell us things. That's dog bites man. But when an individual goes blasting about like a demented homeless person about "how DARE they send me something in the mail asking me if I'd like to do something that's profitable to them!" then that's man bites dog, and is worthy of comment. >> >Help you out? How? My 14 year-old knows how to ignore this kind of stuff >> >without being told how. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >asking me if I'd like to do something that's profitable to them!" then >that's man bites dog, and is worthy of comment. I see that your STILL reading what you want to read and not what was wrote. Carry on. > >We expect stupidity from companies trying to sell us things. That's dog > >bites man. But when an individual goes blasting about like a demented [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I see that your STILL reading what you want to read and not what was > wrote. "what was wrote". Hmmmm. Anyway, we all know what was written. It's there for everyone to see. Care to see what you wrote? You started a thread about "here it comes, the bait switch" (whatever the hell that means), and you wrote: > Got my first letter from Cingular offering a free Nokia phone in > exchange for switching over to one of there national plans. > > Went in the garbage. And then it turned out it wasn't even from Cingular. >> >We expect stupidity from companies trying to sell us things. That's dog >> >bites man. But when an individual goes blasting about like a demented [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >And then it turned out it wasn't even from Cingular. LOL You know what Elmo, I've read some of your post's in the past and you seem somewhat intelligent and articulate. I've obviously either misjudged you or your now writing with blinders on just to try and take a swipe at me. >>>>> This one was from a vendor who i presently do business with throwing >>>>> carrots at me to change our agreement to a less than desirable service [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Seems my posting it to a newsgroup is beyond the bounds of you > ignoring it however. Unlike you, I don't feel the need to whine to the masses about seeing it and showing an inability to deal with it. >>>>I believe their primary goal is to make money. >>> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Have your 14 year old teach you proper spelling and punctuation. Physician, heal thyself. >Unlike you, I don't feel the need to whine to the masses about seeing it and >showing an inability to deal with it. Where in the hell am i whining? Idiot.... Just for the hell of it i was going to post a few of your older post's where you seem to have nothing else in your life to do but to bitch about cell phones/service. I'd say there is life other than cell phones dude, but i also see that you have an infatuation with big time wrestling as well. I know, must be your 14 year old using your sign on. Enough said. >>Unlike you, I don't feel the need to whine to the masses about seeing it >>and [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I'd say there is life other than cell phones dude, but i also see that > you have an infatuation with big time wrestling as well. Oooooo- a groupie. Want my autograph? Picture? You been going through my garbage as well? Looks like I'm not the one with too much time on my hands. >>>Unlike you, I don't feel the need to whine to the masses about seeing it >>>and [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Oooooo- a groupie. Want my autograph? Picture? Heterosexual here but thanks for asking. move on dude, you bore me. >>Oooooo- a groupie. Want my autograph? Picture? > > Heterosexual here but thanks for asking. Telling us or asking for our vote? > move on dude, you bore me. Obviously not enough to stop posting. Oh, they are so evil that they don't bother to gently remind the people they bailed out when att dumped on them, that it is time to move on before the safety net they provided is taken down. If that guy does not want to climb out of the net, he can not blame cingular when his arse slams into the ground. He also won't be able to plug his ears hard enough not to hear us laughing. > So why is that bait & switch? > >> Got my first letter from Cingular offering a free Nokia phone in >> exchange for switching over to one of there national plans. >> >> Went in the garbage. At least they're no longer doing what the old AT&T Wireless used to do. I would from time to time get letters in the mail from AT&T Wireless, sporting what appeared to be an account number and stating "Your new wireless account has been activated! Please call us at this number to have your new phone shipped to you!" This of course led me to believe someone was opening accounts in my name. I called the number to say I *didn't* want any such account and order it closed, only to get told "oh that letter means nothing!" and then the rep launched into a hard sell song & dance about why I SHOULD have such an account. I hung up the phone before he could finish. SignatureE-mail fudged to thwart spammers. Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply. |
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