I don't know how they are marketed in Canada. Here the price is the same whether you buy a plan with the phone or just pay for it month by month, so you might as well get the new phone and sign up for another year or two. I have gone to a pre-pay plan, but it only saves me money because I am able to restrict my calling. If I was using all those minutes my old plan would have been cheaper. Neither my old plan, nor my current one charges anything extra for long-distance or roaming. The local land-line company wanted a ridiculous deposit so the cel-phone works better for me. Of course no matter what one is buying it is a good idea to do a bit of research before signing anything.
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frank theriault wrote:
On 4/18/05, Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Since it is usually cheaper here in the US to get a new cel-phone than to buy a new battery for it we do it about every two years.
Tom,
It's also the way they're marketed.
Here, most plans extend over a year or two, and the base phone is often "free". For only a few dollars more, one can upgrade to the latest and greatest video phone. It seems so cheap (until you realize how much you're on the hook for over the two year contract), it's hard to resist, especially if you're 16 years old, and daddy's plastic is paying for it.
And, just wait until you've made or received a few long-distance calls that aren't covered by your plan. Bills of several hundred dollars a month aren't uncommon.
As an aside, I laughed out loud when I read that with all the sending of text and photos and being able to go on-line, viruses are now a huge problem with such high-zoot cell phones.
cheers, frank
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