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In article <rhrEc.35966$904.6702@fe35.usenetserver.com>,
"Killer Madness" <killermo@cnet.com> wrote:

> The bottom line, cable companies have much better procedures and policies
> then cellular companies anyday! No early termination fee because there's no
> contracts! Good promotions all the time, free cable box (worth $400)
> included in most packages. Too broad of technologies, but I really would
> like to see some policies in the cable company used on a cellular company.
> One reason it won't happen is that the cellular companies management teams
> are much more greedy and only out for a quick buck while they can take
> advantage. Hey, all of our roll over minutes and 7pm start nights is going
> in some one's pocket making it fatter and fatter. But you like that.

You work for a cable company, and you have the BALLS to talk about
greed, and only being out for a quick buck?

"And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but
considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?"

Don't quote me on this, but I think he *was* talking to a Cox Cable Rep
at the time...

Fred

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In article <gdrEc.35894$904.13989@fe35.usenetserver.com>,
"Killer Madness" <killermo@cnet.com> wrote:

> DO NOT TELL ME YOU WOULD NOT LIKE SOME OF EVEN ONE OF THESE BENEFITS.

Yeah, and people in Hell want ice-water...

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Yeah, I bought 5 uses of Modtones. So I can browse Modtones all I want. I
had to pay to look at Ringster tones and see that I didn't want any. I
still had to pay to look at the tones. It's stupid.

Horseface


"Steven J Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote in message
news:YfydnREW2KOq1X_dRVn-tA@lmi.net...
> Horseface <mammy-joe-gentry@comcast.net> wrote:
> > It says I have to pay if I push the access the web button. It did tell
me I
> > had to pay when I downloaded four ring tones. It did NOT tell me I had
to
> > pay to access the screens to browse ring tones in other groups than
> > Modtones.
>
> On my Kyocera 3035, when I chose to download a GetItNow! application, I'd
> be given one or more options (usually X number of uses, or a monthly
> subscription or whatever) with the price clearly displayed on the phone.
> I couldn't use Modtones with the monophonic 3035 but I could use Ringster
> and I was given the option of buying a specific number of ringers (one at
> a time or in a package). No fine print. Everything was pretty clear.
>
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In article <rDLEc.7293$MB3.5869@attbi_s04>,
"Horseface" <mammy-joe-gentry@comcast.net> wrote:

> Yeah, I bought 5 uses of Modtones. So I can browse Modtones all I want. I
> had to pay to look at Ringster tones and see that I didn't want any. I
> still had to pay to look at the tones. It's stupid.
>
> Horseface

Why not just connect to their website and check out the tones that way?

In fact, Modtones lets you set up a Wish List on-line that you can
access on your phone.

Fred

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On 1 Jul 2004 00:40:16 -0500, FPP <fredp@mail.com> wrote:

>
>Yeah, and people in Hell want ice-water...
Guess that I've been wrong all these years. I was told that they
wanted cold beer.
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