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Re: something for free...?
said by Ark  :That is a large number of the people who might end up buying these at a discount. by your estimation. i would guess that if people weren't lead to believe that this is a "notebook" pc and they were purchasing this *at a verizon wireless agent/store/dealer* location, then that might be true.
You completely missed my point. Most people don't need cellular internet access. Assume for this conversation that we are only talking about people who don't need or want it.
lot of assumptions. maybe there were a lot of people *considering* getting such service, and the netbook is the icing on the cake.
And no, full retail is not $400. Even Best Buy has them for $239.99. We're talking about people who WILL look at this as "saving" $140, without thinking about the repercussions of a data plan they don't need.
look, i'm all for consumer protections and am in no way a corporate shill, but this *is* a classic case of "if the people are too stupid to do the math, they deserve it". given that the make/model of the netbook will be known at the time of purchase and that the *base* price of the mobile broadband service is $60 (that is *without* any of the taxes/fees/unfees/below the line adjustments/fisa recovery adjustment/preventing terrorism adjustment/because we feel like it adjustment/etc), it would be really easy to borrow the calculator from the agent to do some math (or use the one on your cell phone). i have no sympathy for people who aren't willing to do their research in cases like this.
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