major marco
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These so called price wars are useless to me in that most of the providers are offering the discounts to new customers. Existing customers get shafted and even if you changed providers most of them would hit you with an early withdrawl penalty much like a cellular provider would for backing out of the contract early. When the providers start offering campaigns that benefit existing users then I may take interest but for now the price wars are irrelevant.
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Hall
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These so called price wars are useless to me in that most of the providers are offering the discounts to new customers. Existing customers get shafted...
Venture over to the Earthlink forum. Many of us existing customers got our DSL price reduced to $29.95 - $33.30/month just by calling and asking for a pricematch to the local telco's pricing. Have you tried ??
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major marco
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Venture over to the Earthlink forum. Many of us existing customers got our DSL price reduced to $29.95 - $33.30/month just by calling and asking for a pricematch to the local telco's pricing. Have you tried ??
No, I haven't even tried because I'm locked into a contract with DSLExtreme and if I breach the contract then I get hit with a penalty.
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oliphant5
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Corona, CA | reply to major marco
Verizon Online cut my prices (existing customer) while like you Comcast wouldn't think of offering me their $19.95 for 6 month deal. |
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Hall
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Actually, that's what many people still under contract found out with Earthlink too... EL *knows* they can't go anywhere if EL doesn't match prices. The large majority of people who did get a pricematch were OUT of their contract.
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Marilla
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Belpre, OH | reply to major marco
Hmm... not true in my case; Not only did I, as an existing customer, get the new Verizon price, they did it automatically for me - I hadn't even called them yet about it. |
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Cheetah9
join:2001-01-07
Bethel Park, PA
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said by major marco :
said by Hall :
Venture over to the Earthlink forum. Many of us existing customers got our DSL price reduced to $29.95 - $33.30/month just by calling and asking for a pricematch to the local telco's pricing. Have you tried ??
No, I haven't even tried because I'm locked into a contract with DSLExtreme and if I breach the contract then I get hit with a penalty.
I was 3 months into my 1 year Covad contract when Covad lowered prices last Fall. Covad actually set up a web page for existing customers (contract or not) to request the lower pricing. I requested the lower pricing and the reduction appeared on my next bill. |
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ravital
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said by major marco :
When the providers start offering campaigns that benefit existing users then I may take interest but for now the price wars are irrelevant.
So, in plain English, "Attention everybody! I'm not interested!" Is that about it?
Now why didn't I think of that? |
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major marco
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said by ravital :
said by major marco :
When the providers start offering campaigns that benefit existing users then I may take interest but for now the price wars are irrelevant.
So, in plain English, "Attention everybody! I'm not interested!" Is that about it?
Now why didn't I think of that?
Still following me around BBR trying to prove that you aren't trying to one up me, eh, Yoda? Yep. You convince me of your indifference every single time you have some nugget of wisdom to offer with your troll like comments. Wow! Aren't you so apathetic. You are SO uncaring that you have taken it upon yourself to follow me around no matter where I go on this forum and make a comment about MY comment. You sure are amusing in your simpleton manner. Go Yoda! Go Yoda! Go Yoda!
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ravital
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| said by major marco :
Still following me around BBR trying to prove that you aren't trying to one up me, eh, Yoda? Yep. You convince me of your indifference every single time you have some nugget of wisdom to offer with your troll like comments. Wow! Aren't you so apathetic. You are SO uncaring that you have taken it upon yourself to follow me around no matter where I go on this forum
Matter of fact, I only posted a reply to this message, I know you're very prolific on very many forums. So if you want to call responding to ONE message "following you around no matter where you go" you are only confirming your bloated sense of self-importance. Oops, I mean, self-impotance.
To the point (I know you'd rather have a root canal than address the point, but here goes anyway), you chided me so vehemently for redundancy, and yet you make a very redundant statement like "Hey everybody, I don't care" or words to that effect. I'm just trying to learn from your own wisdom. I think I got it now.
Ah finahly believe ah undehstan redondundancy. It's very subliminable. Thank you much, Bufón Borracho!
[I can just imagine it... You land in Antarctica, on a crisp Antarctic summer day in January, M-16 in your hands, and proclaim to a crowd of 10,000 penguins, "In the name of the United States!" and then, Tatatatatatatata! What a beautiful image.]
said by major marco :
and make a comment about MY comment.
It's called participation on a debate board, Stronzo. But I should have know you would believe I was not entitled to that. Your entire life has been about one rule for you and another one for everyone else. You're an open book. And a pretty trashy one too. |
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