How to get out of your SPRINT contract, no charge.

SPRINT would prefer its customers to be docile and never complain, but
if you do too much they'll now just cancel you.

So if you want to get out of your contract, NO PENALTY, FOR FREE;
like suppose you want to get an iPhone and go with AT&T,
just call in everyday and complain about your bill, and soon they'll
cancel you without penalty.

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/...DcwNjgzWj.html

In article <saf593pkn7ubugqtihd3vn66ct1gqpkura@4ax.com>,
karlkrandall@sbcglobal.net wrote:

> SPRINT would prefer its customers to be docile and never complain, but
> if you do too much they'll now just cancel you.
>
> So if you want to get out of your contract, NO PENALTY, FOR FREE;
> like suppose you want to get an iPhone and go with AT&T,
> just call in everyday and complain about your bill, and soon they'll
> cancel you without penalty.
>
> http://online.wsj.com/article_email/...MDE3ODAzODcwNj
> gzWj.html

Wait a minute--isn't it appropriate, then, for the customer to charge
Sprint with an early termination fee?

Send them a bill. When they don't pay it per the terms, take them to
court. "But your honor, they dropped the service. This is merely the
industry standard early termination fee."

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:16:58 -0400, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
<elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote:

>In article <saf593pkn7ubugqtihd3vn66ct1gqpkura@4ax.com>,
> karlkrandall@sbcglobal.net wrote:
>
>> SPRINT would prefer its customers to be docile and never complain, but
>> if you do too much they'll now just cancel you.
>>
>> So if you want to get out of your contract, NO PENALTY, FOR FREE;
>> like suppose you want to get an iPhone and go with AT&T,
>> just call in everyday and complain about your bill, and soon they'll
>> cancel you without penalty.
>>
>> http://online.wsj.com/article_email/...MDE3ODAzODcwNj
>> gzWj.html
>
>Wait a minute--isn't it appropriate, then, for the customer to charge
>Sprint with an early termination fee?
>
>Send them a bill. When they don't pay it per the terms, take them to
>court. "But your honor, they dropped the service. This is merely the
>industry standard early termination fee."

[cross-posting removed]

I thought mediation was the required avenue of recourse, not the
courts. Also, I don't think the contract says anything that would
support your suggested claim. :)

--
Paul Miner

karlkrandall@sbcglobal.net wrote in
news:saf593pkn7ubugqtihd3vn66ct1gqpkura@4ax.com:

>
>
> SPRINT would prefer its customers to be docile and never complain, but
> if you do too much they'll now just cancel you.
>
> So if you want to get out of your contract, NO PENALTY, FOR FREE;
> like suppose you want to get an iPhone and go with AT&T,
> just call in everyday and complain about your bill, and soon they'll
> cancel you without penalty.
>
> http://online.wsj.com/article_email/...lMyQjAxMDE3ODA
> zODcwNjgzWj.html
>

Nice try, Phil- they have already said that it was a one-time program
involving less than 2,000 of their customers who were being very
unrealistic in their expectations and calling hundreds of times a month
long after their issue had been resolved. There are no plans to continue
the program and going forward, all penalties will apply. You need to
research this crap before you post it,

IOW- you would have been the first one to go back in the day, troll.

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:59:48 -0500, karlkrandall@sbcglobal.net wrote:

>SPRINT would prefer its customers to be docile and never complain, but
>if you do too much they'll now just cancel you.

I read about that a while ago. You'd have to complain a LOT (almost
once a day) to get them to consider dropping you and even then, if
they get an increased number of people complaining since this article
was posted, Sprint may revise the contract so after a certain number
of calls, they would start charging you to complain. Or set up an
automatic 800 line to filter choronic complainer so they'd end up on a
3 or 4 hours waiting while less frequent complainer get the prefered
treatment.

Knowing Sprint and its crap service, they would probably charge for
excessive "frivilous" complainr and still end up collecting more from
whiners who gets dropped than what the outstanding contract is worth.

The article only mentions the customer don't get charged with early
termination fee but they could still be charged for the phone if the
phone was at a discount or free with contract. So beware if you had
bought a new $500 smart phone and decided you want to get out of the
existing contract by calling everytime something happens.

In article <k9adnfZ7Lvz4VQ_bnZ2dnUVZ_sfinZ2d@adelphia.com>,
Scott <how.do@you.do> wrote:
> Nice try, Phil- they have already said that it was a one-time program
> involving less than 2,000 of their customers who were being very
> unrealistic in their expectations

How is it unrealistic to expect that your bill does not contain $10
overcharges?

> and calling hundreds of times a month long after their issue had been
> resolved. There are no plans to continue

Refunding part of the overcharge is not resolving the issue.

--
--Tim Smith

Tim Smith <reply_in_group@mouse-potato.com> wrote in news:reply_in_group-
FAE671.18474909072007@news.supernews.com:

> In article <k9adnfZ7Lvz4VQ_bnZ2dnUVZ_sfinZ2d@adelphia.com>,
> Scott <how.do@you.do> wrote:
>> Nice try, Phil- they have already said that it was a one-time program
>> involving less than 2,000 of their customers who were being very
>> unrealistic in their expectations
>
> How is it unrealistic to expect that your bill does not contain $10
> overcharges?
>

Not unrealistic at all- I wouldn't be surpised to find well over 99.99% of
the bills cellular providers produce every month are accurate. Are you
claiming that those released from their contracts are spending hours on the
phone over a $10 charge? I've seen no such claim in the media.

I have to admit that I'm finding the reaction to this news to be absolutely
hilarious and sad at the same time. Everybody plotting to use this program
to get out of their commitment- a perfect model of today's consumer.
Everything's disposable, people too stupid to do a little research before
purchasing products, incapable of living with their own decisions and
always blaming others for their problems. Now here comes a company that
takes the same approach with their own logic behind it and people don't
know how to react. Oh wait- yes they do. I smell a class-action in the
future. After all, when all else fails, clog up the legal system. That
2007 Consumer 101.

In article <UNKdnXErBLI5cw_bnZ2dnUVZ_rOpnZ2d@adelphia.com>,
Scott <how.do@you.do> wrote:

> > How is it unrealistic to expect that your bill does not contain $10
> > overcharges?
> >
>
> Not unrealistic at all- I wouldn't be surpised to find well over 99.99% of
> the bills cellular providers produce every month are accurate.

I do keep calling Cingular every now and then, to ask why my bill keeps
changing month to month.

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:44:37 -0500, Scott <how.do@you.do> wrote:

>karlkrandall@sbcglobal.net wrote in
>news:saf593pkn7ubugqtihd3vn66ct1gqpkura@4ax.com :
>
>>
>>
>> SPRINT would prefer its customers to be docile and never complain, but
>> if you do too much they'll now just cancel you.
>>
>> So if you want to get out of your contract, NO PENALTY, FOR FREE;
>> like suppose you want to get an iPhone and go with AT&T,
>> just call in everyday and complain about your bill, and soon they'll
>> cancel you without penalty.
>>
>> http://online.wsj.com/article_email/...lMyQjAxMDE3ODA
>> zODcwNjgzWj.html
>>
>
>Nice try karl they have already said that it was a one-time program
>involving less than 2,000 of their customers


You you believed them? YOU ARE A SPRINT SHILL.,

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:27:48 -0500, Scott <how.do@you.do> wrote:

>Tim Smith <reply_in_group@mouse-potato.com> wrote in news:reply_in_group-
>FAE671.18474909072007@news.supernews.com:
>
>> In article <k9adnfZ7Lvz4VQ_bnZ2dnUVZ_sfinZ2d@adelphia.com>,
>> Scott <how.do@you.do> wrote:
>>> Nice try, karl- they have already said that it was a one-time program
>>> involving less than 2,000 of their customers who were being very
>>> unrealistic in their expectations
>>
>> How is it unrealistic to expect that your bill does not contain $10
>> overcharges?
>>
>
>Not unrealistic at all- I wouldn't be surpised to find well over 99.99% of
>the bills cellular providers produce every month are accurate. Are you
>claiming that those released from their contracts are spending hours on the
>phone over a $10 charge? I've seen no such claim


Why would Sprint brag about wanting docile customers.