In alt.cellular.t-mobile Grant Edwards <grante@visi.com> wrote:
>
> So go buy one on eBay, newegg, or Craig's List for $30. Nobody
> is forcing you to take a "free" phone and sign a contract.
>

Sprint PCS does. Try activating a used [ESN clear] phone on a new account;
they won't do it without a contract. Hell, just swapping phones with Sprint
[even an insurance replacement ... any ESN change at all] resets the $150
credit you get towards a new phone every two years. They have the absolute
worst billing system and CRM that I have seen of any company!

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Thomas T. Veldhouse

America is the country where you buy a lifetime
supply of aspirin for one dollar, and use it up in two weeks.