jl wrote:
> Take a look at this from their website:
>
> You'll enjoy America's best, most reliable wireless network.
>
> You can change your calling plan at any time.
> As your needs change, you can change to any current calling plan. You
> won't pay any additional fees and you won't have to extend your
> contract.
>
> If you ever have a problem, it becomes our problem the first time you
> call.
> No run-around, no hassles. If your issue can't be resolved during the
> course of your first call, we'll get back to you with an answer.
>
> Your satisfaction is guaranteed with our Test Drive program.
> Now you can Test Drive our network; make calls and even try out a cool
> new device. Every device you purchase from Verizon Wireless comes with
> a 30-day satisfaction guarantee. And if you don't love us, take your
> number to someone else within 30 days. You won't have to pay an early
> termination fee, and we'll pay for any calls you've made.
>
> You can get a free phone every two years with New Every Two.
> Sign up for a calling plan of at least $34.99 and qualify for a free
> phone after two years, with a two-year renewal. Or choose to apply
> your New Every Two credit towards the purchase of a more expensive
> phone. [close quote}
>
> Yet when I went to their store to get rid of all that get-it-now spam
> they put on my phone and to get the calendar and ringtones back, and
> then to reduce my minutes to 450 from 900, they tried to get me to
> sign a contract --- although my contract is paid out and I'm on month-
> to-month.
>
> And the contract they demanded I sign permitted them to collect an
> early termination fee of up to $175 and arbitration in the event of a
> dispute. Well, having experience in law, i. e., having been a
> litigation lawyer, I refused to sign it. After all, the writing
> controls, NOT what they tell you. See the old hornbook Contracts Law
> case, _Pines versus Perssion_ for details. And they told me that had
> no effect on me since I was month-to-month. So why did I have to sign
> the goddamn thing?
>
> Lemme tell you something. Although the phone worked most of the time,
> I have had a rash of overcharges and sleazy dealings from these
> people, so I'm gun-shy about signing ANYTHING with them. I don't know
> how many times I've had to call them to have bogus charges removed
> from my bill, or had them call my land-line to tell me such and such a
> charge would adversely affect my credit if I didn't pay it, only to
> find out I didn't owe it -- after spending an hour or two on the phone
> with these imps trying to get my account straightened out.

Not sure what silly point you are trying to make, you had a contract several
years ago, and now is extended month to month with the exact same terms as
what your original contract specified, but you want thm to give you the new
contract terms WITHOUT getting a new contract with the new provisions....

You claim you are a litigation lawyer, what where the terms of the contract
you entered into it several years ago, those extend month to month UNLESS
you enter into a new contract..... But you seem to expect that the NEW terms
for new contracts should apply to an extension of your old contract... Think
of it this way, you buy a car in 2005, now the warranty is up and you have
an extended warranty, is that an extension of your original warranty, or do
you get the same warranty as a new car?