jl wrote:
> On Feb 12, 1:48 pm, "Peter Pan" <PeterPanNOS...@AkamailNOSPAM.com>
> wrote:
>> 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?- Hide quoted text -
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>
> I am afraid you have not read for comprehension. I never entered into
> a new contract. All I did was extend the old one by continuing month-
> to-month. No new phone, no new contract, yet they insisted I sign a
> paper-writing which gave them new terms and new advantages.

I wonder if *YOU* comprehend what you wrote, sure you did not enter into a
new contract, but you insist that you get the perks as if you did... point
is, a month 2 month extension of your old contract, means your old contract
extnds month 2 month with the same terms, it does *NOT* entitle you to the
benefits of what a new contract provides.....