tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2751425539435284041.post1423023058645430328..comments2023-10-04T07:42:36.232-07:00Comments on Arizona Artist Jephyr (aka Jeff Curtis): Adjustable rate EVERYTHING!!!!Jephyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15372817414149551901noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2751425539435284041.post-56588451573488868172009-08-04T09:15:03.456-07:002009-08-04T09:15:03.456-07:00Ahhh...now that IS interesting!! ie: Canceling y...Ahhh...now that IS interesting!! ie: Canceling your service for insuring you get the full benefit of your service. (??) (at my parents house I did notice ow slow COX could be...depending on the time of day) <br /><br />Your last line is hilarious!!! Please someone try that!!! : )<br /><br />Isn't modern corporate America great (or should I say those few multi-nationals...because that most all companies are today anyway)!!<br /><br />And yet I think much of it all goes back to most of us, signing contracts without reading the fine print...or in reading it...accepting terms that tie us into contracts that completely favor THEM and give us no rights what-so-ever.<br /><br />Two more examples: Many companies now add a "NO litigation" clause to your contract stipulating that you cannot sue them in court..but must take any disputes to arbitration...run by THEM!!! hahaha! < shaking head]<br /><br />A few years back Qwest called and asked me to switch to to their long distance service. The guy on the phone said there would be no monthly service fee and I would be billed long distance time at 5 cents a minute. <br /><br />It was better than the deal I had at the time so I switched.<br /><br />Two months later I noticed a $2.99 monthly long distance service fee on my bill and called them. <br /><br />YUP!! They'd begun adding a service fee about a month AFTER I'd made the switch...expecting them to honor a commitment to service without a fee.<br /><br />They cheerfully added that if I wanted to switch to another long distance service...there could e be related fees to any changes to your long distance service.<br /><br />SHESH!! : )<br /><br />Thanks for commenting Josh!Jephyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15372817414149551901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2751425539435284041.post-80749572460869453432009-08-01T20:23:56.192-07:002009-08-01T20:23:56.192-07:00corporations are always like that, putting out the...corporations are always like that, putting out the bait and switch on every thing they can. take Cox for example (or any high speed internet service provider, for that matter): you're promised download speeds of 3.5Mbp/s, which is pretty nice... except it's *up to* 3.5Mbp/s, and they ensure that you absolutely never reach that ceiling for an extended period of time. after all, they promise the same nice service to everybody, while implementing only incremental upgrades to their systems; thus it'd be impossible for everybody under their service to get the max without killing the whole thing.<br /><br />and the best part? if you have certain routers, you can flash their BIOS, install a linux variation, and make it only request the highest speeds and get every bit of speed that you pay for... but Cox explicitly says in the contract that you sign that they can terminate your service for any reason that they deem satisfactory, including getting the most out of what *you* are paying for.<br /><br />try telling Cox that you'll be paying *up to* the full bill that they send you and see how they like their own type of underhanded service.lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04455764482193433335noreply@blogger.com