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With technology already so great, this is why you can just use a 2-year-old, $24 phone nowadays and usually be happy.
I sold a couple new contract phones and then went back to my old one. Selling...
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It used to bother me but now that we have eBay I can buy a new phone for a couple hundred dollars without having to sign a new 2-year contract with my provider!
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Almost no one even looks at the MSRP, but you've got Verizon in collusion with other carriers and putting indentured servitude onto people because of it. Ya, way to think outside the...
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No way the actual retail on a Brand new, unlocked Motorola Droid Razr Maxx is $300. The price the carrier is quoting is close to what retail on the phone is. Now you can get new unused phones on...
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Since when do companies just charge their "cost". People have broken down what phones have cost to make and they are around $150 and this doesn't even include all the R&D and licensing.
As to...
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btw, MSRP = "Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price". Note that we see the same terminology with cars, but who the hell actually walks in expecting to pay MSRP?
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The MSRP isn't based on what a product is worth; it's based upon what the manufacturer thinks the market will pay. No laws have been violated.
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Just taking the iphone as an example, reports suggest that the cost of the components of the iphone are right around $200 ($187 according to their estimate). However, this does not include R&D,...
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Yes the MSRP is high and reflects the carrier's cost (plus markup) of the device. This is why subsidized phones are locked - and why 2 year contracts are required. The carrier is giving you a, say,...
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The MSRP of cell phones has always irked me. If anything is false advertising, this is. Has anyone, anywhere, ever paid full price for a cell phone? My new phone is supposedly $749 MSRP (razr maxx)....
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You filed a complaint over the MSRP being too high? Wow.
Like its been said already, some people do not like contracts and choose to buy it without a contract. That is the price they have to pay.
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To establish that an advertisement is false, a plaintiff must prove five things:
(1) a false statement of fact has been made about the advertiser's own or another person's goods, services, or...
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I am not complaining at all about the $24 for my old phone. It proves my point! I used it as proof that the phone prices are artificially inflated in order to make people think they are getting a...
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I don't think the $24 proves your point. We can agree that these consumer technology products have a relatively short lifespan yes? Also you agree that you are getting that $24 quote from a retailer...
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The MSRP of this post is $800 but I'm going to give it to you for $0 as long as you buy a contract saying you won't read it.
And dealgate, believe it or not there are people that pay those high...
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I understand what you are saying, but my charge is that is BS. These don't cost that to make, the carriers do not pay this amount to the manufacturer, and a statistically insignificant # of people...
