[Leaplist] RadioShack Offers $99 Acer Netbook

[Steve Litt]

Yeah, I was gonna say the same thing. What a rip. I once got 3 
cellphones "free" by signing up for 2 years. Well, two of the cellphones 
broke, they refused waranty coverage because they were abused (coin scratches 
from riding in my pocket), and it ended up us paying about $2400 for using 
maybe 2000 minutes over the 2 year period.

I'm a Virgin Mobile man now. If my phone breaks I pay $15.00 at Walmart for 
another one. Yeah, I have to pay 10 cents a minute (and 20 on my son's which 
is hardly used at all), but if my contract phones had been 10 cents a minute, 
I'd have payed $200 over 24 months instead of $2400. Those subsidized phones 
and "netbooks" are just bait to get you hooked into an abusive contract.

SteveT

On Saturday 13 December 2008 02:55:17 pm Jim Hartley wrote:
> Yeah, right!! Only $99 ... **PLUS** $60 per month for two years! A real
> bargain ... NOT! Gee, that adds up to ONLY $1539! (Or you could just buy
> one at the regular price of $500.) No, thanks!
>
> Jim Hartley
>
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