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| No | 77% | 711 votes | Total: 918 votes | |
| Yes | 23% | 207 votes |
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Should cell phone providers be allowed to hold customers to long service contracts? I believe no, they shouldn't. Why? Simple, their theory behind the long term contract (usua...read more
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by Leon K
Mobile telephone contracts should definitely be a thing of the past. Mobile telephones have been marketed and pushed to society in a way that would have never been perceived 20 ...read more
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Should cell phone providers be allowed to hold customers to long service contracts? Cell phone companies should never hold customers to long service contract because it cause...read more
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Cell phone companies are lengthening, not shortening, contract times. With the first cell phone I had (a bunch of years ago, yes!), I bought into a one-year contract and though...read more
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by B. L. Babb
Cell phones have managed to work their way into being an important part of our lives. Cell phone companies, instead of accepting this and using great service, reasonable plans,...read more
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by ktarcus
I would like you to ask you're self if kidnapping and ransom are legal where you live? If the answer is undoubtedly no! Then why on earth would you accept that your life can be...read more
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The contracts should be revised for those unlucky people who damage or lose their phones. Long term contracts obligate customers to pay the monthly bill for the full 2 years n...read more
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There was a time when having cellphone service was expensive, and cellphone companies were justified in holding customers for as long as possible in order to recoup what back th...read more
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Cell phone companies should NOT hold customers to long service contracts, because the wireless industry is changing so fast that cell phone services should be more flexible than...read more
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by Rick Case
Long contracts may seem like a good idea for cell phone companies, but they are actually hurting their business. Instead of tying in a customer to steady term of transaction the...read more
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No way! Cell phone contracts made sense about 10 years ago when not everyone had cell phones. Back then cell phone companies needed the security of having long term contracts. T...read more
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by Dawn Hawkins
I don't know of a wireless company that doesn't do it. You have long service contracts that are getting tougher and tougher. I don't really understand why I must stay with a com...read more
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Any agreement between a service provider and a customer is always one sided. There are far too many points to read in fine print. Till a customer signs a contract it is all swee...read more
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by Cheryl Evans
In my opinion, cell phone providers should not hold customers to long contracts. I feel that if a company were indeed as technologically advanced and spectacular as they claim, ...read more
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Binding contracts of any kind are fine as long as both parties live up to what has been signed for. But what is a customer suppose to do when a provider fails to provide the ser...read more
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by Jeg Brown
In general I agree that any company should have the right to protect it's investments. And US cell phone contracts DO work to protect themselves from people changing pro...read more
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In this world of legal intelligence, it seems there is a contract for everything. Unfortunately, for those who can't live without a cell phone, that would include us. I unders...read more
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by Larry Happel
In this day and age where consumerism is the underpinning of all the worlds economies, where the constant cycling of products from manufacturer to retailers to consumers then on...read more
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Cell phone companies fall into a category with cable companies, which I like to call "Swindlers". They offer either extremely discounted products or in many cases free prod...read more
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by Bill Stone
The argument for long service contracts says that providers should be able to hold you to a service contract in order to recoup their investment (or their subsidy) in the hardwa...read more
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Long service contracts?! What a pain! Why would any free person who enjoys liberty and justice and all those good things ever want a long service contract? I've thought about...read more
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Should cell phone companies be allowed to hold customers to long service contracts? That's somewhat akin to asking if mortgage companies should be allowed to hold customers to ...read more
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It's simple. The wonderful thing about our economy is demand fosters innovation. This means that companies are constantly making improvements not only to their products and se...read more
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The question should not be whether cell phone providers can hold customers to long-term service contracts, but if we should have a free market. I believe that we should, therefo...read more
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Consumers may not be fully aware of the fact that they can still get good deals on phone service without long service contracts. The market promotes "phone lust", that is custo...read more
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Yes, cell phone companies should be allowed to offer contracts to consumers and consumers are allowed to refuse them. As a consumer, I have a choice that I probably don't even ...read more
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Why not? Cell phone service providers, like many other services such as cable, satellite television, etc., are able to offer discounted prices and "deals" to customers BECAUSE ...read more
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by Sam Ritter
Of course cell phone providers should be allowed to hold customers to long service contracts. Many of the arguments opposed talk about long holds over the phone and other custo...read more
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by Dan Dunkin
Gosh, should a bank or mortgage company be allowed to hold you to a mortgage payment for 30 years? If you want to pay off that house, then yes, otherwise the house becomes the ...read more
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I think people on both sides of this debate may find my article interesting, as I have some experience in the industry. I stand somewhere in between "yes" and "no", but since t...read more
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by Zach Bigalke
Cellular service providers are notorious for linking their customers into long-term contracts. The debate over the fairness of these contracts is charged with the anger of many ...read more
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by T. M. Beeker
In an age where institutions and not individuals are held responsible for a person's actions it would be easy to go along and say no. Take up the cause of people who just did no...read more
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The question would be better framed: should cell phone providers continue to hold customers to long service contracts? None of us would agree that we should impose some regula...read more
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Absolutely. After all if you truly read most of the contracts you have a choice in the matter. You can either not sign, sign and live with it or you can also take the buyout p...read more
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by Sean Slater
Having just signed a 24 month contract last week for a new phone/plan myself, of course I'm going to be for the yes side. My reason is simple, contracts allow customers to p...read more
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by TJR
I was a cellphone sales representative for 4 years, so I know the "ins and outs" of these contracts. I still agree, they should be allowed to hold customers to their contract. M...read more
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Sure. I live in AZ and DO have a cell phone, WITHOUT a contract. Its called a cricket. If your going to get a cellular phone and not do research its your own fault really? R...read more
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Once, not long ago, there was a payphone at every gas station, bank, supermarket, bus stop, and almost any other place where people were expected to need a phone. Superman ...read more
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I would like to approach this article with both the consumer and the cellular provider's point of view. I can understand why some consumers find the long term contracts to be u...read more
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by Saurabh Pal
A cell phone company is out to do business just like any other company or business. There are certain dynamics that go with the cell phone business and considering the highly co...read more
