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I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further. --Darth Vader Seriously though, this is one of the things that we need strong consumer protections

• SoftTalker 2y ago
  But also don't be a complete rube as a customer. Caveat Emptor. If a deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is. There is an escape clause somewhere in the fine print, you'll find it if you read it.
  • r00fus 2y ago
    Taken to the logical extreme, you wouldn't buy anything because any promise made by a vendor is fake. People used social proof of Tmobile's lifetime pricing for years. Then new management comes in, and they can renege on existing contracts? That should be illegal unless you think contracts are BS too.
    • SoftTalker 2y ago
      No, I don't think contracts are BS, but I also have lived long enough to know that any time words like "free" and "lifetime" or "always" or "never" are used in a marketing campaign, there's always a catch.
      • wink 2y ago
        Buying something like this as a 30y old? Yeah, probably garbage. But if I read that correctly that they specifically marketed that to retired people or close to retiring... it kinda sounds different. 55 to 75 (or whatever the average lifespan was when this was up), you might want to think they thought this through. Lifelong rental agreements after selling your property are not uncommon in some countries, and you should know that you're gambling.
      • borski 2y ago
        There isn’t always. AA still honors AAirpass, their lifetime free tickets for $250k https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAirpass https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAirpass