82 year old woman paid over $14,000 to rent a rotary phone over 42 years

[compnovice]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
No one else noticed that her name is E. Strogen?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
I don't see where anyone is blaming the company...

Her grandchildren are.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: lokiju
Wow, WTF would someone not just buy a $10 phone from Wal-Mart?

Because when she started renting it (42 years ago) neither $10 phones nor Wal-Mart existed.

I still remember my parents having to return a phone to the phone company and I'm only 24.

Viper GTS

I convinced my parents to stop leasing their rotary phones only about 5 years ago

 

[waggy]

no suprise. you used to have to get phones from the phone company. you did not have a choice. my grandmother had one for years until we baught her one (rotery style).


though the phone company should have offered to just give them the phone after a while. but yeah i know they are inbusiness to make money. i cant blame them really.

 

[mordantmonkey]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
I don't see where anyone is blaming the company...

Her grandchildren are.

That's because you can't get mad at your grandmother.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: waggy
no suprise. you used to have to get phones from the phone company. you did not have a choice. my grandmother had one for years until we baught her one (rotery style).


though the phone company should have offered to just give them the phone after a while. but yeah i know they are inbusiness to make money. i cant blame them really.

Probably nobody noticed, or more specifically, the only person who noticed was some low level data entry guy who would have gotten nothing more than a wield look from his boss for asking about it.

 

[pinion9]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: dquan97
"I'd like to have my rotary back," she said. "I like that better."

And there's the key point, I don't think paying for it bothered her, only her grandkids.

That works out to $27/mo. How many people spend 10x that amount per month to play the latest video game?

If she was find doing it, then I don't see the reason it's news.

Who the hell pays $270/month for a video game? I generally buy it for $49.99 and call it good.

Isn't this the same demographic who sends thousands of dollars over seas so they can claim their prize?

In my opinion, it is a little predatory. However, I don't blame the phone companies for providing the service and then not calling people and telling them "Hey...you can buy a phone for $10."

 

[glen]

$5 to $10 to buy one form Ebay

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&satitle=black+rotary+phone

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: pinion9

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: dquan97
"I'd like to have my rotary back," she said. "I like that better."

And there's the key point, I don't think paying for it bothered her, only her grandkids.

That works out to $27/mo. How many people spend 10x that amount per month to play the latest video game?

If she was find doing it, then I don't see the reason it's news.

Who the hell pays $270/month for a video game? I generally buy it for $49.99 and call it good.

Isn't this the same demographic who sends thousands of dollars over seas so they can claim their prize?

In my opinion, it is a little predatory. However, I don't blame the phone companies for providing the service and then not calling people and telling them "Hey...you can buy a phone for $10."

Software and hardware, internet, game systems, etc.

And I still lease my cable modem. Though I've had 3-4 die and need to be replaced.

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: Baked
Agree w/ the above poster. It's her money, why do you care what she uses it on. I don't see her cussing you out for spending $$$ on cell phone each month.

I don't care what she uses it on, it doesn't mean I can't call her an idiot when she wastes it like a moron.

Ps - the $$$ you spend on cell phones is for the service, you own the phone.

 

[pinion9]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: pinion9

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: dquan97
"I'd like to have my rotary back," she said. "I like that better."

And there's the key point, I don't think paying for it bothered her, only her grandkids.

That works out to $27/mo. How many people spend 10x that amount per month to play the latest video game?

If she was find doing it, then I don't see the reason it's news.

Who the hell pays $270/month for a video game? I generally buy it for $49.99 and call it good.

Isn't this the same demographic who sends thousands of dollars over seas so they can claim their prize?

In my opinion, it is a little predatory. However, I don't blame the phone companies for providing the service and then not calling people and telling them "Hey...you can buy a phone for $10."

Software and hardware, internet, game systems, etc.

And I still lease my cable modem. Though I've had 3-4 die and need to be replaced.

Ahhh...so now people pay $270/month for a highly sophisticated system so they can play games. Sorry, it is not a fair comparison. Most people can get a decent gaming computer from Dell for $1500 and won't have to upgrade for 2 years (albeit games then would need to run on medium or low settings.)

A more accurate comparison would be like a company leasing someone an ethernet cable to go with their cable modem for $15/month.

 

[JS80]

how do you lease a phone??....

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: pinion9

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: pinion9

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: dquan97
"I'd like to have my rotary back," she said. "I like that better."

And there's the key point, I don't think paying for it bothered her, only her grandkids.

That works out to $27/mo. How many people spend 10x that amount per month to play the latest video game?

If she was find doing it, then I don't see the reason it's news.

Who the hell pays $270/month for a video game? I generally buy it for $49.99 and call it good.

Isn't this the same demographic who sends thousands of dollars over seas so they can claim their prize?

In my opinion, it is a little predatory. However, I don't blame the phone companies for providing the service and then not calling people and telling them "Hey...you can buy a phone for $10."

Software and hardware, internet, game systems, etc.

And I still lease my cable modem. Though I've had 3-4 die and need to be replaced.

Ahhh...so now people pay $270/month for a highly sophisticated system so they can play games. Sorry, it is not a fair comparison. Most people can get a decent gaming computer from Dell for $1500 and won't have to upgrade for 2 years (albeit games then would need to run on medium or low settings.)

A more accurate comparison would be like a company leasing someone an ethernet cable to go with their cable modem for $15/month.

What is funny is that $1500 over two years is more than double $14,000/42 years.

 

[pinion9]

Originally posted by: JS80
how do you lease a phone??....

Are you interested in leasing a phone? Sounds like we found a niche market...

750,000 still lease phones! I could lease them a phone for $5/month and be RICH!

 

[pinion9]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
What is funny is that $1500 over two years is more than double $14,000/42 years.

Sure...put we are talking about a phone vs. a highly sophisticated piece of engineering with decades of development and technology that can be used to look at p0rn.

 

[ForumMaster]

and desipte paying $14k, she still wants the old phone back!

 

[T9D]

A lot of people lease their cable modems.....

 

[sswingle]

Its not really that big of a deal. So she paid an un-necessary $27 a month extra for her phone. Many people pay huge phone bills and think nothing of it. I pay $40 a month for my cell phone. Lets say I have it for 42 years. Are my grandkids going to freak out because I paid $20,000 over 42 years just to have my cell phone?

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: tk109
A lot of people lease their cable modems.....

where can you find a $10 cable modem?

 

[Brutuskend]

I remember leasing my phone form Ma Bell.


Oops, looks like I forgot to return one...

 

[V00DOO]

We had one of those rental phone from AT&T back in the days. Those phones were built like tanks, no matter how many we dropped it it woud still work.

 

[sswingle]

Originally posted by: Kev

Originally posted by: tk109
A lot of people lease their cable modems.....

where can you find a $10 cable modem?

Where could you find a $10 phone 42 years ago?

 

[DougK62]

My parents were still renting a rotary phone until they moved to their new house...just last year. I loved it growing up.

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: ScottSwingleComputers

Originally posted by: Kev

Originally posted by: tk109
A lot of people lease their cable modems.....

where can you find a $10 cable modem?

Where could you find a $10 phone 42 years ago?

What the fvck does that have to do with paying $30 a month to lease an outdated piece of equipment TODAY?

Sometimes the lack of logical ability some of you people display just astounds me.

 

[Miramonti]

Note to self: Review phone bill more often than every 42 years.