Cell Phone Companies Have Some Freakin' Racket Going

They really do. They lock you into a two year contract, right. Then, they give you a phone. Now, if this phone breaks any time after the 90 day or whatever period where there is a warranty, even if it is completely not your fault and a total mechanical error, you're pretty much s--t out of luck. Unless, of course.....you PAY for the insurance, to insure a phone which should work throughout the contract that they make you abide by.

I figure as long as you're abiding by the contract by paying your bill every month, you should be able to USE the service that you have PAID FOR. Provided, of course, that you did not break the phone due to something that you have done to it. A strict mechanical error should result in them replacing your phone, without any damn insurance number 1 and without paying a 50$ deductible if you have paid for the insurance the whole time. If cell phone companies were a person, I'd probably punch 'em in the face. And I'm not a real rowdy guy either with the punching and all.

What a damn racket. It's ridiculous. It's no way to to do business and is a total rip off. I figure with all the competition right now, some company has to change this to bring in some new customers, because right now they all must have some damn pact to leave it as-is. Verizon Wireless is an evil empire. If this were a Seinfeld episode, I would protest outside some mythical Verizon building with Kramer, a la the Post Office protest episode.