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Check How Much You Pay For Crap

by Shawn @ 11:46 am · filed under Uncategorized

Geez man... I've been paying $140/month for my 6Mbit DSL line from SBC for years. Today I ran across something that shows 6Mbit DSL lines from SBC are $44.99/month with a 1 year contract or $59.99 if you pay month to month.

So I called them and asked what the difference was between my $140/month DSL and their $45/month DSL... Uhm, nothing is different... only the price.

"Gee, can I get the cheaper price then?"

"Sure, let me change if for you."

"Am I going to have any downtime?"

"No, it's a price change only. Your service will be exactly the same and won't be affected."

Nice... so I overpaid them like $2,000 in the last 2 years. haha Oh well...

4 Responses to “Check How Much You Pay For Crap”

  1. Jason Golod Says:
    March 1st, 2006 at 12:44 pm

    is that a line rated at 6Mb or your speeds can be up to 6Mb? I am paying speakeasy 110/mo for a 6Mb/768kb line right now. Where do I peep that deal?

  2. Shawn Says:
    March 1st, 2006 at 12:54 pm

    It’s the same as Speak Easy’s… up to 6Mbit (I think 3Mbit guaranteed). But I’m close enough to the CO that I’m actually getting about 6.3Mbit.

  3. Colleen Says:
    March 2nd, 2006 at 11:32 am

    Why didn’t they automatically give you the lower price? Dumbasses.

  4. Elaine T. Says:
    June 4th, 2006 at 8:25 pm

    There alot more deals out there. Things get cheaper as they get older , exception is me, of course.
    Never, never, buy things when it’s the latest whatever, and that goes for anything.
    When the x-boxes were new, my friend had bought it for $500. Now you can get a wii for about $300, and that’s way more high tech. This is in a span of approximately 6 years , I guess. Same thing with dvd players, initially $350, now they go for under $100.
    And the best part about it is when you get it cheaper, it’s usually updated 10 times over, too.

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