the guy is always on twitter making selfies, or in some corporate event somewhere. where and when does he do actual real work? how does he come up with all this stuff??
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You don't follow John Legere much, do you? He wears the same shirt (or some close variation of it) all the time during all of his public appearances. He probably has a closet full of them.
It's been that way for a while...
Proverbs 22:7
7 The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender
These moves always attract a lot of customers. But the biggest migration won't happen until Tmobiles coverage reaches more areas beyond populated areas. The day Tmobike has competitive coverage will be the day everyone on ATT and Verizon will ask themselves why they are paying more for less.
sure.attribute good financial advice to privilege. and blame financial hardship solely to under-privilege. noone else is to blame.
After paying off $25,000 in unnecessary expenditures, I'd say he's right on.
Amount of available credit on all of my cards: $53,000 (two accounts)
Balance on said credit cards: $0
Interest paid in the last 5 years: $0
What I'm willing to forgo to put anything on them:
A whole lot.
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when that day comes Tmobile will be subject to more fixed costs,as much as the big boys and they would not be able to afford providing more, for less.
the underdog's only attractive when they're the underdog.
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amen
I would switch, but areas where I travel they don't support high speed 3G/4G. Or coverage is really poor. Whereas AT&T has LTE with good signal. They just need to continue network build out to really capture the masses.
Likely coming around the end of this year if they reach their 300M Pops LTE goal. 300M means LTE on the entire existing footprint and extending out into many rural areas where they currently don't have service at all.
Don't know about AT&T but Big Red just posted a substantial loss in Q4 trying to compete with T-Mobile and to a lesser degree, Sprint. They're already feeling pressure.
Incorrect. Many of these problems can be easily remedied no matter how much you earn. If you have credit card debt, for any reason, including events out of your control (which I sympathize with), you cannot afford a smartphone. It is not a necessary purchase. This is not about privileged versus non-priviliged, lucky versus unlucky people. This is about controlling desire. If you do not learn how to control your desires, you will end up in debt and the victim of credit card shenanigans like the people in the example. The fact that the rich and powerful are to blame for much of this doesn't exculpate the average person who sees no problem with financing a smartphone or a vacation he can live without. Regular people are just as greedy as the powerful people who abuse them.
does anyone know Legere's t-mobile email address
After not getting in last September, I was eligible now and am in the process of switching because they'll pay my ETF etc. (I hope. The sales rep was not careful in keying in my information after I went over everything with a fine tooth comb. Several phone calls / hours later nothing has been fixed.)
UPDATE: I found Legere's email address.
After not getting in last September, I was eligible now and am in the process of switching because they'll pay my ETF etc. (I hope. The sales rep was not careful in keying in my information after I went over everything with a fine tooth comb. Several phone calls / hours later nothing has been fixed.)
UPDATE: I found Legere's email address.
But have they even been doing much about building their network out? I periodically look at their coverage maps and it doesn't look like there has been significant improvement. It seems like most of their investments in their network have been adding in LTE where they already have coverage, but not expanding their overall coverage area. I've used T-Mobile before, but the coverage even in the suburbs was horrible. If they made a big expansion of their coverage area I could probably be tempted to switch.
My goodness there are a lot of stupid people who won't even give T-Mobile a try because you think they have bad coverage.
I've had T-Mobile since back when sidekicks were popular and I can tell you hands down that whenever you enter a non covered area, you end up on att's towers and still have coverage. They have had roaming agreements for a long time. And because roaming fees no longer exisit, its a win win.
Now stop your complaining and go save yourself some money by switching. .... Unless you like giving half your paycheck to Verizon just so you can check your facebook every 20 minutes.
I've had T-Mobile since back when sidekicks were popular and I can tell you hands down that whenever you enter a non covered area, you end up on att's towers and still have coverage. They have had roaming agreements for a long time. And because roaming fees no longer exisit, its a win win.
Now stop your complaining and go save yourself some money by switching. .... Unless you like giving half your paycheck to Verizon just so you can check your facebook every 20 minutes.
i wasn't commenting on his advice, i was commenting on this repeated phrase (i guess if you say something enough times it becomes true) that "regular people" are greedy just like the wealthy. While that is certainly one way to put it, i think wanting to have things nice things outside of your basic needs (clothing, shelter, sustenance) isn't greed, and it's reasonable to just say that everyone deserves to be happy and have nice things. That doesn't make people stupid or greedy. It just means they might not have the resources or knowledge to obtain and use credit without making their financial situation more difficult. It's their fault for making poor financial decisions based on their knowledge or lack thereof about credit, yes. But calling them stupid or greedy just shows a lack of empathy or understanding.
I wish I can like T-Mobile at the moment.
After 4 calls and 36+ hours, they can't get my number ported. They must have hired many idiot working for them at the moment.
After 4 calls and 36+ hours, they can't get my number ported. They must have hired many idiot working for them at the moment.
you can have all the empathy you want, but if the numbers don't add up, they wont add up, empathy and understanding or not.
can we get this off the front page
i hate seeing that guy's mug every time i check macrumors today.
i hate seeing that guy's mug every time i check macrumors today.
I've highlighted the things that I disagree with you on.
If a person makes a lot of money, that doesn't mean they are greedy. If they demand something from someone else unearned, whether they are affluent or poor, they are.
People deserve what they are willing to pay for, whether it is cash, or the price + a 21%APR. Those that prefer the credit option are slave to the person that lends them money, and that has been documented for at least the last 3000 years in the book of Proverbs (see earlier post). Whether or not you agree with the Torah or Bible is immaterial. I am just pointing out that it is documented, and the age of the book is at least 2500-3000 years.
Lastly, pointing out that people wanting things outside basic sustenance is human nature. Working for, and earning the money by doing things that others find profitable is the least costly way to do it. Borrowing money, and as the original poster put, getting $7000 into debt is a rather greedy way of doing it, and they pay the price, literally and figuratively.
Every company already does this. You may have to pay a deposit for Verizon and AT&T when you first sign up, but after that, they only care if you pay your bill on time. Am I missing something?
you quoted me as saying that the wealthy are greedy by highlighting only the part of my quote where those words appeared and not the context in which i said them. i didn't actually say that the wealthy are greedy, tod did and I paraphrased.
i also believe your perspective is very black & white, where reality is not as simple. i think the best thing to do is to educate people on best financial practices rather than blame them for getting there in the first place. that was mostly my point. but honestly, this is the internet and there are probably millions or more people who share the same perspective as you and i don't have the energy to combat that. thanks for your perspective though and for giving me thoughts to contemplate.
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While this little perk does not affect me I love what they are doing and hope in a year or 2 they are on the top!