William tried without success to cancel his Cingular contract without early termination fee based on the info in “Script For Escaping Cingular Contracts Without Fee, Based On New Arbitration Clause.”
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Cingular Denies Contract Termination Without Penalty Request Based On Supposed Difference Between The Words "Revised" And "Modified"
By 1.28.07
UPDATE: Sprint Will Cancel Dead Brother’s Cellphone
By 1.26.07
A Sprint PR rep contacted us regarding our post, “Sprint Refuses To Cancel Dead Brother’s Cellphone” and it seems they want to help.
Cancel Cingular By Buying A Phone And Returning It???
By 1.25.07
This is either this is an isolated incident or a reader Josh tells us a new cool way to get your Cingular service canceled: buy a new phone and return it.
Kitten-Filled YouTube Mocks T-Mobile’s $629 Foot-Dragging
By 1.25.07
So obviously Graham’s next logical step was to make a nearly incomprehensible youtube cartoon with kittens, a hiphop sock puppet, and a sad and misunderstood megacorp glob.
VIDEO: AT&T Tech Steals Customer’s Oranges
By 1.24.07
Brian spotted an AT&T tech “fixing” something in his back alley for the past three days. Turns out, the tech was fixing himself lunch, using his truck’s ladder to steal oranges from a customer’s tree.
Sprint Refuses To Cancel Dead Brother’s Cellphone
By 1.18.07
Sprint refuses to cancel the cellphone service of a reader’s dead brother. The most they’ll “bend” for reader M is to “put the account on vacation,” at $5.95 a month.
AT&T Will Sell $20 “Naked” DSL
By 1.16.07
In the coming months AT&T will sell stand-alone, or “naked,” DSL service for $19.95. Currently, AT&T charges $45 for broadband if you don’t purchase any other bundled services. If you purchase DSL and phone from AT&T, it’s only $28, a deliberate attempt to preserve their phone business and limit consumer choice.
Cingular Arbitration Escape Script Addendum
By 1.12.07
After attempting to use the, “Script For Escaping Cingular Contracts Without Fee, Based On New Arbitration Clause,” some readers reported failure, but we’ve got a possible solution.
Free International Phone Calls By Calling Iowa
By 1.12.07
Get free international calls to select countries by calling (712) 858-8094 and then dialing 011 + Country Code + Phone Number.
Script For Escaping Cingular Contracts Without Fee, Based On New Arbitration Clause
By 1.11.07
UPDATE: We added case law to throw back at Cingular if they try to argue the change in arbitration agreement is not a material change.
iPhone Locked To Cingular, But “Bad Guys” Might Unlock It
By 1.11.07
iPhones will be sold locked to Cingular, but it’s possible “bad guys” will unlock them, says
Rumor: iPhone Without Cingular Contract? It’ll Cost Ya
By 1.11.07
Will it be possible to buy the iPhone without a Cingular contract? Cingular said no, but a tipster says yes, and it will be crazy expensive:
Angry Dropped Call Man!
By 1.10.07
Coincidentally enough, we smashed on cellphone yesterday. We were just trying to bang the desk in anger, because we couldn’t think of anything to post about and someone kept IMing us over and over with silly questions. Unfortunately the cellphone was right below our fist and now our screen is cracked. We wonder if the cellphone insurance we purchased covers rage. — BEN POPKEN
Bell Canada Executive Customer Service Contact Info
By 1.10.07
Having trouble getting your Bell Canada customer service problems resolved? Here’s the contact info for some high Bell Canada execs that will jumpstart your quest for executive customer service.
Cingular Declares Your Legal Rights Waived
By 1.9.07
The latest Cingular bill includes a nice fat contract change clause declaring that by remaining a Cingular customer, you’ve waived your right to a trial by jury or participate in a class action lawsuit.
