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Cingular Offers Blackberry Outage Rebates

drewheyman — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:24:10 EDT

Why is it you feel they owe you anything? I don't remember seeing anything that said anything to the effect of "Your service will work 100% of the time, guaranteed."
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actually, they more or less do say this. all carriers do. if you experience dropped calls or other in-call trouble, you can always call in and get a credit.

they don't say it will work in 100% of places, but where it does work, they expect it to work more or less 100% of the time.

drewheyman

Cingular Offers Blackberry Outage Rebates

-------------------------G — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 04:46:59 EDT

wow, this give a new meaning to the ridiculous word.

I'd rather stick with my Nokia e61 connected to my own imap server to get real-time email, if something fails at least i can blame myself.

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Cingular Offers Blackberry Outage Rebates

gofastmini2005 — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 03:24:17 EDT

blitz-

no, they didn't. RIM's service failed, not Cingular's. Please get your facts straight.

Doc-

You agreed to the early termination fee when you bought your discounted phone, and you know it's not prorated if you break the contract early.

gofastmini2005

Cingular Offers Blackberry Outage Rebates

Kittenparade — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:41:53 EDT

Great movie quote blitzcat.

Kittenparade

Cingular Offers Blackberry Outage Rebates

smackswell — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:41:19 EDT

http://www.killerclips.com/clip.php?id=71&qid=626

smackswell

Cingular Offers Blackberry Outage Rebates

blitzcat — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:26:27 EDT

Why is the rebate even optional? Cingular contracted to provide x amount of service for Y amount of money. They broke the agreement, so they get less money.

GIMME MY $2.00!!!!

blitzcat

Cingular Offers Blackberry Outage Rebates

eyori — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:45:52 EDT

off topic juss a reminder for those who didnt know but starting next month cingular is rolling out unlimited data plans starting at 19.99 for media net and 24.99 for mdeia net and m2m mesaging ~radioshack employee~

eyori

Cingular Offers Blackberry Outage Rebates

LABurns — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:33:06 EDT

Why is it you feel they owe you anything? I don't remember seeing anything that said anything to the effect of "Your service will work 100% of the time, guaranteed."

Personally I enjoyed the vacation from my Crackberry, and when I realized it wasn't working I went to work, got on my computer, and got on with my day.

LABurns

Cingular Offers Blackberry Outage Rebates

WhatsUpDoc — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 21:59:31 EDT

gofastmini2005: I'd agree with you IF the companies charged you a simple "prorated amount" when you break your end of the contract by canceling your plan or going over in minutes / data usage.

The fact is they tear us apart and people who were affected by this deserve more than $2.50.

With that being said, Verizon once gave me a $10.00 credit for staying on the phone with them for two hours to solve a problem that ended being their fault, so the phone companies have been fair on occasion.

WhatsUpDoc

Cingular Offers Blackberry Outage Rebates

gofastmini2005 — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 21:32:40 EDT

The prorated amount for the downtime (12 hours or so) seems appropriate. What, should everyone get a free month of blackberry service?

The cheapness of these threads never ends it seems.

gofastmini2005

Cingular Offers Blackberry Outage Rebates

jifjif — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 21:25:04 EDT

Man, I must be talking to the wrong notarizing places (local stores that I yellow paged).

And sorry to change topic :p

jifjif

Cingular Offers Blackberry Outage Rebates

DepDawg — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 21:11:28 EDT

BTN

DepDawg

Cingular Offers Blackberry Outage Rebates

liquidsoapdispenser — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 21:06:13 EDT

"Won a $25 on online game from Citibank"
Now major banks have online games with cash prizes???

"Print out the winning page and get it notarized"
Proving you... are the person you say you are???

"Pay $65 to get it notarized"
Don't you mean $6.50???

I know this topic is supposed to be on the Crackberry outage rebate, but what the hell is going on with this post?

liquidsoapdispenser

Cingular Offers Blackberry Outage Rebates

92BuickLeSabre — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 21:00:00 EDT

jifjif, where do you live that they charge $65.00 to get something notarized???

92BuickLeSabre

Cingular Offers Blackberry Outage Rebates

warkrismagic — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:58:11 EDT

Pay $65 to get it notarized? Should be able to get it done real cheap and or free at your town library.

warkrismagic

Cingular Offers Blackberry Outage Rebates

jifjif — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:51:22 EDT

I won a $25 on online game from Citibank. But the catch is that you have to print out the winning page and get it notarized. So, pay $65 to get it notarized to win $25. O and they will say they will mail the check after about 12-16 weeks.

This $2.50 seem much better.

jifjif

Cingular Offers Blackberry Outage Rebates

sotark — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:50:13 EDT

wtf? do they think everyone's that stupid? I'm sure a lot of Blackberry and other companies will switch to Windows Mobile now!

sotark

Cingular Offers Blackberry Outage Rebates

aquaosx — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:47:15 EDT

What? They credit my account? I thought for sure they'd mail me a Visa gift card with a $2.50 limit.

aquaosx

Cingular Offers Blackberry Outage Rebates

Liam — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:42:40 EDT

civilization almost ended and all they can offer is a $2.50 refund.. wow... all we need to do is wait for the lawsuits to start

Liam