On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:21:34 -0400, Warp wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:28:48 -0700, Darren New wrote:
>> > http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13755
> 
>   Scam or safety mesure? Who knows?

The truth probably falls somewhere in the middle.

>> The scam part of it is that the cell phone companies want you to
>> "upgrade" a perfectly serviceable phone if the battery gets wet.
> 
>   Scam or incompetence? Or maybe opportunistic behavior (abusing a
> perfectly legit safety measure to earn some buck)?

Again, probably somewhere in the middle, though I'm sure Verizon doesn't 
like having to continue to accept the terms of that old agreement - but 
there wasn't a term on it (ie, a duration it was good for), so they're 
still honoring it even though they don't want to.

Jim

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