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"On the other hand, I do think it was pretty awesome of Sprint to offer SERO folks the option to get an Evo or Epic. The could have easily NOT offered us this route."

but this is my issue. I ALWAYS had the option to go with something like the evo or epic or 8530 or pixie. Sprint CHANGED the rules took that option away and then came up with this "fee" to get it back.

they are offering nothing. they took it away and then said here you can have it back for a price.

thats unethical. (not the 4G fee the $10 upgrade fee)

and the idea of voting with my dollar is a strawman argument since you KNOW the conditions involved here.

Let me clarify a few parts of your reply to the way I see them

"I do think that the first EXTRA initial $10 fee that Sprint is doing for Sero Premium is a good value for SERO folks. With $30 + $10 you get a crazy amount of service options."

they are adding nothing of any real value to the typical SERO user and the features they add are worthless largely for the phones you would PAY the fee to get.

"They are going to add Navi (for folks like me with older SEROs that dont have NAVI),"

Woopee? the phones that need the $10 fee have far superior FREE alternatives to Sprint Navi even the PAY navi options are cheaper than sprint after 6-10 months.

BIS,

Woopee? worthless UNLESS you bet a BB and its probably ONE TIME. ie I bet if you pay the $10 and do not get a BB then you can never GET BB from then on (could be wrong) but even still its largely not that important to me and likely not important to most SERO users since ALL you get with BIS is Push Mail and access to app world. anything else you can still do without BIS

Sprint TV,

again woopee my orb server is a billion times better

" and the ability to add WebOS, Android, and Blackberry phones to our plans."

They are NOT giving you the ability to add webos android or blackberry phones to our plan. YOU ALWAYS had that ability until they REMOVED IT and now offer it back for a price.

"The other nice thing is that this fee is 100% OPTIONAL!!! No one is forcing you to take the option."

This is the part people do not understand. its NOT optional. its effectively compulsory. inevitably if they continue this trend YOU WILL be forced to make the choice of cancel or pay the fee. Eventually you won't be able to find an equivalent phone that does what you need that will "work" with your account.

you ARE being forced just not being forced "TODAY" but you will be forced.

try finding a nice sample of a decent smart phone from 5 years ago. any idea how hard it is to find good working PPC6700's ?


AGAIN what upsets me is NOT sprints actions. they are for the most part expected and I know how to handle sprint just fine.

what aggravates me is the inability or unwillingness of some on this forum (who I would assume are ABOVE AVERAGE in knowledge to begin with for the fact that they are even HERE) to understand and to even DEFEND these actions.