When can/will Sprint unilaterally change your rate plan?

[nerys]

Sprint tried to charge me more for having a "spending limit" even though THEY are the ones who set that up. not me. My spending limit was $1200. I told them no cancel service I won't pay more. She said but where will you go its still cheaper than anyone else. I told her I will go nowhere. I will do without a phone before I pay $1 more than I am paying now for the same level of service I am paying for now. I said my phone is a luxury not a necessity. I don't HAVE to have one. its what I am willing to pay or nothing for sprint. Either or no middle ground. They caved on the fee and removed the spending limit crap and no fee.

I am not delusional to think they will cave again. at some point the same ultimatum will come down and I will do without phone service all together.

For me my "maximum" is $42 (got pick 3) $43 is too much. I do not recognize or accept increases in cost "just because"

When I can not get my current plan capacity for $42 or less I will simply do without.

I am confident this practice of forcing people to pay more for new hardware will be outlawed. its immoral and should not be legal.

if the end user 100% purchases the hardware (IE no upgrade straight ESN swap) the carrier should have no legal say in the matter.

Hopefully that will happen before I run out of TP2's If not. I do without. No big deal.

I am working on a Boost shrinkage plane. in 14 months it will be $35 a month. if sprint dumps me maybe that will last a little longer.

For now I let another family member borrow the boost phone (TP2) and they pay the plan.

People need to re-learn that WE set the terms not the providers not the government. Their existence is a privilege not a right and they are using OUR tax dollars and OUR electromagnetic spectrum space and they want OUR MONEY. so its OUR TERMS or the highway.

Once that happens this kind of stuff will stop happening.

[bimota]

After being with sprint for ten years I think they will upgrade our plans eventually, I had a few upgrades over the past years. Sprint tv use to be something you pay for also roaming was not included in my plan, and couple other things I can't recall right now.

[nerys]

as long as they don't reduce what I can do and do not charge me so much as $1 more They can do whatever they want.

NOW if they want me to pay a LITTLE more (say $5 maybe $10) and offer me something TANGIBLY GREATER (no 4g is useless to me) than what I had now? MAYBE

but I have been with sprint pushing close to 15-16 years. I have paid sprint in excess of $9000 in that 15 years just for my account alone and I have 2 other people on my account and I brought them AT MINIMUM 5 or 6 other long term subscribers.

I do not see $42 to $69 as a $27 increase. I see it as a $5000 increase over the next 15 years and no phone available today is "worth" $5000 MORE to me.

I don't need unlimited minutes and with pick 3 and 7-7N&W I effectively HAVE unlimited minutes.

I don't need TV I stream my own video collection in its entirety if I want I don't need navigation I have garmin on my phone.

I don't need 4g I don't get it where I typically would want it anyway and I have a a $25 a month Clear hotspot.

IE they want some $30 more a month for nothing I need or want.

[Tinkerbell]

Sounds reasonable!

[jimt29]

From my experience the HTC Touch Pro 2 is the last phone that DIDN"T require an increase.

But according to the Sprint website even that has changed. I got the Touch Pro 2 because I figured my HTC Touch was getting a bit old in the tooth and I should have the latest phone available without any rate increase.

I also have been with Sprint for 15-16 years and I pay $30.00 a month and I could just as easily live with a pay as you go plan if Sprint makes an across the board rate increase for us "old timers".

I tried to get an Android phone but my plan would have jumped to $69.95. Period.

I kept escalating my complaint until I just gave up and got the TP2.

[jkj]

How long until the TP2s are no longer available? I really don't see them forcing you to change plans if insurance doesn't offer the TP2 any longer.