Here is a warning to everyone that is thinking about upgrading to a new Verizon phone via the Verizon EDGE plan.Though they say it in very plain English: BEWARE- You will be paying the full market price on your new phone!
This little bit of knowledge probably won't be reflected on your new bill { With The Edge plan,your cellphone bill will probably remain virtually unchanged } ,but the danger in this new Verizon plan is in the fact that if this new phone is either lost or stolen,you will still owe Verizon the overly expensive full market price of the phone.
In the case of the new I~Phone 5s 32gb this means you could owe nearly $700.00 to Verizon for a phone you no longer possess.Insurance ( $8.50-$10.00 a month ),involves a third party,plus a $200.00 replacement flee to get a ( refurbished?) replacement,but,remember this : The original phone still had to be paid for.
This is quite different from the the cellphone company's old two year plan where you could buy the exact same phone for as little as $100.00!
BEWARE: Being out a hundred bucks for a lost or stolen phone is quite different than owing Verizon nearly 700 big ones for the exact same phone.
My wife,Robyn and I found this out the hard way when Robyn's less than two month old I~Phone was taken from her possession at Steward Lake.
In my dealing with the many very friendly and overly professional Verizon personnel ( 7 different associates during 5 hours and two days of wheeling and dealing ),the one thing that none of them could change is the fact that the full payment of the phone was a rightfully non~negotiated item.
Other items of debate,whether I could put another phone on the lost phone's line,whether the phone's number could still be used,or if the line was cancelled or suspended,or what kind of suspension were argued virtuously by all the parties involved.In fact,under the Edge plan,there was even discussion whether there was or wasn't a monthly/yearly contract.
I strongly suggest asking about these talking points before you join this plan.
I am not saying the Verizon's Edge plan is a bad plan.I am sure in most cases it is a fair and valuable plan,good for all the parties involved.
As of today,our issues are not totally resolved,but Verizon is working hard with me to make this as right as possible.
Just BEWARE : Under the Edge plan the new phone is not discounted.You are paying for it at full price.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Saturday, July 05, 2014
G.O.P.Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Obama
A Hippocratic Party News Release:The transcript of the Rev.Ernest T. Andy's 2014 Independence Day sermon:
Friends,
I am here today to ask you just what is freedom?What was soo self-evident in our founding fathers' minds that they actually believed that all:ALL-men are created equal?
What does created equal even mean?Just whom are 'endowed' by their creator with certain unalienable Rights,that among these are Life,Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness'?What did they mean when they wrote 'that to secure these rights,Governments are instituted among Men,deriving their powers from the consent of the governed?'
What exactly did our founding fathers then mean when they declared their right to be free of their oppressors?
Friends,
Pursue Life?Pursue Liberty?Pursue happiness?
Was this meant just for a certain segment of our society?Surely that didn't mean the slave?Surely they didn't mean women?
But 'NOW' it is even taken to mean that corporations have souls.
That corporations have religious rights.
I don't know how many of you have heard or have seen the movie,The Terminator,but,
Friends,
Friends,
If corporations have equal rights,then it is self evident,I say self evident,than so should the homeless ex marine,the welfare mother popping out children for extra cash,and so should the under employed father of two just trying to get his children medical care or eye glasses.
On the one hand,the modern patriot declares that he or she is a great lover of our Declaration of Independence.These lovers of America shout steadfastness for our Constitution.They demand respect for these documents as unwavering as our American flag.
But,on the other hand,these self same patriots,these self proclaimed flag waving Americans say that the federal government is to the point of destruction,the point where too many of our children mooch off the teet of the too expansive corrupt politicians.
That this government that is supposed to be led by the ideals of the consent of the governed has lost it's way and needs to be torn down completely.
Friends,
These wise patriots complain about the welfare mother popping out baby after baby just so she can have her Internet connected cellphone,her 72 inch Tv screen and her lobster in every pot.Then.these patriots want to deny her health care choices,banning her not only planned parenthood,but also medical options for forced or unplanned parenthood as well.
Friends,
These self righteous freedom loving,flag loving,Constitution loving Americans believe that the new immigrants,the just declared legally human corporations have more rights than most other born and raised truly human Americans.Lets give these resident aliens among us free land.Lets not have these giant corporations pay their fair share in taxes.Let's give them tax and breaks,so that they won't leave our land.Lets give them land.Let them pay so low of wages that our sweet God loving government will feed and take care of the rest of these human corporations' labor force.
Friends,
Then they,of course they,complain of the mooching lazy good for nothing citizens that are willing,or not so willing to take these jobs.
Friends,
I am telling you,that they know that if this sleeping American giant ever woke up to the fact that there is still one man-one vote,that the power is already installed into our system,a power so strong that it could wipe this corruption clean like a giant tidal wave from our shores,and they are ready and willing doing something about it.
Our foes,are already putting into place the weapons specifically designed to find the chinks in the armor of this democratic giving of consent.Patriots-with evil intent-are gerrymandering our congressional districts to the point where our voices will not longer be heard.
Friends,
These pseudoscience semi-Christian,anti~liberty American patriots are carefully wiping away the right to Life,Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness for millions of Americans.They pat us on the back with platitudes,make us chase the carrot on the stick ,'If you work hard enough,you will achieve,American dream',only to change to rules to make everything work against you.
And,friends,
They are telling us it is too late to stop them.
But,my friends,
We,too,have a secret weapon hiding in plan sight.We,especially now,have the power to turn America.We have the power to reject these ideals of false America.
Friends
We have prayer.
These Americans tricked into hatred,bigotry,but especially greed need to be prayed for.
These players thirst and unquenchable thirst.They thirst the thirst for more,More power.More riches.More fame.They keep drinking of these abominations;they taste sweet going down.But they constantly have the need to drink again.
Friends,
We know the answer to this riddle.Let those that thirst drink of the Lord.Drink of Jesus and you will never go thirsty,again.
My,friends,
This is why we must constantly pray.We must constantly pray for the conversion of those that thirst.We must pray for the rich.We must pray for those that are are enemies.Pray not for their damnation,but rather that they join us in the light.
Friends,
We must be like our lost brothers.We must be greedy for justice. We must keep thirsty in our need for love.We must pray not just for ourselves.Because that is too easy.We must pray for those of us whom are lost.We must pray the talk.We must pray the walk.
For,friends,
Non of us can be truly free as Americans until we all are free.God bless America.Pray.
Amen and hallelujah.
Friends,
I am here today to ask you just what is freedom?What was soo self-evident in our founding fathers' minds that they actually believed that all:ALL-men are created equal?
What does created equal even mean?Just whom are 'endowed' by their creator with certain unalienable Rights,that among these are Life,Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness'?What did they mean when they wrote 'that to secure these rights,Governments are instituted among Men,deriving their powers from the consent of the governed?'
What exactly did our founding fathers then mean when they declared their right to be free of their oppressors?
Friends,
Pursue Life?Pursue Liberty?Pursue happiness?
Was this meant just for a certain segment of our society?Surely that didn't mean the slave?Surely they didn't mean women?
But 'NOW' it is even taken to mean that corporations have souls.
That corporations have religious rights.
I don't know how many of you have heard or have seen the movie,The Terminator,but,
Friends,
Friends,
If corporations have equal rights,then it is self evident,I say self evident,than so should the homeless ex marine,the welfare mother popping out children for extra cash,and so should the under employed father of two just trying to get his children medical care or eye glasses.
On the one hand,the modern patriot declares that he or she is a great lover of our Declaration of Independence.These lovers of America shout steadfastness for our Constitution.They demand respect for these documents as unwavering as our American flag.
But,on the other hand,these self same patriots,these self proclaimed flag waving Americans say that the federal government is to the point of destruction,the point where too many of our children mooch off the teet of the too expansive corrupt politicians.
That this government that is supposed to be led by the ideals of the consent of the governed has lost it's way and needs to be torn down completely.
Friends,
These wise patriots complain about the welfare mother popping out baby after baby just so she can have her Internet connected cellphone,her 72 inch Tv screen and her lobster in every pot.Then.these patriots want to deny her health care choices,banning her not only planned parenthood,but also medical options for forced or unplanned parenthood as well.
Friends,
These self righteous freedom loving,flag loving,Constitution loving Americans believe that the new immigrants,the just declared legally human corporations have more rights than most other born and raised truly human Americans.Lets give these resident aliens among us free land.Lets not have these giant corporations pay their fair share in taxes.Let's give them tax and breaks,so that they won't leave our land.Lets give them land.Let them pay so low of wages that our sweet God loving government will feed and take care of the rest of these human corporations' labor force.
Friends,
Then they,of course they,complain of the mooching lazy good for nothing citizens that are willing,or not so willing to take these jobs.
Friends,
I am telling you,that they know that if this sleeping American giant ever woke up to the fact that there is still one man-one vote,that the power is already installed into our system,a power so strong that it could wipe this corruption clean like a giant tidal wave from our shores,and they are ready and willing doing something about it.
Our foes,are already putting into place the weapons specifically designed to find the chinks in the armor of this democratic giving of consent.Patriots-with evil intent-are gerrymandering our congressional districts to the point where our voices will not longer be heard.
Friends,
These pseudoscience semi-Christian,anti~liberty American patriots are carefully wiping away the right to Life,Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness for millions of Americans.They pat us on the back with platitudes,make us chase the carrot on the stick ,'If you work hard enough,you will achieve,American dream',only to change to rules to make everything work against you.
And,friends,
They are telling us it is too late to stop them.
But,my friends,
We,too,have a secret weapon hiding in plan sight.We,especially now,have the power to turn America.We have the power to reject these ideals of false America.
Friends
We have prayer.
These Americans tricked into hatred,bigotry,but especially greed need to be prayed for.
These players thirst and unquenchable thirst.They thirst the thirst for more,More power.More riches.More fame.They keep drinking of these abominations;they taste sweet going down.But they constantly have the need to drink again.
Friends,
We know the answer to this riddle.Let those that thirst drink of the Lord.Drink of Jesus and you will never go thirsty,again.
My,friends,
This is why we must constantly pray.We must constantly pray for the conversion of those that thirst.We must pray for the rich.We must pray for those that are are enemies.Pray not for their damnation,but rather that they join us in the light.
Friends,
We must be like our lost brothers.We must be greedy for justice. We must keep thirsty in our need for love.We must pray not just for ourselves.Because that is too easy.We must pray for those of us whom are lost.We must pray the talk.We must pray the walk.
For,friends,
Non of us can be truly free as Americans until we all are free.God bless America.Pray.
Amen and hallelujah.
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