Re:Apple Built A SIM Card That Lets You Switch Between AT&T,...
by tfinniga on Friday October 17, 2014 @05:21AM
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This reminds me of a comment from cockeyed.com's article about the price of an XBox One from the rent-to-own shop Aaron's [1]. The concept is the same, large payment up front is much cheaper than renting, if you can do it.
> $2,082 for a game console? Have you lost your mind?
> This is a ridiculous retail proposition. What fool would sign up for this?
> Not me, but I couldn't help noticing that Aaron's Xbox price ($79/month for 24 months) is the exact price and duration of my AT&T wireless contract which I signed to take delivery of my fancy new Galaxy Note smartphone.
> $2,082 for a game console? Have you lost your mind?
> This is a ridiculous retail proposition. What fool would sign up for this?
> Not me, but I couldn't help noticing that Aaron's Xbox price ($79/month for 24 months) is the exact price and duration of my AT&T wireless contract which I signed to take delivery of my fancy new Galaxy Note smartphone.
> This is embarrassing.
[1] http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/aarons_and_rentacenter/ps4_x...