True.  I didn't think about that.  I guess I was being a bit presumptuous.

James

----- Original Message -----
From: "Seth Dimbert" <s.dimbert@fhmr.com>
Subject: RE: Free Sprint PCS phone (Not Spam)

> James,
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> Don't you think it's presumptuous of you to assume that we thought the
offer
> was an error?
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> Cell Phone companies give phones away for free all the time, with service
> activation. This was a sprint-branded cell phone; might it not have been
> possible that this was simply similar "Free Phone" offer, since the
> instrument itself is useless without a hefty monthly fee?
>
> I don't mean to "judge or sound rude" either, BTW.
>
> -SD
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net
> [mailto:owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of
> email2jamez@covad.net
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 2:55 PM
> To: KcLUG
> Subject: Re: Free Sprint PCS phone (Not Spam)
>
>
> Personally, I'm glad that Amazon.com didn't honor these orders.  While you
> guys were busy trying to take advantage of a system error, did you ever
stop
> to consider how much money it would actually cost them to send you the
stuff
> if they ended up having to honor the orders?  Amazon.com has been in the
Red
> for years now, and it's only because a few companies have enough faith to
> give them backing that they are able to continue operating.  If they ended
> up having to honor the orders, they very well could have gone out of
> business.  And you would've had yourselves to thank in part for that.  I'm
> not trying to judge or sound rude, but it's something I'd think about.
>
> James
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "B. Liggett" <brad@liggett.org>
> Subject: Re: Free Sprint PCS phone (Not Spam)
>
>
> > A co-worker and I each ordered one the other day.  Mysteriously last
night
> > we noticed on the site that our orders had been cancelled.  We did not
> > receive e-mails from Amazon stating that our orders would be cancelled.
> > Guess it was too good to be true...
> >
> > Brad
> >
> >
> > > Has anyone that ordered one of these been contacted yet that it was a
> > > mistake and that you will be charged the $499.00 (before REBATES)
price?
> > >  Guess paranoia is getting the best of me!!
> > > I did a bit of digging into the shipping charges issue and found that
it
> > > was for orders of $25 or more.  since this item SHOULD have been over
> > > $25 it was listed with the free shipping notice but when the TOTAL
came
> > > up as $0.00 i guess that didn't exceed the $25.00 threshold!! Oh well
> > > $10.00 shipping on $1000.00 worth of phones isnt really that bad of a
> > deal!!
> > >
> > > just wondering if any one has heard otherwise yet?
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