Tired of getting ripped off? Who isn’t? But often it can’t be helped – like when you’re signing up for service at the cellphone store.
Despite new laws that allow you to get a refund for stuff you decide to return, the power of the consumer remains notoriously weak here (they still give you a hard time when you try to return items, despite the law). Nowhere is this more evident than at the cellphone store.
It’s not enough to buy a phone, of course; you need a “plan,” too, and the whole setup in these places almost guarantees that you’re going to overpay. You usually have to wait a good long time before one of the salespeople will even see you, and when it’s your turn, they keep you there for a long time, throwing out numbers, scenarios and possibilities – wearing you down until you’re ready to agree to something, anything, just to get out of there.
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