Re: Termination fees illegal?

XS11E wrote:
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/99655

This is an example of cry-baby consumers shooting themselves in the foot.
While I'm not a fan of Big Business, I understand that early termination
fees are necessary in order to allow carriers to give away the phones at
highly discounted prices. They intend to make the money back over the life
of the contract. That should seem obvious. It is, after all, the goal of
business to make a profit.

So, what will happen next? Carriers will have to find other ways to lock
people into contracts or they'll have to charge full price for the phones.
How happy will those morons who participated in that self-centered class
action suit, who probably received pennies on their dollar anyway, be when
that happens? I'm sure they'll find another reason to whine then. Some
people just don't get that a deal (ie. a contract) is a 2-way street.

I don't know California law (as a matter of fact, I don't know law at all!),
but I am personally surprised that there would be anything illegal in any
state in these promotional contracts. The intent of the early-term fee is
clear and is always stated clearly to the consumer.


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