LMAO! 
I'm only 25, but technology moves fast!
@SD08 wrote:
@More_Chaos wrote:
@mimmo wrote:
There are a couple benefits from this:
1) we can sell our spare sims for $9 instead of 5$
2) No need to have spare sims on hand for emergencies
Now who's trying to gouge people?
Actually, that would be offering the buyer a savings of $1, since they can no longer get it from PM (or Walmart) for less than $10+tax. An example of gouging would be someone charging $50 for a $5 SIM during the $40 4GB promo last fall. I recall seeing that as an actual asking price.
Actually, I'm inferencing the fact that the original SIMs were probably bought at the price of $5, and have now been inflated to $9 (cheaper than Wal-Mart prices, but still making $4 off each one - gouging) 
@More_Chaos wrote:
@mimmo wrote:
There are a couple benefits from this:
1) we can sell our spare sims for $9 instead of 5$
2) No need to have spare sims on hand for emergencies
Actually, that would be offering the buyer a savings of $1, since they can no longer get it from PM (or Walmart) for less than $10+tax. An example of gouging would be someone charging $50 for a $5 SIM during the $40 4GB promo last fall. I recall seeing that as an actual asking price.
@jshmeek wrote:
If my billing date on a 90 day plan is tomorrow, and I pay it, I have service for 90 days. If a week or two into that period a limited time offer comes up on another carrier and I port my number, I obviously lose the remainder of my service, unlike postpaid it isn't prorated.
I see. But it's the same if you're coming from another company because if you're under a pay-as-you go, you'll have already paid $x, if you're on a contract, you'll have paid $x that's pro-rated sure, but if you're cancelling a week after you've signed a new contract, I'm sure there's gotta be some sort of cancellation fee. And let's not forget the activation fee as well. Or if you're that hung up about it, get a new number for the remainder of your PM cycle and port your number towards the end of your cycle.
It all boils down to how badly you want the new promo, and how much you want to leave your current plan. I hated Rogers enough that I was willing to pay a significant cancellation fee + device balance to move over to Fido (pre-buyout - I was VERY disappointed when Fido was bought out 
) on my measly student budget.
@canucks4life wrote:So much for the good ol days...Free-->$5-->$10 darn inflation
Given the short amount of time that happened over, it's a lot more than inflation!
