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   Hello Jay Harris!   
      
   ** On Saturday 27.11.21 - 00:46, Jay Harris wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    JH> On 26 Nov 2021, August Abolins said the following...   
      
    AA>> Their site states:   
    AA>>   
    AA>> "Save $50 connection fee when you shop online"   
    AA>> But then, they state on the same page:   
    AA>> "$0 connection fee when you order online!"   
      
    JH> Just a different way of saying:   
      
    JH> Activate in-store or over the phone and pay a $50 activation/connection   
    JH> fee. Do it yourself online and save $50.   
      
   But BOTH lines say "online".   
      
   $50 = "shop online"   
   $0 = "order online"   
      
   Where do you get "instore" from that?   
      
      
    JH> I've never understood the concept of an activation fee.   
    JH> It just discourages people from signing up.  Want the   
    JH> privileged of being our customer and paying us a monthly   
    JH> bill?  That'll be $50.   
      
   Agreed. That's the first thing that resonates in my soul when I     
   notice an activation fee - it just makes me shudder and look     
   away.   
      
      
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