[Blindtlk] Making very little progress Re: Urgent Request! Please Help!

[Cindy Handel]

Steve,

Thanks for saying this.  I worked for consumer protection agencies for 28 
years.  So, I can tell you that bait and switch is a very specific thing, 
and not always easy to prove.  But, in this discussion, I haven't seen 
anything to indicate bait and switch.

Eric is upset for his friend.  But, he can't do anything for her, regarding 
her agreement with her phone company.  So, it might be a good idea to 
discontinue the thread, since it's just inflaming the issue with some on the 
list, and we can't even offer sound advice without knowing what's really 
happening, firsthand.  As I said, my sister has this phone company and we 
can call Newsline's toll free number from her house.

So, I think something else is going on, here, but I don't know what it is.

Cindy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Making very little progress Re: Urgent Request! 
Please Help!


Bait and switch is a phrase used to describe the practice of a company 
offering you a good deal on a product or service
with the intention of really selling you something else that is more to 
their advantage.  I'm not sure how some thing it
applies here, and frankly, people need to be careful about making such 
accusations on a public list without having all
the facts.  I agree with Cindy Handel, that this needs to be investigated by 
someone who can talk to this woman in
person and be certain of the facts.  Such phrases as "Won't let her" don't 
really give us enough information as to what
really happened.  It might also be necessary to know exactly what she signed 
and not what is on their web site.

On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:10:36 -0400, Cindy Handel wrote:

>What are you guys talking about, Bait and Switch?
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "clinton waterbury" <clinton.waterbury at gmail.com>
>To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:23 PM
>Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Making very little progress Re: Urgent Request!
>Please Help!


>O wow...  that stinks!  comcast is like the only cable company here in
>the state of Utah, but not with the bate and switch.

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