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Cingular customers, get out of contract penalty free

December 19, 2006 by in Geeky with 4 Comments

The Consumerist reports: Break your Cingular Contract without a fee, thanks 2 Txt Msg $ Raise. I love seeing these little loopholes for customers to get out of contract without a slap on the wrists.

Gimlet-eyed Cingular customers may have noticed the cellphone provider changing its text message rates from $.10 to $.15 and realize they can use that to escape contract without early termination fee.

Verizon and Sprint raised their text message rates earlier this year and customers were able to escape. Cingular seems to have learned from the other company’s “mistakes” and has drilled its reps to tow a tougher line.

Any Cingular customers contemplating whether or not they want to continue shelling out money for service? Current subscribers have until January 21, 2007 to decide whether Cingular remains their wireless carrier.


  • http://bradeshbach.com brad eshbach

    if ou pay our bill anytime after the 21st of this month you automatically accept the new terms and cant cancel.

    you also cant cancel if you already have any kind of txt package. this only applies to pay per use people.

  • JM

    I don’t know why everybody is acting like this is some weird special one time loophole mistake that the wireless companies are making. Its a pretty simple breach of contract. When you enter into a contract and then one party changes the terms of the contract it nullifies the original contract. You then have the option to continue as-is which is technically acceptance of the new contract, or terminate the original and walk. This is how you avoid situations where your landlord changes your lease to say “I can now have sex with your wife” the day after you sign it.

    Its pretty standard contract law. And for what its worth, I think its basically not legal for an entity to include language in the contract that nullifies that basic right, so it really doesn’t matter that Cingular says “If we change the price, you can walk away”. That right was never their’s to begin with.

    http://law.freeadvice.com/general_practice/contract_law/defenses_contracts.htm

  • David

    Ordinarily, a contract isn’t nulified when one party decides to change his or her mind. Absent provisions to the contrary, the original contract is still in force and the breaching party may owe damages. Unfortunately, there is lots of wiggle room in the tiny grey print on the back of the contract you sign when you get a cell phone. This is typically what lets the carrier implement a rate change that you accept by paying the next month’s bill.

  • al

    hello, I’m very interested in breaking my contract, but an confused as to if i am eligible.
    I just paid my bill a few days ago (today being the 28th). Have i missed my chance?

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