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T-Mobile Announces Price Increases for Some Older Plans
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I can't speak for all of the major carriers but I cut my Verizon bill in half by going to prepaid. This move also allowed me to use my AmEx for the points and a discount off the bill, with postpay you must use their CC or a debit card.
I think you might be confusing disinflation (prices going up at a slower rate than before) with deflation (prices coming down).
Deflation vs. Disinflation: What's the Difference?
Deflation is a decrease in general price levels, while disinflation is what happens when prices grow at a slower rate than before.
Inflation has come down compared to a year ago but inflation still exists. In this case, T-Mobile is claiming that they haven't raised some plan prices in nearly ten years. Adjusting for inflation, $50 in 2014 would be around $66 today. The $2 to $5 increase is still much less than overall inflation.
I just got the text for this. $5 increase for both our lines (2) which isn't terrible. But I'll definitely be keeping an eye out if At&t or Verizon can offer something better. I've been a loyal T-mobile customer since I first started paying my own cell phone bills but they aren't the company they used to be.
Do you believe a company’s costs never go up? So, the cost of living is going up for everyone, but you don’t think a business’s cost of operating might go up? Not saying it’s for certain with T-Mobile, but this reflexive assumption that everything is “greed” is just simpleminded and childish.
And newer plans too. I ported over last month and just got a text saying the price is going up. Still cheaper than verizon.
Why are corporations blaming “inflation” but Joe Biden is saying inflation is at an all time low. So which is it?
"We're adjusting prices to respond to rising costs, but we are committed to offering low prices and the best value in postpaid wireless."
Try harder.
Since joining T-Mobile they already raised my price by $15 because I won't give the kings of data leaks my checking account information. So once this goes into effect, I'll be paying $25 more than when I started and they told me that they would never raise my rates.
Raising rates on legacy plans is the EXACT reason why I moved from Verizon to T-Mobile.
Try harder.
Since joining T-Mobile they already raised my price by $15 because I won't give the kings of data leaks my checking account information. So once this goes into effect, I'll be paying $25 more than when I started and they told me that they would never raise my rates.
Raising rates on legacy plans is the EXACT reason why I moved from Verizon to T-Mobile.
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I have 3 lines and 2 watches. I just got the text. Looks like my account is going up $19 a month. Looks like they are pushing towards their Go plan.
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I was going to ask-- isn't T-mobile the one what hammered me with YouTube ads some time ago with some suave looking actor talking about how the other guys keep changing prices and they won't?
Looking at this though, it's a pretty meaningless. If you've joined up in the last 5 months, they change the price, and you not only threaten to but follow up on changing providers, they'll pay for your last month of service. That's a pretty small group of people to cover-- newbies with the willingness to go through the hassle of moving their number within months of having done so already.
This isn't a "lock", it's more of a price "detent". There might be a little bump as the price adjusts.
In many cases, "Inflation" is now the latest corporate euphemism for "greed."
It was "the pandemic" then it was "supply chain" ... which at the start were kind of understandable, but not now.
In other civilized western nations corporations were investigated and found out to be using the Covid and inflation excuse to jack up their prices. But here ? Nah … your politicians are paid for and lobbied by them. Thus work for the interests of those that line their pockets.
Well, that was dumb on the carrier's part. A $2/month increase after 10 years is nothing. 99% of people wouldn't even notice a difference on their bill.
Mint Mobile, bought by T-Mobile, works as well as T-Mobile but will those rates go up as well?
They bait and switch ad-free Netflix by changing it to the ad-supported level. They start charging more for paying with a credit card instead of a debit card or bank account. Now they are raising prices.
We will be shopping cell providers this fall for the new iPhones.
We will be shopping cell providers this fall for the new iPhones.
Tell us you don't understand inflation without actually saying so...
At any inflation rate greater than 0%, prices/costs are still increasing - a lower inflation rate only means they're increasing less quickly than before. You need a negative rate - deflation - for costs to actually decrease.
He might even have that guy with the British accent from the commercials a few months ago do it.
You don't think this is 100% greed? I mean come on. Yes a companies costs rise which is why they target _new_ subscribers. This isn't about $5. This is about T-Mobile not wanting price locks anymore. They want to be like Apple and everyone else and be able to raise their prices whenever they want primarily to raise the stock price and put more money into shareholders wallets.