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  • Artyom@lemm.eetoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldHow my morning is going...
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    2 months ago
    1. They’ll give you a $1000 phone under the guarantee of a 2-year contract. That can be considered a type of loan and they can repo the phone if you stop paying.
    2. If you stop paying monthly bills, they can only really force you to pay the balance if they have your SSN and can affect your credit score.

    I’m not endorsing the practice of ruining people’s chances of buying a home over unpaid phone bills, but it’s a pretty good deal from AT&T’s perspective.






  • Artyom@lemm.eetoMemes@lemmy.mlEven paper glows
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    3 months ago

    Interesting. I remember reading a news article before 2017 stating that printers used to do this, but the practice has since ended because someone was able to prove they were doing it in the mid-2000s. At the time, I saw some people on Reddit claiming they just switched to a new, harder to detect method, and everyone was saying they were conspiracy theorists.