I, CAPTAIN OBVIOUS, HAVE COME TO THE RESCUE OF THE 3G FORUM!I’ve been passing through this forum and having a look at the streaming number of complaints about the new £25 administration charge for downgrading a tariff.I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but why do you think they introduced it? Is it because of the cost of bicycle pumps in Western Samoa?No, it’s because of dealers and customers taking the piss. Each network subsides the handsets, they make this back through the term of your contract, so the higher tariff you get the less you pay (which should be obvious why).So why are we so supprised that they’ve stopped this? Seriously, you take on a higher tariff, they give you not only a free phone but in most instances you get half price line rental and the minute they try and make up for the discount you received you turn around, take your line rental down to the minimum.Eventually they had to put and end to it or they’d have to raise prices else where. Considering that anything that they do will be greeted with “OMG HOW DARE YOU” I think it’s right they get the people who are doing this to pay up instead of increasing call costs or line rental for the rest of us.So do me a favour, stop bitching about how badly you’re being done by and look in the mirror for once, you’ve screwed it all for the rest of us who need to/want to downgrade our tariffs legitimately.

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