The other day as I perused the newspaper an article got my blood boiling. It was in regards to several Internet companies who were thinking about raising prices for the high volume users of the Internet. They were thinking of following the mobile phone companies policies as they sell various packages with allotted minutes of use, with added fees for going over the time limit.
Another way to squeeze some more money out of us, and the sad part is that none of us will even give a second thought as we except it.
Every day we look at our bills, and another fee appears and we are still mum. Existing fees are reaching astronomical proportions and nobody cares. We shrug our shoulders and do nothing about it as we pay up. Seeing that we accept these increases without a whimper, even the things that were free, now come with a charge as corporations pad there bottom line.
Haven't we learned from department stores, that when we don't purchase there products at inflated prices, they soon go on sale and we save hundreds of dollars. So maybe if people purchased a few less Lottie's per week, the price may dramatically drop and I may be tempted to try one, to see what all the fuss is about.
Everywhere we turn prices are outrageously high, but with so many people willing to pay them, they continue there upward spiral.
Look at the auto companies and the deals you get when people stay away from the showrooms. The dollar deals that appear at fast food franchises whenever profits fall. Or best of all how quick the price drops as you cancel a service you have been overpaying for, now that they want you to stay on as a customer.
If we sacrificed the luxuries we have become accustomed to for several months and put the squeeze on the squeezers, I do believe we could gain the upper hand. We have so little to loose, and so much to gain.
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I think the talk of charging for the Internet is as much about controlling the free flow of information as it is about making money. The people who have the most money have never liked the information to flow freely among the people with the least amount of money. Just seems to work that way naturally...
A point well taken Joe.The less informed, the easier to control.
I don't think America has the ethos for the collective action this requires. We are fat, lazy consumers and perfectly content with the every man for himself principle. We are anti-union, anti-boycott, and even anti-protest. So if enough idiots will pay more than they should (and even can in many instances), the price rises, and the rest of us are stuck.
Nelson, you hit it right on the head. Let everyone else sacrafice while I continue to do as I please.
Heaven forbid, someone would leave their air conditioned house and big screen plasma TV to voice their protest in unison so that things could possibly change.
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