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Originally Posted by FF2
I just looked at Verizon's site and only see two prices, not the third. And I don't recall what they Costco/Verizon pricing was:
Full Retail Price $799.99
PRICE with 2-Year contract $599.99
The Costco guy had a chart that showed two data plans. Creating 3-tier pricing.
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one day people will stop buying into this crap. Such "plans" do nothing but show two things. One device prices are far inflated over their real value. Somewhere along the line MSRP has become accepted as the true value of things. Not sure when it happened but it did. Second it also shows just how inflated the "plans" are for phones and these data plans. First Verizon is likely paying no more than $300/device anyway plus they are getting another $500-$1000/plan someone actually pays for. And the cost of delivering the bandwidth for these data plans is around $25 for 2-years.
But at least they are offering the Xoom sans a plan. I mean computer companies tried this with desktops and even laptops from time to time and it failed every time. I suspect people will eventually come to feel the same about plans with their tablets once they start adding 2-5/household and tethering is slowly removed as an option form your cell plan under the guise of needing to conserve bandwidth due to the "proliferation" of all those tablets. Of course the cell plans will increase in price as well.
Man did I wake up on the wrong side of cranky this AM or what?
Can't wait to read some threads about experiences with the Xoom over the next few months. Helps learn what to look for in the devices I am considering.