24 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Damn him for looking out for the idiot who doesn't bother to read the contract he or she signs then whines when they realize it costs too much

FYP

Competition is one of the cornerstones of a "free" market to encourage growth, reduce inflation, and drive innovation.  I see ensuring that competition is not undermined as more than reasonable to be seen as being in the fed government purview.  

 

15 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

FYP

Yes, these dopes have to be protected from themselves because they are too dumb to read terms and conditions and just sign without knowing the ramifications of the actions they take.  I think they should get rid of finance fees on vehicles, houses, credit cards, etc.  Late fees should go away too, I'll pay when I want and if I don't want to pay you for say 10, 15 or 20 years that's my choice.  I know they just want to get rid of the student loans but I say lets go for all loans, credit cards, etc.  Lets have a universal bankruptcy for America, forgive all debts and start over.  If you have any loans don't worry, you now own whatever that loan was for free and clear.

  Republicans pretending to be staunch defenders of the free market when it suits them is my favorite. 

Seems like a fairly irrelevant "problem" to even try to address if you ask me (at least as far as the scope of TV services goes.) If you want to restrict the fees to be a percentage of the total contract cost, or limit the term of the contracts themselves, fine I guess, but seems like overreach to outright ban penalties when the consumer terminates a contract prematurely.

51 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Damn him for looking out for the little guy

I know, the little guy has been under the boot of the evil cable companies for too long! Thank you, dear leader, for saving us!  

3 minutes ago, VanHammersly said:

  Republicans pretending to be staunch defenders of the free market when it suits them is my favorite. 

Thanks for your input, Van.  It's appreciated, as always.

4 minutes ago, Kz! said:

I know, the little guy has been under the boot of the evil cable companies for too long! Thank you, dear leader, for saving us!  

How's that health care plan coming along? Is he still touting that as something he will do

 

The irony is not lost on us when you call someone else dear leader in a mocking tone. If Tucker or Trump asked you to gargle their load you would ask for how long and not question it one bit, your too much of a nincompoop to realize it. 

2 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

The irony is not lost on us when you call someone else dear leader. 

How's that health care plan coming along? Is he still touting that as something he will do

 

Wait, haven't you claimed to be a libertarian, too? 

6 minutes ago, Kz! said:

Wait, haven't you claimed to be a libertarian, too? 

Oh look the famed appeal to purity. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

1 minute ago, mikemack8 said:

Thanks for your input, Van.  It's appreciated, as always.

I appreciate the recognition but no need to thank me. 

Note to self: when you’re back at work, edit in the screenshot of Kz’s legendary "F the free market, government needs to go after businesses” post here. 

Just now, Tnt4philly said:

Oh look the famed appeal to purity. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

"Appeal to purity?"

The president cracking down on consumers voluntarily signing contracts with businesses is a violation of the basic principle of the movement. So there's no appeal to purity necessary. If you think it's a good thing the federal government is preventing voluntary association between companies and consumers, then you aren't a libertarian period. A debate isn't even necessary.  

This is why the CVON libertarian crew is so Fing hilarious. It's a bunch of full blown commies larping like they are anti-federal govt. You, wegot, riot kitchen, daeagles4life. I can only imagine how hard you freaks would be reeing if a legitimate libertarian rose to prominence in the US.  

10 minutes ago, VanHammersly said:

I appreciate the recognition but no need to thank me. 

Note to self: when you’re back at work, edit in the screenshot of Kz’s legendary "F the free market, government needs to go after businesses” post here. 

I've wrecked van so hard he's got posts of mine saved on his actual work computer. You hate to see it.  

4 hours ago, Mike31mt said:

Then find another chart that isn't total BS.

Again, Biden hasn't done jack ish.  He didn't even end the pandemic.  Just sat on his rotting arse then arbitrarily declared victory when he needed some political points.

Just like right now where he can't hand out enough freebies to save his tanking numbers. 

A failed administration, elected based on bull ish, supported at this point only by other failures.  

1 hour ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Seems like a fairly irrelevant "problem" to even try to address if you ask me (at least as far as the scope of TV services goes.) If you want to restrict the fees to be a percentage of the total contract cost, or limit the term of the contracts themselves, fine I guess, but seems like overreach to outright ban penalties when the consumer terminates a contract prematurely.

I shouldn't have to hire a lawyer to interpret the 50,000 word click through agreements I have to agree to when I want to play a video game or subscribe to something. They've gotten so bad most employees in tech fields aren't authorized to sign them until in house counsel has reviewed them. 

1 hour ago, Kz! said:

I've wrecked van so hard he's got posts of mine saved on his actual work computer. You hate to see it.  

I'll give you some credit here. Your retarded self contradictions and cognitive dissonance is part of the fabric of CVON (along with WV Mike and Zuker having conniption fits where you can actually perceive their blood pressure rising from post to post). Don't short change your self, your numerous self owns absolutely matter!

5 minutes ago, Gannan said:

I shouldn't have to hire a lawyer to interpret the 50,000 word click through agreements I have to agree to when I want to play a video game or subscribe to something. They've gotten so bad most employees in tech fields aren't authorized to sign them until in house counsel has reviewed them. 

Then come up with something akin to a TILA table that clearly outlines the terms, penalties, fees, etc. I don't see a need to outright ban a particular fee itself. The issue I had with comcast when I used to have their service is they wouldn't put anything in writing at all. Let's start there first, then see if we have to clamp down even tighter on deceptive business practices.

Just now, we_gotta_believe said:

Then come up with something akin to a TILA table that clearly outlines the terms, penalties, fees, etc. I don't see a need to outright ban a particular fee itself. The issue I had with comcast when I used to have their service is they wouldn't put anything in writing at all. Let's start there first, then see if we have to clamp down even tighter on deceptive practices.

The problem is that there are so few providers. So its not hard for them to either collude or simply play copy cat so you have no choice to lock yourself in to a long term deal unable to go to a competitor for a long period of time. 

3 hours ago, we_gotta_believe said:

The bottom line is the same: you ass clowns constantly trip over yourselves with these misleading tweets and headlines and then cry foul because someone dared to take two minutes to prove how stupid you all are.

Again, for the retards in the room. 

5 minutes ago, Gannan said:

I'll give you some credit here. Your retarded self contradictions and cognitive dissonance is part of the fabric of CVON (along with WV Mike and Zuker having conniption fits where you can actually perceive their blood pressure rising from post to post). Don't short change your self, your numerous self owns absolutely matter!

He does get unusually upset when someone remembers something he said lol.

1 minute ago, Gannan said:

The problem is that there are so few providers. So its not hard for them to either collude or simply play copy cat so you have no choice to lock yourself in to a long term deal unable to go to a competitor for a long period of time. 

Oh I agree 100% that ISPs need to be classiifed as utlities as a result of a lack of competition. That's why I thought Pai's repeal of net neutrality rules was so incredibly stupid. But that's a different issue than banning early termination fees which are kind of a non-issue in comparison to the monopolistic practices these guys engage in. That, and somehow convincing every septagenarian they need to pay for gigabit speeds otherwise their AARP emails won't load correctly.

has anyone been "bludgeoned" yet today ? 

38 minutes ago, Boogyman said:

He does get unusually upset when someone remembers something he said lol.

Am I unblocked today? Hard to keep up with your cycle. Anyway, if you can see this, your wife is the only reason you're alive lmao.