Activation Fee

[ralvin]

I was annoyed to find out that AT&T charged me a $36 activation fee for activating the iPhone. I don't think there is anything I can do about it. It is kind of annoying, on top of the $300 + tax for the 3GS.

 

[Jeremy]

This is common practice for most cell carriers when you activate a new line.

 

[JustinHorn]

This is common practice for most cell carriers when you activate a new line.

The annoying thing is they charge this even when you have been a customer for 10 years and just get a new phone. It's to cover the cost of setting up your new phone or something. It's just BS to pad their losses on the subsidized cost of the phone. I just factor it into the price of the phone when buying.

 

[ericUT]

Activation fees are extremely obnoxious.

Like Justin said, it's just a way to help recover costs for subsidizing the phone and for all the administrative costs of setting up a new account (the eventual customer service calls and SIM cards being jsut a few of these)

 

[jamesus]

The annoying thing is they charge this even when you have been a customer for 10 years and just get a new phone. It's to cover the cost of setting up your new phone or something. It's just BS to pad their losses on the subsidized cost of the phone. I just factor it into the price of the phone when buying.

Agree 100% with this.