The Cell Phone Conspiracy

November 27, 2002

Last year, around this time, the battery in my cell phone decided to give up. "I can't take it anymore! I'm jumping ship!" So, I went to my cell phone dealer to remedy the problem. The salesman explained to me that the battery would cost me about $45, and a newer, better phone would only cost me $50. Since my phone was a couple years old, I thought it sounded like a pretty sweet deal. The thing that the salesman left out and avoided with a bunch of deceptive wordplay was the 2 year contract that I needed to tack on to my current contract. In other words, I got swindled into a new contract because of a bad battery.

In the last couple weeks, I have noticed that my cell phone battery has had trouble keeping power. It's almost exactly one year later. I smell trouble.

I would not be surprised if this is what they want to happen. Our batteries die a year early and we're forced to buy a new phone, because it's "cheaper." Garg. Capitalism blows. Make sure to take part in Buy Nothing Day.

Garg.

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