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Cingular: No Charge for Roaming*

Cingular No charge for roaming TOn their website (as of 3/20/06) Cingular says “With Cingular Nation, never pay domestic long distance or roaming charges!”  That means, with respect to roaming, if your call is routed over another company’s system, you will not be charged extra.

However, after clicking a link to the plan’s fine print terms, one learns more.

*MOUSE PRINT: “Cingular reserves the right to terminate your service if less than 50% of your usage over three consecutive billing cycles is on Cingular-owned systems.”

Cingular Fineprint roaming T

Translation: If you roam too much, Cingular can turn off your service.

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Bermuda: $49 Roundtrip*

Bermuda $49 TThe price seems too good to be true. Only $49 to Bermuda (and back)? There has got to be a catch.

*MOUSE PRINT: “$49 roundtrip airfare is available with the purchase of a qualifying hotel package at a particpating hotel.” [Boston Globe, 02/06]

Don’t forget to add prepaid government taxes and fees of up to $89, September 11 fees up to $10, and passenger facilty charges up to $18.


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Bank of Ipswich: No Strings Account*

No Strings Bank Acct TFinally, an advertiser is offering a product with “no strings attached.” The First National Bank of Ipswich is promoting a relatively high rate of interest for a local bank and is not requiring that you also open any other account to get the low advertised rate. Most people, however, do not qualify to get this deal. Why?

*MOUSE PRINT: “Minimum balance $100,000” [Boston Globe, 3/19/06]

And, since this is a national bank, it only offers deposit insurance from the FDIC (and not from Massachusetts). That means only deposits up to $100,000 are covered by the FDIC. Therefore, any interest you earn that remains in the account will be uninsured.

“No strings” ?


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