Comments on: What’s wrong with the ETF? http://arfore.com/2008/06/13/whats-wrong-with-the-etf/ welcome to the foremind Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:27:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: apad http://arfore.com/2008/06/13/whats-wrong-with-the-etf/comment-page-1/#comment-133 apad Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:14:37 +0000 http://arfore.com/?p=118#comment-133 Customer signs a CONTRACT with a company. Customer is dissatisfied with the service. Customer realizes that their perception of "service" pales in comparison to the legal knowledge of the company who wrote the contract. Customer loses battle. Welcome to America! Customer signs a CONTRACT with a company. Customer is dissatisfied with the service. Customer realizes that their perception of “service” pales in comparison to the legal knowledge of the company who wrote the contract. Customer loses battle.

Welcome to America!

]]> By: ez http://arfore.com/2008/06/13/whats-wrong-with-the-etf/comment-page-1/#comment-122 ez Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:38:41 +0000 http://arfore.com/?p=118#comment-122 http://applegeeks.com/lite/index.php?aglitecomic=2008-06-13 http://applegeeks.com/lite/index.php?aglitecomic=2008-06-13

]]> By: ez http://arfore.com/2008/06/13/whats-wrong-with-the-etf/comment-page-1/#comment-121 ez Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:13:12 +0000 http://arfore.com/?p=118#comment-121 If your assumption is to narrowly define it as such and not try to consider it from other points of view, then... yes. :) If your assumption is to narrowly define it as such and not try to consider it from other points of view, then… yes.
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]]> By: Andy Fore http://arfore.com/2008/06/13/whats-wrong-with-the-etf/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Andy Fore Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:32:24 +0000 http://arfore.com/?p=118#comment-120 Ok, sure the examples are physical property, but the concept itself is the same. You, the consumer, sign a contract and then when you decide to break the contract you get pissed off that you are penalized for doing so. Ok, sure the examples are physical property, but the concept itself is the same.

You, the consumer, sign a contract and then when you decide to break the contract you get pissed off that you are penalized for doing so.

]]> By: ez http://arfore.com/2008/06/13/whats-wrong-with-the-etf/comment-page-1/#comment-119 ez Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:11:32 +0000 http://arfore.com/?p=118#comment-119 In the examples you cited, the lease is to have physical access to property. In the case of cell phones, it is leasing physical access to towers and lines... so similar. I bet people think of it more like hiring a maid service to clean one's house for a couple years and deciding to go with a better maid company only to be stuck with paying 2-4x their monthly bill in order to do so. In the examples you cited, the lease is to have physical access to property. In the case of cell phones, it is leasing physical access to towers and lines… so similar.

I bet people think of it more like hiring a maid service to clean one’s house for a couple years and deciding to go with a better maid company only to be stuck with paying 2-4x their monthly bill in order to do so.

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