If you are following me on twitter you have probably noticed my anger with Rogers over the last couple of weeks. I have been a customer for 10 years now, have 3 cell phone services, home phone service, internet and cable paying about $400 per month in total. We are set up on pre-authorized payment plan so never have a late payment, you’d think given these facts Rogers would be just as loyal to us. Wrong! Apparently loyalty does not mean anything to Rogers. I have been talking to customer service and retention for a few weeks back and forth and they are just not willing to provide any decent plans. In large metropolitan cities currently you can get $35/month Unlimited calling along with voice mail, caller ID and other services and NO system Access fee $6.95, however the best plan Rogers is willing to provide for customers is $25/mth with 200 minutes PLUS system access fee, PLUS voice mail and caller ID etc. The message from Rogers: We don’t care about your loyalty! Well, I hear the message loud and clear and now am moving all my services. Have you been in situation where your loyalty has not meant anything? Please share 
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This Weeks Articles
Need Another Reason to Trade Less? @ Michael James on Money
A Tale of Two TIME Magazine Covers @ Canadian Capitalist
Dividends = 43% of Total Stock Market Returns [Graphic] @ Darwin’s Money
The Quickest (Legal Ways) to Make Fast Cash @ Wallet Pop
Budget Grocery Shopping Ideas @ Frugal Zeitgeist
Why rising interest rates haven’t flattened the housing market @ Globe & Mail
Downside Protection Has Its Downsides @ Jason Zweig, WSJ
How Secure Do You Feel?It is better to BE secure than FEEL Secure @ Canadian Personal Finance Blog
Is College Worth The Cost? @ Budgets are Sexy
How to avoid the 3 retirement risks @ Larry MacDonald
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Thanks for the mention, have a great weekend.
Security is in the eye of the beholder!
I got a pretty sweet deal with Telus over the last 3 years, but the contract is almost up and the party might be over… but I’ll give them a shot to renew the deal.
I had called their retensions number and got a few hundred minutes (I think 350) with free weekends and evenings after 6:00. I also got unlimited data for $15, but that might be impossible this time. Finally, I asked about callerID, voicemail etc. Was told it would be sextra, I asked, can you through that in for free, they said yes to that too!
So all in, including service fee and GST, I’m paying $42 for a pretty loaded cell plan!
The equity-indexed annuities Zweig talked about must be a bad deal if salespeople can make 5% to 8% commissions on them. Thanks for the mention.
Thanks for the mention Ray! Loyalty doesn’t mean a thing to a big, huge corporation. All I can say is shop around.
Bummer that Rogers isn’t being loyal. Hope your weekend shapes up.
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