Phone Leasing

Most people who are still leasing phones are probably doing it because they never thought about it. Most likely those who have had telephone service for a very long time like over thirty years with no changes to their service. Very often older people who have had that same old black dial phone in the telephone nook for ages and ages. Most don't realize that they're paying AT&T $3 or so every month for the "privilege" of using out-dated equipment when they could likely go down to Target/KMart/Superdrugmart and pick up a touch tone phone that could do more things than their 40 year old dial phone for $10 or maybe even less.

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But after you get to be a certain age, there is no such thing as "change for the better". In fact, I think for many folks over the age of say 75, that is an oxymoron. to those folks, $3 a month is a pitance for the peace of mind gained by not being forced to have something different than what they are used to.

Have you ever tried to find a phone at Target/KMart/etc... which is solidly built such that it doesn't slide off the table when someone sneezes, and if it does fall is more likely to damage the floor than land in about 1000 pieces? These are issues that mater to some folks.

On top of that, even if you don't drop it, even the best only seem to last a few years. Phones have to be dependable! But we old-timers already know that, don't we ;) And don't even get me started on trying to find an American-made (or at least non-communist made) telephone today.