The companies that profit from low-wage earners are exacerbating the opportunity divide by keeping them in debt. They portray the image that they're out to help the low income people but in actuality they are not. I have been a victim of this scandal. My situation is not nearly as big of a deal as some of the people I have read about in the article but that does not change the fact that it has happened to me. I recently got myself into a contract with sprint under the impression that I was going to be paying one price for my monthly bill and it turns out that there were other fees and taxes that were written in the fine print that I knew nothing about. Yes I know that it is very much so my fault for not reading every little detail before I signed my life over but as I am asking questions trying to get all the details the total amount I would be paying they forgot to mention what I later found out once I receive my first bill. I called sprint to get some clarification and they showed me nothing but absolute disrespect, saying I should have read before signing. All the kindness and respect I received before they got me to sign went right out the door. There was no need to give me an explanation because for the next two years they would have me on leash. If I wanted to break out the contract, I would have to pay two hundred and fifty dollars that I didn’t have. Long story short, the companies that profit from us (as in the low wage earners) exacerbate us by overcharging us for the things we want but cannot afford. Making it seem as if we are getting a deal, when we are paying much more than the item would cost if we paid up front. Instead of financing and paying all those interest rates, they put the main information in fine print knowing most folks are so excited to get what we normally could not afford.
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