Originally Posted by
josephstern
Yeah - as the above poster implied, just because it makes sense doesn't mean phone companies don't take that opportunity to get their claws in deep.
Also, from a purely practical perspective, only physically stocking locked ones (since most of the sales are on contract) makes more sense -- although unlocking a phone takes less than a minute, and the unwillingness to do it as part of a $600+ cash sale is still pure greed.