Merlin Orr Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 I could say more - but why bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 I feel the pain... I even used to sell them for a month or so, that was bad too! Boy am I glad I don't have to do that anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessej Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Motorola or Nokia. The two best choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberkid Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 I feel ya Merlin. I qualified for a free upgraded phone of my choice 6 months ago. I have actually been pretty happy with my current phone so I declined the upgrade. Now however, my battery is not once it once was, it must be recharged everyday now, and more than once if I talk alot that day. I declined the upgrade because learning a new phone is such a pain, no 2 phones in the world have the same menu set up. They will give me a new phone free, but I have to buy a new battery. WTF?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sc0 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Just picked up three phones and a newer contract, it's a little easier when a friend works at the same place... pay by month.. Motorola Razr v3 Sony Ericcson Z500 and a cheaper Nokia brick. A PITA.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig Posted May 18, 2005 Share Posted May 18, 2005 Merlin Orr, Try http://www.phonescoop.com - takes the pain of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted May 18, 2005 Share Posted May 18, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted May 18, 2005 Author Share Posted May 18, 2005 Phone Salesman: Yes you can keep your old # Not! Yes you can keep your wifes existing # Not! Yes they can be different area codes. Not! Yes we can activate them from any location. Not! Yes we will mail them to your temp location. Not! When asked, the salesman says, Yes I HAVE CHECKED ALL OF THE ABOVE. Obviously Not! AND - a second phone call before I found out all the above was pure BS, recorded: How do you rate the service given to you by ***gular.. At the time I had to say great. Like I say, this was before I found out all I had been told was "incorrect." All my fault as I know the (cell phone) salespeople are all worthless sacks of poo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted May 18, 2005 Share Posted May 18, 2005 And this is a surprise? I have had Cingular since about last November. I left Nextel due to too many dropped calls. Cingular has the best service I have ever had thus far, but...... They have the WORST customer service I have ever seen, and this is in any company in any business!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reneet Posted May 18, 2005 Share Posted May 18, 2005 I feel your pain. Accidentally took my phone swimming with me several weeks ago. Not only was my phone toast but my SIMS card died too. My entire phone database was wiped out. Good lesson. Those little SIMS cards are apparently very sensitive so it's a good idea to have info backed up to another source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted May 18, 2005 Author Share Posted May 18, 2005 I feel your pain. Accidentally took my phone swimming with me several weeks ago. Not only was my phone toast but my SIMS card died too. My entire phone database was wiped out. Good lesson. Those little SIMS cards are apparently very sensitive so it's a good idea to have info backed up to another source. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hehehe... Back in 1997 about the 4th day into a 6 day long binge - I mean Party - I dove off a party barge into Lake Minnatonka with cell, pager PDA and wallet. Took me a month to figure out (most) of what I had lost.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rifter Posted May 18, 2005 Share Posted May 18, 2005 My wife and I use T-Mobile. We have had a lot of luck with them. Though, we ARE lucky, in that a friend of ours works for T-Mobile service. As for the phones, do a little research online. Nokia usually has good phones. If you are interested in the past 2 phones, a guy that works at T-mobile service has had, they are the nokia 6600 and 3220. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkelly Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Cell phones are to much like a leash. If work didn't provide a cell phone I wouldn't have one! Respectfully, jkelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasag93 Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Motorola or Nokia, but my 6 month old Motorola V400 is crapping out on me. They will replace it if you jump through enough hoops!! Cingular by far best coverage, suck-ass customer service. TXAG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingerjg Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Whats a cell phone?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz-0 Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 rule number one.. cell phones do not need to be on or answered. The thing that kills meis that I can NEVER seem to get a good phone on something with good service. Omnipoint, I mena voicestream, or uh t-mobile.. yeah... that's it.. had great customer support, cool phones, very simple billing, and NO coverage. ATT&T, I mean cingular, had much better coverage, but their phones sucked at the time. Now they have cooler phones, but they have switched to GSM, so unless someone built a lot of towers I didn't see go up, well... Their customer service and billing systems leave a bit to be desired. If you have a data plan, watch out. My friend was paying for unlimited data AND getting billed by the minute. Nothing like a $380 phone bill to get you all riled up. CS rep said he had just gotten off the phone with someone who ahd been incorrectly billed $4000 for their data usage. MMM fun. verizon has great coverage, but the worst phones feature and price wise, the worst rates, the most cryptic billing, data rates that should be outlawed, and customer support that should be in the dictionary next to the word half-assed. I feel your pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcoliver Posted May 20, 2005 Share Posted May 20, 2005 Whats a cell phone?? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The modern ones with the built-in cameras kinda look like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted May 20, 2005 Author Share Posted May 20, 2005 Simply Outstanding, mc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted May 20, 2005 Share Posted May 20, 2005 Nice Camera phone...needs to go in the "best of" section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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