Phones

[legalmoose]

Okay, the phone thing went down like this:

Walked in, everyone was busy, so I looked at the phones on the displays. Everyone became unbusy, but no one approached me. After about 15-20 minutes of looking at phones, pointed looking around for sales people and listening to them greet the few other people who came in the store, I asked for a manager and complained bitterly about the treatment I got, explaining I'd been a customer from that store for three years, etc., etc.

Did not get the snazzy phone with the pretty color screen because, well, the "next generation phone" GSM/GPRS network isn't big enough yet and if I go on travel I need a phone, not a paperweight. Got this one instead, which was the other one I'd been looking at, and got it for the price I wanted. Plus the extra weekend and evening minutes. And many, many apologies from the manager, who waited on me personally.

I don't bitch at managers often, but when I do they listen. Staying calm helps, and putting on my "yes, I am an attorney and I mean business" voice does as well (one of the truly good things dad taught me about dealing with people - a deeper voice and the occasional look over the top of your glasses with your eyebrows cocked does wonders).

So, spiffy phone is charging, I'm happy, and I can finally stop lugging around the old one with the "I keep falling off even though I'm a really nice phone" battery.

Comments

[gregmce.livejournal.com]

Ooh, please give an update on the phone after you've had it for a week or so--been thinking of switching to that model myself. :)

[eyow.livejournal.com]

OOOHHH!!! I'm so jealous! I have an 8260 and love it except that I can't get spiffy-fun face plates for it, and you CAN with this one (and of course, Nokia themselves seem to sell a purple one...*sigh*). Now I really want a new phone. :P

[legalmoose]

I always raise an eyebrow when one of the selling points on a phone is that you can put colored faceplates on it. :-p (they had one for another phone that had a dragon that lit up and breathed fire when you got a call *roll eyes*)

And while the purple looks good on the web site, I saw it in person - it weren't that pretty. :-/

Oh, and this phone is grey, not the pretty blue they show on the site - that's a faceplate you have to buy. LOL

[plato4013.livejournal.com]

Which one did you have before. I have a 3360, and it is just alright... And I thought I was becomming the only one with ATT wireless.

[legalmoose]

I had a 6160i. It was a great phone, but it was a lot heavier than others (especially with the vibrating battery) and the batter tended to fall off after a while because of the way it was locked in with the belt clip. It was after it fell off in the snow, again, two nights ago that I said screw it and got the new phone.

I've had AT&T Wireless now for three years on their national one-rate plan and had pretty good service with it.