So it appears my first real post of 2007 will be a venting post.
I went to to a Cingular corporate store Friday to buy a new cell phone as my Samsung x497 was no longer working properly. Because of my plan I knew I would have to buy a phone at the no commitment price and was fine with that. I had purposely put off buying a new phone until I knew I could really afford it. So I go to the store with a budget of $200.00 but was prepared to go as hig h as $300.00 to make sure it was a quality phone. To my surprise the sales associate actually tells me that I could do much better by buying a new phone from one of those specialty stores we see on every corner that sells some of everything. I disregard her statement and go about browsing the store for a new phone. The prices are out of this world and all the phones are either Razors or Razor clones, SLVR, RIZOR, KRZR- and all that other mess. So I leave the store and try my luck at one of those specialty stores. I wasn’t feeling their selection either but after playing around with the Motorola SLVR 6Li, I decide to get it. With the ear piece I paid exactly $200.00. I then went back to the Cingular store to get a case which cost $29.99 and I was a pretty happy camper.
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