Thanks, Cary-- I am on digest and didn't see your reply here until just now. I think it worked out okay, relatively speaking. I'm out of contract now, so whenever a new iphone comes along, I'm free to get it with a new contract, if I want. What really bugged me is they're GIVING AWAY FOR FREE 3Gs phones, but they charged me $75 for one even though I had AppleCare for two years and the phone had just died two days after. They wanted $150 but I worked them down to $75. I asked the guy, "SInce you're giving away phones that are not even as good as what I had (8 GB, not 16), can't you just give me one of those? I won't even have a phone as good as what I had before it broke!" He just looked at me like I was crazy. "Oh, we can't do that at all!" Jeez. --Van
On Friday, June 22, 2012 11:58:15 AM UTC-5, cwpreston wrote: > Check around- you might still be able to get a 3GS on contract free. The 4 > is a superior handset in just about every way (I stuck with it instead of > opting for the 4S). The 5 is rumored to be coming out in September, if > there's any way you can hold out til then you might be able to pick up a 4 > free with contract. What cell service do you have? I might have a handset I > can loan you for a few months. > > On Jun 22, 2012, at 12:27 PM, Van <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thank you, sir. > Unfortunately, on the way to Best Buy to actually buy the TV, my iPhone > 3Gs died. Just up and died, dead as a doornail, whatever that is. > > Hilarious thing that's actually not really very funny: Back in 2010 when > I got the phone, I bought the extended warranty for $50 extra, which took > the warranty out to two years from purchase. The warranty expired on June > 18. The phone expired on June 20. > > So now I have to cough up another hundred bucks for an iPhone 4. And I'll > still be one model behind the current model. (Can't really afford $200 for > a 4Gs right now, especially with the new TV!) When the 5 comes out, I'll > be a dinosaur again. > > This modern high-tech lifestyle is expensive, y'all! > > --Van > > > > > On Thursday, June 21, 2012 7:37:10 AM UTC-5, Race wrote: > >> Congratz on the new TV, Van. >> >> On Thursday, June 21, 2012 8:00:47 AM UTC-4, Van wrote: >>> >>> The AppleTV unit worked fine at Best Buy. >>> >>> They have 36 months-no interest, so I went ahead and bought a new TV. It >>> arrives Monday. >>> >>> Prices have come dramatically down. In 2006 I bought a Samsung 40" LCD >>> for $1400 (was $1700 at Best Buy). This time I got a 55" for $749. Crazy. >>> >>> The solution I had hoped to avoid, but... It's like $20 a month, so no >>> huge deal. Football season should be more fun now, at least. >>> >>> --Van >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/theuniquegeek/-/wtKHVOe4shAJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/theuniquegeek/-/Gei0EMwJMdcJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
