Jeez, speaking of change. AT&T, Cingular, AT&T -- and you're right, they
aren't fun to deal with. The stores are merely places to sell stuff. You
can't get help there once you've made the purchase.
On the other hand, my experience is they're all about the same. They
hire eager youngsters to follow rules, brag about what's written on the
latest placard, and take your money. If you want to know something that
isn't already on the store posters, you have to hope you run into a geek
who actually grooves on learning how the darn things work. You find that
guy, regardless which company he's working for, treat him (or her)
really well, and send all your friends his way so he gets maximum
commissions.
All big companies are the same, insulated from their customers. When
you don't like how they're treating you, they don't even mind listening
to your complaints -- as long as you keep sending money. As my
experiences of the past week bear out, they'll even admit they've lied,
and let you make the decision whether to buy anyway -- or do without.
All the Cingular folks I talked to and not one of them was impressed
that I might be willing to pay the extra money to Palm, rather than have
the deal keep changing from Cingular. In the old days (I'm old enough to
remember them) you'd threaten to go next door and the clerk would go
running for someone who might have an idea how to make you happy staying
in the store.
I think Verizon likely is a good company, coverage wise, but it's
CDMA and GSM is the standard in lots of countries that ain't this one.
Here in south-central Pennsylvania, NexTel/Sprint is about useless
outside the large towns and cities. But I know a lot of folks who're
real happy with Verizon, and a lot real happy with Cingular.
If you don't need GSM, I betcha Verizon is a fine company to be with.
Don Ferguson wrote:
> Whenever I start thinking that Cingular might be a carrier for me to
> look at, all it takes is one of these frequent discussions to cool my
> jets. T-Mobile may have had relatively limited coverage, but they were
> always pleasant and rational to deal with.
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> Verizon may be a bit stodgy and quaint and "just American", but it's
> solid and the people are *very* good. While I had an interesting trial
> period on a built-in card in my laptop (which I don't use now that I
> have the 700p), every experience with they related to the Treo has been
> quite satisfactory.
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> The New AT&T which was Cingular which was the Old AT&T doesn't sound
> like they've changed their habits much.
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> I'm happy where I am!!
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> Cheers,
>
> Don
>
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J
> Messeder
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 7:49 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Treo] Rebates and The Single Most Important Question
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> There ya go! But I'm pretty used to the kids they hire in those places.
> I find one who knows his stuff, I give him my biz. Trouble is, if he's
> really any good, he won't last long; most times he'll have enough
> gumption to move on to some real money.
> And if I can't come to an agreement, I don't argue. They just never
> see me again, and I wait a couple days for the new 680 to show up from
> Calif. or wherever Palm's got it inventoried.
>
> Bill Sheehan wrote:
>
>> I will be charitable and say that the nice young lady at the store is
>> mistaken.
>>
>> Media Max 200 is what I use, and I do a lot more data than I do phone.
>>
>> -- Bill
>> On Apr 11, 2007, at 1:38 PM, J Messeder wrote:
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>>> OK, I looked at my bill online (because I'm paperless with
>>> cingular) and
>>> it says MEDIA MAX 200 BUNDLE $19.99
>>>
>>> As I mentioned in another note, the nice young lady at the store said
>>> that plan is only available for smartphones, and the Treo is not a
>>> smartphone.
>>>
>>> Sam Kamens wrote:
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>>>> Scandals & Animals wrote:
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>>>>
>>>>> Do you know the name or code of your data plan? My code was
>>>>> ME05, which I
>>>>> was told doesn't exist anymore.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> On their web site, it says "MEDIA WORKS PACKAGE".
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>>>> $19.99 a month.
>>>>
>>>> HTH.
>>>>
>>>> Sam
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>>>>
>>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
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>>> --
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>>> /The erasure of a human subspecies is largely painless -- to us --
>>> if we
>>> know little enough about it. A dead Chinaman is of little import to
>>>
> us
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>>> whose awareness of things Chinese is bounded by an occasional dish of
>>> chow mein. We grieve only for what we know./
>>> A Sand County Almanac, /Aldo Leopold, July 1949/
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/The erasure of a human subspecies is largely painless -- to us -- if we
know little enough about it. A dead Chinaman is of little import to us
whose awareness of things Chinese is bounded by an occasional dish of
chow mein. We grieve only for what we know./
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