Well-last night i ordered an LG VX6100 on PagePlus from uglyeric.com for $24.99.Before that i had a Boost, before that a virgin, before that i was on a nextel family share plan, before that, 2 tracfones.
Im excited to get it-PagePlus is very cheap and uses verizon phones and towers. Since i dont have a job now, I have NO income and cannot pay monthly for a phone. ANd i don't usethe phone hardly at all.
If i was on a contract, and i had a lot of minutes, and i wasnt paying for it, i could use a lot of minutes for fun. But i only need a cell phone for letting people know where im at/where i will be and such.
It was nice being on a contract family share plan, and the part where i didnt pay for it was nice
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But nextel is a HORRIBLE provider.
They used to be good, but ever since sprint came into the piture, the coverage has been WORSE, and the people at the nextel stores are RUDE.
My mother still has nextel, shes been with them for almost 4 years, back when people actually used nextel
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She has had insurance on her i730 for about 3 years, but never used it until last week when her phone quit charging and it was all scratched and stuff.
We took it in, the guy was really rude, and he brought his DOG into the store with him! (what if someone had allergies?), and he said he could fix the phone in an hour. We didnt have an hour. My mother also got a little snippy at him when she asked if insurance would cover batteries (her phone REALLY needed a new battery), and he said no. SHe pays $2 a month for insurance, and it doesnt even cover the basics like a battery!
The guy was rude and he made it sound like we bought a cheap a-- phone and we should EXPECT it to be broken. Well, a couple years ago the i730 was NOT cheap. He made it sound like he was doing is a huge favor by offering us a free i8something when she signed a new contract (shes not on contract anymore she just pays month to month). Well the phone was plastic and chincy feeling-not very durable. And it was still pretty basic, it had the same features of the 730 wrapped in a cheaper shell and he made it sound like he was giving us an expensive luxury phone. My mom asked what the cheapest camera phone was--he said $150 with a new contract. We walked out of there then--$150 is CRAZY. Other companies GIVE them away....Then the same day we got a bill. And GUESS WHAT?! Its going up an extra $1 month per line. On TOP of a $2something charge per line which is given some uninformational name---but we looked on the website and its actually a sprint/nextel merge fee! MERGE FEE MY REAR. We should not have to pay a merge fee....me nor my mom dont give a flying (swear word) if they merge-the service has gotten WORSE since they merged.
Horrible. Im trying to get my mother to switch--but the PTT direct connect is a big plus because everyone at her work uses it, and itsa really nice feature (when it works). The only reason nextel is still aflot IMO. So she stays and deals with horrid coverage and expensive bills. Im trying to figure out a way she can have like a boost phone for 2way and something else for voice, but she pays $50/month for both with nextel so obviously she doesnt want to pay more.
ANyway, sorry to make this about nextel.
But thats my phone situation.
DONT JOIN NEXTEL!!!!!!!!
I found that boost got better reception for whatever reason.
If i dont like PagePlus ill probably end up with boost-but it gets expensive (90 days for minutes is too short for me-but the norm. And $1 a day for PTT really adds up)
But im excited for my VX600-and only $24.99......
