New damned phones anyway!

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Originally Posted by GGT

Then you don't need a fancy phone that you can't figure out, now do you?

And you don't need to complain about the "costs" since it was a gift from your "Friend" or who ever pays for the service.

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Hell no I don't need this fancy of a phone. That's what I am bitching about. All I wanted was a phone to make and receive calls, send and receive text and pic messages, take pics and video, have an alarm function, and a calendar function. I got something that looks like it should be on the space station. :eek:

I haven't complained about the costs. I KNOW who is paying for the phone and the service. If it wasn't for The Friend, I would just be SOL, in a lot of ways, not just with the phone.

So you're complaining about your free stuff that's filled with too much data, instead of complaining to your Friend about his poor choices?

Jesus! Just ask him to pay the 30 bucks per month for a simple no-contract phone instead of some fancy package that neither of you can fucking figure out!

Why is this so hard to understand?

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Originally Posted by oldmunchkin

Still trying to figure out where you are thinking the phone was free? The Friend paid for it! It actually cost a bit extra since I wasn't due for an upgrade just yet. As to the model, I asked them to send me whatever basically simple phone that was on sale right now, since I knew it was going to cost extra.



I don't see where it's a false sense of peace of mind at all. I don't think it will "save" anyone literally, but I do know I can get hold of help for myself if I need it! I also know, if something happens to Mom, The Kid will need to get hold of me as soon as he possibly can. I do NOT want to miss out on spending a last little bit of time with her, or telling her I love her one more time, simply because no one can find me to let me know what is going on!

See, that's the point tho...I don't need to be "checked on" as such. I just need to know, if I need help, I have a phone within reach. I don't substitute my phone for neighbors or friends or family. It just adds to the ability to keep in contact with those people.

Maybe neither of you really quite get it. I DO rely on real people. At this moment, I have to rely on them a hell of a lot more than I really want to, but that's my life right now. If it wasn't for real people, real friends, I wouldn't have things as good as I do. Unless I am sick, I make it a point to come into contact with someone every day. It might be the librarians or the clerk at the grocery store, or the bartender, or just going to a friend's house for a couple hours, but I make sure I have personal interaction with someone every day. See, it's always been easy for me to kind of be a hermit, so I force myself to see people every day, just so I don't sit here, all alone, and brood and cry and drink and smoke and ignore the rest of the world!

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Actually you are starting to make less and less sense; so you actually had him pay extra (I would be surprised if he paid a lump sum that actually covers the price of the phone) for a smart phone that you don't know how to handle? FYI a Samsung Omnia doesn't count as a basic phone under any circumstances.

If that's the case what the two of you did moved from the category 'untoughtfull' to the category 'stupid' just now.

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Originally Posted by GGT

So you're complaining about your free stuff that's filled with too much data, instead of complaining to your Friend about his poor choices?

Jesus! Just ask him to pay the 30 bucks per month for a simple no-contract phone instead of some fancy package that neither of you can fucking figure out!

Why is this so hard to understand?

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There are quite a few reasons we didn't go with the no-contract phones. I don't really feel like listing them right now, but they are valid reasons.

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Originally Posted by Hazir

Actually you are starting to make less and less sense; so you actually had him pay extra (I would be surprised if he paid a lump sum that actually covers the price of the phone) for a smart phone that you don't know how to handle? FYI a Samsung Omnia doesn't count as a basic phone under any circumstances.

If that's the case what the two of you did moved from the category 'untoughtfull' to the category 'stupid' just now.

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Once more...with feeling!! I asked Verizon to send me whatever basic phone they were running a special on. What they sent was the Omnia. Have no fear, I will get it figured out, sooner-or-later! It will just take me a while, and a lot of frustration! As I said before, I have called Samsung and asked them to send me an actual instruction manual, instead of just the computer disc. For some reason, I seem to understand things better if I read them in a book. Besides which, this way I can run the disc and have the book in my hand and refer to both while figuring it all out.