thanks for encouragement Doc, ok will try again. But the last time they kept talking about the free cruise I had won!
________________________________ From: "doctordumb...@rocketmail.com" <doctordumb...@rocketmail.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 3:07 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bhairitu will enjoy this Whoooaaaaa. Call up Verizon, and get a real person on the phone, and explain your situation. Very much worth it. They will both work with you to fix your problem, and often have packages to offer you that aren't advertised. You have been a customer for eight years and they know that. Remind them if necessary. I just went through getting my DSL + landline (att) and cell phone(t-mobile) coverage waaay down. With t-mobile I avoided a $200 contract termination fee, and was able to xfer to a much cheaper plan w/o contract, and free texting for 2 years. My father-in-law using Virgin Mobile just received two years of free service, because they f*cked up his account. What I do whenever I am negotiating for better price or service is find a competing offer, and let the incumbent know it, in addition to mentioning any inconvenience I have suffered with current service. It works! Happy hunting. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > noozguru, any feedback appreciated. Here's the situation: Verizon > basically stole $200 from me. I've had their plan for 8 years. Only use > cell phone when I travel so that means hardly at all. To keep it active I > must buy at least $15 worth of time every month which I do. In December I > added $15 and had a little over $200 on the acct. But I forgot to renew in > time, mainly because of the holidays. And guess what? Now my account is > zero! And trying to reach them by phone is a nightmare. I have emailed > but hold out no hope for a reply. So I'm outta there! > > Meanwhile just at the right time, I received an ad from AARP for their cell > phone service, Consumer Cellular. $60 for a senior friendly phone and both > a $10 and $15 monthly plan. I mean really, I don't want to have to put on > my reading glasses to use my cell phone, especially when I'm in the car! > > > AAA also offers a $10 month plan with Affinity Cellular. Are these what > you're calling scammy contract phones? Would T Mobile give good coverage > both in Iowa and in Maryland when I visit my family? Thanks for any info. > > > ________________________________ > From: Bhairitu <noozguru@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 11:55 AM > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Bhairitu will enjoy this > > >  > On 03/25/2013 09:17 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: > > Until now, I've always been too timid to root my phone, fearing that I > > would surely brick it. But, my grudge against factory bloatware, Slacker > > Radio in particular, got the better of me. So, this morning, I used this to > > root my Galaxy S2: > > > > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050297 > > > > I then bought Root Explorer and used it to completely nuke Slacker Radio > > from my phone. > > > > My phone has more than enough app space, so it doesn't bother me that there > > are apps I don't use that take up space and get updated. But, Slacker Radio > > did an update a while back, and then out of nowhere, it sent me an alert > > about its new features. WTF? The only time I want to hear my phone make > > that sound is if I get a text message or an incoming Gmail. > > > > Does this mean there's a custom ROM in my future? I don't know... depends > > on how badly I want Jelly Bean. US Cellular is very slow in getting Android > > updates, and I only upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich a few months ago. I'll > > be getting a 4G LTE phone in October (most likely the Galaxy S4), and it > > would be really stupid of me to brick my phone only months away from > > qualifying for a new one. And, from what I've read, it sounds like rooting > > a stock ROM is all I really need. > > I got my phone from Google and the updates come out shortly after > release. I'm current with Jelly Bean right now. > > T-Mobile is making waves in the tech world by doing away with > contracts. I have their $30 a month plan but then I don't use the phone > much for talk and get 5GB data. Contract phones are a scam and mainly > only known in the US. In other countries you buy your phone outright > and and use whatever carrier you want. Of course Turq will probably > tell us that France has unlimited talk, texting and data for the > equivalent of $20 a month. :-D > http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57576023-94/t-mobile-kills-off-the-wireless-contract/ > > The $30 a month plan I have is a prepay and has been only available from > T-Mobile online or from Walmart. >
