I spent about half an hour on the phone with AT&T Wireless yesterday, after Brett pointed me to a big sale they're having on phones. I've been wanting to upgrade my model for awhile, even though I probably don't get as much use out of it as a lot of people do. Anyway, the phone that he bought, and the other one that I was looking at, were both free after rebate, so I figured I'd put an order through. It kept trying to charge me for activation, though, and that annoyed me--I've had a service plan with AT&T Wireless for almost two years, why would I have to pay activation again?
Thus, I called the customer service line, and found that the free phones are only for new service--ah-ha, the catch! :) But, I was informed by Jessica, the first of two very pleasant and helpful reps I talked to, if I upgraded my phone and agreed to another two year service agreement, I could get a $50 rebate on the phone I wanted. She ended up transferring me to a woman named Laura, who explained all that stuff over to me again, and also let me know that my $50 mail-in rebate would completely cover the cost of the phone I wanted, the Nokia 3595. I should get it in the next couple of days.
The buttons are sort of funky looking, but there are lots of benefits: it's a 'next generation' phone, and it's got a sim chip in it that will move from phone to phone--no more having to call to get a phone activated (this is what I understand from what a guy from T-Mobile told us while we were in MA). It's also got polyphonic ring tones, and on Nokia's site, there's a list of ring tones available for download. This cracked my shit up--I can have Metallica's 'Enter Sandman' or 'For Whom The Bell Tolls' as a ringtone. Or, I could have Enya's 'May It Be' from the LOTR soundtrack as a ringtone--and I have to say, that one's mighty tempting. Or, and this one made me laugh my ass off, I could have 'Uncle Fucka' from South Park.
Can you imagine that? I'd be singing along every time my phone rang. I'd be making people call me, just so I could show it off. Hee. :)
In other new toy news...after Brett got us a renter's insurance policy, I put in an order on Monday for a DirecTV system. I talked to the office, they're going to waive our security deposit for that, which is really cool--but then, we've also lived there for two years as of November, so I guess they like us or something. :)
It's a dual receiver system; the main receiver also has TiVo built in, and there's a separate receiver that we'll put in the bedroom. I have no idea what sort of packages we can get, or what we'll end up deciding on...I guess, since the stuff was supposed to ship within 24 hours, we should figure that out. Hm. :)
Posted by Liz at October 15, 2003 07:32 AM