Re: V3 cuts off..... sick or dying?

"glassman" <jksinrod@aol.com> writes:

> "Todd H." <t@toddh.net> wrote in message news:84myvej6uy.fsf@ripco.com...
> > "glassman" <jksinrod@aol.com> writes:
> >
> contract
> > end date. Can we do that?" Clerk says "sure" I walk out of there
> > with a new phone for $79.99+$50 and my existing contract was simply
> > extended by a year. If you are okay with a 2 year extension, $79.99
> > is the price. Plus some sort of smallish fee of some sort.
> >
> > --
> > Todd H.
>
>
> Thanks, I'm really not all that dense, it's just that AT&T tells me it's
> impossible to get the phone that cheap added to an existing contract, and
> even with a 2 year extension it's more. I wonder if it's a
> geographic thing?

The AT&T folks (at least the ones they let us customers talk to) just
aren't that bright. They only know their own little domain and may
not get out of their cubicles long enough to visit a WalMart, or don't
know the big picture view that WalMart might have deals on equipment
that they themselves don't, or the complexities of large corporate
negotiations aren't shared with them.

Now, WalMart's availability on these probably does vary
geographically. In the Chicago suburbs, I still saw my $79 Krazr K1
at a Wal mart as recently as 3 weeks ago. And I've seen mention of
this price from a few different posters on this forum, IIRC (though
not recently).

Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://toddh.net/