Verizon deletes features

I just snapped my 2 brand new RAZR phones in half, brought them into the
Verizon store and read them the riot act in front of lots of customers about
how they deleted features from the phones that Motorola intended to be
there.

Then I went down to the Sprint store and bought two new RAZR phones.

Bob

"Bob F." <bob@N0ZPAMfurtaw.com> wrote in message
news:47adnSjW1dW1PK3bnZ2dnUVZ_v-tnZ2d@comcast.com...
>I just snapped my 2 brand new RAZR phones in half, brought them into the
>Verizon store and read them the riot act in front of lots of customers
>about how they deleted features from the phones that Motorola intended to
>be there.
>
> Then I went down to the Sprint store and bought two new RAZR phones.
>
> Bob
>

That's the dilemma-- all the mfr's features on a weak network or a crippled
phone on a good network. Sucks, actually.

Ought to be a law against it!!

In article <47adnSjW1dW1PK3bnZ2dnUVZ_v-tnZ2d@comcast.com>,
"Bob F." <bob@N0ZPAMfurtaw.com> wrote:

> I just snapped my 2 brand new RAZR phones in half, brought them into the
> Verizon store and read them the riot act in front of lots of customers about
> how they deleted features from the phones that Motorola intended to be
> there.
>
> Then I went down to the Sprint store and bought two new RAZR phones.


Then you walked out of the Sprint store and stopped on the sidewalk
outside to call your friends and spread the good news...but you couldn't
get a cell signal.




--Mike

On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:55:06 -0400, "Bob F." <bob@N0ZPAMfurtaw.com>
wrote:

>I just snapped my 2 brand new RAZR phones in half, brought them into the
>Verizon store and read them the riot act in front of lots of customers about
>how they deleted features from the phones that Motorola intended to be
>there.

Bull****.

A_C

In article <47adnSjW1dW1PK3bnZ2dnUVZ_v-tnZ2d@comcast.com>, Bob F. wrote:
> I just snapped my 2 brand new RAZR phones in half, brought them into the
> Verizon store and read them the riot act in front of lots of customers about
> how they deleted features from the phones that Motorola intended to be
> there.
>
> Then I went down to the Sprint store and bought two new RAZR phones.

Hopefully you're going to be using them on Sprint's network, because
Verizon won't activate them... actually, there's a slight possibility
that they might, but even if they will (improbable), Sprint won't give
up the master subsidy lock so you can unlock the phone and use it on
VZ's network.

> Bob
>
>


--
Steve Sobol, Professional Geek ** Java/VB/VC/PHP/Perl ** Linux/*BSD/Windows
Victorville, California PGP:0xE3AE35ED

It's all fun and games until someone starts a bonfire in the living room.

"Bob F." <bob@N0ZPAMfurtaw.com> wrote in message
news:47adnSjW1dW1PK3bnZ2dnUVZ_v-tnZ2d@comcast.com...
>I just snapped my 2 brand new RAZR phones in half, brought them into the
>Verizon store and read them the riot act in front of lots of customers
>about how they deleted features from the phones that Motorola intended to
>be there.
>
> Then I went down to the Sprint store and bought two new RAZR phones.
>
> Bob
>
This is why I bought the Samsung I-730 on Verizon. They cant cripple it, I
can do as I like with ringers/audio/video.I watch TV on it thru my
slingbox...yeah I know..a violation of my TOS......**** them! From what I
can tell Verizon sees it as data, cant tell what it is..so as long as I
don't exceed 5 gigs in a month I am OK. So what if they shut down my EVDO
service...all that will do is force me to SAVE $59 a month.In fact the web
browser is kinda crippled..its not very fast and wont display a lot of
pages...no big loss there.
I personally wont own a piece of **** "VCast" phone....not on a bet. I have
no desire to be billed 99¢ to a $1.99 for every little "feature" they want
to send me.
I was not impressed with the Razrs...felt the keyboard felt flimsy, and I
don't really need a paper-thin phone.My big/fat/heavy I-730 works OK.

On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:45:58 -0700, Pegleg <Pegleg@usnavyret.mil>
wrote:

>On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:55:06 -0400, "Bob F." <bob@N0ZPAMfurtaw.com>
>wrote:
>
>>I just snapped my 2 brand new RAZR phones in half, brought them into the
>>Verizon store and read them the riot act in front of lots of customers about
>>how they deleted features from the phones that Motorola intended to be
>>there.
>
>Your fault...you didn't read what the Verizon version of the phone would
>do/wouldn't do before you bought it!
>
>I know it sucks but it is common knowledge that Verizon has a reputation
>for crippling phones!


They also have a reputation for staffing their stores with liars.

I have had several out and outright lies told to me in their stores,
either about phone capability or accessories or plans.

Boron

"Bob F." <bob@N0ZPAMfurtaw.com> wrote in
news:47adnSjW1dW1PK3bnZ2dnUVZ_v-tnZ2d@comcast.com:

> I just snapped my 2 brand new RAZR phones in half, brought them into
> the Verizon store and read them the riot act in front of lots of
> customers about how they deleted features from the phones that
> Motorola intended to be there.
>
> Then I went down to the Sprint store and bought two new RAZR phones.
>
> Bob
>
>

Good show, Bob!...(c; Doesn't that feel great?!

Larry on Alltel....
Great service, best coverage in the Southeast, no deleted features funny
business.
--

Bob F. formulated the question :
> I just snapped my 2 brand new RAZR phones in half, brought them into the
> Verizon store and read them the riot act in front of lots of customers about
> how they deleted features from the phones that Motorola intended to be
> there.
>
> Then I went down to the Sprint store and bought two new RAZR phones.
>
> Bob

I don't like some of the features of my new car. I am going out
tomorrow and drive it into a tree.

Bob F. wrote:
> I just snapped my 2 brand new RAZR phones in half, brought them into the
> Verizon store and read them the riot act in front of lots of customers about
> how they deleted features from the phones that Motorola intended to be
> there.
>
> Then I went down to the Sprint store and bought two new RAZR phones.
>
> Bob
>
>

Good story. You do know that you have 30 days to just return the product
if you don't like it?

Why make up a yahoo from the trailer park story?

On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:55:06 -0400, "Bob F." <bob@N0ZPAMfurtaw.com>
wrote:

>I just snapped my 2 brand new RAZR phones in half, brought them into the
>Verizon store and read them the riot act in front of lots of customers about
>how they deleted features from the phones that Motorola intended to be
>there.
>
>Then I went down to the Sprint store and bought two new RAZR phones.
>
>Bob
>

Just out of curiosity how much is this childish action going to cost
you?

TeddeLI <Spam@nospam.neat> wrote in
news:mn.d5067d7444e6362f.69402@nospam.neat:

> Bob F. formulated the question :
>> I just snapped my 2 brand new RAZR phones in half, brought them into
>> the Verizon store and read them the riot act in front of lots of
>> customers about how they deleted features from the phones that
>> Motorola intended to be there.
>>
>> Then I went down to the Sprint store and bought two new RAZR phones.
>>
>> Bob
>
> I don't like some of the features of my new car. I am going out
> tomorrow and drive it into a tree.
>
>
>

Let's play this game a minute.....

You bought a new Honda from Valley Honda and Yugo. These Hondas come
with AC, radio, power windows, all the usual toys.....but.....Valley
Honda decides that none of their customers should be listening to AM
radio, have rear windows that open, remote control trunk lids or
automatic door locks....unless, of course, we sell these features back to
them after they buy the car.

Will Valley Honda be in business long, even if they are the only Honda
dealer within a hundred miles?

This is EXACTLY the game Verizon Wireless is playing with their
customers' cellphones.....

Why do people who would be outraged and tell Valley Honda where to put
their crippled cars....go out and buy a crippled cellphone from a
crippled company like Verizon? It's crazy!

Larry
--

In article <MPG.209b20b43cef5bf2989756@newsgroups.bellsouth.n et>, Drumstick wrote:

> So, the whole burden is not on VZW to train their staff but there is
> some responsibility on the staff to be willing to learn and keep up with
> what they are selling. After all, they CHOOSE to be there....even if
> only until something better comes along.

I almost kinda sorta agree. VZW should be training extensively and
evaluating, and then re-evaluating, their employees to make sure they
do know their stuff. I do agree that the employees have an obligation
to at least try to learn, though.


--
Steve Sobol, Professional Geek ** Java/VB/VC/PHP/Perl ** Linux/*BSD/Windows
Victorville, California PGP:0xE3AE35ED

It's all fun and games until someone starts a bonfire in the living room.

In article <Xns991F74E6E2F49noonehomecom@208.49.80.253>, Larry wrote:

> You bought a new Honda from Valley Honda and Yugo.

Yugo???

You're dating yourself, old man.

--
Steve Sobol, Professional Geek ** Java/VB/VC/PHP/Perl ** Linux/*BSD/Windows
Victorville, California PGP:0xE3AE35ED

It's all fun and games until someone starts a bonfire in the living room.

Steven J. Sobol wrote:
> In article <Xns991F74E6E2F49noonehomecom@208.49.80.253>, Larry wrote:
>
>> You bought a new Honda from Valley Honda and Yugo.
>
> Yugo???
>
> You're dating yourself, old man.

At one time, I dated myself.

Very satisfying!

--
Notan