Friday, April 21, 2006
New toys
My son and I got new cell phones the other night. We're on a minutes-sharing plan together and each had issues with our respective phones. My phone's battery wouldn't hold a charge for more than 3 days, or 4 1-minute calls, whichever came first. Aaron shut his in the car door and smashed it. That made me glad that my exact words when asked whether to add insurance to Aaron's phone were, "Oh, God, yes!". The thing I didn't pay attention to at the time was that there is a $50 deductible on top of the monthly premium we've been paying. That phone is over 2 years old.
Luckily, we had a 24-month contract and we were well past that. I figured we'd be better off renewing our contract and getting new phones, which is what we did. I would have paid $20 + tax for my new battery and ended up paying $27 for the new phone. We chipped in the $50 for Aaron's phone and he paid the difference on one of those camera jobs.
What is it with new stuff that guys just go ape-shit crazy? Aaron's about filled up his phone w/ pics of the dog and whatnot and I've been playing with the new gadgetry on mine. 2 days of dinking around on it and it hasn't even lost a bar on the battery meter. Gotta love that.
Luckily, we had a 24-month contract and we were well past that. I figured we'd be better off renewing our contract and getting new phones, which is what we did. I would have paid $20 + tax for my new battery and ended up paying $27 for the new phone. We chipped in the $50 for Aaron's phone and he paid the difference on one of those camera jobs.
What is it with new stuff that guys just go ape-shit crazy? Aaron's about filled up his phone w/ pics of the dog and whatnot and I've been playing with the new gadgetry on mine. 2 days of dinking around on it and it hasn't even lost a bar on the battery meter. Gotta love that.
