This Friday evening was pretty interesting. Mainly because I finally got the iPhone 4S, thanks to selling off many DVDs we no longer watch, and doing some remote work.
Because it’s been snowing pretty hard and because the weather is less than favorable, there were not many people at the mall where the #AT&T store was located. It was a weird feeling walking in that mall and it not be crowded. In some ways it reminded me of some of the older malls in Denver.
So, when we’re at the #AT&T store, the guy who’s helping is either not with it, or not wanting to work, or just lazy. He takes my cash, and upgrades my account with no problems. However he doesn’t mention anything about the data. Before upgrading to this phone I was using an older #Nokia E61 and so was on the 200 Mb data plan. I would have guessed that he would want to mention other data plan options. Oh, speaking of which, it’s almost time for #AT&T to change their data plans to $5 more. So you might want to think about this in case. Anyway, I tell him I want the 2 Gb plan and he upgrades it.
Next he proceeds to set up the phone with the sim card and transfer my number to it. Nowhere did he mention the Apple Care plan, insurance, the fact that I have to get it right there and then or else. Nada! Even though I would have declined the offers, he still should have mentioned him. I mean, isn’t he supposed to be a sales guy? As I said, maybe he wasn’t feeling well. After all, he was stuffed in half of his nose and runny in the other.
I do give him credit in that at least he put the iPhone in the Otterbox case I brought with me. I was certainly not going to buy one there. That leads me to wonder that if he saw me bring in my own case, maybe he figured I was smart enough to not get the Apple Care plan and so didn’t offer it to me. Hmm, food for thought.
The biggest one though, is he didn’t tell me that by me upgrading my account with this new iPhone 4S, it would renew my #contract for 2 more years. Hmm, does that mean I can cancel and use that as grounds for no #eft? Not that I want to at this point. Despite the issues many have with #AT&T, they will screw you over just as much as the other big players. So I’m good, we, as the public have learned to bend over and take it. I mean, $30 per month for unlimited texting even though it doesn’t even cost them a fraction of one cent for 10 text messages? Yes, yes, I know they are a business and they will make #money off the customer, but still.
I lost my train of thought. Oh yes, just saying that #Sprint and #Verizon will do the same thing in their own way, so #AT&T is not the only devil in the field.
After leaving the store, and the mall, we had dinner at finger-lickin’ good. I didn’t have my #4square app setup quite yet, so I couldn’t annoy anyone with my check in. I was like a little kid. I couldn’t eat very much because I just wanted to get home and play with my new toy. Sure enough, as soon as we got home, I ordered the #kids to feed the #pets, and I went and setup my phone.
So now I’ve officially re-joined the #Apple users who are tied to their phones. Oh, and BTW, I still can’t stand iTunes.
