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My Razr finally crapped out entirely and holds a battery charge for approx 1-2 hrs (assuming no use during that time). Kinda takes the "mobile" functionality out of mobile phone, if it doesn't work unless plugged in. Anyhoo, being a loyal sprint customer since I was 16!, i went to the sprint store expecting to somehow finagle a deal on a great new phone. My eye candy: the Blackberry Curve they offer for $99 to new customers. A $570 phone for $99, isn't too shabby by me and even as it would require me to up my plan to a data plan, the rates have fallen enough that I considered it worth it.
Heavens no! said the cell phone gods. Through massive headsches and hassles, Sprint's customer service dept told me the best deal they could get me was $150 off the $570 phone if I bought it today. If I wait until January 1, 2009, I can get it for $99, but their "system" wouldn't allow them to push that date a month. In the irony of ironies, $570-$150 = $320. If I were to CANCEL my contract with Sprint, pay $200 in cancellation fees, and either re-sign up for a new contract with Sprint or sign with a new company, I'd get the $99, bringing my total for the phone to $299. Does that make sense to anyone else?
Yeah. Me neither.
