Cell Mart

And my last visit to the cellmart (to buy cells no less) went so well, so much help. That is important for "big money" purchases; having an informed, intelligent, customer driven clerk/sales staff. Yea $200 ain't all THAT of a "big money" but is enough to warrant top notch staff waiting on me. So that was great, the phones and all, treated great, welcoming my business back. Problem with these "Cellmarts" you never get enough 'stuff' from them and you go back a few times after the original purchase. more stuff we call it. I am a total newbie to the 3G phone or we will call this the veritable hand size computer.  Well the clerk/associate this visit seemed real interested in more purchase from me. How about this, this might be what you are looking for.. do you have a computer? we have a laptop yata yata yata... You know, sure he's a "salesman" and thats his bread and butter but lets stay in the topic area... stuff for my 3G phone/computer please. Comes right down to  this, my phone can do music, I just need to get one of those memory cards for the phone. So I walk in, sign in then I wait for the available "Associate". Why they don't just call these people 'sales sharks' is beyond me. 
Original plan, by Pirates standards, I'll take this holster we got that didn't work, or so we thought, return and get a memory card for my phone. End up I return the holster, end up with a replacement, puchase the memory card, purchase the card reader (for the computer) the deluxe model at that and purchase a head set (which is why I am bitching in the first place) and a free car charger. He did quickly pass over the "only five bucks" after saying I could get the charger for free. 


        Now mind you, I specifically asked him if the jack on the head set would fit THIS phone. Of course, I'm certain was the answer. And off I go... loaded with electronic goodies, I'm such a sucker for this stuff. Get home, worked on the music trans to the card, all that turn on the music from the phone.Sounded worse than an old transister radio (those that remember those)... think it probably sounds better in the head phones. God don't you hate these human proof packages the cells come in? Get my head set and don't you know, the jack was the same as the other headset I had, too small. 
        
        Not really being one to want to stir up trouble, I did call to complain, I did give the transaction number and all those little particulars, and stated, the facts, as they were; resulting in nothing, of course, just I have to drive back up to Cellmart tomorrow.


          There, said my piece!
       

Phones

Trust me man, I don't have alot of experience in cell fones and prefer to stay away from the mini-computers in a pocket like the cranberry or what every they named that one. So I'm lookin to improve the equipment on my cell plan. Pretty easy upgrade as the phone I have is the cheap, give away all the big cell carriers have to draw you in the door. So all I am looking for is like a flip-phone, with a slide out keyboard for texting. Think they call that a QWERTY keyboard. The plot thickens here... as MsNeo is back and looks for keeps, I want to get her a phone too. So looking at what Verizon has, I had my flip-phone all picked out, she is looking at this env-touch. So I am being helped by the guy I talked to on the phone a few days earlier, Mike. MsN is checking the phone, feeling a bit worried as I was still "I don't need much just talk n text" so why she is looking at the env-touch I say to Mike, write it up, she wants that one. Then Mike tells me "you could get 2 of these, and it will cost less" well shit... wtf... nicer phone, and save cost... I'm in. Not only that but for just another some god awfully low monthly fee get a third phone, and another line for her daughter. I mean I am getting all this just about bargain basement price... Life is really sweet sometimes.