getting a mobile
Hi,
had some fun today while getting a new mobile. Well, let´s start at the begining.
On the weekend I read about a deal where you get a prepaid nokia almost for free and thats extactly that what I was looking for. Sounds not too bad. Here is how it works (in theory). You drive to the store (called CompUSA) do a price matching with traget weekly ad and get the mobile down from 79$ to 40$ after tax. Then you get two mail in rebate coupons. One worth 30$ the other 20$. That brings it down to 40$ - 30$ - 20$ = -10$. ;-))
Wow, that means you will get 10 bucks back at the end.
As said this is theroy. The hole trip thourgh the city was, like you will see, kind of an odyssey. I told the other Germans about the plan and it the end there were 4 of us sitting in a tiny pickup. Hunter drove us to the store, which we expected not to be that far away because he decieded to leave at 8pm knowing that the store closes at 9pm. Well at the end we got there at 8.50pm and caused some trouble. First the assistent could only find one, at the end three of the mobile packages. Pricematching worked and I payed everything together on credit. Just before leaving the Manager cam e up and said that they have done a mistake. There would be rebate forms existing.....
We pretended not knowing about these sings as we are stupid germans, but he wouldnt let us go away. So at the end there suddenly was a fourth mobile and we made an other deal where we will pay 10$ after rebates.
At this point the odyssey started. Hunter was gone and our bus was sheduled for 9.30 pm. But when we left the shop the clock showed 9.50pm. Wow, we were debating with the personal which still was there completely. The solution had been, that the manager gave us a lift in a mustang back to downtown. Tell you, this was a crazy ride. We were sliding round the corners and spinning the wheels.
After a fast dinner at TacoC we were supposed to take the last UT Shuttle back home. It turned out that the 11.30pm shuttle isnt existing. This means we stuck miles away from home.
Somehow we manged to take a bus which brings us close to home and then I rang my roommate Jeremy with me lately activated mobile. Thanks for the lift dude.
The activation of the other mobiles took till 3am and then everybody got to bed within seconds.
Well, I guess thats the effort you gotta put in if you want to take such a deal. But it still was a very funny night and we all finally have mobile.
had some fun today while getting a new mobile. Well, let´s start at the begining.
On the weekend I read about a deal where you get a prepaid nokia almost for free and thats extactly that what I was looking for. Sounds not too bad. Here is how it works (in theory). You drive to the store (called CompUSA) do a price matching with traget weekly ad and get the mobile down from 79$ to 40$ after tax. Then you get two mail in rebate coupons. One worth 30$ the other 20$. That brings it down to 40$ - 30$ - 20$ = -10$. ;-))
Wow, that means you will get 10 bucks back at the end.
As said this is theroy. The hole trip thourgh the city was, like you will see, kind of an odyssey. I told the other Germans about the plan and it the end there were 4 of us sitting in a tiny pickup. Hunter drove us to the store, which we expected not to be that far away because he decieded to leave at 8pm knowing that the store closes at 9pm. Well at the end we got there at 8.50pm and caused some trouble. First the assistent could only find one, at the end three of the mobile packages. Pricematching worked and I payed everything together on credit. Just before leaving the Manager cam e up and said that they have done a mistake. There would be rebate forms existing.....
We pretended not knowing about these sings as we are stupid germans, but he wouldnt let us go away. So at the end there suddenly was a fourth mobile and we made an other deal where we will pay 10$ after rebates.
At this point the odyssey started. Hunter was gone and our bus was sheduled for 9.30 pm. But when we left the shop the clock showed 9.50pm. Wow, we were debating with the personal which still was there completely. The solution had been, that the manager gave us a lift in a mustang back to downtown. Tell you, this was a crazy ride. We were sliding round the corners and spinning the wheels.
After a fast dinner at TacoC we were supposed to take the last UT Shuttle back home. It turned out that the 11.30pm shuttle isnt existing. This means we stuck miles away from home.
Somehow we manged to take a bus which brings us close to home and then I rang my roommate Jeremy with me lately activated mobile. Thanks for the lift dude.
The activation of the other mobiles took till 3am and then everybody got to bed within seconds.
Well, I guess thats the effort you gotta put in if you want to take such a deal. But it still was a very funny night and we all finally have mobile.
posted by Markus at Austin at 02:18
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