So, after finally deciding to upgrade my old-timey pos cellphone to a smart phone, posting for advice on same at SDMB, reading lots of reviews at CNET, etc., I zip over to Cingular’s webpage (since I already have a existing subscription with it) to see which of the top recommendations is available for my area. Bingo, Cingular 8125 it is!
I then call the local Cingular authorized dealer, identify myself (for discount), tell them what I’m after, confirm they have it in stock and tell them I will be over during lunch to pick it up. When I arrive, they have sold their LAST UNIT to some guy they THOUGHT was me, despite him having a different name. Assholes!
“Well, we can order you one” they say, forget it I say, there are about 20 other Cingular dealers within 50 miles so I will get one from them, so much for shopping local.
Soooo, I then proceed to call every other Cingular dealer within a 50 mile radius (according to Cingular’s website), Best Buy, Radio Shack and a few other outfits that carry Cingular products. NOONE has one.
Well shit, but np, I think, I’ll just order it off the Cingular website. Nope. CINGULAR DOESN’T HAVE ANY AND DOESN’T KNOW WHEN IT WILL. This is a fairly new phone, was just reviewed 2/06 by CNET, but not that new that it should be out of stock for the foreseeable future, I mean jesus it’s not the XBOX 360, what kind of unanswerable demand is there for a $400 cellphone???
So fuck you Cingular, you piece of old man flap. I’m calling Verizon. I’m sure they actually sell the cellphones they advertise.
Probably not though, stupid old man flap cellphone providers.