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January 30, 2002
Anyone want to buy my Sprint PCS phone?
This is really a question directed at US residents.
I bought a Nokia 8890 GSM phone on the Voicestream network. I won't go into my reasons for the purchase except that it didn't really have anything to do with my previous service on Sprint PCS, which has been quite stellar thus far except for a couple of incidents where I had to get my antenna replaced (long lines at the only service centre in New York). Actually the antenna could stand getting replaced now, as it got banged up a bit in my pocket.
(Alright, alright, it was a bit of an impulse buy. The phone is so darn cute and so is Jamie Lee Curtis. That and the antenna broke on my old phone. Phone still works fine, but it's like having a lock of hair that refuses to sit where you want to sit in your coif. Phone works with it the way it is, minimal cost to have it fixed, if any.)
The phone I am looking to sell is a Motorola Talkabout T8167 phone, originally costing $150. I've got a headset that I can toss in with it. Currently, the rate plan on is $50/month, no contract, 500 minutes per month, with free long distance to anywhere in the US and no roaming charges from anywhere on the SprintPCS network. This is pretty much the cheapest nationwide plan in the US (actually, if you're willing to lock yourself into a year's contract, you can make it even cheaper, $40/month).
I have until 31 January -- that's tomorrow -- to cancel my service or incur another month's charge on a service that I no longer use. If I transfer the service to someone else, that will waive any sign-up fee.
Do I have any takers? All I ask is whatever you feel like giving up in trade. It doesn't support the US Olympic team, but it would keep this Aggressive Beaver from being a Vicious Rampaging Beaver. If you want the phone list programmed in the phone, that'll cost you $500. ;)
If there aren't any takers, I'm going to can the service tomorrow and take my chances on eBay, but I have no interest in paying for another month's service on this phone considering I'd really stopped using it back in early December/late November.
Email me at itn1@cornell.eduu, but clip out the extra U at the end when you do it.
Posted by KinCross at January 30, 2002 03:19 PM