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well, spit it out already
Jun. 28th, 2022 01:18 pmA few moments ago, my cel phone service finally told me they will be cancelling me if I don't trash my phone in two weeks. ;P
They've been writing me messages for quite a while with scare tactics about Upgrade Deals, but this is the first time they have mentioned cancellation. It's a pretty good deal and I'd rather not lose it ($30/mo unlimited everything, MetroPCS)
Those previous messages did prompt me to go in to one of their stores, TWICE, to check on deals. Both times I was told that my phone would probably be fine. The whole beef was that they are ceasing the 2G and 3G services (which are crappy anyway), but... my phone DOES work on 4G so I was told it should be fine.
The other thing that kept me away was that, in order to get the new deals, they wanted to confiscate my nice old phone... which is actually pointless and ridiculous.
So... if the cancellation thing is true, I guess the remaining option is to just get one of their approved phones and keep my old one (for the stuff on it), and just pay a little bit more since I'm not surrendering my old one for the crusher.
*sigh* Mixed feelings. Sure a new phone might be nice, but I'll miss my dependable, comfortable old Alcatel phone.
EDIT:
Well, I went to the cel store for a third time, and thankfully things were much better than my first two visits. The nice attendant there did not covet my lovely 8 year old phone in order to get a newer one, so *whew*
Went ahead and got the Moto G Power. Was still $124 to switch over, but it coulda been hundreds more, and this seems like a decent phone, even though it's nearly twice the size of my Alcatel Fierce ;P
They've been writing me messages for quite a while with scare tactics about Upgrade Deals, but this is the first time they have mentioned cancellation. It's a pretty good deal and I'd rather not lose it ($30/mo unlimited everything, MetroPCS)
Those previous messages did prompt me to go in to one of their stores, TWICE, to check on deals. Both times I was told that my phone would probably be fine. The whole beef was that they are ceasing the 2G and 3G services (which are crappy anyway), but... my phone DOES work on 4G so I was told it should be fine.
The other thing that kept me away was that, in order to get the new deals, they wanted to confiscate my nice old phone... which is actually pointless and ridiculous.
So... if the cancellation thing is true, I guess the remaining option is to just get one of their approved phones and keep my old one (for the stuff on it), and just pay a little bit more since I'm not surrendering my old one for the crusher.
*sigh* Mixed feelings. Sure a new phone might be nice, but I'll miss my dependable, comfortable old Alcatel phone.
EDIT:
Well, I went to the cel store for a third time, and thankfully things were much better than my first two visits. The nice attendant there did not covet my lovely 8 year old phone in order to get a newer one, so *whew*
Went ahead and got the Moto G Power. Was still $124 to switch over, but it coulda been hundreds more, and this seems like a decent phone, even though it's nearly twice the size of my Alcatel Fierce ;P
