Stolen frikin cell phone, ~ Happy Ending ~ . . . 7 months later Options

[amysmojo]

Cell phone insurance is a waste of frikin money. But let me back up, I went out last night with my friend & some how my phone was stolen Im soooo pissed, the bar tender is a friend pf mine & was right there chatting w/ me & they didnt see anything happen, we looked everywhere hoping I dropped it but NOPE....its just gone *omg* I dunno what to do...

I called & had it turn off so no one can use it but I cant get it re=placed according the Sprint untill I pay them, $50 bucks *grrrrrrr* I dont have $50 bucks, why do we pay monthly insurance if they are just gonna make us pay more??? I have had the phone since January, been making the monthly insrance payments & now they want more $....aint that about a B!

anyway....sorry for the post, but dont some of you work @ cell companies? is there anyway around this? Im so pist that I started frikin crying on the phone w/ the sprint insurance department im just THAT frustrated I feel so hopeless I cant afford to pay them $50....I have too many bills & just cant afford it

WTF can I do?????

This post has been edited by amysmojo: Apr 27, 2007 - 10:02 AM

[Shocker]

it cost me forty dollars to replace my junky cricket phone...ive payed atleast over forty dollars in insurance..at that point i just cancelled my insurance and went and bought my phone on ebay...

[confucious]

aww sorry to hear that

This post has been edited by confucious: Sep 22, 2006 - 9:32 AM

[shin]

insurance don't really cover anything other than cheap phones. you use the A900 right amy? high end phones won't be covered entirely. Sprint doesn't have replacement programs like T-mobile does.. $50 to replace your phone isn't that bad.. but i think buyin phone insurance is just a waste of money. Wish i could send you a phone over amy, but i don't deal with SPRINT CDMA, only SPRINT (NEXTEL).

[Culpable04]

sorry to hear that and this is nothing good but, don't get surprise when they send you a funny phone.

the policy says that you'll get a replacement phone that does the same functions as the one you had. I went from a nice samsung to a cheap sanyo with sprint. I hope you do better.

[amysmojo]

Well I caved, borrowed $50 from my sister & am having a replacement sent. I wouldnt have been so mad if I HAD the money to do it (since its way cheaper than buying a new phone) But pay day isnt for another week & I dont want to wait that long lol

Shin thanks for thinkin of me I know you would help if ya could!

Oh & Culpable04 I hope they send me another Blade because they told me I will be getting the same phone or one similar to it & that it may or may not be refurbished (so dumb) WISH ME LUCK!!!

*sigh* I feel like my baby was kidnapped...here is a recent picture! lol



This post has been edited by amysmojo: Sep 22, 2006 - 1:51 PM

[gt_driFFter]

Amy, it's insurance. What type of insurance do you know of that doesn't require a deductable for using it? ;-)

And the reason you have insurance, is so you won't have to pay full retail ($300 - $400) in situations like these . Sorry to hear the news, but it's really not as bad as you think!

This post has been edited by gt_driFFter: Sep 22, 2006 - 2:49 PM

[amysmojo]

Amy, it's insurance. What type of insurance do you know of that doesn't require a deductable for using it? ;-)

And the reason you have insurance, is so you won't have to pay full retail ($300 - $400) in situations like these . Sorry to hear the news, but it's really not as bad as you think!

yaaaah i know i know its never happened to me before so now that I have a replacement on the way im feeling better ...but i still miss my baby lol

oooh I need to call & have my stolen phone re-set to store settings so that all my info will be removed (including PICTURES i dont want anyone seeing lol)

[tomazws]

I never bought insurance for phone... I guess when I lose my phone, I'll be damned. At least you only have to pay $50.

But then again, that seems alot :-(

[amysmojo]

I never bought insurance for phone... I guess when I lose my phone, I'll be damned. At least you only have to pay $50.

But then again, that seems alot :-(

if I bought the phone brand new it would be $250 - $300 sooooo $50 isnt too bad...its just bad when im not expecting it!!!

[shin]

Shin thanks for thinkin of me I know you would help if ya could!

ya know i'm there for you

[saleeka]

yes I will say insurance for a phone is a waste- One day i was exceedingly bored and was reading my insurance policy on sprint.com, and was thrilled to find out that with my phone my deductible is $150... So, in a nutshell, after the monthly cost for insurance, If I were to "replace" my phone at this point using my insurance, I will have to pay WAY more than what I paid for the phone When I signed up for that insurance, nothing was mentioned about a sky high deductible.... So *if* I decide to get a new plan once my contract is up here in a few months, they can think again If i'm going to pay them for worthless insurance...

This post has been edited by saleeka: Sep 22, 2006 - 6:57 PM

[mzztoyota]

awwww...

I had a spare crap samsung lying around I would have sent, too

glad to hear that its working out though...and, yeeahhhh...get those pics removed, lol...omg I have no idea what I'd do if someone took my phone with *those* pics...

[hurley97]

oooh I need to call & have my stolen phone re-set to store settings so that all my info will be removed (including PICTURES i dont want anyone seeing lol)

haha. damn, i guess that means none of us get to see those pics either lol

...and i didnt know they could do that [reset the phone without having it in hand...good to know]

[rayneezy23]

should of used geico

ok nevermine that comment im stupid what i would do is go to a different plan

[jess_i_74]

My nokia 1100 costs $19. No such problems.

[amysmojo]

oooh I need to call & have my stolen phone re-set to store settings so that all my info will be removed (including PICTURES i dont want anyone seeing lol)

haha. damn, i guess that means none of us get to see those pics either lol

...and i didnt know they could do that [reset the phone without having it in hand...good to know]

oooh yes! they can do it & dont worry i have some of the pics on hand if I need them

But anyway back in January when I first got the phone the internet stopped working for whatever reason so I called & they ended up having to do a hard reset or whatever you want to call it, the girl did it from where she was while I had the phone in my hand...yep yep...kinda nice if you ever need it

im suppose to get my replacement in the mail today, thats what I was told on Friday soooo I hope it comes

[celicurr]

sucks to hear that, but I know exactly what you're talking about... I worked for a sprint call centre for a couple months during the winter... if I still worked for them, I could have had you sent a new phone and hopefully they wouldn't catch it... sorry I don't work there anymore... lol it sucked ass there!

[chucho]

yeah i get ticked off about that too

[amysmojo]

sucks to hear that, but I know exactly what you're talking about... I worked for a sprint call centre for a couple months during the winter... if I still worked for them, I could have had you sent a new phone and hopefully they wouldn't catch it... sorry I don't work there anymore... lol it sucked ass there!

ha thats okay! the good news is I got my replacement yesterday like they told me I would & its brand spankin new! (at least it looks that way) it had stickers on the screens I had to peel off & stuff, I miss old phone though...it was made w/ mostley metal pieces when I got it in January ...but now the newer ones are made w/ mostley plastic pieces....punks!

but I cant complain, im still happy

[amysmojo]

I didnt think id be posting in this thread again, especially 7 months later! But a local Sprint store called me the other day saying someone came in trying to activate my stolen phone. So I went and picked it up from them. It was so weird seeing all my old pics! There were a few pics taken by the person that stole my phone but nothing interesting... just weird things like a picture of a sink! And a video clip of some curtains with tv noise in the background lol. Anyway...im happy to have it back, never thought id see it again. Now I have a back up phone, yay!

[95CelicaST]

Did they hold the person who was trying to activate it?

[shin]

well glad ya got your katana back amy. maybe you could sell it and make back the $50 bucks ya paid the last time.

[tomazws]

wow, that's pretty neat.

[amysmojo]

well glad ya got your katana back amy. maybe you could sell it and make back the $50 bucks ya paid the last time.

its an A900 ha ha. maybe i could sell it i dunno, but i think id rather keep it as a spare. oh and no they didnt hold anybody, im sure the person who tried activating it said they just found it or bought it from someone they didnt know or something like that

[shin]

oo yea.. it's always good the have a spare for just in case situations.