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I Bent My Wookiee · Feb 13, 2006, 04:42 PM

I bought a new phone yesterday that the salesman told me was brand new but I smelt a rat because of the packaging. I got it home and went through the camera pics and found this:

Funny as it is I was pissed that somehow a "brand new phone" has a pic of some girl in a SHOE STORE! Later the same day the phone died for good.

I called the store that I bought it from and told them they sold me a returned phone that was also defective. They weren't helpful so I called the head office and my cellphone provider, they are in big **** now.

Oh, and I got a new phone from another store and my provider gave me lots of discounts for the trouble.

Shaddim · Feb 13, 2006, 04:45 PM

Nice mullet. *shudder*

hickey · Feb 13, 2006, 04:46 PM

did the phone have the number of that butch? luckily everything worked out, and you got some discounts out of it.

smacintush · Feb 13, 2006, 04:46 PM

Same thing happened to me with an iPod i bought yesterday, well, except there wasn't a picture on mine.

I Bent My Wookiee · Feb 13, 2006, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by hickey

did the phone have the number of that butch? luckily everything worked out, and you got some discounts out of it.

Not that I want it but no.

Funny thing is that is the exact face I made to the store that sold it to me when corporate called them

On the plus side at least she wasn't naked.

ajprice · Feb 13, 2006, 05:01 PM

I Bent My Wookiee · Feb 13, 2006, 05:07 PM

Correct me if I am wrong but isn't it pretty damn illegal to sell returned merchandise and call it new?

King Bob On The Cob · Feb 13, 2006, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by I Bent My Wookiee

Correct me if I am wrong but isn't it pretty damn illegal to sell returned merchandise and call it new?

Yea. Pretty sure it's fraud in some form or another...

I was certain this thread was going to contain NSFW images from someone's cell phone.
Damn the disappointment.

Salty · Feb 13, 2006, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by I Bent My Wookiee

Correct me if I am wrong but isn't it pretty damn illegal to sell returned merchandise and call it new?

Yah at Bestbuy we were told we'd get in a lot of trouble if we sold open boxed stuff as new.

paul w · Feb 13, 2006, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by I Bent My Wookiee

Correct me if I am wrong but isn't it pretty damn illegal to sell returned merchandise and call it new?

That's what happened to Crazy Eddie's. Pity, as his prices WERE insane.

IceEnclosure · Feb 13, 2006, 06:20 PM

Originally Posted by paul w

That's what happened to Crazy Eddie's. Pity, as his prices WERE insane.

I loved his commercials, I'd look forward to them when visiting my grandmother in Long Island in the '80's.

Athens · Feb 13, 2006, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by I Bent My Wookiee

I bought a new phone yesterday that the salesman told me was brand new but I smelt a rat because of the packaging. I got it home and went through the camera pics and found this:

Funny as it is I was pissed that somehow a "brand new phone" has a pic of some girl in a SHOE STORE! Later the same day the phone died for good.

I called the store that I bought it from and told them they sold me a returned phone that was also defective. They weren't helpful so I called the head office and my cellphone provider, they are in big **** now.

Oh, and I got a new phone from another store and my provider gave me lots of discounts for the trouble.

whats funny is that person that took the picture is now on the internet due the phone she had her picture taking. Bet she has no idea

SirCastor · Feb 13, 2006, 06:29 PM

I wonder how much circulation this picture would need before it got back to her.

ajprice · Feb 13, 2006, 06:32 PM

i say make a website on one of those free hosting sites, geocities or whatever it is now

I Bent My Wookiee · Feb 13, 2006, 06:37 PM

Ya, www.the-bitch-that-came-on-my-phone.com

Albert Pujols · Feb 13, 2006, 06:40 PM

I wanna elbow her in the teeth so bad, is that a natural instinct?

Salty · Feb 13, 2006, 06:45 PM

By the way SWG... it was a RAZR wasn't it... oh wait wait wait... a Sony walkman phone!?

legacyb4 · Feb 13, 2006, 06:47 PM

Get it on digg with a good story... that should pump up the circulation quite a bit

Originally Posted by SirCastor

I wonder how much circulation this picture would need before it got back to her.

I Bent My Wookiee · Feb 13, 2006, 06:57 PM

Originally Posted by Salty

By the way SWG... it was a RAZR wasn't it... oh wait wait wait... a Sony walkman phone!?

Yep, I have had tons of cellphones from $800 Nokia's and cheap Ericssons. For me the Sony's have the best OS, design, features and best battery life, Heck it has the same damn interface as iTunes so i can't think of any reason to get anything else.

Every Nokia I have ever used had piss poor battery life. Motorola's OS is horrid, Samsung's are mostly flip phones which I hate and have poor batterylife.

ort888 · Feb 13, 2006, 07:00 PM

Start using her on fark or make a very funny ytmnd with her and watch the fireworks fly.

Kerrigan · Feb 13, 2006, 07:07 PM

I prefer flip phones because candybar- and slider-style phones get scratched up very soon and look like crap. However the vast majority of flip phones are crap so you have to choose carefully.

I Bent My Wookiee · Feb 13, 2006, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

I prefer flip phones because candybar- and slider-style phones get scratched up very soon and look like crap. However the vast majority of flip phones are crap so you have to choose carefully.

Really? Mine all still looked great after 2 years of heavy use. I even dropped my last sony t637 in the toilet when the phone was ON and after drying her off you it worked 100%

fhoubi · Feb 13, 2006, 07:09 PM

Are you sure it is a "girl"?

I Bent My Wookiee · Feb 13, 2006, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by fhoubi

Are you sure it is a "girl"?

Ya she only looks it from the neck down.

Kerrigan · Feb 13, 2006, 07:22 PM

I live in UK so that means two things 1)I'm always tossing those pound coins in and out of my pocket, and 2) I walk everywhere so the phone is constantly sliding around in my pocket. So stuff gets scratched up easily in my situation.

kernokerno · Feb 13, 2006, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by Salty

Yah at Bestbuy we were told we'd get in a lot of trouble if we sold open boxed stuff as new.

Best Buy was your first job?

just curious

mdc · Feb 13, 2006, 07:41 PM

@I Bent My Wookiee.

Does the phone sync (isync) with bluetooth to your mac and can you install salling clicker on it?

If it is a yes to those two options i'm buying one this weekend. I really like that phone and my k700i is getting old. but it *has* to pass both those bluetooth tests before i'll buy it.

fhoubi · Feb 13, 2006, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by I Bent My Wookiee

Ya she only looks it from the neck down.

Yeah, she can't compete with Roz Ho *lol* OMG too much Glenlivet 4 2night...

I Bent My Wookiee · Feb 13, 2006, 07:46 PM

Originally Posted by mdc

@I Bent My Wookiee.

Does the phone sync (isync) with bluetooth to your mac and can you install salling clicker on it?

iSync doesn't work till Apple updates it as this is a new phone. But yes, salling works 100%

Rolling Bones · Feb 13, 2006, 07:48 PM

With a tongue like that, I'd hit it!

Kevin · Feb 13, 2006, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by I Bent My Wookiee

Ya, www.the-bitch-that-came-on-my-phone.com

That's what they make cases for!

I Bent My Wookiee · Feb 13, 2006, 08:12 PM

I don't know why I have such bad luck buying cellphones. My last experience was much worse:

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=229168

Caution: sad content within.

mdc · Feb 13, 2006, 08:45 PM

Originally Posted by I Bent My Wookiee

iSync doesn't work till Apple updates it as this is a new phone. But yes, salling works 100%

I found this page which talks about getting new phones working in iSync. Thought I'd share it.

Thanks for the info SWG, I'll be getting one next week.

I Bent My Wookiee · Feb 13, 2006, 08:47 PM

Originally Posted by mdc

I found this page which talks about getting new phones working in iSync. Thought I'd share it.

Thanks for the info SWG, I'll be getting one next week.

If it doesn't work just copy all your contacts to your SIM and the Sony handles it fine.

So far I love the phone, the speakers are LOUD, the Music software has the exact same software as itunes and the voice quality is the best I have ever heard (even on a landline).

Salty · Feb 13, 2006, 08:53 PM

Originally Posted by kernokerno

Best Buy was your first job?

just curious

Nah I've had a couple jobs, mainly been a professional student though, in high school I worked at an Ice Cream store owned by Satan, Safeway, and then later in College I've worked at Best Buy and Sears. Also had a short stint at a moving company.

I Bent My Wookiee · Feb 13, 2006, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by Salty

in high school I worked at an Ice Cream store owned by Satan

That answers two things for me.

Salty · Feb 13, 2006, 08:56 PM

Originally Posted by I Bent My Wookiee

That answers two things for me.

But it's OK, cause then I found Jesus

I Bent My Wookiee · Feb 13, 2006, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by Salty

But it's OK, cause then I found Jesus

And got you to the gym. Good for him.

Spliffdaddy · Feb 13, 2006, 09:17 PM

My Sony T637 was dropped at a construction site, embedded into the mud by a backhoe, and found 2 days later after somebody heard it ringing.

Still works great, but it looks a bit rough.

I don't know how Motorola became so popular when Sony always kicks their ass.

*shrugs*

RGB · Feb 13, 2006, 09:27 PM

I've had the W600i since November or so. The Sony Ericsson interface is just so beautiful and intuitive to use. I won't touch the Motorolas because of their shoddy interface. While the quality of the phone is great, I just can't see the function of the swivel design. One handed un-swivelling means the phone is then held upside down and must be turned around. If they insisted on having the screen on outside, why not a slider?

I Bent My Wookiee · Feb 13, 2006, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by RGB

I've had the W600i since November or so. The Sony Ericsson interface is just so beautiful and intuitive to use. I won't touch the Motorolas because of their shoddy interface. While the quality of the phone is great, I just can't see the function of the swivel design. One handed un-swivelling means the phone is then held upside down and must be turned around. If they insisted on having the screen on outside, why not a slider?

I agree with you 100%, swivel would be better. I think Sony's intent was to also use the phone in an upsidedown Capital L position.

Either way I still like it way more than a flip phone which I can't stand.

Railroader · Feb 13, 2006, 09:57 PM

Originally Posted by I Bent My Wookiee

Motorola's OS is horrid

Different Motorola phones have different OSs. Get a Motorola from Nextel and it is completely different from an OS in a Verizon phone.

far200 · Feb 13, 2006, 11:44 PM

on a positive note : i'd hit it : but then again I've had five drinks so far.... well ya I'd hit it....... tell the company to get the phone to work then to make her pay for your upgrade...... if that happens let her know I"D HIT IT with her.....

Wiskedjak · Feb 14, 2006, 12:03 AM

Originally Posted by Salty

But it's OK, cause then I found Jesus

At Satan's ice cream store?

RGB · Feb 14, 2006, 12:47 AM

Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy

My Sony T637 was dropped at a construction site, embedded into the mud by a backhoe, and found 2 days later after somebody heard it ringing.

Still works great, but it looks a bit rough.

I don't know how Motorola became so popular when Sony always kicks their ass.

*shrugs*

I had two T637s die for no explainable reason. First one in 9 months, the second lasted about 6

- - e r i k - - · 03:12 AM

Originally Posted by Wiskedjak

At Satan's ice cream store?

Jesus' got cravings too!

TubaMuffins · Feb 14, 2006, 01:21 AM

Originally Posted by Kevin

That's what they make cases for!

haha! took me a minute. My phone came with a phone number on it. Called the girl once to try to find out who she was. Stopped caring pretty quickly when i found her picture on the internet.

I Bent My Wookiee · Feb 14, 2006, 01:35 AM

Originally Posted by TubaMuffins

haha! took me a minute. My phone came with a phone number on it. Called the girl once to try to find out who she was. Stopped caring pretty quickly when i found her picture on the internet.

I'm surprised you even cared to begin with let alone trying to find out what she looked like.

nerd · Feb 14, 2006, 03:06 AM

Originally Posted by I Bent My Wookiee

iSync doesn't work till Apple updates it as this is a new phone. But yes, salling works 100%

Someone out there has an iSync plugin for this phone. I got it installed for mine and it works fine.

Okay I wasn't lazy, here's the link. http://macncell.com/index_html/archi...n-w600i--w550i

Kevin · Feb 14, 2006, 08:11 AM

Originally Posted by I Bent My Wookiee

I'm surprised you even cared to begin with let alone trying to find out what she looked like.

You work hard at being hateful don't you?