Tweet
OMG, my cognitive issues were bad today at Apple. There were a bazillion people there so it was so noisy, I couldn't concentrate on what the salesperson was saying. She explained the Applecare month to month plan, where at 12 mos you pay for 1/2 a phone again and continue monthly payments. You never outright own your phone. Well, I truly do not want a new phone every year, I don't need the hassle of learning a new phone that often. So I thought this plan was not good for me. i wanted to pay for the phone, sell mine to them for $200 and straight out buy Applecare. (Consumer Reports just had an article that Applecare is the only insurance they recommend on products) She kept showing me that the math was the same and why would I give up the chance to always have the latest and greatest phone? I was so confused but it sounded like people who lease a car and never own one, they just keep leasing. So thinking I made the right choice, I left.
my tech-y brother tells me I made the wrong choice, the money comes out the same. But I am still sure it doesn't because you have to pay for half of a new phone I don't want yearly (well, you can choose not to upgrade, I guess). Whatev, me and my half wit IQ do not get how it is the same and I walked out with a good turn in price for my old phone and I will pay off the whole shebang on next month's credit card bill. No monthly payments I really don't want. Not sure I really needed Applecare at all since I am gentle with phones but by then I just needed to leave.
tomorrow, off to wrangle with Cricket. My parents have ancient flip phones they can rarely even figure out how to answer, it's been years and they will not let me set up voicemail or how to use the texts they are paying for. Which are important because they both have serious medical conditions and need working cells. There have been so many times voicemail or texting has been needed and they can't do it. My mother leaves hers off except to make a call because of "money", then drives when she should not be driving. She can end up stuck at an MD office all day or is having a good day and is just running errands but we can't confirm that she is ok because her phone is off.
When my mom is having a great day and can remember how to call me on her cell, this is our conversation, "Mom, talk into the other end!" "What? I can't hear you?" Yelling, "Mom, talk into the other end!" "these damn phones are useless and we are throwing hundreds of dollar bills away! (more like 2 twenties, but who's counting???)," eventual BEEP that she has let the call die. So my father is bringing them to Cricket because the family plan costs less.
Great, I will have the Wonder Twins on my plan, they will expect me to know how to use their new phones (learning new things is not in my wheelhouse right now) and blame me when all they can do is sometimes answer it before it stops ringing. I hope they don't pick some cheap Cricket smartphone, and I can convince them to get new flip phones. I have to tell the salesman no smartphones when my dad isn't listening.
I have blocked out the entire day to make the switch to Cricket, lol. Please pray for my sanity!
my tech-y brother tells me I made the wrong choice, the money comes out the same. But I am still sure it doesn't because you have to pay for half of a new phone I don't want yearly (well, you can choose not to upgrade, I guess). Whatev, me and my half wit IQ do not get how it is the same and I walked out with a good turn in price for my old phone and I will pay off the whole shebang on next month's credit card bill. No monthly payments I really don't want. Not sure I really needed Applecare at all since I am gentle with phones but by then I just needed to leave.
tomorrow, off to wrangle with Cricket. My parents have ancient flip phones they can rarely even figure out how to answer, it's been years and they will not let me set up voicemail or how to use the texts they are paying for. Which are important because they both have serious medical conditions and need working cells. There have been so many times voicemail or texting has been needed and they can't do it. My mother leaves hers off except to make a call because of "money", then drives when she should not be driving. She can end up stuck at an MD office all day or is having a good day and is just running errands but we can't confirm that she is ok because her phone is off.
When my mom is having a great day and can remember how to call me on her cell, this is our conversation, "Mom, talk into the other end!" "What? I can't hear you?" Yelling, "Mom, talk into the other end!" "these damn phones are useless and we are throwing hundreds of dollar bills away! (more like 2 twenties, but who's counting???)," eventual BEEP that she has let the call die. So my father is bringing them to Cricket because the family plan costs less.
Great, I will have the Wonder Twins on my plan, they will expect me to know how to use their new phones (learning new things is not in my wheelhouse right now) and blame me when all they can do is sometimes answer it before it stops ringing. I hope they don't pick some cheap Cricket smartphone, and I can convince them to get new flip phones. I have to tell the salesman no smartphones when my dad isn't listening.
I have blocked out the entire day to make the switch to Cricket, lol. Please pray for my sanity!
Comment