Phone shopping
Mr. Tldz’s personal cell phone has been on its last leg for a while. So we set aside some money to buy a new one and he researched the models that would work for him. We went to an AT&T store today to look at his top two choices and make a purchase. The first store we went to had them both on display, so he was able to decide which he wanted. When a representative was able to help us, though, it turned out they didn’t have it in stock. They called another store to determine they had it. We went there and got the phone, but they didn’t have the case. So we’ll have to try yet another store for that. (But the second store wasn’t able to call the third store for us to find out if they have said case. Let’s hear it for customer no-service! So we came home and had lunch and will deal with that later.)) Meanwhile, Mr. Tldz is having fits getting the speech software he needs downloaded to the phone. He’s just given up in frustration and gone to make pie crust. I have to get Agent Murphy up from his nap.
It’s just too darn bad we can’t simply buy a new battery for the old phone. But no, we need planned obsolecense. It sucks.