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even people my own age are idiots

SCIPIO2000

Nov 30, 2005, 7:22 PM
ok this guy came up to my kiosk, he looked about 19 or 20.

i make eye contact and before i can say anything he asks
"do you have a sprint charger for my car"

weird way to ask but i understood what he meant
so i ask " what phone do you have"

"a sprint"
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me " what phone do you have" with the exact same tone as if he didnt even say anything

" i dont know, cant you just sell me a universal one"
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" wouldnt that be convenient. . . . . do you even know what manu . . .do you know what company made your phone"

he then proceeded to look at our alltell phones, i informed him the company he was looking at so he walks past the sprint phones to our tmobile phones, then he says "ohh these are tmobile" then he walks to the c...
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Nikoletta

Nov 30, 2005, 7:32 PM
honey, I'm 24, they're still idiots at my age.
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everman

Nov 30, 2005, 7:41 PM
I am 24, and I couldn't agree more.
Niki, you sound like you are at least 30.
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Nikoletta

Nov 30, 2005, 7:50 PM
Umb. Thanks. I think. Actually, I used to get that a lot when I was married and I would take my step-son (who was 12 and looked 10) out with me to the store and things or when I went to his parent teacher conferences... everybody assumed I was in my 30's because he looked like he was my kid. When I was alone people guessed I was just 20... I look younger than I am.
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danielson

Nov 30, 2005, 8:21 PM
welcome to the real world dude. Everyone is stupid is what i've concluded from witnessing everyday stupid person after stupid person. "do you have a case for my phone." Sure what phone do u have? "a verizon" Ok which model. "The black one." ......... no sorry i don't have one for your phone. "hey that's mine right there!" ok i can sell you one for you MOTOROLA V265!!!! "oh that's what it's called."
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lefteyeiu2006

Dec 4, 2005, 8:43 PM
Well look on the bright side: At least you all have jobs. I don't have a job. In fact I can't afford buying presents this year, nor am I able to travel anywhere. So count your blessings because honestly I would rather deal with idiots in a wireless store everyday and be able to enjoy the benefits of a paycheck than to be without a job period.
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alejandro

Dec 1, 2005, 11:15 AM
i thought she was 90
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Nikoletta

Dec 1, 2005, 1:03 PM
Bah 🤣
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alejandro

Dec 1, 2005, 1:11 PM
i saw knitting or croche or something and i thought 60 at least.
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Nikoletta

Dec 1, 2005, 4:06 PM
Hahahaha! Heck no. I've been Crocheting for years, it makes money for me. I can sell stuff I make. I've sold blankets, hats, scarves, and right now I have this poncho I finally figured out that somebody is going to give me $35 for next week. They make nice presents.
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sacramento dude

Dec 1, 2005, 1:55 PM
nikoletta , you sound like a nice sweet girl, who has her head on her shoulders, and knows what she wants in life, i am nice sweet guy, who is goal oriented and very roamtic, too bad my ex -fiancee couldnt appreciate that, she was very abusive, and i hate abusive people, happy holidays and best wishes on life, my e-mail address is frankmondra@yahoo.com , you can call me to chat at 916-205-1670 name is francisco
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craptacularwireless

Dec 1, 2005, 1:57 PM
😳
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everman

Dec 1, 2005, 1:59 PM
Niki is totally getting hit on by some dude on the internet.
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craptacularwireless

Dec 1, 2005, 2:02 PM
Cyber stalker! 😳
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Nikoletta

Dec 1, 2005, 3:05 PM
Niki totally isn't worried by it, Niki's a freaking ninja remeber!
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craptacularwireless

Dec 1, 2005, 3:17 PM
Oh yeah, I forgot. I remember the time I called you a brown noser and you almost chopped me up into bits with your Karate chop even though I was just kidding. 🤣
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johnnybmagic

Dec 1, 2005, 8:32 PM
Okay, here is the plan; everyone call Francisco!!!!! This will work especially well if any of you are up and bored at 2 or 3 in the morning. 🤣 🤣 Hey maybe next he will list his IMEI on here. 🤣 🤣
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Nikoletta

Dec 1, 2005, 10:27 PM
awe be nice you. I'm usually up at 2 or 3 in the morning anyways.
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can-cell

Nov 30, 2005, 11:09 PM
they are idiots at 30 (my age) too!!! 🤣 🤣

they only ones who get passes are the old people who are senile, but who sincerely want to try to learn the technical stuff!!

everyone else is completely stupid about wireless phones!!!
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alejandro

Nov 30, 2005, 11:53 PM
scipio just intended to say that before, they thought it was only old people who were morons about technology.
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sacramento dude

Dec 1, 2005, 2:55 PM
nicky am totally sorry for my first post, am sort of new to this forum i completely aplogize to the whole forum, sorry everyone ☹️ 😢
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Nikoletta

Dec 1, 2005, 3:07 PM
Nah don't sweat it, I just didn't see it at first and I'm not QUITE brave enough to post my e-mail on here... I'm not offended or upset.
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everman

Dec 1, 2005, 4:08 PM
You dont need to post an e-mail. all you need to do is Contact this member. If I wanted to send you an e-mail, I could do it without having your e-mail address.
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Nikoletta

Dec 1, 2005, 4:43 PM
ahhh! See even I didn't know this.
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everman

Dec 1, 2005, 5:05 PM
I actually tried to contact you, but it didnt work, cause you have it blocked. So you have nothing to worry about.
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Nikoletta

Dec 1, 2005, 5:57 PM
Ah that's right I do, 'cause that's my personal address on there... I could unblock it I suppose.
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everman

Dec 1, 2005, 6:23 PM
It wouldnt matter if you had it unblocked or not, the only people who would see it would be Rich and Eric. If I wanted to contact you, it would say something like everman(phonescoop) or whatever pseudonym I registered with, and then you could reply, but that would give your e-mail address.
Contact me and I will contact you back and you will see how it works.
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ralph_on_me

Dec 1, 2005, 6:42 PM
If you sent her a PM it would go to her email and disclose your email address to her. Then instead of writing you back she can sell your address to porn advertising companies for a quick nickel.

I advise everyone to PM me. 😈
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everman

Dec 1, 2005, 6:47 PM
Thats funny. How do you sell porn companies addresses, cause I'm broke.
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Nikoletta

Dec 1, 2005, 6:59 PM
I'd do that too, I'm big into that porn ordering business.
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Caeser

Dec 1, 2005, 7:03 PM
😳 Hey wait a minute 😳

So its you thats been sending me all that junk mail!!!
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Nikoletta

Dec 1, 2005, 7:05 PM
You can't prove anything. 😈
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Nikoletta

Dec 1, 2005, 7:05 PM
How do you think I make rent. It's certainly not the abysmal pay they give us because it's not legal to just chain us to our desks.
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Caeser

Dec 1, 2005, 7:11 PM
😳 Since when has it not been legal for a company to chain up there employees? I'm going to have to talk to my boss about that.

These handcuffs are a little tight
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pete1660

Dec 1, 2005, 7:44 PM
I sign all my new customers up for free porn. 😈
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longsleeves

Dec 1, 2005, 7:48 PM
sign me up for new service please!
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Nikoletta

Dec 1, 2005, 7:59 PM
Me too!
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Insert Witty Name Here

Dec 1, 2005, 1:44 PM
It's really funny to hear these stories because they happen here and it's nice to compare stories.

I've had the charger thing happen multiple times. People can't even seem to comprehend our rate plan sheets. All the columns and boxes seem to overwhelm them and they just stare at it for minutes on end. How can you not get?? Name of rate plan on the left, description on top, follow your finger down to see the details - Geez. 🙄

And the complaints about phone prices when they don't want to do a contract renewal... I really do think I could go on and on. 😡
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craptacularwireless

Dec 1, 2005, 1:57 PM
I have a friend who's like that, she's a couple years younger than I and she's not too tech savvy either. I would always ask her what phone she had and she said she didn't know, that it was a black Motorola. I finally sent her pics of the v265 and the v710 and asked her which of those she had. She was finally able to answer me. I also asked her how many minutes she has in her plan and she told me she doesn't know. How do you not know? Wouldn't you like to know so that you don't go over your minutes? It's not like her parents are paying her phone bill, she's paying it!
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danielson

Dec 1, 2005, 8:51 PM
haha that's the best one! I ask people what rate plan they're on, and tell them i could possibly save them some money every month or upgrade their plan to more mins for the same price and people have no idea how many minutes they have. I even have the occassional customer that has NO idea how much they pay every month. Typical answer: "I don't know it comes out of my account automatically every month."
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axess_denied

Dec 1, 2005, 8:53 PM
Jack that shizzle up and earn some commish baby!
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danielson

Dec 1, 2005, 9:51 PM
Ya i do, BUT it's just annoying when people don't even have the slightest clue as to what plan they're on. When they do it makes my sales pitch a lot easier and makes it so easy to get them to bump up their plan.
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axess_denied

Dec 1, 2005, 10:13 PM
Why should anyone be responsible enough to know what they are talking about when it comes to their own personal accounts? I love it when I ask a person for their mobile number and they start laughing and say "I don't know it, I never call myself."

Sure you never call yourself, but you are here right now with a $400 phone and wearing all Armani. I am sure you have given your number out to hundreds... maybe even thousands of other people just because you can. And you've been doing it for ten years... I know, just as well as you do, that you are hiding the fact that you know your cell phone number better than your anniversary or birthday because you want to sound cute and seem less like a b-i-t-c-h. Go F yourself in the most uncomfortable o...
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Nikoletta

Dec 1, 2005, 10:28 PM
My bill automatically draws every month but I still know how much it is so I can balance my freaking check book.
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axess_denied

Dec 1, 2005, 10:32 PM
No doubt... on what planet were these folks born?
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Nikoletta

Dec 1, 2005, 10:35 PM
The one where the bank tells them through Telepathy what they have in the account.
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axess_denied

Dec 1, 2005, 10:09 PM
Just because they should get the point doesn't mean that they always do. I would have just looked at the guy and sold him a random ass charger. Then when you get done ringing out, you drop the "No returns or exchanges after purchase." That usually stops the idiots from coming back!
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regenesis

Dec 3, 2005, 8:07 AM
For future reference, all Sprint phones use the same charger. I'm surprised you didn't know that if you sell Sprint.
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SCIPIO2000

Dec 3, 2005, 3:01 PM
😳 . . . . . OK . . . . I HOPE YOU ARE JOKING
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regenesis

Dec 3, 2005, 9:33 PM
I'm not. As far as I know, they mandate that all their manufacturers use the same connector for the convenience of their customers. There might be a few that don't have it, but everything I ever saw when I sold Sprint did.
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SCIPIO2000

Dec 6, 2005, 6:55 PM
😳 manufacturers have multiple chargers for phones. sorry buddy. plus the customer did not know the manufacturer. so there are no universal chargers for "sprint"
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alejandro

Dec 7, 2005, 10:50 AM
i think that regenesis guy was the customer you were talking to that day!
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regenesis

Dec 7, 2005, 12:06 PM
Dude. Next time you go to work look at all of your Sprint phones. Notice that they all have the same mini-barrel connector regardless of manufacturer. Open up boxes for Sprint phones from 2 or 3 different manufacturers and notice that the included chargers all have the same tip. Look at this:

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?P ... »

and notice that the compatibility list includes Sprint phones manufactured by LG, Samsung and Sanyo.

Call your Sprint account rep and ask him if they've been using a standardized charger since sometime in 2004.

Any one of these things should provide suitable evidence.

I'm fully aware that manufacturers typically use proprietary connectors for charging, but manufactur...
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alejandro

Dec 7, 2005, 12:20 PM
you are the idiot, besides the fact that that particular charging port is not "sprint", sprint knows nothing about chargers and if they did they would make thier own phones, that charging port can be found on every company... and last time i checked nokia, RIM and treo dont use your "sprint barrel charger" half of sprints phones dont have that charger and kyocera who is not in sprints selection all use that freaking charger. small-time phones not made for sprint, like the lg 5550 use that charging port and in conclusion you are a moron.
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regenesis

Dec 7, 2005, 12:28 PM
Wow. I never claimed that the mini-barrel connector was exclusive to Sprint, just that it has been standard on all Sprint phones released in the last year or so. You'll notice that LG phones made for every other manufacturer use a proprietary connector, but their Sprint phones (even high end ones) have a mini-barrel jack too. Same applies to Samsung.
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alejandro

Dec 7, 2005, 2:06 PM
"but they also have a standard Sprint barrel jack."

that means exclusive.


A Lot of LG phones made for every other "Carrier" have that same connector as well, like i mentioned the 5550, and the 3200 (phone never even intended for sprint) to name a couple. and again almost every kyocera phone has that charging port and to my knowledge sprint does not carry kyocera.
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regenesis

Dec 7, 2005, 10:11 PM
Wait, standard means exclusive now? I guess I'd better go learn the English language all over again.

Regardless, you're splitting hairs and putting words into my mouth.

All I'm trying to say is that you can use a standard mini barrel connector to charge any Sprint phone released in the last year or so. Therefore the original poster could have provided his customer with a charger even though he didn't know the manufacturer.
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alejandro

Dec 8, 2005, 10:51 AM
I typed up a very long response, but I deleted it all because all can be settled in one sentence.

You are a moron.
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Fenix1003

Dec 8, 2005, 11:08 AM
u wasted finger energy
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regenesis

Dec 8, 2005, 9:03 PM
I'll start to give your opinion half an ounce of weight as soon as you can actually refute anything I've posted.
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alejandro

Dec 9, 2005, 11:00 AM
I already refuted everything you said, as to your opinon, it does not matter to me, i would go to sprint and pick out the model numbers that don't use that "standard sprint barrel charger" but you are not that important.
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axess_denied

Dec 6, 2005, 7:02 PM
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Have you ever seen a Motorla phone? Right now, Motorola has 3 different charging ports on their top 3 selling phones... There is no mandate that states a manufacturer must keep the same charging port to keep customers convenienced. Even Nokia now offers two differnt charging ports for the phones they sell in the US. Lastly, Sprint has NEVER intentionally had every phone with the exact same ports on them. How could that satisfy competition in the US if Sanyo, Qualcomm, Samsung and Toshiba (older Sprint brands) all had the same charger?
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