Shop Talk

yes, camels spit a lot.

Ooh, I have some useful info -

If you have a run in your pantyhose, use hair spray to stop it.

Hydrogen peroxide and baking soda can be used as a teeth whitener.

Place pure damp tobacco on a sting to take out the stinger.

Gargle warm salt water for a sore throat.

Use hemorrhoid cream to reduce puffiness under eyes.

Where do you find pure tobaco?

American Spirit cigarettes re all natural. No additives would make them "pure" tobacco, I would assume.

Where is your sense of humor? Sprint does suck. Don't get agitated, just smile, it's true and it is really funny. If you think it is impossible to smile at the fact that Sprint sucks, just remeber; Yes, you can! 😈

If Sprint sucks then are there any carriers that don't? I'm curious as to where you get your bias. Sure there are some things about Sprint I don't like, but compared with everything else I've used so far this is the best.

Oh, and thanks for adding to more useless crap that the original poster was not interested in at all.

My opinion comes from previously being a Sprint customer. Your customer service is terrible (lowest ranked nationally for 3 years running?), your plans suck, and Sprint hires ANYONE. If Sprint was so great why would they pick up the crappiest carrier in the US (Nextel in case you have a different opinion on that too)? My specific example about Sprint's crappiness comes from my belief that customer service and sales require a well-groomed and maintained staff. Currently, the staff of the Sprint store next to me, has a total of about 28 teeth (which is as many as I have ALL BY MYSELF!)and NONE of them look like they have heard of the invention known as the steam-iron. I bet you fit right in there.

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Nice of you to assume how I present myself at work. Not that it matters, but here we dress very professionally. For the store by you it sounds like either you're exaggerating their appearance or the store manager there is not doing his/her job. Either way, I really don't care. Sprint's plans are very competitive compared with all of the other carriers here in the US with a huge coverage area and many service and features that rival and even beat competitors. Nextel was well-known for being very business-friendly and I imagine that's why Sprint was interested in them. I don't personally like Nextel (simply due to the iDEN limitations) but I do not consider them to be a bad company. It sounds to me like you have a grudge with Sprint. M...
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I wish I was exaggerating. The new Sprint store manager does not even have the overall appearence of a measely rep, let alone a store manager. Sure, that is this store in particular, blah, blah, blah. Ponder this however, if a guy like that can get hired to be the store manager, what does that say about the regional/divisional management? And if the quality of their management in one of the LARGEST national markets for most carriers, it would seem that "quality control" is not at the top of your comapny's list of priorities 🙄

Now, on to Nextel's popularity among businesses. The ONLY thing businesses wanted from Nextel was huge enterprise options, which in the last few years have become run-of-the-mill, and the PTT capability. Now th...
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To each his own.. everyone has their opinion.

Sprint bought out crappy Nextel, because Nextel had something Sprint wanted. TONS of 2.5ghz spectrum which Sprint also had a lot of.

Sprint has some BIG plans data wise with that Spectrum. I think they plan on Putting thier entire Data stuff on that to free up all the other spectrum for voice. Which will Improve both side of the network majorly.

axess_denied said:
and Sprint hires ANYONE.

Currently, the staff of the Sprint store next to me, has a total of about 28 teeth

and NONE of them look like they have heard of the invention known as the steam-iron.

Hey, now. 🤣 I work for Sprint and I'll have you know, yes, they do hire anyone, I do have all my teeth and well, I don't really like to iron - I prefer the 'pop the shirt into the dryer for a few minutes' method.

But it wasn't our choice to sell the crappy carrier. We were originally Nextel, which I do like, and then the whole Sprint merger happened. ☹️

And let me end this by saying - Sprint sucks. 🙂

I sell Sprint and trust me when I say - they suck.

I've sold Sprint for over 2 years and I've had their service for about 3 years. I disagree entirely. 🙂

Good for you.

Your credit sucks, huh?

Actually I had good credit when I got my Sprint phone (at age 19). The funny thing is I originally got my service for the PCS Vision so that I could perform basic tasks on my webserver through the browser. When my phone worked in the basement of my house (and no other phones previously had worked there) with better call clarity than anything I'd experienced previous I was extremely happy and when I was looking for a new job about a year later I decided to look for an opening at a Sprint Store since I liked the service. There were no openings at the Sprint Store but I landed a job with this indirect dealer selling Sprint. Good enough, it seemed. Of course after 2 years I'm sick of this job. Not because of the carrier, but because of all...
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ButtaKnife said:
I landed a job with this indirect dealer selling Sprint. Good enough, it seemed. Of course after 2 years I'm sick of this job. Not because of the carrier, but because of all of the morons I've had to deal with.

Would that be the customers or the people you worked with, or both??

Mostly the customers. The same junk that we post about daily. There have been a couple employees that I've had gripes with but nothing too serious.

kewl. I've only had problems with employees at two places.. At Verizon, because you couldn't even say a curse word without someone going to HR. You couldn't just be open with people there and be friends. But then again, it might of just been the group I was in. there were a lot a P.K.s in the group. those who weren't I got along with great.

Then the other two that you have probably read about already in the lounge area. Won't even really go into that. can't talk to much around them, they don't like talkers.

But other than that, I've had my fair share of bad customers too.

For the employee side of things I'm pretty happy for the most part. I've gone out for drinks or went to dinner with many of my coworkers, both present and former. We're a small family really.

Thats what I liked about my old job before I moved to GA. I mean it took a while to become part of the "group", And by that I mean most everyone who works for the company had been working their for years already, and onced they warmed up to me We enjoyed bullsh!tting and going to the sports bar a few doors down and having some beers.

But no more retail for me. except for some part-time stuff while I go back to school. once I'm out i will not touch retail again.

Same here ButtaKinfe.

I've had Sprint service for going on 6 years now. I love it!

I've had Verizon, and Cingular, didn't like either one.

I like Sprint's approach to wireless. They pretty much let you do what you want with your phone. They don't FORCE you to buy thier content like Verizon does. they allow you download 3rd part content to your phone FROM your phone... I don't need to go out and buy a data cable and hunt for software just to put ringtones on my phone.

And my problem with Cingular is that they dont have a stable network.

IMHO Sprint is the future. and from some of the "inside" info I have heard and seen around, there are some BIG plan ahead in the works for Sprint..

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I think if Sprint can nail down the customer service side of things that will be a huge help. As far as the technology side is concerned I think Sprint is in a great position right now. The merger and the "new Sprint" is the starting point. I really liked what I read from an interview with the Sprint CEO and Nextel former CEO about the "3rd screen" and the future of wireless data. I really think Sprint and Verizon are going to be doing some awesome things in the next year or two. Cingular may have a chance if they can get their HSDPA network rolling (so far it looks promising) but I still have doubts about them.

On a side note, I had a customer in earlier today who came up to my kiosk and said "Why do you sell Sprint here when it doe...
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Third Screen?

Yeah, there's an article online some where with that interview. The "third screen" as I think it was called refers to your phone being the 3rd device for getting info and entertainment. The other two are TVs and computers. It's a good read, I'll look for that article later.

Like there are some big things ahead for Sprint right now.

And that customer is an idiot. I have seen people like her before too. Customer who have a PRL of like 10004 or something like that, when the current one at the time was like 10028. I'm thinking to myself, "Damn, you haven't had an update since Sprint PCS was first started!

Thanks for checking as well. I didn't have a chance to check around earlier (the net access at our kiosk is limited) so I'm glad you looked into it. 🙂

Your Welcome.. I just saw all the other idiots responding with stupid remarks that had nothing to do with what he asked, and figured I would help.

Thank you for the info. It is the newest info I have seen. I hope they give newer info soon.

Your welcome man.. I'll keep an eye out for new info!

Try doing a google search using:

Sprint Ubiquitel

thanks dad!

your welcome, daughter!