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Rhapsody on Android today.

Finally. Ten bucks for unlimited streaming, and PC client to download and convert to mp3 with naughty software...
WWW.rhapsody.com

pmow said:
Finally. Ten bucks for unlimited streaming, and PC client to download and convert to mp3 with naughty software...
WWW.rhapsody.com
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$10,- a month?
Right....

Henchman said:
$10,- a month?
Right....
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I gladly paid Pandora's 36 bucks a YEAR but no internet radio is worth a monthly fee. Christ.

It's not internet radio. You can also download tracks to any mp3 player aside from an ipod pretty much, as well as a PC (no Mac, unless you VM). You're basically renting out music, but it's a much better deal than Lala, etc which don't let you download. Granted, it's in a protected format of course, but you can find ways around that

I'm trying this out for the time being but I'm really excited for Spotify to come out. Sounds like Google wanted the N1 to ship with Spotify built in would have given iTunes a run for it's money. Spotify is supposed to come out in Q3.

Just my opinion no one needs to freak out over it. Although this seems like a great app, I would not pay 10 bucks a month to listen to music....I'd rather donate that 10 bucks to Cyanogen or another dev....Sorry, way to many "free" options out there to pay ten bucks a month, thanks tho!! Again IMO

Why are you waiting for Spotify? I used the service, but maybe I missed something.

Never used Rhapsody but surely it's very similar to Spotify.
I use Spotify for the record, the premium one at £10 a month.
I've never had any issue with software. Very good for syncing across several PCs, my N1 and my iPod Touch. I've got music all over the place and only for £10 a month.
Bargain!
I did ask a question about whether there is an app that can do the same as the PC apps so as to record the streams or normal offline audio to mp3s on Android?
Any suggestions or knowledge on this?

I got this in college when they had a $26 / year deal. Just about $2 / month. Then they stopped contracting with our school but our accounts have been active since. It's been 6 years. Too bad my account is some special crap or wahtever and doesnt work with Rhapsody on the go for mobile devices. =[
But this is nice. This is no Pandora. Want song A? You get Song A. Want another song? Search it. Imagine it's getting the iTunes library at your fingertips, except its all streaming.... very useful.
I've loaded up a whole playlist before and just played it at a couple of housewarming parties. Works well.

I've been using the app all day since it released... While it's a great app in general, the radio function appears broken.
I can't skip more than 2 songs per hour... where the hours are seemingly longer than 60 mins. Something is seriously wrong...

Limewire = Free

kamikazimonky said:
Limewire = Free
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Limewire = Virus/Trash/noob

haven't you bee told about free software? or doing downloads with pc and streaming that to the phone? or shoutcast? search in the market for droidlive and
musikcube
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New market with carousel update!

I was about to update some apps from the market when to my surprise, the market appeared to receive the New update with the carousel. To my understanding this version was just for devices running 2.2+? Anybody else have any ideas. Oh btw Im rrunning stock jh7
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I got the new Market update and I'm still on the stock 2.1. There goes that theory.

Same here. I'm on a rooted NookColor and I got the new market fine.
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Well i guess its a little Christmas surprise if only it were a firmware update haha.
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I'd still like to know why I can't have my Market purchases billed to my AT$T account like I could with my Tilt 2.

Because its not affiliated in any way to at&t. Its Google's app store. Kind of like how appworld, iTunes and the palm app stores operate.
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Well, the Windows Marketplace is not affiliated with AT$T (it is run by Microsoft), but they were able to bill AT$T for my purchases through them. I would get an e-mail receipt from Microsoft and then the charge would appear on my AT$T bill. I'm sure Google could do the same if they wanted to.

Carosel
I wish they hadn't have done it. The carosel slows down my phone. In fact, it STOPS my phone while the products for the carosel are loading, as if we didn't have enough things causing lags.

panflute said:
I wish they hadn't have done it. The carosel slows down my phone. In fact, it STOPS my phone while the products for the carosel are loading, as if we didn't have enough things causing lags.
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Yes i noticed it is a bit slower too. However, i just installed the One click lag fix and did all that and the market is now extremely fast for some reason. all the images in the carousel pop up almost instantly. I have come to enjoy it now with the lag fix.

Just noticed that I can now choose to have purchases billed to my wireless account. I bought an app about 5 minutes ago and selected to bill to my AT$T account. The phone has since been saying "Authorizing purchase..." without any confirmation, but at least the choice is now there.

Miami_Son said:
Just noticed that I can now choose to have purchases billed to my wireless account. I bought an app about 5 minutes ago and selected to bill to my AT$T account. The phone has since been saying "Authorizing purchase..." without any confirmation, but at least the choice is now there.
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Glad that you got the option you wanted. I am not sure about it my self as now ATT can add taxes to the app that is billed to them plus with the 15 min return on apps now, if att servers dont push it back within that time I see answering alot of why was I billed for these apps lol

zelendel said:
Glad that you got the option you wanted. I am not sure about it my self as now ATT can add taxes to the app that is billed to them plus with the 15 min return on apps now, if att servers dont push it back within that time I see answering alot of why was I billed for these apps lol
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I never paid any tax on purchases before, but that was on WinMo where the purchases went directly through Microsoft and were only billed to AT$T. I also liked having 24 hours to ask for a refund instead of just 15 minutes with Android. Oh well, can't have everything.

Miami_Son said:
Just noticed that I can now choose to have purchases billed to my wireless account. I bought an app about 5 minutes ago and selected to bill to my AT$T account. The phone has since been saying "Authorizing purchase..." without any confirmation, but at least the choice is now there.
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Are you on a stock ROM or custom ROM? I don't have this option yet. I am running auxura 2.5

Stock ROM. You should see an AT$T logo in front of the credit card logos. If so, then the option is in the drop-down box.

Miami_Son said:
Stock ROM. You should see an AT$T logo in front of the credit card logos. If so, then the option is in the drop-down box.
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I may have to flash to stock to see. Lets just say that my company may be buying my apps..... maybe.

Miami_Son said:
Well, the Windows Marketplace is not affiliated with AT$T (it is run by Microsoft), but they were able to bill AT$T for my purchases through them. I would get an e-mail receipt from Microsoft and then the charge would appear on my AT$T bill. I'm sure Google could do the same if they wanted to.
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I presume carriers do not do this for free. They would be charging a percentage. This option of not having carrier bill in a reduces the overall price.

diablo009 said:
I presume carriers do not do this for free. They would be charging a percentage. This option of not having carrier bill in a reduces the overall price.
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Like I said, AT$T never added anything to my purchases from Windows Marketplace and I expect they won't with Android Market. They have a vested interest in keeping us happy with our phones and if this little convenience helps with that, I'm sure they're glad to do it. Billing to the carrier account also denies the credit card company their 2.9% transaction fee.

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Like I said, AT$T never added anything to my purchases from Windows Marketplace and I expect they won't with Android Market. They have a vested interest in keeping us happy with our phones and if this little convenience helps with that, I'm sure they're glad to do it. Billing to the carrier account also denies the credit card company their 2.9% transaction fee.
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I think what he meant is that they would take a percentage of whatever the app costs. So for example the app costed .99 then at&t would get .11 or something from that sale.
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How did you get the carrier billing option??

Ups man just dropped it off!!!

YESSSSS!!!!
and my 16GB and Hdmi cable came today! now just gotta wait for the case and screen protector!
IF ANYONE HAS SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT THE PHONE I WILL TEST and make videos! if need be!

awesome bro!!

unboxing and a review vid please! Can't wait til i pick mine up from the store tomorrow. Congrats by the way.

Man I am so frustrated with T-Mobile right now. So did your order show up in UPS's system? If so, when? T-Mobile assures me that my order will be here today but its still not showing up on UPS.

You guys will be happy with this phone, I've been playing with it for a week now...no lags and I'm getting 6-8mbps in my area. I like it.
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Yeah I got mine today, it's pretty awesome
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ctt0002 said:
unboxing and a review vid please! Can't wait til i pick mine up from the store tomorrow. Congrats by the way.
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will do! im leaving to pay my tmobile bill and letting this thing charge (unboxed already but ill pretend it wasnt )
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Man I am so frustrated with T-Mobile right now. So did your order show up in UPS's system? If so, when? T-Mobile assures me that my order will be here today but its still not showing up on UPS.
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call ups... i did give them your tracking number... mine wasnt showing up on their website either till i called the and asked..
if they say they dont have the package yet then call tmobile!
hope it comes today! (ups delivers till 9pm in some areas so hold tight and make some phone calls!)

nate420 said:
call ups... i did give them your tracking number... mine wasnt showing up on their website either till i called the and asked..
if they say they dont have the package yet then call tmobile!
hope it comes today! (ups delivers till 9pm in some areas so hold tight and make some phone calls!)
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I did. T-mobile has no clue whats going on. The agent told me that I should receive it by the 25th. Then said because I got the txt I should receive it by the end of the day. So basically anytime between now and the 25th. :-(
As for UPS, did you talk to a live operator? I just said my tracking number into the phone.

I don't know why you couldn't just wait until Wednesday and walk into a store to buy one. All this headache just to maybe get it one day ahead of time is pointless.

jrwingate6 said:
I don't know why you couldn't just wait until Wednesday and walk into a store to buy one. All this headache just to maybe get it one day ahead of time is pointless.
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Because a store won't give me the same deal as customer service.

nate420 said:
YESSSSS!!!!
and my 16GB and Hdmi cable came today! now just gotta wait for the case and screen protector!
IF ANYONE HAS SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT THE PHONE I WILL TEST and make videos! if need be!
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mine too....

ikarma said:
Because a store won't give me the same deal as customer service.
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Did they give you a deal to buy it and extend your contract or a deal buying it retail?

jrwingate6 said:
Did they give you a deal to buy it and extend your contract or a deal buying it retail?
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Extend contract

ikarma said:
Extend contract
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Yea, I haven't been under contract with T-Mobile for 2 years and when I called them over the weekend to discuss this phone, they told me they would knock $100 off the price if I did a upgrade to extend my contact 2 years. I just can't stand the fact of being locked into any service provider for 2 years especially one that might not even exist in 1 year. I just upgrade my phone every 6 months by selling my old ones on EBAY. If you do it like this then you only end up paying $200 for new devices and never have to sign another contract.

Meh...
Got mine at noon. Just opened it but I still don't know how to feel about it. Feels...different. I had N1 NS and now G2x but there hasn't been any WOW moments yet...hopefully when i boot up NFS or Dungeon Defenders i'll be wowed, not putting my NS up for sale quite yet...

roly99 said:
Got mine at noon. Just opened it but I still don't know how to feel about it. Feels...different. I had N1 NS and now G2x but there hasn't been any WOW moments yet...hopefully when i boot up NFS or Dungeon Defenders i'll be wowed, not putting my NS up for sale quite yet...
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im sorry you dont seem to like it... trust me a rom will make all your "ehh" moments go away... remember its a "PURE" android phone..... kinda bland but still got alot of horsepower
my turbo AWD talon is completely STOCK on the out side but the motor is built to high heaven pushing close to 450 Whp..... same thing with this phone! SLEEPER is the term.... i like the stock sleeper look vs a **** built honda with a 500 dollar body kit and a gook flute.........( best comparison i can make atm lol)
1080p snake video coming soon!
Review/unboxing on the way also!

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my turbo AWD talon is completely STOCK on the out side but the motor is built to high heaven pushing close to 450 Whp..... same thing with this phone! SLEEPER is the term.... i like the stock sleeper look vs a **** built honda with a 500 dollar body kit and a gook flute.........( best comparison i can make atm lol)
Gook flute. Ha ha ha
I dunno raw power on the outside is cool too. My Camaro gets plenty of looks and it sounds like a NASCAR
1080p snake video coming soon!
Review/unboxing on the way also!
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Same here I love UPS, N E way this thing is a MONSTA!!!! Keeping it short and sweet, I got a new toy two play wit

I ordered Friday at 10am online. Showed Monday delivery. Standard shipping.
Monday came and no UPS update. I called Tmobile and they said it was shipped Saturday. I called UPS and they said nothing was picked up. I called back to Tmo and they said it wasn't shipped because the phone wasn't due out until Wednesday and those were only pre-orders.
After I cancelled my online order over the phone, 20 minutes later UPS updated and showed it was scheduled for Tuesday delivery. I have it now.
UPS said that they don't pickup Ground packages until the next business day. So if anyone ordered with standard ground, it wasn't shipped out until last night. I live 1 hour away from where it was shipped hence why it might have been a speedy delivery.
I have it now and its awesome. I came from an N1. Finally Maps is working fully and 3D games are finally enjoyable.
I'd say if you don't have it by now, call and cancel the order and pick one up tomorrow at a store.

I just got my phone today and I have 1 bar of signal strength in a fairly populated city where I normally have good coverage. I've tried everything, even the wifi application, with a 50 MB download, all to no avail. Is there a way to force this thing to ride on AT&T? TMO's signal just isn't cutting it.
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Stolen phone?

Samsung Fascinate running Miui FascinateMTD 7/22
What is the best way of going about getting it back?

Cheetohz said:
Samsung Fascinate running Miui FascinateMTD 7/22
What is the best way of going about getting it back?
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I'd say simply Calling it, and leaving a few Reward if Found Texts!

So, I do deliveries, and my phone is always in my car as the GPS is a MUST. Well, tonight, the unfortunate happened. GOt in my car, about to head home from my shift, when my stereo popped up and said failed to connect with bluetooth device. "Uh oh, i must've left my phone at work, wonder why i brought it out of my car..." Turned around, a block down the road, no such luck pairing while in the parking lot next to the small office building. "maybe it just doesn't reach this far" went inside and searched everywhere. No luck. had another employee call it form his cell. "Welcome to verizon wireless..." he hung up and tried again, same message. Third time it went to voicemail. So, i called verizon, they suspended my line, and added the ESN to the stolen list.
Well, now I am without a phone in a critical position where one is needed. Maybe I can get by for a few days without, but will slow me down alot, and my preformance based pay will be docked massively. Question is, what phone should I be looking at? I still have my upgrade eligibility, but instead of $100 credit which I earned on a more expensive plan, I only have $30. So, verizon has screwed me over. Also to find out, i have not been paying insurance all this time, when I never requested for it to be removed.
What phones should I be looking at? any new changes to verizons policies/pricing that I should watch out for?

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So, I do deliveries, and my phone is always in my car as the GPS is a MUST. Well, tonight, the unfortunate happened. GOt in my car, about to head home from my shift, when my stereo popped up and said failed to connect with bluetooth device. "Uh oh, i must've left my phone at work, wonder why i brought it out of my car..." Turned around, a block down the road, no such luck pairing while in the parking lot next to the small office building. "maybe it just doesn't reach this far" went inside and searched everywhere. No luck. had another employee call it form his cell. "Welcome to verizon wireless..." he hung up and tried again, same message. Third time it went to voicemail. So, i called verizon, they suspended my line, and added the ESN to the stolen list.
Well, now I am without a phone in a critical position where one is needed. Maybe I can get by for a few days without, but will slow me down alot, and my preformance based pay will be docked massively. Question is, what phone should I be looking at? I still have my upgrade eligibility, but instead of $100 credit which I earned on a more expensive plan, I only have $30. So, verizon has screwed me over. Also to find out, i have not been paying insurance all this time, when I never requested for it to be removed.
What phones should I be looking at? any new changes to verizons policies/pricing that I should watch out for?
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To Bad you Reported it so Quick you Could of tried what I said, but seeing the Conditions I Don't Blame you!

Just sent myself an email in hopes the idiot connects it to wifi.

Cheetohz said:
Just sent myself an email in hopes the idiot connects it to wifi.
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I'll Keep my fingers Crossed for you man! It Always Sucks starting over again with a New phone!

PMGRANDS said:
I'll Keep my fingers Crossed for you man! It Always Sucks starting over again with a New phone!
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You mean being stranded with barely enough to pay last months bill, and not even having a phone to utilize it? On top of that, I can cancel my contract for $125, and be stuck paying the difference of the full price on the phone...

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You mean being stranded with barely enough to pay last months bill, and not even having a phone to utilize it? On top of that, I can cancel my contract for $125, and be stuck paying the difference of the full price on the phone...
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Not Sure if this will help but Check out phones on Wirefly.com! My girl put me on to it... and their phones are Cheap as Hell and their Not some Bull**** company trying to Steal peoples money! Here's the link!
http://mobile.wirefly.com/?refcode2=mobile

If you have a samsung account setup on the phone just google samsung dive login to that site with your samsung account details and you can track ur phone, ring it, lock it, wipe it etc.

theblob27 said:
If you have a samsung account setup on the phone just google samsung dive login to that site with your samsung account details and you can track ur phone, ring it, lock it, wipe it etc.
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Thanks for this...

There are two ways if ur phone is lost.
*First Loge a complaint if ur mob is lost.they may help.
*Otherwise go to this link http://www.trackimei.com and register ur imei if u have.fill the details and ur phone is found.
vote me if ur satisfied..thank u

Cheetohz said:
Samsung Fascinate running Miui FascinateMTD 7/22
What is the best way of going about getting it back?
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Maybe you can install Lookout Security remotely. The free version will show you where the phone is on a pc and you can do contact backup as well as make the phone scream. I have never tried to install Lookout myself remotely so I don't know what if any responses it may ask on the phone, but I do have this app.
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So, i recieved an email today while I was at work stating someone tried to change my facebook password. I rarely use facebook, but this is still a big issue. I think I may have found a way to catch the bastard who stole the phone. I hope facebook logs the IP when such an attempt occurs, including logins. How do I go about retrieving such IP?

It may be too late now but 'Plan B' is worth a try:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&feature=search_result
Good for future reference if it can't help now.

DirkGently1 said:
It may be too late now but 'Plan B' is worth a try:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&feature=search_result
Good for future reference if it can't help now.
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Excellent, this is from the same company that I mentioned and they bypass the questions on install. Very neat breakout from the full package.
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This app will be downloaded to your device shortly.
Hope that means good things. I will wait for an email if I ever get one.

Looking through the market, I see Last Used: July 28th which was 2 days before it was stolen. and most recent purchase was July 29th the day before, how is this possible?

I would take a look at the cc you use with google
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Question Samsung please just ship me my watch

Ordered my Watch 4 Classic BT in black at the end of August and it still has not shipped. Been delayed three times. Then I randomly get a watch 4 black band shipped to my door that I did not order and watch is still on backorder with no shipping date. Samsung no help either.
Anyone having this issue? Or am I just getting the run around?

JayRolla said:
Ordered my Watch 4 Classic BT in black at the end of August and it still has not shipped. Been delayed three times. Then I randomly get a watch 4 black band shipped to my door that I did not order and watch is still on backorder with no shipping date. Samsung no help either.
Anyone having this issue? Or am I just getting the run around?
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Dayum - where do you live, Siberia?? There's all kinds of stock in the stores here (Canada), and has been for a while...can't imagine what the issue could be, so I'm going with 'run-around.'

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Dayum - where do you live, Siberia?? There's all kinds of stock in the stores here (Canada), and has been for a while...can't imagine what the issue could be, so I'm going with 'run-around.'
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Everything other than the black classic BT has been in stock. Silver, non classic, LTE have shown stock locally and Samsung website. At least that's what they tell me.

JayRolla said:
Everything other than the black classic BT has been in stock. Silver, non classic, LTE have shown stock locally and Samsung website. At least that's what they tell me.
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I bought the black Classic 46mm twice from our local Best Buy already (returned the first one, then bought it again when they went on sale - and at a considerable discount). And they still had plenty of stock.

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I bought the black Classic 46mm twice from our local Best Buy already (returned the first one, then bought it again when they went on sale - and at a considerable discount). And they still had plenty of stock.
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Only reason I have not canceled is because I was able to use Samsung credits. Only paid $40 for the watch. Maybe that's why. They know I didn't pay anything for it. Lol

JayRolla said:
Only reason I have not canceled is because I was able to use Samsung credits. Only paid $40 for the watch. Maybe that's why. They know I didn't pay anything for it. Lol
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Ahhhh, OK, that's fair enough! So, as the saying goes, they're not ignoring you - they're just prioritizing you and you're coming up last...

jtOttawa said:
Ahhhh, OK, that's fair enough! So, as the saying goes, they're not ignoring you - they're just prioritizing you and you're coming up last...
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I complained for the 5th time. They said its still on backorder and no update and to be patient. I then got a little upset, asked for a manager, said I was going to blast them on the internet. Freaking watch shipped the next day. I guess getting irate sometimes works! Only took 42 days after order to ship. Now I cant wait to complain about its battery life!! HAHA

JayRolla said:
I complained for the 5th time. They said its still on backorder and no update and to be patient. I then got a little upset, asked for a manager, said I was going to blast them on the internet. Freaking watch shipped the next day. I guess getting irate sometimes works! Only took 42 days after order to ship. Now I cant wait to complain about its battery life!! HAHA
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Unbelievable...clearly they weren't being completely honest with you if they were able to ship it the next day. And what a way to jerk around a customer for a month-and-a-half!

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Unbelievable...clearly they weren't being completely honest with you if they were able to ship it the next day. And what a way to jerk around a customer for a month-and-a-half!
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I did get it for free so I guess I am not that mad, haha.

Free! Then that puts you at the bottom of the list!

galaxys said:
Free! Then that puts you at the bottom of the list!
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I know right. But it was credits from samsung, they should not do that to me!! HAHA. Got the watch 4 classic BT for $29.99. Cant beat that deal.

JayRolla said:
I know right. But it was credits from samsung, they should not do that to me!! HAHA. Got the watch 4 classic BT for $29.99. Cant beat that deal.
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Congrats, that's a great bargain these days!