Interesting People mailing list archives
more on PalmOne Raises Treo 650 GSM Price " total and complete bullsh-t" from Gizmo.com
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 18:00:29 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: Richard Wiggins <richard.wiggins () gmail com> Reply-To: Richard Wiggins <richard.wiggins () gmail com> Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 12:17:09 -0500 To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Cc: <ryee10027 () yahoo com> Subject: Re: [IP] more on PalmOne Raises Treo 650 GSM Price " total and complete bullsh-t" from Gizmo.com Dave, The rollout of the 650 through the carriers has been strange, as well. Palm gave Sprint early access to the device. I'm a Verizon customer and inquired about the 650 every week or two since it was announced last October. Verizon kept saying "We have no information" or "We are not going to carry that phone." Last week at the local Verizon store -- not a mall booth, a real store -- the sales rep said Verizon will carry the 650 for sure, but he could not say when. Verizon lists the 600 at $399 or $349 depending where you look. I bought a 600 with a contract at $100 off with $50 rebate, final cost $250. I figure the 600 is about 90% of what the 650 is, at 50-60% of the price. So far I'm totally happy with the 600. /rich On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 07:34:43 -0500, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
------ Forwarded Message From: Rick Yee <ryee10027 () yahoo com> Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 16:29:32 -0800 (PST) To: <dave () farber net> Subject: Re: [IP] PalmOne Raises Treo 650 GSM Price " total and complete bullsh-t" from Gizmo.com FYI - I am a school administrator who fully understand how poor Palm customer relations is. While I was researching the use of handhelds for our district I spoke with several representatives regarding their handheld products. Palm was the only company that informed me that they are no longer offering demos. However, and I was told this twice by two regional reps, I was more than welcome to go to Office Depot or Best Buy, purchase one, use it for a while as a demo and then return it. Seems like they're not just undercutting their customers, but their suppliers as well. ________________________________ You are subscribed as galler () umich edu To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
Current thread:
- more on PalmOne Raises Treo 650 GSM Price " total and complete bullsh-t" from Gizmo.com David Farber (Feb 05)