Day 228

The Good, The Bad, and The Infuriating

Another four part day, this time in the hunt for a store that would be able to give me my new phone and plan for a decent price..

Basically the day went like this. It started off ok with a bit of hope; which then quickly turned into annoyance at the incompetence of one person, which then caused me to move on to the next place which had a guarantee of getting the phone! But then I was unable to contact my mom to clear all of the changes (which is a good thing in hindsight). After that dismay, since the store closed at 5:30, it was time to start heading back home, or so I thought at least but low-and-behold, I was was able to get in contact with my mom and head on to another store that may still be open. Said store ended up not having it in stock -_-" but I was at least told about what I would need to do to make my current plan valid for a smartphone. So with no phone in stock I would have to wait until tomorrow to get it, although the sales rep did "try" to find another location that was open and had the phone in stock but he had no luck, so it was time to head back home. Now I don't even know why I changed my route back to the skytrain but instead of taking the direct route, I ended up following a side street until I came upon an area that I pass a fair bit at times. At that point it seemed that the sales rep I was speaking to before didn't try as hard as he could have to find another store that was nearby and open; continuing with that luck, said store actually had the phone in stock! Now this is where things got interesting.. The person I spoke to before didn't give me all of the information I needed about the plan (and he even gave me some FALSE info too D:< ), the rep at the store I just got to, told me what the data plan added and with what devices it could share it's data with, along with other phone options for the mom too. So basically, if the phone had been in stock at the previous location (or if I had taken my normal route home) I would have been swindled and ended up paying more then I needed too > Not only did the new sales rep explain everything fully and repeatedly (since I was dead tired by this point, I forgot to have lunch, get something to drink and I had been walking around since 2pm, it was 8pm by the time I got to that store) and he even threw in a couple of small but nice deals too! Not only did I get the phone I want, I also got a HUGE amount of data for it (for a somewhat low price) along with a case and screen protector pack. And the even more surprising thing was that he was interested in photography too! o_o

So at the end of the day, 7 hours after I left home, I got my phone. Now I just need to get all of my apps on to it @_@

I took this at the store just after everything had been set-up sadly I did not notice everything in the framing for the shot. The bottom corner of the box should have been in the frame ~_~

At least there's a foodie tweetup tomorrow; can't wait to be at it (and maybe be on tv too(when the episode airs)! x3)