| A lost cell phone is in no way in comparison to a lost | | | | hassles of purchasing a new cell phone (indeed, new |
| tooth. Because with a missing cell phone, you can | | | | ones can be very expensive!) is apparently an |
| substitute it with a real one right away. Except possibly | | | | irrelevant topic considering that you can often have a |
| for the phone "body number", you can even secure | | | | pre owned cell phone from the neighboring shops. You |
| the same and exact unit that was lost. | | | | will save considerable amount of money with used cell |
| And rightly so, there are lots of good reasons to | | | | phone than if you buy a new one. Plus, the great thing |
| purchasing a used cell phone. Let's talk about | | | | is, pre owned cell phone works just as well. To |
| convenience first. Buying a pre owned cell phone will | | | | illustrate my point: A new Blackberry 8700 can go as |
| save you from hassles and sickening formalities of | | | | high as $299, a used Blackberry 8700 can be obtained |
| signing a contract with cell phone companies. Most of | | | | for only $129. Why dispose that huge amount of |
| us have been there and there's no prize for the | | | | money? Buy the savings instead for better-tasting |
| discomforting feeling of having to read again all those | | | | oatmeal! |
| pages of warranties and rules just because your | | | | Well, I already talked about two huge reasons |
| phone was lost or stolen. Activating pre owned cell | | | | (convenience and practicality) and they basically cover |
| phones only takes just minutes and can be done right | | | | everything why you should buy a pre owned cell |
| at the comfort of your own sofa. | | | | phone, but they are too concentrated on you and you. I |
| For example: If you are a subscriber to Cingular, | | | | have to kick one in that's for the whole community: |
| T-Mobile, or ATT, simply remove your SIM card from | | | | purchasing used cell phones will do something good for |
| underneath your cell phone battery (in most cases, this | | | | the environment. Cell phones are made up of various |
| is where you will find the SIM), and re-insert it into your | | | | toxic chemicals that include lead and mercury. Over |
| newly bought pre owned cell phone, and then the | | | | time, these harmful chemicals will leak out, and once in |
| problem's fixed! Yes, you heard it right, there's no need | | | | the ground, will eventually enter our water system. |
| to worry much over losing a phone because the | | | | That only spells a bad future for us, a horrible future |
| solution is as easy as simply going down to your local | | | | for our children. And what's even sadder to realize is |
| cell phone providers' place of business and asking | | | | that many, if not most of these discarded cell phones, |
| them for a new SIM card. For Verizon, Metro PCS, | | | | are far from being useless. |
| and the like, where SIM card is of no use, you only | | | | We might be at the mercy of our dear dentist if we |
| have to dial *611 on your newly acquired pre owned | | | | lost a tooth, but I hope I made it clear here that we |
| cell phone, and a customer representative from your | | | | should not feel the same way if we lost a cell phone. |
| local phone provider will provision your phone with your | | | | Now we comprehend what to do and how simple it is |
| existing account over the air. | | | | to solve the dilemma on "lost cell phone". |
| And then we talk about practicality. The financial | | | | |