“Here’s Your iPhone; Is That an N95?”
I just got off the phone with my sister and I have a great story that had to be shared. I think you’ll appreciate it…
So my sister goes to an AT&T store in Manhattan around 1:30 pm and waits in line to buy an iPhone 3G. As it turns out (and as has been reported), by the time she got inside they were no longer selling iPhones. They have plenty left but they cannot sell them due to activation issues. Whoops! So she gives her info to a rep and has them order one to be picked up in a few days.
During the course of this process, the AT&T rep happens to notice my sister’s current phone; an N95 that I gave her a while back. “Is that an N95,” the rep queries. “You know that phone is much better than the iPhone, right?”
Too funny. Here this guy is working for AT&T and he is supposed to be pushing AT&T inventory, obviously. The iPhone 3G is the hottest phone that AT&T will offer this year and he tells a potential customer that her N95 is ‘better’ than the phone she is trying to purchase! Of course he is allowed to have his opinion and in the grand scheme of things neither phone is ‘better’, but it’s still kind of funny.
My sister agreed with him and explained that she wanted the iPhone anyway. So what was his next question? “Umm, you want to sell me that N95?”
Here my sister is trying to buy a phone that AT&T can’t even sell to her due to technical difficulties, and instead she has an AT&T store rep trying to buy her N95 from her! After some preliminary negotiation they both agreed to think about it and discuss things further in a few days when her iPhone comes in.
Who knew AT&T was in the barter game? :)
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hilarious story...
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1. An AT&T employee told a potential customer that her phone is "better" than the AT&T phone the customer is trying to purchase.
2. Someone went into an AT&T retail store to buy a phone. She was ready to fork out the cash, no sales pitches or coercion needed. Upon arriving, not only was she told by an AT&T rep that she couldn't buy the phone she wanted, but the AT&T rep tried to buy her phone from her instead!
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However the fact that so many people went to buy iPhones and couldn't smells
like another publicity stunt. It may not be, but anyway this way the
attention on the big launch will stay around for a few more days.
And again, I can only congratulate that guy for not resorting to the common
sales pitch BS.
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I was shocked when my friend couldnt forward a sms to me from his iphone!!! Is this what next gen phone is all about ? I dont need an app for sms forwarding !!!!!
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Crazy story... that is almost the same exact thing that happened to me a while back, except I went into the store to buy the E61 when it came out for AT&T with a Blackberry Curve in my hand and the rep told me the Blackberry was way better!
These AT&T guys are crazy!!
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--Sent from my Nokia N95 8GB
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I must have meant the Pearl
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