Comments on: Help my phone is in the toilet!! Guide to replacing your phone without getting fleeced by a carrier http://www.geardiary.com/2009/02/20/help-my-phone-is-in-the-toilet-guide-to-replacing-your-phone-without-getting-fleeced-by-a-carrier/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lexhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/02/20/help-my-phone-is-in-the-toilet-guide-to-replacing-your-phone-without-getting-fleeced-by-a-carrier/#comment-42448 Lex Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:53:03 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=21706#comment-42448 I think the lead pic is actually a strange initiation rite for a 'men's only' club in Montana. I think the lead pic is actually a strange initiation rite for a 'men's only' club in Montana.

]]> By: gorkonhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/02/20/help-my-phone-is-in-the-toilet-guide-to-replacing-your-phone-without-getting-fleeced-by-a-carrier/#comment-42387 gorkon Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:51:23 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=21706#comment-42387 Agreed here. Asurion covers water damage. The bad part is you will have a deductible. $130 for my G1. Thankfully it was ok when it dried out. Agreed here. Asurion covers water damage. The bad part is you will have a deductible. $130 for my G1. Thankfully it was ok when it dried out.

]]> By: dooghttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/02/20/help-my-phone-is-in-the-toilet-guide-to-replacing-your-phone-without-getting-fleeced-by-a-carrier/#comment-42366 doog Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:15:51 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=21706#comment-42366 I have insurance coverage from Verizon (using Asurion) for my son's phone and his just started having a problem last week - the display just showed pure white, though everything else on the phone continued to work. But, here's the thing - Asurion covers accidental damage (including water damage), but they do not cover simple malfunction - that's only covered by Verizon (in my case). Since we were outside the Verizon warranty, we had to pretend that he had dropped the phone (well, I am sure that he has, at some point) in order to get the phone replaced under the insurance policy. So, based on photo you show in this post, that is a phone that is lost, if that happened to me . . . (Also, I now realize that the insurance is a complete rip-off. $6 a month, $50 deductible - I am sure that it's better just to put aside that money instead from now on and simply buy a replacement instead.) I have insurance coverage from Verizon (using Asurion) for my son's phone and his just started having a problem last week – the display just showed pure white, though everything else on the phone continued to work. But, here's the thing – Asurion covers accidental damage (including water damage), but they do not cover simple malfunction – that's only covered by Verizon (in my case). Since we were outside the Verizon warranty, we had to pretend that he had dropped the phone (well, I am sure that he has, at some point) in order to get the phone replaced under the insurance policy.

So, based on photo you show in this post, that is a phone that is lost, if that happened to me . . .

(Also, I now realize that the insurance is a complete rip-off. $6 a month, $50 deductible – I am sure that it's better just to put aside that money instead from now on and simply buy a replacement instead.)

]]> By: Wayne Schulzhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/02/20/help-my-phone-is-in-the-toilet-guide-to-replacing-your-phone-without-getting-fleeced-by-a-carrier/#comment-55812 Wayne Schulz Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:29:51 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=21706#comment-55812 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Help my phone is in the toilet!! Guide to replacing your phone without getting fleeced by a carrier http://ff.im/-18Zox</span></span> Help my phone is in the toilet!! Guide to replacing your phone without getting fleeced by a carrier http://ff.im/-18Zox

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