going for it! - Page 3

geezer · 06-30-2011, 12:56 PM

alantf nailed it, i had a blackberry but the extra 30 bucks a month!! for the required data plan was crazy so i went back to my old pos. yes my camara has enought internal mem for a few pics but i still need the card to move the pics from the cam to the computer

**jonathan180iq** · 07-01-2011, 08:46 AM

GASP! There are still people in this world without smartphone?!!?

j/k. In the US, cell phones are grossly more expensive than what you guys have and we are locked into using contracts and limited service providers. I know you guys have open phones and are more used to having a pay-as-you-go plan. At least that's the way it was the last time I was in Austria. The Middle East was very similar, from what I recall. They could even use pirated phones like no bodies business!

Like with most other things, you guys get more options for the consumer.

alantf · 07-01-2011, 11:00 AM

Yes, I'm not tied into anything. There's no contract, & I just get billed every month for what I use. I used to be on prepay, but went over to a cheaper company a couple of months ago. Just a case of swapping SIM cards. Plus, with the deal I got, so long as the usage is not way over the top, I don't pay a penny for the first six months. It's just when you start adding things like internet that it starts to get expensive. The phone I've got is a Nokia 2680 that cost the equivalent of $56.

**jonathan180iq** · 07-01-2011, 11:12 AM

That's what I'm talking about with being locked into a phone and a provider. In the US, if you buy a Verizon phone, it will only work with Verizon. We can't swap SIM cards, unless we know how to hack in and program stuff. Everything is locked.

I'm sure we have cheaper data packages because of it... but who needs unlimited data anyway? Just charge me for my usage and let me have whatever phone I want...

BTW, the Nokia 2680 is a pretty sleek little slider phone. Those are slowly going the way of the buffalo over here. EVERYONE has smartphones, which is why I made the comment.

(Posted using my Verizon wireless Blackberry™)

alantf · 07-01-2011, 12:16 PM

O.k. not Quite as simple as swapping SIM cards. I bought the phone with a "Movistar" package. But I took it to a phone repair shop, & for the equivalent of $14 (€10) they unlocked it in 5 minutes, while I waited. Over here, if you buy a prepay simcard it costs, perhaps $10 or $15, but they then give you $20 or $30 dollars of free calls as a "thank you". Nobody thinks twice about having their phones unlocked & changing companies. :2tup:

It's the same in England. When I go across to visit my daughter I use an English "Orange" phone. A couple of years ago the battery started playing up, so rather than buy a new battery (It's more expensive than buying a new phone) I took my Spanish phone into an English phone repair shop, & they unlocked it for £10 so that I could put my English simcard in it.

geezer · 07-03-2011, 10:42 AM

ok you goobers, i went out and got you a memory card! now ill show you all the beast! juuust gotta wait for the battery to charge lol

geezer · 07-03-2011, 11:23 AM

here are the pics

geezer · 07-03-2011, 11:29 AM

here is one of the braket i had made at the mufler shop for 20 bucks they welded the muffler and made this braket for me. really good people

Strelok · 07-03-2011, 02:30 PM

geezer~

Looks good. I like that Muffler.

Now you need a picture of you on it
wearing that special gear you mentioned.

:2tup:

Water Warrior 2 · 07-03-2011, 05:11 PM

The muffler folks did a nice tidy job.

06-30-2011, 12:56 PM	#21
geezer Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: dahlonega GA Posts: 563	Re: going for it! alantf nailed it, i had a blackberry but the extra 30 bucks a month!! for the required data plan was crazy so i went back to my old pos. yes my camara has enought internal mem for a few pics but i still need the card to move the pics from the cam to the computer __________________ 99 gz 250 and a currently dismantled fzr 1000 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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07-01-2011, 08:46 AM	#22
jonathan180iq Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Dalton, GA Posts: 3,996	Re: going for it! GASP! There are still people in this world without smartphone?!!? j/k. In the US, cell phones are grossly more expensive than what you guys have and we are locked into using contracts and limited service providers. I know you guys have open phones and are more used to having a pay-as-you-go plan. At least that's the way it was the last time I was in Austria. The Middle East was very similar, from what I recall. They could even use pirated phones like no bodies business! Like with most other things, you guys get more options for the consumer.
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07-01-2011, 11:00 AM	#23
alantf Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tenerife (Spain) Posts: 3,715	Re: going for it! Yes, I'm not tied into anything. There's no contract, & I just get billed every month for what I use. I used to be on prepay, but went over to a cheaper company a couple of months ago. Just a case of swapping SIM cards. Plus, with the deal I got, so long as the usage is not way over the top, I don't pay a penny for the first six months. It's just when you start adding things like internet that it starts to get expensive. The phone I've got is a Nokia 2680 that cost the equivalent of $56. __________________ By birth an Englishman, by the grace of God a Yorkshireman. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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07-01-2011, 11:12 AM	#24
jonathan180iq Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Dalton, GA Posts: 3,996	Re: going for it! That's what I'm talking about with being locked into a phone and a provider. In the US, if you buy a Verizon phone, it will only work with Verizon. We can't swap SIM cards, unless we know how to hack in and program stuff. Everything is locked. I'm sure we have cheaper data packages because of it... but who needs unlimited data anyway? Just charge me for my usage and let me have whatever phone I want... BTW, the Nokia 2680 is a pretty sleek little slider phone. Those are slowly going the way of the buffalo over here. EVERYONE has smartphones, which is why I made the comment. (Posted using my Verizon wireless Blackberry™)
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07-01-2011, 12:16 PM	#25
alantf Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tenerife (Spain) Posts: 3,715	Re: going for it! O.k. not Quite as simple as swapping SIM cards. I bought the phone with a "Movistar" package. But I took it to a phone repair shop, & for the equivalent of $14 (€10) they unlocked it in 5 minutes, while I waited. Over here, if you buy a prepay simcard it costs, perhaps $10 or $15, but they then give you $20 or $30 dollars of free calls as a "thank you". Nobody thinks twice about having their phones unlocked & changing companies. :2tup: It's the same in England. When I go across to visit my daughter I use an English "Orange" phone. A couple of years ago the battery started playing up, so rather than buy a new battery (It's more expensive than buying a new phone) I took my Spanish phone into an English phone repair shop, & they unlocked it for £10 so that I could put my English simcard in it. __________________ By birth an Englishman, by the grace of God a Yorkshireman. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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07-03-2011, 10:42 AM	#26
geezer Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: dahlonega GA Posts: 563	Re: going for it! ok you goobers, i went out and got you a memory card! now ill show you all the beast! juuust gotta wait for the battery to charge lol __________________ 99 gz 250 and a currently dismantled fzr 1000
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07-03-2011, 11:23 AM	#27
geezer Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: dahlonega GA Posts: 563	Re: going for it! here are the pics __________________ 99 gz 250 and a currently dismantled fzr 1000
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07-03-2011, 11:29 AM	#28
geezer Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: dahlonega GA Posts: 563	Re: going for it! here is one of the braket i had made at the mufler shop for 20 bucks they welded the muffler and made this braket for me. really good people __________________ 99 gz 250 and a currently dismantled fzr 1000
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07-03-2011, 02:30 PM	#29
Strelok Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 143	going for it! geezer~ Looks good. I like that Muffler. Now you need a picture of you on it wearing that special gear you mentioned. :2tup:
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07-03-2011, 05:11 PM	#30
Water Warrior 2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Squamish B.C Canada Posts: 11,409	Re: going for it! The muffler folks did a nice tidy job.
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