phone news--a decision has been reached!

OK, so I took the time today to dive into the world of comparing cell phone plans today. It took most of the afternoon, including a discouraging 32 minute hold/transfer situation with Nextel/Sprint. I was all set to move away from Nextel, although we've been customers since 2002.

Then I got Kevin from Customer Retention on the line. He beat the best deal that I could find on a family share plan that would give us the minutes that we need, plus unlimited text messaging. I pulled the trigger, sealed the deal, and quickly called Kim to tell her the news.

Her response: Great! What new phones are we getting?
Me: Ummm, we didn't talk about new phones. Or length of contract...hang on, I'll call Kevin back.

But I didn't get Kevin--I got Cody. And Cody is without a doubt the man.

His first question was, "What deal did you get? Cause I can beat that deal."

Minutes later I was looking at a deal that included the above mentioned minutes and messaging, plus free mobile to mobile, and got a sweet deal on not one, but two Palm Centro phones. We opted to pass on the data plan, but we have 30 days to try the phones and see if the deal works for us. Even better, Cody knocked an additional 5 bucks off the price of the plan per month!

Not too shabby...I'm thinking of adding Cody to our Christmas card list.

Procrastination is going down! Now I have to get Levi's passport paperwork done so that we can fly off to the Dominican Republic for a Spring Break mission trip!