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No Replacements For Prepaid iPhone Users

No Replacements For Prepaid iPhone Users

By consumeristcarey 8.9.07

iPhone owners using prepaid SIM cards better take extra special care of their pocket trophies. According to Apple and AT&T, prepaid SIM cards are eternally wed without consent to one lucky iPhone, an important caveat reader JD discovered after spending 32 hours trying to activate his replacement iPhone. JD warns:

If you activated an iPhone with a new AT&T prepaid plan, you *must* keep using that iPhone. You *cannot* replace that iPhone with another iPhone. The only way to use a new iPhone with your prepaid account, is to *create a new account with a new phone number,* and have them move your balance over. Period. Apparently this is a “security feature” and the system was “designed that way,” specifically for prepaid iPhone plans.

The discouraging verdict from both Apple and AT&T should make potential iPhone users think twice before using a prepaid SIM card to skirt the confines of a two year contract. JD’s full story, after the jump.

IKEA Ships Broken Merchandise, Won't Send Replacement Parts

IKEA Ships Broken Merchandise, Won't Send Replacement Parts

By consumeristcarey 3.18.07

Ikea refused to ship Oz the parts he needed to complete his $2,200 order. The order was placed in early September; when it finally arrived in late October, so many parts were missing that several items could not be assembled.

I hired a guy off of craigslist to help me assemble all of the furniture, given the fact that we had 3 rooms to assemble. This turns into a 2 day ordeal, with a ton of missing parts and us having to document it to call Ikea later. We get to several items such as the desk, which is missing so many parts it’s un-assemblable.

Dell: Dead Battery Suffers From "Temporary" Battery Failure

By consumeristcarey 2.18.07

Agent (Shikha_01139843): “We have no other option except running laptop with AC Adapter only.”

DeLonghi Takes Six Months To Replace Five-Cent Piece Of Plastic

DeLonghi Takes Six Months To Replace Five-Cent Piece Of Plastic

By consumerist.com 2.12.07

Marc’s top-of-the-line DeLonghi Combination Coffee/Espresso Machine was felled by a five-cent piece of plastic. Marc called DeLonghi for a replacement part, but was directed to their accessories website.

Dubliner Threatens Apple With “Walk of Shame” Across Ireland, Gets New Mac 90 Min Later

Dubliner Threatens Apple With “Walk of Shame” Across Ireland, Gets New Mac 90 Min Later

By consumerist.com 8.24.06

Last week, a Dublin man grew so frustrated with Apple not sending him a replacement iMac that he threatened to walk across Ireland. He bet that he could strap his Mac to his back and reach Cork, the closest Apple repair center, faster than they could arrange pickup of his broken Apple.

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