Wednesday, 8 October 2008

Gettin ripped off at the local market!!!!

So im in the market on sunday to get my motorola z8 unlocked to all networks.

Ive had the phone over a year now..and im waiting for a new contract hence ive still got this phone.

Anyway im in the sunday markets which occur on a weekly basis. Its been raining all night and no doubt its going to be wet outside. I still decide to go. Anyway when i get there the usual hustle bustle of the markets isnt there. So im going from stall to stall looking for osmeone who will unlock my phone. (Im also looking for a seat post for my bike, a seat for my bike, and an exercise bike for she that must be obeyed!!!!!.Every stall that i go a "brother" tells me either he cant unlock the phone or it must be sent to his shop.

Anyway im standing at this one stall and this pakistani kid walks up, with a limp. i think thats how all pakistani kids walk these days. This guy was from pakistan originally and i could tell from his perfect Urdu and accented English. Anyway he whips out his samsung tocco and asks for it to be unlocked. That cost him £15. Next he pulls out his iphone (first gen) and asks for that to be unlocked too. The guy whos stall we are standing at pulls out a needle from somewhere and begins to insert in the iphone. Apparently this is the only way the sim card from a iphone will come out. Next thing i know his thumb is red with blood. Apparently the pin has penetrated his thumb. I secretly laugh on the inside. Serves you right you bastard!!
Anyway in all this commotion im standing there patiently waiting for some info on my measley Motorola Z8. In all the hustle aforementioned id handed the phone to bleeding thumb guy's associate and was waiting for him to connect to a laptop to see if he had the software to unlock it or not!!! Turns out he couldnt. He gave me his business card which i promptly put in my pocket, balled up and threw down on the floor without catching his eye!
Anyway he wanted me to pay £20 to unlock my phone. In my view thats robbery. So i came home and started to look for online phone unlocking services. Anyone who has ever wanted theier phone unlocked will know there are tons and tons of services available. I went for a cheap option which also used Paypal. They are here http://instant-unlocking.com/. They wont get my business again.Thier customer service is terrible. Long waits for replies from customer services. And in the end the code they provided me with, didnt really work.
So i called vodafone who instantly (and for free) gave me an unlock code...my phone is now unlocked to all networks.
So in my view the moral of this story is take care of your customers. Dont try and bleed your customers otherwise youll have a stupid pin sticking out of your thumb....

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

very well... described...
& yes u are right....