Still Without a Phone

So as you may know from my post-Spring-Break entry, my phone was broken. As of today, I am still without a cell phone! Here’s the story. Well, right after the break, I sent my phone to my dad so he could take it to this Verizon Wireless repair center in Queens, NY. They heard “water damage” and immediately told us that they could not fix the phone. Then my mom in Taiwan claimed that there are shops in Taiwan that could fix a phone and that supposedly my aunt left her phone in the washing machine and it still got fixed. So I sent it to Taiwan. After a week or so, my mom told me the phone was in the shop and they could fix it. She would bring it back when she came back on 4/29. Thinking I’d have my phone back soon, I call home 2 days ago, and was told that it turns out, they COULDN’T FIX THE PHONE.

So now I’ve been eBay bidding on a LG VX7000 (yes I want the same phone). Problem is I keep getting outbid during the last 10 minutes or they’re bidding a little higher than I’m willing to pay. The way I see it, if I just opened a new Verizon account, got the phone for free, and then cancelled I’d have to spend $40 for first month service, $175 cancellation fee, and $30 activation fee. So that comes out to $245. I’m not willing to pay more than this for the phone on Ebay. I don’t really want a used phone either, I prefer brand new. This sucks.

I really need a cell phone. I haven’t had a phone since 3/19. This really sucks..