Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 12:56:41 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
From: "Barry L. Newton" <bnewton at ashcomp.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: A. Porter & SF Chronicle
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

For those of you into gadgetry. . .Amazon.com is running some *major*
rebates on cell phones, if you also sign up for service.  But the service
is the standard plans from AT&T, Verizon, Voicestream, Sprint & Nextel.

A couple of examples with Motorola phones:  the P280 world phone usually
sold by Voicestream for $129 after their rebate comes down to $-80 from
Amazon (with a Voicestream service contract).  The V60 which is usually
available from voicestream at $199 after rebate is free from Amazon.  A
particularly interesting item is the Handspring Treo 180 PDA/phone, a $400
- $500 item rebated down to $150.  Similar possibilities exist with phones
set up for other providers' technologies.

This deal is good through August 5th, and is a rebate scheme--you have to
pay full price up front, and then ask for the rebate.  I'm usually pretty
leery of these things, but Amazon hasn't hurt me yet.

Sorry this looks and sounds so much like spam--but we're finally going to
get our first wireless phone service, and I'm kind of fired up about it.

Barry