From: "Erica VD Ginter" <eginter at klgai.com> To: "'WSFA members'" <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] Re: Not it's not Re: A. Porter & SF Chronicle Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 14:33:28 -0400 Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> ...witty repartee from column B. Erica -----Original Message----- From: Michael Walsh [mailto:MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 1:44 PM To: WSFAlist at keithlynch.net Subject: [WSFA] Not it's not Re: A. Porter & SF Chronicle ah . . . subject line from column A . . . text from column B . . . mjw >>> bnewton at ashcomp.com 07/30/02 12:56PM >>> 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