Dec 14 2008
You get what you pay for….
So I am watching television tonight and there is this ad calling for people to donate their used phones, you know to be refurbished and then donated to various charities, primarily groups that support battered women. Well I am all for thee idea of it all of course. I am a total green freak and always looking for ways to reduce my impact on this great planet of ours. Maybe that is why I feel so strongly about passing on this word of warning.
You truly do get what you pay for in almost ever instance, with FEW exceptions. I know this but still purchased a refurbished phone, blinded by the absolutely obscene amount of money I would be saving and the thought that I was doing good by not adding another gadget to the local landfill.
Well it took less than a few HOURS to realize something was up, but I did not want to admit it to my husband, especially after all my bragging about the money I’d saved. After getting stranded and not being able to get a call out in the middle of a busy area (read: plenty of damn bars so I should have a signal), I admitted that maybe the refurbished model was not for me. I took it in to my local store and even though they gave me credit for buying the phone, I couldn’t help but notice the smirk when I mentioned it was a refurbished phone. The sales lady all but told me, well….you get what you pay for. So I paid through the nose and got a better phone. So what is the point of this rant?
How can they justify giving phones that more than likely do not work to some of the most vulnerable people in our population, those that have been abused or victimized????
Are they not the ones who would need the help, i.e. a signal in a desperate situation??
I know we have the technology to do better for these women, so if they are going through what I went through, well lets just say I will not stand idly by. We can do better and therefore we should.
Anyone else want to weigh in?
