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kimcheeboi
Joined: Dec 19, 2003
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From: Abducted by hot blondes to Les
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On 2004-11-01 12:23:48, bikeme74 wrote:
I don't know.....is bag snatching common in England/Europe??? I've never heard of so many compaints about bag snatching. I live in Los Angeles (I thought L.A. was worst in crimes) and I've never seen a bag snatcher in action once. Then again, I don't carry a bag. I keep my phone in my front pant pocket. Anyone who reach their hand in that area of my pants....and I'm going to break their fingers off.
My assumption NOW I guess, is that a lot of people depend on/ride the train in Europe, thus the high bag snatching/phone theft crimes. Nobody walks in L.A.! Most people DON"T ride the stupid train either (is there one here?)....or use public transportation/bus (disgusting!!!) I only see poor people and immigrants use public transportation/bus here...and no, I'm not making fun of them. That's just how it is. Everybody has their own car here.
In that sense, then maybe in Europe it's better for people to get insurance. I don't think insurance is for me...and I don't know of anyone (my friends) with insurance. I've never met another American who loves to pay his insurance company or one who thinks insurance companies are good people.
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And you tell us that people who don't do their research beforehand are ignorant morons? 
ANd i'd like to point out the extremely prejudiced and stupid statements you just made about people who take public transportation: I take the subway to the hospital on fridays because its easier than driving; i know people who take the metrolink because its easier than driving; i've seen people with nice suits and gucci bags riding the subway, too.
It's quite nice of you to make such a hasty generalization. It also doesn't help hide the fact that you're eating your own words.
I myself don't have phone insurnace, but homeowner's and car insurance has saved my ass plenty of times. Just because they charge me money for insurance doesn't mean that they are all thieves now, does it?
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kimcheeboi
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From: Abducted by hot blondes to Les
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@kim chee boi
Are you bored and trying to start a flame war? If I state my opinion, I have to back it up???? I'm just tell people what I think of insurance. You don't have to agree with me. Everything on this forum must be factual right? If someone tells you something like "go buy this," are you going to go out and buy it without doing the research yourself? I hope not. That was my line of thought. You need to re-read my post carefully.
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well, if you're wrong, you're wrong. Since this is a forum, i'm taking the time to show you that you're wrong, and why.
Anyhow you've made some statements that contradict each other, statements that were made up and then you tout it as fact,... 
thats what im pointing out 
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methylated_spirit
Joined: Jul 07, 2004
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From: Bonnie Scotland
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Are you MAD? ok, i wont insure my car, because i'll take care of it and wont crash it. I dont think i'll insure my home either, instead i'll put up a big neon sign "Dont rob me im not insured" that should do the trick. Oh, and i dont think i'll bother with life insurance, i dont plan on dying.
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Vlammetje
Joined: Mar 01, 2003
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From: Den Haag
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Make sure to leave out health insurance as well 
Not going to get sick or injured after all. 
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RichLok
Joined: Jun 06, 2002
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From: Los Angeles, CA
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@ bikeme74: Growing up as a kid, I took the bus and the Metro Blue Line to school, work and to Pasadena / Rowland Heights. Does this make me homeless or an Immigrant?? Watch what you say cuz you'll get burned. You don't like phone insurance, that's your problem. I love it. Wouldn't have a phone without one cuz @ $50 a claim, I get a my $300+ phone replaced if I lose it/ break it or have it stolen. The "house" doesn't always win. Check the facts homie before you rant to people that know what's up...
@ everyone else: Sorry about that. Tend to speak with a little ignorance when someone that doesn't know the complete facts starts yakking off.
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tranquil
Joined: Dec 15, 2001
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From: Oslo, Norway
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I've allways have had, and will allways have, incurance on my phones.
I've needed it twice and it's saved me a lot of money.
Once I had my P800 nicked out of my pocket on the bus, on the way to work in the morning, I reported it to the incurance company and had a new one at lunch time the same day.
Never will I have an unincured phone! You never know what might happen.
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manunitedfan
Joined: Oct 10, 2004
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On 2004-10-31 04:38:29, bikeme74 wrote:
That's right. Insurance for a cell phone. I don't get it. Why would people do such a thing. I understand that one gets a new phone when one loses it, or break it, etc. But just take care of your damn phone. Fvck the insurance!
Any time you pay extra money for insurance, it's ALWAYS a bad thing. Insurance is the biggest SCAM on this planet. "The House" never lose. An extra way for a phone company to make extra money.
Admit it, everyone on this forum gets a new phone every year anyways. Hell, some priviledged people get a new phone ever three months. I don't have insurance on my K700i. If I lose it, I'll go out and get me a new one. It gives me a reason to buy a recent model. The amount of money one pays each month on insurance is about equivalent to the price of a new phone. So why do people still pay insurance and give the phone companies free money?
Your comments/opinion please....
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kimcheeboi
Joined: Dec 19, 2003
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From: Abducted by hot blondes to Les
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Lol!
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dave_uk
Joined: Mar 06, 2003
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From: London, UK
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Geez, it's lucky I didn't look at this thread for the last couple of days. This just gets more bizarre...
Look, bikeme, whatever your motivation for posting in the first place, you're getting roundly lynched. Therefore, it is probably advisable to accept that, whatever YOU may think, the vast majority of people (admittedly, I have not conducted an independent survey, but I hope this will be accepted as statement of fact!) think your argument is ridiculous.
Listen to Kim - your point's been made, you're wrong, I (and everyone else) am right and everybody's happy 
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mkush
Joined: Nov 15, 2003
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From: UKSA
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Well in glad i got insurance as my fone weren't work proper 1 week after i had it so i just took it back for a new 1 :-D
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Sammy_boy
Joined: Mar 31, 2004
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From: Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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Suffice to say that it depends on the person and what phone they have - cheaper ones not really worth it, P910s/S700s probably a good idea!
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
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fannypad
Joined: Feb 09, 2003
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From: London, UK
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Bikeme, you come across as a bit of a plonker really. Sort it out.
Anyway, phone insurance is quality. I go to London squat parties every weekend, and have lost my phone countless times stumbling about in grimy old warehouses in the middle of Hackney.
I pay about £70 a year for cover, and god knows how much I would have had to spend on new phones had it not been insured. I bet the insurance company loves me. |
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