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Problem Resolution - No More Phone

I went to meet up with Ada at the Central Library this afternoon. I've been trying to find information regarding the BULATS test for work. I took some time to read through a few articles in the economist and when Ada arrived I went to find her a National Geographics magazine. Veto, the cell phone shop, called me to tell me that they actually fixed my phone. If I want it in the original condition then they need to take the phone back to replace the inside. I was fed up already, actually for $190 HKD I was willing to end the pain. I agree to the exchange and after library I headed out to Mong Kok. The street was crazy, I forgot it was the weekend. Walking in and out of the MTR feels like rush hour.

When I got to the store, that bastard old man wasn't around. I was a lot calmer and the sales associate really made an effort to be friendly this time around. Actually he ended up charging me $180 HKD for the work. I said my thank you and head out to find Gloria. We walked around the street to see how much it would be to trade in my phone. Most places were willing to pay $1100 HKD for it. Eventually we came across someone who was willing to buy it for $1150 HKD. Only $50 but still that matters to someone who's counting pennies. I really don't want to deal with that phone anymore. Now to calculate. The total cost for the phone initially was $1750 HKD. Plus $180 HKD for repair brings us to $1930 HKD. Minus the $1150 HKD for the trade leaves me at a loss of $780 HKD (about $120 CAD) which I deemed acceptable. If it was going to break on me after 3 months, the chances of it doing so again was high. Gloria was nice enough to lend me her phone still until I decide to buy my new one. I'm planning to wait until mid September, hopefully the new SLVR will be out by then. Well one worry down. I wonder if I can get anything for the box of equipment I still have at home for the phone, I'm surprised they didn't even ask for the charger they just took the phone.

We wandered around a bit and actually came upon an acceptable tripod. I suck at bargining, like most guys I think, so I needed Gloria to pressure to get the price down. Original was $98 HKD, sold to me for $85 HKD. So now I have a very basic large tripod that I can use for both night time shots and portrait style shots.

Tonight I went out to meet Gloria's friends for karaoke. My first time doing Karaoke in HK. We went to Neway out near Causeway Bay. It seems pretty much like Canada's Chinese karaoke places except they had a buffet included. As soon as we got there we went downstairs to find food to eat. The selection isn't exactly great but it is okay, I was eyeing the veggies since I don't nearly get enough of them. I actually sang quite a few songs, though Sai will be disappointed since I'm not quite hitting the ranges I use to. The West Life songs really went no where. One of the people asked about the Korean word for "awesome" so just as a test I ended up calling Hyun Jin. She finally picked up and we had a pleasant conversation just to catch up. I miss quite a few friends, and a few of them I hope read through my blog I hope. I really do miss you guys, it is hard to find the same feeling with friends that I had before.

posted by Tempest7 @ 04:12