[Hatteras]

If you are just traveling on vacation? Send her a postcard. Why does everybody feel that they need to be just a push of the button away at any moment of any given day? If you're traveling then you are staying in hotels, correct? Hotels have phones and at the very least you can call and leave the hotel info with them if they need to reach you.

The original point was that you don't buy phones at flea markets or any seedy establishments. Especially a place where they won't look you in the eye.

Also, if they sell multi-colored cell phone cases with embossed skulls and dragons alongside the ninja swords and wizard shaped candles? Keep your wallet closed and go find a pay phone instead.

[WoofDog123]

circumstances were not as you describe, but in any event we see things differently. The cell phone was my *ONLY* means of being reached on that trip, and until I got it, I was completely unreachable.

[WoofDog123]

“Also, if they sell multi-colored cell phone cases with embossed skulls and dragons alongside the ninja swords and wizard shaped candles? Keep your wallet closed and go find a pay phone instead. “

1) Perhaps we shop at different stores?
2) Ok, I need to go to a payphone to use a phone card for overseas calls which will eat my phone card at 20x the normal rate?