Got an iPhone as an impulse purchase

June 30th, 2007

I am guessing that there aren’t many people who just randomly decided to buy an iPhone today. I got home and my wife and I grabbed our kids to pick up the phones.

A couple hours ago, I posted about buying 4 phones and not knowing what we would do with them. I changed my mind and only bought 2 phones. I don’t think they will completely sell out and don’t really want to spend all night finding someone to pay extra so they can use it tonight. We may just use them as separate business lines.

There they are. I don’t know what it is about them, but I couldn’t let the night go on without having a couple of them in my house tonight.

So what should I do…sell them? Switch to AT&T? Keep my current provider and get a new AT&T plan? I kinda want to open one up right now to see how cool it really is.

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Waiting in line for the iPhone

June 30th, 2007

I am an erratically spontaneous person. I decided this afternoon to go to the Apple store to buy 4 iPhones. I don’t have AT&T cell service nor do I plan to, but I have plenty of time to figure out what to do with the phones after I get them. If it comes down to it, I’ll just sign up for a new family plan or something. I’ve been following the stock of Apple for the last few weeks. Wow, I just had my picture taken by a local newspaper. Wonder if they will put me in the paper. Anyway, I bought some shares of Apple stock in the last month and all news about the stock is related to the iPhone. So, I am buying 4 phones to do my part to help drive the stock price up.

Now, I have no plans for the phones yet, so if you are interested, send me an email to iphone@misterrandom.com. If you live within 100 miles of Seattle and offer a comparable price to what they sell for on ebay, I will drive you one tonight. Otherwise, it can be shipped overnight anywhere or picked up from me anytime this weekend. I don’t expect anyone to email me about the phone, but you’re welcome to.

Speaking of stocks, I think the stock market sucks. That’s why I have been glued to the stock charts non-stop since I started buying stocks last month. I’ve made nearly 100 trades and overall haven’t lost money yet. I intend on documenting fully all of my trades and eventually posting my trades along with my justification for each trade on my blog. No, it’s not meant to bore you (all two of you original readers plus the 10 people who googled the stupid tortilla joke). I’m giving myself the opportunity to look back at my stock buying decisions and see more clearly where I have made mistakes.

If I’m bored, I’ll post an update, otherwise I’ll post a review of the iPhone tonight.

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