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3G Rates? Really need help to convice dad for iPhone.
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Yea sure. The one calling people assfaces, calling me a tool and a 'biatch', calling me and someone else gay lovers, and telling me that I am trailer park trash when I live in Los Angeles. Yea good one.
OP, here's my suggestion (contrary to popular belief, I too was 15 once 😉):
Start doing odd-jobs around the house, other places, and see if you can't pick up a couple hours slinging burgers or whatnot. This does a few things -
1 - It shows you the value of money, makes you realize how many hours of work actually goes into one month of SMS and on-the-go web surfing via a phone.
2 - It will force you to save up for said phone, and who knows, once you have the money saved up you may find that you don't really want that phone at all, you'd rather put the money towards a car or something else.
3 - It shows your parents you have initiative and are serious. I cannot stress how important this point is. Us parents are weird people. We see our kids busting their posteriors for something they want, and I'll be darned if we don't see that and pitch in when you least expect it.
Good luck. Just try and keep it all in perspective. At the end of the day, it really is only a phone.
Start doing odd-jobs around the house, other places, and see if you can't pick up a couple hours slinging burgers or whatnot. This does a few things -
1 - It shows you the value of money, makes you realize how many hours of work actually goes into one month of SMS and on-the-go web surfing via a phone.
2 - It will force you to save up for said phone, and who knows, once you have the money saved up you may find that you don't really want that phone at all, you'd rather put the money towards a car or something else.
3 - It shows your parents you have initiative and are serious. I cannot stress how important this point is. Us parents are weird people. We see our kids busting their posteriors for something they want, and I'll be darned if we don't see that and pitch in when you least expect it.
Good luck. Just try and keep it all in perspective. At the end of the day, it really is only a phone.
I admit that I guess I missed that part. Pardon me. That being said, if that is the case, are you going to stoop to the level of a 15 year-old then?
Just sayin'.....
okay, you guys have helped me understand. i will most likely just get the touch. Then when I'm 16 I will get a job, and maybe get the iPhone. but should i wait to buy the touch until an update?
I am not stooping down, I have not used any insults directly to him to give myself a false superiority. The whole reason I first went out on him was because he was being a hypocrite. I never knew it would really escalate to name calling...
Syrus28
macrumors 6502a
Where do you live? Im 16 and have been working for 2 and a half years at a grocery store (Safeway). Maybe you should look there, or another grocery store, if your really interested in getting a job (they hire at 14 here in Phoenix)
Also, I'd wait until 2.0 comes out so you don't have to pay for it, if your getting an iPod touch.
dukebound85
macrumors Core
i suggest we close this thread to prevent further namecalling since there is "no steeping down" by either member
the op has had his question resolved
the op has had his question resolved
Well back to the original topic which is him convincing his dad, show your dad the scientific calculator built into the iPhone you can use for school....that should really wow him.....sorry that's all I got.
Why are there grown men fighting over the internet?
I think nintendofreak is being more mature on this whole thing.
He posted a simple thread asking a question and someone attacks him who is a grown man.
You all have opinions okay, we know that so stop trying to force them on the kid and stop misspelling swear words just to get away with it on the this forum.
Oh, and btw this is coming from a 15 year old who will paying for the 3G monthly service and will be paying for the entire 3G iPhone with his money that he earned from bussing tables.
I think nintendofreak is being more mature on this whole thing.
He posted a simple thread asking a question and someone attacks him who is a grown man.
You all have opinions okay, we know that so stop trying to force them on the kid and stop misspelling swear words just to get away with it on the this forum.
Oh, and btw this is coming from a 15 year old who will paying for the 3G monthly service and will be paying for the entire 3G iPhone with his money that he earned from bussing tables.