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sharing: freaky blast from the past

wayyy back in 1999 i had a nokia 8850 mobile phone. in 2001, while living in hong kong i sold it as the screen was dead. now, fast forward to 2011. around 4 weeks ago my former mba classmate (in hong kong) sent me an email. she was shopping around the side streets of hk (kowloon, tsim tsa tsui) for a cheap and simple mobile phone for her 11 year old son. she stumbled on this nokia 8850 so she asked the vendor for it. she opened the back to check that all's well. upon removing the battery, she noticed a name that's been scribbled on the chrome surface. lo and behold, it was my name. i know, freaky. and i kid you not. anyway, she remembers me as we were study partners. so she sent me an email asking if i wanted to get the phone. of course i said yes! i offered to pay but she said the phone was too cheap so she shipped it right away. last friday (the 30th of sept), the parcel arrived. i put in a sim card and it works! very interesting...and freaky...that something from my past made its way back to me. just thought i'd share it. oh, and check out my signature. second to the bottom is that same nokia 8850 in the pic.
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Cool story, bro. No, really cool

[Q] My order is showing as ' pending '. Is that normal?

I have a question: when you made an order for your N5, does your order status show as ' pending ' or is it supposed to show something else?
Thank you.
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My order said pending until it shipped.
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Yea it showed pending until it was shipped. I remember you back in the Nexus 4 forums when it launched

Thx both of you.
Haha yeah. I was one of the early adopter for N4 but decided to wait it out when N5 came out.

Mine still shows pending even though I received my Nexus 5 in November 2013
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dicecuber said:
Mine still shows pending even though I received my Nexus 5 in November 2013
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Hahaha. Maybe they'll send you another one so you can two to ***** about.

dicecuber said:
Mine still shows pending even though I received my Nexus 5 in November 2013
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Lolwut.

jd1639 said:
Hahaha. Maybe they'll send you another one so you can two to ***** about.
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Lol. If only the imei wasn't tied to my account! Jk
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Pending to this day. :cyclops:

[Q] DHL - Shipment on hold

Howdy guys,
So i ordered a second OPO for my brother the other day, and since we reside in South-Africa i had to make use of MyUS.com to forward the package to me. Been using them for years now.
Here's the deal, yesterday my tracking status was updated to "Shipment on hold" and if you expand it for further details it says:
"The shipment is awaiting the next scheduled movement, The shipment will be processed in the next available movement"
I then called DHL South-Africa and they told me that there's nothing to worry about, and that the item is on its way from JFK NYC to OR JHB. That was yesterday. So today i called DHL USA and they gave me a completely different story, they told me the package is being held in NY because import tax hasn't been payed...BUT IT HAS! I paid $130 import tax (I know i know) and emailed proof thereof to DHL South-Africa. So i then called DHL South-Africa again, spoke to someone else, and he said that the packaage left JFK today @ 11:40 US time. So who do i believe ? Is my package actually en-route to JHB South-Africa as im typing this or what, there seems to be a serious lack in comms between DHL USA and DHL RSA.
Any input, similar experiences ?
Here a screenshot of the tracking status as of 21:48 (GMT +2) time:
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UPDATE:
Eventually emailed proof of import taxes to DHL USA and they released the package from JFK NYC and its currently in JHB RSA en-route to me.

Any word on the US release date for this device ?!

Wish it had led display but it is what it is . Cant wait for it to come out . Im buying it on US release day

There is a India based rumor site that says it should hit market in the US by July 14th, GSM arena said today (and as of writing this, still claims it is available for purchase) and google said it was gonna release on the 22nd;
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URL of the source is in the IMG above, but I don't recommend giving them traffic as the source is dubious at best.
Some people are putting credence into Gearbest dot com offering pre-orders of the phone, but gearbest is a scam site.

theelp said:
There is a India based rumor site that says it should hit market in the US by July 14th, GSM arena said today (and as of writing this, still claims it is available for purchase) and google said it was gonna release on the 22nd;
URL of the source is in the IMG above, but I don't recommend giving them traffic as the source is dubious at best.
Some people are putting credence into Gearbest dot com offering pre-orders of the phone, but gearbest is a scam site.
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Yea I found the india release . But the lte bands are different from ATT US but I couldnt find any info on a us release date . so july huh ? right around when I should be able to walk again

Question Anyone received their $250 Samsung credit?

I pre ordered 2 S22 Ultras on the 1st day they became available for pre order. I chose not to spend the $250 Samsung credits during the orders because most everything was out of stock and the website was having so many issues that I just wanted to get my pre orders in before they wasn't available. It stated if I didn't use the credits at that moment, I would receive the $250 credits via email after delivery of the phones. Well it's been 17 days since we've had our new phones. I'm gonna try and contact Samsung today to see what's going on because I wanna order me some accessories since most are back in stock. Just curious if anyone else that didn't use their credit immediately has received their promo code via email? Thanks in advance!
BTW Loving my Green S22 Ultra 512GB
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I was wondering the exact same thing since I have heard nothing from Samsung yet on that.

Nothing here, still waiting, Samsung page says scheduled

I chatted with Samsung support yesterday, and they told me it comes between 14 and 30 days even though the invoice only says 14 days.

Wow 30 days? Yeah the invoice definitely said 14 days

I just chatted with a Samsung rep. He said I will get my code on March 25th. He said they wait until the return window closes then the system sends it out automatically.