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I drowned my cell phone doing laundry on Sunday... I went to the Verizon store and, as I suspected, I was not due for an upgrade. The new version of my phone didn't have any special offers or rebates, and full retail price would have been $150.00. I don't use a smart phone, because 1) 90% of the time I am an arm's reach from a real computer and 2) I don't want to pay an additional $25/month for a data plan I don't often need. There were no basic texting phones that would have been cheaper, but the salesman referred me to this place that sells older generation/pre-owned phones at a discount. Of course, they were not open on Sunday, so I had to wait til Monday after work. I got my same phone, a generation or two older, for $60.00, which was a lot more budget-friendly. Unfortunately that kind blows the money I had budgeted for stuff for my condo for this paycheck, which means waiting another 2 weeks til I get paid again. But hey, it could have been worse, right?