Help Getting a V60S

Steven,

Thanks for the reply. Since the V60S has been discontinued, what new
Motorola Phone will replace it and when will it be available?

Thanks,

-Mij

"Steven M. Scharf" <scharf.steven@linkearth.net> wrote in message
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> > I am in California and cannot seem to find a Motorola V60S. Has this
phone
> > been discontinued? All of the Verizon stores that I have called do not
> have
> > this phone and have advised me to either order it from Verizon, get one
> from
> > a Verizon reseller, or get one from Ebay. Why is it so difficult to get
> this
> > phone?
>
> This phone has discontinued.
>
> There is still stock, but you must order on-line. If you pester them
enough,
> by phone and e-mail, you may get lucky. They allowed me to order one
> yesterday, by phone, via an unpublished toll-free number direct to some
sort
> of senior customer service person. This was after I complained via e-mail,
> and had gotten nowhere with customer service. I had already received
another
> one with an on-line upgrade, a week earlier.
>
> You only have a day or two to try to get one, as they are almost sold out,
> and they will not be getting any more. Verizon is very diligent about
> discontinuing the most popular handsets.
>
> Be careful of eBay scams. Where are these sellers getting the V60s? The
> phones are going for very high prices on eBay, and as the shortage
> intensifies, things will only get worse.'
>
>

"Mij Adyaw" <NoSpam@NoSpam.org> wrote in message
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> Steven,
>
> Thanks for the reply. Since the V60S has been discontinued, what new
> Motorola Phone will replace it and when will it be available?

There is no reason to believe that anything will replace it. Verizon had no
Motorola speakerphone for over a year after the famous 270C was
discontinued. The V60s was kind of an accidental phone, brought to the
market due to the business failure of Verizon's PTT service. I think that
Verizon committed to a large quantity of the V60p, and when their PTT
service failed to take off they had Motorola flash in firmware to create a
non-PTT version of the phone, the V60s. Verizon probably had no idea that
there would be such a demand for a plain, non-color, non-camera phone (or
they didn't want there to be a demand for it). Verizon is the most clueless
wireless company in the U.S. when it comes to handsets. For all of Sprint's
faults, Sprint consistently has a better handset selection. Look at all the
business Sprint got simply because they have the Treo, and Verizon doesn't.

On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 23:55:13 GMT, "Steven M. Scharf" <scharf.steven@linkearth.net> wrote:
I don't know if the phone is discontinued or not, but I just got one last week. I had it sent directly to my home via a
Verizon Wireles Customer Rep. I also found that a number of sites offer the phone as a result of a google search.

There must be a large stock to still be available 5 months from the original post.
Larry

>This phone has discontinued.
>
>There is still stock, but you must order on-line. If you pester them enough,
>by phone and e-mail, you may get lucky. They allowed me to order one
>yesterday, by phone, via an unpublished toll-free number direct to some sort
>of senior customer service person. This was after I complained via e-mail,
>and had gotten nowhere with customer service. I had already received another
>one with an on-line upgrade, a week earlier.
>
>You only have a day or two to try to get one, as they are almost sold out,
>and they will not be getting any more. Verizon is very diligent about
>discontinuing the most popular handsets.
>
>Be careful of eBay scams. Where are these sellers getting the V60s? The
>phones are going for very high prices on eBay, and as the shortage
>intensifies, things will only get worse.'
>
>