That's a shame.
But, I guess it depends on the sales person.

73 De Anthony W2AJV
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: [BLIND-HAMS] new 5.8 GHz phone getting mixed reviews


> All sears can do around here is throw things around breaking them, and not 
> want to give your money back though they threw things around right in 
> front of you and you want nothing to do with the place when you get it 
> home and what you bought doesn't work. Went through that with a few 
> stereos a few years ago. Friend of mien went through that with a 
> treadmill. I haven't set foot in the place since.
>
> At 08:05 AM 04/05/2006, you wrote:
>>Hi Steve & Everyone;
>>
>>I found the best place in my area to shop for these cordless phones is
>>Sears.
>>
>>The sales people are pretty knowledgeable.
>>
>>I have gone to other stores and all they know how to do is hit the keys on
>>the cash register.
>>
>>73 De Anthony W2AJV
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 9:17 PM
>>Subject: Re: [BLIND-HAMS] new 5.8 GHz phone getting mixed reviews
>>
>>
>> > Jeff,
>> >
>> > I've never heard of an option like that on any cordless phone, although 
>> > I
>> > believe that some of them will increase power on their own if the
>> > reception degrades.  You may also find that some brands have better 
>> > range
>> > than others, and sometimes different models of a particular brand are
>> > better than others.  Unfortunately, the models change so quickly that 
>> > even
>> > if you know which ones were good six months ago, it won't help you 
>> > today.
>> > I had very good luck with one model of GE, but when I bought a 
>> > different
>> > model, I couldn't even get 20 foot coverage.  It might help if you tell
>> > the sales person that you need a phone with lots of range, but then 
>> > again,
>> > you may still not know until you get it home and try it.  You may find
>> > that you have to spend more to get the coverage you need.
>> >
>> > Steve
>> >
>> > On Tuesday 4/4/06 19:13 Jeff Kenyon wrote:
>> >>Hi Everyone, I've had this Uniden Phone for a day now, and have mixed
>> >>opinions about it.  The reason I went with 5.8 GHz is because of what I
>> >>have
>> >>read on here and other places with regard to range.  This afternoon I 
>> >>took
>> >>a
>> >>walk around the block and didn't notice any real big difference verses 
>> >>my
>> >>900 MHz phone and I don't know if it is because the walls in my house 
>> >>are
>> >>really thick or what.  Tomorrow I am planning on trying to test it 
>> >>again
>> >>with putting the transmitter in the window to see what happens.  When I
>> >>shoed the phone to my mother we got a call at dinner, and it was in my
>> >>pocket while I was down stairs, and the audio quality wasn't that 
>> >>great,
>> >>and
>> >>again I think that it is because of the thickness of our walls.  I just
>> >>had
>> >>my step brother take a quick look in the manual to see if there is any 
>> >>way
>> >>of increasing the power, but there doesn't appear to be anything in the
>> >>manual, but what I am wondering on other 5.8 GHz phones are there 
>> >>settings
>> >>for increasing power from the transmitter?
>> >
>> >
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