R.I.P. Mr. Galaxy, III

[kalnel#WN]

Your friend who brought the idiot ought to be pressuring him to make good, too.

 

[Kevin Harvell]

How would you know in advance when an idiot friend of a friend was going to push you into a pool?

It sounds like it would be something you use after it gets wet. I think he used it after it went through the washing machine.


Good luck OP, I hope this gets resolved quickly and without any hard feelings amongst the friends.


I do like the idea mentioned above about friends planning it and having the wife ask to "borrow" the phone. Those are good friends with common sense.

 

[SamsungGalaxySII]

갤럭시 S III, 고인의 명복을 빕니다.... 묵념....

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[Rackness]

갤럭시 S III, 고인의 명복을 빕니다.... 묵념....

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What he said

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[SamsungGalaxySII]

What he said

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Hehehe It's Korean It says R.I.P. Galaxy S III..... A Silent pray.....

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[miscrap]

A drop of bleach on the water indicators will turn them white again. Leave it on for a minute or two, them gently dab off. Then run to the phone store and tell them your new phone died. If they don't open up the phone they may give you a new one. Worked for me!

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[broadwayblues]

A drop of bleach on the water indicators will turn them white again. Leave it on for a minute or two, them gently dab off. Then run to the phone store and tell them your new phone died. If they don't open up the phone they may give you a new one. Worked for me!

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Omg I have to try this. Will update

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[broadwayblues]

Crazy, this phone got wet years ago and I put a drop of bleach on it and before I could get my phone to shoot a photo of it it already took most of the red off of it.

Well after some time it looks like that's as good as it gets.

Amazing that it worked!

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[BostonBeats88]

However - what I find more amazing...is that you have a wallet that cost you $400.00!! What is it made of? Unicorn hide??

Good freaking point. It was a graduation gift from my little sister a pretty awesome Prada wallet. The sentimental value means more to me than the Unicorn AND Dolphin hide.

I was thrown in a pool several years ago, but my friends had the smarts to ask my wife to ask for my phone.

This is usually what I do with my friends if I'm going to be a jerk and push them in.
"Oh hey! Can I borrow phone?!" If they dont have it on them into the drink they go!

갤럭시 S III, 고인의 명복을 빕니다.... 묵념....

Thanks

Back to the tbolt for now i guess?

Well, I've been getting by alright without the SGS for a few days at this point. In a weird way its nice not having my phone on me all the time. And in every other way its a curse.

(also the TB has a monster spider crack on the screen. I got used to that over time though.)

 

[jneusch]

I see two acceptable outcomes here, both of which include the idiot paying to replace your phone and wallet.

1. He pays full retail so that it has no impact on your contract, future upgrades, unlimited, etc.

2. He gets the new phone at the subsidized price on his account by adding an additional line. Removes the phone from that line, but continues to pay the monthly fee, and gives you that phone to swap for yours on your account. You can then give him the "wet" one since he technically has bought it from you. He can then add the "wet" one to his account. If he adds insurance to his line then I guess he could file a claim and get a new one, but that would really be considered insurance fraud. He could then sell the phone on ebay and use the money to pay the ETF and drop the additional line.

. . . . My mind works in mysterious ways

 

[Gekko]

1. WTF is wrong with people? pushing someone in a pool is not funny at all, it ruins someone's night, damages their property, and CAN PERMANENTLY INJURE SOMEONE. what if you hit your head or broke your neck and was paralyzed?

2. i would make him pay the full MSRP for all items and threaten that you will file a civil complaint in small claims court if he does not pay within 30 days. i would follow through with that threat if he does not.

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hey he might have made a dumb mistake but the outcome could have been a lot worse and you could have been seriously injured so now is the time for him to make you whole and also for him to take some responsibility and learn a lesson - so that maybe someone else doesn't get hurt. do not enable this reckless behavior!

i'm not a litigious person but sometimes there is no other choice.

good luck.

 

[PJnc284]

1. WTF is wrong with people? pushing someone in a pool is not funny at all, it ruins someone's night, damages their property, and CAN PERMANENTLY INJURE SOMEONE. what if you hit your head or broke your neck and was paralyzed?

Reminds me of this story.

The accident occurred in Virginia Beach in May, a month before Friedman was to marry Chris Chapman, a seventh-grade science teacher from North Carolina. After attending a bachelorette party in her honor, Friedman and her girlfriends changed into bathing suits for a late-night swim.

Then came the push that changed Friedman’s life. It was just a playful tap from behind from a friend to get Friedman into the water. Unfortunately, the pool was only 3 and a half feet deep at the end into which Friedman plunged headfirst.

Rachelle Friedman immediately knew something was wrong. “As soon as I hit the water, I felt my body kind of stiffen up. I went numb and I kind of heard a crack in my neck,” she said.

The sound Friedman heard was her C6 cervical vertebra fracturing when her head hit the bottom of the pool. She has had no feeling below her collarbone ever since. Doctors say she will never walk again.

“We were horsing around by the pool. It was a freak accident,” said Friedman. “I just went in the wrong way.”

 

[dmcman73]

Back in the when not a lot of people had cell phones I would see this as a funny joke. I've pushed friends in pools before but I knew them. In present times, damned near everyone has a cell phone and they colst a lot of money. Never would I think to push anyone (meaning a friend) in a pool unless I knew they just got out and didn't have their cell phone on them. Behavior that the random guy displayed is just unacceptable.

I hope this works out for you in the end and he pays for his mistake.

Yup, back then the only thing you risked damaging was a pack of cigarettes if the person smoked, not a phone.

 

[Androhead27]

I'm curious as well. I'd be pissed enough that they'd ruin the remote on my keys that unlocks my car doors but the phone would cause me to go ballistic.

It's 2012....hasn't been funny to push people into pools for years. Too many electronic gizmos people carry around. I'd have gone all Hulk and ruined the party for everyone.

Same here on the going hulk and ruining the party, that ****** didn't just ruin my night, he ruined everyone's....lol

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[dmcman73]

Hahaha you don't! But that's like saying "I didn't know I was going to need the first-aid kit after you need one."

After they sent me the bag I was wondering how in the heck I was supposed to review it. I wasn't about to dunk my phone to test it out. Lucky we have a 17 year old teenager in the house, he washed his phone like 4 days after it came in the mail.

It is just one of those things that you hope you never have to use, but are so happy when you have one. I have another one that I ordered and it's next to the first-aid kit in the bathroom.

For those "Texting while peeing incidents."

One way that I have always tested out those water proof bags was to shove a bunch of paper towels into the bag, close it up and take it for a dunk. If the paper towels came out dry after I was done, it was deemed water proof by me.

 

[broadwayblues]

One way that I have always tested out those water proof bags was to shove a bunch of paper towels into the bag, close it up and take it for a dunk. If the paper towels came out dry after I was done, it was deemed water proof by me.

Good point! However, the Aqua Dry bag has a material in it that can draw out moisture from rice itself, so the idea is you put a wet phone into the bag and let it sit for 2 days and hopefully it draws out the moisture inside the phone. Worked for me enough to give it a great review.

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[Gekko]

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[tech_head]

Pool water, either a chlorinated or salt based can ruin electronics instantly.
There will be long term issues.
The idiot owes a phone and whatever was in your pocket.
No, I would not file an insurance claim. Those are for when I screw up, not some intentional misconduct by an idiot. Pranks cost money and this fool should pay.

I wouldn't care if it was my family. Pushing people in a pool..... Not at all funny.....

Small Claims Court.

 

[xliderider]

Good point! However, the Aqua Dry bag has a material in it that can draw out moisture from rice itself, so the idea is you put a wet phone into the bag and let it sit for 2 days and hopefully it draws out the moisture inside the phone. Worked for me enough to give it a great review.

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Like I posted earlier, if the pool had chlorine in it, these aqua dry bags are still useless. The device might work after the water is removed. However, the chlorine left behind on the electronic circuits will definitely cause major problems later. It's like a ticking time bomb.

 

[mistermean666]

I'm very disappointed to report that my SGSIII has drowned over the weekend. I got shoved in a swimming pool with my wallet and phone still in my pockets.

The phone currently sits in a bag of rice at home. Fingers crossed that mother-effer turns on when I arrive home this evening. This is a sad day for everyone.

Did you beat the crap out of the person that did this horrific act to you?