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PPCMD · 02-13-2008, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by luckykelleyk

Well, my curve is the first phone that I have kept for any decent amount of time, without coveting some other new phone. I promised my fiance I would keep it at least a year

I am happy with it, and he is going to have it done for me as a gift.

I'm like you I switch phone so quick the outgoing one looks like new so I bet my boss I would keep my last phone for 1 year and I got down to the last 2 months and well I moved to AT&T and we called it a wash. She bought my old phone so technically I didn't lose.

luckykelleyk · 02-13-2008, 01:07 PM

So I put a new skin on my purple-berry (lol, a best skin ever) . It is kinda sad though, because they don't have sections to cover the painted parts which were previously rubberized, so there's nothing to protect the corners. Sadly, in a moment of madness I dropped my newly painted blackberry on the tile kitchen floor

it hit the corner pretty hard. It was like when you paint your nails and they aren't totally dry yet, and you hit them on something, and the paint wrinkles a little. I don't think anyone would ever notice it because its so subtle, but I look at it and frown every day.

PPCMD · 02-13-2008, 01:08 PM

I opted to ship it for overnight delivery both ways so it gets in quickly and back to me quickly. Lucky for me I can ship out via using our corp UPS discount which makes it cheaper than the USPS. Based on luckykelleyk turn around time it was about 3 weeks ARO before it was returned so I am hoping.

Is anyone else doing this or are others waiting to see what it looks like on the different units?

luckykelleyk · 02-13-2008, 01:10 PM

actually it was 4 weeks

I didn't count the week that it took for them to receive it. They had it there 4 entire weeks. Hopefully you will have more luck than I did, but don't set yourself up for disappointment.

ABarrera · 02-13-2008, 03:43 PM

i want to do this so badly...im just waiting for sprint to get the curve...then for colorware to say that they will paint the cdma curve then ill ship it...but im so undecided on color...i have a few ideas but i also really want to see what others look like.

ABarrera · 02-13-2008, 04:15 PM

i looked at that macenstein site and some guy is saying that he had his ipod touch painted in prowler and after a week the paint was chipping and breaking off. ugh i hope that was just a fluke. how much does it cost to ship it to them insured???

luckykelleyk · 02-13-2008, 04:22 PM

it really depends on, what company you use to ship it, where you live, and how fast you want it to get there. Priority mail would be cheapest (I think), if you do a flat rate box. I used ups so insurance is 1 dollar for every hundred dollars (more than 100)

ABarrera · 02-13-2008, 05:25 PM

ok so round about another 5 or 6 bucks added...thats not bad

starsrblind · 02-14-2008, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by luckykelleyk

So I put a new skin on my purple-berry (lol, a best skin ever) . It is kinda sad though, because they don't have sections to cover the painted parts which were previously rubberized, so there's nothing to protect the corners. Sadly, in a moment of madness I dropped my newly painted blackberry on the tile kitchen floor

it hit the corner pretty hard. It was like when you paint your nails and they aren't totally dry yet, and you hit them on something, and the paint wrinkles a little. I don't think anyone would ever notice it because its so subtle, but I look at it and frown every day.

That's too bad... I can't believe no one makes a skin that covers the sides. Colorware should make special ones for their products. I have one of those clear hard cases and it just feels so bulky to me.

Also, I found "colorwared" blackberries on ebay. Looks like the same company but really high priced:

Blackberry CURVE 8310 UNLOCKED ATT CUSTOM VELVET GSM! - eBay (item 310021768638 end time Mar-09-08 14:16:27 PDT)

They have a handful of colors.

luckykelleyk · 02-15-2008, 10:42 PM

That picture that they use on the auction is directly from colorware's website. They are indirectly saying that they just order the phone from colorware for you. I don't know how the people at colorware would feel if they knew about this... seems shady.

PPCMD · 02-15-2008, 11:00 PM

Well I shipped mine out on Wednesday UPS Next Day and I received an email on Thursday afternoon about an hour after UPS confirmed it had arrived saying they had received it and it was in the production. I also opted for next day back to me so while I am optimistic for the 3 week turn around I am realistic it may take 4. So either it comes back in time to cruisin with me or its waiting for me when I get back.

luckykelleyk · 02-16-2008, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by PPCMD

Well I shipped mine out on Wednesday UPS Next Day and I received an email on Thursday afternoon about an hour after UPS confirmed it had arrived saying they had received it and it was in the production. I also opted for next day back to me so while I am optimistic for the 3 week turn around I am realistic it may take 4. So either it comes back in time to cruisin with me or its waiting for me when I get back.

yay! congrats. You will love it!

starsrblind · 02-22-2008, 03:11 AM

Ok I'm pretty sure I'm going to do it now. Now I just can't decide on a color. I'm leaning towards an all black or yellow?

ABarrera · 02-22-2008, 02:48 PM

well i found out that if something happened to my phone and i needed to turn it in to sprint to use my insurance i would need to have the original housing on it...kinda seems pointless for me to do it now...just too much hassle

luckykelleyk · 02-22-2008, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ABarrera

well i found out that if something happened to my phone and i needed to turn it in to sprint to use my insurance i would need to have the original housing on it...kinda seems pointless for me to do it now...just too much hassle

unless it got lost.....