[Richard Ward]

I've been an Alltel customer since I left Sprint due to poor reception in my neck of the woods. I recently bought a very nice Blackberry 7250 off eBay right before the price dropped again and it locked up on me. Alltel sent me, to my surprise considering how old the 7250 is... a 7250.

Now I'm with HTC and I'm loving it. While I'm perfectly happy with my 6700/WM6, it's always tempting to spin the wheel of broken phone luck and find myself with a 6800, although it appears us Alltel users are left out of the Sprint break-a-thon going on in other threads.

So I ask you guys, should I even bother trying Alltel on getting a 6800 through insurance? I mean, they sent me the ancient 7250 back and that was quite a surprise. What are your thoughts?

Thanks.