How I Accidently Ended Up With an Iphone

I have longed after an Iphone for approximately one year. Everytime someone would pull out their sleek, ultra cool device, I would practically salivate. But last January they were $400. Then in summer 08 the price was reduced in half with the new 3G generation. Twice as fast at half the price. Yes, I wanted one. Surfing the net, text messaging, everything I could ever want at my fingertips. But with each paycheck coming up short and one thing after another, I never got one. Then I completely talked myself out of the Iphone. I couldn't justify paying the $200 for a phone when I could get another one cheaper.
So on New Year's Eve, I decided to upgrade my POS phone to the Blackberry Titanium Curve. Sam's Club had it available for $50 with a two year contract. I checked out the AT&T store, the same phone was $199 with a $100 rebate. Obviously I opted for the Sam's Club phone. My contract ended in December. So I fill out the paperwork, Brian (my helpful Sam's Club associate) inputted all the information. Message received NOT AVAILABLE FOR AN UPGRADE UNTIL FEBRUARY 2010. What? How is this possible--I am not under contract--how could I not be available for an upgrade? I called AT&T to find out why I couldn't get a phone at Sam's Club for the price I wanted to pay. After about 15 minutes of getting now where I was connected with a floor manager at AT&T. It seems that although I was out of contract, a glitch in the system from my changing my address in June caused the system to block the upgrade and renewal of my contract. "Not my problem", I explained. "I want to walk out of this store today with my $50 phone, how can you make that happen?" After another 45 minutes it was decided that he would credit my AT&T account for $100 and if I go and spend $199 on the Titanium Curve, I could wait for the rebate of $100 and essentially get a free phone. I agreed and headed to the AT&T store however, on the way, I realized that I really hate waiting for rebates that are a big hassle and since I really wanted an Iphone and now it was essentially $100, I should go ahead and get the Iphone. So that is what I did.
Sometimes when you try to do the right thing, you get what you want in the end. Now, I am the proud owner of a sleek nifty new Iphone. I love it and can't wait to learn how to use all the aps and everything.