22 July 2012

Giveaway: Win An Amazon GC Thanks To Asurion!

Did you know 1 in 4 people will lose, damage or have their phone stolen this year? I've never had my phone stolen (actually, I think they'd be doing me a favor!), but I loose my phone around the house pretty frequently. And when it comes to damage, well, it's taken it's fair share of drops, not to mention a few dunks - even in the toilet. Yikes. (See why I am avoiding getting a smartphone? It would die the first month!)

I have to be honest: they only phone number I know without looking is my DH's. Everyone else's - from my parents, to my in-laws, to all our friends back home - I couldn't remember if I tried. If my phone really does finally bite the dust for good, I'll loose all that information! It would take me several weeks to track down folks via email or Facebook to get those numbers back. (cringe! Note to self: copy these numbers down later!)

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heatherruark said...

I adore Amazon! It's a part of my life now. Pick me please!!

Emily N said...

My daughter dropped my phone in the toilet while on vacation.

redfuzzycow said...

i cracked my iphone screen a few months ago, just by dropping it off by bed. they gave me a new one, though

Elena said...

I dropped my cell phone in the toilet

elena150980@yahoo.com

Mysharona said...

I've taken it for a swim before.

Michelle said...

I once dropped my phone into a puddle

blackbearpie@aol.com

Mami2jcn said...

I dropped my cell phone on the pavement and cracked it.

Rafflecopter name: Mary Happymommy

Kia89 said...

I dropped my cell phone in the bathtub and cracked it.
austma7@aol.com

slb3334 said...

so far i don't have one.

slb3334@gmail.com

peg42 said...

I was buckling my kids into their car seats and left my phone ontop of my car roof. Went about my errands and came home to find my phone in our street, smashed.
Thanks so much.
rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com

Dawn Hatton said...

My daughter got a little too close to the ide of the pool with her phone and kerplunk!

jenmalonee said...

my flip phone cracked in half!!

Jennifer Marie

lilnursejen at yahoo dot com

rainingcali said...

Dropped mytouch 4g in the toilet not once... but twice... =/

Ann Fantom said...

My mobile mishap happened when I dropped my iPhone and cracked the screen.

abfantom at yahoo dot com

Meaghan F. said...

Dropped my phone in a toilet.

BowieTip said...

Before a rain storm, I left my phone to recharge from an outdoor outlet. It rained and my phone absorbed water. I thought my phone was dead, but after three days of drying out it returned to normal.

xxbowietipxx@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

I dropped my phone at a train station, and the parts shattered all over.

eai(at)stanfordalumni(dot)org

Marilyn's Money said...

As usual I plunked mine in the toilet, mjjaegly@yahoo.com

JC said...

I dropped my phone into the toilet not only once, I'm glad it's going strong

amanda hardesty said...

I have only dropped my phone once..in the parking lot of taco bell..trying to hold it and my daughter too
hollow_sins(at)yahoo dot com

amanda hoffman said...

my phone fell and broke apart at a club
amandahoffman35 at yahoo dot com

Amber said...

I dropped my phone in the Chicago River on an architectural cruise! It was awful!
Thank you for the giveaway :)
hurdler4eva(at)gmail(dot)com

woodytobiasjr said...

Dropped the iPhone getting out of my car.

HarleyC said...

Mine got dropped in the tub once! What a mess that was!

Allison C said...

Glad to say I haven't had any mishaps yet.

amyorvin said...

Mine fell in the toliet once.
2dogs5catscrew@att.net

jusaweecatnap said...

Dropped it more than once!

sohamolina said...

dropped it

mutchkin21 said...

drop it in toilet, had stolen, drop it on the ground many of times (has protective cover), lost while trail riding my horses, smashed when got bucked off....my phones in the past has taken abuse but that is why I spent quite abit on protective covers. Now I am quiet cautious when phone is very expensive.

randio said...

I've never had a mishap but my son drops his in the toilet quite often!

KPort207 said...

dropped my phone into the toilet

kport207 at gmail dot com

clc408 said...

I haven't had a mishap but my friend got hers wet at the beach.

Sarah S said...

I was visiting the restroom and my phone fell out of my pocket into the toilet....

Stephen Saunders said...

I haven't had a mishap. Hopefully I never will.

Noelle the dreamer said...

Would you believe I do not own one?
Thanks for the opportunity though,

kyl neusch said...

dropped in lake

sksweeps said...

I accidentally dropped my daughter's phone down a flight of concrete steps

sksweeps (at) earthlink (dot) net

Linda said...

My last phone mishap was leaving it at a restaurant.
mintstatesportswear(at)juno(dot)com

Lisa Brown said...

My mobile mishap is my husband. He looses his mobile phones; he is on his third phone in two years :(

Anonymous said...

I've not have a phone mishap but my bf has dropped his over board, in a puddle while getting out of the truck & crushed one while working.
rierie11booger (@) yahoo.com

llinda29 said...

I dropped it in the pool

Tes283 said...

Hubby's phone just went dead.

Derek T said...

I dropped my phone in the lake while fishing.

PAIGE said...

I dropped my phone in the toilet. Sigh.
elysesw@aol.com

kdkdkd said...

went through the washer with the laundry

mogrill said...

I dropped my phone in a honey bucket.
Thanks for the chance.
mogrill12@gmail.com

Lim said...

Worst I've had so far is forgetting to charge it. It's a pay as you go phone and nothing more that stays in my purse.

iamadancemom said...

My dog chewed up my phone! Enough that I couldn't use it anymore and was forced to go back to a flip phone!

jzagarjr said...

I haven't had any phone mishaps

jlafount said...

No mishaps for me

crystalf said...

My hubby dropped his phone on the pavement and it shattered. I'm just glad that it was his work phone so they paid to replace it. thank you!
crystalfaulkner2000 at yahoo dot com

Rebecca Graham said...

My son dropped his phone in the lake when he went fishing.

rhoneygtn at yahoo dot com

Kathy said...

No major mishaps yet. Sometimes I forget it at work though.

MaryAnn said...

I drop my phone all the time.

pmj said...

I stepped on it! Opps!!!!
pjames330 at aol dot com

TheresaJenkins said...

I don't have a cell phone but I'm always misplacing my home phone and my kids seem to have picked up the same habits...I'm doing the laundry set the phone on the dryer,set something on top and my phone is lost for days

Terra H. said...

I misplaced my cell phone at the campground one weekend and had to purchase a new one. Thanks.
partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com

Cricket said...

We've used Asurion for years. My husband has terrible luck with his cell phones and has had to have his replaced through them a few times. Always grateful we've had the coverage! :)

crystletellerday said...

my sister dropped her phone in the tolit crystletellerday@yahoo.com

Cinderella10383 said...

I keep breaking the cases on my iPhone, I've bought 4 in the last year. Thankfully they've protected my iPhone otherwise it would be broken and I would have to pay 600.00 to replace it. Right now I am on case #4 and it's broke now too. Each case is over 30.00 so over 120.00 in a year for cases lol

Jamie Brigham
PrettyInPinkWife @ aol dot com

Pat said...

Dropped mine in the toilet
pbabcock2004(at)yahoo(dot)com

Kathlean Owens said...

It didn't happen to me, but I had just bought my son a really cool cell phone and on the way to our car (from the Verizon store) HE DROPPED IT and chipped one of the corners and it made it hard for him to open it.

Lauren U said...

I dropped my phone in a puddle.

lauren.uda(at)gmail(dot)com

Anash said...

public, toilet, need i say more..yike! a very bad day
Thanks for a super giveaway!
My email: anashct1 [at] yahoo [dot] com

steve stone said...

dropped my phone in pool while playing with dogs.
gabbflabber at live.com

CindyWindy2003 said...

i left my cell phone at a movie theater, I am always losing my cell phone, carawling(at)hotmail(Dot)com

Mary Calabrese said...

I haven't had one. Yet.

ighmeg at yahoo dot com

Holly B said...

Dropped mine in the toilet once, luckily I had some rice on had and put it in there, good as new!
hblaser at gmail dot com

MamaStace said...

Current Im having a mobile mishap. My screen has gone crazy! Half the time it won't work, and it randomly starts doing things, like it has a mind of it's own. IE calling people, opening aps, email, etc

Nathansmommy619(At)aol(dot)com

Lindsey Daly said...

I bent over while painting and my phone fell out of the front pocket of my hoodie and into a gallon of turquiose paint

STRANGEONE1120 said...

My 13 month old got mine chucked it accros the kitchen and it hasn't been the same since

Allison Downes said...

My dog got a hold of my phone and chewed it and shattered it

Tiffany Winner said...

hubby's phone got wet and died on our honeymoon

Colleen Boudreau said...

dropped my phone in the toilet.

Anonymous said...

i dropped my phone in a puddle! scg00387 at yahoo dot ocm

Jammie Morey said...

My mom dropped her phone in the pond.

pattycake said...

just dropped it a faw times

Barbara Montag said...

So far the worst - a lost and soon found cell phone.
fingers crossed
Thank you.

♡♥♬ Louis ♬♥♡ said...

dropped and cracked screen...:(
Thank you for hosting this giveaway

Louis
pumuckler {at} gmail {dot} com

dario moniz said...

I stepped on my iphone and cracked the screen

yanktheese@yahoo.com

Madeline Brubaker said...

I accidentally laundered a phone once.

Kristen said...

I've thankfully never had one, but a friend of mine dropped his phone on the sidewalk and shattered the screen.

sweetsue said...

My daughter left her phone on top of the car and drove off-twice.
Susan Chester

cjbstar said...

I dropped my phone in water during a pedicure.

marcia goss said...

My husband went fishing and his phone fell out of his pocket into the lake.
marcia.goss@gmail.com

Nataly Carbonell said...

Dropped it in the toilet lol

Katie Roch said...

I left my phone on top of my car and then drove away. When I got to my destination and realized what I had done my phone was gone. I got it back but it was pretty beat up.

Janna Johnson said...

dropped my phone in the toilete
Thanks for a great contest! Janna Johnson jannajanna@hotmail.com GFC: janna@feedyourpig

Denise S. said...

I dropped my phone in the park and had to drive back and find it.

ExitsAngel said...

I got thrown into a swimming pool while my phone was in my jeans pocket.

McKim said...

I dropped my phone in the toilet in a public restroom. Yuck.

Laura Jacobson said...

My son had our cellphone in his front pocket a couple years ago. He went out to check the temp of the pool, and yep....fell right out of his pocket and into, of course, the deep end of the pool. He dove in to get it, but it would not work anymore.
landfjacobson @ charter.net

Benita said...

Dropped and broke. How sad!

bgcchs(at)yahoo(dot)com

Tamar said...

dropped it on the concrete stairs. :(
Tam Sweeps RC/FB

Zenetta said...

I dropped the phone out my bedroom window.

smilekisses said...

I just got a new phone because I accidentally knelt on my old one and cracked the screen.

♡♥♬ Carolsue ♡♥♬ said...

I set my phone down on the hood of my car to arrange my purse -- forgot about it -- and drove off with it on the hood. Then it fell off and I ran over it. Yikes.
Digicats {at} Sbcglobal {dot} Net

maggietucker10 said...

Yes, I dropped it in the toilet...ugh
maggietucker10 at yahoo dot com

barbara stenby said...

ugh my phone is from 2006 and its a red flip phone that is broken in three places and it barley works. I need a new one PRONTO.

Rebecca said...

dropped it on the pavement and the screen cracked!

tiggiepooh81 at gmail dot com

guettel78 said...

I accidentally dropped my friend's iPhone on the ground - the first day he had it - when he asked me to take a photo and I got a serious case of butterfingers! Luckily it just got scratched and worked fine, but I still felt awful.

Geoff K
gkaufmanss@yahoo.com

amy16323 said...

my son threw my phone in the hotel pool when he was real young
amy16323(at)gmail(dot)com

katybaby said...

I once accidentally dropped my phone in the toilet.
katyjv1988(@)yahoo(dot)com

Leenburke said...

My toddler recently threw my phone across the room and cracked the screen :-(

Eileen B.

Caryn said...

I dropped mine in the parking lot at the grocery store

caryn9802 at yahoo dot com

Annette Doggett said...

My cell phone took a wild ride in the washer and I'm sorry to say it did not survive.

Missy L said...

Worst mishap was when I washed my husband's cell phone in the washing machine. It did not survive! Luckily we were up for renewal on our contract and were able to get new phones. Why do men's pants have so many pockets?

schueler1 said...

Havent had any but my daughter drops hers all the time she dropped in toilet took in shower and left in the freezer..
schueler.jessica@yahoo.com

Erica C. said...

I once dropped my phone in a glass of soda.
ericacarnes(at)gmail(dot)com

Lily said...

I dropped my phone on the pavement just last week!

Kendra Warstler said...

I have dropped mine in the toilet TWICE! :P

Harold D said...

Rushing to my car to beat the rain, dropped it on the sidewalk, crash, screen destroyed.

hd6719@gmail.com

Angela Cisco said...

I let my husband borrow my phone and he dropped it and shattered the screen. I have had to use it like that ever since.

channallocks said...

left it on the back of the truck the drove away uggh

Jennifer said...

I dropped it in the cat's water bowl.

jennylovesjeff (at) hotmail (dot) com

ellie said...

My son destroyed two iphones within 6 days of each other, The first he dropped in a glass of water and the second he dropped out of his car one night and didn't realize until the next morning. And it rained all night.

Yona Williams said...

My sweetie jumped in a pool with his phone in his pocket. It actually worked for a couple of weeks before I think getting rusty. I can't believe he forgot to take it out of his pocket. AS for me, the only mishap I had was leaning on the phone too hard when it was in my purse and the screen got frazzled. Email: yona(at)pricelesswriters.com

Anonymous said...

dropped my phone many times - too many

ky2here said...

It's possible that I may have done laundry in a haste and not checked pockets.

ky2here at msn dot com

Inez Cegelis said...

I lost the protective screen from the front and got it scratched up.

Rich said...

my kids broke the touch screen while camping so i had to go a week without my phone

Cheri Dougherty said...

I once dropped my phone in a sewer. It really sucked.
- Cheri Anne

Leslie B. said...

I dropped my iPhone in the toilet, a WEEK after I got it! -__-


lesliexhope at gmail dot com

Mosey Photography said...

I left my phone in a taxi cab once and it got stolen. (waterprincess812@aol.com)

David E said...

Dropped it in the toilet ;(

touchpeelstand at gmail dot com

Wendy said...

We've had dropped, cracked, black screen of death, dropped in the toilet, thrown into a swimming pool, stolen...you name it!

Debbie C said...

I had my phone in my pocket when I slipped on a boat ramp and fell into the water. The phone didn't make it.
chrisdeglen(at)gmail(dot)com

MichelleS said...

Dropped my new iphone in the tub. Well, it survived.

ladyt64 said...

I dropped my cell phone in a glass of water when we were on vacation. (Roxann)

sparkedcat said...

I dove into a swimming pool and found out my phone was not waterproof

alynn said...

dropped it in the toilet:/ achadwick22 at yahoo dot com

Angela Neynaber said...

My daughter dropped my phone in the toilet!

Emmy Coffee said...

I am very forgetful about my phone...I leave it everywhere including at the end of the bar when I go to play pool (STOLEN) and on the bench at the fair (STOLEN).

MELINA said...

husband dropped his phone into the fryer at work

Anonymous said...

I butt dialed my boss 4 times in a row on a Saturday. hanovertomato at yahoo dot com

Granny1949 said...

washed it by mistake

Jessica Rose said...

Phone fell out of my pocket in the driveway then my mother ran over it on her way home.

ijessica_r at yahoo dot com

amymarie2777 said...

I lost my cell phone when I went to see a friend's band play.
awoodssmith at gmail dot com

Anonymous said...

I left my charger in a hotel room and had a dead phone for days until I could buy a new charger

morganowl28 at gmail dot com

Douglas Houston said...

My little nephew got a hold of my phone and used up all the memory taking pictures of himself.

ddx155 at gmail.com

samf36 said...

My phone when through a full wash cycle on the washer!!

sgregory0714 said...

My son dropped my phone in the toilet while I watched!

Nickolay said...

I dropped my phone down the Ice hole while Ice Fishing this past Winter

Valerie Taylor Mabrey said...

dropped mine ion the potty prior to flush
vmkids3 at msn dot com

Kelly N. said...

Share your mobile phone mishap.

mostly battery problems

Tom Shewbridge said...

I once ran over my phone with my own ambulance, nothing on my squad could save my phone that day!

Daniel M said...

the usual drop & smash - regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com

smdrm said...

I haven't had a mishap, but my son ruined his phone by using it while standing in the rain.

April said...

Thankfully I've never had a mishap!

Sandy V. said...

My new phone stopped working and would not charge right.

Ben "The Animator" Kenobi said...

I once lost my phone in the parking lot at work and when I finally found it someone had run over it with their truck :O

Ben "The Animator" Kenobi said...

I once lost my phone in the parking lot at work and when I finally found it someone had run over it with their truck :O

Melissa Shirley said...

I washed my phone in the ashing machine after forgetting that it was in my jeans pocket. The memorial service for it was lovely.
melissalucky43@yahoo.com

Denise Donaldson (MistySunrise) said...

I lost my phone at the imax, and luckily someone turned it in.

susan1215 said...

I dropped my phone in the pool

s2s2 at comcast dot net

Chrystal said...

I dropped my phone on the concrete ground and scratched it pretty bad.

Terri said...

I lost my phone at Disney World and haven't been able to recover it yet.

Randominities said...

I dropped my phone and the back fell off. Luckily it was a cheap tracfone and was easy to repair.

paige jagan said...

I am always leaving my phone on top of my car! i am so lucky nothing has happened to it but im sure one day i will break it that way!

Penny B W said...

Last summer I dropped my iPhone and shattered my screen and a piece of the glass flew in my eye and I couldn't get it out for 3 days!

Robin T said...

I put my phone on the roof of my car and drove away

rtrexel@gmail.com

Marty Harris said...

I once dropped my in the toilet while I was peeing lol

stefanie gladden said...

I once dropped my phone in the washing machine!!

fb ann lyfe

Anonymous said...

I dropped my phone in about a foot of snow and it was never the same after that

kannw27 at gmail dot com

Chip said...

I dropped my phone in a bucket of water - Jill
chipdip2010(at)hotmail(dot)com

annemarie562000 said...

I dropped it during the movies three times!

annemarie562000(at)yahoo(dot)com

ThriftyAnnabella said...

My phone got wet while in the pocket of a waterproof jacket

annabellainla @ gmail dot com

Celia Fisher said...

I spilled Yoohoo on my phone once :(
celiaafisher@gmail.com

auteysboutique said...

Unfortunately leaving it in my pants pocket while tending to fighting little ones and laundry at the same time.

Tara said...

Washed it with the laundry :( BUT, I did the bag of rice trick really works!

Donnie Davis said...

My phones battery dies too quickly. with all this technology we need a better battery.

Donnie Davis said...

My phones battery dies too quickly. with all this technology we need a better battery.

Donnie Davis said...

My phones battery dies too quickly. with all this technology we need a better battery.

Gianna said...

I lost it during a move.

Kelly Grant said...

Bought a cheap iPhone cord that killed the battery.

slehan said...

Put phone in shirt pocket. Bend over to flush toilet. Oops.
Thanks for the contest.

Sondra Bailey said...

Just got my new phone and no mishaps yet! My old phone got dropped a few times. No drops into water, tho....

Cweller75 said...

My daughter spilled pop all over my phone a few weeks ago. Thankfully, it still works.

cweller75@gmail.com

rachel b. said...

sometime in the spring i accidentally knocked my previous phone in the toilet.

Trisha McKee said...

My phone vibrated right off the dresser, crashing to the floor.

tridingermckee at gmail dot com

Sherry Conrad said...

Phone vs pavement- pavement wins when phone shatters.

Sarah said...

I'm new to cell phones (just got a TracFone) and haven't had a mishap yet, thankfully.

Courtnie Miller said...

Luckily, I haven't had one yet!

Hotsnotty2 said...

I dropped my phone on the asphalt in the parking lot, broken into two! :(

Hotsnotty2@hotmail.com

clynsg said...

I haven't really had one myself, but my grandchildren have had several. More than involved the phone dropping from their pocket and then being run over by a vehicle.

cgclynsg0 @ gmail dot com

Kathleen said...

I dropped it while getting into my car.

Ashley T. said...

I've dropped my phone on the concrete..a lot

Amber said...

I haven't really had many accidents (knock on wood!), but my mom has dropped her phone into her coffee more than once!

Kari said...

I've been lucky and haven't had any mishaps. I do drop my phone a lot but so far so good.

Deborah Marshall said...

Dropped my phone in the toilet.
darbie1962(at)yahoo(dot)com

emchelly77 said...

somehow the baby got to the phone and drooled so much on it that i had to take it apart and let it dry out for two before anyone could hear me on it!

Lisa said...

I drop my phone sometimes, but no real damage done just scratches.

Peachesncream887(at)hotmail(dot)com

Anonymous said...

I have a bad habit of carrying my phone in my back pocket. Forgot one night and it dropped in the toilet. Thank goodness it was before i used it!

WinneratLife said...

I was getting a pedicure and had my phone in my lap and accidentally dropped it in the foot bath. I tried packing it in rice as some genius recommended, but didn't have any luck with that and had to replace it.

WinneratLife said...

I was getting a pedicure and had my phone in my lap and accidentally dropped it in the foot bath. I tried packing it in rice as some genius recommended, but didn't have any luck with that and had to replace it.

kathy pease said...

my hubby was waving to a friend and dropped his phone out the car window..lol

shebebes said...

I HAVE LOST A COUPLE PHONES :(

(SHAYNA B.)

shebebes@yahoo.com

Sarah Yurga said...

Someone once threw me into a pool...with my cell in my pocket.

sarahyurga@yahoo.com

naturegirl said...

I'm probably jinxing myself now, but I haven't had a mobile phone mishap yet. I'm logged into rafflecopter as Patrice.

Kenny Fensom said...

I dropped my ophone

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