Comments on: Selling Cell Phones in the La Antigua’s Market

By: Who should I call? | La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo

Who should I call? | La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:16:51 +0000

[...] brand-new cellular telephones can be purchased in the local markets when you see the promotional girls selling them. You want to buy a pre-paid cellular or tarjeteros or pre-pago as they are known here because you [...]

By: Cell Phone Pics: The couple | La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo

Cell Phone Pics: The couple | La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:20:27 +0000

[...] active lines through aggressive sales campaigns and inexpensive telephones. If you recall the entry Selling Cell Phones in the La Antigua’s Market, back in November 2007, in which they were selling mobile phones in el mercado (the market) for [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Guatemala: Selling Cell Phones in the Local Market

Global Voices Online » Guatemala: Selling Cell Phones in the Local Market — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:38:18 +0000

[...] Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo shows a picture of salesgirls selling cell phones in the local market, which is a new marketing technique alongside vegetables, fruits and other household goods. Share [...]

By: sompopo

sompopo — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:42:04 +0000

The wife and I just upgraded to new cell phones. Our old ones were over three years old. The new ones cost over two hundred dollars a piece but the price for the phones were waved in Lew of signing a new two year contract. Even though I grew up with no cell phones I cannot imagin living without one now.

By: patsy poor

patsy poor — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:26:05 +0000

i don’t own nor want a cell phone. the service is good here I just think they are too small. all my children have one.

By: Carmen

Carmen — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:41:21 +0000

Hello my name is Carmen and my parents who are retired use cells in Guatemala. Hahahaha. My parents have not one, but two cell phones in Guatemala. They only wanted one and actually, my dad doesn’t like to carry stuff so two cell phones took some convincing. The first one was a PCS and it *clearly* did not have a signal when you most needed it…say, when you were on your way to somewhere far and needed to reach relatives abroad nor when you were coming back from a place to the capital and needed to call for a taxi. Other people had signal anywhere at anytime so we wondered, “Did we have the wrong provider?” They told us they had Tigo. So my sister gave my mom a Tigo with airtime as a present (sounded like a nice deal at that time)…turns out though the cell decided to die on my mom on the second day of their very short honeymoon. For some strange reason, with the Tigo, no calls were coming in and no calls were going out. At least with the PCS, calls were coming in…er, sometimes. The other day my mom called me and used colorful language to depict both cell phones and their respective “service,” her separate fieldtrips to Telgua and Tigo to get both cell phones working (which took the whole day), and the lack of signal (again)…and me? I listened as a daughter should. Movistar? I wonder…hhmmm, tempting, but I highly doubt she wants a third cell phone. ^_~