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Samsung A13

jquiltlady — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 19:44:37 GMT

I ordered a SamsungA13, Item number:E309930. It arrived today. I could not believe that it did not come with a house charger, so I actually called customer service and had it confirmed. I have to go outside to my car and charge my phone. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS. Please note, I am elderly, have been physically disabled for 20+ years and live outside of Boston. Can you just picture me in winter, with all the ice, trotting outside to charge my phone. This is so dangerous. If I want to spend $20.00 + shipping they will give me a charger. Right now an extra $20 on a fixed and stretched income is not possible. Has anyine else had this situation and how did you deal with it?

Re: Samsung A13

millieshops — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 19:48:37 GMT

@jquiltlady I have an iPhone which really is ready to be replaced. The new iPhone will not come with a charger and that's been in the news, maybe for a year already.

Re: Samsung A13

geezerette — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 20:02:08 GMT

I read the description of this and apparently it comes with the cable, but you need the charging adapter brick. If you use Amazon, I see that they have some for around $9. If you can get to a store like Walmart, they may have them reasonably too.

Other than getting that, if you have a computer with a USB port that can be used for charging.

Re: Samsung A13

Kachina624 — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 20:15:06 GMT

@jquiltlady Unfortunately, this is the trend with cell phones nowdays. They're all doing it. I just got a new Motorola phone and it's it same. I did, however, discover that my old Samsung cord charges it just fine. If you have an old cord, you might try it on your new phone.

Re: Samsung A13

Ainhisg — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 20:45:24 GMT

Like someone else posted, you may just need the brick part. There are chargers to fit your phone available from Amazon. I did a quick search and several popped up. This would be a small price to pay vs. a broken hip.

Re: Samsung A13

Toot1920 — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 21:13:38 GMT

@jquiltlady did it come with a cord but no charging adapter to plug in the wall? If you have another plug from another device, you should be able to use that. Most cords will have the part that plugs into the phone and on the other side would be an USB plug.

Re: Samsung A13

pieman — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 22:13:34 GMT

Send it back...................

Re: Samsung A13

pigletsmom — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 23:54:32 GMT

@Toot1920 wrote:
@jquiltlady did it come with a cord but no charging adapter to plug in the wall? If you have another plug from another device, you should be able to use that. Most cords will have the part that plugs into the phone and on the other side would be an USB plug.

Yup this is how Samsungs come now. If it's replacing an old phone that actually came with a wall plug you can use that. I also have wall pulg extenders that also have USB ports or you can charge it on your computer if you have one.

Re: Samsung A13

hckynutjohn — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 06:47:01 GMT

@jquiltlady wrote:
I ordered a SamsungA13, Item number:E309930. It arrived today. I could not believe that it did not come with a house charger, so I actually called customer service and had it confirmed. I have to go outside to my car and charge my phone. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS. Please note, I am elderly, have been physically disabled for 20+ years and live outside of Boston. Can you just picture me in winter, with all the ice, trotting outside to charge my phone. This is so dangerous. If I want to spend $20.00 + shipping they will give me a charger. Right now an extra $20 on a fixed and stretched income is not possible. Has anyine else had this situation and how did you deal with it?

@jquiltlady

Read before you buy! Let that be your lesson. 😲

hckynut(john)🥅🏒 🇺🇸

Re: Samsung A13

gardenman — Sat, 17 Sep 2022 13:57:33 GMT

At this point in the phone cycle, most people have multiple chargers lying around. I probably have ten of them lying around. Phone makers are following Apple's lead in no longer just automatically including one. It's just the thing that makes the most sense for everyone. Most people don't need another one. It costs the companies money to include them, so they're not including them. And most people don't need yet another one. If you don't have a charging brick, you can buy them very inexpensively. A friend or neighbor likely has a few extras just lying around if you ask nicely. And you can charge a phone in many ways, using a USB port on your computer or other devices.

Re: Samsung A13

123SuzyQ123 — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 21:04:46 GMT

I had 4 in my house and was able to use 2 of them on my new Motorola phone. Too bad I couldn't get any further in the set up process after charging it for my new Motorola because the person I got when I called to activate and set it up had a heavy foreign accent, and I have a heavy Southern accent, so neither one of us could understand the other!!! Plus the fact that I cannot hear well, made everything even tougher!! So my new phone is lying on the table not activated, not set up, not used.

Re: Samsung A13

gadgetgal613 — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 10:27:37 GMT

@123SuzyQ123 wrote:
I had 4 in my house and was able to use 2 of them on my new Motorola phone. Too bad I couldn't get any further in the set up process after charging it for my new Motorola because the person I got when I called to activate and set it up had a heavy foreign accent, and I have a heavy Southern accent, so neither one of us could understand the other!!! Plus the fact that I cannot hear well, made everything even tougher!! So my new phone is lying on the table not activated, not set up, not used.

Why can't you get it activated?

Re: Samsung A13

hckynutjohn — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:29:05 GMT

@123SuzyQ123 wrote:
I had 4 in my house and was able to use 2 of them on my new Motorola phone. Too bad I couldn't get any further in the set up process after charging it for my new Motorola because the person I got when I called to activate and set it up had a heavy foreign accent, and I have a heavy Southern accent, so neither one of us could understand the other!!! Plus the fact that I cannot hear well, made everything even tougher!! So my new phone is lying on the table not activated, not set up, not used.

@123SuzyQ123

Have set all my Tracfones up online. Had Tracfone for about 10 years, and just as many new phones. Time expires, I buy a new phone, cheaper! Most of them were Samsung, including my present one. It is a Samsung A02s.

hckynut 🇺🇸

Re: Samsung A13

Mmsfoxxie — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 15:15:24 GMT

Omg! @jquiltlady, I just ordered that phone from HSN yesterday. Didn't realize that it had no home charger. Oh, well. I'll just have to order one if none of these laying around don't fit. Some things you just assume and therein is a mistake to make.

Re: Samsung A13

CatsyCline — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 19:17:32 GMT

@Mmsfoxxie i too ordered rhe A13 from HSN. it comes with the AC adapter. the HSN host and vendor made a point of showing "the brick". HTH

Re: Samsung A13

Mmsfoxxie — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 21:04:02 GMT

Oh, fantastic, @CatsyClin. I tried to cancel this morning but it was already in process. In fact UPS has already sent me a notification that it will be here Friday.

Thanks for the reassurance.

Re: Samsung A13

Mmsfoxxie — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 12:59:13 GMT

Well, I received my phone yesterday and there is a wall connector with it. The problem is when I called to activate it, it didn't activate. But my account shows that my minutes rolled over....to somewhere. Now my old phone is deactivated but the new phone isn't. As it happens, my AT&T land phone hasn't worked for weeks although due for repair today. So as of yesterday, I have no operable phone. Tracfone online chat isn't working either. Unbelievable.