http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/ Engadget Mobile Comments for http://www.engadgetmobile.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgetmobile.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/Jun 2nd 2007 10:47PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/Jun 2nd 2007 10:54PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/Jun 2nd 2007 10:58PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/
People don't need to worry. It's only Chapter 11. Just bankruptcy protection.]]>Jun 3rd 2007 12:55AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/Jun 2nd 2007 11:03PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/Jun 2nd 2007 11:18PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/Jun 2nd 2007 11:24PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/Jun 3rd 2007 12:50AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/Jun 3rd 2007 1:32AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/Jun 3rd 2007 1:49AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/Jun 3rd 2007 1:47PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/Jun 3rd 2007 1:48PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/Jun 3rd 2007 2:10PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/
Multiple times I've had to turn customers away because the phones just wouldn't work even after a manual programming. They've gotten better, but up until about two months ago, almost everyone was denied due to credit, even people that had a zero deposit with VZW, ATT, and Sprint.

Also, they need to look at their demographic. 18-30 year olds don't want an 18 month contract, no matter how "revolutionary" it is touted as. They want a prepaid phone.

And lastly, when they first started up, on two occasions I had two different customers go through three phones each in a two week span, and I had a separate customer go through four in the same amount of time. It was those damn Kyocera sliders they use. They're crap.

They have followed the same path as ESPN. When they first started out, you could tell they hadn't done any research and had spent all their time and money producing commercials and hyping up their service, so when launch time came, they suddenly remembered that people actually want to use the phones and make calls.]]>Jun 3rd 2007 11:23PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/Jun 4th 2007 1:45PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/
Good riddance to Amp'd. I would highly suggest to any customer that it is not--in any way, shape or form--a good company to have to deal with.]]>Jun 10th 2007 2:17PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/Jun 4th 2007 1:02AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/
They effectively burned through >$300 million in 6 months ... and are seeking Ch. 11 protection because of "too much growth," WTF??? They must be spending WAY too much acquiring customers, cause their churn (from what I can tell) is not bad. Maybe they have underestimated customers usage when they intro'd the $99 all-you-can-eat plan?

I don't get it. On the face of it, they should be printing money. And, yeah, their handsets suck a bit but that alone does not account for the news.]]>Jun 4th 2007 2:13PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/Jun 5th 2007 3:45PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/when I told them to refund all my money and cancel the line or we'd see em in court they were like "oh why do you want to cancel?" gee I don't know. you raped my checking account and kept me on hold for 15 hours total. I hope they go out of business ]]>Jun 7th 2007 4:09AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/Jun 14th 2007 2:43PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/Jun 15th 2007 2:03PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/Jul 14th 2007 9:06PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/Aug 7th 2007 6:58PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/02/ampd-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/Aug 30th 2007 11:05PM