Product Alert and Giveaway: $40 Amazon Gift Card

Quick- think of the one item in your purse that would cause you the most heartache and AGGRAVATION if you lost it.


Bet you had to pause did you?


Wallet or cell phone? Tick tock, tick tock. 

With most of us using smart phones nowawdays as more than just a phone, it's hard to decide if your wallet or or phone has more of per personal, private and financial records and history, isn't it?


Personally I don't even write in my purse calendar anymore. If it's not in my phone, it doesn't exist/not going to happen! Passwords? Nope, not in the wallet on scraps of paper anymore. Now I can store them in my email account, which I can access via the phone, or an app on my phone. Photos of the kid? Nope- they're on my phone now. In fact, when we were on vacation, I took just as many photos on my smart phone, as I did on the expensive DSLR camera. In fact, I frequently DON"T take the big camera anymore. It's heavy and cumbersome, but the cell phone? Why I already am carrying it, and it slides into a pocket....


And it's not just your wallet is it? Need a magnifying glass? There's an app for that on my phone! Watch? Not many people wear one anymore- not when it's right there in large print on your cell phone. Note pad? Yup, there's an app for that too. 


In fact, there is SO much that can be done on your phone, that you almost just need your driver's license, debit card, and phone to leave the house!


So when suddenly it's not there, we all do the same thing: PANIC.


We look around, check purses, bags, tables. Shoot I once went thru the dishwasher, thinking it fell out there! Though I have to admit that once I spent 2 HOURS looking for my phone and could NOT find it. Panic was not the word. Border line hysteria? Getting there! I had 2 school events, a zoo trip and festival photos that had NOT been downloaded to my computer on the phone. Oh yeah, I was freaked. So much so that I yelled at the cat to tell me where the phone was! I knew I had walked in the house with the phone-as I had been talking on it, so I figured why not ask the cat?


Now here is the Twilight Zone ending to THAT panic episode. I picked up the house phone and walked to check the laundry in the washer, as I was calling to report my phone lost, and there on top of the pile of clean laundry by the dryer (that I had already checked TWICE in my frantic search), was the phone. I hung up the house phone and turned around  and there sat the cat in the doorway to the laundry room, looking like the Cheshire Cat. Did she put it there? Was it there the whole time, even though I had not been in their since before the phone went 'missing'? We put our money on the cat being klepto again. But at least I could breathe a big sign of relief and calm down! 


Course that tale is also a warning about backing up your data, which I will talk about in a later post! But even with all that panic, the one assurance I had was that I DID have insurance on the phone and would not have to pay $400 to replace it! WHEW! In fact, 1 in 4 people will lose, damage, or have their phone stolen this year alone. For something we keep glued to the proverbial hip, we can be klutzy (quick, how many have dropped a phone in a toliet? See, there ya go!). 

Asurion reports that 60,000,0000 people in North America will lose, damage or have their phone stolen this year. That is over 164,000 per day or 114 every minute or nearly 2 every second. Which is why most wireless companies use Asurion wireless protection, as their cell phone insurance-due to it's dependability! Asurion empowers you with the apps and services that put you in the driver’s seat – everything you need for complete peace of mind so you can enjoy using your smartphone. 

You’ll rest easy knowing you’re protected with Asurion, whether you need technology to secure your data privacy against growing mobile threats, need a device expert who’s just a call or click away, or coverage to replace your phone as quickly as the next day. Check out their FAQ section for some great info!


You can even file a claim online now! How simple and easy is that?


So if you want to protect your phone, and your sanity, consider getting Asurion wireless insurance for all the cell phones in your household! And to realize you aren't alone in destroying your phone, check out the GottaHaveMyMobile website for some funny stories (they also have some great protection tips)!


And to help you out with protecting your investment, Asurion is offering a lucky BTHM a $40 Amazon gift card- so you can buy a case, screen covers, or other needed protection for YOUR phone!


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Disclosure / Disclaimer: I received this giveaway offer, free of charge, from Asurion, as a member of their Asurion Influencer Network. for giveaway purposes on this blog. No other compensation, monetary or other, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about them.

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