I am a KILLER of Cordless Phones. HELP me.

[yvr girl]

I can't seem to make one last more than a year.

All of a sudden my phone is giving me static when I try and get a dial tone. Then it says, "Out of range." I'm about 2 feet from the base unit. Why is it doing this? I plugged in my old (corded) phone and it works fine.

[Shell Beau]

1. Do you buy decent ones or cheap-o ones?

Sometimes that makes the difference. Also, some batteries suck. You may want to check that!

[yvr girl]

3. Not sure

Two years in a row, I've received a cordless phone for Christmas.

It has a NICD 3.6V battery pack. It looks like 3 batteries wrapped in yellow plastic with two wires coming out of it that are attached to a white plug in the phone thingy. Where do you buy these things?

[Shell Beau]

5. Radio Shack or Best Buy. Any type of store

that sells electronics!

[miss_kitty]

2. I am a killer of corded mice

but I love my corded phone. My cordless was nearly a prototype and lasted years. I think the newer ones are cheap pieces of shit. Do you keep it recharged all the time? How long since you changed the battery?

[yvr girl]

4. It's generally in the cradle unless I forget to put it back.

I've never changed the batteries. I've had it since last Christmas.

[miss_kitty]

6. is it recharging when it's in the cradle?

sometimes it doesn't seat right, or the contacts are dirty.
Take a pencil eraser and rub the contacts with it-that's what the phone store people did with mine once and it worked like a charm...