Take that Telus Guy!!

So much drama today!  After much anticipation, it was to be the debut of my new smart phone.  My old phone, was an paper weight/ alarm clock at best.  It turns out that phones that have no receptions are rarely used.  Anyways, after much soul and bank account searching, I decided to bite the bullet and get myself a new smart phone.  While my DREAM would be the new Samsung Note (I've been addicted to K-drama's lately, and apparently this is the only phone available in Korea...even the the homeless girl who sleeps on a cot in the factory has one).  Ah, the power of product placement.  But, considering my squatters' budget, I decided to go with the Samsung Ace, an entry level smart phone that would have been about $100.  As I was discussing these plans, it turns out that my aunt actually knew someone who works for Samsung.  This little bit of serendipitous luck meant that I was able to get my hands on the Nexus S (I had to go outside, or rather LEAP outside, my original budget but..).  I made a quick stop at the Telus store and was told that I could simply get a sim card and switch all my credits over to the new phone.  Yea! 
So, the phone finally arrived in my greedy little hands yesterday and I rushed to the Telus store to get my new sim card.  This is when things started getting complicated.  As soon as I mentioned I had an unlocked phone, there was a distinct change in tone...or rather sneer.  I was told after a scan of the barcode on my phone that there were 2 models of Nexus S and that my AT&T would not work with Telus because of frequencies and was pretty much refused a simcard.  At this point I bit my tongue and held back the desire to tell him that the i9020A was indeed Telus compatible, and that it was the i9020T that had the 1700 freq. Anyways, I was so thrown off by the demeanor that I thought forget it and just left.  But then I drove by the gas station on my way home and thought...dang it, I just wasted gas money!  Plus, I really wanted to use the new phone.
So, as it turns out, my mother had another errand to run, so I tagged along and went to the mall that was close by.  This salesperson, much nicer.  Got my card home, switched the account info over, popped it in, presto!...nothing...
Not good.  Slivers of doubt crept into my brain.  But no!  It had to work, it had to be something else.  I tried searching for a network to connect to and came up only with Rogers.  Then one forum said something about having to manually reset the APN.  I checked my phone, and sure enough, there was absolutely nothing there.  Found a site that had the info listed (as the telus site had incomplete info), searched for the network again and, PRESTO!  Telus appeared.  Now, I am happily connected!

Am wondering if I should take my phone back to the first Telus store next week and see if that guy will help me look for a case for my phone :P.