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I dropped my phone the day before and it developed a small crack.  I think I dropped it because I lost the strap on the back when we went to Dome Mountain in Dawson City.  When I dropped it a second time most of the screen cracked and started leaving small glass fragments in my finger so we decided to head to the Verizon store in Fairbanks on our way out of town.  I searched and there was not one in Denali and I was hoping to get it fixed before we left.  We left even before Ricky came by for his later than normal thump of our tires so we could get to the store when they opened at 10.  I only had to wait a few minutes for the store to open but decided to only have a protective cover placed over the screen to hold me until we get to Anchorage or back to the lower 48.  As much as I wanted a new X iphone I could not see paying the $1,000 for a new phone, especially when I have insurance on my current 6Plus iphone.  When I asked about a replacement phone I was told they had to FedEx it to me the next day.  I could not take one from the store.  I called both the campground, Denali RV Park and Motel, and the Denali Post Office but was told that neither would accept FedEx packages.  I was told the quickest delivery would be USPS 2-day mail but Verizon would not ship anything other than FedEx.  The Post Office in Denali told me it could take from 3 – 8 days to actually receive a package n Denali which would probably be after we left.  Verizon could not repair my phone but instead recommended a repair facility in downtown Fairbanks but that may have taken several hours to have fixed.  We probably would need to disconnect the Jeep to get to the repair facility so I just decided to do the temporary fix, even when it was $35.  I will call next week about having a replacement shipped to one of the larger cities, maybe Valdez. 

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