mmegaera | Well, I tried

I was ready, dammit. I walked into Radio Shack raring to go, with my questions all lined up, and snagged a salesperson, explained my situation, told her what I wanted, she was very helpful, and, man, I thought I was going to do it. Except that they were sold out of every phone that would have suited me.

So she sent me to the Radio Shack a few miles down the road which supposedly had some of the phones I was considering still in stock. Except that the salesperson there was so incredibly rude because I didn't want to spend a fortune on a contract phone that I finally threw my hands up and walked out. I guess he didn't want a sale unless his commission was high enough to make it worth his while or something, but he wouldn't even discuss prepaid phones (which, come to think of it, is probably why he still had plenty in stock).

Now,

norabombay, I know you're going to tell me just to buy it online. But I know I'm going to need someone to help me set the darned thing up and teach me how to use it, or I'd just have walked into Target or Walmart and bought one to begin with. So I really do need a useful salesperson.

Anyway, I just called the first Radio Shack back, and they're going to call me when they get more prepaid phones in stock again, but if anyone's got any suggestions as to where else I could shop for one before then where I'd get that aforementioned helpful salesperson (not Best Buy, please -- the noise level in that place gives me migraines), I'd be grateful. The one independent cell phone store in Puyallup is no longer in business. I suppose I could go farther afield, but I'd rather have somewhere reasonably close by in case I need to go back for any reason.

Help?