Terrible phone!

I pruchased this phone in January, 1008. It is now March, 2008 and the phone is unusable. First, I really liked the large numbers and the lighted antenna and numbers. Then, the numbers only lighted up partially and the dialing seemed slow. When I used the speakerphone it worked for about half a minute and then the volume went so low I couldn't hear it (no, I don't have hearing problems). The speakerphone function was spotty at best. The battery life seemed very short, even if we had not talked on it much and when I put it in the base to charge it wouldn't make contact without a lot of repositioning. Last night I was talking on the just-charged phone and it began to beep and there was so much static I had to switch to a different phone. When I pressed the button to hang it up, it wouldn't hang up. It remained on with the loud static and I had to finally unplug both the telephone line and the electrical feed. Even after that the thing kept beeping and making noise. It's trash!