So Verizon is going to charge me $20 per phone to purchase a new phone ?
You got to to be kidding?
Time to look at other alternatives.
just to let you know most of carrier already had that fee unless you go with prepay service....V is last carrier who is going to start that fee....you can upgrade on weekend I think that fee start on 04/04/2016
So tell me again why peop want something for nothing nowadays?
Pherson,
So everytime you go to the store to buy something from them you pay them extra so you can buy it from them ?
Yes. The state I live in has no taxes on clothes. If I go to that same brand store in another state I have to pay taxes. What's your point?
The difference being with the $20 upgrade fee you are paying VERIZON extra. When you go to another state and have to pay taxes, you are paying the STATE extra.
I was making a different point in line with what the op replied to me with. These fees are here to stay and people don't understand you gotta pay to play. Unless of course it's prepaid.....but you pay for that in other ways too lol
My point was that your reply was not in line with the post you were responding to. You were replying about a completely different entity which you are paying extra.
tonyo906 said you pay the STORE extra to purchase from them. You came back with a comment about taxes which are paid to the state/city/etc and NOT to the store.
Taxes are not up to Verizon. Upgrade fees are up to Verizon. Whether or not they are here to stay is up to Verizon. Kind of like a year or 2 ago when Verizon was planning to impose a surcharge to pay your bill. THAT fee was not here to stay!
Rregardless of how said payment of taxes are allocated, I am still paying them to the store, and it comes out of my pocket at point of sale , just like regardless of how the 20 fee is allocated it comes out of your pocket at point of sale .
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See the other thread on the same topic.
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Pretty much all the providers already have a fee similar to this. Some even charge when you bring your own device. Verizon will not charge for that. Besides if you have to finance a phone, you probably can't afford it anyway.
The 5g auction just started last week, so this is a good way to keep up the cash flow.
DigitalRules wrote:
Pretty much all the providers already have a fee similar to this. Some even charge when you bring your own device. Verizon will not charge for that.
You mean that Verizon won't charge for the YET. Previously, people had said they wouldn't charge an upgrade fee if you purchased at full retail up front. That has certainly changed. It is most likely just a matter of time before they start charging when you bring your own device.
DigitalRules wrote:
Besides if you have to finance a phone, you probably can't afford it anyway.
Just because someone uses financing does not mean they can't afford it. That is certainly a broad statement without any validity. Using interest free financing keeps YOUR money in YOUR pocket for a longer period of time. Additionally, Verizon has offered incentives for financed phones which were not available if you purchased at full retail up front. For example, last December Verizon was giving $100 off of iPhones purchased on payments yet that same $100 off was not available for full retail purchase at point of sale. I chose to purchase the 64 GB iPhone 6S for $649 over 2 years vs paying $749 up front. Didn't seem like that hard of a decision. Of course, you can pay it off at any time.
rcschnoor wrote:
You mean that Verizon won't charge for the YET.
True, hopefully they won't charge in the future, but who knows???
Just because someone uses financing does not mean they can't afford it.
Also true, I should have said, many can't really afford them. Like the ones who prioritize having an iPhone over their children's needs.
From Droid Life:
"Another way of putting that is, they are charging you $20 extra because their automated systems need to automate an IMEI switch on your account that is automatic when you, yourself, put your currently activated SIM in your new phone and sit back as the automatic process completes."
What I don't get is, one must pay $20 to activate a new phone, but customer provided equipment is $0...as of right now anyway. Don't those CPE devices require activation too?
I suppose Verizon might start charging for a SIM to be used in a CPE device at some point if the newly needed SIM is a different size than the old SIM. Still, that day is coming when CPE incurs a charge as well. They don't mind charging for a phone you bought from them, but bringing one from Swappa/eBay/Amazon/etc... is $0 charge.
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Its something all carriers charge AND THOSE carriers also make you pay a SIM fee. I just upgraded my child's phone at their carrier and what would have been $175.00 at Verizon turned into $250.00 there. Its one time and your done.
If your buying the phone outright, go to the manufacturer, or better Amazon. Amazon has a 30 day policy. The manufacturers have other options too. When you pay the $20.00, your paying for convenience and not waiting more than anything.
I'm done with Verizon. I am going to seriously look at Project Fi when my current contract is up in a couple of months.
try and see how it is and let us know if you joined V back cause of service and lack of coverage ...keep us posted....
I have had a Project Fi phone since late last year. In my time with the device it has worked quite well and coverage is better than I had hoped. It uses BOTH Sprint & T-Mobile signals, whichever is stronger I suppose at the time of a call. It also has wifi calling capability along with simultaneous ringing.
While you only pay for the amount of data you use, it is ALL billed at the rate of $10/GB. If you use a lot of data, the data packages from Verizon end up being a bit cheaper. For example, I have a 15 GB/month data package from Verizon which cost me, with employer discount, $78/month. That would run me $150/month at Project Fi.
The upside is that ALL data is charged at that rate, including data used internationally, which is why I signed up for the service. Using the phone in Ireland, England, Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Cyprus, Bosnia & Serbia since January has been the same data rate of $10/GB which is MUCH better than what I would be paying with Verizon. I have saved more in data charges I would have had with Verizon than the total cost of the phone AND service over that period of time.
Look...Project Fi is NOT a bad idea for SOME. T-Mobile coverage is pretty outstanding compared to days-passed. Add in what little coverage Sprint has and you might be golden, depending on your data use.
WWith the exception of a mountain valley my T-Mobile device has been flawless.
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