baineschile
2600
Premium
join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI | Yay
Now i can pay 500 bucks for a decent smartphone up front, instead of 300 for the phone with a 2 year deal, and 200 if i cancel the contract.... |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | T-Mobile
T-Mobile does this as well.
TM has been doing it for over a year! |
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tafypz
@mycingular.net
| Not entirely true (at least for data)
I bought a 3g cad from ATT, they refused to sell it to me without a 2 years contract, eventhough I was asking for paying the full MSRP for the card. I tried to get the store manager involved but it didn't change a thing. This was at the ATT store in Times Square (NYC) |
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OSUGoose
join:2007-12-27
Columbus, OH
clubs: | UM
Hate to break it to you all, but they have allways posted the no contract price and was very willing to sell it to you at that price if you needed to replace your phone and was outside the timeframe for a upgrade. |
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DaMaGeINC
The Lan Man
Premium
join:2002-06-08
Greenville, SC
clubs:
 ·Charter Pipeline
 ·AT&T Southeast
| What?
What of existing customers? Are our contracts null and void now? Can I switch carriers finally? I want to go to T-Mobile. I pay $70 for 400min and unlimited text and pic. Tmobile has the same plan with internet included and cheaper. Bye Vz
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swhitney2003
I can't drive 55.
Premium
join:2003-06-13
NH
clubs:
 ·Skype
 ·Verizon Wireless B..
·Comcast
| reply to OSUGoose
Re: UM
said by OSUGoose  :Hate to break it to you all, but they have allways posted the no contract price and was very willing to sell it to you at that price if you needed to replace your phone and was outside the timeframe for a upgrade. I always thought it existed already as well. For me I am able to get a business discount on new phones, and they even have 1yr contracts! In the past I was able to get a RAZR for nothing, on a 1 year contract.
Maybe this new deal is talking about new customers? Did a new customer always have to sign a 2 year? |
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OSUGoose
join:2007-12-27
Columbus, OH
clubs: | i never recall it ever being offered by the rep, mostly bc they get bonus's based on the number of contracts and renewals they get. |
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quetwo
That VoIP Guy
Premium
join:2004-09-04
East Lansing, MI | reply to DaMaGeINC
Re: What?
No. This news item pretty much says that for NEW customers, if they would like to pay full price for their device, they can go month-to-month instead of a contract. |
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Bobcat
Premium
join:2001-02-04
Bedminster, NJ
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to OSUGoose
Re: UM
said by OSUGoose :Hate to break it to you all, but they have allways posted the no contract price and was very willing to sell it to you at that price if you needed to replace your phone and was outside the timeframe for a upgrade. That's correct. You could always get Verizon Wireless service without a contract. |
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Boricua65
join:2002-01-26
Puerto Rico
| No news to me...
I've been out of a contract with VZW since last December. I bought a different phone online (eBay) and activated myself (online) and still without having to sign a new contract  .
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | Credit Check ?
is VZ still going to run credit for this and charge out insane deposits? If they are not a good deal when TM doesnt. |
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splat1622
join:2008-09-08
Cave Spring, GA | reply to swhitney2003
Re: UM
yea where did this come from i know they have been doing this for at least 2 years because i bought my daughters phone for full price with no contract 2 years ago |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | did they run a credit check on you as well? |
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rlt2562
The Wizard of Speed and Time
Premium
join:2002-12-23
Haughton, LA |  Do you HAVE to buy one of THEIR phones..
in order not to sign a contract?
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yellowlobster
@comcast.net
| I think you are mistaken
Verizon does not let new customers come in with their own phone and sign up for service without agreeing to a minimum one year contract. Once you are a customer, you can buy a full retail phone (or ebay a phone) and put it on your line without a contract extension. But if you want to add on a new line (to a family share plan) or sign up as a new customer, you have to agree to a contract. This would change that and allow people to come in off the street with their own phone and sign up for vzw service on a month by month plan. other carriers may have had this but not VZW. Think if part of their Any Apps, Any Device initiative they announced last year |
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jester121
Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | reply to baineschile
Re: Yay
This is how things work in many parts of Europe and other countries too. |
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jester121
Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | reply to hottboiinnc
Re: Credit Check ?
There's a service for people who can't or don't want to meet the credit requirements -- prepaid.
If they're sending you a bill each month and expecting you to pay it, why shouldn't there be a credit check? |
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samrocks
Premium
join:2003-07-30 | Buy phone off ebay and activate no contract service?
Does anyone think it will be possible to buy a phone off of ebay and get on a verizon plan without contract? |
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moon1234
@tds.net
| reply to jester121
Re: Yay
Except in Europe you can take your device with you in most cases to another carrier. This is not the case with US CDMA carriers. They have an agreement amongst themselves to not activate devices obtained from another carriers network.
So the "Open" clase really means nothing. You have to go through the carriers vetting process before they will allow the device to enter their hallowed database tables.
In Europe and among US GSM carriers all you need to do is pop in an active SIM card and you are ready to rock regardless if the carrier has ever heard of the device before.
I will never say a CDMA carrier is "Open" until I can activate ANY device on their network without any approval or vetting from them. |
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moon1234
@tds.net
| reply to samrocks
Re: Buy phone off ebay and activate no contract service?
Only if the phone was designed and approved for THEIR network. You won't be able to bring an old or new phone designed for Sprint, US Cellular, etc. and activate it on Verizon's network even though the technology is the same.
The whole Verizon "Open" thing is just a scam to make them look nice and pretty. You still need to have your device vetted by Verizon before they will activate it. The only way you can bring a device is to buy one Designed and Approved for their network.
Sprint has had this for years. Verizon is just doing a better PR Advertising campaign to make them look good. |
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