 atuarreHere come the drumsPremium
join:2004-02-14
College Station, TX | RE I applaud Verizon for making this move. I really think the Storm 2 started this. You can look on e-Bay and see people auctioning off Storm 2's for 400+ when you can get them from Verizon for 175 if your a regular customer signing a contract or a VIP customer for 125.
The carrier is the one getting screwed here, and I think it is about time that they made this move.
One poster mentioned giving the device back. I do think AT&T implemented this for the iPhone where if you cancelled the contract not only were you responsible for the ETF but also the FULL retail cost of the phone, as it should be. |
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| said by atuarre:I applaud Verizon for making this move. I really think the Storm 2 started this. You can look on e-Bay and see people auctioning off Storm 2's for 400+ when you can get them from Verizon for 175 if your a regular customer signing a contract or a VIP customer for 125. Actually, I think the deep discounts for the Original (Classic) Storm (and other BBs) started this.
There are six BlackBerries that are $50 or less with a two-year contract.
THere are *two* different Android phones (one from Motorola, and one from HTC), with the HTC model $100 with a two-year contract. (HTC DROID ERIS: »www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/stor···eId=5070)
There are those that want to break carrier-exclusivity (and make a tidy profit) by selling their subsidized handset on eBay or craigslist (or even in the local paper), and now they are mad that their scheme has been rather neatly derailed. VZW (nor any other carrier) doesn't do handset-exclusivity deals for the customer to rip them off, people. |
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