I thought every carrier was required or voluntarily agreed to a 30 day money-back trial period. It was spurred by the threat of legislation because of too many complaints to the Feds from customers who got locked into a 2 year agreement before they discovered the carrier had crappy coverage and they had to hang out a window to make a call from their home.
Verizon does a 30day phone trial.. dunno if they charge a fee or not.. but i believe its replaceable.. with the same phone.. if u tried a differ phone i think there is a restocking fee.. 25bux or something like that..