said by swope1221: I bought a rev I from eBay and the original rev D I got at install . If they want the original back no problem but I'm not paying a rental fee on the one I bought.
That opens up a bees nest.
How is Verizon going to control what people are buying and selling on ebay??
It's not like the stolen Fios cable boxes that can't be activated that you see being sold online, the routers don't need activation, and nothing prevents somebody from selling a VZ owned router to someone else.
You could easily end up buying a router on ebay, that is actually one of the rental units.
The seller would still be on the hook for the rental charges, or paying for the router that wasn't returned, but VZ will still have a record of it, and you don't want to get caught with something that they suddenly decide to call stolen property.
They'll have to come up with a distinct physical difference, and/or a model number distinction between the rented units, to separate them from the owned ones.