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Verizon adds $20 upgrade fee for smartphones - Doesn't even try to sugar coat it
Posted on 3/31/16 at 12:49 pm
Posted on 3/31/16 at 12:49 pm
Verizon Introducing $20 Fee to Upgrade Your Smartphone To Cover Their "Support Costs"
This comment sums it up quite well:
"Phew, I had almost gotten worried that Vzw had run out of ideas and ways to charge me for absolutely no reason!"
This comment sums it up quite well:
"Phew, I had almost gotten worried that Vzw had run out of ideas and ways to charge me for absolutely no reason!"
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Posted on 3/31/16 at 1:23 pm to Street Hawk
Yeah, they are pretty out of control. My bill is ridiculous compared to what I'd pay for a smaller company that uses their towers. I've been with Verizon since around 99, but to charge $20 for something I can do at home in 5 minutes is ridiculous. They have been slowly pushing me away over the past 5 or so years, and this might be the straw
Posted on 3/31/16 at 1:27 pm to Street Hawk
Cost me $60 total to upgrade my iPhone 4 to a Samsung Galaxy that I bought on amazon
I was pretty damn pissed off
I was pretty damn pissed off
Posted on 3/31/16 at 1:33 pm to VermilionTiger
Switched from Verizon to project fi and bill is under 30 bucks a month. Combination of tmobile and sprint towers. No contract. International data plan same price as domestic. 10 bucks a gig.
Posted on 3/31/16 at 1:37 pm to Street Hawk
So will I have to pay $20 every time a put my sim card into a different phone? How many "upgrades" will it be if I break my G3, put my sim card into my old Droid 4, go on Swappa and order another G3, and put my sim card back in it?
Posted on 3/31/16 at 1:40 pm to VermilionTiger
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Cost me $60 total to upgrade my iPhone 4 to a Samsung Galaxy that I bought on amazon
jesus. can you elaborate on why?
Posted on 3/31/16 at 1:43 pm to CubsFanBudMan
It shows "Customer Provided Equipment" as no charge. I don't plan on buying a phone direct from Verizon in the future.
Posted on 3/31/16 at 2:07 pm to Street Hawk
frickin' Verizon...
Posted on 3/31/16 at 2:20 pm to CubsFanBudMan
I don't know if you still can, but you used to be able to switch phones through the Verizon website
Posted on 3/31/16 at 3:36 pm to Hammertime
i read somewhere (can't remember where) that the $20 only applies if you upgrade through verizon. if you buy your phone elsewhere, it does not apply. so i read at least.
Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:22 pm to Hammertime
You still can if it's going from a phone with a sim card to one without a sim card. Nothing needs to be done if it is moving a sim card from one phone to another.
Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:46 pm to Street Hawk
I thought every carrier had an upgrade fee that was like 40$? Or maybe thats just the connection fee per line. I can't keep up.
Posted on 3/31/16 at 7:50 pm to Street Hawk
I thought Verizon an other companies had already gotten rid of "upgrades".
Posted on 3/31/16 at 8:49 pm to Street Hawk
There has to be some sort of correction on the prices of all these technological services (phones, cable, internet)
The prices have gotten so obscene I just don't see how they can continue to rise at their current rates
The prices have gotten so obscene I just don't see how they can continue to rise at their current rates
Posted on 4/1/16 at 11:47 am to Hammertime
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I don't know if you still can, but you used to be able to switch phones through the Verizon website
You still can and I have routinely as long as the phone you are switching to is comparable to your current phone.
Posted on 4/1/16 at 2:15 pm to VermilionTiger
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Cost me $60 total to upgrade my iPhone 4 to a Samsung Galaxy that I bought on amazon
I was pretty damn pissed off
Then you should switch. It amazes me people will pay these extortionist companies whatever they want. Verizon has great coverage, but unless you're in some rural area all the time, why pay so much more than TMO or Project-Fi?
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