Ok spoke with a rep today (albeit about something completely different) and i don't have the standard family share plan, i've got a "loyalty plan" (been with vzw for about 8 years now) so thats prolly why i'm paying a bit more...tho honestly that was mostly from memory, the additional line thing may not be right...i just copied and pasted the picture and 139 price...didn't look at actually how much i'm being charged for what
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How do you people afford verizon??
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Chris2183
Member
$59.99 unlimited texts and 450 mins
$30 unlimited data
$8 insurance
%17 employee discount on voice plan only
$20 off data promo
I pay around $75 after tax.
I have the same deal
irishjoeyo
Android Enthusiast
Correction:
500 anytime minutes
Unlimited Verizon-to-Verizon
Unlimited My Circle (5 numbers)
Unlimited VZ-to-VZ and My Circle Text Messaging
500 non-VZ, non-My Circle Texts
Unlimited Data
$70-75/month after tax
Note: I have an Alltel plan that I was able to carry over when VZ bought out Alltel, which is why I get 5 My Circle numbers included. I'm hanging on to this plan for as long as I can.
rezeew
Well-Known Member
450 Talk + Unlimited Text : 59.99 - 20% discount = 47.99
Unlimited web: 29.99 - 20% discount = 23.99
Insurance: 6.99
Roadside Assistance: 3.00
Taxes + Fees: 5.88
TOTAL: 87.85/mo.
I just looked it up and the same plan on Sprint would be 79.99 before taxes. Not including insurance or my roadside assistance.
Unlimited web: 29.99 - 20% discount = 23.99
Insurance: 6.99
Roadside Assistance: 3.00
Taxes + Fees: 5.88
TOTAL: 87.85/mo.
I just looked it up and the same plan on Sprint would be 79.99 before taxes. Not including insurance or my roadside assistance.
Mr. Incredible
Well-Known Member
Family Plan: 5 lines, 2 data plans $150
RottnJP
Well-Known Member
Yeah, corp discounts help (24% for me) and the family talk plans are actually pretty reasonably IMO, but where they get you is the data lines. They add up, and my discount doesn't apply to the rest of the family's data. Ultimately, I'd like to see VZW provide a cheaper data option for smartphones, like 2GB for $20, 5GB for $30, etc. Or roll the extra line charge into the data line charge. $20 per month for an extra line with a smartphone wouldn't be bad at all. $30 starts to sting. $40, which is where we are now when you combine the data package with the extra line charge, really starts to hurt, IMO. Otherwise I think they're going to see a cap in the market in the not too distant future where the geeks are saturated and everyone else is fine with a feature phone.
(Remember when you only had to charge your phone on the weekend? And VZ Navigator was enough to get you around? And your bill was half as large? I miss those days sometimes... I really do. If we had to pay full price for our smartphones, would we all make the same choices? I'm not sure I would. There's a really distorted market out there feeding on this cycle of subsidized phones and high data charges...)
So I guess my reply for the OP is, it's a choice. You know where that $50 a month, or whatever it would take to get you from a regular cell phone to a smartphone, is going in your household. If the $ are more useful to you paying rent, or putting food on the table, it's a no-brainer- A smartphone is a fun toy, but a regular phone is fine. If the $ are more useful to you playing WoW, then it's a choice you've made with your discretionary $$, plain and simple. I could ask the same question of people with IPads, or any tablets with an additional data plan - I don't see how people afford them. I don't choose to spend that much money on my electronic toys, so by definition it's tougher for me to understand the perspective of someone who does.
On the other hand, I do choose to spend discretionary $$ on firearms, ammo, diving gear, a motorcycle, etc. So when I see a techno-dude e-mailing from his iPad and feel that little twang of, "Man, how does he swing that," I stop and remember that almost everything we do and have really comes down to the choices we have made for ourselves.
(Remember when you only had to charge your phone on the weekend? And VZ Navigator was enough to get you around? And your bill was half as large? I miss those days sometimes... I really do. If we had to pay full price for our smartphones, would we all make the same choices? I'm not sure I would. There's a really distorted market out there feeding on this cycle of subsidized phones and high data charges...)
So I guess my reply for the OP is, it's a choice. You know where that $50 a month, or whatever it would take to get you from a regular cell phone to a smartphone, is going in your household. If the $ are more useful to you paying rent, or putting food on the table, it's a no-brainer- A smartphone is a fun toy, but a regular phone is fine. If the $ are more useful to you playing WoW, then it's a choice you've made with your discretionary $$, plain and simple. I could ask the same question of people with IPads, or any tablets with an additional data plan - I don't see how people afford them. I don't choose to spend that much money on my electronic toys, so by definition it's tougher for me to understand the perspective of someone who does.
On the other hand, I do choose to spend discretionary $$ on firearms, ammo, diving gear, a motorcycle, etc. So when I see a techno-dude e-mailing from his iPad and feel that little twang of, "Man, how does he swing that," I stop and remember that almost everything we do and have really comes down to the choices we have made for ourselves.
RottnJP
Well-Known Member
That sounds like a pretty sweet plan you're on. I wish VZW was a *little* more forthcoming about such things. Unfortunately you have to get the right person, and have some luck, to get satisfaction. I really dislike the fact that you have to threaten to quit, basically, before all these other "phantom options" open up. In my case, I get 200 extra minutes on my family plan in perpetuity, which is nice because the 700 minute plan wasn't *quite* enough, but 900 minutes works.
When the kids get older, though, it would be great to have a plan like you're describing.
I came back to Verizon from Sprint about 2 weeks ago. My monthly bill with Verizon is going to be $8 more than my Sprint bill, so I don't think that is too bad at all, especially when I was going from Sprint (which didn't work where I live), to Verizon (which has excellent coverage where I live...).
SAHPhoto
Newbie
Ive been on the major carriers and have been happiest on Verizon. For my needs, when I signed up wasn't more than ATT who I was unhappy with as Cingular. Sprint was even more of a cluster and you couldn't pay me to use them again.
I would rather pay a little more for less issues and will budget accordingly.
I would rather pay a little more for less issues and will budget accordingly.