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Upgrade fee question

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timelord65

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*Edit* The fee will apply to customers buying a new device with a two-year contract. I guess that answers my question. Sorry for posting this without doing prior research!


If I upgrade a line on a share everything plan that is currently on month to month service. Will I still be charged an upgrade fee even though I'm not extending an existing contract?

The Rep said the upgrade fee applies because I'm extending the month to month service with a new 2 year agreement. but I'm not really upgrading since I bought the phone outright.

Any help input is appreciated, Thanks
 
If you bought the phone outright then nothing should change and you should not be charged any anything.

If you are buying a subsidised phone through Verizon you will sign a new contract for that line and pay the 'upgrade fee'.

Where did you buy the phone from?
 
I'd be getting the galaxy s4 at the discounted price, so I'll have to pay the $30. I thought the fee only applied if you were upgrading a phone previously under contract which my droid x2 wasn't. But the upgrade applies to any phone purchased at a discounted price by a current subscriber.
 
cybercruiser said:
Both seem SO WRONG, that you have to pay VZN additional money to stay a customer. WTF is that??
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I agree, It is a joke.


Just extra fees Verizon tacks on to make a little extra money.

Not too bad from a business perspective of it.

VZW has a little over 100m customers.


Let's say 30M of those were charged the $35 activation fee.


$1,050,000,000 just from this fee.

30M was just a random number I pulled for an example.
 
COSTCO online indicates "Free Activation". Does that mean no $30 upgrade fee? I'm trying to determine which is better:
- Verizon online
- Verizon store
- COSTCO (online or store)
Right now COSTCO (at least online) has HTC One for $150 vs $199 at Verizon online.
 
Picked up mine at Costco yesterday. Verizon charges the $30 upgrade fee on your next bill. Also, Costco charges sales tax on $150 , not the"retail" price.
 
I go with Costco whenever I can. They can't avoid the ridiculous Verizon add on fees but they will try to tell you if there is a way to save money. The accessory pack also saves you a bunch. Plus most of the folks know a lot more than the Verizon store flunkies. I'll be upgrading shortly and I'm waiting for Costco to get in the phone I want.
 
Upgraded from 1 dumb phone to Galaxy S3 (wife) AND 1 HTC Rezound to Galaxy S4 (me) at BestBuy. The S3 was $50, the S4 was $100, BestBuy "price matching" a Frys newspaper ad. Pleased with both phones so far and BestBuy service was very good. I also had their 14-day exchange/return policy, didn't use. I will, of course, pay Verizon's upgrade "robbery" fees and suffer the reduction of my unlimited data - no matter, we're low data users anyhow.
 
The upgrade fee is really such a cheap money grab. "Hey, here's your subsidized awesome price! (now add $30 for the privilege of giving us money)"
 
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