Verizon Contract Question

[knitpurlgurl]

If I am eligible for an upgrade (I'm at the 20 month point of the 24 month contract), do I have to get my upgrade from Verizon to sign another 2 yr contract if I do it before the end of 24 months? Or can I still sign a new 2 yr with any phone retailer even though it's been 20 months?

Does this make sense?

For instance: VerizonWireless says I'll be eligible for upgrade 9/6 but really my contract ends 1/6. Moto Bionic showed up on Amazon for $149 - STILL considerably cheaper than with my upgrade disc. from Verizon. Can I buy the phone from Amazon and renew my 2 yr contract or do I have to do it through verizon until 1/6/12?

 

[Travisimo]

AFAIK, you are either upgrade eligible or you are not: it should not matter where you upgrade your phone since the retailer will have to check with Verizon to make sure you are eligible anyway.

 

[UrsusVIIILXXXVII]

Last time I checked, the early upgrade is through Verizon only as an incentive sort of thing. The way I see it, this is Verizon's way of trying to get money out of impatient customers.

Back in March when I was last eligible for upgrade, I was pricing out the Droid X. VZW would sell me the phone for $150 with a contract renewal while Wirefly had it for $80 but I couldn't get it through Wirefly until the full contact period was over. Ended up working out cause they had one of those one day sales and I got the X for $20.

I could be wrong but this was just my experience.

 

[dansby660]

You are correct. Early upgrades are for verizon stores and authorized retailers. (The ones with the vzw sign out front but really aren't a corp store) I called amazon and wirefly and both said they can only upgrade you after your 24 month period.

 

[Jman42028]

not to mention that when you get a phone from amazon or any other online retailer they make you sign an extra 6 month contract. And if you make any changes to your rate plan over the course of the 6 months (like bump up minutes, data or messenging) you will have to pay the full retail price of the handset.

 

[knitpurlgurl]

Went ahead and ordered the Droid Bionic from Verizonwireless.com. Got my loyalty discount on top of the new contract pricing. Ordering my accessories through Amazon though.