question about cell phones

[sniper7]

We went to verizon today and my fiance got the new droid...I am insanely jealous. My upgrade doesn't come up till september and I am not going to pay $550 just to get the phone...i have the LG Dare now.

Anyways, my question is about buying them off craigslist or ebay or somewhere.

What if the phone was reported as lost or stolen to verizon by the customer these guys got it from, then you buy it from the guy, change it over to your number using *228 (I think that is the code).

I just wondered because she pays for the insurance and I don't but she lost her phone once so i am curious what could have happened to it had someone found it, if it ended up on craiglist or something?

can you get in trouble with verizon or will they find out or can they shut your service off.
also what about the flashed phones. I would much rather have a Iphone than the droid at this point...although i really do love the Droid operating system but know the Iphone has been great.

[SNAFU]

My upgrade is here. Get a whopping $50 credit towards a upgrade.
Keeping my Gz One

[sniper7]

that is probably the 1 year? I think every 2 years you get the phone for the low price. hers was 299, get 100 rebate. if I were to get it the price would have been 550 for just the phone.

[Dr_Fwd]

Hey Sniper, you might want to try this , that's where I got my last two phones...

[theGinsue]

that is probably the 1 year? I think every 2 years you get the phone for the low price. hers was 299, get 100 rebate. if I were to get it the price would have been 550 for just the phone.

Yeah, as a 2-year loyal customer you get a discount (a whopping $100) off of the FULL price while a new customer can get the phone for free, $50, $100, etc. depending on the model of the phone. Great way to reward loyalty; eh?!

Hey Sniper, you might want to try this , that's where I got my last two phones...

Can these phones and those bargain prices work if you have an existing contract with, say, Verizon? Can you give us a bit more detail about your experiences with this site?

I ask because.... My wife has had her phone for over 4 years. We've used the upgrades in the past to replace my phone and my sons phone. Now, her existing phone battery is constantly needing to be charged and she'd like to upgrade her phone to something a bit better (She likes the Envy II, or may consider something similar). We're not looking for the real high-end internet/data/app phones as we refuse to pay for the data access and such, just a good phone that is easy to text with. What would be involved with using this site to obtain a phone to replace her existing phone? Do you have to pay an activation fee to get the replacement phone working?

Sorry for all of the questions, but we really are in the market now and don't want to waste our money. I do know that eBay, CL, etc won't even be considered but we're not paying Verizons store price for this. Any help will be much appreciated.

[SNAFU]

that is probably the 1 year? I think every 2 years you get the phone for the low price. hers was 299, get 100 rebate. if I were to get it the price would have been 550 for just the phone.

It was the 2 yr,,think it was 100 off the Droid too. But I only call in/out,my computer is for email.
I'm in construction,I could see getting a touch screen,then whoops,it falls off a ladder.
Or gets cracked by equipment.

[theGinsue]

Yeah SNAFU, this is my perspective too. I had to special order my phone because I just wanted a PHONE (perhaps a little texting to respond to my kids texts too, but really, just a phone). I can't take a cell phone with a camera through the gates of where I work and must remove the cell battery if I want to take it into the building I work in.

The Verizon store 2 models without cameras in the store - one was grandpa's phone and the other was a thick tactical phone that you could bury on the beach, come back in a year, charge it and it would be good to go. They had another phone that I liked that could be ordered without the camera - that's the option I went with. It was nothing too fancy but it wasn't more than I wanted in a phone either.

If I want to take digital pictures, I have 2 digital cameras. If I want data from the web, I have access to enough computers around to meet my needs. I just wanted a basic phone.

[Dr_Fwd]

Yeah, as a 2-year loyal customer you get a discount (a whopping $100) off of the FULL price while a new customer can get the phone for free, $50, $100, etc. depending on the model of the phone. Great way to reward loyalty; eh?!



Can these phones and those bargain prices work if you have an existing contract with, say, Verizon? Can you give us a bit more detail about your experiences with this site?

I ask because.... My wife has had her phone for over 4 years. We've used the upgrades in the past to replace my phone and my sons phone. Now, her existing phone battery is constantly needing to be charged and she'd like to upgrade her phone to something a bit better (She likes the Envy II, or may consider something similar). We're not looking for the real high-end internet/data/app phones as we refuse to pay for the data access and such, just a good phone that is easy to text with. What would be involved with using this site to obtain a phone to replace her existing phone? Do you have to pay an activation fee to get the replacement phone working?

Sorry for all of the questions, but we really are in the market now and don't want to waste our money. I do know that eBay, CL, etc won't even be considered but we're not paying Verizons store price for this. Any help will be much appreciated.

First time I used the site I was upgrading the phones as an existing Verizon customer (two phones family plan) I don't remember if I paid activation fee or not, but I do remember that I've got one phone for free and another one free + they sent me $50 gift card. The second time I used it I was switching to TMobile - again, I've got two free phones but had to pay activation fee ($35 a line). I was transfering my "old #" to TMobile and they took care of everything. Basically what I had to do when I received package from them is- take the phone out of the box, put the SIM card, charge the phone and it was good to go.

they also have 800 number you can cal and ask them any questions.

I think there is an option where you can see the prices for the existing customers on that site.

[Dr_Fwd]

Here, hope it will help

[sniper7]

Hey Sniper, you might want to try this , that's where I got my last two phones...

they want $550 without a plan...same price verizon wants.