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OldSenileGuy posted:I'm not really interested in Edge. I have a Share Everything plan with 4GB and 2 phones on it. How does the trade-in program at Verizon work? I know they say they'll give you a free iPhone6, but is that just in the form of a $199 statement credit? I'm coming from an iPhone 5 and my wife is coming from a 4S. I'm thinking I might sell mine independently because I can probably get more than $200 for it, but it's probably easier to just trade hers in. But the thing is, she doesn't really like the larger size of the iPhone6, and might end up with a 5S. Can she trade in her 4S for a 5S + $100 statement credit? I don't think so. I think the trade-in offer is only for the iPhone 6, but it wouldn't hurt to call and ask. You could probably sell that 4S for at least $100 still. Also, it seems like Verizon is giving you a gift card (not a statement credit) for the trade-in.
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Yeah, it looks like you trade your current iPhone in (4 or later) and you'll get a Verizon gift card worth $200. So you'll probably be out a phone for a couple of weeks until that gift card comes in the mail.
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Sep 11, 2014 12:33
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So let's say I'm a dingbat who's on an ancient smartphone plan that costs $90 for a single line, 450 minutes, 2 gigs. The Single Line $60 plan seems like a no-brainer. How do I go about switching over to it? I've been off-contract for over a year now, but I plan on preordering an iPhone 6 tomorrow.
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Sep 11, 2014 13:47
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Does anyone have a link to Verizon's actual statement about the trade-in promotion?
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Sep 11, 2014 14:59
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Sir Bobert Fishbone posted:So let's say I'm a dingbat who's on an ancient smartphone plan that costs $90 for a single line, 450 minutes, 2 gigs. Going into a store, calling customer service both would work, just tell them you want to do a plan change to the new promo plan, 2 gigs for $60. You might even be able to do it via My Verizon. Literally The Worst posted:Does anyone have a link to Verizon's actual statement about the trade-in promotion? I work as an Indirect and can't find a single thing about it, on verizons website or our channels. The rumour has spread like crazy though, plenty of people calling in saying the heard they can get a free iphone 6.
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Sep 11, 2014 15:24
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Deep Winter posted:Going into a store, calling customer service both would work, just tell them you want to do a plan change to the new promo plan, 2 gigs for $60. You might even be able to do it via My Verizon. Thanks! Seems pretty straightforward. Deep Winter posted:I work as an Indirect and can't find a single thing about it, on verizons website or our channels. The rumour has spread like crazy though, plenty of people calling in saying the heard they can get a free iphone 6. Is this it?
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Sep 11, 2014 15:31
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Deep Winter posted:I work as an Indirect and can't find a single thing about it, on verizons website or our channels. The rumour has spread like crazy though, plenty of people calling in saying the heard they can get a free iphone 6. It doesn't hurt that Time and CNN reported on it like it was an actual thing. This is what I'm thinking it is. Too bad it leaves you without a phone until you get the gift card. e: Hey look it even mentions it at the bottom. BENGHAZI 2 fucked around with this message at 15:39 on Sep 11, 2014 |
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Sep 11, 2014 15:37
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Sir Bobert Fishbone posted:Thanks! Seems pretty straightforward. Hmmm, looks like it quote:The Verizon Wireless iPhone Trade-In Promotion allows customers who would like to purchase a new iPhone® 6 or iPhone® 6 Plus to trade in their old iPhone 4, iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c or iPhone 5s from any carrier and receive a Verizon Wireless gift card. Trading in with Verizon Wireless provides you
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Sep 11, 2014 15:39
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I'm at 18 months on my contract now, is there a way I can renew it early so that I can actually get a phone for free? Because $200 off a 700 dollar phone isn't that great of a deal for me. If I'm going to be stuck paying full price, I'll just wait the extra six months and get it with my upgrade.
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Sep 11, 2014 15:42
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Literally The Worst posted:I'm at 18 months on my contract now, is there a way I can renew it early so that I can actually get a phone for free? Because $200 off a 700 dollar phone isn't that great of a deal for me. If I'm going to be stuck paying full price, I'll just wait the extra six months and get it with my upgrade. Hi. I'm a front line sales rep. I'm sorry, I feel like choking you through the internet right now. It's nothing personal.
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Sep 11, 2014 15:46
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Sorry your bosses decided to do a promotion that prompted me to ask a question I wouldn't consider normally, I guess.
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Sep 11, 2014 15:48
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Yes, you will have to wait for your upgrade date to get upgrade pricing.
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Sep 11, 2014 15:48
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See, that wasn't so hard. Now I can officially go back to not giving a poo poo about phones for another 6-12 months.
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Sep 11, 2014 15:50
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Have you heard about our EDGE program?????
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Sep 11, 2014 15:52
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FordPRefectLL posted:Have you heard about our EDGE program????? I have, in fact, and it made me chuckle deeply. Here's an actual question: I want to downgrade my plan from More Everything (Which I don't need) to a single line, can I do this without Big Red being dillholes
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Sep 11, 2014 15:53
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Does anyone know when the trade-in promotion ends? I don't want to have to pre-order at 2am just so I get the phone within the promo period.
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Sep 11, 2014 16:12
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Hey I just bought an iphone 5s back in May. Can I trade it in for an iphone 6 plus but keep my unlimited data? Also the name of the account is under my wife's mom's aunt. Will that be a problem? I don't want to have talk to anyone though. Maybe I can pay a goon to do that through SA Mart?
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Sep 11, 2014 16:15
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DangerZoneDelux posted:Hey I just bought an iphone 5s back in May. Can I trade it in for an iphone 6 plus but keep my unlimited data? Also the name of the account is under my wife's mom's aunt. Will that be a problem? I don't want to have talk to anyone though. Maybe I can pay a goon to do that through SA Mart? shouldn't be an issue
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Sep 11, 2014 16:16
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DangerZoneDelux posted:Hey I just bought an iphone 5s back in May. Can I trade it in for an iphone 6 plus but keep my unlimited data? Also the name of the account is under my wife's mom's aunt. Will that be a problem? I don't want to have talk to anyone though. Maybe I can pay a goon to do that through SA Mart? 
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Sep 11, 2014 16:26
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Sir Bobert Fishbone posted:So let's say I'm a dingbat who's on an ancient smartphone plan that costs $90 for a single line, 450 minutes, 2 gigs. I would honestly call in to 611 and ask them to put you on the new plan and have them backdate any changes to the start of the current billing cycle. This ensures no proration headaches and will save you money for the current billing period as well. Upgrade date won't be touched and you can upgrade whenever.
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Sep 11, 2014 16:36
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Literally The Worst posted:This is what I'm thinking it is. Too bad it leaves you without a phone until you get the gift card. You can just buy the new phone before filing for the trade-in, though. If you have bill to account, you just use the card to pay the same bill as the iPhone appears on, no sweat.
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Sep 11, 2014 16:54
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FordPRefectLL posted:Hi. I'm a front line sales rep. I'm sorry, I feel like choking you through the internet right now. It's nothing personal. That moment when a raggedy customer comes in, "WHAT FREE PHONES YA'LL GOT?"
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Sep 11, 2014 17:11
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This phone's a little too smart for me hahahahahahahahahahahaha
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Sep 11, 2014 17:13
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I posted an iPhone preordering discussion thread to collect some of the more frequent questions. Carrier-specific stuff will hopefully still remain here, but the preordering thread should take care of the other stuff. 
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Sep 11, 2014 17:15
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FordPRefectLL posted:This phone's a little too smart for me hahahahahahahahahahahaha Oh my gooooood. My two year old can work it better than me and somehow I'm not ashamed of this! Haha!
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Sep 11, 2014 17:17
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My girlfriend actually asked me when the "I6" is coming out last night and my head did a full rotation and she started laughing. She's learned all the phone trolls.
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Sep 11, 2014 17:18
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fordan posted:How about if I buy the iPhone 6 as a new line and port the existing number and cancel the existing line on my contract end date of 10/1? Or could I port the number earlier and put a new number on the old phone? I'll end up paying like $20 extra in prorated line access fees I'd think on my More Everything plan, right? That'll also get me back on the Apple true-believer upgrade schedule that carriers do tend to work around. Anyone able to comment on this? Apart from my misuse of the word "port" which usually means moving from one carrier to another where I'd just be moving numbers within an account, possibly just by moving SIMs at first. Also, if someone feels up to it, might be time for a new thread; the first post hasn't been updated since 2012 which is the last time the OP posted in here as well. Went looking for some Edge info and found out we still don't know when the iPhone 5 will be available.
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Sep 11, 2014 20:02
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FordPRefectLL posted:My girlfriend actually asked me when the "I6" is coming out last night and my head did a full rotation and she started laughing. She's learned all the phone trolls. Marry this one. She has a sense of humor about your phone sperginess.
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Sep 11, 2014 20:10
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fordan posted:Anyone able to comment on this? Apart from my misuse of the word "port" which usually means moving from one carrier to another where I'd just be moving numbers within an account, possibly just by moving SIMs at first. If you add a new line to get the contract pricing you'll have a 2 year contract on that line. If your existing line comes out of contract 10/1 it is possible to disconnect that line with no penalty and the "reserve" the phone number back to your account temporarily. This prevents it from recycling back into Telephone Number Inventory or (if it was originally ported in from another carrier) flying away back home to the original carrier. Once this is done you can then perform a telephone number change on your new contracted line and manually enter the number you just disconnected and reserved. When I say "you can" I mean Customer Service can if you ask for this very specific thing. You'll have to wait for the actual end date of your contract as this process of reserving the number is not allowed for lines currently in contract because Reasons. If you get someone who isn't familiar with this process tell them to search for "Telephone Number Inventory" and the first result under that topic is "Disconnecting and Transferring an MDN on the Same Account" which outlines the process.
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Sep 11, 2014 20:21
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Deep Winter posted:Hmmm, looks like it
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Sep 11, 2014 20:28
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this sweet move posted:Yep. $200 trade-in for 4 through 5c, $300 for the 5s. The plan is to run this promo through 9/30. I wish us indirects got access to the promos online and directs get. Loose a lot of business to it. More and more people are ordering online.
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Sep 11, 2014 20:30
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this sweet move posted:Yep. $200 trade-in for 4 through 5c, $300 for the 5s. The plan is to run this promo through 9/30. Except you can't apply the Verizon cash straight up for the 6 because you have to wait for the Verizon gift card to come back in the mail.
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Sep 11, 2014 20:30
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Thwomp posted:Except you can't apply the Verizon cash straight up for the 6 because you have to wait for the Verizon gift card to come back in the mail. It's actually going to be a 'virtual' gift card so nothing in the mail but you'll most likely get emailed redeemable code. Also standard trade-in rules apply, if you send in something broken or cracked you'll get less than the full trade in amount. The offer is also open to other carrier's versions of those iPhone models, not restricted to devices sold by Verizon.
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Sep 11, 2014 20:35
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That shouldn't be a big issue because you can just leverage the gift card to pay your bill? As a question, is there a better plan I should be on currently? I pay $80/month with a corporate discount for 2GB data, 500 anytime minutes, and unlimited texting. Could someone point me in a better direction?
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Sep 11, 2014 20:44
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Single line plan. $60. Unlimited talk, text and 2gb data
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Sep 11, 2014 20:50
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Psyker posted:That shouldn't be a big issue because you can just leverage the gift card to pay your bill? General disqualifiers for BTA are < 6 months service, past due bills or reversed payments in the last 6 months and accounts that still have a security deposit.
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Sep 11, 2014 20:55
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this sweet move posted:When I say "you can" I mean Customer Service can if you ask for this very specific thing. You'll have to wait for the actual end date of your contract as this process of reserving the number is not allowed for lines currently in contract because Reasons. OK, great, think this would work for me, thanks! Now I should be able to swap SIMs and put my old number on my new phone between 9/18 when I hopefully get the phone and 10/1 when my contract ends, right? And then on 10/1 swap them back before calling in since they'll deactivate that SIM.
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Sep 11, 2014 21:00
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DangerZoneDelux posted:Single line plan. $60. Unlimited talk, text and 2gb data Now that I've seen this, and I had to dig a little to find it on the website, would this lock me into an additional 2 year contract for the switch or would it just be an as-is switch to a different plan?
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Sep 11, 2014 21:06
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Huh, I thought the iPhone trade promo requires you to buy the new phone on contract or on Edge, but you apparently can get it just on buying a device outright too. I might just have to send in my junk drawer iPhone 4 just to extract maximum value from it.
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My apologies if I'm missing something here, just trying to figure out the logistics of this promo... I have a line with a 4S on it that has an upgrade waiting. Is there a way to trade it in for a 6 without having to spend "a couple weeks" without a phone? I unfortunately do not have a spare to put on there in-between. Can I preorder tonight and wait until the 6 gets here to send in the 4S? I understand that the credit won't be here until later.
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