Verizon Implementing $30 Upgrade Fee Starting April 22
Wow
So if we purchase a new phone through Amazon or buy one online are they still going to charge the fee.
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Yes. It was bound to happen. AT&T and Sprint has charged an upgrade fee for a while now. AT&T and Sprint are both charging $36.
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If you buy a new phone through Verizon, store or online, and buy the phone at the two year discounted price then you will have to pay the $30 upgrade fee. But if you go to another retailer Amazon, Best Buy, Radio Shack and get a new phone at the discounted price or buy the phone out right then you do not have to pay the $30 upgrade fee. That is how I took the article.
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I will almost guarantee you it will not work that way. With Sprint and AT&T, the activation fee is charged to the account after the upgrade is completed. It isn't paid at point of sale, although it can occasionaly be waived at point of sale. It doesn't matter if you upgrade through the carrier, or a third party vendor. The fee gets charged.
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I know enough about the upgrade system to get me into trouble. I did not mean to misinform anyone on here. Although buying a phone out right should mean the upgrade fee doesn't apply right?
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That one gets murky. If you buy a phone outright and activate it on an existing line of service, it shouldn't. If you pay full retail for a phone on a new line of service to avoid a contract, you'll probably still get hit with a fee.
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The way that Carriers treat this fee is as a "cost recovery fee". This means that you get billed the fee for the exchange of the discounted price on the phone. If you pay full retail for the phone, the fee will not be charged...assuming Verizon does it like the others.
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ok, wait wait wait; does this mean we are paying a 'fee' just to buy something? If I buy say a new Windown phone at the Microsoft store and try to activate it in place of my current smartphone I will get hit with this fee?
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No.....the fee is for the discount that comes with a new contract.....if you buy a phone at the no commitment price, or buy a used one on EBay or something and change the IMEI on your account, there is no upgrade fee. There is only an upgrade fee if you get a discount on a new phone that comes with a 2 year contract.
It's a bogus fee, and at&t, Sprint and T-Mobile will usually waive it for you if you raise a stink about it....Verizon on the other hand is generally less willing to make such accommodations to customers.....we always used to call Verizon 'the we never give credits network' and I don't think they've relaxed their stance as far as I know....
It's a bogus fee, and at&t, Sprint and T-Mobile will usually waive it for you if you raise a stink about it....Verizon on the other hand is generally less willing to make such accommodations to customers.....we always used to call Verizon 'the we never give credits network' and I don't think they've relaxed their stance as far as I know....
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If you purchase at a national retailer or an indirect location, the $30 upgrade fee will apply to your bill. If you go to a Verizon Store, telesales, or website the fee will be collected when you pay for the phone.
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