No getting out of your contract because of TXTs going up
My contract expires on 2/2008. I tried to terminate my contract today w/o a ETF and I was unable to. They advised me that TXT is an added feature that I do not have to have on my acct and I can cancel at any time. However, they did offer me the upgraded 2 year price on any phone I want to upgrade to if I am interested. However my gf has Sprint and my best friend has Verizon, as well as my family so Im stuck between a rock and a hard place. Plus BLUE TOOTH on Verizon sucks because you can not transfer files...and I'm a cheap bastard who does not want to pay anything for ring tones/songs.
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Well, that is an interesting experience, and "Bravo!" to the rep that told you that. I mirror those thoughts from the CSR, however I'm sure others will post their success stories of similar calls......
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Hey, I'm the sup who advise you of that! Do you have a Motorola phone? small world
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This is the same line that Cingular was giving its customers when it upped the txt plan. And the window that Sprint gave its customers when it uppped the txt plan was so small that by the time you realizes the txt chages went up, it was too late.
Just grin & bear it, I'm sure t-mob isnt far behind in this.
Just grin & bear it, I'm sure t-mob isnt far behind in this.
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dont use that verbage it has nothing to do with a plan it is an optional feature
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what about for people who dont want to sign up for a text plan.....and just like being able to pay for 1 txt message at a time....
I usually send/rec about 30 txt messages a month....so thats about $3.00 w/ the pay as you go plan....with the rate hike that will happen shortly in the next few months...no question what the price will become without being on a txt messaging plan🙂
I usually send/rec about 30 txt messages a month....so thats about $3.00 w/ the pay as you go plan....with the rate hike that will happen shortly in the next few months...no question what the price will become without being on a txt messaging plan🙂
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its not a part of your contract features can be added or removed at any time without a provider charging you for breaking the contract ! so why would a provider let you out of a contract for charging more for a service that you dont have to use to get the service that your paying for ?
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verizon offers you a great price on the phone you want, and all your family and friends also use verizon...but to sum it all up your only real gripe is you want free ring tones well thats easy. you should of taken verizon up on the offer then asked us how to get free ring tones. o boy 😕
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Verizon sucks.....and everytime I call my girl I have to pay!!!
Plus Verizon does not support file transfer on Blue tooth.
Plus Verizon does not support file transfer on Blue tooth.
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so you're mad at verizon because they are deducting the minutes you pay for 🤣 🤣
the env and the 8600 allow bluetooth transfer, plus all carriers lock ring tone folders, but there are ways around that if you quit spazzing out! the Q has full obex geez guy learn wtf you're taking about.
the env and the 8600 allow bluetooth transfer, plus all carriers lock ring tone folders, but there are ways around that if you quit spazzing out! the Q has full obex geez guy learn wtf you're taking about.
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first of all....Verizon Wireless blocks blue tooth file transfer on all phones expect for their PDA style phones. And I dont want to get a PDA/Smart phone.
Cingular allows you to transfer ring tones quite easily from phone to phone if you have Blue tooth.
I have the Mot. V815 and its old and a very "thick" phone
Cingular allows you to transfer ring tones quite easily from phone to phone if you have Blue tooth.
I have the Mot. V815 and its old and a very "thick" phone
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I see trying to help you is rather pointless Joey, is zapping ring tones from phone to phone your priority? if so then yes you can't do that with a verizon phone, in your original post you stated you don't like paying for ring tones we can help you there. What is your major boggle here man?
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well...my major issue is with Blue tooth and Verizon. I recently got a blue tooth ear piece to use with my phone. I have realized that the only thing you can do with Blue tooth and Verizon is use it as a hands free speaker.....but yes my main interest in transfering tones via blue tooth and you cant do that with verizon.
you cant even buy a data cable at a corp. verizon store so I can transfer the tones from my computer to my verizon e815 phone.....
you cant even buy a data cable at a corp. verizon store so I can transfer the tones from my computer to my verizon e815 phone.....
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verizonjoey said:
you cant even buy a data cable at a corp. verizon store so I can transfer the tones from my computer to my verizon e815 phone.....
dude the E815 is the last phone with no commie UI, and you can seem edit the hell out of it and even enable obex! you can get a data cable on ebay for five bucks and do that, www.howardforum.com has step by step directions and I will be happy to find them for you. But if you are not into all that hacking junk then once again you're correct about verizon and their communist blocking ways...now see what you did now I'm all fired up! 🤣 believe me I feel your pain and it pisses me off too, its just in my area verizon is the only worthwhile carrier to have....
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Our Rights To Make Changes
Your service is subject to our business policies, practices, and procedures, which we can change without notice. UNLESS OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY LAW, WE CAN ALSO CHANGE PRICES AND ANY OTHER CONDITIONS IN THIS AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME BY SENDING YOU WRITTEN NOTICE PRIOR TO THE BILLING PERIOD IN WHICH THE CHANGES WOULD GO INTO EFFECT. IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE YOUR SERVICE AFTER THAT POINT, YOU'RE ACCEPTING THE CHANGES. IF THE CHANGES HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON YOU, HOWEVER, YOU CAN END THE AFFECTED SERVICE, WITHOUT ANY EARLY TERMINATION FEE, JUST BY CALLING US WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER WE SEND NOTICE OF THE CHANGE.
'If the changes have material advserse effects on you' you can end with no ETF.
I would say charging y...
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Your service is subject to our business policies, practices, and procedures, which we can change without notice. UNLESS OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY LAW, WE CAN ALSO CHANGE PRICES AND ANY OTHER CONDITIONS IN THIS AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME BY SENDING YOU WRITTEN NOTICE PRIOR TO THE BILLING PERIOD IN WHICH THE CHANGES WOULD GO INTO EFFECT. IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE YOUR SERVICE AFTER THAT POINT, YOU'RE ACCEPTING THE CHANGES. IF THE CHANGES HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON YOU, HOWEVER, YOU CAN END THE AFFECTED SERVICE, WITHOUT ANY EARLY TERMINATION FEE, JUST BY CALLING US WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER WE SEND NOTICE OF THE CHANGE.
'If the changes have material advserse effects on you' you can end with no ETF.
I would say charging y...
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But pay as you go TXT can be added or removed anytime, it's not subject to ETFs. It's a feature, not a part of the contract. They'll let you cancel the TXT part anytime, as others mentioned...
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Yeah - I know..
It's just when Cingular did the same thing the Verizon slappies went crazy in the Cingular forum talking about lawyers and how they have to let you out. Even though they knew they were wrong, they wouldn't let it rest and endlessly debated similair verbage in the Cingular TOS. Now those same slappies are no where to be found.... interesting.
It's just when Cingular did the same thing the Verizon slappies went crazy in the Cingular forum talking about lawyers and how they have to let you out. Even though they knew they were wrong, they wouldn't let it rest and endlessly debated similair verbage in the Cingular TOS. Now those same slappies are no where to be found.... interesting.
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Any one who woild truly have a material adverse effect by a oat oer use text message increase would logically have a text plan. Lets not be stupid here.
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It says:
YOU CAN END THE AFFECTED SERVICE, WITHOUT ANY EARLY TERMINATION FEE,
The affected service is text messaging. Sure you can remove text/block it.
YOU CAN END THE AFFECTED SERVICE, WITHOUT ANY EARLY TERMINATION FEE,
The affected service is text messaging. Sure you can remove text/block it.
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I suppose this is always, and always will be, a grey area. why must things be so difficult? why? why?
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How much is it going up? I have the 2500 for $15 plus the $5 for IN network. $20 bucks is a lot for text but.. it is what it is. It's going up more?
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wow. You have such a large texting package...I tell you what, because your package is large and makes everyone else jealous, VZW won't change yours for the time being...
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Actually it is the largest package I have seen. I don't think there is a way to have a larger package then what you have. In fact, mine is half the package yours is. But, VZW isn't touching my package either. They have said they will leave it alone. The only ones that are getting touched are those without packages. The "per use" rate is going up. Anything done in excess of your package will still be billed at the normal 10 cents each...
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Hey Gunny! How the heck are ya'. Long time since I said hey to ya'.
Yeah, I couldn't resist with the "package" thing. I know it is juvenile. But I still find stuff like that funny. How is your gzone doing? I finally went out and got a treo 700w. Man I love this phone.
Yeah, I couldn't resist with the "package" thing. I know it is juvenile. But I still find stuff like that funny. How is your gzone doing? I finally went out and got a treo 700w. Man I love this phone.
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Hey man I'm doing well thanks, that was funny as hell anyways hope all is well on your end...my gZone is still my favorite phone to date, glad you're like your 700w 🙂
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you date your phones? Man, you really need to get out. There are women left in this world...
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Don't change your service for a woman.
If your best friend and your entire family are on Verizon then you should stick with that and find a new woman.
If your best friend and your entire family are on Verizon then you should stick with that and find a new woman.
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so you're saying that he should find a girlfriend who was Verizon? Kinda like the T-Mobile commercial where the guy is at a club and is asking all the girls what network they are in. 🤣
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If she wants him to call her that often that it's using up all his minutes then he just needs a new one period.
High Maintenance.
We've all been there.
High Maintenance.
We've all been there.
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hell I have plenty of time left on my plan....I am on the 450 peak plan and I rarely go over 350 mins.
I just thought because of this price hike in txt I can get out of my contract easily.
I either want to goto Sprint because my gf has Sprint and because 3gforfree is compatible with Sprint and not w/ Verizon. I just hate paying for "extras" that I think should be free:-)
I just thought because of this price hike in txt I can get out of my contract easily.
I either want to goto Sprint because my gf has Sprint and because 3gforfree is compatible with Sprint and not w/ Verizon. I just hate paying for "extras" that I think should be free:-)
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lucky. You were offered the upgrade price. I tried to upgrade my phone and they said Sorry no can do.
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Verizon sucks....I cant even trade ring tones via blue tooth like you can on Cingular and T Mobile.
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I have never understood why the whole world is so obsessed with ring tones! I have a standard ring-ring ringtone on my phone (one of the stock tones) and I'm perfectly fine. Personally, I find the musical ones quite obnoxious.
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well I go through these phases...where I am interested in 1 certain thing on my phone...and right now....ring tones is what is hot for me🙂 just so you know I'm 30 years old🙂
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well, personally I think the stock ringtones that come with the phone are obnoxious. And I am 45. I would much rather hear music then those screeching beeps
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In fact, you can get out of any contract where the terms are arbitrarily changed by the maker of the contract, after the date the contract is signed. Its just a matter of how hard you want to push it. The reps are probably told to say NO, but they don't know contract law. Verizon knows contract law and their own attorneys have certainly told the executives the law. It is even clearly stated in their contract that if they change the contract in a way that adversely affects their customers, that the customers are free to cancel the contract. What adversely affects a customer is not Verizons place to decide, it is the customers. Even a $1 a year increase, or a slight change in service can adversely affect the customer.
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I went into a store and asked the rep if I could
a) cancel my contract but Keep the line active and upgrade to a new phone
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b) allow me to upgrade to a new phone for the 2 yr price.
He told me no for both.
Should I call up Verizon (*611) and ask them to do those things? Would they do it?
a) cancel my contract but Keep the line active and upgrade to a new phone
or
b) allow me to upgrade to a new phone for the 2 yr price.
He told me no for both.
Should I call up Verizon (*611) and ask them to do those things? Would they do it?
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Wireless Buddy said:
Should I call up Verizon (*611) and ask them to do those things? Would they do it?
You're going to get the same answer buddy 🙂
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There's no way they'll let you cancel your contract and upgrade your phone at the same time, especially since an upgrade involves signing a contract.
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You say you offered verizonjoey an upgrade for 2 yr price? When I talked with a rep he said no. What should I do to get that upgrade?
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tell them you want to cancel and sound all mean and pissy. having verizon since 1999 has helped also. I also taped the conversation I had with a rep earlier in the week who did tell me I COULD get out of my contract w/o a ETF since of the price hike for txt msging.
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I remember you told me you had taped the prev rep and I advise you, thats not true. Have you decided what phone to get?
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there is no way I will be upgrading my phone w/ Verizon....not until they unblock their Blue tooth file sharing capabilities.
I did tape the first rep I spoke with on Jan 17th who told me I can cancel.
If I really wanted to purse this matter through a legal way I'm sure I could....but its not worth my time or effort....
I did tape the first rep I spoke with on Jan 17th who told me I can cancel.
If I really wanted to purse this matter through a legal way I'm sure I could....but its not worth my time or effort....
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did you get permission to tape the conversation?
When they say that they are recording, it doesn't mean that you can too.
When they say that they are recording, it doesn't mean that you can too.
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permission? im 30 y.o....I can do whatever I want....question is...if I submit that in a court of law...would it be thrown out because I did not obtain it the correct way.
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its not if a phone has unblocked bluetooth...its if Verizon allows that type of Blue tooth profile (OBEX-file Transfer)...and so far the only phones Verizon has blue tooth file transfer on is their PDA/Smart phones.
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Thats what I meant... I believe this phone allows for BLUETOOTH OBEX transfers....
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Sounding all mean and pissy as you say, had nothing to do with you getting an upgrade, you were just elig because of the new annual upgrade policy. It didn't do anything but annoy me, and you are still in the contract
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it does not matter either way. I would not upgrade my Verizon for a number of reasons:
-phone does not work well in my apt. (while other cell phone companies work much better, like Sprint and T-Mobile)
-blue tooth capabilities as they stand right now with Verizon is very limited (compared to ATT(Cingular) & T-Mobile)
-Verizon does not offer roll over
-phone does not work well in my apt. (while other cell phone companies work much better, like Sprint and T-Mobile)
-blue tooth capabilities as they stand right now with Verizon is very limited (compared to ATT(Cingular) & T-Mobile)
-Verizon does not offer roll over
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in this case, this customer was elig for annual upgrade... so really no exception was made!
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there are prob. a lot more supervisors at Verizon Wireless who frequent PhoneScoop.com than just you....
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people need to go all the way back up to what "The box" said. This post should have ended there. To save you the trouble of having to search for his/her post, he basically said...
Text messages: You can turn it on and you can turn it off anytime. You can call up 3 months into your contract and turn it off and NOT pay an ETF, even though you are under contract. Now why would this be a one way road. If you can turn it off and not be charged an ETF, then that is proof enough that text messaging is NOT part of your contract, other wise verizon would charge you an ETF to shut it off at your request. This is a feature that you choose to have or not have, not a requirement of your service. So, if anyone gets out of contract without ETF, w...
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Text messages: You can turn it on and you can turn it off anytime. You can call up 3 months into your contract and turn it off and NOT pay an ETF, even though you are under contract. Now why would this be a one way road. If you can turn it off and not be charged an ETF, then that is proof enough that text messaging is NOT part of your contract, other wise verizon would charge you an ETF to shut it off at your request. This is a feature that you choose to have or not have, not a requirement of your service. So, if anyone gets out of contract without ETF, w...
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