Avoiding ETF?
Hey a buddy of who my bro works with who is on AT&T, he said if you put your primary line as the "add-a-line" person on the acct w/o text or data package. You can avoid an ETF if you wish to cancel or go to a different provider. Is this true? If not, is there any other way of getting out of it? I only have a yr and 3 months left of my contract.
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Way to commit for 9 months. They should totally take that into consideration.
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Oh wow, they're only two months short from actually making a profit on this customer! They should totally waive the ETF!
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Year and 3 months left means that you got your phone 7 months ago. This is a very short amount of time to have the device (only 6 of those months count, since you had a 30 day window)
You won't get out of your ETF. Every line on verizon, whether it is a primary line or a secondary line, as an ETF on it. Each line is treated as a seperate contract.
So no, you can't avoid the etf unless:
1: You Die
2: The account is in your name and you are in the military, and you're deployed to an area without service. (Moving out of the area doesn't promise you get it waived)
You bought the phone at a signifigant discount, you don't want to pay for the contract, pay the ETF. Simple.
You won't get out of your ETF. Every line on verizon, whether it is a primary line or a secondary line, as an ETF on it. Each line is treated as a seperate contract.
So no, you can't avoid the etf unless:
1: You Die
2: The account is in your name and you are in the military, and you're deployed to an area without service. (Moving out of the area doesn't promise you get it waived)
You bought the phone at a signifigant discount, you don't want to pay for the contract, pay the ETF. Simple.
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Honestly, I don't even understand how he could think that would work. But hey, I'm only posting this to bump this back up to the top.
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You can always scam Verizon, let people know how, and have a bunch of other people pull the same BS.
Don't worry about it though, Verizon is huge, makes lots of money and is evil... they'll eat that cost. Or, more than likely, they'll distribute that cost across the legitimate users who aren't trying to get something for free. Thanks!
Don't worry about it though, Verizon is huge, makes lots of money and is evil... they'll eat that cost. Or, more than likely, they'll distribute that cost across the legitimate users who aren't trying to get something for free. Thanks!
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If you take some time to use the search function on this forum, you would find dozens upon dozens of people asking the same question. The responses to your post are extremely tame in comparison to the responses other have received in the past. Consider yourself lucky avoiding the usual string of insults such a question deserves.
I will give you a very civil answer. The only way to avoid an ETF is to not sign a contract in the first place. If you've failed at planning that far ahead, I'm sorry, there's not much you can do aside from what Menno has already told you (first, die, or second, join the military and go somewhere like Germany). Accept the consequences of making the adult decision to sign a wireless service contract for a disc...
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I will give you a very civil answer. The only way to avoid an ETF is to not sign a contract in the first place. If you've failed at planning that far ahead, I'm sorry, there's not much you can do aside from what Menno has already told you (first, die, or second, join the military and go somewhere like Germany). Accept the consequences of making the adult decision to sign a wireless service contract for a disc...
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