Avoiding activation fees
I have a friend who's willing to take on a 1y contract, and has a VZW phone, but doesn't want an activation fee. You can't activate and existing phone online that I could see, and Costco refuses to recognize a 1y contract exists, so where else can he activate an existing phone for 1y w/o an activation fee?
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You can't. Even if you use your own contract you'll have an activation fee, especially with a 1yr contract.
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You'll probably be able to once Sam's Club gets Verizon in. (might take awhile.)
But I know I could do it for sprint and t-mobile. they get activation back on the second or third bill.
activation fee's aren't really "waived". Sam's Club pays it for you. So, the cell phone carrier still "needs" the activation fee.
UPGRADE fee's are a different story. They're complete bollocks.
But I know I could do it for sprint and t-mobile. they get activation back on the second or third bill.
activation fee's aren't really "waived". Sam's Club pays it for you. So, the cell phone carrier still "needs" the activation fee.
UPGRADE fee's are a different story. They're complete bollocks.
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do carriers still charge upgrade fees? i know verizon doesn't (unless of course you do an annual upgrade, but i don't think that's consistent across markets)...just curious about the other carriers?
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really? even on ne2? i wonder why us indirects don't charge, is that a selling tool for us?
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Some do and some don't. At my store we have the "upgrade fee" built into the price of the phone, at cor stores it is an additional fee on the reciept. As a store they/we get paid quite a bit more on new lines then upgrades, I think that is why there is a fee.
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Sprint, T-Mobile: $18 bucks.
I don't know for sure about other carriers.
I don't know for sure about other carriers.
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...don't get cell phone service..
its 35 bucks.. pay it if you want cell service...
its 35 bucks.. pay it if you want cell service...
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