Transfer service to Inpluse
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Real quick summary - My wife has a verizon pay per month account that she has had for many, many years and her original phone is way too old and is dying. It needs replacing. Buying a new phone is a horrible option because of the cost. We do not want to sign up for a new account because we want to keep the same number plus her deal is a very good one...
My question is - Can I buy the "Verizon Wireless Inpulse Samsung U340" from Target for $29.99 and not activate it, but rather transfer her current account/number to this new phone. I read a few places online that you could. So I had full intentions of doing that. But I just happened to walk past a verzion store and I stopped in to ask that question. They said NO. They said stores l...
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Real quick summary - My wife has a verizon pay per month account that she has had for many, many years and her original phone is way too old and is dying. It needs replacing. Buying a new phone is a horrible option because of the cost. We do not want to sign up for a new account because we want to keep the same number plus her deal is a very good one...
My question is - Can I buy the "Verizon Wireless Inpulse Samsung U340" from Target for $29.99 and not activate it, but rather transfer her current account/number to this new phone. I read a few places online that you could. So I had full intentions of doing that. But I just happened to walk past a verzion store and I stopped in to ask that question. They said NO. They said stores l...
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She wouldn't have to get a new number or plan, just upgrade/renew.
The answer to the other question is...technically it can be done...I see it done all the time. Not supposed to, but yes.
The answer to the other question is...technically it can be done...I see it done all the time. Not supposed to, but yes.
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Her plan is the month to month plan, so there is no contract to renew. Plus the deal she got way back then is a ton better than the month to month ones out there now...
I thought this technique was possible as well, but the verizon guy instisted it will not work on phones bought from target or walmart (or similar store) because they lock something (not sure) that ensure it can only be used that way. I'm just hoping to hear from someone who recently did the identical thing as I don't want to throw away $30 on the new phone...
I thought this technique was possible as well, but the verizon guy instisted it will not work on phones bought from target or walmart (or similar store) because they lock something (not sure) that ensure it can only be used that way. I'm just hoping to hear from someone who recently did the identical thing as I don't want to throw away $30 on the new phone...
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I have had a customer that bought a u340 package from Walmart and activated it on an existing prepay account. I know it can be done.
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Yes, it can be done and it is done all the time. Whether it's "supposed' to be done is a diffent issue.
You should be able to renew on the same plan and upgrade the handset...depending on if you want a regular handset...
The rep (I bet it was a dealer) wanted to sell you new service as a new activation. That explaines the different number story.
You should be able to renew on the same plan and upgrade the handset...depending on if you want a regular handset...
The rep (I bet it was a dealer) wanted to sell you new service as a new activation. That explaines the different number story.
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It sound like this is an old EasyPay account, where you pay a flat $50 or $70 per month. If that is the case, what you want to do will work. If it's actually a postpaid account (where they mail a bill monthly) that's lapsed out of contract, buying the prepaid phone won't work.
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Its one of the phones where she has to log into the site once a month and add money to the account or she would lose the account. I think she has to add something like $15 a month and that is sufficient for her. That certainly beats the $39.99 plus taxes plan!
By the way, this is the specific phone that I'm referring to at Target:
http://www.target.com/Verizon-Wireless-Inpulse-Samsu ... »
By the way, this is the specific phone that I'm referring to at Target:
http://www.target.com/Verizon-Wireless-Inpulse-Samsu ... »
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It's going to depend how her account it coded in to the system. If you buy a prepay phone and try to put it on a postpay account you get a message saying that a prepay phone must be activated on a prepay plan. There is not a way around that.
If her plan is coded as a prepay plan, which it sounds like it probably is then you shouldn't have any issue.
If her plan is coded as a prepay plan, which it sounds like it probably is then you shouldn't have any issue.
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I get the impression she is on a post pay account and just wants to replace the handset. I have seen PIB's (phone in a box) used as replacement handsets...buy the guy I work with. At a corporate store. It can be done.
Just buy it, take it out of the box, call in and say you bought it at a yard sale or off Craig's list...
Just buy it, take it out of the box, call in and say you bought it at a yard sale or off Craig's list...
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llama said:
I get the impression she is on a post pay account and just wants to replace the handset. I have seen PIB's (phone in a box) used as replacement handsets...buy the guy I work with. At a corporate store. It can be done.
Just buy it, take it out of the box, call in and say you bought it at a yard sale or off Craig's list...
Phone in the Box handsets CANT be activated on post paid accounts. There is a subsidy lock on the phone to prepaid service for at least six months. The SKU's for the inpulse phone-in-a-box are specially coded, locking the phone & sku to prepay. For example: the razr is not a v3m if its phone in the box. It's coded as a V3MPP which will error out if an esn change is attemp...
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Thank you.
I've read through all these posts, and we're all talking about different things here.
The original poster probably has an old FreeUp account or PAYG "Dime any Time" plan. $15 a month puts this on either of those plans, or they'd be paying more (or would have mentioned they have a current Inpuslse account - not an old prepay.
Wal-Mart and Target phones - as well as any prepackaged Prepay phone (even the ones from Verizon) - have their ESN locked for six months. They cannot be used on an existing prepay OR postpay account until the six months are up. Most customer-facing systems will give the rep a message stating that the ESN is locked on Prepay. I'm not even aware if a customer care rep (using a different computer sys...
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I've read through all these posts, and we're all talking about different things here.
The original poster probably has an old FreeUp account or PAYG "Dime any Time" plan. $15 a month puts this on either of those plans, or they'd be paying more (or would have mentioned they have a current Inpuslse account - not an old prepay.
Wal-Mart and Target phones - as well as any prepackaged Prepay phone (even the ones from Verizon) - have their ESN locked for six months. They cannot be used on an existing prepay OR postpay account until the six months are up. Most customer-facing systems will give the rep a message stating that the ESN is locked on Prepay. I'm not even aware if a customer care rep (using a different computer sys...
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I guess you have a way to go in your Jedi training then. I know for a fact that at least 3 of our PIB's were activated as a replacement handset in my corporate store last month. FACT, not speculation. They were done as replacements for lost handsets still under contract. The Samsung U340 in the hard bubble pack off the peg-hooks.
And that was just last month.
And that was just last month.
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I've had customers buy the prepackaged phones at Wal-Mart and bring them in and activate them on an existing prepay account with no issues. We can't do it in the store but if you call prepay customer service they will do an ESN change without any issues.
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