WTH is Verizon up to?

**davey11** · 04-13-2012, 07:04 PM

I mean cmon Verizon. They soaking us already with the monthly fees...so we gotta pay to upgrade? Maybe $5 or even $10 but 30??

OUTRAGEOUS!

Thoughts?

**pool_shark** · 04-13-2012, 07:16 PM

They weren't first. Each carrier tends to follow suit when the other is successful at coming up with new charges or cutting services.
I believe AT&T charges $36.

**JoeNM84** · 04-13-2012, 07:17 PM

They take away our upgrade discounts and start charging for upgrading instead. They aren't the only company doing this, all the big ones have been doing it.

**SOTK** · 04-13-2012, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by davey11

I mean cmon Verizon. They soaking us already with the monthly fees...so we gotta pay to upgrade? Maybe $5 or even $10 but 30??

OUTRAGEOUS!

Thoughts?

I agree. Its bull.

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**tntdroid** · 04-13-2012, 07:51 PM

Yup I believe sprint and att have $36. Its sad that they could just talk and say hey lets all do this so nobody will make a switch. Its kind of like price fixing. The fees are just getting out of control.

**chubb** · 04-13-2012, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by tntdroid

Yup I believe sprint and att have $36. Its sad that they could just talk and say hey lets all do this so nobody will make a switch. Its kind of like price fixing. The fees are just getting out of control.

Yup its true. At$t and sprint charge more. But they way I understand if you don't upgrade at contract price they won't charge that. So my next phone WILL be off contract.

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**taappel** · 04-13-2012, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by chubb

Yup its true. At$t and sprint charge more. But they way I understand if you don't upgrade at contract price they won't charge that. So my next phone WILL be off contract.

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So you're going to pay like $400 more for a phone so you can "save" $30. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

**ShinyTop** · 04-13-2012, 08:35 PM

That will teach them!

**davey11** · 04-13-2012, 08:45 PM

It's just that we wait patiently for our mandatory 2 year contract due date and bam get a $30 charge if want to upgrade for a subsidized phone. How bout subsidizing a little less and make us think we don't have a charge.
What we don't know won't hurt right? LOL

**axne1** · 04-13-2012, 08:49 PM

By the time my 2yr is up, I bet the fee will go way up! Started In Feb.

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**cj100570** · 04-13-2012, 09:06 PM

I'm sure everyone ing has wasted more than $30 this year on random BS. It's $30 every 2 years. $15 a year. $1.24 a month!

**sicario666** · 04-14-2012, 12:01 AM

Originally Posted by cj100570

I'm sure everyone ing has wasted more than $30 this year on random BS. It's $30 every 2 years. $15 a year. $1.24 a month!

I could go either way with this. I easily waste an easy $30 on rounds when I go shooting. Not to mention everything else I randomly toss money at. But Verizon also doesn't need to charge another crazy amount when they really don't NEED to. Its as simple as a word called monopoly.

Very valid subject though Davey

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**smcolbert** · 04-14-2012, 12:07 AM

That's consistant with most carriers now. Difference is Verizon is more expensive to start with...

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**davey11** · 04-14-2012, 12:17 AM

It's the principal of the thing. I make a decent amount of money and certainly 30 bucks ain't gonna kill me.
They are already one of the most expensive carriers and their 4g network must have cost a bunch, but try making us customers happy by not tacking on bs fees.
It's like in the vz corporate boardroom they laugh and say "we can charge anything we like and they will pay, where will they go? We are the best haha"

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**pauliphone5** · 04-14-2012, 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by davey11

I mean cmon Verizon. They soaking us already with the monthly fees...so we gotta pay to upgrade? Maybe $5 or even $10 but 30??

OUTRAGEOUS!

Thoughts?

Wasn't it $20 before? Or was that for the early upgrades?

**davey11** · 04-14-2012, 12:39 AM

Originally Posted by PaulDroidR2D2

Wasn't it $20 before? Or was that for the early upgrades?

That was for early upgrades which they did away with. This new fee starts April 22 for end of contract term subsidized upgrades.

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**chubb** · 04-14-2012, 08:36 AM

That's why I'd just buy my next phone outright. I know its way more then 30 bucks but just outta principal. They are charging an extra $30 for you to sign a contract. Should be the other way around.

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**whitewallman** · 04-14-2012, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by cj100570

I'm sure everyone ing has wasted more than $30 this year on random BS. It's $30 every 2 years. $15 a year. $1.24 a month!

It's $30 that Verizon could spend on a nice meal before bending me over for the next 24 months.
What exactly is Verizon offering for this new fee?
I suggest refusing to accept this fee at the end of the transaction, after they've activated the device. "I decline that fee. Please waive it or re-activate my old device, and send this new device back."

**chubb** · 04-14-2012, 11:57 AM

I like that idea. Make em waive it or they just wasted a half hour. If enough people do that they will definitely get the point. I'm not giving them money for services I don't use or even care about.

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**brandonx1000** · 04-14-2012, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by chubb

I like that idea. Make em waive it or they just wasted a half hour. If enough people do that they will definitely get the point. I'm not giving them money for services I don't use or even care about.

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the $35 restock fee would apply as it is now a used device since it was activated to the account

**FernBch** · 04-14-2012, 12:42 PM

I personally think the restocking fee is bs and abuses by all tye carriers. I mean, if you get a device and in a couple weeks decide you want something else, fine. Charge the fee as it is going to be cleaned up, flashed, and resold. But at the end of your contract or at the upgrade eligibility date is not right. The cost of the phone is part of what you pay for and they're gonna hit you again? Come on.

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**davey11** · 04-14-2012, 01:14 PM

I wouldn't mind so much if they added some hidden or misc fee of $1.25 per month.
24 months times $1.25 is 30 bucks.
Eases the pain a bit.

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**whitewallman** · 04-14-2012, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by brandonx1000

the $35 restock fee would apply as it is now a used device since it was activated to the account

I disagree. If I don't sign the agreement at the end of the transaction, it was never finalized. No sale. Your signature is required to complete the sale. If you didn't purchase, how can you be charged to re-stock. This ain't obamacare, I don't have to buy. Firmly and politely refuse.

**eric3316** · 04-14-2012, 01:44 PM

Probably would not be as bad if Verizon did not already charge $100 more then other carriers for their top of the line phones.

**kulkaholic** · 04-15-2012, 04:18 PM

Not that I want to pay another $30 fee, but the cost to support the phones may have something to do with it. When you call call VErizon for an issue with your phone they do not push you to the manufacturer. They deal with it in house. Considering the rise in sales of smart phones and the lack of support from manufacturers from both hardware and google I would assume that the costs have risen exponentially for all the carriers.

In one sense I applaud Verizon for waiting this long over the others. In another sense I hate the fact there are more fees and hate the fact my cell bill is starting to look like my mortgage paperwork.

Maybe the carriers need to use their muscle and force the phone producers to put out a better product, one that is more stable with less issues