Any hope for an early Upgrade?

Sting23ray

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I currently have a Droid X on a line and its on its last legs. The problem is that I'm not due for an upgrade till 5/20/13 :(

Is there any hope that VZ will give me an early upgrade to Razr Maxx now?
 

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You can hope and beg:) Thanks to a family share plan, I have an upgrade available if you wanted to buy mine for the cost of me to upgrade to the new Droid Fighter/Razr Maxx HD when it comes out:) Love this phone. Really love the battery life on this phone.
 

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I currently have a Droid X on a line and its on its last legs. The problem is that I'm not due for an upgrade till 5/20/13 :(

Is there any hope that VZ will give me an early upgrade to Razr Maxx now?

Probably not that early, no. I mean it's worth a shot (give them a call). I got my upgrade pushed up by 2 months for the GN; all it took was a supervisor's note in my file. I have also heard (and experienced) that they're better about all of this over the phone and then ordering the device over the phone.
 

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Not too likely. But you can do what I did. I was running a less than year old Blackberry 9930 (which I did and still do love, but I also love new toys) and decided I had to have the Maxx. So i went to Verizon and talked NICELY to the sales guy. After looking at the phone I asked him what he could do on price.

He said he'd check and came back with a reduction based on being unable to pair the BB with my Jabra Freeway. It got down to $525. Which still sounds high except that I got included in the price a Jambox, a Motorola handsfree and an Otterbox of some kind. None of which I will use. So being a nice guy and asking politely for a break worked out OK.

BTW - I *was* able to pair with the Jabra. He was looking for a way to help and used that as a loophole.
 

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Not too likely. But you can do what I did. I was running a less than year old Blackberry 9930 (which I did and still do love, but I also love new toys) and decided I had to have the Maxx. So i went to Verizon and talked NICELY to the sales guy. After looking at the phone I asked him what he could do on price.

He said he'd check and came back with a reduction based on being unable to pair the BB with my Jabra Freeway. It got down to $525. Which still sounds high except that I got included in the price a Jambox, a Motorola handsfree and an Otterbox of some kind. None of which I will use. So being a nice guy and asking politely for a break worked out OK.

This has so much truth in it. Be nice. They may not be nice back, but be nice. It goes a LONG way in customer service relations.
 

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There is a promo for some customers that have 3g devise to switch into a 4g device. Call or go to corp store and ask. I don't think 3rd parties have access to that promo. I quit VZW first week of May and the promo was good till the end of May.

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When i asked about upgrading my phone 5 days early at a corporate store, i was told that verizon put a block in the computer system that prevents stores from making any early upgrades.

Now this only came from a store csr, so take it for what its worth. I just ended up going back 5 days later.

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I know what you mean, early upgrades and promos are a bit different. VZW will issue promos only when its a benefit to them. ie 3g to 4g conversion.

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There is a promo for some customers that have 3g devise to switch into a 4g device. Call or go to corp store and ask. I don't think 3rd parties have access to that promo. I quit VZW first week of May and the promo was good till the end of May.

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Will this upgrade show online? Or is it something a rep will have access to - even to view it?
 

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I currently have a Droid X on a line and its on its last legs. The problem is that I'm not due for an upgrade till 5/20/13 :(

Is there any hope that VZ will give me an early upgrade to Razr Maxx now?

Insurance? Total equipment coverage.
You are a full year away. They used to do annual upgrades but did away with that ore than a year ago.

Ask nicely.