Any way to get Verizon to give my mom a cheaper data plan?

[JnEricsonx]

We have a old school family plan, and at some point I'd like my mom to get either a Iphone-and my sister can teach her to use it, or a Android phone-and I'll teach her. Now, as I and my brother have UDP lines, a grand changing of the plan isn't happening any time soon. However, 30 bucks for 2 gigs of data, I highly doubt my mom would know how to use/need that much, at least for quite a while, knowing her habits. Is there any chance, if I go to a corporate store, I could convince them to allow, I dunno, a "long time customer" deal, and maybe give her like 1 gig for 15, or 500-750 megs for like 10 bucks, something?

 

[Rukbat]

You can try, but speak to the store manager - a sles associate doesn't have that kind of authority.

And with a UDP, I doubt they'd do it. Paying the bill won't cancel the unlimited data, but almost anything else will. You don't have a line on the account that's not UDP? You can change that line to a small data plan and keep UDP on the other lines.

 

[Mr. Toad]

I don't think Verizon offered very many small data plans on the nationwide plan. What plan are you on? You might be able to get them to add the 300mb for $20. I would just stick with the 2gb at that point.

http://9to5mac.com/2011/08/21/veriz...20m-data-plan-nationwide-this-holiday-season/

 

[JnEricsonx]

Yeah, we have 3 lines on our family plan-mine, my brother's, and my mom. My mom's line is the normal, non-smartphone line. I'm just trying to find a way to guarantee in advance that when I get her a smartphone, she won't need 2 gigs of data a month, just a cheaper alternative, at least at first.

 

[dpham00]

I don't think Verizon offered very many small data plans on the nationwide plan. What plan are you on? You might be able to get them to add the 300mb for $20. I would just stick with the 2gb at that point.

http://9to5mac.com/2011/08/21/veriz...20m-data-plan-nationwide-this-holiday-season/

My wife is on the 300mb/$20 plan. But it has been discontinued some. It can be added but would need approval from higher up as it is not a current plan.

Keep in mind that these plans have the subsidies built in, which is worth $15-25 per line.

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[PapaGary]

Well, if your going to get her a new phone anyway why not look at Consumer Cellular. If she's an AARP member she'll get a discount on any plan.

 

[JnEricsonx]

Because we're all on a Verizon family plan, and its just easier to keep that together. I'm just wondering if there's any way to pre-emptively convince someone at a Verizon corporate store to put in a notice or the like saying, "yes, give such and such a 1 gig plan for 15 bucks because they've been a long time customer", etc.

 

[UDPGuy]

Because we're all on a Verizon family plan, and its just easier to keep that together. I'm just wondering if there's any way to pre-emptively convince someone at a Verizon corporate store to put in a notice or the like saying, "yes, give such and such a 1 gig plan for 15 bucks because they've been a long time customer", etc.

No, they can't just make up plans

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[PapaGary]

Because we're all on a Verizon family plan, and its just easier to keep that together. I'm just wondering if there's any way to pre-emptively convince someone at a Verizon corporate store to put in a notice or the like saying, "yes, give such and such a 1 gig plan for 15 bucks because they've been a long time customer", etc.

I would not bet on it. I switched to Consumer Cellular after being with T-Mobile for 13 years. My wife remains on T-Mo as she has a Blackberry and ConCell doesn't support them. I tried to get T-Mo to reduce her plan ($80 month) claiming long time subscriber but they wouldn't do it. If her BB would work on ConCell it would cost us $44 for two lines. Rats.

 

[dpham00]

Cleaned up some posts. Let's keep it on topic.

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