anyone else getting discounts?

[irie]

GE gets 35% off accessories. Home Depot gets the best discount 25% off monthly bill.

 

[droidweasel]

GE gets 35% off accessories. Home Depot gets the best discount 25% off monthly bill.

Ewwww. My nemisis...home depot. Lol

 

[mclarryjr]

15% monthly bill and not sure about accessories.

 

[zett40]

I picked up my Droid from Verizon for $ 80.00 , after the mail in rebate. I had 3 Storm 1's in a month that went bad so they gave me a good deal. I couldn't be happier!!! Love the Droid! Goodbye forever Blackberry! My wife , who picked up the Storm once and never touched it again is now picking up my Droid and using it! Best 'phone' I have ever owned!

 

[miamibeef04]

Also, when I renew, I don't have to be the activation fee.

Unless dealing with an Authorized Agent/Premium Retailer, you never have to pay an activation fee on a renewal of your contract.

 

[shdwjackal]

15% and 25% military discount.

 

[Marine One#AC]

I just found out that as retired military I rate a 15% discount. I plan to go to the Verizon store this week to get it started.

 

[droidweasel]

I just found out that as retired military I rate a 15% discount. I plan to go to the Verizon store this week to get it started.

good idea...and by the way..thank u. u deserve much more of a discount in my book.

 

[jmcgarrell]

I just found out that as retired military I rate a 15% discount. I plan to go to the Verizon store this week to get it started.

Just so you know, that was a "law" that was passed a few years back. All cell phone companies give 15-25% discounts on service to veterans.

 

[Marine One#AC]

good idea...and by the way..thank u. u deserve much more of a discount in my book.

And I thank you!

 

[droidweasel]

where is the law from? where can i find the source of the law?

 

[Chris Kerrigan]

There is no law that states they HAVE to give you a discount that I am aware of (I myself am in the U.S. Army). However, all the major carriers give between a 15 and 20% discount for active and/or retired military. There IS a law however that prohibits any carrier from canceling your account during a deployment. You can put the account on "hold" so to speak, meaning the account is not active, but has not been canceled .

 

[Marine One#AC]

Just so you know, that was a "law" that was passed a few years back. All cell phone companies give 15-25% discounts on service to veterans.

Not so sure about that either. I retired last year after just over 30 years in the Marine Corps. Most of my junior Marines were very good at hunting down bargains and no one ever mentioned any law pertaining to discounts from cell carriers. In fact, once I personally confirm that I can get this discount, I plan to pass the word far and wide to all of my military friends. As I understand it, this discount also extends to honorably discharged veterans too.

I did park my Cingular service for the year that I spent in Iraq (2005-06). When I got back, Cingular tried to tell me that since the plan I had been on before deploying was "no longer available" that I would have to pick a new one and then they tried to get me to sign a new two-year contract (my contract had expired and I had been month-to-month before deploying). They weren't nasty about it or anything, just not very accommodating, so I had them reactivate the phone with a bare-bones plan (no new contract), then went shopping. I ended up getting a Razr (they were very new in March 2006) through Alltel, deactivated the Cingualar phone and never looked back.

 

[Kaus]

Just so you know, that was a "law" that was passed a few years back. All cell phone companies give 15-25% discounts on service to veterans.

I'd like to see the statue as well, some active duty people get horrible discounts (6-8%) through VZW; if it was law I'd expect them to be higher. Matter of fact VZW took the ability for us store personnel to add Discounts away in the store (my opinion is Vzw thought we were to liberal adding them) and now force us to direct customers to the website. Were not even allowed to help fill out the paperwork in my store.

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...m/b2c/employee/eleuLanding.jsp&token=58o7DU-k

@The retired military folks I think you will have to do the Fax in with your DD-214 if i remember correctly, ill double check the discount's while I'm at work if i remember today.

 

[slikone27]

20% off bill and 25% off accessories - SAIC

 

[droidweasel]

whats saic?

 

[beto89]

17% advance auto parts

 

[Marine One#AC]

whats saic?

A defense contractor. Frustrating to see that a defense contractor gets a better discount percentage than the (military) guy who he supports.
Something's wrong with this picture, and I didn't even take it with mediocre droid camera!

 

[nickf126]

I get 15% that VZW gives to law enforcement.

 

[Glitch4583]

I work for Universal Studios, a subsidiary of GE. My GE discount is better then my military one...just sad. :/

p.s. As a communications guy, I know first hand that the DoD shells over TTTOOONNNSSS of money every year to vzw for all the products we buy from them and yet THAT'S our discount? Really? Really?