Did anyone buy there TBolt on a 1 year contract?

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Charmed Juan

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I have bought two TBolts and asked for the 1 year contract each time. The sales person said OK and I thought I had the 1 year deal. After looking at my upgrade dates, I thought something was wrong.
Now I am being told that the TBolt has never been offered for sale on a 1 year contract. This by the Verizon Wireless Store manager.
Has anyjuan else gotten a 1 year contract?
 
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I bought mine when they first came out on a one year contract. I think they have now discontinued one year contracts.
 
Re: Did anyjuan buy there TBolt on a 1 year contract?

Believe they did away with 1 yr contracts on consumer lines back in April
 
Re: Did anyjuan buy there TBolt on a 1 year contract?

I got mine on launch day, My son's a couple of weeks later
 
Re: Did anyjuan buy there TBolt on a 1 year contract?

Sounds like they goofed then since the thunderbolt was out a full month prior to Verizon removing the 1 yr contract option. How much did you pay for each phone?
 
Re: Did anyjuan buy there TBolt on a 1 year contract?

Yes, I got mine on launch day. As others have stated, it ended about a month later.
 
Re: Did anyjuan buy there TBolt on a 1 year contract?

Yeah, Verizon did away with 1 year contracts in mid-April. The Verizon store manager was lying.
 
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Many people (nationwide) got their TBolts on a 1 year contract. Back when they still had one year contracts - maybe a month or so after release of the TBolt. I don't remember the date. The point is that it was not unique to the TBolt. It was the fact that very few people who upgraded were entitled to upgrade with a one year contract at all. To any phone.

In order to "upgrade" (and I don't use the term loosely) on <edit: "to"> a one year contract you had to basically be OUT OF CONTRACT. If you were still within your contract period you were REQUIRED to do a two year contract in order to receive "upgrade" pricing on the phone. Again, this was not unique to the TBolt.

-Frank
 
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I didn't know that you could upgrade while in 1 year contact.
FrankXS said:
Many people (nationwide) got their TBolts on a 1 year contract. Back when they still had one year contracts - maybe a month or so after release of the TBolt. I don't remember the date. The point is that it was not unique to the TBolt. It was the fact that very few people who upgraded were entitled to upgrade with a one year contract at all. To any phone.

In order to "upgrade" (and I don't use the term loosely) on a one year contract you had to basically be OUT OF CONTRACT. If you were still within your contract period you were REQUIRED to do a two year contract in order to receive "upgrade" pricing on the phone. Again, this was not unique to the TBolt.

-Frank
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dpham00 said:
I didn't know that you could upgrade while in 1 year contact.
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I didn't say you could. I said in order to qualify for a one year contract you had to be out of your contract period. See edit in my original post.

-Frank
 
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Got mine on a 1 Year Contract for $219 from VerizonWireless.com a week after release. Saw that price, printed it out, took it to the store and the guy was like "What the Heck!" He said he couldn't match the price so I got it online.
 
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The one thing that is weird is that we are *supposed* to reiterate over and over the term of the contract. This is why I always stress to people to at least skim the terms to which you are signing.
 
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Mortiel said:
The one thing that is weird is that we are *supposed* to reiterate over and over the term of the contract. This is why I always stress to people to at least skim the terms to which you are signing.
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I purchased mine on launch morning on a two-year contract. To me, it was all about lower long-term costs and locking into unlimited LTE for as long as possible. I did notice afterwards that the rep that set me up never mentioned a single word about the contract that morning, or the fact that it was a two-year deal. The only indication I had was a receipt saying that my contract expired on March the 17th, 2013.
 
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Mortiel said:
The one thing that is weird is that we are *supposed* to reiterate over and over the term of the contract. This is why I always stress to people to at least skim the terms to which you are signing.
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All the reps I've dealt with, although not very technically inclined, have always been very thorough when explaining the terms.

-Frank
 
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i have a one year contract on mine however , it show my contract end day in march and my eligible upgrade day in November. It doesnt make sense to me because if im not on contract i can obviously upgrade, i called VZW customer service they dont know why it says that so w/e
 
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rsk2mc said:
i have a one year contract on mine however , it show my contract end day in march and my eligible upgrade day in November. It doesnt make sense to me because if im not on contract i can obviously upgrade, i called VZW customer service they dont know why it says that so w/e
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Is your upgrade eligibility date November 2011 or Novemeber 2012?
 
There was a cut off date when the one year contract was not going to be offered any longer. I got mine on a one year contract. Thank God, this phone sucks..

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Yo soy Juancito!!

I got mine with a one year contract. Ready to upgrade in January 2012. O:-)

This phone is the best! Loving it.
 
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