[Instruction] How to get a new phone and keep (legacy) Unlimited Data on Verizon

[shingouki1]

Re: [Instruction] How to Keep Unlimited Data on Verizon

i kinda wanna use my best buy card to buy my note 4. can i transfer my upgrade on the vzw website to my TDP line and then use the BB method?

 

[Mr. Toad]

Re: [Instruction] How to Keep Unlimited Data on Verizon

i kinda wanna use my best buy card to buy my note 4. can i transfer my upgrade on the vzw website to my TDP line and then use the BB method?

No. When transferring upgrades on Verizon Wireless it only lasts for that transaction.

I believe some people have stated you can transfer the upgrade on best buys website.

If you are song the best buy method you can just directly upgrade the unlimited line. Just follow the method.

 

[jimboslice64]

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I need insight

UDP w/ upgrade
UDP w/ upgrade
TDP just upgraded yesterday
TDP no upgrade for 18 months

I want to upgrade line 1 and line 2. Do I need to do the BB method? Can I transfer an upgrade to line 3 and get a discounted phone, activate the new phone on line 3 and then transfer it to line 1 using the Verizon web site. After that is complete, do it again for line 2. Is there any reason why I can't do that?

 

[dpham00]

Re: [Instruction] How to Keep Unlimited Data on Verizon

You can transfer the upgrade to the tiered data line

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 4

 

[dusoccer10]

Re: [Instruction] How to Keep Unlimited Data on Verizon

i kinda wanna use my best buy card to buy my note 4. can i transfer my upgrade on the vzw website to my TDP line and then use the BB method?

You can transfer your upgrade on Best Buy's website.

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[dusoccer10]

Re: [Instruction] How to Keep Unlimited Data on Verizon

I need insight

UDP w/ upgrade
UDP w/ upgrade
TDP just upgraded yesterday
TDP no upgrade for 18 months

I want to upgrade line 1 and line 2. Do I need to do the BB method? Can I transfer an upgrade to line 3 and get a discounted phone, activate the new phone on line 3 and then transfer it to line 1 using the Verizon web site. After that is complete, do it again for line 2. Is there any reason why I can't do that?

Just keep transferring your upgrade to either of the tiered lines. Upgrade and activate on the tiered lines. The put the old phones back on the tiered lines and move the new ones onto the unlimited lines.

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[Touchpaddle]

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You can transfer the upgrade to the tiered data line

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 4

I just ordered a Galaxy S5 because Best Buy's current price is only $1.
The phone line has UDP with available upgrade.

some quick questions:

(1)
The order confrimation rom Best Buy does say "keep existing plan" but it also says "conditions apply" next to it... is this what it's supposed to say?

(2)
how long before I'll see another email saying the phone has shipped? Monday, perhaps? (it says delivery on 12/2, probably due to the holiday)

(3)
once I receive the S5, I should throw the included SIM card into the shredder immediately?

(4)
what will happen if I NEVER insert any SIM card into the new S5? (plan to use it as wifi-only device for a while, since I already have another S5)



Thanks!!!

 

[Touchpaddle]

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Best Buy just emailed me the $50 gift card(for registering my phone number at the beginning of this year)

Does this mean my order has successfully gone through?

Should I go spend the $50 gift card ASAP, just in case the order doesn't get through tomorrow?

It's currently still saying "Order Status:: 1 item(s) - Order in process of being fulfilled."

 

[mbkintner]

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If the order doesn't go through they will expect the gift card back. It's not free money.

 

[Touchpaddle]

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If the order doesn't go through they will expect the gift card back. It's not free money.

if it didn't go through, why did they email me the $50 gift card? kind of like the chicken and egg question? If I turn the egg into an omelette, will the chicken mind?

 

[Touchpaddle]

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If the order doesn't go through they will expect the gift card back. It's not free money.

I just noticed that the $50 gift card that Best Buy mailed me said:
"Thank you for activating your mobile phone with Best Buy Mobile!"

Does that mean they have already activated the phone using the Verizon
SIM card before it's even shipped to me? (like how they do it in-store?)

I'm kind of freaking out here.... Don't want to lose my UDP.

 

[mbkintner]

Re: [Instruction] How to Keep Unlimited Data on Verizon

I doubt they already activated. However the card may not be valid later if they don't show that you activated the phone after receiving it. Better to lose $50 than your UDP though.

 

[Touchpaddle]

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I doubt they already activated. However the card may not be valid later if they don't show that you activated the phone after receiving it. Better to lose $50 than your UDP though.

absolutely... $50 is nothing, compared to keeping UDP. I use at least 500Gb per month... sometimes up to 800Gb. Can't lose it.

 

[shingouki1]

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well i just ordered my note 4 from Best Buy. i will destroy the sim as soon as the phone comes in and just swap in the sim from my G2 and enjoy correct?

 

[Touchpaddle]

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well i just ordered my note 4 from Best Buy. i will destroy the sim as soon as the phone comes in and just swap in the sim from my G2 and enjoy correct?

how much was the Note 4 at Best Buy?

 

[shingouki1]

Re: [Instruction] How to Keep Unlimited Data on Verizon

299.99 + tax. $360ish total.

 

[Touchpaddle]

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Not that I'm complaining or anything, but I'd like to know why Best Buy or Verizon
has allowed this "loophole" to exist. By now, there is no way that they don't know
about it, right?

 

[rdjr74]

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Not that I'm complaining or anything, but I'd like to know why Best Buy or Verizon
has allowed this "loophole" to exist. By now, there is no way that they don't know
about it, right?

BUZZKILL! ; )

They know about it and I think the way they are dealing with it is people get flag randomly. Best buy flags an order and the customer gets an email saying that you need to call Verizon to change your data plan. From what I've gathered it is very random who gets flagged.

 

[tgp]

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Not that I'm complaining or anything, but I'd like to know why Best Buy or Verizon has allowed this "loophole" to exist. By now, there is no way that they don't know about it, right?

I've wondered that too. This thread was started 2 years ago. I believe the ability to upgrade a UDP line directly through Best Buy or other 3rd party sellers has been working for about a year. I would think that Verizon would know about it. Maybe they figure that relatively few users will take advantage of the opportunity, and that they would leave otherwise. IDK.

 

[Touchpaddle]

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I've wondered that too. This thread was started 2 years ago. I believe the ability to upgrade a UDP line directly through Best Buy or other 3rd party sellers has been working for about a year. I would think that Verizon would know about it. Maybe they figure that relatively few users will take advantage of the opportunity, and that they would leave otherwise. IDK.

True.. but this thread alone has almost 1 million views...(okay, only a little over 890,000, but close enough)
I imagine a LOT of people are buying from Best Buy for this reason.

If it were a mistake, it would have long been fixed by Best Buy or Verizon already, right?
I can only conclude that they are allowing it to go on, without advertising it.