verizon to start financing phones

[viper31573]

starting next week. most phones over $350 will be eligible for financing

full price
no contract
12 equal payments
$2.50/ mo finance charge

Does Verizon Already Have T-Mobile Envy? (VZ)

 

[meyerweb#CB]

What a deal. You get to pay a finance charge, you get no break on the cost of a plan, and you get no subsidy. I can understand why Verizon likes this; I can't understand why any customer would. Verizon's continued success seems to be a perfect example of the old saw "There's a sucker born every minute*."

*Often attributed, wrongly, to P.T. Barnum.

 

[viper31573]

im sure there are lots of people who will take advantage of this. it allows them to own a phone they likely couldnt afford at full price and doesnt tie them to a contract. the finance charge only adds up to $30 extra over teh course of the year, and here is something im sure you didnt think of, but im guessing a lot of the people who already pay full price to keep their unlimited data, probably put the phone on a credit card. some of them probably paying more in interest than the 2.50 finance charge.

 

[dpham00]

im sure there are lots of people who will take advantage of this. it allows them to own a phone they likely couldnt afford at full price and doesnt tie them to a contract. the finance charge only adds up to $30 extra over teh course of the year, and here is something im sure you didnt think of, but im guessing a lot of the people who already pay full price to keep their unlimited data, probably put the phone on a credit card. some of them probably paying more in interest than the 2.50 finance charge.

If you are willing to do a bit of work, you can do the ETF method which may yield significant savings. For example, buy a Verizon Note 2 from Best Buy for $200 on a new line of service, pay $350 etf, and one days service of about $5 for $555. This compared to $700 + $30 service fee or $730. Best Buy will finance 18 months interest free, plus you can get Best Buy rewards.

If saving $175 isn't worth an hour or less of time, then by all means, use the Verizon payment plan method.

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II

 

[viper31573]

If you are willing to do a bit of work, you can do the ETF method which may yield significant savings. For example, buy a Verizon Note 2 from Best Buy for $200 on a new line of service, pay $350 etf, and one days service of about $5 for $555. This compared to $700 + $30 service fee or $730. Best Buy will finance 18 months interest free, plus you can get Best Buy rewards.

If saving $175 isn't worth an hour or less of time, then by all means, use the Verizon payment plan method.

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II

Didn't know about this but I'm also fine with having a contract in exchange for subsidized pricing. I got my note 2 for $98 but yeah, etf is cheaper than Verizon financing

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[craigrn16]

Verizon good job passing me off your network

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[dpham00]

Didn't know about this but I'm also fine with having a contract in exchange for subsidized pricing. I got my note 2 for $98 but yeah, etf is cheaper than Verizon financing

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The best deal was when Sams club had it for $99,best buy would price match, and you could get the $50gc on top of that for $50 total. I lucked out, they messed up the price match so I got my Note II for $37. But best buy doesn't price match contract phones anymore. Though, you may get lucky, a store might do it, just that it isn't corporate policy anymore.

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II