I've been looking to try and upgrade one of my lines on my family plan before the Great Data Depression of 2012 / Verizon bending us over, and have such a difficult time looking at that $30 upgrade fee before checkout. In my effort to try and get that waived or at least offset the cost with a discount, I hit up a representative.
I argued that technically, me having a Rezound and getting a Droid 4 or Razr Maxx was considered a downgrade, and Verizon should waive the fee plus give me a $30 downgrade credit. I didn't even get a chuckle from the service rep. Those stiffs at Big Red have no sense of humor.
There was pretty much no angle I could approach successfully. Unfairness of the "new contract" discount not being valid for current customer upgrades, the $100 off Moto sale not counting toward the Razr Maxx, the whole "I'll just let my contract lapse and take my business elsewhere" bit, nada.
$30 for nothing? Is Verizon that strapped for cash? They might as well ask people to come to the store for their new phone, then mug them at knife-point in the parking lot.
/rant. Thanks for reading.
I argued that technically, me having a Rezound and getting a Droid 4 or Razr Maxx was considered a downgrade, and Verizon should waive the fee plus give me a $30 downgrade credit. I didn't even get a chuckle from the service rep. Those stiffs at Big Red have no sense of humor.
There was pretty much no angle I could approach successfully. Unfairness of the "new contract" discount not being valid for current customer upgrades, the $100 off Moto sale not counting toward the Razr Maxx, the whole "I'll just let my contract lapse and take my business elsewhere" bit, nada.
$30 for nothing? Is Verizon that strapped for cash? They might as well ask people to come to the store for their new phone, then mug them at knife-point in the parking lot.
/rant. Thanks for reading.