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here is how your phone company rips you off: read this if you have Verizon
your cell phone stops working. Of course it cannot be fixed ( they make it so you have to replace it every x amount of years, even if you are very careful with it , eventually it will stop working , like the battery will not stay charged)
So you go to your Verizon store and they tell you " there is a promotion , you can get a brand new Iphone for $60. So that is what I did. Now I find out, the .28 cents that our bill increased was actually for this new phone I got. I didn't notice the .28 cents since fees and taxes change all the time and I only call them when it is at least a few $.
It turns out I don't actually OWN this new $60 phone, I have to pay .28 a month for 3 years to own it. It only adds up to around $10, no big deal right? BUT, now I find out if we cancelled our phone plan ( we do not have a contract, it expired many years ago) , I would have to pay the full amount of the cell phone and the "promotion" would go away! So it's not really a $60 phone, but a $60 phone attached to a 3 year contract with Verizon....( phone would have cost around $350 otherwise)
We found out because of this: husband's phone stopped working right before my trip. We went to the Verizon store and asked if he too could get a $60 Iphone, he was told, no since he had a Samsumg previously. But she tells us , he can get a $300 one with the "discount" . So he says ok. He really hated the Samsumg. The sales lady tells him the discount will be applied to the next phone bill. Ok. Phone bill this month was $48 more on his phone than before. He called them up and it turns out the phone was $600 and the discount was never applied and since he just now figured this out there is nothing we can do about it.
So, next time we need a new phone we are going to just buy one and cancel our phone plan and find a new one that lets you bring your own phone.
your cell phone stops working. Of course it cannot be fixed ( they make it so you have to replace it every x amount of years, even if you are very careful with it , eventually it will stop working , like the battery will not stay charged)
So you go to your Verizon store and they tell you " there is a promotion , you can get a brand new Iphone for $60. So that is what I did. Now I find out, the .28 cents that our bill increased was actually for this new phone I got. I didn't notice the .28 cents since fees and taxes change all the time and I only call them when it is at least a few $.
It turns out I don't actually OWN this new $60 phone, I have to pay .28 a month for 3 years to own it. It only adds up to around $10, no big deal right? BUT, now I find out if we cancelled our phone plan ( we do not have a contract, it expired many years ago) , I would have to pay the full amount of the cell phone and the "promotion" would go away! So it's not really a $60 phone, but a $60 phone attached to a 3 year contract with Verizon....( phone would have cost around $350 otherwise)
We found out because of this: husband's phone stopped working right before my trip. We went to the Verizon store and asked if he too could get a $60 Iphone, he was told, no since he had a Samsumg previously. But she tells us , he can get a $300 one with the "discount" . So he says ok. He really hated the Samsumg. The sales lady tells him the discount will be applied to the next phone bill. Ok. Phone bill this month was $48 more on his phone than before. He called them up and it turns out the phone was $600 and the discount was never applied and since he just now figured this out there is nothing we can do about it.
So, next time we need a new phone we are going to just buy one and cancel our phone plan and find a new one that lets you bring your own phone.