Here is the phone section from the user agreement. It only says any device.
Your Wireless Phone
Your wireless phone is any device you use to receive our wireless voice or data service. It must comply with Federal Communications Commission regulations and be compatible with our network and your Plan. Whether you buy your wireless phone from us or someone else is entirely your choice. At times we may change your wireless phone's software, applications or programming remotely and without notice. This could affect data you've stored on, the way you've programmed or the way you use your wireless phone. If you purchased a wireless phone (other than a "global phone") from Verizon Wireless for use with a plan with a minimum term and want to reprogram your phone for use with another wireless carrier network, the default service programming code is set to "000000" or "123456." Verizon Wireless in no way guarantees that your Verizon Wireless phone will be capable of being reprogrammed for use with another wireless carrier network after the service programming code is entered, or that another wireless carrier will accept your device for use on its network.
"It must comply with Federal Communications Commission regulations and be compatible with our network and your Plan.Whether you buy your wireless phone from us or someone else is entirely your choice."
You assume too much from this sentence. This only implies that it's possible to activate a non-vzw CDMA device. It doesn't imply that they're required to or will allow you to at all. As I said, it's at Verizon's sole discretion to activate a non-vzw device. So it's not contractually binding.
None of this matters to me anymore. I ended u p getting a NIB VZW-8330 off ebay for 192.50 shipped. I tried the refurbished phones without much luck so hopefully this one will be good to go.
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