Re: $20 fee to buy a phone from Verizon
rcschnoor
Legend

The difference being with the $20 upgrade fee you are paying VERIZON extra. When you go to another state and have to pay taxes, you are paying the STATE extra.

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Re: $20 fee to buy a phone from Verizon
pherson
Champion - Level 1

I was making a different point in line with what the op replied to me with. These fees are here to stay and people don't understand you gotta pay to play. Unless of course it's prepaid.....but you pay for that in other ways too lol

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Re: $20 fee to buy a phone from Verizon
rcschnoor
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My point was that your reply was not in line with the post you were responding to. You were replying about a completely different entity which you are paying extra.

tonyo906 said you pay the STORE extra to purchase from them. You came back with a comment about taxes which are paid to the state/city/etc and NOT to the store.

Taxes are not up to Verizon. Upgrade fees are up to Verizon. Whether or not they are here to stay is up to Verizon. Kind of like a year or 2 ago when Verizon was planning to impose a surcharge to pay your bill. THAT fee was not here to stay!

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Re: $20 fee to buy a phone from Verizon
pherson
Champion - Level 1

Rregardless of how said payment of taxes are allocated, I am still paying them to the store, and it comes out of my pocket at point of sale , just like regardless of how the 20 fee is allocated it comes out of your pocket at point of sale .

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Re: $20 fee to buy a phone from Verizon
tailynn1977
Contributor - Level 1

Its something all carriers charge AND THOSE carriers also make you pay a SIM fee. I just upgraded my child's phone at their carrier and what would have been $175.00 at Verizon turned into $250.00 there. Its one time and your done.

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Re: $20 fee to buy a phone from Verizon
tailynn1977
Contributor - Level 1

If your buying the phone outright, go to the manufacturer, or better Amazon. Amazon has a 30 day policy. The manufacturers have other options too. When you pay the $20.00, your paying for convenience and not waiting more than anything.

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Re: $20 fee to buy a phone from Verizon
Ronbo19
Enthusiast - Level 2

I'm done with Verizon.  I am going to seriously look at Project Fi when my current contract is up in a couple of months.

Re: $20 fee to buy a phone from Verizon
naansalad
Specialist - Level 3

try and see how it is and let us know if you joined V back cause of service and lack of coverage ...keep us posted....

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Re: $20 fee to buy a phone from Verizon
rcschnoor
Legend

I have had a Project Fi phone since late last year. In my time with the device it has worked quite well and coverage is better than I had hoped. It uses BOTH Sprint & T-Mobile signals, whichever is stronger I suppose at the time of a call. It also has wifi calling capability along with simultaneous ringing.

While you only pay for the amount of data you use, it is ALL billed at the rate of $10/GB. If you use a lot of data, the data packages from Verizon end up being a bit cheaper. For example, I have a 15 GB/month data package from Verizon which cost me, with employer discount, $78/month. That would run me $150/month at Project Fi.

The upside is that ALL data is charged at that rate, including data used internationally, which is why I signed up for the service. Using the phone in Ireland, England, Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Cyprus, Bosnia & Serbia since January has been the same data rate of $10/GB which is MUCH better than what I would be paying with Verizon. I have saved more in data charges I would have had with Verizon than the total cost of the phone AND service over that period of time.

Re: $20 fee to buy a phone from Verizon
Snn5
Legend

Look...Project Fi is NOT a bad idea for SOME.  T-Mobile coverage is pretty outstanding compared to days-passed.  Add in what little coverage Sprint has and you might be golden, depending on your data use.

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