Nitrousbird Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 My wife and I have the basic phone package together, no texting/insurance/data plan, for about $72 a month after tax (she gets a discount through work). Well, AT&T is offering a MUCH better deal. 2 lines + data plans for $99/month. A ton of her co-workers have done it recently; they buy 2 iPhones for $199/each and only pay $99 to have the service. I want. But our contract with Verizon doesn't expire until some time next year (between Feb and April IIRC). I want out without paying the cancel fee. What are the current tricks to escape. I've been happy with Verizon's service, and though I'm no Apple fan, the price is too good to pass up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Get Verizon's map of coverage. Find an area in the country that doesn't have service. Find a house that is for sale in that area and is on some kind of website that they can look at (reator.com works). Tell them you are closing soon and when you are at the showing of the house and all throughout town there is no service period. Expect to spend a lot of time on the phone but they should cancel your service with no fees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuBieQT Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 What does the $99 plan include? I pay like $130 for just me! I looked on the website but didn't see anything about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted October 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 What does the $99 plan include? I pay like $130 for just me! I looked on the website but didn't see anything about that It's a deal my wife gets through work. It's not available to the general public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Have fun with the AT&T network, better price or not. My work phone is AT&T and between it and Verizon, Verizon always wins out. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SicShelby Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Well... if you're military you can work out the "just got orders!" scenario. I had to use that once back when I was active duty... and I faked it after I left when we had to prematurely move to avoid fees with a lease. Apart from that I understand it is fairly difficult to get out of that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squale iii Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Have fun with the AT&T network, better price or not. My work phone is AT&T and between it and Verizon, Verizon always wins out. Good luck. Fuck taht. Up where I live, I had verizon for years, no service in the hospital basement....now with At&t full service everywhere in the hospital...wierd, i know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 tmobile has been good to me. solid phone, good coverage, and fairly cheap. ive dropped my phone countless times and never seems to be bothered by it. i used to be a cerizon customer and was calling them every month about unwanted charges to my bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 The cancellation charge is pro-rated. Vzw charges i believe $250 to cancel a new contract. My 14 month old contract cost me $110 to get out if. Yours will be even less. And I'm totally happy with the service. Never dropped a call, never not had service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Get Verizon's map of coverage. Find an area in the country that doesn't have service. Find a house that is for sale in that area and is on some kind of website that they can look at (reator.com works). Tell them you are closing soon and when you are at the showing of the house and all throughout town there is no service period. Expect to spend a lot of time on the phone but they should cancel your service with no fees. Friend did that.. you have to show proof of residency. You would have to get a newb on the phone to get out of it without proof... especially with how crazy companies are about lost revenue these days. That is a nice deal. It may be worth it to just pay the cancellation fees if you only have a few months left.... btw the cancellation fees start at $175 but do go down over time.. not sure by how much though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Have fun with the AT&T network, better price or not. My work phone is AT&T and between it and Verizon, Verizon always wins out. Good luck. plus a trillion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Karacho1647545492 Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 enjoy your failsauce coverage http://www.cellularmaps.com/coverage_finder.shtml edit: wow AT&T is terrible in OH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 enjoy your failsauce coverage http://www.cellularmaps.com/coverage_finder.shtml edit: wow AT&T is terrible in OH 99% of my service calls are in Ohio. When my AT&Fail phone is dead-in-the-water with no service, my VZW usually has 3 or 4 bars of coverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhett Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Get Deployed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepoint4life23 Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 but is vzw really getting a iphone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Check out the imagio.. not an iphone but a really nice phone overall if you like that touch screen crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Karacho1647545492 Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 but is vzw really getting a iphone? i believe when everyone has the 4G networks up and running and the 4G iPhone comes out, AT&T will lose their stranglehold on the market Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted October 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 - Verizon is $175 per line to cancel, and goes down $5/month. - Most of the guys my wife works with have iPhones. Most of them live in northern Columbus and don't complain. - I am positive Verizon has better service and coverage. That said, I don't use my phone that much, and Verizon is costing more than it is worth now days. From what I can tell, I need to wait for them to do another price hike, then that is my ticket out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Verizon has a new phone called the Hero... it's been dubbed the iPhone killer... it's VERY much like the iPhone, we got a few the other day at work and it's pretty sweet. and it's open source so software, etc... is readily available for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 so since no one seems to be replying saying they are CR's new VZW contact, am I to assume we don't have any VZW emiployees anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Brian Rigsby aka TrboRex. He's the manager of the River Valley Mall store in Lancaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 that's a CRAZY deal Joe! My wife works for Chase and gets a better discount than the AT&T employees and it was still going to be $130/month for the two of us with data and text plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 but is vzw really getting a iphone? NOPE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Friend did that.. you have to show proof of residency. You would have to get a newb on the phone to get out of it without proof... especially with how crazy companies are about lost revenue these days. That is a nice deal. It may be worth it to just pay the cancellation fees if you only have a few months left.... btw the cancellation fees start at $175 but do go down over time.. not sure by how much though. photoshop it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted October 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 that's a CRAZY deal Joe! My wife works for Chase and gets a better discount than the AT&T employees and it was still going to be $130/month for the two of us with data and text plans. My wife also works for Chase. Serveral of her co-workers she works with daily (all techies...well, so is she) have gotten this $99/deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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