2 posts tagged “verizon”
i got a new phone from verizon (when i went in to get a headset?!) and these are all the receipts they gave me, for 1 phone. geez. i was somehow talked into getting an upgrade on a phone because they told me it would be $29.99 after rebates? not true. i told her that i had already gotten my upgrade, so after all the stuff she puts into the computer and gets ready to program the phone, then she says, "but you just got an upgrade last spring?" ...yes, i told her that already. so basically she listened to nothing i told her. i knew that i would probably have to pay retail price since i already had my 2 yr upgrade last spring, but she still told me it would only be paying $29.99... but no, i ended up paying a lot more.
as far as the phone goes, it stinks. don't buy it... i'm taking it back - the touchscreen samsung glyde. you have to beat on it to get it to respond. also the reception is terrible. i get like 1 bar in the house. my old env gets full reception. i have no idea what to get now. probably just go back to my old phone... or if i do get another phone, i hope it's not a lemon like this one is. i should have read the online reviews before i purchased this... but it was a spur of the moment purchase that day. verizon reps definitely know how to suck you in and get you to buy something when you only come in to buy an accessory for your phone :\
Has anyone had a good experience with a prepay cell phone service? I'm trying to buy a phone for my mom, for emergencies and light usage. She doesn't want a huge extra phone bill a month... I heard that trac-phones weren't that great, because they share cell phone towers other companies... in other words, they buy up extra air time from other companies and use it for their customers, kinda like piggybacking, from what I've read.
Verizon has the best and widest call area, however their service is super pricey. I didn't realize this, until I actually bought her a pre-pay $30 Verizon phone from Target two days ago, the Samsung, and then brought it home and did a little research. The activation fee for it is $35 (which they didn't mention this on the box) It's very misleading also, when it says ".99 daily access" and you "don't pay for monday, if you don't use monday" ...so what does that make you think? It makes me think... you only pay for the days you use, and you pay for .99 cents a whole day. Not .99 cent for each call plus a connection fee?! My mother's bill could be well over mine if she were to sign up with this service. My Verizon phone is $34.99, as I've been a customer with them for over 4 years now. I see now that their simple plan has gone up to $39.99. The only plus I see for this phone would be that the calls to me would be free... but she would still be charged a .99 cents daily access fee and the connection fee? That could really add up.
I read where Virgin Mobile and T-Mobile were the cheapest with their minute cards. As cheap as $20 for a month for 200 mins. and they roll-over if you don't use them all on Virgin. Though their phones are little bit more expensive. On T-Mobile is only $10 for 30 mins. and you have 90 days to use them, and they also roll over if you don't use that.
