NEW ETF Fee for VZW?

[Sam]

lol exactly...there is not one mention in my post about a subsidized price. I was correcting your (Dean) misinformation about ETF applying to getting a new phone.

So what you are saying is you can go and buy 15 brand new handsets at full price and swap your Verizon service plan from one to the next - of course you can.

lol,

but i can also throw my Droid into a drawer and not use it at all for 24 months and go go buy the iPhone V5 and use that and not pay an ETF.

Nice way to distort the facts there.

dean what are you doing here? that doesn't even makes sense.

[mth04]

lol exactly...there is not one mention in my post about a subsidized price. I was correcting your (Dean) misinformation about ETF applying to getting a new phone.

So what you are saying is you can go and buy 15 brand new handsets at full price and swap your Verizon service plan from one to the next - of course you can.

lol,

but i can also throw my Droid into a drawer and not use it at all for 24 months and go go buy the iPhone V5 and use that and not pay an ETF.

Nice way to distort the facts there.

No one is trying to distort the facts here! Settle down a little bit please. We appreciate your input , but it could be said a little "nicer" if you get my drift

[OfTheDamned]

lol exactly...there is not one mention in my post about a subsidized price. I was correcting your (Dean) misinformation about ETF applying to getting a new phone.

So what you are saying is you can go and buy 15 brand new handsets at full price and swap your Verizon service plan from one to the next - of course you can.

lol,

but i can also throw my Droid into a drawer and not use it at all for 24 months and go go buy the iPhone V5 and use that and not pay an ETF.

Nice way to distort the facts there.

The ETF is ONLY for people canceling their plan and leaving Verizon. You can get an upgrade after a year and they are not going to charge you an ETF. As long as you maintain a calling plan with Verizon they are not going to charge you an ETF.

[New2u]

They won't even charge you an ETF if your getting a phone within only 10 months, you just have to pay full retail for it.

[cereal killer]

lol exactly...there is not one mention in my post about a subsidized price. I was correcting your (Dean) misinformation about ETF applying to getting a new phone.

So what you are saying is you can go and buy 15 brand new handsets at full price and swap your Verizon service plan from one to the next - of course you can.

lol,

but i can also throw my Droid into a drawer and not use it at all for 24 months and go go buy the iPhone V5 and use that and not pay an ETF.

Nice way to distort the facts there.

Dean your reading and comprehension skills are indeed lacking.

I'm saying I can go and buy 15 new phones at full retail and stay on the same plan on the same network and >>>>>>not be charged an ETF...<<<<<

How hard is that to understand?

I think your problem is your one of those forum types who doesn't like to be corrected when spreading horrible misinformation : )

[souljerr]

Didn't Verizon have ETF before? I've been with them a number of years and recall them having it and then it just seemed to go away. Even when they were enforcing ETF they never charged me for upgrading or moving to a new phone.

Wonder if this will be a trend we see being used by other carriers like the old days again.

[New2u]

ETF is solely there for the purpose of if you are cancelling your contract with them outright. If all your doing is upgrading a phone, you are not going to be charged an ETF fee. The only thing that this is doing is making the fee of breaking the contract on smart / advanced phones more, because they are charged a higher price to get the phones in.

[Sam]

Didn't Verizon have ETF before? I've been with them a number of years and recall them having it and then it just seemed to go away. Even when they were enforcing ETF they never charged me for upgrading or moving to a new phone.

Wonder if this will be a trend we see being used by other carriers like the old days again.

yeah, they have pretty much always had it. the deal is (vaguely) if you stay with them, just upgrade or downgrade, you don't get charged the ETF. your discount on the device you are switching to will depend on how long you have had your current plan though.

[New2u]

Didn't Verizon have ETF before? I've been with them a number of years and recall them having it and then it just seemed to go away. Even when they were enforcing ETF they never charged me for upgrading or moving to a new phone.

Wonder if this will be a trend we see being used by other carriers like the old days again.

yeah, they have pretty much always had it. the deal is (vaguely) if you stay with them, just upgrade or downgrade, you don't get charged the ETF. your discount on the device you are switching to will depend on how long you have had your current plan though.

This is correct. Every 10 months users on verizon's network with a 2 year contract are allowed to do a "annual upgrade" what this is, is your allowed to basically upgrade your phone if you so choose to, at the normal subsidized pricing that you would get if you were a new customer. After 20 months you are allowed to be part of the New Every 2 program, which will give you I think now it's down to $50 off a new phone if you have a plan 79.99 and higher. If you have a plan that is between 34.99 and 79.98 it is only $30.

[souljerr]

That's what I thought. In my case nothing has changed and I'm sure there are others who feel the same.