Tried to buy a Droid today! :-(

[Supertom]

Tried to buy a Droid today @ Costco ($199 for upgrade). Guy says I'm not eligible to upgrade until June! I can't wait until June! Is there a way to upgrade to one of these now? That is, and NOT pay the $600 that Verizon would sell it to me for? Thanks!
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[frankieg22x]

go to the verizon store. My upgrade wasn't until this march, but i upgraded in November. It cost me $300 for the phone (before a $100 mail in rebate) and another 20 for the early upgrade fee.

I went to get one at best buy first and they told me the same thing as you.

 

[frankieg22x]

or you can purchase online and get it for a sale price of 200 right off the bat.

 

[Vulcan1600]

or you can purchase online and get it for a sale price of 200 right off the bat.

Only if it's eligible, but they're not. Therefore it won't be eligible pricing for the O.P.

If you can't get a manager exception to upgrade now, you could probably get one year pricing for a Moto Droid, however I'm not sure how much it is, but I can tell you it will probably be about $100 more than the current 2 year promotional pricing.

 

[korp]

One year is like $360.

 

[xjman349]

Are you the primary line of service? What plan are you on?

 

[wil318466]

Try talking to the guy and making sure you make a point you are upgrading your service to a more expensive plan. In fact, someone in another post mentioned all this.. I believe they got on the phoen and called customer service (who seem more capable to do these types of deals than the store people).

Good luck.

-Wil

 

[tktouch12]

if you talk to a manager you might manage to get a sooner upgrade date. but honestly, might as well wait until june, because i'm sure the phones by then will be tons better than the droid (or nexus)

 

[Guchi]

try adding a line and then swapping the droid to your number, thats what i did. it costs you ten a month but........

 

[Supertom]

Hmmm. I'm on a 700 min/ mo. family plan w/ 3 phones, which is more than adequete. Maybe I'll go to the Verizon store and give it one more try. I guess 5 months isn't the worst thing, but I sure am disapointed!

 

[bL33d]

I canceled my att account early with 2 lines to get the droid cost me $350 etf plus $250 for the droid then a lg envy 3 for teh wife.

But i sold my jailbroken and unlocked iphone 3gs for $625 :icon_ rocker:

 

[xjman349]

Hmmm. I'm on a 700 min/ mo. family plan w/ 3 phones, which is more than adequete. Maybe I'll go to the Verizon store and give it one more try. I guess 5 months isn't the worst thing, but I sure am disapointed!

Is your number the primary?

 

[B1-66er]

I was on an alltel plan and not eligible for an upgrade til November. I callers cutstomer service and told em I wanted to upgrade now. They said I could if I switched to a Verizon plan, so I did. But through some kind of glitch, I ended up with two extra years on my far superior alltel plan...............BONUS.


Haha

 

[Newton122189]

if you are upgrading from a non smartphone then they will usually wave the fees and give you the upgrade price, that's what they did for me

 

[garrett]

Hmmm. I'm on a 700 min/ mo. family plan w/ 3 phones, which is more than adequete. Maybe I'll go to the Verizon store and give it one more try. I guess 5 months isn't the worst thing, but I sure am disapointed!

Is your number the primary?

if it is you can do an early upgrade after 12 months and get the 2 year pricing. you will forfeit your NE2 discount and they will charge you a 20.00 dollar early upgrade fee.

the other 2 lines will not be affected.