ZOMG!
Talk about a game changer.
Could be read as a sign that the Nexus might be further away than imagined?
Verizon may have had their hand forced on this one, as the sales figures for the RAZR haven't been as robust as predicted.
Quite possibly Verizon has interpreted this as a sign that many are sitting on their upgrades until the Nexus.
This would be a great way to move product currently and I imagine that the bean counters got to the $35 restock fee by crunching the numbers to ensure a small profit. Even 5 dollars profit is ginormous, as the 5 bones isn't the most important variable, that will be the number of phones restocked. And this will undoubtedly create a large number of sales now which will make for a nice fourth quarter and impact the yearly figures as well.
Also very possible that this is a genius ploy to make us think that the Nexus will be delayed much more, igniting sales and then releasing it by Black Friday.
Verizon has once again created another win win situation for themselves.
DWB