Verizon Plans to Discontinue 1-year Contracts Effective April 17

[Preach2k]

Verizon Plans to Discontinue 1-year Contracts Effective April 17

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And The bad news just keep on coming from Verizon!!! According to the above document, Verizon will remove the option for customers to sign 1-year contracts effective April 17th. After eliminated 1-year upgrades and the NE2 program, cut out rebates, and tightened up warranty replacement rules. I am trying to understand why they would do this. Only one answer comes to mind Greed!!! What do you Think About It?!!!!



by Kellex
Source: Droid Life Via: Gadget U

 

[JerseyFirefighter]

I think everyone that wanted to go 1 year on the bionic to wait for the quad cores are going to be sorely disappointed.

 

[The X!]

This is all that it takes....
"Give people the best that you have and get them HOOKED! Then, you can do whatever you want...you can take it away little by little and they won't go anywhere."

Look at the Gas Prices...they can raise them up to 6 dollars and people will still go to the gas station...Big Red has its customers right where they want them...and then having the best phone service (the least calls dropped), why would its customers go anywhere else? Especially when they end up with the BEST Androids.

 

[LT*]

You know, with each piece of "news" that comes from Verizon Wireless other carriers are looking better and better.

 

[RUSHgsxr]

Greed is exactly right. Corporate America at its finest. 'We're already raking in billions each month let's see if we can squeeze some more out of our customers.' The one year contract is not such a huge deal to me but all the bull @!%$ they've pulled over the last couple months is gettin ridiculous.

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[Jaxidian]

How much more is VZW going to try and press their luck? This is getting ridiculous. I ONLY sign 1-year contracts. I just signed one for a TBolt and got in on unlimited LTE with a 1-yr contract, but it sounds like they're really trying to make sure that's the last one. I may get a TBolt with my wife's available renewal just to eBay it since I was planning on using it for an upgrade around the year's end for myself - but not with a 2-year contract!

We really need a new player in the carrier game with a good network. Really. I thought I was paying twice as much as Sprint for the network and that was good enough. I didn't realize that I needed every other benefit taken away from me on top of that to have the network.

Grrrr....

 

[leonozug]

I am NOT liking this. Not one bit...totally B.S. if you ask me...I like one year contracts. I really don't want to be stuck with the same phone for two years. This is bad!!

 

[CDuke619]

Wow this is terrible...can't we come together as a community and complain or something to Verizon executives?

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[BGKris]

That's Absurd!!!! Glad I got my hypebeast on the 1 year.

 

[sparty569]

Dammit...just when I was going to start signing 1 year contracts, with my next phone purchase, they up and pull this BS.

I wish I didnt like my phone so much.

 

[CDuke619]

How do you know if you have a business account? Does having a company discount considered a small business account?

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[tcayton49]

Hopefully them ending 1 years on the 17th means the Bionic will be released shortly after(21st would be awesome). That would be quite the silver lining in Verizon's dark cloud

 

[LocoRon]

Well. If this is true, I just might not upgrade on VZW, just wait for my contract to expire and jump ship.

Maybe look into an all-voip option. Not the best, as I have difficulty trusting public wifi networks, and I like having mobile Internet access.

Really though, I hardly ever use the phone and texting services that I pay for, so I could jump ship easily. If they continue this trend, and the other carriers in the area do not, then I probably will. It also makes it VERY hard for me to recommend VZW to anyone (actually, at this point, I might recommend against it).

 

[Cmdates2991]

This wouldn't have been so bad for me on it's own but when I take a look at the past 6 months, I'm finding it to be a very difficult decision as to whether or not to stick with Verizon.

Exactly how many policy changes have they made in the last few months? And How many actually benefited the consumer in any way? Their business model is really starting to annoy me.

 

[Preach2k]

Now I know I have to Get a phone I really Love.. Now That I have to have a 2 year Contract... The Bionic or The Galaxy S Must have Dual Core!!!