The most successful companies have eyes focused down the road.  I would like to see a bone thrown our way every now and then as well.  I was with Cellular One then bought by Century-Tel then bought by Alltel, now Verizon.  How’s that for being a sucker?

Anyway, the money isn’t in the phones, it’s in the continued contracts.  Help us out a little, Verizon.

Also, does anyone know if I “had” bought my Razr from Amazon, would the Jan 15 exchange policy still apply?

Another question, how does amazon charge you the 250? via your at&t contract or what? because I bought the phone with a Walmart debit card that have only 24$ in it.
plus I bought the phone today and amazon says it will arrive after 12 days, but when I log on my at&t account, there is no sign for an added line.

Also I have done this before with best buy deals. They do the same thing have to keep the same line active. I did this when I talked my X into buying the DX and swapping with my Inc.My phone (rezound) is going to be here today and im going to verizon to swap it out. I will post any issues I run into.

With nothing to loose, I called Amazon and asked about price protection for recent purchases.  She said they do not offer that but can grant a one time exception.  Sweeeett!!!  Happy Thanksgiving.  I just got them to credit me several hundreds of dollars!

Note the phrase ‘line of service for this device’, in particular the last 3 words, as well as the statement ‘maintain this service in good standing’.

Generally speaking, making a major change to a service plan (and replacing a smartphone with a dumbphone and removing the data/texting/wireless soda machine, etc.. would be considered major) is considered a disconnection and reconnection, which is why when you make such a change they typically have to go through the whole “You’ll be charged a pro-rated fee for the new plan but you’ll get a refund for the remainder of the month on the old plan” speech. They do this deliberately to prevent the sort of thing you’re attempting here. In addition, they can claim that the statement ‘for this device’ was violated simply by changing the ESN associated with the new line of service.

On top of that, disputing any penalty fees with your credit card company based on the grounds that a huge merchant and your carrier wouldn’t let you defraud them will probably fail as well, as most credit card companies have little interest in undermining the same sort of contracts that they cards rely on themselves. It’s not like Amazon failed to provide you with what you paid for.

When you purchase your device with service from AmazonWireless.com, we automatically pass along an instant discount from the carrier to you.  This discount has been provided to you based on your agreement to (a) activate a new, or extend an existing, line of service for this device with the carrier, and (b) maintain this service in good standing for a minimum of 181 consecutive days.  If you do not activate or extend a line of service in connection with this device, or if your service is canceled/disconnected before 181 consecutive days, AmazonWireless.com will charge you $250 per device, plus applicable taxes.

It says nothing about keeping the same plans. I ordered a rezound as an add a lien for my family plan, i will swap to a dumbphone ESN to pay $9.99 add a line fee only. If amazon charges me i will dispute with my credit card company. Terms basically say i have to keep the line open.