Comments on: Starting April 22 Verizon Will Charge $30 Upgrade Fee When Existing Customers Buy New Phones at a Discounted Rate

By: IanCaz

IanCaz — Fri, 04 May 2012 19:47:00 +0000

bastards

By: Phoneman67

Phoneman67 — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:45:00 +0000

But you will lose your cell number unless you port to other carrier. And if you have unlimited data as i do you will lose that to.

By: SolipsisticPsychologist

SolipsisticPsychologist — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:00:00 +0000

Yeah but you don’t have to leave a carrier to demand good service, and the right to not be ripped off at every chance they can think of something ridiculous. I mean seriously, i thought using the word “convenience”, when they attempted to tack on $2 every month, was a huge slap in the face to begin with. Not to mention taking away the $50 credit. But to say we want an additional $30 on top of the gigantic cost of the phone you’re buying, and it’s supposedly going to help fund classes that probably one person in the history of Version has taken. And then to add insult they actually say it will help fund the “expert” service we’ve come to expect!? Haha! I would say over 80% of the people who have dealt with issues with an in-store Verizon clerk, or one on the phone. Wouldn’t place the word “expert” within fourteen million miles of the actual quality of service they received.

By: SolipsisticPsychologist

SolipsisticPsychologist — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:49:00 +0000

Yeah I just bought the Rezound, and I’ll be damned if I’m going to ever replace it now and buy another phone from Verizon. And if it stops working, I always have my Droid that I can just turn back on. Having the latest operating system and specs doesn’t mean that much to me, definitely not enough to pay these greedy bastards even more money. The only reason I bought the Rezound was because my DroidX got messed up and I had loaned my Droid out to my sister while she was in the process of getting a new phone. But now that she got a new one,I have my lovely Droid back, and can always rely on it when I need a backup.

By: SolipsisticPsychologist

SolipsisticPsychologist — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:42:00 +0000

Actually, the fact that Verizon didn’t formerly do this like the other pimps, does indeed make this different! Not to mention that the devils advocate, level playing field, you try to portray doesn’t even exist considering the other carriers don’t charge the same amount for top tier phones, with the addition of the $30. So I am not sure who you are trying to placate with this “oh well, everyone does something sleazy, so we should just sit back and take it”. It’s that kind of automation mentality that let’s companies get away with doing crap like this in the first place, because they know a large portion will just roll over and take it up the @ss, because complacency is always easier than speaking out against greed. But people used the tools available last time when they tried to charge a $2 “convenience” fee, and got it shot down. So I’m really hoping enough people will sign those petitions this time and start a justifiable uproar about this bogus charge.

Maybe you have something to gain from this, because you keep defending Verizon in every other post.

By: SolipsisticPsychologist

SolipsisticPsychologist — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:29:00 +0000

Yeah, two wrongs don’t make right ever. But in this case, I’m going to go against my principles, root my phone, and make sure I stick it to them every possible way I can. I honestly won’t probably, but it just gets so tiring when companies view you as nothing more than a cash cow, that they continually try to milk more and more money from, even to the point of drying up the cow, then just move on to the next oblivious cow.

By: SolipsisticPsychologist

SolipsisticPsychologist — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:21:00 +0000

See my point about easily being able to spot the shills. As exampled in the post above.

By: SolipsisticPsychologist

SolipsisticPsychologist — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:05:00 +0000

If you think they actually pay that $500 that they say they do……Wow, well hey, my brother is an African prince and he had to escape the country recently and wasn’t able to take his $145,782,412 in personal wealth with him. But kind sir, if you would be so kind as to help us out, by giving your bank account number, we transfer the Prince’s money into your account and for you help we allow you to keep 40% of money. You would be doing great service to we, and I can’t thank enough kind sir.

Please email at the following address, so we get transaction start.
Incrediblygulliblemoron@hotmail.com

By: SolipsisticPsychologist

SolipsisticPsychologist — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 09:35:00 +0000

Wow, I benefit from none of the reasons listed for them tacking on even more money. Not that I would for one second believe these to be valid, honest reasons for draining even more money than they already currently do though. But the getting help from Verizon “experts”, is easily the most hilarious part of their statement. The sales people in the store are as knowledgeable as a toddler, and they treat you akin to the sleazy feeling you get when talking to a used car salesman. They don’t do their homework and purely care about commission only. I know, I just had to go through quite an ordeal, and out of the three places I visited, every associate that “helped” me, told me lies about the phones and one even tried to sell me a home phone when I clearly stated I only needed a cell phone for work. Commission isn’t a motivator as much as it is a corruptor.

And if you want to easily spot the shills in these comments, it will easy, anyone who thinks this is anything other than pure greed and is complete crap, well say hello to a Verizon plant or someone that has something to gain from this. I would also say that if you disagree with this, you should absolutely so buying anything from Verizon after they implement this. If they had done this before I just got my new phone, well I would have gone back to a dumb phone in a heartbeat. You may say, well it’s just $30. But where the f**k does it end? You let them slide with overcharging us another $30 this time, it makes it that much easier to tack on another $10, $20, or even another $30 after this one, a month from now, six months from now. And you know they won’t quit. The people who come up with these new quick cash grabs, have no real sense of money and what it means to the average person. These policy makers are millionaires or even billionaires, this is just a stat on a financial report to them. But that extra $30 they swindle can mean a whole lot more to you and I. True, smartphones are a luxury, and not a true need in life. But that doesn’t mean you have to get bent over and take it up the butt, every time one of these bastards wants to go on vacation. I mean just look at the reasons for the charge given, and ask yourself if it makes sense or if you’ve even remotely benefited from that garbage? I know I haven’t in the slightest.

Well, you all saw what happened when they tried to swindle $2 from us for something stupid. I sincerely hope people won’t sit back and remain docile like automatons, when we’re talking about an $30 on top of the bloated, already insane price you pay for the discounted phone. That is unless anyone still can possibly believe it costs Verizon $600 to buy these smartphones, and they sure are cutting you a deal at that discounted price. Yeah, I would guess they pay under $60 per phone, and that is probably guessing too high. This is just pure greed once again, and I hope everyone will flock to every board and Verizon website on the net, and let them know we won’t take these greed tactics.

By: Shockerfred

Shockerfred — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 06:25:00 +0000

So if this “upgrade” fee doesn’t apply to new customers, I should let all 4 lines on my family plan expire, end my contract, become a “new” customer, thereby saving myself $120 in “upgrade” fees? Not to mention the incentives that “new” customers get on phone pricing…

By: willej

willej — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 03:19:00 +0000

Wow my friends its not just about a fees to teach about phones but it a fee to help improve Verizons Network, Vzw continue to provide us with the most reliable service that is available. Vzw has the largest 4g network available and they still are gradually improving their network so they need all the revenue, to provide you with excel service. Think about like this vzw is the Mercedes or Cadillac of the cell phone business, we don’t complain when we have the best. Appreciate because the other companies already have the fees and they have been having them for years