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Verizon Wireless

Reminder: Buying Verizon Phones Online Instead of In-Store Will Now Save You $20

Kellen Kellen April 18, 2019
When you buy a new phone at Verizon, the $800 price tag of the phone and the two years worth of service payments are not enough for the mega-carrier to get by. On top of your bank account emptying out for the latest Samsung or Apple device, Verizon charges you...
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Verizon is Reducing Activation Fees to $20 as Long as You Avoid Stores (Updated)

Kellen Kellen April 16, 2019
UPDATED 4/18: The new upgrade fee levels are live. I promise you that title is correct. Verizon will drop the activation/upgrade fee for devices to $20 starting Thursday, April 18, if you buy them online or within the My Verizon app. That's according to reddit...
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Verizon’s Upgrade Fee Bumped to $30, 2-Year Contracts Also Gone for Existing Customers (Updated)

Kellen Kellen January 6, 2017 235
Verizon snuck in a couple of changes this week while CES announcements were dominating headlines and we thought you might want to know about them. For one, the upgrade fee that you pay every time you buy a new phone has increased. Also, existing customers no...
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Reminder: You Can Upgrade at Verizon and Keep Unlimited Data These Days

Kellen Kellen July 7, 2016 153
Back in November, Verizon began raising the price of unlimited data plans from $29.99 per month to $49.99 per month. That $20 hike has or will have happened to almost everyone with an unlimited data plan by the end of August, as far as we can tell, through a...
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AT&T Wastes No Time Matching Verizon’s New $20 Upgrade Fee

Kellen Kellen April 6, 2016 119
On Monday, Verizon introduced a new "upgrade fee" for those customers who buy new phones on device payment plans or at full retail. We spent a good handful of hours over the past week trashing all over the fee, because it seems like an incredibly slick move...
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Reminder: Verizon’s $20 Upgrade Fee Went Live Today

Kellen Kellen April 4, 2016 92
Just a quick reminder, but because today is April 4 and the go-live date for Verizon's latest fee introduction, be prepared going forward to pay an extra $20 when you buy a new phone at Verizon with a device payment plan or at full retail. This is Verizon's...
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20 Customer Responses to Verizon’s New $20 Upgrade Fee

Kellen Kellen March 31, 2016 248
You've heard the news. On Monday, April 4, Verizon is planning to tack on another probably-non-necessary $20 fee because it's expensive when people give them money. I almost can't type that with a straight face, but I don't know any other way to put it. What...
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Verizon Plans to Add $20 Upgrade Fee to Off-Contract and Device Payment Phone Purchases

Kellen Kellen March 31, 2016 175
According to a leaked document obtained by MacRumors, Verizon is going to introduce a new upgrade fee on April 4 for device payment plans, full retail upgrades, annual upgrades, and the iPhone Upgrade Plan at Apple Stores. The fee will be $20 for each...
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