> It's nice how Verizon locks their customers into 2 year agreements but
won't
> give you a phone that lasts the entire length of the contract.


Verizon doesn't lock you into a 2 year contract. Customers lock theirselves
in when they take a 2 year instead of a 1 year. As far as phone lasting for
2 years, lots of them do last for that long and even longer. I still get
customers in who carry analog phones they have had for 5 or 6 years. I
personally had a 510 for a year and half until I got my 4400 and it worked
as good the day I quit using it as the day I got it.



KC

Come On KC, we all know Verizon pushes the 2 year. I do agree that
customers themselves lock themselves in for 2 years, but Verizon sure
doesn't try to stop them. A friend of mine recently redid his contract and
upgraded his phone. He said he wanted a 1 year deal the moment he stepped
into the door. As he was about to checkout he noticed they made it a 2 year
and the rep played all dumb. Good thing he looked, most people don't.
T-Mobile, Nextel, and AT&T all have 1 years as the preferred contract...AT&T
assumes you want a 1 year unless you specifically tell them you want it for
2. Verizon should do the same.


"_KC_" <kc@kc.com> wrote in message
news:yRJJa.61839$Io.5803951@newsread2.prod.itd.ear thlink.net...
>
>
> > It's nice how Verizon locks their customers into 2 year agreements but
> won't
> > give you a phone that lasts the entire length of the contract.
>
>
> Verizon doesn't lock you into a 2 year contract. Customers lock
theirselves
> in when they take a 2 year instead of a 1 year. As far as phone lasting
for
> 2 years, lots of them do last for that long and even longer. I still get
> customers in who carry analog phones they have had for 5 or 6 years. I
> personally had a 510 for a year and half until I got my 4400 and it worked
> as good the day I quit using it as the day I got it.
>
>
>
> KC
>
>

"DV" <dvalenti@NOSPAM.hotmail.com> wrote:

---> A friend of mine recently redid his contract and
---> upgraded his phone. He said he wanted a 1 year deal the moment he stepped
---> into the door. As he was about to checkout he noticed they made it a 2 year
---> and the rep played all dumb.

All the more reason to read any contract before you sign it.

CM

come on now.why in the hell would VZW try and stop you from siging a 2
year contract? last time i checked they were in the biz of making
money.am i wrong here? if you don't read the contract you deserve to be
stuck for 2 years. sir we don't want your money could you sign a 1 year
contract instead"
--
There is no spoon...-Neo


"DV" <dvalenti@NOSPAM.hotmail.com> wrote in article
<vfete38mtne8e@news.supernews.com>:
> Come On KC, we all know Verizon pushes the 2 year. I do agree that
> customers themselves lock themselves in for 2 years, but Verizon sure
> doesn't try to stop them. A friend of mine recently redid his contract and
> upgraded his phone. He said he wanted a 1 year deal the moment he stepped
> into the door. As he was about to checkout he noticed they made it a 2 year
> and the rep played all dumb. Good thing he looked, most people don't.
> T-Mobile, Nextel, and AT&T all have 1 years as the preferred contract...AT&T
> assumes you want a 1 year unless you specifically tell them you want it for
> 2. Verizon should do the same.
>
>
> "_KC_" <kc@kc.com> wrote in message
> news:yRJJa.61839$Io.5803951@newsread2.prod.itd.ear thlink.net...
> >
> >
> > > It's nice how Verizon locks their customers into 2 year agreements but
> > won't
> > > give you a phone that lasts the entire length of the contract.
> >
> >
> > Verizon doesn't lock you into a 2 year contract. Customers lock
> theirselves
> > in when they take a 2 year instead of a 1 year. As far as phone lasting
> for
> > 2 years, lots of them do last for that long and even longer. I still get
> > customers in who carry analog phones they have had for 5 or 6 years. I
> > personally had a 510 for a year and half until I got my 4400 and it worked
> > as good the day I quit using it as the day I got it.
> >
> >
> >
> > KC
> >
> >
>
>

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On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:58:06 GMT, "_KC_" <kc@kc.com> wrote:

>I still get
>customers in who carry analog phones they have had for 5 or 6 years.

See? I told ya there was gonna be trouble....(c;


Larry

Extremely intelligent life must exist in the universe.
You can tell because they never tried to contact us.

"DV" <dvalenti@NOSPAM.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:vfete38mtne8e@news.supernews.com...
> Come On KC, we all know Verizon pushes the 2 year. I do agree that
> customers themselves lock themselves in for 2 years, but Verizon sure
> doesn't try to stop them. A friend of mine recently redid his contract
and
> upgraded his phone. He said he wanted a 1 year deal the moment he stepped
> into the door. As he was about to checkout he noticed they made it a 2
year
> and the rep played all dumb. Good thing he looked, most people don't.
> T-Mobile, Nextel, and AT&T all have 1 years as the preferred
contract...AT&T
> assumes you want a 1 year unless you specifically tell them you want it
for
> 2. Verizon should do the same.


Of course they push the 2 year, all cellphone companies do that I have ever
done business with. I always explain to every customer who is signing up
the differences in the two terms as far as warranty and upgrade issues go.
Its up to the customer to decide whether they want that extra $30 off the
phone price and if new activation, save the $35 activation fee. I even tell
customers that personally I would never do a 2 year deal myself, just due to
the fact I like to be able to upgrade equipment every 10 months if I choose
to. I never assume they want one or the other, I ask what they want.



KC