WTB - Cheap Verizon Phone

[madk]

Hey fellas,

My GF snapped here phone in half.  No insurance and the contract still has a year left on it.  So you know what that means...full retail price to replace it.

I'm looking for a cheap Verizon phone for her...it's pretty urgent as she is living 2.5 hours away from me and we need it for our constant communication.

Let me know if anyone has anything laying around!  Thanks loads.

Matt

[NightGod]

Ouch-have you actually checked with Verizon or are you just assuming? I know T-mobile gives another free phone after a year, despite a two-year contract. They replaced my daughter's lost phone for free through that system. You might have the most luck at one of those mall-base reseller places, they have more motive to do stuff like that since they'll then try to sell you insurance packages (which are usually better than the cell provider's, anyway).

[madk]

Yeah we stopped by the Verizon store earlier today.  Unfortuntaly she didn't purchase their extra $2/month insurance.  If she would have there would be no trouble at all.

[NightGod]

Must be a difference with the carriers, mine wasn't an insurance replacement, it was just a free phone that we were due because it had been over a year since our last free one. If it had been under the insurance, we would have had to pay the $45 deductible, but this was completely free.

[davieboynj]

with verizon wireless, as long as she has the primary phone on a normal plan, she is eligable for "early replacement", which is the promotional price on a phone for a new buyer, NOT the $100 off you get for NE2. 

get yerself a new phone.    make usre you ask for "early replacement".

-d

[fredster]

Good tip on Verizon. I have a broken 2nd phone.

If you buy one, it has to be GPS compatiable. They won't hook up one to the network if it isn't.

The government wants to know where you are at ....

[ChadTower]

So tie it to a stray cat.  They'll never find you.

[shardian]

Good tip on Verizon. I have a broken 2nd phone.

If you buy one, it has to be GPS compatiable. They won't hook up one to the network if it isn't.

The government wants to know where you are at ....

wtf are you talking about? You just pop your sim card into any unlocked phone and off you go.

[nullb0y]

i dont think verizon uses sims any more??

[davieboynj]

Verizon never used sims, as they use CDMA technology. 

and you need a phone that is E911 (not gps) compatible.  don't expect to activate your old StarTac or anything... 

Good tip on Verizon. I have a broken 2nd phone.

If you buy one, it has to be GPS compatiable. They won't hook up one to the network if it isn't.

The government wants to know where you are at ....

wtf are you talking about? You just pop your sim card into any unlocked phone and off you go.

[fredster]

I tried to get an LG phone I had in 2002 re-connected.  I got new phones in July 2005.  I had trouble with them. I wanted to temporarialy reconnect the old LG (a Qualcom [sp?]) phone with the b/w display.

The service tech told me it was too old. It was digital, but they would not connect a phone to the network that was not GPS.  She said government regulation.

Now I didn't research that, but she said it.  She loaned me a phone instead. I liked the other one better.

I have no reason to believe she lied to me or she was mistaken.  But I did not verify these rules.  The "rules" change depending on who you are and where you are maybe.