Looks like I got some mixed results with Verizon this morning. I inquired about getting my activation fee waived due to my corp discount and they told me that my activation fee WILL NOT be waived. They said that it all depends on your organization's agreement with them and apparently mine does not include a waived activation fee - kind of a bummer actually but I didn't push to have them waive it anyway. I'll wait until my first bill comes though - maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised. If not, I guess I can push them to waive it but we'll see.
As far as suspending my service without billing, they wanted to charge me $15 to do it. When I said I was told there would be no charge to suspend without billing, she informed me that there's no charge if you do it yourself online (doing it through customer service costs $15). I had seen the "Suspend" option on My Verizon Wireless (or whatever it's called) but it didn't specifically say "suspend without billing" so I didn't want to do it that way; however, once you actually go through the process of selecting why you want to suspend (I chose "Other"), there is an option to suspend without billing. Make sure you select that option - you'll be good to go and there's no charge. It does say that your service will automatically be restored in 90 days so just make sure you go back online and suspend it again in 90 days if that's what you want to do (I'll go back on October 1st and suspend it again for the rest of this year).
All in all I'm pretty happy so far other than the activation fee, but I really can't blame Verizon for that. I'm sure they'll waive it if I really push them, but I'm not sure if I will. Hope this helps some of you who are planning to do the same thing.
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Thanks to your help and insight I was able to lock in vzw unlimited data with the Pixi and suspend service with no billing until I am finally ready to upgrade. I would have never known about the suspend without billing option if you weren't as smart as you are.
All I can really say is that I am very greatful you are here. Thank you
