Can I make a suggestion to you. During the pre-order week, go to a Verizon store and activate a new account and line for yourself via a month to month plan for the cheapest option which I believe is a 3 GB plan for $40 a month. You will also have to pay a one time activation fee of $30. Add another $10for taxes. Now you will have your own account, with your own passcode so you can pre-order your new phone through Verizon or Apple like the rest of us at midnight on the 27th. Assuming you get your phone on the 3rd of November, once activated, you can just switch SIM cards to your current number, and then go back to the Verizon store and cancel your service on the new line. You will even get a refund on the $30 activation fee if canceled and the SIM card returned within 14 days. So worst case you incurred $80 max for your troubles as apposed to an extra couple of hundred by purchasing the phone on eBay.