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Can you buy 5C on contract then cancel and pay ETF?

SchuettS said:
You can when walmart, bestbuy or whoever puts these phones on sale. Usually you will only save the different between the sale price and regular vs. paying full price.

I got a question. Say I went into walmart to get a 5s would they be able to add the phone to my share everything plan so I would only have to pay $40 for that month then cancel?

$40 additional share everything device
$137 for phone w tax
$340 etf
$30 activation fee
= $547 for a brand new verizon 5s

Thoughts or comments?
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Add tax to etf depending on state.
 
SchuettS said:
You can when walmart, bestbuy or whoever puts these phones on sale. Usually you will only save the different between the sale price and regular vs. paying full price.

I got a question. Say I went into walmart to get a 5s would they be able to add the phone to my share everything plan so I would only have to pay $40 for that month then cancel?

$40 additional share everything device
$137 for phone w tax
$340 etf
$30 activation fee
= $547 for a brand new verizon 5s

Thoughts or comments?
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all that hassle to save a few bucks? come on man
 
Seems to me like for every calculations we do with these ridiculous sales... We're getting $130 ish savings for the "hassle". Heck I'll go thru that hassle...
 
Appl3FTW said:
Seems to me like for every calculations we do with these ridiculous sales... We're getting $130 ish savings for the "hassle". Heck I'll go thru that hassle...
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I'm going to try it. Walmart has a few different ads out. One says the 5s is 189 the other says 117, so we will see. I'll try best buy if there not on sale at Walmart.
 
Also you only have to keep the service for 15 days not 30. Then you can cancel. You get billed the activation fee and prorated charges for 15 days of service. So yeah this is cheaper than buying the 5C outright. Be sure to get the Verizon model.
 
thanks guys.. dang i want the 32gb tho.. i wonder if its on sale.

5C 16gb is on sale for 27 @ walmart
5s 16gb is on sale for 127 @ walmart
 
alphaod said:
They can blacklist it. ;)
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What is blacklist? Never heard of it.

Edit: just read on a different website from multiple people that a verizon blacklisted phone has no effect on other carriers and it's mainly caused from not paying ones phone bill. I don't see why they would blacklist if I went this route since I would be paying all bills and fees.
 
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blacklist? are people just making things up???

blacklist are for phones that are claimed stolen. they blacklist the phone itself from being used in the network.

Why would they blacklist a phone that was purchased and paid ETF for? :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
Appl3FTW said:
blacklist? are people just making things up???

blacklist are for phones that are claimed stolen. they blacklist the phone itself from being used in the network.

Why would they blacklist a phone that was purchased and paid ETF for? :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
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If you tried to defraud them, a blacklist will be the least of your problems. :rolleyes:
 
alphaod said:
If you tried to defraud them, a blacklist will be the least of your problems. :rolleyes:
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Defraud?

That's what ETF's are for so the carrier doesn't get screwed. If I follow everything in their policy how can I be committing fraud?
 
Lol defraud??? Omg...

Btw why aren't they doing discounts on the phone only w/o contract or the 32gb? Why only 16gb with contract
 
SchuettS said:
Bestbuy has all models on sale. $75 off
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like the above poster said.. $75 off on 2yr contract only. Good that they at least included the 32gb this time.. but they are all contract only.

i was hoping they would do discounts on retail price... oh well, waiting on schuett to see how it turns out for him cuz im about to go do the 2yr contract myself.
 
Appl3FTW said:
like the above poster said.. $75 off on 2yr contract only. Good that they at least included the 32gb this time.. but they are all contract only.

i was hoping they would do discounts on retail price... oh well, waiting on schuett to see how it turns out for him cuz im about to go do the 2yr contract myself.
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Tmr is my next day off so I will probably head to walmart. Hopefully they have them in stock

Edit: just called walmart and they had them in stock. Plus free activation for the next cpl days. The deal just got better.
 
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u doin 2yr plan att 32gb? how long ur holding it before cancelling?

let me know ur plan man.
 
Appl3FTW said:
u doin 2yr plan att 32gb? how long ur holding it before cancelling?

let me know ur plan man.
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Verizon. 16 gb 5s. Adding it to my share everything plan which would be an extra $40 a month. I will probably cancel after 14 days.

I'm guessing I will need a new sim to activate it on my line so I will probably stop at verizon shortly after and have them swap the phones to other lines. I'll add my iphone 4 to the newly activated line for the time being.
 
dang i thought ur buying a 5c.. lol same thing tho. lemme know how it works out.. im about to follow suit.
 
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