iPhone Credit Check Question

[boshii]

I'm on a family plan and I'm iPhone upgrade eligible- can I go to AT&T and activate my new iPhone without having to take one of my parents- since I'm not adding a new line and I plan on paying for the phone myself anyway?

By buying the 3g you will be changing the contract since you're adding another 2 years. My guess would be that you would need one of your parents, or maybe just the last 4 digits of their ss#.

 

[Phil A.]

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Yea, that is a different system, and since you are starting a new plan and all they will have to..

This is really starting to put a damper on things...my parents are hesitant to do the credit check on their names because they don't want it in their names...but I told them I would pay them back for the bill and even if I missed a payment or something the worst that would happen is a termination of service.

actually, the worst that could happen is you ruin their credit for them. If you're talking about missing payments before you've even got the phone I can kind of understand your parents' reticence...

 

[MacGeek7]

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actually, the worst that could happen is you ruin their credit for them. If you're talking about missing payments before you've even got the phone I can kind of understand your parents' reticence...

Well, that's just the thing - I wouldn't be missing any payments because I've had a job all summer long and I already have a job lined up for when I go back to school...

 

[mcnieman]

I'm on a family plan and I'm iPhone upgrade eligible- can I go to AT&T and activate my new iPhone without having to take one of my parents- since I'm not adding a new line and I plan on paying for the phone myself anyway?

If you're an authorized user on the account and over 18, yes.
If you're under 18, you can't do it without your parents present since you're signing a new contract.

 

[gcmexico]

so when I got my iphone, I had no credit... and they said I would have to pay 500 dollar deposit for a normal iphone plan... but you can also run iPhone as a Pay as you Go phone, thats what I did... and there isn't n activation fee to do it either.

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gophone is only for the 1st generation iphone, I called gophone, and they will not be providing service for the 3g iphone...I don't know if that will change in the future...if anyone knows different let me know, I would rather do gophone!!