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Part II - UDP For Life

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OCMATT said:
Went in today to try again and was met with another "Analyst Review". I asked the Apple rep to only talk to CORe due to the previous troubles. Half way through speaking to CORe the Apple rep was told that I have 26 pending activations. I asked to take the call and see why they keep sharing my account info. It turns out these were not pending activations, they were pending applications. Speaking with CORe I asked for more detail and found out this was not a case of my AOL shenanigans being exposed. Based on the dates and times, these "applications" came from every time I got to the final purchase screen at Apple.com and was met with the "sorry something went wrong" message. Likely due to phone being out of stock. Anyway in the end CORe asked for my permission to delete the pending apps which I approved. Then the Apple rep hit the button again and the new phone was mine. Should be smooth sailing for the next phones.
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I had the same problem last week. You'll have same problem until those pending activations get killed. It takes me few days till it clears.

I don't do online orders anymore. Every time you get error or cancellation, you leave more pending application.
 
Do you think I should stop hitting F5?

Probably no more will be in stock today, right?

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jeevesbond said:
guys i received an apple UDP line w new iPhone 6 but can't activate it. says the activation servers are busy. any thoughts?
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Unfortunately, lots of people are having trouble activating these ship to home iP6 new UDP lines. You can try activating through iTunes, WiFi and cellular and if all of those don't work, you can call Apple and see if they can get an engineer on your case.

Also you need to be close to the estimated shipping date before you can activate the device.

You can always return and reorder p/u in store.

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OCMATT said:
Went in today to try again and was met with another "Analyst Review". I asked the Apple rep to only talk to CORe due to the previous troubles. Half way through speaking to CORe the Apple rep was told that I have 26 pending activations. I asked to take the call and see why they keep sharing my account info. It turns out these were not pending activations, they were pending applications. Speaking with CORe I asked for more detail and found out this was not a case of my AOL shenanigans being exposed. Based on the dates and times, these "applications" came from every time I got to the final purchase screen at Apple.com and was met with the "sorry something went wrong" message. Likely due to phone being out of stock. Anyway in the end CORe asked for my permission to delete the pending apps which I approved. Then the Apple rep hit the button again and the new phone was mine. Should be smooth sailing for the next phones.
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Wow that sucks about the pending applications. Gtk they can remove them.

Does anyone know if we can call CORe directly?
 
JulesJam said:
Probably no more will be in stock today, right?
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Nexus 6 ? No idea. I decide to use IP6 for a while. I activate new sim under my old line from one of IP6. My old sim (cut down Micro from Note3) can't do Advanced Calling 1.0 ( voLTE ). I need to stop tweaking my old line. Lol.

Bluetooth note3 integration to my car is suck compared to Ip6.
 
BigCheapBastard said:
Problems with last AOL. So the person previously took a few lines off me and no problems. Then another yesterday evening (night reps effed up maybe?).

Now she emails me saying that it's not unlimted and verizon won't change it back and that it wasn't ever unlimited. Wants me to get on phone with them (not sure I'm willing to do that).

I certainly don't want them snooping around my account.

Any suggestions? Would an inactive pricing request help in this situation?
Thinking of sending the new line letter showing "Email & Web Unlimited" but removing my info.
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Did you do the AOL on the day you picked up the phone?

On the line I returned, I was trying to get it back into my main account to keep it for myself and I did this on the day the line was first activated. The stupid rep changed it to some UL T&T 1GB loyalty plan (which of course dropped the UDP) b/c it couldn't go into my main account as a single line FS plan. I tried to get that undone but the problem was since the rep changed the plan on the same day the line was first activated, the system essentially showed the line as only ever having been an UL T&T 1GB plan.

Now I do not make any line changes nor do I suspend a new line until the line has been active for 24 hours.

So I returned the phone to cancel the line.

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maestroX2 said:
Bluetooth note3 integration to my car is suck compared to Ip6.
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Yeah, that is an android problem.
 
JulesJam said:
Wow that sucks about the pending applications. Gtk they can remove them.

Does anyone know if we can call CORe directly?
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In my experience you can't speak to them without a pending application for which you know the app number. There is no other way to speak to them because the prompts are a dead end. Also I was told that these fall off after 90 days, so they are not a problem for the typical customer.
 
maestroX2 said:
They can change it later on.
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I would ask them what they want the plan to be and change it for them.

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OCMATT said:
In my experience you can't speak to them without a pending application for which you know the app number. There is no other way to speak to them because the prompts are a dead end. Also I was told that these fall off after 90 days, so they are not a problem for the typical customer.
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90 days that is long. Well so far for me my Analyst reviews have gone quickly. If there is a problem, I will ask to speak to CORe like you did and tell them to kill the pending applications.
 
BigCheapBastard said:
Yes - it was same day
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Well all I can tell you is that tried everything and no one could see that the line had ever been anything other than UL T&T 1GB plan so I returned the phone.

If you have the phone return it. If you don't, cancel the line and pay the etf, which should be close to covered by the profit you made off of selling the iPhone.

In the future, wait 24 hours b/f AOLing a line and change the plan to whatever the recipient wants before you AOL it. Because if a rep changes the plan either intentionally or by accident the same day the line was created, in the system it will look like the line never had UDP.
 
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OCMATT said:
Went in today to try again and was met with another "Analyst Review". I asked the Apple rep to only talk to CORe due to the previous troubles. Half way through speaking to CORe the Apple rep was told that I have 26 pending activations. I asked to take the call and see why they keep sharing my account info. It turns out these were not pending activations, they were pending applications. Speaking with CORe I asked for more detail and found out this was not a case of my AOL shenanigans being exposed. Based on the dates and times, these "applications" came from every time I got to the final purchase screen at Apple.com and was met with the "sorry something went wrong" message. Likely due to phone being out of stock. Anyway in the end CORe asked for my permission to delete the pending apps which I approved. Then the Apple rep hit the button again and the new phone was mine. Should be smooth sailing for the next phones.
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What's cor?
 
Tempting to get Verizon Broadband Router and stick this UDP sim into it. I paid $50 for 20 down and 5 up for TWC while I can get 65 down and 20 up on Verizon LTE for only $40 ( 9.99 add a line & 29.99 UDP ).
 
maestroX2 said:
I had the same problem last week. You'll have same problem until those pending activations get killed. It takes me few days till it clears.

I don't do online orders anymore. Every time you get error or cancellation, you leave more pending application.
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WHAT so I cancelled my account for nothing? After 14 years with these guys
 
maestroX2 said:
Tempting to get Verizon Broadband Router and stick this UDP sim into it. I paid $50 for 20 down and 5 up for TWC while I can get 65 down and 20 up on Verizon LTE for only $40 ( 9.99 add a line & 29.99 UDP ).
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you have more lines than you know what to do with, then why not?

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hommer1979 said:
WHAT so I cancelled my account for nothing? After 14 years with these guys
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I can always aol you a line, you can restart…..;)
 
maestroX2 said:
Tempting to get Verizon Broadband Router and stick this UDP sim into it. I paid $50 for 20 down and 5 up for TWC while I can get 65 down and 20 up on Verizon LTE for only $40 ( 9.99 add a line & 29.99 UDP ).
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How is a broadband router different from a MiFi?
 
didiee said:
you have more lines than you know what to do with, then why not?

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I can always aol you a line, you can restart…..;)
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Any good 4g LTE router for Verizon ? I need 2 wired ethernet so no jetpack.

I was considering cancel the account and restart but patience pays off !

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JulesJam said:
How is a broadband router different from a MiFi?
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Mifi has no wired Ethernet. I have personal running Synology at home.
 
maestroX2 said:
server.
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I asked the sales person for another phone after completing one transaction. Got to the activation part connecting to Verizon and an popped up something along the the of line suspension. I will be contacted by Verizon later on. So I went home and aol all my line to someone else, before I would be contacted.
 
BigCheapBastard said:
Problems with last AOL. So the person previously took a few lines off me and no problems. Then another yesterday evening (night reps effed up maybe?).

Now she emails me saying that it's not unlimted and verizon won't change it back and that it wasn't ever unlimited. Wants me to get on phone with them (not sure I'm willing to do that).

I certainly don't want them snooping around my account.

Any suggestions? Would an inactive pricing request help in this situation?
Thinking of sending the new line letter showing "Email & Web Unlimited" but removing my info.
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What I did was Aol the line back, returned the phone since it's 13 days to return. Line did not terminate itself and so had to call 611 to do it. On my bill I Got charged a termination fee so I called 611 and got a credit for it. They thought the 20 lines I had transferred was pretty ridiculous lol

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didiee said:
It is CORe. Something about credit review something something. Can't get there. Regular csr told me to go through sales, since she said nothing is wrong from what she can see....
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611 was able to transfer me to them once. Do not go thru sales. They're idiots trying to meet quotas
 
luciphear said:
What I did was Aol the line back, returned the phone since it's 13 days to return. Line did not terminate itself and so had to call 611 to do it. On my bill I Got charged a termination fee so I called 611 and got a credit for it. They thought the 20 lines I had transferred was pretty ridiculous lol

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611 was able to transfer me to them once. Do not go thru sales. They're idiots trying to meet quotas
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So you just said to them, can i be transferred to COR? I sort of hinted at the CSR, but don't know what COR really is…. and you know Jules refuse to tell me while I was driving…..
 
How are the silver 16 GB 6's selling? I can get them locally for $199 plus tax from the Apple Store. I only need the UDP Verizon line (SIM) for my iPad and going to re-sell the phone. Can I recover my money with a little profit by selling the phone without a SIM card? Any thoughts on what they are going for. Did not see many for sale online. Thanks in advance.
 
Thanks everyone for all the help. Initially, I started doing this to get a couple new iPhones for my family but now I've finally reached my 10th phone. I know I'm no where near many of you guys but at least I've got some spending cash for Christmas.

Just a heads up with my experience. I've only opened the phones to remove SIM cards then mailed the phones. I've never been charged activation fees and there have been no issues with them activating the phone. I also tell the buyer that they must use a pre activated SIM card. I never actually have a phone linked to the line and there seems to be no problems. I've AOled all my lines with no problem also (just super slow ebayers). I'm use to flipping iPhones the old way, upgrading a basic line and selling for retail. I was devastated when they stopped allowing this and making you purchase a data plan. This is waaaaay better. Haha. Again, thanks everyone.
 
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