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Verizon Introduces New 'Up' Rewards Program With Perks Including Free Months of Apple Music
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Boo! The old program provided us incredible discounts on products my family used, tax-free plus free shipping. Probably saved us $50-$75 a month on things we needed anyway. It was the only rewards program I've ever actually been excited about. Hello AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint... Tell me about your plans and perks.
oh... great...... I bet everyone will just jump at *that* idea
If mobile carriers could do this without in exchange for something, that would be a 'better offer' But you are getting something for fee without paying..... it could cancel the act of collecting private data out.
There's always a catch to these things.
Bleh, Verizon really sucks with perks. I'm tempted by Tmobile, while reception was an issue previously Verizon is really letting me down lately. Lots of dropped calls, and underwater voice when home with 1-2 bars reception. The last few times I went to the "boonies" my brothers Tmobile reception was actually better than my Verizon, to my embarrassment. Just a couple of weeks ago in the Poconos I could not believe Verizon kept bouncing between no reception and 3g, where my brothers Tmobile kept LTE the entire time. Plus I'm constantly going over my data limit because my daughter loves to tether her ipad and watch YTkids/youtube, with Tmobile it would be free, now that's a perk. Sigh maybe it's time to switch.
The problem is that programs like this don't cost them anything. They're putting together offers from vendors and presenting it as a perk. I find it very unlikely that someone redeeming a credit for Apple Music actually costs Verizon $10.
Likewise, I'm sure its the same with T-Mobile. Sure, a T-Mobile beach towel does cost them something but I don't think there's someone at T-Mobile who comes into work on Wednesday and finds a Papa John's bill in their inbox with the total cost of Tuesday pizzas being ordered. Its no secret that Tuesdays are the slowest days for pizza companies (without any mobile perks, I get emailed every Tuesday about "today only" buy-one-get-one-free specials from Dominos, Pizza Hut, and local chains.
As the manager of an IT department, I get vendors like Dell, AT&T, etc. asking me to send email to our employees offering them "Special Discounts for Employees" and encouraging me to pitch it as "one of the benefits of working here." Even Apple has specials for our employees for 5-10% off if they use their company email address when buying.
Its called marketing. Killing the program doesn't create cash that can be applied to lower people's bills.
Verizon really is becoming a creepy company. I switched to another carrier a while back, and to be honest the service really isn't AS good as Verizon's coverage was for me... but the price is so much lower and the privacy is so much better I won't be going back unless "big red" really changes their ways.
How about working on the LTE towers, so non-unlimited users who pay on time won't feel like they're on 3G?
That's why I dumped them. I got sick of the sleazy tactics.
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They stopped only because they got caught. No disclosure of program to customers when it commenced, only a confession was security community discovered it.
[doublepost=1515869272][/doublepost]I I know that this is an old thread however I was just getting ready to sign up for the UP REWARDS myself and decided to read the terms and conditions. After reading it I wanted to do the further investigation and look into what types rewards would be available in particular. So I did a Google Search and I Came Upon This as well as other reviews... in response to this review I can say I am just another person who agrees. However I am curious as to what makes people think that we are not already being watched when it comes to our browsing history? As bad as it is and as crazy as it is, people have to know that this is not the first time and it's not the only way for it to be viewed. Besides, the government already has all of our information anyways. If it's not Verizon using the UP Rewards, it's something else. Weather people know it or not we do not have any privacy whether it's through our browsing history or our social media accounts or anything. First and foremost if you have a cell phone there is no privacy LOL. That's just one of the things. So to complain about the UP Rewards, it's just neither here nor there and should not waste your time on doing it. I have nothing to hide about my browsing history because I'm pretty darn sure anything I look at the things that everybody else in this world looks at as well. No shockers! Again, I agree with every person who is against Verizon wanting to see her browsing history. But people have to think, have u not already agreed to this anyway when u got the phone from Verizon? If not, what about when you got other services through Verizon? And if not then, what about the fact that everything you do is already seen and shared? That's all I'm saying. So if you decide not to use UP Rewards program which I'm still trying to decide to decide myself whether or not I'm going to use it, I probably will, you're really not losing anything anyways. And as to whether or not you will end up doing anything, well that's a personal question to ask yourself.
[doublepost=1515869272][/doublepost]I I know that this is an old thread however I was just getting ready to sign up for the UP REWARDS myself and decided to read the terms and conditions. After reading it I wanted to do the further investigation and look into what types rewards would be available in particular. So I did a Google Search and I Came Upon This as well as other reviews... in response to this review I can say I am just another person who agrees. However I am curious as to what makes people think that we are not already being watched when it comes to our browsing history? As bad as it is and as crazy as it is, people have to know that this is not the first time and it's not the only way for it to be viewed. Besides, the government already has all of our information anyways. If it's not Verizon using the UP Rewards, it's something else. Weather people know it or not we do not have any privacy whether it's through our browsing history or our social media accounts or anything. First and foremost if you have a cell phone there is no privacy LOL. That's just one of the things. So to complain about the UP Rewards, it's just neither here nor there and should not waste your time on doing it. I have nothing to hide about my browsing history because I'm pretty darn sure anything I look at the things that everybody else in this world looks at as well. No shockers! Again, I agree with every person who is against Verizon wanting to see her browsing history. But people have to think, have u not already agreed to this anyway when u got the phone from Verizon? If not, what about when you got other services through Verizon? And if not then, what about the fact that everything you do is already seen and shared? That's all I'm saying. So if you decide not to use UP Rewards program which I'm still trying to decide to decide myself whether or not I'm going to use it, I probably will, you're really not losing anything anyways. And as to whether or not you will end up doing anything, well that's a personal question to ask yourself.
This logic is flawed at best. Granted, the premise hinges on our perception of what privacy is and how it should be interpreted. Comparing what data the government has to a public enterprise is not apples to apples.