wow, maybe I'm late to the party and this is old news, but my monthly plan is $60 for verizon, but with all their fees and surcharges, etc...I'm paying $169 total this month! How can that be right?? I'm a new customer, maybe there are activation charges the first couple of months? Even that seems stupid to me, but I'll take that over this being a monthly issue...Otherwise, see ya later with an ETF, and hello again to straighttalk.
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I'm paying about 25.5% in taxes and fee's from Verizon. Old days are gone forever. 
Activating charges will be included on first month, plus when you started the service they will figure a partial months $ as well, and tag it with the current month. Next month you should see a figure around $75.00 if you live in Florida. That is what I pay for Calls/Data $60.00
Activating charges will be included on first month, plus when you started the service they will figure a partial months $ as well, and tag it with the current month. Next month you should see a figure around $75.00 if you live in Florida. That is what I pay for Calls/Data $60.00
ok maybe i was premature, 51 of that is from activation/the last week of september's prorated bill. Either way, charging $40 for "smartphone access" is...well good for you verizon for getting away with that. I should charge people who sit on my couch "seat access" and "glass fees" if they want some water.
What you ran into Is that you're using the share everything plan from Verizon. 60 dollars for the base plan + 40 dollars for your iPhone. Single lines are extremely expensive on Verizon.
There are no Verizon plans for $60.
The cheapest Verizon plan with a smartphone is $90 ($50 for 1gb data + $40 per smartphone).
What you probably have is the 2gb data plan for $60 + $40 per smartphone so it's $100.
The cheapest Verizon plan with a smartphone is $90 ($50 for 1gb data + $40 per smartphone).
What you probably have is the 2gb data plan for $60 + $40 per smartphone so it's $100.
I got 2 IP5 with 1GB data. my first month bill is $217 ($19% corp disc off $50).
$50 data + $40 iphone + $40 iphone + 2x$35 activation = $200 + tax/fee.
because of iphone, I let this outrageous charges upon me. wirless carriers are in a high profile margin, and there is little competition between them. AT&T and Verizon is pretty much price fixing together.
$50 data + $40 iphone + $40 iphone + 2x$35 activation = $200 + tax/fee.
because of iphone, I let this outrageous charges upon me. wirless carriers are in a high profile margin, and there is little competition between them. AT&T and Verizon is pretty much price fixing together.
This is why I stick with AT&T. I am on a single line and it would cost me more money to switch to Verizon. Not to mention I see all the ridiculous charges my parents get with them. I pay $90 a month for 450 mins, unlimited texting with unlimited mobile to mobile, and 3GB of data. On Verizon I would be forced to pick the share everything and it would cost me $110 a month for unlimited talk, text, and 4GB data with hotspot. But then you also add their fees. At least on AT&T know every month I will have around $4-6 dollars in taxes.
Be a responsible adult and do the calculations yourself before spending your money. You can't complain about the cost of your meal if you don't look at the prices of the food you're ordering.
Everyone pays taxes, fees, etc., so just add on ~20% to whatever your charges are. These are not new things; they're on every carrier and have been for some time now.
The really astounding part is how someone (read: you) would leave a carrier, sign a 2-year contract, drop hundreds on a new phone, and threaten to leave & pay an ETF b/c your 1st month's bill wasn't what you expected (despite not having done your homework).
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Yes there is.....Below is what I have [Verizon or AT&T]
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Yes it does. If your lucky and not do some stupid stuff, you may reach 65+ someday like me and get a few goodies... Not many, but some
The reply that I replied to, said there were no $60 plans out there and there are.....
Yes it does. If your lucky and not do some stupid stuff, you may reach 65+ someday like me and get a few goodies... Not many, but some
The reply that I replied to, said there were no $60 plans out there and there are.....
Fair enough, but what percentage of MR forum members do you reckon this applies to?
Saw that data/phone plan just the other day going to the Apple store way. So there is a way to get a plan that is not too expensive for individuals and close to 60 bucks ($69.99) as the other poster said there were no $60 plans....
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Most new customers can get Activation charge waived; most renewing customers cannot get upgrade charge waived.
Ah, me and my roommate would be paying about 110 with fees/taxes under AT&T for two phones (that's not including activation fees, I don't count one time fees). ANd that would be for 3 GBs each where we would have to split 1 GB for both of us under the shared plans. We would be paying 130 under the share plans but nice thing about AT&T? You don't have to go to a shared plan
(and we got to keep our unlimited and I don't use facetime even near enough to justify paying that much extra per month just to be able to use it.... oh, and get way less data than I need. I'd already be using up more than my share of data on the share plan if we paid for the cheapest one and it's only been a week or so since I got my phone).So, there is some difference and AT&T is definitely cheaper for our situation (but that's cause it is more customizable for what we need. We don't need unlimited text or voice cause we get more voice minutes than we use under our small voice plan and if we text we use imessage or just pay the per text fee cause it's so rare with imessage and the rest of our family friends having iphones that it's cheaper to pay per text than have a plan).
The share plans are great for some people, but they are a lot less customizable so if you actually figure in what you really need, they could easily be a rip off.
I have an iPhone 4S on Verizon carried from employer, and my monthly feee including 2GB data and fees is about $ 53.00