Poll of the Day > Ya'lls I'm switching to Verizon, they have a killer deal right now!!

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I moved recently and Metro PCs doesn't get coverage out here (Even though it's part of T-mobile and should).

My roomates have verizon but I had always thought they were super expensive and was like blaaaah, I don't wanna pay $100 a month for my cell phone....blaaaaaah.

But I decided to check them out and daaaaaamn I'm glad I did.

So, I had 2 g a month with metro pcs for $30, which was a pretty good deal I thought.

At verizon though they have a 5 G smartphone plan, for $40 base. $10 more amonth isn't horrid for better coverage etc, but still wouldn't really make me happy.

But......they also offer $5 off for signing up with autopay......which I obviously would have done anyway (don't wanna have to remember bills....what am I 20?). That was good enough right there but they ALSO have a loyalty program, which drops the price by $5 after 3 months, and another $5 after 9 months.

So after 3 months my price will be the same as Metro at $30 (meaning I will have spent $15 extra bucks total), but after 9 months that drops down to $25......quickly making up for the $15 and then saving me $5 a month after that.

But wait...there's more!!

In addition for signing up online, they waived the activation fee, and I got a phone for $60 as well (on sale). It wasn't quite a free phone (But to get that I would have had to sign up for an unlimited plan which wouldn't make sense over all cost wise).

Ended up paying just about $100 total for the phone and the first month. I had checked on upgrading my phone from metro pcs, and with the activation fee, it would have been $100 for just that (not including the $30 a month), so great deal over all.

I'm telling my friends about it (already did) but figured I'd post here as well.

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It's probably a good idea to periodically check deals with other cell providers these days. It used to be that companies appreciated long term customers, retention mattered. It's all about new sign-ups now.

cant wait for the topic next month when he sees his bill is around $120 from fees

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I switched to Mint Mobile recently. I'm on the 12GB plan for $25 a month. I hadn't shopped around in a few years so before that I was paying a little more and getting a lot less data.

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I used to drive trucks cross-country and I love Verizon's coverage (I had service almost everywhere) but they're one of the more expensive carriers.

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keyblader1985 posted...

I switched to Mint Mobile recently. I'm on the 12GB plan for $25 a month. I hadn't shopped around in a few years so before that I was paying a little more and getting a lot less data.

How is the speed?

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The 5G speed is pretty good - though I've always stuck to lower-priced data plans so I'm not sure if the more expensive ones would be faster.

Once you hit the data cap it takes about 20-30 seconds just to load a GameFAQs page.

Also to get the lowest price for your data plan, you have to prepay for a year. You start at three months for the lowest price, then your price varies by how much you lock in for.

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helIy posted...

cant wait for the topic next month when he sees his bill is around $120 from fees

I called and double checked, no fees or taxes, straight 40$ a month (35$ after autopay) for the first 3 months, then it's 30$ after that till 9 months, and then 25$ after that.

The activation fee was waved since I enrolled online (which there normally is).


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You can't get it since 5G causes coronavirus.
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Being a shill is so cool!

That sounds like the 5GB data plan, right?

It's not bad.

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Red_Frog posted...

It's probably a good idea to periodically check deals with other cell providers these days. It used to be that companies appreciated long term customers, retention mattered. It's all about new sign-ups now.

This is true as well, and it's not really limited to cellular providers.

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helIy posted...

cant wait for the topic next month when he sees his bill is around $120 from fees

There's no line access fee with his plan, if it's the one I think it is.

Verizon's newer line ups are pretty upfront with their costs.

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Yeah, it's a pretty sweet plan really. I ain't shilling tho, there are other cheaper plans, Mint I think has a 15$ plan for instance. Long term this will be only $25 though, and Verizon has better coverage (which I need since i'm in the boondocks.

I think the phone is showing up tomorrow by fed express, which rocks hard.

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Tried to switch to verizon. They were unable to verified my identity. They wanted a scanned copy of my driver's license and a scanned copy of either a utility bill (within last month), lease agreement (valid for current lease), vehicle registration (within last year), voter's registration card (for current year), or a valid passport.

Since I had none of the requested documents, I was denied service with verizon and I am still stuck with sprint. This was a month ago.

Is this pre-paid or a traditional plan? How much data per month?

I've got Verizon pre-paid. It's supposed to be $40 per line (I have two lines) for 3 GB. But with a $10 off the 2nd line ("multi line discount) and $5 off each line for auto-pay, it's $60/month (two lines).
And there was a promotion early this year for double data that I caught and requested, so now it's 6 GB.

Just curious if this deal is better than the one I have now... I barely use the data, so....

I kept reading 5G as 5GB /facedesk

It is the Prepaid plan. You can see it here at the very bottom:

https://www.verizon.com/plans/#shared

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It's called the 5G smartphone plan.

Think it's prepaid but not really sure.

You get 5gig of data, it's base cost is 40$ for 1 line (I don't need multiple lines.

With autopay thats 35$ right off the bat, but it qualifies for the loytalty program (which may mean it's not prepaid?).

Anyway after 3 months it drops to $30 (which is what I was paying at metro PCS), and after 9 months it drops to 25.

IF your current plan qualifies for the loyalty program it sounds like it's pretty much the same cost, and 1 G of data more per month (unless that is 6G of date between both phones?.

I'm not sure if you can get multi-line discounts with it or what, in theory if you could get 2 of them and get a multi-line discount, that would eventually drop the price to $40 for both lines (25$ each and -10$ for multi line), and you would get 5 G of data each for 10G all together. That would be better than what you have, but only if you can get the multi-line discount with it as well.

I have seen cheaper out there, like mint, I think Boost has a cheaper setup as well etc, but Verizon has really good coverage which I need, and I KNOW it works here as my roomates have it.

I always heard Verizon was the most expensive, but this was shockingly low, so i'm really happy. I think my phone arrives today even!

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