Can I purchase a phone using my upgrade and assign it to a different account?

I did call Verizon and was told it would have to be purchased at the full retail price, but I'm curious if that's actually true or if they just want to try to get an extra few hundred out of me.
I have a Thunderbolt that I'm perfectly happy with, so I don't need the upgrade for myself. My sister, though, who has Verizon also, would like the white Apple iPhone 4S 16GB but her account isn't eligible for an upgrade. The price for her is $649.99, whereas for me it's listed at $199.99 with a two year contract. I figured I would be able to purchase it on my account and simply not activate it for my number, but when I called Verizon, I was told I'm not able to do that, even though she also has a Verizon account. 
Is there no way around this at all? I don't mind if purchasing the phone renews my contract, but why can't I assign it to another account? If it was a small difference, I wouldn't really care, but that's a big gap in pricing, especially for a college kid.

katewinters wrote:
I did call Verizon and was told it would have to be purchased at the full retail price, but I'm curious if that's actually true or if they just want to try to get an extra few hundred out of me.
I have a Thunderbolt that I'm perfectly happy with, so I don't need the upgrade for myself. My sister, though, who has Verizon also, would like the white Apple iPhone 4S 16GB but her account isn't eligible for an upgrade. The price for her is $649.99, whereas for me it's listed at $199.99 with a two year contract. I figured I would be able to purchase it on my account and simply not activate it for my number, but when I called Verizon, I was told I'm not able to do that, even though she also has a Verizon account. 
Is there no way around this at all? I don't mind if purchasing the phone renews my contract, but why can't I assign it to another account? If it was a small difference, I wouldn't really care, but that's a big gap in pricing, especially for a college kid.
you can buy it on your account
activate it on your acount
you must activate on your account to accept the terms and conditions and renew your contract
then reactivate your thunderbolt
then give it to your sister to activate on her account
she may lose the warranty
but how are you eligable since the tbolt is not 2 years old yet?

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