Early termination or new device?

I have the worst phone it the world, Kin one, and I want a new one. What is the cheapest way to get a new phone? My 2-year contract just started about six months ago. Is it possible to get a new phone and pay the price of a 2-year contract phone without terminating my contract now? If I have to terminate my contract now, how much would it be for each kin one phone? I'm on a plan with four people and we all want to switch.

This is from the verizon website. Mary
"If you cancel a line of Service, or if we cancel it for good cause, during its contract term, you'll have to pay an Early Termination Fee. If your contract term results from your purchase of an Advanced Device after November 14, 2009, your Early Termination Fee will be $350 minus $10 for each full month of your contract term that you complete. (For a complete list of Advanced Devices, check verizonwireless.com/advanceddevices.) Otherwise, your Early Termination Fee will be $175 minus $5 for each full month of your contract term that you complete. Cancellations will become effective on the last day of that month's billing cycle, and you are responsible for all charges incurred until then. Also, if you bought your wireless device from an authorized agent or third–party vendor, you should check whether they charge a separate termination fee."

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Screwed on early termination with a move

I moved from PA to MA, and because those are different billing areas, Verizon is treating the move as an early termination and new activation.
They have decided to bill an ETF and an installation fee. I've been on hold waiting to talk to a supervisor for 20min.
This policy is criminal. Has anyone had luck getting Verizon to be reasonable in handling an interstate move?

So we can get more information from you, We would like to look into this for you. I have copied your post to our private support board. Please refer all correspondences to there from here on out. You can easily get to the private support one of two ways. In the email you signed up for the forums with, you will receive a link to click on. Make sure you are already signed into the forums before clicking on this link. Another way of getting there is by clicking on your username anywhere you see it in the forums. This brings you to your account profile. Scroll down to the section labeled "My Support Cases" . In there you will see the link to your case.Sorry to hear about the problems with your move.
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HT4623 I bought an iPhone 5 from the Apple store with a new Sprint contract in Sept. 2012. I would like to know if I port my number to T-mobile and pay off my Early Termination fee with Sprint, will my iPhone 5 will be unlocked to use with T-mobile netwo

I bought an iPhone 5 from the Apple store with a new Sprint contract in Sept. 2012. I would like to know if I port my number to T-mobile and pay off my Early Termination fee with Sprint, will my iPhone 5 will be unlocked to use with T-mobile network?

As Ethmoid says, it is still a CDMA phone as I told you earlier, and it will not work with t-mobile. Even if Sprint unlocked the phone, it would only unlock the GSM side for international use. They will not unlock the GSM side for domestic use in the US.

Can I load the information from my iCloud account that was backed up earlier this year to a new device since my iPad was stolen?

Can I load the information from my iCloud account that was backed up earlier this year to a new device since my iPad was stolen?

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Early Termination/6 Month freeze on a new contract

How can I validate what the local Verizon rep stated to me. Asked how much to terminate my contract early, I have 5 months remaining on a smart phone and have 2 other phones still under contract, price to early terminate was $160. The proceeded to say I wanted to early terminate and request a new upgrade for a discounted phone and was told the Verizon prohibits this for a 6 month period and the upgrade freeze is on all phones. I have read and re-read the early termination contract and see no mention of any freezes. And besides, how could they do that if I met the requirements for early termination, I paid for my phone. Any ideas how to get this resolved?

I respect every reply to my post and a newbie to the verizon forum, I asked a question hoping to hear of a real example of another person with first hand knowledge of a freeze on a new line or phone after an early termination or being allowed to do this. again, thank you to anyone that took the time to reply but it seems the replies so far are opinion. I asked a verizon rep to clarify what I was told and was told that I could feasibly early terminate and subscribe to a new line and a discount withoutt a waiting period. So whats false churn?
thank you

Early termination and trading in device for a credit?

In May of last year (May 2014) they had a think going on where when you upgraded your phone you were eligible to get a free tablet (with agreement of a 2 year additional contract) so i bought it for my Husband at the time for Fathers Day (i go the Samsung Galaxy tablet) and opened it up in my name. Well since we recently divorced he gave me back the tablet and now im responsible for the payment every month for a tablet i dont even use. So i wanna know if i do the early termination and cancel my plan and pay the fee can i trade in the tablet and receive some kind of credit that i can use towards the fee? And do i have to pay anything back because the tablet was free?

Once you pay the ETF for that tablet, it's yours. You can try to sell it to make some money, but I cannot think of any quick flip without the wait. i cannot think of any program allowing a trade-in of a tablet right now. You could try an AOL/assumption of liability but I'm doubting that will be agreed upon given your situation. I am not sure how a termination of a free tablet on promo in connection with a 2 year agreement for phone service might work.

$500 equipment termination fee after paying $350 early termination fee?

Hello,
For some reason, my previous posting now says it is an unauthorized one and it cannot be accessed. I'm posting about a case of my girlfriend who upgraded to iPhone 5S 32G ($299.99+26.62) on December 23, 2013 with the 2-yr contract and had to cancel on January 7, 2014 since she had to leave the country. It would have been nicer if the cancellation was within 14 days, then she could simply cancel the contract and return the device without the early termination fee $350. Unfortunately, it was not the case, and she had to pay the early termination fee $350, the upgrade fee $35, and the amount for the last month usage. Everything was paid off as the terms and clauses said, and until that time, everything was fine: paid the gross amount of $299.99+26.62+350+35+more unfortunately, but kept the phone at least.
The bad story came today via an email from Rosee (removed) ([email protected]), a person from Collections Department of stayconnectedwireless.com, saying that my girlfriend will be charged the sum amount of $500 due to terminating your Verizon wireless account without returning the equipment to the store. What??? She looked at T&C very carefully before the unfortunate early termination and paid all the huge amount of fees Verizon described in its T&C for termination. The early termination fee is usually considered to account for the discount you get with the 2-yr contract. At the time of early termination, Verizon either wants the device back or the early termination fee paid, not both. Since my girlfriend already paid off all the fees, the email sounded totally weird. What will be your reaction if you paid $299.99+26.62+350+35+more which is about the full retail price and the store says you have to return the device or pay $500 more?
I had to search over the web to figure out what happened.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/verizon-wireless-stay-connected-new-york-2
http://www.yelp.com/biz/verizon-wireless-stay-connected-new-york-4
http://www.yelp.com/biz/verizon-wireless-stay-connected-new-york-5
http://www.yelp.com/biz/verizon-wireless-stay-connected-new-york-6
http://www.yelp.com/biz/verizon-wireless-stay-connected-new-york-8
http://www.yelp.com/biz/verizon-wireless-stay-connected-new-york-9
http://www.yelp.com/biz/verizon-wireless-stay-connected-new-york-10
http://www.yelp.com/biz/verizon-wireless-stay-connected-new-york-11
I understand how much anger this person Glenn P. had for these "Stay Connected Verizon Wireless" stores that are seemingly genuine Verizon Wireless stores but just premium retailers unless you look at the signboard very very very carefully. In fact, I could realize the fact today since they pretended to be genuine from many aspects. Now after reading the posting and thinking, what happened becomes very clear to me. They are not genuine Verizon Wireless but pretend to be the one, and they put a disgusting term on their receipts: if any 2-yr upgrade or new activation is cancelled within 7 months of contract, there is a $500 equipment termination fee unless the device is returned to the store in perfect condition. What this term essentially forces is, if you terminate between 14 days and 7 months, you pay all the phone price and the early termination fee properly, but you also need to return the device to this disgusting "Stay Connected Verizon Wireless" retail store or pay $500 to the "Stay Connected Verizon Wireless" retail store.
I would like to suggest a few things.
0. Look at the store names and the receipts very carefully. There are stores that are seemingly Verizon Wireless but just retailers. And the receipt may say something absurd. I believe this term is a sort of duplicate penalty (thus not legitimate) that rips off more than the retail price of the phone.
1. Do upgrade or activation from the genuine VERIZON WIRELESS. If you upgrade or activate a phone from these "STAY CONNECTED VERIZON WIRELESS" retailers and if you happen to cancel the contract between 14 days and 7 months, you have to lose your phone or pay additional $500 even if you paid off the already-huge $299.99+26.62+350+35 which is about the full retail price.
2. Verizon Wireless, I believe the company, as an influential company in the US, should carefully control the dealer quality and impose reasonable T&C for the dealer. The genuine Verizon Wireless is reasonable in that sense: either take the device back or charge the early termination fee. However, this unethical retailer does not. They first pretend to be the genuine store in many ways, put an unreasonable (perhaps not legitimate) term with small letters on their receipts without explaining the huge difference, and try to take your PAID phone away if the contract is terminated between 14 days and 7 months. I believe a reasonable T&C has to be enforced by Verizon Wireless for this retailer, or they have to be punished if they resist.
I may have to be ripped off $500 for not paying too much attention on the store name and on the receipt term which nobody will read by trust on Verizon Wireless, but no other people should suffer from the same pain.
How do you think? Thanks for any input from people or Verizon Wireless representatives.
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Hello,
Thanks for answering. My posting had been blocked for some time, so I thought Verizon simply did not like the posting. Now I discovered this posting was re-opened.
To clarify, I have been using Verizon for 7 years, and I'm well aware of all the Verizon charges, fees, and T&C in the process of properly upgrading phones multiple times. The point is that, the retail store "STAY CONNECTED VERIZON WIRELESS" in NY has deceptive signboard and interior that are sufficient to enforce or confuse customers to believe the store is a genuine Verizon Wireless. And, they inserted unreasonable and unacceptable term on the receipt about the termination (very problematic between 14 days and 7 months). However, they did not notify at all about those (3rd party and termination). If I knew the store was 3rd party, I would have read T&C very closely. Actually, you can see that all the angry yelp reviews by Glenn P. also point out the deceptive signboard part. The person also thought the store was genuine Verizon Wireless until the collection department contacted for the astonishing $500. Later, basically they softly threaten to report for a negative record if you do not return the PAID phone or pay the extra $500.
Apart from the deceptive signboard and interior, I want to simplify the example for the unreasonable T&C as follows. As a customer, I paid for the discounted phone price $299.99+tax, the upgrade fee $35, and the early termination fee $350. At that point, the genuine Verizon Wireless does not take the phone away and all the business is done since the early termination fee compensates the discount. When the weird retail store kicks in, they suddenly require the phone back or $500 equipment termination fee paid because the termination was between 14 days and 7 months from the contract. I don't think they truly have a legal right or basis to do that since it is a duplicate penalty which is also very excessive, but I just respected the one ugly sentence on the receipt about the unreasonable $500 equipment termination fee. Anyway, the full retail price is $749, and the total payment with this retail store became easily more than $1,200 or I have to return the PAID phone (~$700) to them. What an easy business from their sides! I believe Verizon Wireless, once you know about this unethical retail store, you should take a proper action. I would understand a bit more about special T&C if they provided special discounts as Best Buy or Walmart, but the discounted price was exactly same with Verizon Wireless. Is there any justification about the $500 equipment termination fee? Possibly you can have $100 or so to minimize the damage as a 3rd-party store, but not $500.
When I contacted the collection department of stayconnectionwireless.com, the person tried to justify $500, but I just told one thing: I know the genuine Verizon Wireless does not charge the weird equipment termination fee once the early termination fee $350 is paid. The person became silent after my comments because I knew Verizon's T&C very well. However, I had to pay $500 to avoid all the potential legal issues. Normally the good way to deal with this should be to pay first and take wrong things back.
My first expectation was that, Verizon Wireless would take a reasonable response on my posting. However, two postings on this Verizon forum were immediately blocked, so I had to file a complaint on FCC (Federal Communications Commision) about "Stay Connected Verizon Wireless". I don't know how much legal obligation they can impose, though.
Now, since you re-opened my posting and replied, if your company situation allows, I hope Verizon Wireless can investigate this retail store's T&C and advise not to do that. They might be the only store that excessively charges such fees as authorized 3rd-party dealers. If they resist and if I'm one of the board member in Verizon Wireless, I would control the quality of authorized 3rd-party retail stores and take proper actions to retain Verizon's credibility. I don't know whether Verizon Wireless will do that.
Please contact me if more information is needed. Thanks.

Help With Early Termination Fee

my contract ends in february. it is a 2 line family plan with basic feature phones. i was told that the early termination fee was prorated. if i were to end my contract today, how much would the termination fee be?
and if i cancel my service and go to another provider, can i still keep my number if i ended early?

VERIZON WILL TRY TO DELETE THIS POSTING, THEY HAVE DELETED EVERY OTHER ONE I POSTED THAT TALKS ABOUT THIS SUBJECT. DON'T DELETE!
IF VERIZON DID NOTHING WRONG, WHY WOULD THEY KEEP DELETING MY POSTING??
I have the same question but I have a Droid 2 and cannot locate the early termination anyplace!
My situation has one little kicker, the plan was due to end Jan 3, 2012 (pretty soon) but the phone I supposedly purchased brand new, with a 2 year contract was a Blackberry Tour 9630 that had been refurbished from previous owner.
The Blackberry Tour was NOT new but a refurb because the rebate wouldn't process due to "already having a rebate sent out for this device". I did get the $75 eventually and all was good for about 3 weeks. Then the phone was not working right, it froze up and the trackball wouldn't work. Over the next 6 months I had been given 5 replacement Tours and all had similar issues.
Long story short, Verizon wouldn't let me get a different model Blackberry unless I paid full retail and stayed in my 2 year contract. I was so furious that this phone wasn't working and it was the only line I had, I finally went to the FCC to complain. That got their attention and I was sent on to Corporate for help.
They finally agreed to send me a different phone because I called RIM (Blackberry's Manufacturer) and was told "The Tour has been pulled from the market due to problems in the design, it's been replaced by the Blackberry Bold".
OK so the manufacturer is telling me the Tour was a dud but Verizon wanted to charge me $50 to get a Bold. I said "forget it, I'll let the FCC decide the issue". At that point they said "pick any phone you want and we'll ship it out brand new".
I decided against the Bold since it was also very new and didn't want more issues so after speaking in length with the corporate rep, I decided on a Droid 2. Great phoone, no issues until the latest update.
Here's the where I got scammed, after they sent me the Droid 2 in June , they restarted my contract from Jan 3rd to June 3. They added 5 months onto my contract.
All this for a problem I didn't cause or create in any way.
So now I've decided I can't deal with this any longer and my situation has changed so much, I cannot afford a smartphone period! I want to cancel my contract ASAP but am wondering if they can really charge me for each month since there was NO REASON to change my contract??
I can file my complaint with the FCC and let them decide what's fair. In my opinion, since I did not ever receive a new phone in the first place and did not break 5 Blackberry's in 6 months, I believe this was a horrible move on Verizons part.
If they do try to charge me for the remainder of the contract, how much is it per month for a Smartphone like the Droid 2 vs. a regular phone like the original poster asked about?
I know they do NOT want to deal with FCC complaints because I was contacted a couple days after filing. All I wanted was out of the contract because I didn't have a working phone to make calls and other things I was paying for. They weren't providing me service as stated in the contract. I never knew the FCC dealt with that end of it but they do.
Just need the costs per month to terminate so I can compose a formal complaint with accurate figures.
PS- When I call customer service, they will NOT give me an actual figure or monthly rate and it's not listed in the newest contract they sent a couple weeks after they sent the Droid 2.
Thanks for any help!!

ATT Early Termination Fee??

Does anyone know what the early termination fee is for current ATT customers? My fiance has ATT and loves his iPhone but hates their service--and their website is so confusing I can't find the early termination fee amount. I wonder if Verizon will offer any sort of "we'll pay you to switch" incentives??? I have Verizon and would never switch to ATT with him so we could share a plan...so this is AWESOME news!

From the AT&T website:
Question:
What is the prorated (declining) Early Termination Fee? What is the prorated ETF? Answer:
New and renewing AT&T wireless customers who entered into a 1- or 2-year Service Commitment prior to June 1, 2010, have an Early Termination Fee (ETF) of $175 less $5 for each full month of Service Commitment completed.
New and renewing AT&T wireless customers who enter into a 1- or 2-year Service Commitment on or after June 1, 2010, and include certain specified equipment, have an ETF of $325, less $10 for each full month of Service Commitment completed. Otherwise the ETF is $150, less $4 for each full month of Service Commitment completed.
Content reflects instructions for devices and services from AT&T. Some differences may exist for devices not purchased from AT&T.
If your boyfriend doesn't remember the month that he started his contract, call AT&T for the exact amount.

Early termination question for multi-line account

If I terminate one line on a multi-line More Everything account, are there any consequences other than having to pay the ETF? Does this affect any of my other lines in any way? Does it impact my ability to add a new line in the future? Thanks!

Here's what i found at this Source:
http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/phone-early-termination-fees-how-know-what-youd-owe-1B5919843
Verizon
Verizon's early termination fee is $175 for standard devices and $350 for advanced devices like smartphones. Like AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint, Verizon gives you a discount based on how many months of the contract you've fulfilled. For each month you've fulfilled in your cell contract, the ETF you'd pay to cancel goes down by $10 for an advanced device, or $5 for a standard device.
You'll take a little bit less of a hit if you terminate your contract immediately after you start it. You can end your contract for any reason during the first 14 days, but you'll have to return the device, for which you'll pay a $35 restocking fee ($70 for netbooks and tablets).
One small piece of good news: If you pay full price for a new device, Verizon will let you activate service without a contract. The unlocked iPhone 4S isn't cheap (it starts at $649), but if you're a cell phone carrier commitment-phobe, the full-price, no-contract option might be worth looking into.
The time of this Article was Sept, 2012 so i don't know if there have been updates to it but i'm Guessing it is the same.. b33

Re: Early Termination

What early termination fee for ? for just having a plan or for getting a new device?

Rubystar wrote:
Anthony -- If that were the case (that you want to offer such tremendous service) then Verizon would be looking at people's requests to waive the fees. In my circumstance, I don't want to close the account necessarily -- or at least i didn't. I've had the account for some time and also have FiOS. I just want to drop lines I'm no longer using. And, I'd like to drop the one that the salesperson at the store neglected to tell me all of the gorey details about. Let's face it Red, we're broke -- it wouldn't kill ya' to make some exceptions. And, please don't say you "can't" -- you make the rules so you can certainly bend and/or break them if you choose.
You signed a contract. That contract stated you would be customer for 24 months an if didn't you get charged a ETF and the ETF was spelled out what it would be. Now you want Verizon to break the rules in your favor but if they brake the rules in THEIR favor you'd be wanting to sue them for breach of contract.

How do I determine what my early termination fee will be?

My phone broke last week. The ear piece is distorted but it still works using a headset. I went into the store to see about fixing it. The don't work on LG Chocolates and I was told the replacement is an LG Extravert. I inquired about getting a new phone and using the value of the Extravert towards the new phone but was told they don't do that. I have been paying insurance on my phone for a couple years now and thought that meant I'd get a phone that was as good as my Chocolate. (removed) Since they would not work anything out with me(a 15 year customer with a family of 4 plan), I had them send me the Extravert. The store clerk said it was going to be there the next day. Apparently next day means over-the-weekend. So I was out of town the beginning of the week and didn't get to open the box until yesterday. The Extravert came incomplete with no battery nor back. It is also clown-red. The specs show it is clearly not an equal replacement for my Chocolate. Whatever... Anyway I got to argue with 2 Verizon reps on the phone about how it was not an equivalent phone for about an hour at one point being told that i had the option of selling the Extravert back to them for, much to my chagrin, $1. I pay $6 a month to insure my phone and they will send me a phone they value at $1!. I asked how much they would sell me the Extravert for and the rep said around $175! So you can probably see why I am not a happy customer. 15 years of loyalty and they can't do a thing to help me and don't seem to care. I realize it is not the person I talk to on the phones company and I am just one person so I am small potatoes. Again, whatever... So after the frustration of the last week, I have decided I need to end my relationship here and move on. So after venting, how does Verizon determine the early termination fee? Thanks in advance for your responses and a big no-thanks to Dorothy (removed) who was one of the exasperating folks I got to argue with for an hour yesterday...
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You can't cancel service online. However, if you are moving to another carrier, start service with them and port your number - that will initiate the cancellation from Verizon. You also have to have an active line of service to port your number; if you cancel before starting service with someone else, your number is lost.
Backdating an increased data allowance is preferable and allowed - prorating is why you can't backdate a reduction. It will most likely result in overages in a majority of situations, defeating the purpose of the reduction, so it is simply not possible to do. The reduced allowance will take effect the next billing cycle.

1st generation iPhone and Early Termination Fee

Hello all, here's a question, since it was announced that AT&T will no longer share revenue with Apple does this now mean that owners of the unsubsidized 1st generation iphone will be able to get out of their 2 year contracts early without a Early Termination Fee?

More than likely, yes.
The first generation iPhone was not subsidized in the traditional way, as the iPhone 3G will be subsidized.
at&t did not provide a subsidy or a discount to you on the sales price of the first generation iPhone.
I became an at&t subscriber 3-4 months prior to the iPhone being available. I selected a phone that was subsidized by at&t agreeing to a new two year contract. I activated my iPhone as an existing subscriber agreeing to a new two year contract on my iPhone's activation date. I was not charged an early contract termination fee or any penalty when doing so, and I still have my original phone that was subsidized by at&t which I've used with my iPhone's SIM card on occasion.
The same should apply when purchasing the iPhone 3G, which will require agreeing to a new two year contract beginning on the activation date for the 3G iPhone with no early contract termination fee penalty for the existing iPhone - which was not subsidized in the traditional way as the iPhone 3G will be subsidized.

Early Termination for Upgrading to Smart Phones

I am really frustrated with Verizon right now. I have plan with several smart phones and 2 basic phones. I wanted to upgrade these 2 phones to Smart Phones. I couldn't imagine that this would be an issue. Verizon only earns more money by having me purchase smart phones instead of basic phones. I was told that I can't upgrade until September when the contract on these basic phones is up unless I want to pay a $175 early termination fee per phone. I understand that in general, you need people to stay with the contract for the 2 years in order to cover the price of the phone they were given. In this case, these are cheap phones. I'm sure they have been paid for many times over in the past year. If I upgrade, verizon will be getting $40 a month per phone instead of $20 a month per phone. I might even upgrade the Data plan. Instead I am completely trapped until September. $175 Termination fee would be way more than these basic phones are worth. I am tempted to go to another carrier and start a new contract and let these run out - it will actually cost me less to pay the bill for these phones and not use them than to pay for an early termination fee. Or maybe I'll try one of the comanies that offers to pay your termination fee. Verizon - you are not making sense! P.S. If you want my basic phones back, you can have 'em.

Unfortunately Joe, VZW can't bend the rules just to satisfy you or anyone else. I know you may think that it would be only smart for them to let you out to get another phone plan that will yield them more revenue. However, they're not seeing it that way in your case. Rule are rules regardless of if we like them or not. I upgraded my iP5 to an iP6+ in September. I was less than 2 months on the end of of current 2 year agreement...but because I used Early EDGE I had to give away my phone, which I was 2 months from owning outright, back to VZW for absolutely no compensation just to enjoy the offer of Early EDGE. Fair...maybe not to most. Some people would think that VZW should have just let them out since they were so close to the end...but I didn't see it that way. I understood my agreement when I signed up and therefore I knew I had to uphold my end of the bargain. My point is, VZW makes exceptions for a lot of things...but I've never really heard anyone on here say that they've bumped up an upgrade just because they were asked by the consumer. Best of luck to you with your next carrier...but be advise that I don't think many other carriers are going to bump your upgrade date just because you ask...they'll inform you that if you plan to upgrade earlier than 2 years then you'd probably want to try their version of EDGE...(i.e. Next, JUMP, or Easy Pay)

Early Termination Fee with No Service Available After Move

I have been a proponent and a loyal customer of Verizon FIOS for 7 years. Our contract was set to expire earlier this year and we were faced with a significant monthly increase. Knowing that we may (or may not) be moving within the next 12 months, I proactively asked two separate sales agents about the Early Termination Fee if we were to sign another contract. We knew the area to which we are moving lacks Verizon FIOS coverage, and because of that BOTH agents said the fee would be waived.
Now 7 months have passed and we are moving. I called Verizon to cancel our service, and the retention specialist so kindly asked for the $170 ETF. She told me that the fee would not be waived, regardless if Verizon could not provide continued service at my new residence. She was also kind enough to apologize that I was misinformed at the time I signed the new contract.
Whether I was misinformed, misled, or the sales agents intentionally misrepresented the terms to secure the contract, I expect a company to have better standards and practices. After my conversation, a simple search revealed numerous examples of Verizon customers in the exact situation as me. As the old adage goes, ‘Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.’ And clearly the practice of misinforming customers is present, abundant, and even possibly accepted.
I doubt that by the time I move that my ETF will be waived, and I will be extorted into paying it in full. My hope is that a potential customer reads this and other forum posts, and becomes a more informed consumer of the Verizon packages and contracts. Before signing a contract, not only do due diligence of reading the forums, ask the sales agents to point out where features are located in the contract. If they can’t or if they won’t put in writing what they say, then walk away.
The only solace I have is that I will be renting my house. When the tenant moves in, I have the opportunity to inform – or perhaps misinform – them of who has superior Internet and Television performance in our area.
Good luck and happy shopping!

Hi FIOSfan07,
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Under "My Support Cases" you will find a link to the private board where you and the agent may exchange information. This should be checked on a frequent basis, as the agent may be waiting for information from you before they can proceed with any actions. To ensure you know when they have responded to you, at the top of your support case there is a drop down menu for support case options. Open that and choose "subscribe". Please keep all correspondence regarding your issue in the private support portal.

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