Lucid 2: New 2 yr. contract, but nobody offered me a free phone, why?

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A few days ago, I wrote a similar message concerning this issue.  I've tried to locate it via the thread number, etc., but haven't found it yet.
I received messages from two persons, both with excellent ideas, but none that truly covered my circumstances.  Tomorrow, I will try to get back into the
Verizon store I went to in the beginning, and see what they have to say.  The problem is, I wasn't even offered a free phone with my signing up with
a 2 yr. contract!!  I suppose I should have gone to Wirefly of something and ordered a phone via them, with Verizon my carrier.  My ex did NOT ORDER
his phone via the net, he got it inside the same store I went to, merely a few hours earlier.  I'm still perplexed by this, as it's costing me plenty just to
be with Verizon.  They also didn't mention that in my area, if I were to order Cox Cable, there was some deal through them, too.
I'd tried, by the way, to respond to those who responded to my first message, but was unsuccessful.....so sorry.
Thanks to anyone who's bothered to listen.....Just hope others don't experience the same difficulties.
smbadhat
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Answer 1

I guess I would first be interested if you actually looked around the store. If there were any "free phones" they would have been on display. They are not hidden and are not technically "offers", but just the price of the phone when signing up for a 2 yr contract. If you had looked around the store, you would have seen which phones were "free" with a 2 yr contract.
Looking at the online price, it does appear the LG Lucid is $0.99 with a 2 year contract, however I don't know if that was the price when you went in to the store on 7/7/2013. Did you get the phone only, or did you ALSO purchase any accessories in that $130 price tag you mentioned? Going online and viewing the available accessories, such as car charger($30), screen protectors($13), case($30), bluetooth/headphone device($15-$100), etc... I can see how you could end up paying $130 when going in to pick up a "free phone".
Don't forget there is also a $35 activation fee when you sign up for a new line of service. Even if Verizon said your activation fee would be waived, you would have been charged the fee and then credited on your bill within the 1st couple of months of service.
I would be interested in how that $130 price tag for the phone broke down, if it was ONLY the charge for the phone, or if it also included any accessories/activation fee.
Regardless, good luck getting this straightened out.