Manage Verizon data plan on iPad

Just got a Verizon 4G iPad. I go into the Settings > Cellular Data > View Account and a window pops up telling me that "The SIM Card inserted in this device is already active on a subscription that connot be managed on this device."
I thought that the data plan was supposed to be manageable from the device.
I first called the Verizon customer care number given in the window. The first person said I had some kind of two year contract and passed me off to a different person. The second person said I did not have a contract, but that I needed to set up My Verzion account on the website. But that still didn't work. So I went back to the Verizon store and they said I had to download the My Verizon App.
I'm pretty sure they are all wrong and that I should be able to manage my account directly through the iPad. Isn't that correct?

I know it is old, hence the "isn't/wasn't" true. However I would think that if there were crazy rumors about this with the introduction of the iPad2 it is likely the same junk is still going around. Additionally I do not see any thing in the article referencing whether the month-to-month is pre or post paid. Just that it is no contract required.
In any event, what I wanted was the ability to manage my plan from my iPad — something touted by Apple and even built into the Settings. And it seems that there couldn't possibly be a $35 fee for reuping a $30 montly service, as Pouge said, "That seemed so user-hostile, so outrageous,.."
Here is what I have found out from my hour at the VZ store.
4G iPads sold through a VZ store must be activated in store and signed up for a plan — either pre- or post-paid. Neither requires a contract of any sort.
There will be a $35 service charge either way.
There is no service charge for using the on-device account activation.
Oddly enough it seems that you must have wifi to activiate the account. Which seems strange to me.
Of course I got home and tried to use wifi to acivate my account. And now I've got "Invalid Sim card."

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