Why am I being charged for the Edge program

Question

I recently went into a Verizon Wireless store to get some questions answered about my account and upgrade eligibility. Both my husbands and my phone were having issues and we needed to upgrade or find some other options. We began to speak with an employee at the store and were told we could upgrade to the Edge program so we could receive new phones and not wait another 5 months to our upgrade date. My phone would make random calls, text people out of nowhere, and my husbands would randomly shut down or end calls, as well as his screen was cracked. The employee stated that we could upgrade to the edge program and all we needed to do was send in an iPhone (the phone brand we were using). He said we would either need to get the screen replaced on my husbands phone as well as take my phone to apple to get it diagnosed and get that problem fixed. It sounded like an excellent deal and we asked if we could just buy a good used phone from a used website and send those phones in instead of going through the trouble of getting our current phones fixed to send in. The employee stated that as long as the screens weren't cracked and they were an iPhone 4 or higher then we would be fine. So we bought two used iPhone 4's that were in excellent condition and had no mechanical issues. We sold the phones we had to offset the cost to purchase the two used ones. We got signed up for our new edge program and sent in the two used iPhones. After a few months we received our Verizon bill and it was over $900! We called customer service and they began to tell us that our phones were broke and didn't pass the mechanical performance test so we were charged a fee. So we not only had to pay for those two used phones to send in and pay for our new phones, we are now being charged a $750 fee for these phone being so called broke? We were told that because we broke the edge contract there is no way to get a refund for this fee and have to pay it! This is the most RIDICULOUS thing I have ever heard of and is about to cause a huge appeal to this situation. I will be getting an attorney and am looking for any others who have had issues with the Edge program or similar problems. I will be filing suit against Verizon Wireless for this issue and if we get enough people with similar problems with the Edge program, then we will file a Class Action Lawsuit against Verizon Wireless to get the money back that they have stolen from us, the customers. We will also file for Verizon Wireless to pay for personal loss and harm these fee's have caused. Please reply to this thread and if you have the same problems then we will add you onto the Class Action Lawsuit so you can get back what you have lost or are losing. Thank you. Verizon Wireless Customer Support

Answer 1

Sounds like you Early Edged before finishing your contract.  So Verizon told you you could turn in just any iPhone for the Edge program?  I always thought you had to turn in the phone that you had not finished paying for yet, the one under contract.