Quote:
Originally Posted by fksvhjlkd  Is there any reason I can't buy a discounted cell phone for one Verizon line and activate it for another?
I can't seem to find a straight answer about this. I have a secondary line on a family plan with Verizon. The primary line is up for the New Every Two discount -- but none of the secondary lines are eligible for it, as you probably know.
Why couldn't I, in theory, just buy a phone for the primary line through Verizon's online store, thereby taking advantage of the discount, and activate it (online or in the store) for my secondary phone number?
Would the primary line's old phone somehow become deactivated by buying the new one, or would Verizon not let me activate a phone for a line other than the intended one?
Basically: Assuming as soon as I got it I activated the phone for the secondary line, would the primary line ever be affected?
This all seems sort of obvious, but I called customer support about it and was told that "Verizon is not supposed to do that" repeatedly, but that it was not impossible. |
And the answer to your question is:
As far a NE2 goes, the line must be on a price plan 39.99 or higher to qualify for New every 2. With a family share plan only your primary number is priced above 39.99, your secondary lines are priced at 9.99 therefore making them ineligble for the discount. It would not make good business sense for Verizon Wireless to give each phone on a family share plan up to 100$ off at the 2 year mark.
Here is an example of why it would not make sense.
Lets say you have 5 line family share plan which would mean after your 2 year contact if you upgraded all 5 lives you would get $500 discount off the phones. On average, with you recieved service your phone cost was subsided by about $200 per phone. (200 * 5 = $1000). So in the course of two years, that is already $1500.00.
In this example lets say you have a 700 min family share plan.
Your monthly access (before tax and other feature) = $99.96.
Total Revenue for 24 months = $2399.04
Now lets not forget it does cost money to provide the service to you and upkeep of the network. On average, it cost aprox $30 per month to keep everything working and running for you. So lets add this up. (30 * 24 = 720.00) So the cost of providing service is aprox $720 for a 2 year period.
Cost
Phone Discounts = $1500.00
Network Upkeep = $720.00
Total Cost = $2220.00
Total Revenue= $2399.04
minus Total Cost = $2220.00
Total TWO year profit= $179.04 (Remember this number is for TWO years).
Total Monthly Profile = $7.46
Hopefully this breakdown will help you understand why the NE2 discount is not provided for secondary lines. As a company Verizon Wireless must provide the best possible service, but it must also profit.
*note* The company really does take that much of a loss on new phones, so please don't think im over inflating the numbers. If you get a smart phone, then usually they take an even larger loss up front. Hence why contacts are required.
*note* This was just an example, I understand people have higher plans, and other features, but you always have to look at the bare min. of what people could get.
Linear Mode
