Bad News! Argggh!

[Neil]

I thought my contract was up July 7th, but that's just the new phone eligibility date; contract isn't up until Dec. 7th.
And the cheapest Verizon plan looks like 40$/month.
Haven't checked the early termination fee yet for sure.
Any creative ideas or am I just screwed?
Thanks.

 

[Marksman]

Pay the cancellation fee and be done with it.

 

[RHJS]

You can wait until Dec. 7th (for an updated iPhone maybe) or cancel your account and end up shelling out a lot of money just for the iPhone.

or you can get a new contract at AT&T and keep your old phone and shell out even more money.

 

[dieselboy973]

There are websites that find people to take over your phone contract. I have never used them, but it is an option to look into.

 

[gcvt]

Verizon's ETF is $175.00 unless you signed a contract with them after March '06 (I think) in which case you would pay a prorated ETF.

 

[Neil]

Right, gcvt. I just called Verizon and my pro-rated termination fee would be $145.

 

[ColsTiger]

Just depends on how bad you want the iPhone. That would make the cost $745 instead of $600, but it would be better than paying the $40/month until December.

 

[wjp09]

I thought my contract was up July 7th, but that's just the new phone eligibility date; contract isn't up until Dec. 7th.
And the cheapest Verizon plan looks like 40$/month.
Haven't checked the early termination fee yet for sure.
Any creative ideas or am I just screwed?
Thanks.

You can
A. Join the Military
B. Have someone write up a Certificate of Death
C. Move Outside there coverage area (zimbobway maybe?)
D. Pay the 175
Thats pretty much it and I think for A/B you need proof.

 

[Bananaphone]

And for C too. Someone I know tried to get out of a contract by saying he was moving out of the country and they asked him to mail proof of residency from the new country before he would be allowed to cancel.

 

[gt1948]

I thought my contract was up July 7th, but that's just the new phone eligibility date; contract isn't up until Dec. 7th.
And the cheapest Verizon plan looks like 40$/month.
Haven't checked the early termination fee yet for sure.
Any creative ideas or am I just screwed?
Thanks.

And why is this bad news for this forum? LOL

 

[Saiko]

And why is this bad news for this forum? LOL

Oh come on, we're all in the same boat. We've been here geeking over this thing forever it seems - we're all kinda like family now