$500 via promo credit when you add a new smartphone line with your own 4G/5G smartphone One Unlimited for iPhone (all lines on account req'd on plan), 5G Do More, 5G Play More or 5G Get More plans between 11/15/22 and 1/4/23. Promo credit applied over 36 months; promo credits end if eligibility requirements are no longer met. Excludes Verizon Prepaid plans.
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expiredaytekins posted Aug 14, 2022 3:20 AM
Verizon: BYOD, Choose Select 5G Unlimited Plan or Add a Line, Get Up To
$500 Verizon eGift Card
(Port-In Not Required)at Verizon
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Ported in Nov 26 2021 with 6 line; mix of the Get More and Play More lines at $40 per line. I therefore expected to have a yearly bill of $2880 + taxes and fees for 12 months) against gift cards worth $3000; so expected to cover a full year of unlimited phone plan. Actuals were slightly different.
1) Upfront, there is a $35 activation fee per line.
2) You get the gift card only about 7-8 weeks after the sign up; deal requires you to stay for 45 days to qualify for the e-gift card (and to stay for total 12 months in order not to lose it to clawback).
3) As such, you have to pay upfront for the first month (cash or bank debit to get the $10 per line discount). Note that most credit cards do not qualify for the auto-pay discount; only debit cards / bank payments or Verizon's own co-branded credit card qualify. You can use the e-gift card that you get from this deal to pay for the bill or for any merchandise you buy from Verizon (phones / accessories etc.)
4) Initial bills (from start to May 22 : 6 months) were at $267.xx per month (40 x 6 lines + approx $4.5 in taxes and fees per line). From May onwards, Verizon increased the taxes and fees and total bill coming in at $275.xx (taxes and fees at approx $6 per line).
5) First bill total was $ 442 ($175 for activation + $267 for service) : paid from BANK.
6) Next 11 months expected to be $2985 ($267 x 5 months + $275 x 6 months) : paying from e-gift cards of $3000 received, so essentially free service.
7) If you plan to move out after all gift cards are exhausted; need to plan for a partial month to avoid any clawback of the $500; so allow for upto 1 month paying cash ($275 for a month in my case).
Net for 13 months service : $3702 : less $3000 e-gift cards : $700 for 6 lines of unlimited service; or approx $9.7 per month per line, which is still a good cost relative to other unlimited plans.
Additional benefits :
1) 1 subscription for DisneyPlus + Hulu + ESPN included : that's worth about $150 (when I signed up) to $240 (current pricing); since I did have a subscription earlier, that is a saving.
2) 6 x $5 gift card through Verizon Up and a phone case for 1 cent; I haven't been rigorously monitoring the Verizon Up rewards, may have missed some.
3) After the initial 45 day period, you can upgrade your phone / take advantage of any discount offers from Verizon. Note that most of the offers directly from Verizon are with 36 month bill credits; however, Best Buy occasionally has discounted full payment offers. I took advantage of the recent Flip 3 offer at $299 (and traded it in for a $900 discount on a Flip4 bundle at Samsung). Note that each "upgrade" with a Verizon branded phone attracts a $35 activation fee; swapping your own unlocked phone is free with eSIM, I was told by the Verizon store that they got a circular that physical sim may be charged going forward, not yet verified.
4) If you do have a cracked phone and can get one of the discounted / trade in offers with a cracked phone - that MAY be worthwhile to take the bill credits for upto 11 months, especially if your cracked phone will get you nothing in normal trade in offers elsewhere. You'd have to take the bill credit route and pay off the balance in full when you choose to cancel service; but getting around $220 as the effective trade in value for a cracked phone is still decent.
For those looking at this as a "free 1 year service on Verizon" - hope this helps you. Compared to any alternative options for unlimited, it's still a very low cost (< $10 per line for a 13 month period); even if you are looking at alternatives like the Mint 4 GB / month, it's still competitive (Mint 4 GB / month at $180 for a year x 6 = $1080 vs $700 here along with Disney and discounted phones).
Also - note the advice from mser4fun : You need to comply with the "keep the device active for 45 days" and avoid the clawback / chargeback of the $500.
I'd add to that too that anytime I go into a Verizon store I feel like I'm walking into a room full of scammy used car dealers. I never felt that way with the local AT&T store. No offense to used car dealers but there's a certain group of you that you know who you are and what you do.
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Looks like no port in required?
Looks like no port in required?
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I'd add to that too that anytime I go into a Verizon store I feel like I'm walking into a room full of scammy used car dealers. I never felt that way with the local AT&T store. No offense to used car dealers but there's a certain group of you that you know who you are and what you do.
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