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RazR phones on Ebay
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| Silverado 2005-12-13, 5:48 pm |
| I have seen several Motorola RazR V3 phones on Ebay. They are for Verizon
(CDMA) and some are going for less than you can buy one from a Verizon Store
or online. I am an existing customer and am wondering if I buy one of these
bargains, will the Verizon Store or a call to Verizon Wireless let me
program the phone to my existing number? Will there be a charge?
Thanks,
Karl
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| Evan Platt 2005-12-13, 5:48 pm |
| On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:54:26 -0600, stan_heath
<stan_heath.1zysdz@nospam.cellphoneforums.net> wrote:
>I came across some very good Razr deals from Verizon at
>http://tinyurl.com/bfxmt. Motorola Razr from Verizon at only $99.99.
>Just a couple of months back it was $250+
How was it $250 a couple months back when Verizon only started
carrying within the last month or so?
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| go4telfair@gmail.com 2005-12-13, 5:48 pm |
| I don't know about deal from Verizon, since (knowing them) it will be
contingent upon the purchase of a 2 year agreement. As for getting a
cell phone off of ebay, I just got a new Treo off ebay for far less
than retail and am quite happy with it. However, I don't know about
getting a ESN switch online and not getting charged. A very good
friend of mine (who works for verizon) that they now have a mandatory
$20 charge to change an ESN. I'm sure he would have mentioned to me
that doing it online would be free, but I could be wrong. It is worth
a shot. But feel free to get a phone off ebay just as long as the ESN
number isn't stolen or DOA.
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| The Drifter 2005-12-16, 5:48 pm |
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Your very good friend must be VERY stupid then, because you can do it
online totally for free. But hey he works for vzw so is he suppose to
know that?
go4telfair@gmail.com wrote:
>I don't know about deal from Verizon, since (knowing them) it will be
>contingent upon the purchase of a 2 year agreement. As for getting a
>cell phone off of ebay, I just got a new Treo off ebay for far less
>than retail and am quite happy with it. However, I don't know about
>getting a ESN switch online and not getting charged. A very good
>friend of mine (who works for verizon) that they now have a mandatory
>$20 charge to change an ESN. I'm sure he would have mentioned to me
>that doing it online would be free, but I could be wrong. It is worth
>a shot. But feel free to get a phone off ebay just as long as the ESN
>number isn't stolen or DOA.
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| David S 2005-12-18, 11:48 pm |
| On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:42:04 -0500, The Ghost of General Lee
<ghost@general.lee> chose to add this to the great equation of life, the
universe, and everything:
>As long as it is a VZW one and it isn't blacklisted (ie. stolen, lost,
>etc.), you can do an online ESN swap for free. Get the ESN before you
>buy and call VZW to check that it isn't blacklisted.
>
>If you go to a store, they will charge you. I do not know if they
>charge if you call them, but many here have done the online swap with
>no problems.
The other day, I forgot my phone when I went to work. I went online to
reactivate my old phone (which I've been schlepping around in case I need
to look up a number I haven't programmed in the new one yet) and it was
rejected. Three times. I told me to call an 800 number, but I didn't
bother.
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| Charles 2005-12-18, 11:48 pm |
| In article < j5tbq1d53j5jmotpm91o
qp624jftehat66@4ax.com>, David S
< dwstreeter@spamisnau
ghty.att.net> wrote:
> The other day, I forgot my phone when I went to work. I went online to
> reactivate my old phone (which I've been schlepping around in case I need
> to look up a number I haven't programmed in the new one yet) and it was
> rejected. Three times. I told me to call an 800 number, but I didn't
> bother.
If your old phone is not a phone with 911 GPS they won't let you
activate it.
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| The Ghost of General Lee 2005-12-18, 11:48 pm |
| On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:50:19 GMT, David S
< dwstreeter@spamisnau
ghty.att.net> wrote:
>On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:42:04 -0500, The Ghost of General Lee
><ghost@general.lee> chose to add this to the great equation of life, the
>universe, and everything:
>
>
>The other day, I forgot my phone when I went to work. I went online to
>reactivate my old phone (which I've been schlepping around in case I need
>to look up a number I haven't programmed in the new one yet) and it was
>rejected. Three times. I told me to call an 800 number, but I didn't
>bother.
What model? Is it GPS capable?
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| "David S" < dwstreeter@spamisnau
ghty.att.net> wrote in message
news:j5tbq1d53j5jmot
pm91oqp624jftehat66@
4ax.com...
> On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:42:04 -0500, The Ghost of General Lee
> <ghost@general.lee> chose to add this to the great equation of life, the
> universe, and everything:
>
>
> The other day, I forgot my phone when I went to work. I went online to
> reactivate my old phone (which I've been schlepping around in case I need
> to look up a number I haven't programmed in the new one yet) and it was
> rejected. Three times. I told me to call an 800 number, but I didn't
> bother.
>
> --
> David Streeter, "an internet god" -- Dave Barry
> http://home.att.net/~dwstreeter
> Remove the naughty bit from my address to reply
> Expect a train on ANY track at ANY time.
> "Don't be silly. I'm too frightened to be scared." - Capt. Hawkeye Pierce
>
I think the problem was, the other phone was on, or both phones could have
been on. I know when I've tried to change without turning off both phones,
it gets rejected.
AL
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| David S 2005-12-20, 11:48 pm |
| On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:27:18 -0500, "AL" <al@nospam.com> chose to add this
to the great equation of life, the universe, and everything:
>"David S" < dwstreeter@spamisnau
ghty.att.net> wrote in message
> news:j5tbq1d53j5jmot
pm91oqp624jftehat66@
4ax.com...
>I think the problem was, the other phone was on, or both phones could have
>been on. I know when I've tried to change without turning off both phones,
>it gets rejected.
That could be it. The new one was sitting here turned on.
For the record, the old one is a VX4400, definitely GPS capable. (Part of
the reason I got the new one was because my old old one, a Kyocera 2035,
wasn't GPS capable and could no longer serve as my backup.)
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| Robert 2006-01-01, 11:48 pm |
| I am never able to change from an EVDO phone to a non-EVDO phone on the web
site (or vice versa)
But when I say I tried to use the online ESN swap they do it for free for
me.
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> That could be it. The new one was sitting here turned on.
>
> For the record, the old one is a VX4400, definitely GPS capable. (Part of
> the reason I got the new one was because my old old one, a Kyocera 2035,
> wasn't GPS capable and could no longer serve as my backup.)
>
> --
> David Streeter, "an internet god" -- Dave Barry
> http://home.att.net/~dwstreeter
> Remove the naughty bit from my address to reply
> Expect a train on ANY track at ANY time.
> "Entering Dieback Uninterpretable" - road sign in Perth, Australia,
> regarding dieback, a tree disease
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