Comments on: Verizon Raises ETF to $350 – Sprint Kills Call Forwarding Fees

By: papped

papped — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:11:37 +0000

I don’t think the point is people being “hurt” by this, rather the unattractiveness of the carrier in general when you go to sign a 2 year contract.

Plenty of people break contracts for legit reasons. You will think harder if it’s a higher $ value (although I doubt this will really affect VZ at all).

By: tim

tim — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:05:41 +0000

I’ve got an idea – pay the last month if you are that close. Etfs are meant to be a penalty. You agreed to something for 2 years and are not following through on that. Thus the penalty.

The only people who are being hurt by this are the crooks. You don’t need to pay the etf just to get a new phone. You can pay full retail or get an annual upgrade.

By: tim

tim — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:59:14 +0000

That is until they are bought out like alltel. Its no matter a matter of if but when.

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:44:57 +0000

People need to Wise up and quit this crappy and arrogant carrier. If you want a carrier that treats you best, go with Sprint.

By: Ronen Halevy

Ronen Halevy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:11:38 +0000

I echo your thoughts but at least they could have been honest and made the ETF go down to $0 in your last month of contract. The fact that there is a $120 ETF the day before your contract ends is just bullshit!

By: papped

papped — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:44:08 +0000

Bottom line is VZ can do whatever the hell they want because they’re bigger than Sprint and not bleeding customers… They could raise the ETF to $600 and still gain customer base.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:00:55 +0000

Looking at it logically, what choice did Verizon have? With their BOGO’s, unscrupulous folks where taking the second BlackBerry for free, cancel and pay $175, then sell it on ebay or CL for a tidy profit. The higher ETF effectively ends that practice.

I do think it is unfair they didn’t also double the monthly prorate to $20/month so that your ETF is zero by 18 months into contract.

as for those who argue against ETF’s in total, what, you want to penalize ALL of use by forcing us to all pay the full retail not subsidized price for phones? Thanks!

From my BlackBerry Storm…