Insurance- tricky way to get an unreleased (yet) phone?

In article <d4c6166e.0312031817.511f1940
@posting.google.com>, jk74@att.net says...
> "Verizon User" <anonymous@anon.com> wrote in message news:<pmIxb.6016$UG2.2956@nwrdny03.gnilink.net>...
> > Anyone get insurance with their phone? Can i "lose" my phone or have it
> > "stolen" when a new phone that I like better than my VX6000 comes out?
> > What does Verizon ask for to make a claim, and what do you get?
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> You wish. You will get a replacement refurb, most likely. I had 2
> Startac 7868's replaced under Verizon's insurance program. Paid my $50
> both times it happened, and I was replaced in a few days. What sucks
> is that any new phone carries a 1yr warranty, yet their refurb
> insurance replacement only carries a 6 month warranty. If your phone
> dies or gets stolen in month 7 you are out another $50. When your
> phone costs less than $100 it turns out to be not worth paying
> insurance at all.
>
> JK
>
And my experience was that the refurbs sent were always a
little "off" - case didn't close right, got lower signal in
the same spot I always got a better one etc.

I fear the real answer is to recognize that our phones are
really precious to us and take extremely good care of them.
That, combined with prayer ...
--
Louise

 

What you lose Is what you get back. And not always a new one. Friend lost
his and got the same one but it was another color then the one he had. Plus
they make you fill out a Police Report, And I think It's a $50.00 Co-Pay as
well.

"Louise" <notreally@seesignature.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a56fd5441720d209898fb@news.newsguy.com...
> In article <d4c6166e.0312031817.511f1940
> @posting.google.com>, jk74@att.net says...
> > "Verizon User" <anonymous@anon.com> wrote in message
news:<pmIxb.6016$UG2.2956@nwrdny03.gnilink.net>...
> > > Anyone get insurance with their phone? Can i "lose" my phone or have
it
> > > "stolen" when a new phone that I like better than my VX6000 comes out?
> > > What does Verizon ask for to make a claim, and what do you get?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> >
> > You wish. You will get a replacement refurb, most likely. I had 2
> > Startac 7868's replaced under Verizon's insurance program. Paid my $50
> > both times it happened, and I was replaced in a few days. What sucks
> > is that any new phone carries a 1yr warranty, yet their refurb
> > insurance replacement only carries a 6 month warranty. If your phone
> > dies or gets stolen in month 7 you are out another $50. When your
> > phone costs less than $100 it turns out to be not worth paying
> > insurance at all.
> >
> > JK
> >
> And my experience was that the refurbs sent were always a
> little "off" - case didn't close right, got lower signal in
> the same spot I always got a better one etc.
>
> I fear the real answer is to recognize that our phones are
> really precious to us and take extremely good care of them.
> That, combined with prayer ...
> --
> Louise

 

Verizon User wrote:
> Anyone get insurance with their phone? Can i "lose" my phone or have it
> "stolen" when a new phone that I like better than my VX6000 comes out?
> What does Verizon ask for to make a claim, and what do you get?
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>

You get what you hads unless no longer available.

My T720 recently died and I got a brand new T730 for $50.
Looked at how much I paid for insurance plus $50 and
decided it would have been cheaper to buy a new phone. Only
benefit is my contract did not get extended like it would have
on a new phone purchase so assuming the T730 lasts and I don't
change my plan I am free from Verizon in October.

 

Why would your contract get extended if you purchased a new phone??

David R. Goyer

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"David Draper" <ddraper_gt@yahoo.com.nospam> wrote in message
news:4003028b$0$6769$61fed72c@news.rcn.com...
> Verizon User wrote:
> > Anyone get insurance with their phone? Can i "lose" my phone or have it
> > "stolen" when a new phone that I like better than my VX6000 comes out?
> > What does Verizon ask for to make a claim, and what do you get?
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> You get what you hads unless no longer available.
>
> My T720 recently died and I got a brand new T730 for $50.
> Looked at how much I paid for insurance plus $50 and
> decided it would have been cheaper to buy a new phone. Only
> benefit is my contract did not get extended like it would have
> on a new phone purchase so assuming the T730 lasts and I don't
> change my plan I am free from Verizon in October.
>
>

 

David R. Goyer <davgo@comcast.net> wrote:
> Why would your contract get extended if you purchased a new phone??

If you paid a subsidized, less-than-retail price you'd be required to
extend the contract.

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