Call and confirm your two year contract

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Just got a Verizon cell phone, and now just got second mailer offering
me ten bucks or a thousand minutes if I call and confirm my two-year
contract.

What's up with that?

J.

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did you sign a one or two year when you got the phone?



"JXStern" <JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net> wrote in message
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> Just got a Verizon cell phone, and now just got second mailer offering
> me ten bucks or a thousand minutes if I call and confirm my two-year
> contract.
>
> What's up with that?
>
> J.
>
>

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damn, I hope I get one of those letters. <g>

"JXStern" <JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 16:23:53 GMT, "cricket" <cricket23@myrealbox.com>
> wrote:
>>did you sign a one or two year when you got the phone?
>
> I thought I already got the two year ...
>
>
> J.
>
>

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I'd take the $10.... we didn't use all of our 400 min shared between 3
phones before I upgraded to 500 min.



"CharlesH" <hoch@exemplary.invalid> wrote in message
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> cricket wrote:
>> damn, I hope I get one of those letters. <g>
>>
>> "JXStern" <JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net> wrote in message
>> news:k729015cod0aufrk3bhjjtqu9bfmvmdli4@4ax.com...
>>
>>>On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 16:23:53 GMT, "cricket" <cricket23@myrealbox.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>did you sign a one or two year when you got the phone?
>>>
>>>I thought I already got the two year ...
>
> The fine print says that the 1000 minutes expire in 60 days How is one
> going to change their usage habits to use their cell phone an additional
> 16 2/3 hours in the next two months?? I think this is a real low-cost way
> to hook someone in a two-year contract.

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In article <131b0190371kqccl33dasfn824v4bsciel@4ax.com>,
Evan Platt <evan@TheObvious.espphotography.com> wrote:
>On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 16:01:30 GMT, JXStern <JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net>
>wrote:
>
>>Just got a Verizon cell phone, and now just got second mailer offering
>>me ten bucks or a thousand minutes if I call and confirm my two-year
>>contract.
>>
>>What's up with that?
>
>My guess is a little 'housecleaning'. A good number of people complain
>"I never signed a contract!" so now when someone signs a verbal
>contract, they get a confirmation letter. So someone will call,
>confirm they signed the contract (verbally) and get free minutes, or
>call up and say "Hey, I never signed or agreed to a contract!
>--
>To reply, remove TheObvious from my e-mail address.


I once received a call on my cell phone (VZW as the carrier), during the
day, while at work, in the middle of doing something. I thought the call
was simply a courtesy to see how I enjoyed my service, but I also knew
only my family had my number. About a week later, I received a letter
from VZW showing I had signed up for a new one year contract. I called,
complained, had the contract voided, and told customer service to remove
my cell number as a way to contact me, and to include a note to only call
my landline number if they need to reach me.

That's my story.

Scott