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"Don Saklad" <dsaklad@nestle.csail.mit.edu> wrote in message
news:y44hdv3spq7.fsf@nestle.csail.mit.edu...
> How exactly would you set up a gift of a cellular telephone and
> wireless service to a grandparent hundreds of miles away?...
The way I did it two years ago was to go online and order a *new* line of
service and phone in my name which *had to be shipped to me.* When the
phone arrived at my house, I activated it (it had to be activated in my
venue) and then shipped it at my expense to my parents. They were able to
use the phone right away because the plan was the AC plan. They had to live
with having an area code that was not theirs for 30 days. After 30 days I
called and did an EZMove on that account, but kept the billing address the
same. I know, it sounds like a lot of hoops to jump through, but it was the
only way to do it... at least at that time.
I ran into two problems. First they initially sent me a bad phone, so there
was a time delay while a replacement was sent out. Secondly, the exact same
plan was NOT available in my parents market.so I had to pay $5 more per
month for "unlimited" N&WE vs 3000 N&WE. (In my book, there is no practical
difference between unlimited and 3000... just a difference in price!)
Considering the problem with the first phone they shipped to me, I wish I
had just gone into a local Verizon store, gotten the phone and then taken
all the other steps.
If you end up implementing the above strategy, just make sure you copy down
the ESN of the phone. You'll need it when you do the EZMove so a new phone
number can be assigned to the phone.
> Apparently, even around holidays like mother's day there are no
> promotions or marketing for wireless gift giving where families are
> hundreds of miles away from one another.
>
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