I would never deal with a telemarketing call. It could be anybody.

Verizon's best deals seem to be reserved for orders/changes made via the
website.


"Dean" <dean173@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> VZW's been throwing offers around lately. I got an offer via mail this
> week offering me 100 extra minutes a month if I'll sign up for THREE years
> (Do they think I'm buying a car?), now this----see below.....bear in mind
> I just "signed" my 4th or 5th ONE-year contract
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> I got a call this evening from a gentleman purporting to be from VZW.
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> He stated that if I would sign a two-year agreement, they would put me on
> a plan which would give me the same number of minutes as present (I'm on
> AC II 450), at the same price, but would further give me the advantage of
> "No roaming charges anywhere in the U.S."
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> Now I'm no VZW newbie. I asked him how this was different from my current
> plan, which doesn't permit roaming at all. He stated that there are areas
> of the U.S. which AC II doesn't cover (I knew that), and implied that I
> would get no-roam coverage anywhere there was a usable (compatible)
> signal.
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> This sounded an awful lot like what some of us dreamed of years ago; a
> National Single Rate plan with a decent bucket of minutes, free nights and
> weekends, "IN" calling, all at a reasonable price. It sounds so much like
> that, in fact, that I am suspicious of it.
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> Of course I couldn't ask the telemarketer if they'd offer a new PRL with
> this "new plan", and if said PRL would include EVERY compatible system in
> the country. In fact, I wouldn't know whom to ask, since I doubt TeleSales
> and TechSupport talk to each other much, so even a heads-up TechRep may
> not have the slightest idea what I'm talking about.
>
> So that leaves me with you guys.
>
> Anybody have any idea if there really is a new Promotional plan that
> smells like NSR?
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> And if so, even though I am philosophically committed to one-year
> contracts (and addicted to a new phone every year), wouldn't this be
> tempting, if it is, in fact, true NSR?
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