Comments on: Guest Post: The Curse Of New Every Two http://www.rimarkable.com/guest-post-the-curse-of-new-every-two The Unofficial BlackBerry Weblog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: garvey http://www.rimarkable.com/guest-post-the-curse-of-new-every-two/comment-page-1#comment-129121 garvey Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:19:36 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/?p=11581#comment-129121 Long time Sprint customers also benefit from a once-a-year swap program. The "Premiere" membership, along with an unmatched family plan keep me a loyal Sprint customer. Long time Sprint customers also benefit from a once-a-year swap program. The “Premiere” membership, along with an unmatched family plan keep me a loyal Sprint customer.

]]> By: Sam K http://www.rimarkable.com/guest-post-the-curse-of-new-every-two/comment-page-1#comment-129117 Sam K Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:28:16 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/?p=11581#comment-129117 The author makes a good argument except with Verizon you can still get a new phone at the subsidized price every year even when you're on a 2 year contract. This is part of their "Worry Free Guarantee". So the people who bought the Storm 9530 in Nov 2008 for $200 with a 2 year contract were able to upgrade to the Storm2 9550 in Nov 2009 for $180 with 2 year contract and their contract would be extended to Nov 2011. Here is the text directly from Verizon's website. "What do I have to do to get a new phone with Annual Upgrade? You must be registered for My Verizon, be on a calling plan of $49.99 or higher and have completed at least 1 year of a 2-year contract and agree to renew for an additional 2 years in order to get a new phone at a promotional price. It’s as easy as that. " Here's a link to that information. http://support.vzw.com/clc/faqs/Wireless%20Service/faq_worry_free_guarantee.html?grp=3&faq=15 The only downside to this is that the annual upgrade resets the clock on the additional "New Every Two" discount that Verizon gives customers when they renew every 2 years. In other words, you won't get the "New Every Two" discount when you upgrade annually and you won't be eligible for it until 2 years after your last upgrade. The "New Every Two" discount is only $30 or $50 depending on your plan which isn't much compared to the discount they give on Blackberries when you renew your contract. Here is the text from Verizon's website about how the annual upgrade affects their "New Every Two" discount program. "Is this replacing New Every Two? No, Verizon Wireless is providing an additional program to upgrade your phone. By taking advantage of the Annual Upgrade, however, your New Every Two calendar will restart. " Here is a link to that information. http://support.vzw.com/clc/faqs/Wireless%20Service/faq_worry_free_guarantee.html?grp=3&faq=16 And here's a link to Verizon's FAQs about their "New Every Two" program. http://support.vzw.com/clc/faqs/Wireless%20Service/faq_new_every_two.html Some people might ask "does this add 2 years to end of your original contract end date?" The answer is "no". So if you do an annual upgrade every year, your contract end date is always 2 years after you do the annual upgrade. The author makes a good argument except with Verizon you can still get a new phone at the subsidized price every year even when you’re on a 2 year contract. This is part of their “Worry Free Guarantee”. So the people who bought the Storm 9530 in Nov 2008 for $200 with a 2 year contract were able to upgrade to the Storm2 9550 in Nov 2009 for $180 with 2 year contract and their contract would be extended to Nov 2011.

Here is the text directly from Verizon’s website.

“What do I have to do to get a new phone with Annual Upgrade?
You must be registered for My Verizon, be on a calling plan of $49.99 or higher and have completed at least 1 year of a 2-year contract and agree to renew for an additional 2 years in order to get a new phone at a promotional price. It’s as easy as that. ”

Here’s a link to that information.
http://support.vzw.com/clc/faqs/Wireless%20Service/faq_worry_free_guarantee.html?grp=3&faq=15

The only downside to this is that the annual upgrade resets the clock on the additional “New Every Two” discount that Verizon gives customers when they renew every 2 years. In other words, you won’t get the “New Every Two” discount when you upgrade annually and you won’t be eligible for it until 2 years after your last upgrade. The “New Every Two” discount is only $30 or $50 depending on your plan which isn’t much compared to the discount they give on Blackberries when you renew your contract.

Here is the text from Verizon’s website about how the annual upgrade affects their “New Every Two” discount program.

“Is this replacing New Every Two?
No, Verizon Wireless is providing an additional program to upgrade your phone. By taking advantage of the Annual Upgrade, however, your New Every Two calendar will restart. ”

Here is a link to that information.
http://support.vzw.com/clc/faqs/Wireless%20Service/faq_worry_free_guarantee.html?grp=3&faq=16

And here’s a link to Verizon’s FAQs about their “New Every Two” program.
http://support.vzw.com/clc/faqs/Wireless%20Service/faq_new_every_two.html

Some people might ask “does this add 2 years to end of your original contract end date?” The answer is “no”. So if you do an annual upgrade every year, your contract end date is always 2 years after you do the annual upgrade.

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