Worst new phone experience I recall, details below. In short, employee included add-on fees to my account after verbal request on my part to not do so, as well as potential loss of trade-in credit on part of Verizon's poor support logging. I never want to leave a bad review and am generally happy with any shop I go to (check past review history) but my experience here has been causing issues the last two weeks.
I stopped in to this location about 2 weeks ago to purchase a new phone, with the current trade-in deal to get $800 off the price of an iPhone 13. It was a Saturday, so we checked in and came back an hour later as requested. The employee assisting us was in and out, but did get the requested phone in preferred color plus a verified box to ship my old phone in for trade in. I had requested no additional services to be added to my plan, which they noted verbally.
After I got home and started going through all receipts/new emails, I saw that I had been subscribed to an extra monthly fee. No problem, I went into another store the next weekend to confirm it was off the account. I also wiped and sent in the old phone for trade in credit using preferred box. Should be no issue, item was received and sent through UPS as requested, with delivery notification provided by UPS. However, I have been working with support over email to get Verizon to confirm that they have received the phone. Each time they say they have, I get texts that they are still awaiting the device and have not even registered it has shipped yet. This is mainly an issue because it is now two weeks since purchase, the deadline the employee gave me trade in the phone.
Overall, it was a very rushed experience and I am still working through the issues of trade-in and add-on fees with Verizon. I am disappointed with how this process is being handled, given that I only got the new phone for the deal, and would have been happy to continue using the old phone for at least another 6-12 months or so, for no cost, as opposed to the $800 three-year spread cost I may be stuck with. A lot of hassle for a deal that Verizon seems to be actively trying to avoid. As a Verizon customer since my first device in 2006, I am honestly considering switching if we don't work this out. read more