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I changed my cell phone service from postpaid to prepaid. Here are the differences I noticed:

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Pay off the watch and phone. It is glorious having a phone bill less than a $100. Frees up money for things more important.
Yeah I buy my phones out right. I refuse to do that installment stuff for these phones. I just switch out my Sim cards.
 

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I was on my moms cell phone plan till I moved out at 21 and was shopping around for my own phone plan and it was like $75 and I was shocked. Finally Tmobile told me I can get a prepaid plan with 10 gb and unlimited text and call for $55 including tax. I took the deal. Last year Tmobile called me and informed me that now they’re giving unlimited data, text and phone for prepaid plan and my cost will still be $55. Some people do make fun of me that I have a prepaid plan but I’m saving money ultimately. If I need a new phone I order an iPhone from eBay and sell my old one.

only difference between prepaid and a phone plan with T-Mobile is you don’t get certain perks like upgrade a phone or ability to finance a phone but I’m find not having these.
I order my new phones from eBay too. Their prices have been the best.
 

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Just switched to prepaid and shaved 36% off my bill. I'm a happy camper.

EDIT: fµck VERIZON WIRELESS! I SPOKE WAY TOO fµck!ng SOON AND SHOULD'VE WAITED TO COMMENT UNTIL I HAD MY SITUATION FULLY SET UP AND RESOLVED. fµck VERIZON WIRELESS! DO NOT EVER DO PREPAID WITH VERIZON WIRELESS ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE SWITCHING FROM POSTPAID WITH THEM!!! SEE MY COMMENT BELOW! fµck VERIZON WIRELESS fµck VERIZON WIRELESS fµck VERIZON WIRELESS!
 
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Y'ALL! WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT DO PREPAID WITH VERIZON WIRELESS! I JUST TRIED TO DO THIS AND THEY fµcked MY ACCOUNT UP SOOOOOOOOO BAD THAT PEOPLE CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO HELP ME BECAUSE THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LAST b!tch DID!!!! I AM SOOOO PISSED OFF THIS sh!t ACTUALLY HAS ME IN TEARS!!!!!

I fµck!ng HATE VERIZON WITH EVERY fµck!ng OUNCE OF MY ENTIRE fµck!ng BEING!!!!!! I fµck!ng HATE THEM! INCOMPETENT STUPID BASTARDS WHO ARE SO DISJOINTED AND CAN NEVER HELP A CUSTOMER WITHOUT CYCLING THEM THROUGH DEPARTMENTS.

IN ONE fµck!ng DAY I HAVE SPOKEN TO SIX fµck!ng REPRESENTATIVES AND NONE OF THEM CAN fµck!ng HELP ME! SIX fµck!ng REPRESENTATIVES IN ONE fµck!ng DAY AND NONE OF THEM CAN HELP ME!!!

I COULDN'T EVEN GET ON THE PHONE SO THE FIRST 4 REPS WERE ALL THROUGH THAT STUPID ASS CHAT. THE LAST TWO I FINALLY GOT ON THE fµck!ng PHONE AND THE LAST ONE WAS ABLE TO MAKE SOME SENSE OUT OF THIS fµck!ng FIASCO BUT STILL DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY HELP ME.

I AM SOOOOOOOOO PISSED OFF!!!!!!!!!!! I'M ITCHING TO GO TO VERIZON AND SET THAT sh!t ON FIRE, I AM OUTRAGED!!! I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THEY CAN fµck!ng BEGIN TO FIX THIS motherfµck!ng sh!t AND I'M AT THE POINT WHERE I WANT TO LEAVE VERIZON BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL BE ABLE TO CARRY MY PHONE NUMBER IF I LEAVE.

I'VE HAD THIS PHONE NUMBER SINCE I WAS IN SIXTH GRADE AT 12 fµck!ng YEARS OLD!! I AM NOW 27 YEARS OLD AND HAVE HAD THIS PHONE NUMBER FOR FIFTEEN fµck!ng YEARS AND I'M NOT TRYING TO LOSE IT AFTER ALL THIS TIME, ALL THOSE CONTACTS, ALL THOSE CONNECTIONS FAR AND WIDE.

ALL I WAS TRYING TO DO WAS SWITCH TO PREPAID AND LOWER MY BILL AND THIS IS THE fµck!ng FIASCO I GET! I CURRENTLY HAVE THREE SIM CARDS SITTING ON MY fµck!ng DESK AND HAVE NO fµck!ng CLUE WHAT THE fµck TO DO WITH THEM BECAUSE NONE OF THEM RIGHT!! NONE OF THEM ARE THE PREPAID PLAN I ALREADY fµck!ng PAID FOR! AND THE ONE THAT STILL HAS MY PHONE NUMBER IS A SIM CARD THAT'S ON SOME fµck!ng POSTPAID PLAN THAT I DIDN'T EVEN fµck!ng ASK FOR!!!!!

IT'S SO fµck!ng DISCOMBOBULATED AND SCREWED THE fµck UP THAT I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO PUT INTO WORDS ON HERE HOW THIS sh!t CAME TO BE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I HAVE THE WORDS TO EXPLAIN THIS IN PERSON TO THE REPS WITHOUT CURSING THEM ALL THE fµck OUT AND LOSING MY fµck!ng MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE fµck TO DO. DO I ASK VERIZON TO HELP ME RESOLVE THIS sh!t OR DO I TELL THEM TO REFUND MY fµck!ng MONEY, RELEASE MY fµck!ng NUMBER BECAUSE I'M LEAVING THEIR BUSINESS AND GOING SOME PLACE ELSE? HOW DO I EVEN BEGIN TO SWITCH CARRIERS AND CARRY OVER MY PHONE NUMBER? OMFG!!!!
 

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Y'ALL! WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT DO PREPAID WITH VERIZON WIRELESS! I JUST TRIED TO DO THIS AND THEY fµcked MY ACCOUNT UP SOOOOOOOOO BAD THAT PEOPLE CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO HELP ME BECAUSE THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LAST b!tch DID!!!! I AM SOOOO PISSED OFF THIS sh!t ACTUALLY HAS ME IN TEARS!!!!!

I fµck!ng HATE VERIZON WITH EVERY fµck!ng OUNCE OF MY ENTIRE fµck!ng BEING!!!!!! I fµck!ng HATE THEM! INCOMPETENT STUPID BASTARDS WHO ARE SO DISJOINTED AND CAN NEVER HELP A CUSTOMER WITHOUT CYCLING THEM THROUGH DEPARTMENTS.

IN ONE fµck!ng DAY I HAVE SPOKEN TO SIX fµck!ng REPRESENTATIVES AND NONE OF THEM CAN fµck!ng HELP ME! SIX fµck!ng REPRESENTATIVES IN ONE fµck!ng DAY AND NONE OF THEM CAN HELP ME!!!

I COULDN'T EVEN GET ON THE PHONE SO THE FIRST 4 REPS WERE ALL THROUGH THAT STUPID ASS CHAT. THE LAST TWO I FINALLY GOT ON THE fµck!ng PHONE AND THE LAST ONE WAS ABLE TO MAKE SOME SENSE OUT OF THIS fµck!ng FIASCO BUT STILL DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY HELP ME.

I AM SOOOOOOOOO PISSED OFF!!!!!!!!!!! I'M ITCHING TO GO TO VERIZON AND SET THAT sh!t ON FIRE, I AM OUTRAGED!!! I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THEY CAN fµck!ng BEGIN TO FIX THIS motherfµck!ng sh!t AND I'M AT THE POINT WHERE I WANT TO LEAVE VERIZON BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL BE ABLE TO CARRY MY PHONE NUMBER IF I LEAVE.

I'VE HAD THIS PHONE NUMBER SINCE I WAS IN SIXTH GRADE AT 12 fµck!ng YEARS OLD!! I AM NOW 27 YEARS OLD AND HAVE HAD THIS PHONE NUMBER FOR FIFTEEN fµck!ng YEARS AND I'M NOT TRYING TO LOSE IT AFTER ALL THIS TIME, ALL THOSE CONTACTS, ALL THOSE CONNECTIONS FAR AND WIDE.

ALL I WAS TRYING TO DO WAS SWITCH TO PREPAID AND LOWER MY BILL AND THIS IS THE fµck!ng FIASCO I GET! I CURRENTLY HAVE THREE SIM CARDS SITTING ON MY fµck!ng DESK AND HAVE NO fµck!ng CLUE WHAT THE fµck TO DO WITH THEM BECAUSE NONE OF THEM RIGHT!! NONE OF THEM ARE THE PREPAID PLAN I ALREADY fµck!ng PAID FOR! AND THE ONE THAT STILL HAS MY PHONE NUMBER IS A SIM CARD THAT'S ON SOME fµck!ng POSTPAID PLAN THAT I DIDN'T EVEN fµck!ng ASK FOR!!!!!

IT'S SO fµck!ng DISCOMBOBULATED AND SCREWED THE fµck UP THAT I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO PUT INTO WORDS ON HERE HOW THIS sh!t CAME TO BE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I HAVE THE WORDS TO EXPLAIN THIS IN PERSON TO THE REPS WITHOUT CURSING THEM ALL THE fµck OUT AND LOSING MY fµck!ng MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE fµck TO DO. DO I ASK VERIZON TO HELP ME RESOLVE THIS sh!t OR DO I TELL THEM TO REFUND MY fµck!ng MONEY, RELEASE MY fµck!ng NUMBER BECAUSE I'M LEAVING THEIR BUSINESS AND GOING SOME PLACE ELSE? HOW DO I EVEN BEGIN TO SWITCH CARRIERS AND CARRY OVER MY PHONE NUMBER? OMFG!!!!
If your bill is paid you should be able to port your number. If you need Verizon towers where you live then straight talk wireless has them and their prepaid is $55 a month unlimited. Call verizon and ask if your number is free to port and if you need a password also to unlock your phone. Then decide if you want to leave. The plan has to stay on while you port so don't get your refund yet. Go to the largest Wal-Mart in your city they normally have a cell phone area. I legit slipped the guy some money when my phone was messed up and he fixed everything but I also just had it done by a nice employee its walmart though so if its busy good luck. If you own your phone without payments you can use that be sure to tell them you want Verizon towers and your old number.
Verizon prepaid does suck and I use their towers but never thier service... Dont expect customer service with prepaid though they are all awful or nonexistent.. But once the phone is up and running you never need them
 

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