This is gonna be a quick post and by sharing my experiences with Verizon I hope I can save a lot of money for you.
We upgraded my Verizon contract almost 2 years ago (worst contract ever!),because we wanted to get the,back then,brand new Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. They had this "buy one get one free" sales event,so we jumped into the sword,just like many others and got 2 phones and 2 lines.
The liar (sales person) convinced us to take a tablet as well, since that's gonna be free with my contract for us.I will never forget he said my monthly payment altogether will be around $126 for unlimited talk and text and 4GB data,which he said will be more than enough,plus at first time I will need to pay out of pocket some $140 (activation fee and stuff).
We talked about it at home and decided to fall for the liar.Went back to the store 2 days later ended up paying almost a $900 out of pocket (I don't even remember what for,I think first month bill,a bunch of fees for both phones etc.) but finally we got the 2 new phones and the tablet.
We never paid less than $180 per month for almost 2 years,the tablet wasn't free at all,cost me $19 each month,and the 4GB data is nothing for 2 of us,we always over-exceeded and they happily billed us for the extra.
I complained million times,went back to the store,confronted with the liar,made a scene etc....didn't matter,the contract was signed there was nothing I could do.
After almost 2 years we could finally get rid of this nightmare,switched to Metro Pcs and could not be happier with it!No contract,$80 flat for 2 lines,everything is UNLIMITED,no hidden fees or extra cost and the coverage is excellent! (Verizon likes to advertise itself as they have the best coverage,not true at all,I can tell you that!)
Please,PLEASE if you wanna save money and avoid a lot of headache NEVER GET ANYTHING FROM VERIZON!We learned this on the hard way and I don't want you to make the same mistake!
Thank you for reading,love you all!