Free = $270

Our Verizon plan allows us to get a new phone every 2 years for free or at a discount price. Since there is no such thing as Verizon in Lake Havasu City we decided to pickup a new phone here while in California. So we headed over to the Verizon store and picked out a phone that had a big FREE sign on it. Well, sure the phone is free…but we are required to pay tax on the full amount of the phone (a little over $30) and add an additional $10 per month for a “Required” data plan. Let’s see, that’s $30 for the tax and additional $240 for the $10 per month data plan for 2 years, that comes to about $270. So if I had to pay full price for this phone it would add another $300. That would come to about $570 for the phone. Oh, do you want a car charger with that…How about a case to protect your new phone, don’t forget the additional insurance plan. I ended up walking out frustrated with no phone. When I got home I went online and found another FREE phone that will fit our needs that doesn’t require the extra data plan. Tomorrow we are going to head on over to the Verizon store and try again.