Copy-cat, I just posted that in another thread.... ;-)

Yeah, my wife is likely going to buy a Charge at Costco tomorrow for those very reasons. Two more benefits:

- Only pay tax on $299 instead of $599 (saves another $25 or so)
- Claimed they provide more accessories w/the phone than VZW stores do

The only down-side on the 90 day return is that you have to exchange it for a phone they have at Costco, which does not include all the phones that VZW has. But still better than the VZW deal by far.

BTW - what are the top reasons you're returning your Charge?

 

Do they offer the Charge without a contract and if so, how much?

 

Forget LTE in D3. It will be also 3G phone like DX2. The next LTE phone is LG revolution dropping soon later. After that, it's anyone's guess. No one knows when Bionic will return and if SGSII will have LTE or not.

 

you are aware that you will have to pay full price for your next phone after 14 days correct? You will not be able to get your second phone at the upgradeable price You would be better off selling the phone on ebay or even on this forum to someone who is off contract or unable to currently upgrade and make money on it rather than return it to costco

Just saying...

 

Are youh sure about that? That wouldn't seem to make much since.

 

Wish I had a Costco within 3 hrs of me!

 

I think right now the only meaning full phone(s) they don't have is the thunderbolt and the fruit.

 

That makes no sense...as far as I know, at VZW you can return a phone in 14 day window, pay restocking fee (which Costco doesn't charge), and you just go back to your old phone, no harm, no foul..., why would Costco have a different penalty, they are authorized Verizon dealers.

 

I confirmed with 2 different Costcos that you have only 14 days to swap models after that for the remainder of the 90 days you can only exchange for same model phone.

 

So my current thinking is that I may want to wait for a dual core LTE device, but I can get a Charge from Costco and test drive it for up to 90 days, if I decide at that time to bail on it I woudl likely go purchase a DX2 off contract, thus I woudl just transfer my number to the DX2 maintain my plan and return the Charge to Costco for a full refund. From what I am reading on their web site under the terms it seems I can do that and no pay any ETF since the contract is for my service not that I keep the Charge. Thus if the Charge is a keeper I am fine and if not I have a good fail back plan to a DX2 which I'll use until they eventually ship the Bionic.

 

That's not true. I actually changed to different phone at Costco after 80 days of purchase.

 

Having 90 days to exchange it is a big plus for me... so I bought it yesterday.
So far so good!

 

Great but be careful because Costco doesn't always carry the latest phones. For example, currently they do not sell the Thunderbolt or Revolution.

 

The Costco I went to had a tb dummy phone but it wasnt on display. I wonder if that means they don't sell it.

I would also take advantage of their 90 days exchange policy, but they said if I exchange it for a different phone, I would have to pay full retail price. Which makes no sense to me.

 

Oh, I didn't realize they even had a dummy of the thunderbolt. It isn't listed on their website.

I am returning my charge this weekend within the 14 day policy but will ask them about the 90 day policy.

 

Just curious. Why are you returning Charge and which one are you getting after that?

 

First, my intent from day one was to return the phone and Sunday is my 14 day contact return period. Initially, i was going to keep it for the 90 return policy for the exchange, but I am getting nervious nothing I am willing to settle with will be available in that time.

As for the phone, i think it will become really old really quick and I can't see myself with it for two years. Which to be fair, that is probably the case for any phone (shame on vzw for doing away with one year deals). Other than the screen and 4g, it isn't much of an improvement over my incredible.

Some other things I don't like about it are; gps seems slower to find location than my incredible. Overall i feel the UI seems cartoonish, although I am zeam. Still reminisce of cheese wiz. 3g coverage doesn't seem as good as my incredible. Lastly, i don't believe there will be much dev support.


**added, I read this somewhere and agree. Not sure the build will hold up for two years. I have dropped it a few times softly and it already had a few dings. Of course if I was going to keep it I gotten a protective cover.

 

Ok, I returned my charge to Costco and asked about the return policy. The associate told me you do in fact get the subsidised price on a new phone if you return within 90 days.