{"id":1688,"date":"2012-07-03T07:56:47","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T12:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2012-07-03T07:59:15","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T12:59:15","slug":"how-to-determine-actual-costs-of-verizons-family-shareplan-with-a-discount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/1688","title":{"rendered":"How to determine actual costs of Verizon’s Family SharePlan (with a discount)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two chat sessions with Verizon\u2019s customer service folks didn\u2019t give a clear picture of the actual costs of the new Family SharePlan when a corporate discount was applied. <\/p>\n

Currently, I pay around $153 a month and have a 15% discount applied.<\/p>\n

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The first chat session with Deborah suggested that the discount I was currently receiving (15%) would apply to the entire plan.<\/p>\n

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I really appreciated the pushy \u201cbuy some accessories\u201d at the end of the chat. I hadn\u2019t thought to buy accessories!<\/p>\n

The second chat session I had suggested however that the discount would only apply to the data plan (I\u2019d had some doubts about the reliability of the first answer due to some forum posts):<\/p>\n

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Daphne actually stopped chatting with me \u2013 apparently I wasn\u2019t important enough, or she was just trying to gather what accessories I should buy \u2026.<\/p>\n

So, here\u2019s how I actually determined the real cost:<\/p>\n

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Click the \u201cCalculate\u201d button. <\/p>\n

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The new cost was higher than what we currently pay.<\/p>\n

And to be very clear, the discounts typically only apply to the data portion, but you should check using the technique above to be certain before making a switch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two chat sessions with Verizon\u2019s customer service folks didn\u2019t give a clear picture of the actual costs of the new Family SharePlan when a corporate discount was applied. Currently, I pay around $153 a month and have a 15% discount applied. The first chat session with Deborah suggested that the discount I was currently receiving […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[101,100],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd5QIe-re","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":723,"url":"https:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/723","url_meta":{"origin":1688,"position":0},"title":"Silverlight Stopwatch class in C#","date":"March 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I needed a simple method for doing some timings in Silverlight. 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