Can you setup a prepaid phone on a postpaid acct?

[FyreStarrter]

Hello everyone. I am new to Verizon Wireless & this forum has been a BIG help!! I have a quick question. I dropped my LG EnV & do not want to pay the nearly 300.00 to get another one (as we know Verizon's insurance is NOT the best). So I want to purchase a RAZR from a friend but he is on pre-paid account. Can I activate his Near new RAZR on my post paid acct. (His pre-paid acct is closed now)

[cwt341]

if you have insurance verizon should give you a new phone for 50 bucks

[motokrzr14]

I once had this same problem. First i had Verizon pre-paid and they charged too much so i wanted to switch to post-paid and they said you could do it. So just call customer service first, before your friend cancels his pre-paid account, just to make sure they can switch it and then he could cancel it or get a new phone.
-Chris

[FyreStarrter]

cwt341 I haven't had my verizon account 30 days yet & they tried to tell me that insurance would not pay for my replacement phone that soon(It doesn't make sense to me either but I need my phone & do not have time to argue). I was on a worksite when I dropped it so you know I was mad.
motokrzr14 thx for sharing your experience. That is what I was told as well but after having such a bad experience with another carrier I always make it a point to ask others about the same scenario & then go from there. Thanks to everyone who responded.

Originally Posted by cwt341

if you have insurance verizon should give you a new phone for 50 bucks

One little correction here. If the OP had insurance Verizon would either refer him/her to the insurance company, or they might give him/her one of their $50.00 RFU. But they will not give out a new phone.

Originally Posted by FyreStarrter

Hello everyone. I am new to Verizon Wireless & this forum has been a BIG help!! I have a quick question. I dropped my LG EnV & do not want to pay the nearly 300.00 to get another one (as we know Verizon's insurance is NOT the best). So I want to purchase a RAZR from a friend but he is on pre-paid account. Can I activate his Near new RAZR on my post paid acct. (His pre-paid acct is closed now)

The only way that this would work, is if your friend canceled his account by porting the prepaid number out to another carrier..... If he he just canceled the account by not refilling it, then I'm pretty sure that you would have to wait 3 to 6 months to activate his phone on your account.
I replied to your other thread here http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/ve...tml#post454056 (When I buy another EnV can I see my phone BEFORE the new one comes...) (read post #5 on how to set up a new RAZR INPulse phone on your account).

[cwt341]

i was told when i got insurnace on my cell phone that if anything what so ever happened to it i would get a refurbished model of the same phone i currently have. my girlfriend had insurance and she lost her phone went in there gave them 50 bucks and they handed her a almost brandnew replacement of the same phone