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Re: Jonathan Saved Me 17%

Barb — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:25:45 -0000

Woo hoo! I just saved 15% on my Verizon bill. Thanks, Flexo!

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Terry Piatt — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 01:20:03 -0000

Can someone explain why corporate employees should get a wireless discount not available to small business employees?

If it is a fringe benefit paid for by the employer, shouldn't it be taxable?

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The Finance Buff — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 15:05:35 -0000

If you are like me, working in the office all day, not using a lot of minutes on cell phone, a prepaid plan will save you more money. My cell phone expense is about $10 a month.

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Savvy Steward — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:17:39 -0000

Sometimes if you have been a long-term customer and they are nice, they will even apply the corporate discount to your previous billing statements.

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Jonathan — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:25:49 -0000

Glad to hear it!

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Lazy Man and Money — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:15:53 -0000

If you ever have a legit reason to be dissatisfied with your wireless carrier, do be hesitant to call and them - nicely of course. I ran into a billing error with Sprint where purchasing and activating a new phone changed my plan and got me out of grandfathered rate. After explaining that I was this would not happen the first suggested that I return the phone and cancel their service. So that's exactly what I tried to do. They passed me to their "retention" group. Well they have the power to give you discounts like you've never believed. I've got $80 worth of minutes and features for around $22 a month now. That includes high speed (near DSL), unlimited Internet.

I would almost feel bad about this, but they offered it to me, because they didn't seem to have a way to re-install my grandfathered plan. It definitely made up for it, and saves me about $15 a month. That said it did take several hours on the phone to get it done, so I won't really break even for a year. :-)

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Hazzard — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:59:45 -0000

That is a great tip. I work with the cellular companies as part of my job at a VERY large company. The vendor I use offers a 25% discount off of all their plans for anyone in our company. I've been reaping this benefit for a few years now and love it!

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Dus10 — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:43:38 -0000

Beyond companies, many large universities offer this for students. My wife attended a larger university for three courses, and then transferred. The good thing about universities is that they don't deactivate you very quickly, because many students will take a semester off, here and there. So, it was verified through her university email that was still active, even though she had not attended it for nearly two years.

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Jeremy — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:30:33 -0000

Yep, these are becoming more and more common as employee benefits. At my previous employer I had a 22% discount with Verizon, and now I have a 15% discount on Sprint.

Unfortunately I won't be switching to Sprint, so I can't take advantage. But it is a great benefit that is largely unknown to many employees.