First was lost/stolen, called Verizon
immediately and put the phone in suspension. I bought another Version (samsung) prepaid. Customer service was excellent in helping me transfer the balance on previous phone.

I went to the impulse plan after completing back to back 2 year contracts. I hardly ever use my phone and it was costing me almost $50 a month for 3 to 10 minutes of usage. I switched to the impulse plan in December and it is now June. I paid $100.00 so that my money wouldn't expire for a year and I now have a balance of $91.00. So I couldn't be happier. However, customer service stinks. It's almost impossible to talk to a real person. Oh well, hopefully that won't be necessary until December rolls around again.

Horrible--extremely expensive, customer service rude and claimed I was "a liar" similar to other reviewer so I am guessing it's policy to screw over pre-paid customers. DO NOT go with Verizon.

I bought the Samsung u340 and u350 Pre Paid phones because Wal-Mart had them for 20 bux. Verizon's tv ads make you feel like they have the best coverage and service. Wrong. Activation was impossible. After incomplete automated activation procedure it "transfers" you to customer service to "complete activation" (straight to a busy signal w/out completing activation). 6 hours later, no activation, but the phone w/out a number assigned to it would make collect calls and credit card calls to verizon, but verizon still couldn't activate it "welcome to Verizon you are being transfered to another network" ("American Roaming") At this time you are told you can make credit card calls and the cycle repeats. Bought both new at a Wal Mart 5 mi from my house. Their coverage map shows good coverage, no roaming in my area, but dropped my activation attempt calls repeatedly cutting in and out (poor signal reliability) but roaming was the only way the phone would work and then only if you use your credit card. It doesn't activate, it has poor signal reliability, coverage and only credit card roaming use. Customer service was non existent/inaccessible and Verizon is unscrupulous in advertising and customer service. I took them back to Wal Mart. Went to Best Buy, bought 2 ATT Go Phones and presto quick activation and great, always accessible customer service. As well as awsome signal strength / reliability. Go with AT&T!

I put money in and i use it but it keeps asking for a pass word but i dont remember! i dont like it there is no way to put it on!

ITS OKAY

verizon IS the best company because when you go call a verizon lets say today in the morning then its 99 cents and you have the rest of the day free to any verizon that day

Ilove the phones, and for 50 a month it's cheaper than a contract phone for unlimited.

I'm very satisfied, especially since they now have .25 cents a minute with no daily fee. And you can change plans 4 times a month. I don't use it very much, so $100 for a year is great, Verizon has the best network. I'd give 5 stars if it were cheaper, but you gotta pay for the best I suppose.

i dont have a review. more of a question. i am currenty using a Samsun sch-u340. i was wonderinf that if i bought a phone from verizon and NOT activate a contract, could i transfer my current prepaid to it and keep my account balance?

Ive had verizon prepaid before and went to tmobile went back to verizon postpaid yea its a little expensive but you pay for what you get. If you buy a old pos car thats what your gonna be driving i hardly ever drop a call im even staying with verizon and getting an additional prepaid phone for 20 bux not bad huh since other companies rip you off with poor customer service and phones that could be free end up costing you 300 dollars. Right thats why verizon is my provider. 4 LIFE!!!!

I have had three prepaid phones from verizon, I get the $10 messaging bundle because alot of people I know have verizon but the perpaid gets old after awhile so im considering doing a contract. Prepaid phones are great for texting and I Personally get amazing service.

Love the service but cannot figure out how to shut off the announcment of remaining time when you try to call out. Nitrogen TSRH says there is a simple way. Please email me with your instructions on how to do it. Thanks.

ITS GOOD ENOUGH BUT I REALLY LIKE THE FONES THEY ARE KILLIN...MAN GOTS TO GET ME A TOUCH SCREEN QUICK OR SUMTIN COLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i like my verizon phone, i dont like being charged twice in the same month for my $10 message bundle or for things not purchased

to get the messaging bundle go to the verizon mobile web and o down to "get the msg bndl." and it is only $5$

The phones your company is selling at walmart store are advertising the wrong price plans on package. When I activated my phone, the charges were $1.00 more than advertized

I agree with Brandon, the 99 cent plan should have unlimited nights. And it's time for the owners of this site to update this review. Verizon has changed their prepaid plans (again).

the only complant i have is that on the 99 cent plan does not have free nights and weekends

i don't pay that much beacuse i never answer my phone only text so their for i only spend 2cents per text and my money last forever...lol

I'm not a Verizon fan, but pound per pound verizon inpulse offers the best deal. First, look at the prepaid national coverage map it's pretty good, with the exception of Puerto Rico. With the core plan you pay only .99/day charge. If you text a lot get the bundle deal for ten extra dollars. Compare this vs Nextel/Sprint, AT&T, Tmobile postpaid, your connection with Verizon way better. If you want to turn off the annoying balance reminder just dial *611 a set it to low. *this plan is great if most of your friends have verizon as their phone carrier,free mobile to mobile. You either spend $31 a month or $41 for great service

I dont like this phone because u have to pay for everything why itcant be like alltel phones you know free text messaging n unlimited mobile to mobile.

I have had Verizon wireless prepay for over a year. I bought a $50.00 card and did very little calling. I still have a balance or $42.81. But the 60 days are up, so--they told me my account had expired. This sucks. I also did not allow any text , or picture messages. They charged me anyway.

Does anyone know where I can report them to the BBB?

Right now I have verizon and it is really expensive. Every two days i have to add minutes to it. I think that at&t is better.

I love my prepaid verizon phone. I have been using the same one for the last 3 years, my plan is .99 per day with unlimited mobil to mobil, and unlimited nights. The camera makes great pictures. The battery finally gave up the ghost about 4 months ago, I went to verizon to see if I could get a new one and they told me that battery wasn't available anymore... SO I went to ebay and bought one, now my old dinosaur of a phone is as good as new. I absolutely love it, and I hate that the plan that I have and enjoy so affordably is no longer available... if I can get another battery on ebay when this one dies, I will keep right on with this phone :-)

this service sucks i tryed to use my messageing bunddle and it would not let me use it so these service is are jank

i am thinking about gettin a nv2 with unlimited text,but from what i can see....this doesnt look like a good idea.im really confused and have no clue what to do.

i just got the 1.99 prepaid plan. it's cool the only drawback is when receiving a text from unknowns you get charged .5 cents, other than that if the phone sits you don't get charged a daily fee like T-mobile's 1.00 a day plus usage.

Ive had prepaid verizon for 3 years.im on the .99cents plan and mobile to mobile and free nights.everyone i know is mobile to mobile. i love it

I had over 6 hours of talk time left on my phone and I was looking for a job on indeed.com, i was led to a series of sites that requested my cell number and after I logged in at least 5 back to back text messages came in on my phone eating up all my minutes! How do I get the minutes back?

i hate how all of these people are complaining about the price if you didnt get the 2.99 a day plan it would be cheaper duh. i got the 1.99 a day plan its easy and if you dont text every 5 seconds it would be cheaper i am conservative of my minutes and they last a while i love verison it is reliable and mildly expensive.

Your phone selection is excellent and your coverage is good. However the cost of your prepay phones, is prohibitive, you should drop the dollar a day fee. Many of your competitors don't charge a dollar a day. If you dropped the dollar charge I would buy one.

Verizon is such a great company and the planes are great.I LUV THEM!!!

The phones is absolutely terrific but i have to ask this do u have to pay with a crdit card to get unlimited texts or can you just put a 20$ card on there and it takes it off of there?

my grandma recently passed away and we traveled to mexico. all family was there and they all had cellphones from diffrent networks tmobile, sprint everything....but i am glad to say that i was the smart one with verizon....all other networks were not able to function where we were at grandma's funeral...we had to keep calling other family members and my phone was the phone that was working thanks to verizon i was able to keep in touch with family coming in from all parts of mexico i got my phone in texas (a prepaid!!!!) and it really works!!!!!!!!

the phones are good but the pays as you go cost is to expensive and if you text you waste all your minutes in a daty

i hate verizon i've been with them for quite sometimes had the easypay plan lost it they said and now i;m on the pluse plan which is not good for anyone i would not reccommend this company to any one they are a ripoff foreal i spend more money on my phone than i do on a house phone that's bad i wish i knew someone with a better plan . help......

i bought the samsung u340 and it was ok for a while, but then i saw everyone else's phones and i was embarrassed to show them mine.

Has anyone heard about Verizon's new $3.99 a day unlimited talk prepaid plan? $120 a month? That's crazy!

I bought the Blitz for $100. I bought $15 and the 30 days didn't get added. I called customer service and the didn't believe me and never gave it to me. I bought another $15 card and the minutes and days both didn't get added. I called customer service they called me a liar and then hung up on me. I just emailed them to tell them about my problem and what their customer service (by phone) did.

i like my new phone its really cool i have the samsung my phone lets me do ever i want i rally dont call but i text i have unlimited texting it is sick i love it everbody has the phone i have everbody all my friends i really is a cool phone ya man

hey i just got my phone today and i got the impules power plan reguarding the free nights and weekends do they charge u when you make a call after 9:01 p.m.

this network is amazing. and everyone has it. i have the plus plan. even if i dont have money left for minutes i still get all my calls after nine and on weekends so its pretty sweet. and i have the unlimited texting to anyone on any network =]

I love Verizon last year I went to Brazil and my cell phone worked over there it is awesome.

I have had this for 4 years and i got the unlimited messaging too. I text a ton and got the new enV2 phone so its all good. I have had nothing but good service with them. I pay about 67 a month. wish we could see how many texts ive sent or recieved online tho.

I agree with leonard. If you use your phone alot prepaid may not be best. It can add up fast. But for the occasional users like myself, it's a great option. Verizon gives you so many options to make it work for you. It's always free to talk to other verizon customers, and the text bundle plan is great for saving money too, since you only get charge the daily fee if you talk with your voice during the day, not if you text exclusively. Despite what others said, customer service is GREAT! when I got my phone I spent ALOT of time talking to them to understand my plan exactly what I will and will not be charged for. They were so helpful and understanding. When I was charged for an unknown reason to me, I called customer service and was given the credit back to my account.
Best idea, before getting a cell phone, do your homework. If you talk to tons of other people who have verizon, it's a no brainer to go with verizon since you pay one daily fee and then can talk as much as you want, if you add the text bundle you can also text and send pictures all you want too. If you don't talk to many other verizon customers but are on the phone a lot anyway, why are you thinking about prepaid in the first place? I like prepaid since I only use it occasionally and did not want to be stuck with another bill or be locked into any contract. But having prepaid means being responsible to know what you will be charged for and then making sure you don't go crazy and spend a crazy amount of time on the phone. It also means keeping tabs of your account to be sure each charge is legit. BE SMART about it.

well i have verizon andi have the 2.99 plan ......it sucks if you put in 15.00 you can lose it in three days!!!! i hate my mom is trying to change my plan but i dont see it happening yet so my mom wont put money on my phone until she changes the plan

gosh i hate it but i do like the 2 cents per text

I had $5.90 left on my Verizon prepaid account. I made calls in the morning and afternoon having $2.99 deducted for my daily access. THis left $2.91 on my account. At 11:46pm and 11:47pm of the same day I attempted to make calls to which I got the Verizon message that I did not have enough in my balance for my daily access charge. The calls should have gone through as the daily access charge had already been charged. When I called Verizon to complain about it, they claimed that my calls were placed at 12:46am and 12:47am. But my phone log say 11:46pm and 11:47pm. They turned it into a "its your word against our word and how what time OUR system says you made your call" battle. I'd think twice about Verizon Wireless prepaid. If you do, keep track of your daily access, $2.99 is alot!

Good coverage, easy to get to customer service. Been a subscriber for a few years and just went back for prepaid with an old phone. I bought the 100 min to get the activation waived and have enough minutes to last and have them expire in 1 year. After logging on to Verizon, the minutes were set to expire in 30 days! Had to call (2 transfers) to get that extended to 1 year. Easy to get it fixed, but it had to be fixed in the first place.

--ALWAYS verify your minutes/account. Don't be lazy and trust the system.

Those who think txtin is a lot its really not. the screen that you see your balance at, go to feature then there is a message bundle in there and it cost 10 dollars, if you accept this, you will have unlimited txting for 1 month. then from there on out you only have to have 10 dollars on your phone once a month to renew this.
good luck!
i hope this works well for you! (:

Your Prepaid plans suck, if I don't use my minuetes, my phone eat them up.
Not a good idea to sign up.

So I just crunched some numbers... I got my prepaid phone on november 10th 2008 an got the 2.99 plan, cause i text a LOT. Ive bought somewhere in the range of 10-12 30 dollars prepaid cards since then, meaning ive spent somewhere in the range of 300-360 dollars, or 100-120 dollars a month.

When I had verizons contract plan, it was 64 a month for unlimited everything. except minutes, which I had 450 of a month which was more than I needed anyway.

And whats worse is they do in fact charge you no matter if you use the phone or not.
i tested it myself over a few days. got my current balance, an told everyone to not call or text, an i turned the phone off. turned it on following the next day and what do I hear, but my balance is 6 dollars lower (cause it took the 3 for that day, plus the day before when i hadn't even had it on)

verizon is for people that dont mind being lied to an ripped off. I mean its amazing service, i never lose calls or anything. but good lord its expensive.

Verizon is not the company for me. With all of Verizon's charges and surcharges and taxes and whatever they call it, I could have bought a house and paid for it with cash.

I live way out on an Native American Reservation and the signal out here is okay. I got the blitz phone prepaid for emergencies.. but I find myself using it more for texting... I have the unlimited $20 bundle so i could text other friend on other networks so far it's cool. aslo i get unlimted pic text too. i don't really use the phone minutes unless if i have to though. so i have a question... I'm on the daily 99 cent plan.... Is IN calling free for me, or does it still take out 99 cents when i answer.

Verizon INpulse is good if you don't talk alot other than that...it's a complete waste of money and you will end up paying out of pocket just as if you had a contract. Their phone selection sucks! I was with Alltel which had excellent prepaid plans (monthly) now that they've merged with Verizon I will be seeking another prepaid carrier. I'm browsing At&T's gophones. I hope I'm more impressed with them than Verizon.

You guys have some serious problems...for one, G. Smith, it is verry easy to shut off the notification that plays at the beginning of each call notifying you of your remaining balance, right from your handset. And, DoNotVerizon, you realize that we are talking about prepaid phones here, and not their AirCard service or other wireless modems offered by Verizon Wireless. Therefore, maybe we should keep the discussion and putdowns related to the actual service being referred to on this page. Otherwise, they do become exceedingly expensive, and it seems like the only way to go is to use the InPulse power plan, 2.99 per day but the absolute cheapest per min rate of any cell phone provider and comes with the same per text rate. Also the only prepaid phone that comes with unlimited nights and weekends included, most just have night minutes, not UNLIMITED nights, and I have yet to see another company that offers this in a prepaid plan. And they offer great TXT bundles, the 10.00 one is kind of a ripoff, seeing as their postpay customers get the EXACT same thing for 5.00 less, however, they DO offer unlimited txt to anyone on any network for only 20.00 a month. So, I would recommend this company completely.

The phones need to be more current. You only give the nice phones to 2-year contract people. We prepaid ones need those phones too.

I love the free Verizon to Verizon, but it's extremely costly, especially if you text. I hate having to add minutes every week because of the daily access charge. I only talk at nine or to other Verizon customer's, but the access charge is rediculous and I like texting, so it kills my minutes pretty quick. Overall, I'm not too impressed with it

i never been with verzion.
ive been with T-Mobile for 3 years and there service are ok.Verizon is better & there number 1 but it seems like Verizon is for rich people.half of my friends have verizon and there bill be high.Verizon is good and they are reliable but there billing department is the worst.ive read alot of bad things about verizon.thank god i found this article because i was gonna cancel my contract with T-Mobile and switch to Verion prepaid.
that's not gonna happen now.i'm gonna stick with T-Mobile.

I WONDER HOW TWEETY GIVES VERIZON PREPAY FIVE STARS? ANYWAY, I WENT FOR THE PREPAY PLAN AFTER SIX YEARS OF CONTRACT WITH VERIZON. CONTRACT COVERAGE IS GREAT, BUT THEIR PREPAY PLAN COVERAGE REALLY REALLY SUCKS.
IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING USING THE PREPAY, THEN GOTO VERIZONWIRELESS.COM AND CHECK OUT THE PREPAY COVERAGE BEFORE YOU BUY. I LIVE IN THE MEMPHIS AREA AND HAVE GREAT SERVICE HERE BUT I TRAVEL ACROSS COUNTRY ALOT. IF YOU LIKE TO PAY .40 CENTS A MINUTE FOR ROAMING THEN GET THE PREPAY. IT IS ALSO B.S. THAT YOU CAN TALK TO ANYONE WHO ALSO IS ON THE VERIZON NETWORK FOR FREE IS FALSE BECAUSE YOU MUST FIRST PAY THE DAILY FEE AND THE ROAMING CHARGES ALMOST EVERYWHERE ACROSS COUNTRY. I WENT ACROSS INTERSTATE FORTY FROM MEMPHIS TO KINGMAN ARIZONA AND COULD ONLY GET SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK AND ALBUQUERQUE. 1550 MILES OF ROAMING WITH PREPAY. WHEN I HAD THE CONTRACT, THERE WAS HARDLY ANYWHERE I WENT, THAT ROAMING CAME UP ON MY CELL.
ANYWAY, IF YOU ARE GOING TO USE THE PREPAY AND YOU FIND THAT YOU ARE COMPATIBLE IN YOUR AREA AND YOU DON'T TRAVEL, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU USE THE 2.99 ON A WEEKEND AND TALK AS MUCH AS YOU WANT FOR THE 2.99. I BELIEVE THE TIME STRUCTURE THEY HAVE IS FROM MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT. YOU CAN DO SOME SERIOUS TALKING IN THOSE 24 HOURS. ALSO IF YOU ARE A HOME BODY AND MOST OF YOUR FRIENDS HAVE VERIZON THEN THE .99 CENT DEAL IS GREAT. BUT, AS I SAID BEFORE, IF YOU ARE TRAVELING, BEWARE. HOPE THIS IS HELPFUL TO SOMEONE.

wow, i like verizon prepay because i pay 2.99 a day only when i use it for unlimited night an weekends an free mobile to mobile an 2cents for ant text messages that is a great deal u can.t beat that especially only when you use

I keep hearing that the service is bad with the Verizon Prepay phones. I'm just confused on how they work. I know that there is the Daily Access Fee of 99 cents, but only on the days you use it. And then the 10, 5, or 2 cents per minutes. You can also get the unlimited text. If I had the unlimited text and don't make a call on that day, and only use the phone for texting, does the daily access fee still get charged even though I'm not making a call and just texting? I barely barely use my tracfone for calls, only in emergencies, I just use it for texting. I would really like the Verizon prepay because of the unlimited text packs. So I am wondering if this phone would be a good choice, or if it would be more expensive than my current tracfone which I buy minutes for every few months.

i love all the things you can do with verizon, it really is the ultimate network, you get so many features like vznavigator = my own gps on demand at just 2.99 for a whole days use (only on the days you use it!) though its the most expensive prepaid i have ever been on, but you are paying for quality, right? and dependability on demand so its worth the steep price. fortunately for me i dont use it everyday (if i did it would be like $30 a month just for access to their service) so the downfall would be if your on a budget like me, then you might struggle to survive making your money last month to month or week to week, depending on what kind of consumer you are. besides if you are spending so much then why are you on a prepaid? you might as well go on their plan? otherwise if your a seldom user like me, then just stop reading and get it! your paying for service and in the end is that all that matters? i mean why have a cell phone if it wont work where you are and where your going?!

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MT VERIZON PHONE . I DO THE 2.99 PLAN AND ADD 15 DOLLARS A MONTH IT ITS SO GOOD I STILL HAVE MONEY LEFT OVER AT THE END OF EACH MONTH . AND SINCE YOU PAY AS YOU GO I CAN AFFORD IT MYSELF AND MY MOM DOESNT HAVE TO HAVE THE HASSLE OF PAYING FOR ME . IM THIRTEEN YEARS OLD SO IM OUT ALOT AND USE MY PHONE NEARLY EVERYDAY . I LOVE IT :]]]

I have had verizon prepaid for over a year and previously had tracfone. I love verizon and it works out to be cheaper even with the 99 cent daily charge. My husband has one also. I have the messaging bundle for 10 dollars extra a month I get unlimited verizon to verizon texts and 250 anyone texts. I never go over it. Most people I talk to have verizon and the ones that do not I text therefore I use my 250 text minutes that way. With tracfone it didnt matter who you talk to, you pay for the minutes and I always had to rush people off the phone so I did not use my minutes. With verizon I can talk to my husband for 2 hours straight and never have to worry about running out of minutes. It runs me 40-50 a month and my husband talks less so his is 30 a month. Consider plans and this is much cheaper without all the extra fees you see on your bill. You dont get a bill with prepay so you are in control. Best decision ever.

Verizon gets one star for this reason, bad return for your precious dollar. Verizon has a good network but is exceeding expensive.

I have a Verizon INPulse phone and it is pretty pricey. I think it has good reception. And for all of you that say " Verizon Sucks" then go with AT&T or T-Mobile - The sucky service carrier(s). There is only 1 cons. Once you hit the send button they charge you immediantly. 5c gone. (this happened when i was calling my landline phone). I clicked talk and the minute it connected, BOOM! your 5c disapears. BEWARE OF THAT!

plan sucks and is way to expensive. You'll will nickel & dime yourself to death with all the misc fees. Avoid this plan. Plus calls seem to mysteriously drop even when you are in a "good" zone.

WOW! this has to be the worst fone plan i've wasted money on. i paid $100.00 for a samsung blitz that cant even be activated where im from. thats complete BS. seriously if verizon is SOOOOO good then how come where you need service you have none?! Its a big WASTE OF MONEY!!!! ALLTEL is wayyyyy better. Just about everything is unlimited...im pretty much upset that i wasted money on something that was really pointless.

i really dont like prepaid cause 15$ only lasted like a week, when i was with alltel i only had to paid 20$ a month, but now i paid like 60 a month for verizon. they a better cheaper plan!

verizon prepaid sucks because you cant buy ringtones,etc. i dont like verizon prepaid because it is to expensive.id rather go to metro or cricket they offer much better services.you get pretty much everything unlimeted for $50 to $60 why go spend $50 on verizon prepaid and be out of miutes in one day beecause the miutes are really like 25 sec. thats a minute to verizon prepaid

My mother and wife both had paid for $15 cards and after one being in the hospital for two weeks and the other where the phone would not work, in Arkansas for ten days. Both were told their time had been used up. This is when neither had made any daily calls for ten days of the two weeks after they had bought the cards. I feel there is overcharging going on! They should have had $10 left, at least, and were "out of minutes" Are they charging the $.99 fee, whether or not the person truly uses the phone that day?! And I was also wondering if they might be calling all of those new offers over the phones and charging the $.99 fee even though they were marketing calls! Not happy at all with the expense when the phones were used only a few days.

At first I did not like my verizon Pre-Paid. I wanted to return it or sell it, but then Verizon did something unexpected. For twenty dollars a month, you can get unlimited texting with the prepaid, with no daily cost! Not as pricey now =)

i agree with maria i like tp text alot it is like so fun but i am gettin a new cell and i want the blue or black one that they show on the top idk when i am goin to get it well bye

I hate this plan i only been with them for about 2 months now and my mom is telling me to sell the phone. im a texter and a talker so i got the 2.99 plan with the unlimited text and its still not worker bout to go back to at&t they are way better
verizon is pricy and they dont care about their costomers!!!

BEWARE, I BOUGHT THE INPULSE PLAN IN MISSISSIPPI, AND HAD NO PROBLEMS IN MY AREA. I THEN DROVE ACROSS COUNTRY ON ROUTE 40 TO ARIZONA. ROAMING ALL THE WAY EXCEPT IN ALBUQUERQUE.WHAT GOOD IS A CELL THAT YOU CAN'T USE ON THE ROAD?

I don't recommend this phone to someone who wants to use their cell phone every day; uses their phone to text; or likes to talk alot -- the contract plans are much cheaper. But I call mine my "portable pay phone." I use it only in an emergency, and most of the people I call are using Verizon, so I don't get charged minutes with them. It's a quality phone with quality reception.

ok i am an 11 year old boy and i got verizon for my 10th b-day i like it so far but that daily chrage is hell imo they take it out even when you dont use it

this is the best prepaid program. i tried them all. i like the daily access plan cuz the one i choiced gives me free nights and weekends. but wats a big hit to me is the messaege bundle service. u can choose from a $10 a month(unlimited Verizon costumer texting and 250 additional messages to other carriers but picture messaging cost) or $20 a month where i have unlimited messaging to any network.

Verizon wireless is (SIMPLEY THE BEST)! Yes i agree that it's the most expensive service choice but i need reliability on demand and too date verizon has provided just that! Also the fact being that most everyone i know has a verizon cell phone so most of my calls are (IN) & don't cost me much. In a nut shell the RELIABILITY & IN factor will force my continued bussiness relationship w/ verizon wireless! I don't entertain texting on my pay as u go also i have been a customer of VZW since 2003 and VERY HAPPY . Seasons Greetings 2 all!

Verizon has served me well, I would not switch to anything else, I sware by it. Verizon wireless has never let me down regardless of when, where, why. I highly recommend Verizon Wireless to anyone.

I like the prepay plans.They are reasonable.My phone supports Web 2.0 surfing.It will say so on the back of the package.99 cent for 24 hours.Sorry Blue Samsung.

I just got my phone a little over a month ago and I dont have any complaints. I got the unlimited texting bundle for $10.00 a month, I buy a $15 refill card at a time...they take the $10 right from the refill card and its paid for the month. I just wish in my small town they would put a tower so I could signal in more places...like my apt! I have no complaints about verizon...yeah they charge you alot but I've never been charged on the days I didnt use my phone.

Verizon now had Texting packs.

10.00= Unlimited texting to all Verizon customers.(Text, Pix, and Video)

20.00= Unlimited Text, Pix, Video, and IM to anyone on any network.

also, Roaming rates are .20 cents now. and soon Verizon will be able to Use Alltels network for free.

I had the old prepay plan that was so cheap for 5-6-yrs and they claimed someone "hijacked"my account and i lost it.Wonder who hijacked it?I think the company did it.New plan too expensive.

this is the best prepaid program. i tried them all. i like the daily access plan cuz the one i choiced gives me free nights and weekends. but wats a big hit to me is the messaege bundle service. u can choose from a $10 a month(unlimited Verizon costumer texting and 250 additional messages to other carriers but picture messaging cost) or $20 a month where i have unlimited messaging to any network.

I love my Verizon phone and plan. I have the alias. I only pay 99 cents on days a make/receive a call. I have the 10 dollar messaging bundle with unlimited Verizon texting and 250 additional messages to other carriers. Service is always great as well.

i loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee it it is the best network ever

Verizon always works any where i go

they only charge u the days u use your phone it 99cents a day and 10 cents a minute ,1.99 a day and 5 cent a min ,or 2.99 aday and 2 cents a min and u can choose almost any of there phones to be prepaid

I had 'verizon pay as you go' for a while but found it very expensive compared to its competition. I found it best to buy a verizon prepaid phone for $30 at wal-mart & have cricket flash it over to thier service, which have much better no credit/contract plans.

I think that Verizon should do $15 a monthy for unlimited text to anybody for 30 days. I had Verizon for 5 years and i dont think ots good enough.

I love my prepaid phone. I spend about 70 a month. I had a contact phone and was spending the same amount. I have had my phone for 2 years and never once has it been shut off.

I have had this plan for a two years now and havent had any problems with it. I also added the unlimited messageing for an additional $10 a month and now I can text as much as I want. I pay $30 a month and dont have any problems with it.

Love Verizon Pre Paid.
There use to be an OLD one where it was .99 a day for unlimited nights and mobile to mobile. even if you didnt use it. then they changed it to .99 1.99 2.99.

each adds more stuff.

now Texting packs for 10.00

i loved it! Always had service, never droped calls.

AT&T has the worst coverage, V Mobile has no service in Rural areas, Alltel has good service but annoying doubble number thing.

When the Alltel/Verizon merge is done, a whole lot less roaming on Verizon network! More people to talk to as well!

It is the best! Think of it HIgh Quality product and it is cheaper then a contract plan and you dont need a credit check. What freedom!!

Sept 6, 2008. North Florida.
Wow! Glad I found this forum. I was getting ready to switch to Verizon, because AT&T has some weak signal spots in my area, and my Verizon friends don't seem to have that trouble. I currently have Cingular/AT&T GoPhone service. The phones you get at Target/Walmart/wherever blow dead goats, but you can get a good phone on ebay. I've had 2 Razr's (broke both within days), some bar phones, and now am using a Samsung flip. Used the same SIM card in all the phones; just pop it in and go. The per minute cost seems high (25c), but I never text and don't yap that much, so I end up paying about $22/month. GoPhone also has a 10c/minute plan with a $1/day access on days the phone is used. Dunno about videos or music downloads, I don't mess with that stuff; I use my phone for talking.

Okay, so it may not be the cheapest thing. All I do on mine is pretty much talk. All my friends/boyfriend has verizon so I get to talk to them for "free". The only prob is TXTING! I hardly to any of that. 10 per msg. Outgoing AND Incoming. May not seem like a whole lot. But it adds up.

Was thinking of switching to Cricket. But read their reviews, and You'll see why I had a TOTAL change of mind.

This plan is so annoying!!! I mean it's so confusing, too! I asked two different people on the verizonwireless website about an important question...if the daily fee you pay is good for the rets of that day or for 24 hours...they both gave me different answers! So it is critical I get the correct answer because you can save/lose a lot of money by saying the correct/wrong answer! You also can't buy any text plans so I have to tell my friends that I'll text them first and don't send me chain texts or anything since I don't want to pay the daily fee! Even if someone has the wrong number and they call you and it goes to your voicemail, you STILL have to pay the fee!! Atleast that's what one of the verizon workers told me. If your phone is off, and someone calls you, but they don't leave a voicemail, but it still GOES to voicemail, you get charged!! It doesn't even say missed call if your phone is off! Then I had a popular phone which they don't sell anymore, but I tried to get ringtones from the site, but they said it wasn't compatible. So I have to deal with these sucky ringtones. The only good thing about the plan is they still let you have free verizon to verizon phone calls. This plan would be good for someone who seldom uses their phone.... The only reason I don't switch to say...Virgin Mobile who has atleats a decent prepaid plan is because their phones aren't as attractive and I don't want to lose the free verizon to verizon phone calls since a bunch of my friends have verizon. All in all I get really frustrated with this prepaid plan and the only reason I have it is because the down payment was too much.

I had Verizon monthly, and loved that they never dropped my calls in the mountains.
In May, I switched to prepay. Vic told me I would only be charged on the days I used the phone (.99)And it would be cheaper to prepay $100.00, so I did. Now, it's August and I find they have been charging me a dollar a day. My money is gone, and when I called, Stephanie & Gerrard (her supervisor) both said, essentially, "Tough Luck. you don't have any proof they said that. I'm switching to another service, but I don't know which one. Verizon is greedy and deceitful!!!

I currently have Virgin Mobile pre-paid service for my 11 yr. old son. He recently requested the Verizon pre-paid because he likes their phones and the free mobile to mobile the plan offers. After checking the InPulse Plan out for myself, I realized that we would end up paying a minimum of $30 per month before taxes and surcharge fees with the cheapest plan. With Virgin Mobile, we are only contracted to spend $20 every 90 days. I spend a little more if he uses all his minutes. However, ultimately the plan is for emergencies and costs $120 per yr. I'M STICKING W/VIRGIN MOBILE.

I had a verizon wireless card through verizon wireless and the salesperson promised no contract I trusted that when I signed the e-contract when I cancelled I had to pay the termination fee when I thought I was not on a contract. Either that or the remainder of the contract. What was unfair was how they sold it to me verbally saying it was not a contract when the terms of the econtract were something else and I trusted that salesperson verbally. Then I called to discuss this with a representative when I cancelled and the representative promised to reverse the fee before the last bill came out and then when I call again to talk to two supervisors, one says I cannot do anything about that at this point the termination fee is valid and the second says that the representative who agreed to reverse the fee reversed one of two termination fees (totally wrong and un-intelligent) and then the third supervisor says that it does not matter if the representative verbally promised the representative's manager makes the final decision. Well this was not told me to when that representative reversed and disconnected my service and it was a false verbal promise. A verizon representative himself said frequently these misunderstandings occur in sales. Verizon is just lucky that I am not taking this to the law because I know about promises of verbal contracts as I have studied business but I will do everything in my power to make sure everyone I know does not buy from Verizon wireless. Corporate sharks, cheaters, losers, do not give them your money. They promised to reverse the fee and then do not answer the question "Is it illegal to promise a customer something over the phone and then not keep that promise". All they can say is "you signed a contract" (which was also sold to me on the wrong terms) and then they say "you agreed to the termination fee in conversations" yes I did, with rude supervisors who say they "can't do anything else at this point", who will not say "okay" and then they say "the manager did not agree, the representative only promised something verbally" well they did not tell me that when they were promising me that verbally. Horrible business. Rude shark personalities.

It seems like a good idea at first but you run out of airtime very fast. Also you cannot text because it takes up too much of your min. You have to buy cards every 6 days it seems even if you are not even using your phone that often. Too expensive. (It is also very annoying that before every call you make there is someone telling you how many min. you have left.)

there should be a plan were u could get free text plan to any one. and pay 20 dollars montlhy plan or higher the 250 text thing

08/13/08
Honest to Goodness, i found a nice verizon phone, it's a LG VX8300, and the previous owner wanted his phone back and i was gonna give it to him, but he harassed me so i never gave it back, well i figured out the security codes (last 4 digits of the number) and changed the phone into my own, bestowed upon me was Verizon's INPulse plan, i was excited, annoyed, in love, outraged!

what can i say it's a valid love hate triangle, i'm not about to buy some other phone, i love the features on my phone, love the coverage, hate the rest, while i wouldn't reccomend verizon to a friend or family, id still shamefully use it as i have been since i acquired an INPulse phone.

Bottom line: all the thrills of a pricey plan, without actually having a "plan" you will PAY for the convenience of this phone, through the nose.

i love dat they have a 10 dollar montlhy plan for text messages!and da best part is its unlimited text messagin!

I had the Verizon $60 monthly plan, which worked fine, except I never used all of the 400 minutes I got with that. Ever. So I was just wasting money. I switched to the prepaid phone which is even worse. I spend at least $15 a week, which obviously translates to the same price I was paying before, only with far, far, far fewer minutes. Either I pay more for too much, or more for too less. I wish they could provide a phone where you were billed each month for the minutes you used, not the minutes you could have used or the ones you're not going to use. And if I have to listen to those damn automated messages demanding I give them more money for a service I'm hardly even using just one more time, I'm going to go crazy. Verizon prepaid is garbage, absolute garbage.

Verizon service is pretty good around here but at my home I get no service from anyone so my phone is only used when I am out at work or shopping or what not so the price of verizon prepaid is not for me. I have net10 and I spend 15 a month and It uses any cdma(verizon, Alltel) tower or gms(Cingular, AT&T) tower depending on the phone you get. So this is by far the best plan for me and there are no roaming charges. My friend has a Verizon prepaid and she spends close to 70 a month on her phone for minutes because of the .99 a day charge and text costs. It would be cheaper for her to get a contract plan. Anyone who uses their phone that much shouldn't be using prepaid anyway.

I'm Sorry but Verizon is a huge rip off when it comes to prepaid plans 15 dollar card last me about 3 days and thats barely texting and calling ridiculous

I purchase a impulse phone a little over a month ago, put in $50.00 in minutes, I hardly ever use my phone maybe 2-3 times in a week anyway I had just put minutes a day later a got a text message saying that my profile had been updated. That same afternoon I tried making a call and could not make the call or receive call, the next day I went to verizon store for help someone had stollen my minutes and my phone number and changed it to someones else phone and changed the # so it could not be tracked!!! verizon would not help me because I didnt know the pass word that the thef had used... in other words I'm left with out a phone and they stoled my minutes..

I just got my verizon phone with the prepay plan. I also have a tracfone, for several years. I'll still be keeping it. I got the verizon phone because just about all of my family members, who are spaced far and wide in the U.S. have a verizon plan.So I can talk to them for almost free (Don't forget the 99 cent thing) when using the phone.
So here come the cons of the verizon plan. Do away with the 99 cents and up charge. Even though it's only when you use the phone. I like tracfone because they offer a plan where for about 5dollars they will add a month to your phone when your month is about to run out when you still have a lot of minutes left and you don't need to buy minutes.Of course It is good to have a credit card so they can take out the 5 dollars automatically. After awhile, when I get a lot of use out of the verizon phone, I'll probably let it laps and later when I think I may want to try it again, I'll re subscribe to it. I'll get around the 35 dollar re subscribe fee some how. Verizon needs to use at least some of tracfones ideas. Also by the same token tracfone needs to get bigger selection of phones like the motorazr or others.

verizon wireless stinks.60 bucks a month even if you don't use it!

i have the 99cent core and i only talk to people that have verizon and money takig away i can see if i was talking to someone who have t mobile.iam going to att.99cent it not good.and idont talk that much and stillcharge.need another plan.

I like it...I think its a good Idea...the only bad part is that I text like crazy so I think they need more text buddle plans...other than that one issue....I feel InPulse is great and I would probably recomend it to my friends....oh yeah and any one with the samsung in blue with the camera phone...how do you get online?...lol..thanks

ALLTEL IS WAY BETTER AND U SAVE A LOT. You pay the same amount that you pay on verizon prepaid and get A WHOLE LOT MORE!!! You get unlimited txting, free weekends, and u can call after 6 for free!!!On verizon u pay the same amount and u dont get any of it!! i thought verizon was good untill i switched to alltel.

I just left Verizon INpulse not long ago but I slightly miss it. For the exception of the rates, INpulse is a major improvement over companies like Virgin Mobile and Boost. I am 17 but I can't stand the childish marketing (or whatever you'd call it) those two companies have ("top up" "where you at?"). The phones seem to be of excellent quality. I had the LG Chocolate (VX8500). Verizon has the best signal I've ever encountered with a cell phone company but their prepaid rates are nasty. $3 on days you use it just to get the unlimited nights and weekends. If you use it every day, that'd be $90 a month while some prepaid companies offer UNLIMITED calling for cheaper than that. If their rates were better, they'd be perfect. I just miss the signal and cell phone quality (I'm a cell phone junkie).

Verizon's service is great, but why cant i download ringtones from the phone?? every other provider lets u do it with even crappier phones than verizon has. it doesnt make sense to me, but other than that, i like verizon

I had cingular contract before and they screwed me over so I vowed not to have contract again, I've had inpulse now for about 6months and I really like it, they changed it now so you only pay daily fee if you use it which is nice and the m2m is FANTASTIC!! Most of the people I call have verizon anyway so I don't use many minutes, however I too think texting should be free after 9 like night minutes as well as free weekends. I would definately recommend it though! Also, we need a broader phone choice.

Verizon is pricy. Charging $1 per day for usage is a ripoff.

Why would anyone pay for a service which you have already paid for? and let these company charge you again and again? Moreover, they do not give free Text messaging?

Better go with another Wireless Carrier.

It's true Verizon is not cheap. but ya get what you pay for. I love the Razr v3m being able to download music from the phone is too cool. I like the vzw mobile web too. I was pleased with virgin mobiles pricing when I had that service,but the phones are really childrens phones. as for verizons service being 24/7 I don't know,I never had to call it,which is as it should be. I guess if you only talk there are cheaper companys. For me,I like and use lots of the features especially vcast music and web,also I.M.and pix place is really useful,you can text your pix to verizons site store it there send it to a lab to print you have your own free pic site to store stuff in video ,sound ,pix.etc. again if you just talk,unless you need good sound quality for some reason you can get cheaper...for lots of stuff verizon's #1 for me.

it's so cool but 15 dollars is not enuff for anyone and there are no free weekends and inpluse texting is to much......

Verizon use to be the number one prepaid I dont know what happened to them they use to have the best plans now there crappy.For seventy dollars you use to get 700 mins with free nights and weekends now they charge 99 cents off the top or 1.99 off the top or even 2.99 of the top thats alot of money to keep a phone on plus it cost u when you talk if verizon customers started to complain I think they would switch it back. Virgin mobile and boost mobile got good deals 60.00 dollars u get 600 mins free after 7:00 pm cant beat that verizon needs to step it up before they start losing customers im on my way out and ive been a customer for a long time.

Inpulse help is not available 24/7.

it is a crock and I'm bringing this back tommorow !!!!!

I had a VZW phone, the 2366i. I bought it on the INPulse plan, VZW's pre-paid plan, becaust it was in my knowledge, cheap. NOT true. The daily activation fee costed me $0.99 A DAY, as well as losing minutes, just for having the phone on. I couldn't even go more than a week without having to pay for more minutes. It ended up costing me a fortune.

I love Verizon. Im not going to say its better than other phones but other than that its treating my well.

The most expensive pre-paid by far. I'd only recommend if: 1) Verizon is the only reliable cell provider in your area 2) You will be specifically speaking with other Verizon wireless customers...where you can take advantage of their free mobile-to-mobile.

Otherwise...Net10 or T-Mobile offer much more affordable prepay options.

5-19-08 I have had many verizon inpulse phones all my friends have verizon so the calling is cool but the think that is really a kick in the balls is when a txt message is sent to your phone whether u open it or not BOOM -10 cents automatically and that happened to me some girl spammed my phone over and over with those stupid forward messages and it took 30$ in 2 days away verizon needs to include unlimited verizon to verizon txt for like 10 bucks a month if they did verizon would rise even higher the service is really cool and such and the thing 10 cents a minute ya gets pricey once u like call voicemail to check ur mail ya thats a big no no im 13 and im paying 40 dollars a month atleast because of the automatic -10 cents a txt if someone sends it to your phone and it dosent make it automatically minus 10 cents like i called my friend once and day before i added 15 my balance was like 7 dollars u know and im like wtf and looked online the culprit forward txt messages so verizon u need to include unlimited verizon to verizon txt or else ull lose customers

I've used Verizon for over 10 years, recently change to the Core plan to be able to send/recieve ringtones and pics. I think the price for the prepay plan is great but would be slightly better if the minutes lasted a little longer as I don't talk much and 90 days or more would be better but as long as you get more minutes before your time is up you don't lose any minutes. I also have to consider that everyone else I know has Verizon so if I even tried to change to another company it would cost all of them a lot more money to talk to me and I think $15 a month for prepay compared to +$30 a month for a contract plan (once taxes,etc are added on) is just not worth it for me.
5/19/08 TN.

I have found that Verizon is a mixed bag of pros and cons. Unlike most other services, they don't offer ultra cheap poor performing phones, which in the end is a plus. Coverage is what Verizon is known for, another plus. I also like the announcement of how much time I have for the call when I dial out.

A couple key quirks though. If you don't use your phone a lot, Verizon minutes expire earlier, at 30 and 60 days, than most other carriers (who are usually 90 days). I happen to use my phone when I am in a rural area - it's my secondary phone - and the hours add up and up while the expiration date comes around too soon. Clearly YMMV depending on your use.

I feel the bottom line with Verizon is that they are a good deal for those who use a phone quite a bit, but still can't justify a post paid plan. For those who want a second/emergency phone, this is not the best value out there.

verizon is the best i have had no problems with the service the phone is great and they r just the BEST!!!!!!!!

it sux verizon takes your money its cheaper to b on a plan than pre pay but their deposits are rediculous. I have impulse and they take more than .99 i know this in 4-5 days i get messages saying my balance is low with no texting...its a giant scam

i love verizon

you people like verizon because probably never went with other prepaid. try t-mobile and you will see the differents in your pocket. verizon rates are way out of control. paying a $1 a day if using the phone plus your minutes its crayzy. and expiring after months base on your prepaid no Goldmember like tmobile. after seeing their plans all i can say they are a ripoff. even if the tmobile wont have the service like verizon(i never had problem with tmobile, but some peoples complain)tmobile will be a much BETTER choice

Posted 5/3/08: Verizon's prepay plans are just too expensive so I switched to T-Mobile's Pay By the Day prepay plan. Customers on T-Mobile's Pay By the Day prepay plan get free m2m, free nights that start at 7PM and end at 6:59AM and all their over calls are just 10 cents a minute. T-Mobile charges a $1 a day to use this plan but only on days that the phone is used. I'm so happy that T-Mobile introduced this plan. I was paying an almost $90 a month fee($2.99 a day) just to use Verizon's Power Plus Inpulse plan. Never again!!!

I think it would be very helpful if everyone dates their reviews and mentions their geographical area. This would weed out obsolete issues and and better reflect local coverage.

I've had many other prepaid phones and have always been told verizon is the greatest of all prepaid phones well i finally got one and i have to agree it is it really is i tell all my friends about verizon.

for .99 a day just get a Cricket pay in advance for $35 and its unlimited..call anyone you want day or night and text too.

I recently got a Verizon prepaid cell phone at one of the corporate stores. I got the 1.99 daily access fee plan and I am pretty happy with it because I only pay the 1.99 on the days i use it. The only thing I did not like was the $25 dollar activation fee they charge you at the corporate store. People don't get charge this fee when they activate through walt-mart or target. It would be nice if they had some text packages too. What other things do you guys think they should include to make service better??????

The $2.99 Inpulse plans now includes Weekends too.

i have trace phone and i pay 25$ every 3 months (for minutes) and if i don't use all 500 minutes! (25$):)! they expire so i buy more minutes and then the minutes i didnt use transfer over to the minutes i just bought i want a new phone but after reading some of the comments im totally glade i have trace phone! just make sure you get a good trace phone service

ok lets start by saying i spend close to 250 dollars a month on minutes and thats ridiculous but its the only phone that works everywhere i go and every time i need it so unless u have alot of money to waste dont get the phone but if u can afford it buy it you wont be dissappointed.

Love Verizon cause nothing else works and for real ppl learn how to spell thigns the right way no one is going to take you seriously if all you can do is complain with spelling that is worse than a third graders HAHAHA still great service and what not EVERY company has it's faults Thanks again

Ya the prices are a little too pricy but i like it, im only 16 and to me this is great, no locked in agreements, im paying $30 every couple of weeks, and its all acess and no supprises at the end of the month i like it.

I have the easy pay plan. For me to txt is .05 so that's cool with me. I don't talk that much, but occasionally I tend to overdue it on the Vcast downloads. It's trial and error, you know exactly how much you got on your card and what you can indulge in and what you can't. You overindulge you have no minutes; you learn to resist and you've got enough to sustain until your next paycheck. I've got the cherry chocolate slider and it only cost me with tax and all $107 and some change at Walmart. Considering what you have to pay on the plan it's a bargain for me. They just got in the Juke at Wallyworld to for $124.85, but I don't like that one because of the "switchblade" action so to speak. Looks like it would break easy. Cons with the phone, hard to find a cover for the slider sometimes. In the mall I know they sell some. I bought a "PLAYBOY" slider cover, but just for one it was $16! I usually by a $50 card and it can last me for the month. This prepay plan fits right in with our budget right now; we really can't afford a plan with expensive texting. I'm 42 so like I said I don't txt or talk that much so it works for me.

We purchased the verizon prepaid for our daughter and it is the best! You don't pay the daily fee if you don't answer or call off of your phone. All she very does is text message and since we have the INPulse Power plan we only pay 2 cents for each text message and we have NEVER paid a daily fee. It can be costly with V cast and I think the downloadable ringers are little costly, but other than that it isn't bad at all. Evern if you pay the $2.99 fee for a day you get minutes for $.02 and unlimited verizon to verizon. Now days thats pretty good considering almost everybody knows someone with a verizon phone. Not to crazy about the razor phone kinda think it's junk, but the plans are good.

Well, I originally started with the $70 prepay plan that Verizon had. I had 700 minutes, unlimited night and weekend minutes, free mobile to mobile calling, and things like that. I got the plan in 2006. In November of 2007, the plan basically became obsolete. My number had been given away, and basically, there was no way I could even get the plan I had back. I went along with the INpulse b.s. It has been really expensive and a total disappointment. I purchased a card on November 24th, and the same night someone had stolen my pin number. Get this: the card had never been taken from me. It was still in my purse inside the receipt. I called Verizon, and they told me that it was someone who lived in Wisconsin that stole the number. I live in Louisiana, which is 900 and something odd miles away. They couldn't explain it for the life of me. Then, they would not give me credit. Even though, I had the receipt from Walgreens, and I had proof on my credit card statement from when I bought it. I talked to the manager or something, and he said that he would give my claim to the corporate office for further investigation. To this day, I have yet to be called. Another complaint I have is roaming. I can be sitting in my bedroom, and the little roaming triangle flashes. The cost for roaming charges is .69 per minute. That gets quite expensive. Even if the person doesn't pick up, you still pay that much. Every 30 seconds counts as a whole minute. They can improve the plans by putting the $50 and $70 plans back in. It was a lot better. As previously stated, I had no problems. $70 wasn't bad for all that I was getting. Shortly after I got my phone which was in May of 2006, they changed the $50/$70 plans to 3000 night and weekend minutes. Honestly, I would not suggest going with Verizon Wireless INpulse unless they change the plans back to the way they used to be. If you don't you will be shelling out ridiculous amounts of cash on those prepay cards and other miscellaneous experiences. Another flaw is that you cannot use PDAs on the INpulse plans. I currently own a Treo and a Moto Q, but I cannot use either of the 2 for INpulse. They are just sitting in a box because they cannot use the PDA ESNs. The Verizon contract plans are the best. The prepaid plans suck horribly. I forgot to mention how if you don't add money by the expiration date, your account will be suspended and your number will be thrown back into the pool of "new" numbers. That basically means that if you don't add money by "x" date, your number will be taken away from you. Honestly, there are no pros. The .99 cent a day charge is outrageous. Half of the time my phone isn't on, but I'm still being charged. Point blank: DO NOT GET PREPAID SERVICE FROM VERIZON WIRELESS. It will be the worst mistake you will ever make. I'm sorry that I didn't find out sooner.

i think they should make there inpluse prepaid plans with verizon to verizon intexting soon either in 2008 or 2009

I really enjoy my phone and my service. The dollar a day is not bad if you know how to manage your minutes. You can't get a basic calling plan for $30.00. If you find one, it will be more after the fees and taxes that are added on.

I have the 70 Easypay Plan...its pretty decent but notice i dont have service in areas where contract phones do? also need to get with it and offer a txt msg plan for prepay....I spend more on txt than I do airtime, all in all good plan though.

I RECENTLY SWITCHED TO VERIZON FROM NET TEN AND I LOVE THE PHONE SERVICE BUT I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT I HATE THE PHONE I CHOSE, THE SAMSUNG a870, THE NUMBERS ARE BRIDGED ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO DAIL A NUMBER AND SEND TEXT MESSAGES, I USUALLY LOVE EVERYTHING SAMSUNG BUT THIS PHONE IS A MAJOR DISAPPIONTMENT TO ME .

VERIZON LET A TEXT MESAGE CO. TAKE MONEY OFF MY ACOUNT WITH OUT ME KNOWING OR MY CODES.
you can not get Voice mail with out my code but some can take money from my acount. I stopped at verizon store IN ASHLAND OHIO but after it was understood my phone was a perpay I was told we do not do prepay acounts. I was made to feel that becuse I did not have the credit for a plan they could not help me. it was as if my monye has been going to a nother verizon not the same as there verizion in ashland ohio.
I MUST ADD THAT ONE VERIZON PERSON DID HELP ME, SHE GAVE ME 5.00 CREDIT TO KEEP MY PHONE ON UNTELL MY NEXT PAYDAY. AS OF THIS I STILL HAVE NOT RECOVERED THE MONEY TOOK FROM MY ACOUNT. SO I AM SAVEING UP FOR DEPOSIT FOR A NONE PRE PAY PHONE WITH A NOTHER SERVICE.
PS THIS IS HOW THEY A THERED PARTY GOT THE MONEY OFF MY PHONE THEY SENT ME A PREMEION TEXT AND TO MAKE IT STOP I HAD TO SEND THEM A TEXT TO SAY STOP OR THEY WOOD TAKE $10.95 A MONTH FROM MY PHONE.

Verizon is the only thing that has service where I live, and the service is better than anywhere around here, but the .99 a day is crazy! Plus, you can't txt at all unless you want to add money everyday! They should make a prepaid plan where you pay maybe 10 or 15 dollars a month for unlimited texting, and don't charge you on days you don't use your phone. If they did that, it would be great, but the way it is right now is way too expensive!

Since Verizon no longer charges 99 cents everyday, only on the days u use the phone, i bought one, seems to suit me fine

my friend works at verizon and he said you get charged the .99 ONLY if you use the phone. you can make as many calls as you want on that particular day for .99. if you don't use the phone then you do not get charge. it says it right above under data plans.

the phone break easy

Verizon has a funny way of nickle and diming you out of your money before you realize it.

No way.

i love verion wireless i don't like went they take a dollar off

I Love verizon its the ebst service in the whole world its better than nasty alltel, Sprint and Virgin Mobile I would never give up my verizon Phone for anything!!!!! :)

I am very disappointed with the verizon prepaid. I went to the website for downloading ringtones that verizon referred to in there pamplet for ringtones. I got $9.99 taken off my account and canceled immediately and verizon would not credit my phone back for there misleading information in there own pamplet....This is sad and dont recommend it to anyone.. People getting taken advantage of by there misleading adds in there books and pamplets.........Very misleading. I would not recommend it

My phone kept freezing up, and the $1 a day when I use my phone is pathetic. I did not even use the mobile-to-mobile. I ended up switching to Tracfone to end my misery.

This Plan Sort Of good U get high prices because their popular phones But then agian You have to But minutes So Your Spending a pretty penny on stuff that get broken or stolen Or taken away fom you @ school>

ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS TRACFONES SUCK! AFTER ABOUT 3 MONTHS U FEEL LIKE HAVING SOMEONE RUN OVER IT WITH THEIR CAR. NOT EVEN KIDDING. I HAVE A REQUEST THOUGH PLEASE START MAKING COMMERICALS ABOUT MOMS AND DADS GIVING THE KIDS REAL PHONES WITH TEXTING, B/C IM TRYING SO HARD TO BRIBE MY MOM. SO PLEASE HELP ME. I LIKE GREEN CAMERA PHONES. OH AND ONE MORE THING LOWER UR PRICES JUST A LITTLE. PLEASE AND THANK U SO MUCH. TOODLES!!! LOL

yeah horrible plans and no texting thats what most teens are doing these days if they had unlimited texting with the prepay plans they would get way way more buisness so the plan is pretty horrible

This service is really a rip off! I would not recommend this to anyone. THe customer service sucks as you only get stock with a computer and never a live person. I also wanted to transfer this number (port it) to TMobile and they have given me the hardest time in providing me a "passcode" that I need to cokmplete the transfer. Since two days before Christmas I have been trying and still have not been able to contact a live person to complete the phone number porting to TMobile (this time a regular contract).

oh and i still keep my tracfone which is good till 2040 due date lol on days i dont use verizon at 10cents amin and i dont get charged 3 bucks a day

i had tracfone and the double min plan i thought it was the best at 10cents a min cause i talk about 8 hrs a day and it was costing me 40 bucks a day ussually ,i had a plan but the 7 or 8 hundred min plan would run out in one day and the rate after that was expensive so i went prepaid tracfone which i thought was a good deal but i seen verizon which i knew come in everywhere ,ok i pay 3 bucks a day and 10 dollars a day in min, alot better than forty bucks anywheres else come on if they had free weekends it would be awesome ,phones are awesome too ,free m2m and free nights.if u talk alot at work its defiannaly is the best ,ilove my phone and oh they are the only ones with aplan over 2000min a month so i think verizon is number onein my book

LOL @ ppl giving Verizon 3,4 and 5 stars and then complaining about their service: "I hate Verizon but I'll give them 5 stars." LOL Well, I think Verizon's new prepay service is the best that's why I'M giving them 4 stars. If they included weekends with their prepay service, I would have given them 5 stars.

Great network but rates are too pricey .

I like perpay verizon wireless phone ,cause it doesn't really take my mins.

^^^OK, What the hell? Anyway, yes, I'm loving Verizon's new prepay Inpulse plans, too. I've signed up for the Inpulse Plus Plan. $1.99 Daily fee (but only on days when I use my phone), free night minutes, m2m, 5 cent texting and 5 cents a minute for every other calls. It's great!!! I only wish Verizon included free weekends with the plans...that would have been great!!!

The new Verizon Prepay is working out great we like the new way much better !Keep up the good work Verizon !!

It really is too bad verizon deleated the EASY PAY option as it was a much cheaper choice. Im sure verizon will soon loose their cutomer base abd loose money by makeing the poor choice to deleate EASY PAY. one of two things will happen ither VZW will reenstate EASY PAY or just drop out of the pre paid bussiness altogeather. I hope they make a good informed choice to bring back EASY PAY!!!

I love the new Prepay that Verizon has out now you only pay on the day that you use your phone .Verizon works everywere it's alot better then most Prepay phones .

**WARNING** AS OF 11/01/07 THE EASYPAY PLAN IS NOT AVAILABLE. I have had a regular verizon account for 6 years and have been very happy with the service. I wanted to get the easypay plan for my boyfriend's 16 year old daughter for christmas, and customer service informed me that it's no longer available. I REFUSE to pay their outrageous prices for InPulse, and to add a teenager to my plan would be suicide for my wallet. As much as I like their service, I'm going elsewhere for prepay. CAVEAT EMPTOR!!!

Costs way too much money. Just buy a tracfone for like, half the price. The phones aren't as nice but it will save you a ton of money.

I give it 3 stars because I like the service it provides except with a prepaid cell phone it takes of $1.00 a day and when somebody txt you it takes of 10 cents. I think that if it is a verizon customer it should be free. and to the whore Samantha stop being cheap and get a life.

Verizon wireless seems like a HUGE rip off.
I hope they find this site, read the comments, and discover that they are being ridiculous.
My boyfriend bought one of their phones for me for Christmas this year and I'm going to ask him to take it back, because their prices are just ricidulous!
I run off a $100 allowance per month and I don't want to have to spent close to half of that to keep a cell that I'm not going to use every day.
I sometimes go even 5 days without using my cell because I'm actually with people. I don't want to be lacking $5 at the end of the week just because I have an in-person social life.
Verizon wirless is ridiculous. Don't go with them.

they got some good phones online and thats what i want

I give the plan 4 stars when ever they give free weekends also on the plan then i'll give it a 5 till then it remains at a 4!

IT IS PRETTY GOOD BUT I THINK THAT IT SHOULD HAVE FREE WEEKENDS ALSO AND INSTANT MESSEAGING SHOULD BE FREE!

I hated there sevice they charge .99 a day if you uses the phone or not you have to put a large amount if you like to talk alot but I did like the phones I have swithched to vm I like it alot better

we recently had a black out in our area for aprox. 2 hours and my cell pone maintained its service the whole time. i have friends with other cell service (BLUE WIRELESS/CELL ONE/VERGIN MOBIL) and during that same power outage their cell service was down and non functioning but verizon customers maintained service. I WAS SO IMPRESSED!!!!! its verizon all the way for my self and my family.

thanks for the NEW INFO. on the new plans. i'll be sure to spread the word. verizon is the best. 4 years and counting here and no plans on switching ever.

I had the Verizon Inpulse Plan that deducted 99 cents from your account each day, including days when you don't use the phone. I was thinking of switching to T-Mobile ToGo b'cuz the 99 cent a day charge on the Verizon Inpulse Plan was leaving me broke. Thank God that I've found this site before I switched to T-Mobile ToGo. Verizon now offers FOUR Inpulse PrePay plans!!! There's the Inpulse plan we're all used to (the plan that deducts 99 cents a day for your account even on days when you don't use the phone), there's the Inpulse Core Plan (all calls are 10 cent all day long and there's a 99 cent fee-this fee is deducted from your account ONLY on days you use the phone, the same as AT&T's Go Phone Prepaid plan), there's the Inpulse Plus plan (a $1.99 fee is deducted from your account ONLY on days you use the phone. This plan also includes 5 cent texting, m2m, night minutes and all other call are 5 cents a minute), and the Inpulse Power Plan (this plan includes night minutes, m2m, 2 cent texting and all other calls are 2 cents a minute. There's a $2.99 access fee deducted from your account but ONLY on days when you use the phone). I've just signed up for the Inpulse Plus Plan this morning and I'm happy I did. You won't find this information on Verizon's website. You'll have to call customer service for details. Drop the old Inpulse Plan and switch to 1 of Verizon's new Inpulse plans. You'll be happy you did and you'll save money.

Great Coverage, Never dropped a call. I've been on both sides of the playing field (inpulse and easypay). Easypay is so much better, and cheaper. Verizon just came out with Power Inpulse for 2.99 a day, only on days you use it, 2 cent calls to everyone with the ever popular m2m and nights after 9. You have 2 talk 2 someone @ verizon 2 get this plan!!

Good coverage. Impule- Not good for the .99c daily access fee unless u r doing 2 use ur phone everyday. u get unlimited nights after 9pm. The eay pay monthly is good u have 2 put money on ur phone once a month or u lose ur monthly minutes. Verizon has just came out with 3 new impulse plans, it is not advertized as of yet on the web site. call and ask about them. i know the Core impulse is .99c on the days u use the phone, but u don't get unlimited at 9pm.

TUYO? never heard of it. im sticking with a barnd name i know and trust. cheaper is not always better. i like verizons easy pay prepaid.

I switched to TUYO mobile. 10 cents a minute no perday charge. lowest refill is 10.00 every 3 months, I purchased a tuyo sim on ebay and used in my razor. (tuyo is a generic company runnin on tmoble network)

I think that they should make an inpulse plan with unl. verizon in texting. And if i buy an lg env can i switch my old phone to the env?

I love my prepay

Hey thanks for the information on Easy Pay! That helped me a lot! =]

it's ok

VERIZON WIRELESS ALL THE WAY BABY! skip the rest and go with the best.

I'm a #1 fan of verizon wireless. i read the reviews in here and most are hung up on the (INpulse) pay as you go's $0.99 a day service charge. If you are not happy with the $0.99 charge a day on the INpulse plan then switch to verizon wireless pay as you go plan called (EASY PAY). There is no daily chage for the plan and its much more simple and just as reliable service as the INpulse or contract plans just less expensive. I kicked my brother off my plan becouse he ran my contract cell through verizon over $550 dollars in one month. So i set him up with the EASY PAY plan for $70 a month for 700 min with unlimmited in calling and all the reg jazz. He used his old verizon phone from my contract plan for the easy pay. $78.00 was all the cost was to get him going. They also offer a $50.00 a mo. plan for 350 min. I't was painless and simple and verizon is the most reliable. I agree I WOULD NEVER PAY $0.99 monthly charge for the INpulse plan. GO WITH THE EASY PAY much cheaper and just as reliable.

Ok I like to text! && it charges me like 10 cents per message recieved and sent! They should have unlimited text like cricket and pay $5.00 a month! That would be better. I like the unlimited calling after 9 but still texting is a better option because people tend to text people more often! Like its a good thing for when You need to tell somebody something instead of calling them and running up your minutes.

Wish we could have free weekends on prepaid plans.

I hate the daily fee its so laim but over all its pretty good i guess

What a joke. A 99 cent daily access fee even if I don't use my phone. Bloodsuckers. Look for my phone out on ebay soon. I'm dumping this piece of crap carrier.

Verizon is just to high $.99 a day even if you don't use your phone thats $30.00 dollars a month thats to much .

I love verizon. I had a plan with my family and i loved it!!!! But they took my phone so i was thinking of getting a pre-paid one. I'm a text-aholic tho and in prepaid u get ripped off because of that. If only verizon got a plan for texts, then i'd love them. For now, i'll check on alltel or t-mobile. :(

I love the service. It Is free to my friends and after 9 at night1

I love my verizon prepay service!

If you are the world`s biggest sucker than you will buy a verizon prepaid. first of all, the selection of phones is very limited,and the features on those phones hardly have anything desirable for the price (except for the razr) and why do most of their phones have the same clamshell design? on top of that, they charge $.99 per day EVEN IF YOU DO NOT USE IT!!! so that means if you buy a $15.00 top up card, you will run out of minutes in fifteen days, and thats assuming you dont talk on it AT ALL during those fifteen days. AT&T go phone (previously cingular) doesn`t charge you $1.00 a day if you do not use it, so basically, dont buy verizon prepaid or tracfone, unless you want to get ripped off.

I like verizon but they are expensive it would be ok if they had a text pagkege like tmobile is 1cent per text or 1000 text for 10.00 month but verizon knows teens are going to come to them because you can choose any phone in store for prepaid and other plans you cant

I have the old pre-paid plan where you just add $15.00 per month and no roaming fees. However, My phone recently got damaged so now I don't know if I have to get the new prepaid plan.

I think Verizon is really taking "BIG Time" advantage of mostly teens .Also I'm not crazy about contract service either!

your phones are good but some times they brake easly so but um.... i like them i am geting a nother one for chrismas so i can not wait

verizon is a joke compared to other phone companies.... they nickel and dime your wallet and service areas suck.. and remember that you cant add 3 lines to one name unless $400 dollars falls out of your butt

I've had Verizon Prepaid for over a year now and I always have service. The only thing that i don't like about verizon is the daily fee.

I was thinking of getting a prepaid phone but after reading the comments I will shop around first thank you.

i dont like this service because the min. runs out to fast and u have to buy credits to get ringtones and u cant send or recive picture messages.

bad. cant get a way to activate my cell, theres no directions

I believe Verizon is the worse at prepay. They do have good service, but the amount one has to pay a month to keep up their account is rediculus. They charge $0.99/day wether or not you use the phone. A 15 dollar card will last at a maximum of 15 days. Altell only charges $0.75/day and allows you to choose your account options. You get to choose two from: free nights and weekends, free texting, free mobile to mobile, and free favorite number. If you are looking for a plan that is cheaper on the money, and yet good on the overall plan, Altell is the way to go. Before I would pay over $45 dollars for one month of Verizon. $45 on Altell gives you TWO months! Now, which one sounds better?

I hate the fact that they charge .99 cents per day! I don't even use it sometimes, and I am still .99 cents shorter every day. I hate the fact that by 15 your phone is out of minutes. Which means you are spending about $30-$45 every month. If I were to spend that much I'd be better of with a contrat.

I think they get you with the daily fee, they are making more money off you to further develop the monthly plans. What marketing strategy. They take the daily rip-off fee from prepaid and put it into regular monthly plans.What suckers we are???????

I did get one for my teenage son, but realized he wasn't using it every day and it wasn't worth it. A lot of Boys just don't talk alot on cell phones.. just quick calls to friends. I got out of it quickly....Cellular one had a better deal...no daily charge and we could choose any phone in the store (mind we paid for it) but it was so much cheaper than have a cell contract and we come out ahead!! Do the math if your teenager can use the regular phone at home..and use the phone texting and calling at school and out once in awhile. It was cheaper for us to let him use the home phone and just have prepaid for running around!!

Verizon 99cents/day, even when not using the phone, plus minutes is the greediest prepaid plan. And they charge you big bucks for "roaming" in areas not charged their other plans. Switched to T-Mobile $100 prepaid plan.

I just got it today, and I love it! The pricing isnt that bad. For 100 min, unlimited nights and weekends and unlimited in-calling, its 40 dollars a month. I mean, you could probably get 5 times the min with a real plan, but not all of us could get a real plan. Im 18, and have zero credit. Sprint wanted a 500 dollar deposit. So, this is not a bad alternative. Plus you have access to Verizons large online services. I have the razr, and I really do like it. I would reccommend this prepaid company. I would only steer elderly peple away, the people who will use it once a month, not take advantage of the services. Its a good alterntive to a contract. But all you have to give them is your zip code!!!!

I love verizon wireless from the bottom of my heart. They are the greatest network in the world. If they just stop dropping my calls then we won't have a problem. The service does make me mad sometimes but u can't go wrong with verizon. They are great. I have a plan with them but when my plan is over, I'm going to prepaid. Love the phones, just tired of paying that bill every month.

A wats ^ i luv ur service it's better then virgin mobile they use 2 take my money 4rm my phone any body who read dis dnt choose virgin mobile choose verizon wireless

I have the old Verizon prepaid plan (circa 2003). I like that I can refill via the web at the $15.00 minimum. The per call and per text messaging can be a bit pricey though. I recommend looking on eBay or craigslist for an old Verizon prepaid phone (pre-InPulse plan)

verizon is the best

I got this phone thinking that I'd use the free IN calling to talk with my girlfriend on the Verizon network. I also liked the fact that I could get free nights and weekends too. However, this plan is WAAAAY too expensive: 99 cents a day means a minimum of 30 dollars a month, which is almost the base price of most regular, non-prepaid calling plans. I spent hella money trying to keep my account active, all after shelling out $70 for a mediocre phone. After 2 months, I could no longer hear people who I was speaking to on my phone, and after going to a Verizon store they said that they would not replace it because it was not coveed under any warranty. Super. Not reccomended at all. Go with T Mobile orat least Boost (which gets a bad rap, but is actually not that bad).

I LIKE VERIZON BECAUSE IT HAS VERY GOOD
OFFER AND DEALS

I advice everyone to convert to page plus cellular, it is the same network and rates cheaper and no daily charges.
Page Plus Cellular the most affordable prepaid nationwide, Minutes never expire as long you buy one card every 120 days.

I have an older Verizon prepaid plan and am very happy with it. Regardless, I would not buy this plan. With Verizon's rates, they apparently don't wnat to be in the Prepaid space. A 99 cent daily fee is steep.

Had verizon prepay,way too expensive,way overly priced,got rid of them,paying a dollar a day when you do not use the phone is terrible,a great rip off.I went with t-mobile to go,thats a great company.A 50 dallar card you get 400 minutes,and 100 dallar card you get 1000 minutes,thats only 13 cents for the 50 dallar card,and 10 cents for a 100 dallar card a minute,no one company out there can beat that,thats a fact of life.

Too costly, Verizon nickels and dimes you with added charges, plus roaming fees and daily fees (whether you use the phone or not). I wish I had known how evil Verizon was before I bought my RAZR phone (that only works with Verizon). Did I mention how much I now hate Verizon?

the service is really good i have to admit but it cheated me out of my money one min. it would say i have all the time in the world the next i would have like 2mins in one month i probaly spent over $100 the phones are expensive to. that and the free night calling never worked for my i would call somebody at 10 pm and it would say i had 15 mins remaining

I like the phone,the coverage and the good customer service. I have 2 things I don't like about the prepaid service (1). You are charged a .99 cents access fee per day regardless of if whether you use the phone or not(if you buy a $15 card it will eat it up in 15 days )(2).If you buy a calling card and you don't put your minutes in within 60 days you lose your money.

I had it just over a year. Got good service. It always worked. But unless you do a lot of in calling and night calling I fell it has the worst plan. My biggest turn off is paying 69 cents a minute after the 99 cent a minute will roaming.

Worth it just for the vcast... verizon has good service too.

I like my phone a lot. I'm also addicted to vcast at this point so I could never see going with anything else. I have the easypay plan and its great.

I don't see why Verizon charges $.99 a day! (Even if you don't use your phone). That is the craziest thing I've ever heard of! The service is good and the phones are cool though.

i will give it 3 stars thats just for the service, night calling, and in calling. but over all the phone is just to expensive 1 dollar aday is just crazy... your minutes will be going before that 15 days...becuase the bill phone has free txtin and poeple with txtin you it cost you 10 cents a txt... with a 15 dollar card you get 150 txt not taking off the dollar... i found my self buyin a card on sunday then again on friday becuase of this...its just a big rip off i spent 60 dollars on minutes last month a bill will be the same price...believe me.....!!!!!!!!

Nice phone plan. I had Cellular One and was paying about $40 a month, I figure I'm still coming in under that with Verizon, and have a much nicer phone than what our local CellOne people have. One major disappointment for me: It was not made clear to me before buying that email, text, and pic messaging are only available in certain areas in which I'm not. I'm still not able to find anyplace that tells me where I can go nearby to use those features