I forget what his name was here, but he always posted ways to get shit for free or rip shit off... I always laughed as I thought the same thing but would never tell anyone my secrets... until NOW!
My friends make fun of me for this, but they always ask "how" when I get away with free stuff, upgrades or credit back on my cable bill. I've mastered this "skills" over the past few years and I don't consider it cheating, but merely "beating the system."
Since Verizon Wireless straight up fucked me with my contract now, I want to even the score, so for those of you that have the service here in the states, feel free to abuse
How to keep a never ending warranty
I don't know about other phones besides Apple, but they come with a 1 year warranty, then your SOL. Before your warranty is up, call VZ and complain about issues on your phone. Tell them it keeps dropping calls (you have to have people call you then hang up, they will check) or that you can't connect to their service.
Do this a few times, they keep really good notes on their end then demand to speak to a "supervisor" from tech support. They will often have you do some BS entry level testing like reset your phone, etc. but say you are in a rush. I usually call about 30 minutes before they close, no one likes to work at the end of their shift, but always tell them you don't have time.
Tell them you are leaving to go out of town in three days and can they please offer a replacement device. In most cases, they will say yes and ship you one out two day FedEx. You just ship your old one back and POW! the clock starts over again