If you want to buy certain feature phones for example a windows phone for local features such as music storage and listening, note taking, picture taking and viewing, calendar entries, contact lists then you can't purchase it unless you buy into their data plan. They flat out refuse to sell it to you. You may not have a use for the data plan.
If you don't have a location to upload your data to and find the screen too small to browse the internet, and don't want to share your personal data but just want to use it locally with voice service only then why would you need data? If you want data then you can pay for it, but if you don't need it then you should have a right to have them waive the data fee and just pay whatever their basic plan charges.
This company tells you what you can and cannot do with your phone. Consumers should have a right to choose what they want to buy not have verizon wireless tell you what you must buy or get out of the store.
The data plan is a huge ripoff if your not going to use it!!!
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