Thank you for all your 'kind' replies.
To give a final report, please know that when I went in to the verizon store here, I asked for the mgr. I told him my story., being lowballed, verbally promising a 50 discount, and actually getting a facetoface 30 discount.
He could not give me a 50, but he did give me a 20 credit on my bill. I then got the phone of my choice with a 30 discount. I also bot an extended battery, but when I found the 3200 ext batt online, he accepted the return of the batt with no ?s asked.
Contrary to all your accusations, I was never rude. I was persistent. What wud you do if you were promised 50 off and then get a mere 30 off when buying? I guess all those accussers wud just say nothing.
I feel the moral of the story is:
Dont deal with the online help desk at Verizon nor pay any attention to cold calls re your acct. Deal with the store manager instead
Online help desk promised the I 5 in April, when the actual date is in November
Online help desk told me false info when advising me as to which phone to get
According to the store, facetoface, the online help desk was accused of lying, NOT ME, but the store people said that
So now what do all you naysayers have to say?
I got the correct phone at the price I wanted
HA HA