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Originally Posted by piam101
You will have to cancel after thirty days. Within thirty they will require a return of the equipment or charge the full retail price to the account. Preferably, you can add a line to your family's account and end up paying $9.99 (add a line), $30 (data), $26 (activation fee), $199 (phone), $175 (cancellation fee) + tax (~$75 total based on my calculations, expect $50 tax for the phone in CA due to them charging tax on the retail price of the phone which is $600) = ~$470
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If he has no service/account today there shouldn't be a cancellation charge - they're only applied at cancellation, not up-front. As the account holder has the liability there is no other fee besides the activation fee. So the above should be ~$295...
Just be sure you consider your minutes and text volumes you expect to add to your family's current volumes and roll-over minutes. Consider increasing the minutes or add a text plan if you're a heavy texter.
If you had your own account you'd have a minutes and data plan to pay monthly, so going on your family's plan is a better move - just understand your minutes and text volumes.