[BalrogWing]

So I just read this on Phone Arena:

A BGR tipster passed along information relating to a new early upgrade program from Verizon. Unfortunately, there is fine print everywhere as the program appears limited to Target and Sam's Club kiosks in four areas of the country from March 15th through May 1st. The goal is to move non data paying featurephone owners into a steady flow of revenue by switching them to an expensive new smartphone and the accompanying monthly data plan. The upgrade offer is available in Northern California, Central Texas, Upstate New York and Ohio/Pennsylvania and is open to someone who does not currently own a 3G smartphone. If the upgrade is accepted, the customer cannot get another upgrade for at least 12 months and cannot be currently eligible for a standard upgrade. The upgrade cannot be combined with any other offer and a $29.99 monthly data plan is required as is your signature on a 2 year contract. So if you currently own a Verizon featurephone and you've been wondering what the excitement is over these new-fangled Android things you keep reading about, here's your chance to get an early upgrade so you can join the rest of the smartphone totin' world.

Source: Verizon to offer early upgrade for some featurephone owners moving up to smartphones? (Phone Arena News)

So this really works for me since I'm from the PA area. So if I'm thinking about doing this. Has anyone ever dealt with Target or Sam's Club for upgrading before? I wouldn't have to wait until the end of
April for my upgrade and I kind of don't care about waiting for the Tour2/Bold anymore because who knows when that's coming out. Some say April, some say May, whatever. I played around with some phones in the store and the 8530 seems like a very good phone and I'm thinking about just going with it. And if within 30 days they decide to release the T2/Bold, maybe I'll check it out, but at least I'll be rid of my Dare once and for all. So any thoughts?