As we know, it’s someone who eligible to get 100 Free Anytime minutes from this site, which is not a phishing site.

Two seconds of Google reveal what exactly a “Merits” customer is. We typed +verizon +”merit customer” and found posts in several different forums asking the same question.

As theorized, “Merits” customers pay more than the lower plans, $79.99 a month. As a way of saying thank you for being so profitable, Verizon lets you

• Upgrade your phone every 12 months, not the standard 22.
• Lets you transfer phonebooks between cellphones at no charge (although we never got charged for this when we had a Verizon phone).
• 25% off Verizon accessories.
• Press a special key combination summoning the “Can You Hear Me Now?” guy to come to your house for a felching.

More details at this page on the Verizon website.

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