Here’s what Big Red is working with: they’ve offered up a BOGO sale on all new BlackBerrys for the holiday buying season, and where some see a great deal, others see a great opportunity. Why not play a game of Flip My BlackBerry? Why not open a second line, get a brand new Tour or Storm 2, pay the cancellation fee on the new line of $175, and sell the device on eBay for $300 or more? Well it looks like Verizon has finally caught onto our the little game. A new connect has emerged with a few docume...

Your phone is beaten down and the battery doesn’t last more than a few minutes – or there is a pretty new gadget and it has everything you could possibly want, even though your current phone is perfectly fine. In either of these situations, if you were eligible for an upgrade, it was sweet as icing to know you’d get your new device at a subsidized price. However, as if it didn’t hurt enough that you had to sign a new contract, there’s that annoying “upgrade fee” to de...