Do you happen to know how much you used on your previous phone? I'm not restrictive in any way on my 256GB model and it still has plenty of space. I don't record a lot of video, but have tons of pictures. Music is mostly via Spotify so there's not a ton downloaded for offline use.

It still sucks that this happened and I wish they could more easily catch the thieves. However, maybe if you look at your old phone capacity usage you can determine if the 256 GB is really an issue or not. Otherwise, Verizon should have a 30-day(ish) return policy and you could potentially return it to another Verizon store during your trip and get a larger capacity phone.

Yea, it's a shame it has come to this because of worthless thieves.

Not exactly the same scenario (different shipping method), but I ordered an iPad Pro from Apple and didn't realize it was sent by basically an Uber Eats driver. I got lucky that it actually arrived, but I'll never willingly order delivery from anywhere that uses that type of delivery.

I've had terrible luck with Grubhub, Uber Eats, etc food delivery where the drivers stole part of the order causing me to spend too much time trying to get a refund. And I still ended up screwed by a few bucks.

I wish these people were held accountable. It could be such a convenient service if it weren't for shitty people.