can the person activate the phone or arent they able to activate it until my bill is paid off im not planning on going back to verizon im switching services once i pay the bill off thats why i sold the phone
My guess is the phone is still locked to your account. That's because Verizon's probably assuming that you will pay them to reactivate your account. Also, by keeping the phone locked, they make it less likely you will sell it, since a locked phone won't be very useful to whoever buys it.
If you find out the phone isn't locked anymore, please add that to your comment when you pick best answer - I'm curious!