I saw another one on eBay before. It's possible they no longer work for VZW. Initially, I heard that they were serial numbered to prevent reselling but that may not have been true.
I really like the colour scheme of the Verizon employee edition 8X. I wish HTC would've made that option available for anyone to purchase and gave Verizon employees a different exclusive colour. That being said, I still love my blue 8X.