Apple.com/Verizon connection issue

Ordering iPhone 14+ via apple.com. After I select carrier (Verizon) and enter existing cell number and zip it responds that it can’t connect to Verizon but I can continue order w/o carrier. Talked to two different reps via phone. 1st rep says I can’t buy that phone and select Verizon. 2nd rep says it is a known issue and he had run across it before, recently. No est from techies on response time or even if it is an Apple issue or something on the Verizon side. I bought an iPhone 13 maybe a year ago this way and had no issue.