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Verizon The most stupid unfair policy i've heard

I have a family plan with 3 lines. I only need only line so I contacted Verizon to ask about early termination fees for two of the lines.

One contract term expires in March and the other in April. I contacted them because I understood new consumer law states they had to pro rate the fee based on the expiration date of the contract. I am willing to pay a pro-rate termination fee that's fair but not $175 per line. This is the same for a contract expiring in 2 months as it is for a contract expiring in a year. This makes no sense.

I was told this only applied to new contracts dated November 2006 or after. This discriminates against one class of customer and is THE MOST STUPID UNFAIR POLICY I've heard about.

Verizon may think they're winning but I am cancelling my home phone line and in the process of moving to Cable for internet service. I will also move my business cellular service to another carrier. All told they get a lot of my money every month but I will never execute another contract with them.

I urge everyone under similar circumstances to log a complaint with the FCC and boycott Verizon.

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kellyKjm205
Roselle Park, US
Sep 22, 2010 1:38 pm EDT

I too had BIG propblems with Verizon. My husband had internet service in PA when he was working there for several months and when he moved back to NJ he tried to cancel it. They said it would cost $79 for an early termination fee. His monthly fee was $36 at the time, which is already riduiculous for just internet service. They told him he could put it on vacation hold for 6 months instead and then cancel so he did. Little did we know they still charged us $16.34 a month those 6 months. Shame on us for not noticing, but it came directly out of the bank account like EVERYTHING else we pay for and we didn't notice. They obviously did not explain the policy to him b/c who in their right mind would pay $16.34/month for 6 months (total of $98) instead of the early termination of $79? and still have to worry about calling back and cancelling after 6 months. Well he didn't remember to call so last month they charged $64.34 to "restart the service" and $36.34 this month until I finally noticed it. I called and cancelled the service again and they would not refund all the charges. We haven't even lived in that location or used the service in over a year and we've been charged $185! They refused to refund anything at first. I demanded a supervisor and she was rude but eventually agreed to an $89 refund. I will never use Verizon again!

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regina
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Apr 21, 2008 9:44 am EDT

yes i have been trying to disconnect with them for 4 days now and all of 16 hours on hold and talking to dum dum persons . That if they could speeck english may have a chance in hell of trafring you to the right deprtment . no not going to happen. all i want to do is not have to ever call [protected] ever agin if you call to make a payment and yes i timed it 2 min. 12 sec. for them to get money from you . then when i ask to dissconnect . well needless to say i am on the phone now today i have been on hold for 3 hours and i have had to call back 2 times cause of dissconnect's on there end . like they pick up and hang up on you . why is it so hard . i am moving to comcast and i lost my phone number of 23 years because of something on there end so now i have a new number and 2 phone bills for i am unable to speeck with anyone to turn my old # off . and online you can do every thing but dissconnet service

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Richard Clark
Nov 26, 2007 10:56 am EST

Hi...
I am having a great deal of trouble with Verizon.
I am a 68 year old retired teacher with basic residential service about $25.00 a month.
Verizon has added two fees to my account. A Dial Tone fee of $11.95 a month and a Voice Mail fee of $12.95.00 a month thus doubling my original monthly charge.
For the past 5 months I have written on my bill when I sent it in asking Verizon to discontinue those fees to me...disconnecting my dial tone. I don't know what Voice Mail is...never had it...don't want it...and never agreed to have it.
Today I called Verizon and was told that due to high volumn of calls my call could not be answered and I was disconnected.
I called again after awhile and was put on hold. I waited 39 minutes then abandoned the effort.
I went on line and e-mailed Verizon requesting a termination of my account.
I put a note in my bill when I sent in payment and requested termination.
My daughter tells me that requesting termination from Verizon by mail or note will not work.
She tried calling Verizon and was told that due to high volume her call would not be answered then she was disconnected also.
What do I do to get Verizon to disconnect my service.
They are making it impossible for me to teminate.
It's terrible how this company treats it customers...even Seniors.
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Verizon Overcharging and lying to customers!

I got my bill for December 2006 and found it to be $10 more than it should be. After some internet sleuthing I have found out that my account was changed, that features that were included for free were erased and added as premium features that I have to pay extra for now.

I previously had access to the wireless web and had 600 included text messages, now I have to pay for my text messaging and the internet is a thing of the past. After unleashing my fury at my local verizon store and calling a friend in the company, my tirade produced a name. A Sales associate by the name of Alex A. from Fargo, ND that works at a Grand Forks ND Verizon store (store number M3589-01). Altered my account without my authorization.

After speaking with his manager Barry, I was apologized to and told that nothing can be done as my plan is no longer available and they cannot put that feature back onto my account without charging me now. Do I smell a rat? I think so. I was also informed that this shady character Alex actually profited with a kickback on his paycheck for his slimy efforts.

He also assured me that Alex did this by mistake. Yeah right. Am I the only one that this happened to? I think not. Who can say if this will happen again? Who is going to stop it? I have spent 12 hours of my normal working day into resolving this issue and all I have is a automated customer service number that I can reach. I want justice!

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123ctbaby
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Nov 13, 2009 7:12 pm EST

Final bill, received November 11th, call from a debt collection agency November 13th. I was a customer for over 20 years through several company changes. Never missed A Payment . I guess Verizon does"nt like lt when you leave?

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sheena0501
Benton, US
Jan 29, 2009 4:08 pm EST

Just to lte anyone know when you call the 1800 number keep pressing 0 and it will get you a representative.

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Sarah
Oct 19, 2008 12:12 pm EDT

If you need to speak with someone just press zero when you call and it routs your call right to customer service. and theres no way you were on hold for an hour i'm sorry. ive had verizon for years and ive never been on hold for more than 5 minutes. make sure you dialed the right number. [protected]

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Brad
Jun 11, 2007 5:19 am EDT

I want to add my comments about Verizon... Why doesn't Verizon take calls - it is almost impossible to speak with a human being at that company. When you call the 800 number you are put through a series of questions by a computer as to why you are calling, what number you are calling about, etc. This morning as like yesterday afternoon I spent over 1 hour on hold and NO ONE ever took the call. At one point this morning a commercial by McDonald in Spanish actually came on... this is all a game to Verizon. Personally I feel it is time for an investigation into the monopoly system.

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Verizon Payment authorization problem

I had gotten a plan with Alltel that included 2 phones. I knew I wasn't going to use both so I let my friend use one. I had my phone suspended that same month and let her know that she would have to make the payments. So, back in November I got a notice that the account was delinquent and about to go to a credit collector. So I set up payments with the Financial department to have the $603 bill paid off by Jan 17, 2007. I was told that the account could only be paid in cash. I put a security code on the account, took her name off and made her unauthorized to do any thing with the account.December comes around and I find out that someone has made a payment on the account and they don't know who it was or what they paid with. Beginning of January I get a bill saying that I owe them $952. I call them and no one is able to tell me any thing or who authorized for the phone to be turned back on. Customer service said that when the account is suspended and the amount is paid in full the system automatically turns it back on. They even let the girl put a new phone on the account. I would have had better luck letting it go to a credit collector and setting up payment arrangements. Alltel says any one can pay your bill. So if someone feels like adding countless numbers of bad check fees onto your account they can.

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A Random Geek
Aug 09, 2008 6:14 am EDT

You should learn to ask your Alltel rep. about the All Axcess Pack. You do have internet, and you might have accidently hit it. Now, even though you have unlimited internet (which means unlimited data) you do get charged if you go over the minutes of your plan.

In simple explanation. If you have 500 minutes, and you talk 50 minutes a month, you have 450 minutes of internet. If you go over the 450 minutes and it doesn't fall into your nights and weekends. You pay $0.40. Again, talk to your reps about it and learn what you are getting into. It even explains it on the website.

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Brandi Melton
Apr 14, 2008 11:31 am EDT

I checked my bill on the phone today and it says it was 420 dollars. My bill has never been that high so i called to ask why. The only explanation was I had been using the internet on my phone alot but guess what according to my phone I DONT HAVE INTERNET! It ask me to do a one day pass which is like 5.99 i think. The woman at Customer Service said i did it and i never did but still how is that going to run my bill up to 420 dollars. GOOD QUESTION HUH. But after she said i bought a one day pass then she says i have unlimited internet because i have unlimited text messaging. What kind of sence does that make? Then what beats it all is if i had unlimited internet (which i dont cause i dont have internet period) How could my bill go up cause its unlimited? She says its cause it would take it away from your minute plan. Ok so how is that actually unlimited? Your guess is probably as good as mine. It doesnt make any sence at all. All it is is a big scam. They think people out here in the world cant figure out what kind of a business they are running. Thats why everybody i know is going to Cricket now. The customer service people just kept trying to find a reason for why it was so high but never could find a good one. She just wanted to keep blaming it on some internet that I DONT HAVE! Please if you dont have service with them already chose someone else cause they are no good.

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Holly Brekhus
Oct 09, 2007 10:43 pm EDT

Help, few weeks ago it took so long it depleted 10$ from my account. Also had I known it cost me to do survey on store I wouldn't have.

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Holly Brekhus
Oct 09, 2007 10:36 pm EDT

Can't get email.

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Annette Hayes
Apr 23, 2007 7:05 pm EDT

I have had nothing but problems with Alltel after they bought the local cell phone company in southern Illinois. First of all they lost my first payment to them during the buyout. That should have been a clue to go else where. But didn't. Then I bought my niece a cell phone and they had a deal going on..1000 minutes for 39.99. The constantly got everything wrong..that I was the person paying..they would not let me authorize anything later on when my name was on the bill..

Then in March of this year I switched plans. For almost 2 months now I have been fighting with them. They have everything wrong..and now they suddenly switched my niece's plan from 1000 minutes to 500,,after I signed a contract for 1000.

Now everything is screwed up. I have talked to many many people at customer service with no resolution. It is important that I have a cell phone as I am on a ventilator 24/7.

I am so fed up with this company.

Don't do business with them.

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Verizon Late fees and overcharging!

Has anybody checked to see how much money Verizon makes on late fees. They have charged me so many late fees because of a bogus and humongous bill they sent to me that I disputed. While disputing, they continued to charge me a late fee based on the $1128 phone bill. I had an international calling plan called North America's choice. They charged me roaming for the first week in Mexico and then wouldn't reverse it until we threatened them. I had requested paper bills again and again detailing my calls and they never came. Only bills stating how much I owed. I still haven't received anything. They are horrible. Everyone told me to avoid Verizon because of their billing scams, but I just had to learn the hard way. Stay away from Verizon. I have filed a complaint with the FCC to have them investigated for fraud. If Quest can rob the people and UPS can too, why not Verizon. Is it impossible for them to ever hire corrupt people?

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State College, US
Aug 07, 2014 8:49 am EDT

This plan has roaming charges clearly stated for roaming when is certain areas...it even provides customer service information to call and ask questions about the plans. Did you call for any of this in advance?

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State College, US
Aug 07, 2014 8:47 am EDT

did you make the calls and get complete information about the plan online before obtaining this pan for international calling? Did you speak with a travel agent or work people about possible charges you could receive while out of the u.s.? Did you think the calls would be free? if you borrow from a bank and don't make a payment do they let you off interest free or waive the amount when you don't pay your bill? Do you just sign up for insurance and not read the details? Step up and accept responsibility as an adult that U didn't do YOUR homework to find out how u just calling around in a foreign country would cost U money and U blame everyone for your stupidity! U are a disgrace and an example of a MOOCHER!

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Verizon Unreliable voip fios

After six months of Verizon FIOS VOIP serive, I am pretty disgusted and want go back to traditional service. I find Verizon FIOS VOIP to be unreliable. I have to reboot the phone adapter several times a week to keep it up and running, and even then, incoming calls dont connect. I would not buy Veriozon FIOS VOIP service again and I will try to cancel it now.

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Verizon Regarding old phone bills!

I have a old phone bill with verizon one bill is 2 years old like a 100 bucks. Another one of 60 bucks.

I was told by verizon if I paid it. I would be able to get all over verizon services long distance ect...

I have a bill dec 13 1997 its around 2200.00 dollars
I was told the statue of limitation was 7 years. Any they could not deny me long distance cause of it.

Ill be paying the other two bills off in full.

But if they try to me deny me. Ill goto a full hearing with the ny state public service commission.

Has anyone else ever had this kinda situation.

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Because of outright contract fraud with Verizon yellow pages, I eventually cancelled the yellow page ads, then my home phone, then my business phone. When in need of broadband service, I decided to give them one more chance since their 4 month half price deal made them competitive. Big mistake in thinking they would be any more competent or honest than they...

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We purchased Verizon DSL and paid up front to have the service hooked up. When the day came to download and get the service running after many, many hours on the phone with a service tech the service was still not connected. We did get told that we would have a service ticket activated to have someone come out and help us. Well it has been two or three...

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My saga with Verizon FIOS started on August 10, 2006. I went to a Verizon store in Plano (on Central Expwy) with the intention of learning more about FIOS service. I had been anxiously awaiting the arrival of FIOS TV since FIOS Internet had been out for a while. I wanted to get the whole package at once to make the conversion easier. Well, I liked what I...

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Verizon No service, no compensation, no nothing!

I called Verizon Fiber Optic Service to have Internet and TV installed in June 2006. On Oct. 16 2006 I woke up to find that I did not have Internet access. At 8 am I called Verizon's Tech Service and asked them why. After 20 minutes on hold I was told by one of their supervisors that my service had been canceled. I asked them why. They stated that they did not know why my service was canceled. I was put on hold while they checked. The rep returned to tell me that my service was indeed canceled and they did not know why and that they could not reconnect it until they determined why it was canceled, but the supervisor that was in charge was busy and that they would call me back in a couple of minutes. I was never called back. I called again at 2:08 because I had not heard anything. I was told that there was some very strange things going on with my account and that a person in billing " Ellen" would call me back. I never received a return call. I called again at 4:02 because I did not hear from them. I was told this time by the rep that my service would be connected by the next morning and that she would personally call me at 8 am to verify that I was up and running. 10-17-2006 I never got a phone call the next morning nor did I have service. Again I called the help line and was told by Eric that he was sorry and if he could have my phone number he would call me every couple of hours and keep my up to speed on the status of his progression. I never received a call. The next morning 10-18-2006 I called and asked to speak to a Supervisor. I was conected to a supervisor that said she was sorry but she did not know why my serviced was canceled but that she would connect me with someone that would reconnect my service. I was transfered to Anthony! After waiting on hold for 25 minutes Anthony came to the line and said that he could not talk to me anymore and that he would have to transfer me to collections. I asked him why because I had an existing credit with Verizon. He just stated that he could not talk to me and gave me the number to collections. I called collections and explained everything and the collections officer state that she was sorry but that I had a credit and that she did not know why I was told to call collections. I asked her if she could transfer me to the correct department. She transfered me. The transfer was to Long Distance Services? I asked the rep why I was transfered to her she said she did not know and asked me what I was looking for I told her help with my Fiber Optic Internet Service so she transfered me again to the wrong department. I hung up the phone and called back twice. Both times I was told that I did not have service from Verizon nor was I in their system. I called back at noon and finally got someone that had me up and going from scratch in one hour! Why wasn't it done in the first place. After I was totally back online I called a Supervisor at Verizon. I asked her why I had to endure such grief. I asked the Supervisor if I could get some credit other than one month of service being that I had to use 311 minutes on my cell phone, could not pay my bills, and could not manage my investments and was not able to get online for three days. She flat out told me no. I told her that this was a contract service. If I default on the contract before one year they would charge me a disconnect fee of 99.00 so why shouldn't it be the same for the consumer. If they disconnect you before the year is up why shouldn't the consumer be entitled to the same compensation. She stated that it was a one way contract and that it only benefits the company. Not one of the people that told me they would call me back actually called back. Why kind of company is this. I grew up in an environment that If you say that you are going to do something...Do it...if you can't do it call and let someone know...And this is a Phone Company?

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jann holcombe
Feb 16, 2008 3:07 pm EST

Verizon SUCKS! Was told it would be FAST but it's SLOOOW! Why does it take more than 2 minutes to get service? I've timed it! Going to cost me $109 a month for cable that offers zip, nada, nothing, (even has the same programs on at ONE TIME) within 2 stations of each other, a phone that NEVER has a steady dial tone AND will have to PAY THEM $200 to get out of a service that SUCKS!

I'll be paying the $200 to get rid of them at which point VERIZON will laugh all the way to the bank. Kind of like they do when we sign up for SUCKY service!

Was also promised a SMALL TV or $200 gift certificate to BestBuy, choose the gc and STILL haven't gotten that! Wonder if they'll accept the returned gc ($200) in payment (if and when I get it) for the cancellation of service? DOUBT IT!

The "HIGHLY EXPERIENCED" technician that installed the service was every bit as lame as the service. Did he do his job? Yes and complained about "V" the entire time. That should have been my cue, but every other Verizon tech that's been to my house complained as much as this yo yo. It's a DAMN shame that so many people are out of work or looking for a better job and these way over paid for their services people, come to mine or anybody elses house and ###!

But I regress...My point here is VERIZON SUCKS!

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My wife is eligible for an employee discount from Verizon. She tried to go to the Verizon Store. She was told to call a number, then request a fax form, then fax the form back to verizon. Do you have any idea how annoying this procedure is? What if you don't have a fax machine at home? Is Verizon suggesting some one set up this big project on the job? The...

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Verizon 700p rebate form entirely truthful

Don’t lose the box when you buy a Treo 700 P phone from Verizon Wireless. If you are trying to get your rebate on the 700P Treo phone, you will need the UPC code, which according to Verizon, is only available through the Manufacturer, and according to Palm is not something that they keep records of. ?!? Despite this, if you enter a phony number in the Verizon Rebate Center’s web page, it will state that the number is not valid. How could they know unless they had a record of the number at Verizon?

Somebody’s not being entirely truthful at Verizon. Oh, and the Rebate Center Phone number on their web site leads to a voice mail that only hangs up on you.

Mark

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anthony diaco
Nov 22, 2006 8:16 pm EST

To Whom This May Concern ,

I'm sending this letter in regards of my account number [protected] [protected]) My name is Anthony Diaco , I have been a loyal customer of verizon wireless for 6 years, and the past month i have been having a problem regarding my account I recently purchased a motorola razor in which i was having problems with i was having multiple dropped calls , I had purchased the phone in September if look at my account You will see the phone was returned because there was a defect in it, and i received another one the following month in October i received a extremely unpleasing bill of $550.00 which in previous months my bill has never been so high, I called and spoke to one of you verizon wireless customer service reps about this situation who is still yet to call me back from a month ago, Then however i did partially pay part of the bill of the amount of $ 200.00 so my service would not be shut off , I did call and speak to a supervisor who was very rude and her manner was not of appropriate and professional behavior , She hung up on me , I have been told i had 280 - 1 minute phone calls which is totally outrageous which i was given a credit of only $ 26.00
I know this is wrong because of the phone being defected , My balance as of now is $355.00 which i will not pay until i get the proper crediting i deserve, I would appreciate a prompt and agreeable conclusion on this matter, I would also appreciate if someone can also contact me as soon as possible and have this matter resolved

Thank You
Anthony Diaco
122 Hunter Avenue
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I have a complaint about verizon cell phone service. I am extremely unhappy with the service and because I am past the 15 day trial period they will not let me cancel without paying almost 400.00 in early cancellation fees. They are the reason that I am past my 15 day trial. I opened an account for Myself and told the salesperson that the reason I wa...

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Verizon Verizon wireless cheats their consumers by disabling features provided by the phone's manufacturer

Verizon Wireless cheats thier consumers by disabling features provided by the phone's manufacterer so they can collect more profit by forcing them to subscribe to their V Cast. I basically choose a phone for the bluetooth Object Exchange so I can exchange files from another phone or PC but that is disabled by Verizon. Other companies like Cingular, T Mobile have the same model without having any features like this disabled. They spoke to me like I don't know anything. I repeatedly demanded them to re-enable the feature as I know for sure it can be re-enabled; but everytime, a lie comes out of them saying thier V Cast is a better alternative. Cheating off the consumer does not attract a good reputation for a company, but Trustworthy surely does attract a good reputation.

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There's lots more underhandedness than that so far spoke of. Verizon is one of the most ruthless, Customer non-oriented companies around. Employees within their stores seem to have been hired straight out of jail. Verizon, the company, has specific charges for services and parts but, when it comes down to it, it's the pr**ks at the stores that actually can set prices to customer and it's almost always on the gouging side. Best thing to do with a company store of Verizon's is to blow it up while all the riff raff employess are in it.

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gr1mr34l1ty
Roseburg, US
Feb 26, 2011 12:40 am EST

@ bill its not about us wanting the world more like what we are paying for. For a company to disable features on a phone without stating so on the phone details is a very maniplutive business practice. Espiacally when some of these features are the selling point for the phone. I fully understand a companies need to regulated banswidth, I mean its expensive. But to misrepresent the product is wrong.

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verizon1959tech
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Feb 15, 2010 11:02 am EST

I work for Verizon and we knowingly dumb down our phones to limit bandwidth use and the minimize calls to tech support about phone-specific features. The goal of marketing is to get customers to sign contracts. Once the contract is signed, our job is to maximize our profits.

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mike
No town, US
Jul 26, 2009 10:36 pm EDT

Uhm Vitico...all cell phone companies are required to charge you taxes. Duh, this is America! I believe you are talking about the surcharges, which, yes they are charged by Verizon Wireless, but every cell phone company charges them too.

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Vitico
Orlando, US
Jul 12, 2009 9:27 am EDT

Verizon has an abussive tax charges

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Vitico
Orlando, US
Jul 12, 2009 9:26 am EDT

I was a Verizon customer and I swithched to Boost mobile

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mike
No town, US
Apr 14, 2009 10:22 pm EDT

If you wanted those features and knew VZW didnt have them, then why did you get a phone with VZW? Duh!

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bill
Nov 12, 2008 11:46 pm EST

maybe if you idiot customers didnt think you deserved the world

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anthony diaco
Nov 30, 2006 7:08 pm EST

I have been a loyal customer of verizon wireless for 6 years, and the past month i have been having a problem regarding my account I recently purchased a motorola razor in which i was having problems with i was having multiple dropped calls , I had purchased the phone in September if look at my account You will see the phone was returned because there was a defect in it, and i received another one the following month in October i received a extremely unpleasing bill of $550.00 which in previous months my bill has never been so high, I called and spoke to one of you verizon wireless customer service reps about this situation who is still yet to call me back from a month ago, Then however i did partially pay part of the bill of the amount of $ 200.00 so my service would not be shut off , I did call and speak to a supervisor who was very rude and her manner was not of appropriate and professional behavior , She hung up on me , I have been told i had 280 - 1 minute phone calls which is totally outrageous which i was given a credit of only $ 26.00.

I know this is wrong because of the phone being defected. My balance as of now is $355.00 which i will not pay until i get the proper crediting i deserve.

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Verizon Talking to verizon falls upon deaf ears

Who can I complain to. I have been a customer of Verizon for 3years now. When I first moved to the Southern California area I had AT&T but left them in disgust because it seemed everytime I turned a corner I would have dropped calls. Upon leaving AT&T, I was lured in by Verizons pitch on dropped calls and great service. I joined their nationwide plan which gave me 800 minutes. Well every month I was over my aloted minutes. I always call and argue that it is impossible. They recomended I upgrade my plan. I decided to get 3 more phones for family and move to the Family Share Plan with double my minutes for what I was told would be $120 a month with insurance for each phone. I have not seen a bill for under $200, with this last month close to $400. The other 3 phones are rarely used with all the kids blockages for downloads. The Verizon rep told me all the charges were to my line, when I told them that was impossible since I am not using the phone anymore than I did before. All he said was he had the paperwork to prove it.So basically he told me that I jumped from what they claim was an average of 820 mins to 1900 mins of usage. I dont understand how no matter what plan and how many minutes I have, I always seem to go over on minutes although my usage remains the same. I was also told that when I traveled to Temple City, CA I was charged roaming. Temple City is one block from my city, needless to say he did not have a reply to that response. To me it seems they have some kind of scam going on that is hard to pin point and needless to say they have all the answers for.

In short, and I am sorry for the lengthy letter I think I needed to vent, I was wondering who I can complain to since talking to Verizon falls upon deaf ears.

Thank You,
Victor

(626)716-0sss

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The Brewsters
Cedar Bluff, US
Mar 03, 2010 10:42 pm EST

I Agree We've had verizon land line since 1972 and never missed a bill and our wireless was alltel and they bought it out.. Verizon Wired service was charging me 205.00 month for 2 land lines one with verizon freedom and one blocked no long distance, so come to find out they started charging me .15 min for local calls.. Caller Id is 15.00 a line more and when i called they moved me to a plan to save me dollars... but didn't mention that is was a year contract, so I called in to get them to put it back the way it was and they charged me an extra 10.00 per line not to have a contract... Remember I been with them since 1972... So I said ok charge me the extra not to be on contract and hung up the phone. I Call Time Warner and Got both phone lines and internet with local and long distance and called id and all the other bells and whistles for 110.00 a mont plus taxe be around 121.00. The point is Why can't a company Give you more instead of taking more, I Would never have changed our wired lines... but you get of being strong armed..

Now the wirless account, Our service since the change from alltel to verizon is terrible and customer service is an endless circle of wearing you down and never letting you out a contract that they can't provide service for, but they want to keep programing the phones and act like its the problem and its going to fix the problem. When the only thing that going to fix the problem is more towers... We Had great service with alltel and I never had to call them once... I been calling Verizon Wireless for Close to a year now and even though they promise a resoulation in 4 days. The only thing I get in 4 days is another trouble ticket to replace the one I had before... I finally gave up and bought a network extender at full price, so I will have service for the next 6 months... then I ebaying the extender and Straight Talk At Walmart her I come...

Verizon Sham on you! What looks good in your Bord Room at those big fancy meetings, Dose'nt work out when You don't Take care of your customers. I Would if I were you work on trying to keep your customers, Instead of trying to make it diffucult for them to leave... Because They like me will leave and you may not get them back...

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May 28, 2008 11:44 pm EDT

Deaf ears at Verizon and they have "all" the documentation and answers down pat - you got that right! I work for the County I live in and they recently implemented a new cell phone policy that requested all nonessential personnel to turn in their County-issued cell phones and to use their personal cell phones and apply for a stipend to defray costs. So I called and asked Verizon if I could swap my phone number (a Verizon number) for my County number (also a Verizon number) since the County number was on all my business cards and business stationery. The Verizon Rep said yes, but the County had to release the number to me first.

The County said no problem and released the number and told me to call the AOL Dept at Verizon. I called and asked the first Rep for the AOL Dept and she transferred me. Verizon Rep #2 looked at my account and saw the number placed on hold for me and said she couldn't activate it and would have to transfer me. Rep #3 announced I could not swap the numbers. If the County number had been another carrier, no problem, but since it was a Verizon number - no can do. (Huh?!) She told me I could add a line, but not swap numbers. I told her no, I don't want to add a line - the whole point in doing this is to carry ONE cell phone and reduce my cell phone costs. Then she tried to sell me on a cheaper plan of $20 a month for the County number. I declined--I only want one cell phone. This went on for several minutes. I repeatedly told her no, I don't want two phones. Let's just forget it. I'll just keep my personal number as is and forget the County number.

Well, then I got my cell phone bill a week later and it was double the usual amount and lo and behold, here the County number was added to my account at a cost of $46.92 per month. I was livid. I called and asked why that number was placed on my personal account--I don't even have a cell phone for it! Rep #1 stated I had assumed the contract for it. I begged to disagree - I had asked to SWAP the numbers, not take on another account. I chatted with him for probably 20 minutes and got nowhere. I told him I wanted the County number removed my account as I did not ask for a second account. He told me I was in luck since the account wasn't 30 days old yet they could probably remove it and not charge me an early termination fee. I was aghast--an early termination fee for an account I did not ask for?! He said he had to transfer me to the Loyalty Dept (that's rich!) and they'd take care of that.

Well, the Loyalty Dept is loyal--to Verizon, definitely not to the customer. I'm quite sure my blood pressure raised 20 points during my chat with the Loyalty Dept Rep. She placed me on hold a couple of times telling me I needed to "cool off". I was so frustrated that nobody was listening to me--after almost an hour on the phone with them--yeah, I was livid! She announced that since the account was a business account, different rules applied, and thus I would be charged a $175 early termination fee. By this time I was shaking I was so angry. So, I'm being charged $175 to terminate an account I said I did not want but Verizon added on anyhow AND there is no cell phone that came with this account to actually USE the account--does this make sense?! She said I assumed the account--that's what AOL is--Assumption of Liability. So I inquired what exactly this business account consisted of. It's a two-year contract that expires 5/19/2010 and it's $34.99 for 200 minutes (then why is the bill for $46.92?).
She continued on that the Reps' documentation from my previous calls to AOL conveyed to her as well as everyone else there that I agreed to assume that contract. I told her I was never told I was assuming a contract--I merely wanted to swap numbers--nobody ever told me I was taking on an additional account. She then informed me that I should have read the terms and conditions. I asked her--the terms and conditions of what? I wasn't told I was assuming a contract. (WHY IS NOBODY LISTENING!?! EGADS!) I went round and round with her on this point. The conversation ended abruptly with me telling her I needed to hang up before I said something I regretted, but that I would be filing a complaint with the Attorney General because this was just wrong.

Hopefully through the AG they CAN HEAR ME NOW!?!?!

I am totally disgusted with Verizon at this point. Are there ANY good cell phone carriers these days that actually provide REAL customer service?

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Verizon They charge for everything

I have been a customer of Alltel for 9 years. I recently changed plans, and soon after received a bill from ALLTEL. The bill was a partial bill had I had changed prior to the bill cycyle ending. No Problem. I paid the bill, and continued to use the phone. About a month and 1/2 passed by, and I received a text message on my phone telling me I needed to pay my bill. I contacted the office, as ALLTEL had recently closed the office in our city, and was told they would mail me a bill. I received a bill for the entire month and 1/2, but only a statement for part of the bill. I called ALLTELL again. I was informed that they would send the additional statement this time, but in the future I would have to pay $2 per month to get the statement mailed to my home. They also charged me for the text message they sent, as well as a late fee. I informed the lady I was not paying the text cost, nor the late fee, and that I would find another service that would mail the statements to me at no cost. I am presently try to find another carrier.

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Apr 01, 2008 8:21 am EDT

I have been with Alltel wireless for almost 2 years. I recently had an unauthorized charge of $9.99 appear on my bill. I normally pay my bill over the phone using my debit card. I called to dispute the charge and while on the phone I noticed another hidden charge for $5.99 for Axcess Msgs pack and inquired about it. The rep stated it was for text messaging which I rarely use. I asked them to remove the charge as I had not requested it. The rep agreed. Later I looked at all of my Alltel bills and discovered they had charged me $5.99 per month for the last 10 months. I called them to complain and was told that as I had been paying it all along they would not issue me a credit. I requested to speak to a supervisor and was hung up on. I called ack, demanded a supervisor and got one named Eric. Eric said he could only authorize 1 month credit until he checked my account and would call me back within 2 hours. He never returned my call so Monday I called again and the rep said he could only authorize 3 months credit and Eric probably got busy and I should expect to hear from him as his schedule cleared up. Tuesday at 9 am I received a voice mail from Alltel stating my bill was past due and my phone would be shut off today if not paid. I again called them to straighten it out and was told by LaShawn that they'd contact me within 2 hours. It's been 3 hours and still no response. I have better things to do than spend days playing their games. I plan to write the FCC next to see what can be done.

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Verizon Verizon dsl - something unbelievable!

It is with great disgust I write this letter to you, hoping that having reached the end of my rope, your article may force verizon to correct their mistakes and rectify my problem. My husband and I signed up for verizon dsl service in november or december of 2005- a service that we really wanted. We agreed to a 1-year contract, and paid whatever fees were required, including the cost of mailing the modem and other tid bits that were necessary for dsl connection. It is now july 2006, and to this date we do not have nor have we ever had the dsl service, yet verizon has been billing us every month for this service!

Both my husband and I have been on the phone, all but on our hands and knees requesting help in the matter. The last call I made to them was a real teaser, I was so sure that the problem was going to be sorted out then... But as usual, I was lied to.

You will not begin to understand my frustration, perhaps you can afford me the time to explain. We were told, when we first signed up for dsl, that we would get it... May take a couple weeks but we would. Then they called back to say that the area we were in was 'booked' and that as soon as something became available, we would get on board... Mind you, that was in 2005, and we continued to pay the bill for dsl! Then they called after about a month to say that we were on board, and that we could start 'enjoying' the service, etc. But the truth of the matter is that we were never connected, the modem's light keeps blinking and that is descriptive of something blocking the reception, or so I was told.
I spoke to so many people, I am dizzy from the run-around, and 'being on hold' etc etc... Finally this year, I spoke to michael who reassured me that he would look into the matter, and would send out someone to troubleshoot the problem etc... That I should call back and confirm the appointment. Lo and behold, when I called back to 'confirm' the appointment, there was no appointment made for anyone to come to my apartment, nor did anyone know what I was talking about. Then I was told that I could make an appointment but that I needed to give them a 4hr window? Whatever happened to keeping the customer happy? I work until 5pm or later every weekday, my husband, until 7pm... I was able to bargain with my boss for an early leave for one day, to be home at 4pm, just so they could come and fix the problem... But that was not good enough. You see, I had to understand that they needed a 4 hour window, and therefore I had to be available from 1pm since their last appointment would be at 4pm! Confusing? Imagine how I felt.

Then I tried to tell them I wanted re-imbursement for the months and months that I have been paying for dsl, well... That was another issue... They could only re-imburse me for 2 or 3 mths back, which I gladly accepted, but get this (The best part)... They would also throw in one month (July 2006) free dsl... Wow! What a deal! If only I had dsl, I could really see myself going for that!

I have called all the numbers they told me to call... Spoken with lauren and barbara, to jeff and linda, nancy and annie, and don't forget angela... They were all helping me, and where have I gotten? No-where! The last call I made to them on june 30th, I spent 42 minutes on the phone, explaining what I have been through... I am so sick of it, it is no longer funny. When I asked about canceling this 'imaginary' service, I was told that I would have to pay a fee! Is that the icing on the cake? So that means that I have been paying for absolutely nothing but stress in my life for all these months. Where is the justice in this? Every you call to complain about it, you have to go over the entire thing and then some sweet voice over the phone says nonsense like "I understand" and "I will look into this and get back to you"- which they never do, I am the one calling all the time!

The last bill I had to pay was small, since they gave me credit for the couple of months they said they were only allowed to give... But this is just unacceptable. How can a company be allowed, in this day and age, to cheat innocent people like myself is beyond me... Who do I turn to in a situation like this? I cannot believe that they can even get away with this in a society such as ours... It is all at my expense... I have gotten no results form the constant pleas I have been making and I think this is downright wrong. Please, if you do not believe me, call verizon, I would love to hear their view of the whole thing... They are just unbelievable.

I want this problem addressed... I want all of my money back too, for the inconveniences and trouble I have been through for over 6 mths now, I deserve better. Trust me when I say that this has been a very stressful task for me, and I would appreciate it if you could facilitate my complaint, as I can assure you that this has been a genuine problem for me and my husband.
Thank you,
Lisa

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Verizon = Corruption to New Horizon
Exeter, US
Jun 01, 2009 12:18 pm EDT

Verizon is the worst company I have ever encountered . . . EVER! They are so full of it that it is unbelievable.

I do not think it would be going too far astray to draw an analogy of Verizon and its practices, its treatment of people, and its disregard of the truth to a fascist country. What Verizon does is absolutely phenomenally wrong. It is unsurprising that MCI and Verizon have merged. MCI used to do similar kinds of things to consumers with long distance packages known as "slamming".

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John
Dec 20, 2007 12:44 am EST

Wait what? The 327w is one of the top two modem/routers that you can get from verizon dsl, the other one is the Actiontec. The 327w is great unless you want to connect to a Cisco VPN (if that is the case you're gonna need an Actiontec), but few people have a need to do that. The preferred setup imo would be a dumb modem plugged into a linksys wireless router, but there really isn't anything wrong with a 327w. At least it's not a westell wirespeed.

They should be shaking their heads because you have Verizon DSL, not because you have a 327w.

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Dean
Dec 08, 2007 5:25 am EST

This is the worst site ever!

http://welcome.bbb.org/

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Valerie
US
Feb 12, 2007 12:51 am EST

I have had Verizon DSL since September 2006, it was promoted through AOL. Having used a dialup for years but a DSL connection at work, I finally took the plunge.

I have never been more dissatisfied with any product in my life.

I have struggled with hit-or-miss connectivity since the service date arrived. There have been times of no-problem-service, and times of no service. I have done online tech chats and on the phone tech chats--all with people in India-- which have had me run the gamut from repeated IP release/renews, IP configuration and bridge checks, and at least 10 "we need to run a line check, please hold on"s. None of them run the same diagnostic twice.

One tech informed me that the problem, as he determined, was with the network, and that I would be called by Verizon.

Over the last several months, computer-savvy people I meet in my business life shake their heads when they hear that I am running a Westell 327-W VersaLink modem, and insist that I should have Verizon send me a new one.

Problem is reaching customer service during business hours. When I took an hour out of a workday to call (and wait on hold) I told an apparently American-based customer service person about my ongoing problems and my request for a new modem, she routed me BACK TO INDIA for more line tests.

People tell me that I should be calling them, all angry and shouting and insistent...but you don't have a chance to do any of that because they put you on hold and transfer you without telling you that they are doing so!

I paid a computer tech $100 to come out and look at my computer, he fixed a few of the problems brought on by the various and sundry tech supports. It just so happened that while he was here, the internet light on my modem went green the first time in weeks.

I don't recommend this product to anyone. I am paying for the full service and able to use it possibly 1/5 of the time. Dialup is much more reliable. Verizon does not care that I am not able to use their product, they only care that they are paid each month.

I will be moving my service to another provider, possibly cable. I'm sure it will be an ordeal to do so.

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Jan 04, 2007 2:40 pm EST

I just want to add that same happened to me. But I found on the Internet Verizon hidden phone numbers that you can call and get resolutions better and faster. Here is the link http://deccod.com/verizon.aspx

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Valerie
US
Dec 12, 2006 5:40 pm EST

I am so unhappy with this company that I can't stand it...I went to call for service from Verizon in 2006...When they told me I owed them money from 2002...Which I had their service in the mean time so I don't get how I owe it and trying to prove it takes money...Also my husband called to get service when they used his Social Security Number to someone else's bill ...He never had a phone in his name...Now they want him to send all his personnel info...to correct it...WHAT...

What is wrong with them...
Thanks for listening...

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Verizon Scams & lies!

I've been an Alltel customer for years on end. My problems with this company and their lack of cooperation seems endless. I've had problems in the past with roaming charges showing up on my bill.

When I pointed out that I had not been in those areas of my state making calls, I was told the signal will jump to the next closest tower if the one in my area is not available. I chased them for 3 months trying to receive credits that I was promised but was unable to make any progress. NOW, I activated a second line on my account and tried to cancel the other because it was used for a business that I had recently sold. I was told I would be charged a $200 cancellation fee for the original line unless I waited until June. So I paid $50 per month for 3 months on a line I wasn't using. When June came, I called to cancel and was told that I needed to cancel on the exact day of the month I signed up on 12 years prior which I had missed by 3 days. Since I missed that day, my contract on that line was automatically renewed for 2 more years. They refused to help and gave me the # of an office Manager. I called and left 7 messages over 3 weeks and never received a return call to this day. I tried to cancel the second line as a result and was told I would have to pay $200 to cancel that one also. So now I'm up to $400 in cancellation fees if I cancel or change companies within 2 years! While trying to straighten this out, I was told that since I bought a new Razor phone with a rebate, I HAD to sign up for a new more expensive service plan or face being charged outrages prices by the minute rather than continuing on my Unlimited Plan because my new phone was not compatible with my old plan.? I went into a location in Chandler AZ and found an employee that told me "off the record" that I was being lied to by the Rep. because he was probably seeking a commission and not to worry about it. I called again in August to once again try to cancel the second line I wasn't using and was told their was nothing he could do and to continue to try to call the Manager that wouldn't return my calls! THEN, he started in with the same story of how I needed to sign up for a new more expensive plan because my new phone wasn't compatible! I explained I was never told any of this when I bought the phone, he offered a half assed apology, refused to cancel my other line without a $200 fee and continued to try to get me to agree to convert to a more expensive plan!

I'm done! I'll be canceling it all when I get back into town. This company needs a good old fashioned class action law suite! It should be illegal to be lied to, given misinformation and to renew contracts without consent, explanation, notification or signatures. Now, I have to choose between being raped financially or destroying my credit.

I'M WARNING EVERYONE I CAN NOT TO USE THIS COMPANY!

THEY NEED TO BE PUT OUT OF BUSINESS!

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Mar 08, 2020 4:55 am EDT
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Hi, I wanted to complain about a felon you have representing your company. Shannon Raper, he is on facing aggravated assault charges for trying to hit some minority kids with his car. He is a racist disgusting man. Collin county courts case search and you will see his mugshot and case.

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Janice sholtis
US
Aug 19, 2019 4:36 am EDT

I am being charged for$4.99on my discover card every 2 wks for i don't know if shows a telephone no. I called and it says, thanks for calling verizon. I don't own a phone.this has been going on for awhile. Can this be done thru pay pal? Cancelled my pay pal acct .

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Mayer70
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Feb 11, 2019 6:13 pm EST
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HI my name is Mayer Lieberman Phone number [protected] my phone service is terminated for 2 weeks already and no one comes to fixed it after trying to verizon every day .

Please get back to me ASAP [protected]

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sarah_co04
Anna, US
May 07, 2009 1:09 pm EDT

My name is Sarah. I have received collection letters from you guys for the past two months or so. I tried to resolve this the easy way and just call the [protected]. This was a waste of my time! I talked to a total of nine people! Even a supervisor named ADRIAN, who didnt take care of my problem and put me on hold just for a girl named Sommer to pick up the line. She tried to help me with my problem but I was very upset about the previous eight people that lead me in the wrong direction, needless to say some of them were very rude and none seemed to have a supervisor. If you listen back at the tapes you will see that i asked numerous time to speak to one and they said that they didnt have one... right.. This is one of the reasons i left alltel! Poor customer service since the first year i got my phone somewhere in the early 2000. I will not pay the bill that i called about because i was told by verizon that they canceled the service when i switched. i still had the southern illinois unlimited plan and was not under contract at this time. I am not obligated to pay that bill when i didnt have the service for a mere 10 days! I am very upset with the way i was treated on the phone with customer service not ten mins ago! So you have lost not one client, yet three because after this situation i informed my family about what just happened and they are going to a different service provider too! I'm not a difficult person usually, a matter of fact i dealt with this for too long. I just want alltel to stop sending me collection letters for something that is completely out of the question. I am very unsatisfied with your customer support, they didnt support me in any way all nine of them!

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Saint George, US
Mar 18, 2009 9:54 pm EDT

I know this is an old posting but the problems with Alltel does seem to go on. I would highly recommend that we pass the word to everyone not to buy cell phones with rebates. From any company. Don't fall for this marketing scam.

Also, don't go nuts over the next NEW phone that comes out. It is all marketing. They made a big deal about the LG scoop and mine didn't last 6 months. I still haven't received the rebate and I did exactly what the directions said. The point is...there is always a newer and better phone coming out. But this is how they get you.
Alltel hasn't been customer friendly. They got too big for their britches and couldn't keep up. They pump out contracts and new phones and entice customers with new gadget phones through cleaver marketing...but just to renew your contract another two years. But, all cell phone companies do this somewhat..but Alltel, if you have a problem you can't reach them.

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DALE A. WILHITE
Apr 21, 2008 10:58 am EDT

I am going through the Justice department and the FBI, to have a criminal investigation into this crooked company. They are trying to extort money from me. When I asked for my service to be turned off, these crooks refused to do so and then tripled my bill. Instead of helping me, all they did is threaten me with their stupid bill collector's and a threat to ruin my credit.
The best thing to do is to contact the Justice department and the FBI, and keep contacting them until they launch a criminal investigation.

Also contact all national media outlets and ask them for an investigation. Alltel is a company that needs to be investigated and the owners and managers sent to jail where they belong.
No organized crime has not been wiped out in America, they just moved up the ladder and now are in charge of major corporations like Alltel, Wells Fargo Bank, and credit card companies.

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Mary Ann Wells
Apr 10, 2008 7:00 am EDT

HELLO
MY HUSBAND DOUG AND I ARE BOTH OF DEAF.. WE WENT TO ALLTEL STORE IN STEUBENVILLE, OHIO.. WE ASKED WORKER WE WANT TO BUY ANY BLACKBERRY FOR ALL UNLIMITED AND THEY SAID NO AND THEY SAID WE CAN BUY ANY PHONES WITH UNLIMITED BUT ALL THE PHONES DONT HAVE KEYBOARD FOR TXT MSG BUT THEY SAID ONLY ONE PHONE HAS KEYBOARD WITH LG SCOOP .. AND WE BOUGHT THEM ON MONDAY APRIL 7TH .. WE TXT MSG LOTS BUT THE BATTERY CHRG ARE RUNNING OUT.. LOT OF MY DEAF FRIENDS GOT BLACKBERRY ALL UNLIMITED FROM SPRINTS AND ATT WIRELESS.. THEY ARE BEST PHONES.. I CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE ALLTEL AND SPOKE WITH THE SUPERSVISOR AND I WAS EXPLAINED TO THEM WHY WE CANT GET BLACKBERRY AND UNLIMITED .. THEY SAID COMPANY SAID NO.. I THINK ITS WRONG WE SHOULD GET BLACKBERRY WITH ALL UNLIMITED.. I WENT TO T MOBILE YESTERDAY AND TEY SAID BLACKBERRY ARE ALL UNLIMITED BUT WE DNT WANT TO BUY THEM BECS T MOBILE IS NOT GOOD.. MY HUSABMND AND I WANT TO GET BLACKBERRY BEFORE WE CAN RETURN IN 14 DAYS.. AND CHANGE PHONES.. PLS UNDERSTAND ! OUR ALLTEL PHONES ARE [protected] AND [protected].. LET ME KNOW .. WE APPRECITED IT.. THANKS

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keith hedstrom
Apr 03, 2008 8:56 am EDT

had a two yar contract with alltel in 2003. stayed with them until 2006. for over a year complined of service, worthless service, of course they did nothing. told me to go to another wireless provider if i did not like alltel. since i did not have a contract with them anymore there would be no termaition fee. went to cingular keep same phone number. next month got a bill from alltel for 200.00 termination fee for going to somene else.. the only thing that i could figure out why they are sending me this bill is to pay for hiring someone to haul out all of the ###, and ### at alltel.. that would take at least a thousend years.

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Sonja Trent-Pegram
Feb 21, 2008 9:32 am EST

I am so pissed I could eat nails.We have had Alltel since 2005 we have had nothing but trouble with them they are continuely messing up our bill and then disconnecting the service if you refuse to paid the monsterous bill.

Last year, I paid over 1600.00 just to keep my services from being interrupted, when I finally couldn't pay anymore, I went though all of the proper channels trying to handle it in a professional manner and was still getting no results and no answers to my problem. I contacted the corporate office in AZ and they helped me get some of the issues straighten out, I ended up with a large credit.

Now it is 2008 and they are trying to rob us again but this time I am not going to pay. They turned my services off on Dec 2007 they are telling me that I had my services restored on Dec 8 so they are prorating my bill in layman's term trying to take my money. I flat out told them they were incorrect requested and investagating and was told flat out their was nothing to investagate.

I requested to speak to an office manager or to be given the # to Little Rock AZ office and I was refused. So I had to research this issue and try to hunt down a number on my own.

I work very hard for my money and it is a shame that consumers like us are being ripped off by these people and it is not just me there are severasl people I know that have had to switch services because they were tired of being taken advantage of. We decided that we wanted to terminate the lines, they want 600.00 to terminate the line because we have 3 contacts with them.I don't want something for nothing I just wanted to pay what I owed.

Either way they get you, if you pay the bill that you know you don't owe, then they have won. Ify you terminate your contracts they still win because that's 200.00 per line. If you don't pay they report it on your credit.

This is the worst company I have ever seen in my life, I would never ever recommend this company to any one not even my worst enemy.

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Helena Francis
Sep 10, 2007 7:48 am EDT

I was quite delighted when the My Circle program advertisements made their way to me. I entered my ten phone numbers. I have a witness. I even checked to be sure they were in there correctly. My numbers at some point disappeared, and I received a bill for $400. I called the company, and got $30 taken off. Whoopee. I had not made a copy of the list. This is apparently how they get away with it.

The first person I spoke to was the most pleasant and honest. She said that I really had to keep an eye on that list, and that she would fix the bill if she could, but she couldn't.

The second person I spoke to was much less honest and much less pleasant. He was a supervisor. He said that it was basically my fault, and that I was the first person he knew of to have this problem. Hmm. Maybe he needs to visit this site.

Anyway, beware. Make a copy of your list. If you don't have computer or a printer at your disposal, I have no idea how you would keep track of this. That's probably why they have done it this way.

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Verizon Palm treo 700w upgrade

I tried to upgrade my cellphone to a palm treo 700w. I knew exactly what I wanted but it took an hour to buy a stupid cellphone/pda on my existing verizon family plan.

Part of that time pushing the motorola q. I don't want a motorola q. Then they tell me I don't get the $50 rebate offered on the internet. Oh & I have to transfer to a more expensive cellphone minutes plan on-top-of the the internet/data usage plan.

Think i'm all done when they take my phone to "programming". To supposedly turn-it-on & pair up the bluetooth (Wireless) headset. This they tell me will take 15 mins more for one & 5 for the other. I leave & pick up things at other stores. Come back a half hour later & it isn't done.

A half hour later after this, I have to "re-do" all the paper work. The boss has to help. A half hour after this & they tell me the phone is defective & I have to start over with a new one. Half a day blown (W/2 hour round car trip) and I still don't have a cellphone/pda.

It would be nice to surf the internet (Unlimited) from a handheld device & collect my email besides being a regular cellphone with a small wireless headset. Yea, a little pricey.

Then they tell me that I have to pay a hundred ($100) more to put on my one cell number but not on the other? I say both cellphone numbers are mine on the same bill.

So then they tell me that I can put it on the one number, take it home & pay $20 each to transfer the 3 cell phones around tomorrow? What! You want me to take a non-working very expensive toy home & do all the work myself after wasting half a day? This is after the first one you gave me was defective?

I don't think so. Give me my money back. Put my old verizon phones back on line & give me my old plan back with my nys employee discount. Eventually this is (Supposedly) done & I leave grumbling.

(Hadn't slept for 24 hours)

So I drive home & need to make a call. Guess what? My old cellphone doesn't work. Eventually get to a payphone & my wife's cellphone is shut off too. Grrrrrrr...

Get home & spend a half-hour on verizon's voice mail automated system with no human to talk to. Try again later & talk to a very nice lady who puts my phones back on line. Check my internet verizon account later that night & i'm still on the more expensive cell plan that they forced on me for the new pda/cellphone.

Spend another half-hour on the phone. This rep says it's all taken care of. I'm almost afraid to check my verizon internet account on-line again. I think all of verizon's service techs, managers & technical people are following that actor around on tv leaving the business at hand to...?... India?... Pakistan?

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Aug 16, 2006 5:25 pm EDT

Hmm very intersting,I have been a long time customer of this company since 1993 when they were NYNEX MOBILE.I never had any issues with upgrading billing or any major equipment issue.I had 1 issue back in 2002 when i couldn't delete and old voice mail but that issue was resolved in less than 10 minutes.The people at the verizon store (salem NH) are very nice and helpful.I upgraded my phone back in May and the transition was NO LESS than perfect.

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Verizon Poor coverage/dropped calls

We contracted with verizon wireless in toledo, oh and pay our bill to lehigh, pa. verizon's coverage is so poor that we couldn't get coverage in our own toledo area, particularly archbold, oh, nor could we get coverage in the dallas, tx suburb of frisco, tx.

When we have received coverage the calls are dropped so frequently that we have lost business, medical, emergency and personal calls to our extreme embarassment and financial loss.

Verizon's customer service, in their quiet patronizing tones instructs us over and over to "just push *228 every 30 days and all of your woes will abate"... not! my new favorite is "just push * three times (and click your heels) and all of your dropped calls will be trapped."... yippee! so what! how does that help my poor service, embarassment, tc.? again it does not! it only gives verizon the "feel good" factor of "we gave you your money back!" I want service, completed< clear calls... I want this contract cancelled not renewed for another 6 months while you continue the poor service!

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Pearl River NY 10965, US
Dec 25, 2023 1:17 pm EST

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THIS MAY NOT GET ANY ATTENTION AND MAY NOT BE ANSWERED !

I can no longer get the "GRIT" channel (#490). This started about 2 weeks ago. Was never notified and it was my main interest. This upsets me GREATLY. What options do I have? The subject matter was Western/Cowboy, movies.

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Pflugerville, US
Dec 16, 2023 5:07 pm EST
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I ordered 5G Home Self Setup, Equipment includes VZ INT ASK-NCQ1338FA and never received it. Called and they said they would return my money. That was on Oct 19, 2023 and I have still not received my refund.

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spanky2
Mansfield, US
Sep 12, 2023 2:31 am EDT
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"upgraded" to new verizon flip phone, old kyocera was just as good and it was more portable. doesn't ring, no reception-get 2 bars. not user friendly for someone disabled with shaky hands

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Registered Engineer
US
Aug 22, 2023 8:01 pm EDT
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The female manager at the Verizon store at 9620 Bruceville Rd, Ste 101, Elk Grove, CA 95757 was extremely obnoxious and unhelpful on August 14, 2023. I will never go back to that store!

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Alan Fenster
US
Jul 02, 2023 4:39 am EDT
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Unhappy with TV Package on the lowest tier supposed to receive a maximum of 120 channels.

Was provided with about 30 channels at best. I do not want to upgrade to higher tier which would cost more.

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Sharat12
san diego, US
Mar 11, 2023 6:58 am EST

Travel outside US

Verizon representative basically told us that they will charge $10.00 per day per family. They charged us $30/day. ~ $1000.00 for two months.

be careful... this is not legit.

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Central, US
Mar 01, 2023 3:12 am EST
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For over a year very unreliable service. Past ten days cannot make any outgoing calls, random incoming calls can be received. Tech support cannot determine what is wrong as the calls with them drop, the chat fails because the connection drops; WiFi turned on or off, not in airplane mode, etc. It may be time to file a complaint with the FCC.

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David Maniacs. NancyPerrino
Schenectady, US
Jan 18, 2023 7:33 am EST

Wires are dangling all over the place.My Aunt is 90 & cannot go gown the stairs to see what was going on.Work was done a few months ago & am here from Florida for a brief time.I can send you a picture & you won't believe it.Please let me know my next step!

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Alberto Foraci
US
Nov 05, 2022 3:52 pm EDT

I believe that some of verizon employee arevgtuilty of using word ,powerpoint or exel to edit customer accounts.

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Huong t
US
Sep 20, 2022 11:55 pm EDT

9/8/2022 about 10 am Daiesha picked up she basically gave no service she was mocking the customer when asked her name she didn’t want to give and finally. It took her couple minutes before response and mumbling seem lazy . No customer service at all rude and lazy. Unprofessional. Very disappointed long time customer no excuses for this .

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