Verizon
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I purshased a cell phone from verizon that I paid full retail for. it was over $300.00. it was guaranteed delivery for the 4th of december by 7 p. m. well 7 p. m. came and no cell phone.. so I called the 1 800 go fed ex number and explained that I never got my phone.. the response I got from the woman that could hardly speak english was that I phone was back at the station. when I asked y it wasnt delivered she said that the driver had too many packages to deal with.. lol to really make me more angry was her next stupid repsonse that I could go pick it up at the station.. I live almost 2 hours away and besides that it wasnt my repsonsiblility. so I called the station to talk to a manager and he alpologized to me and told me that he would send his driver out at 7 am earlier than normal to have my packaged deliverd first thing in the morning between 8 and 10 am.. well 10 a. m. came and no package... so I call back and there response this time that they would try to get to me sometime today and that if it looked like they couldnt make it I could meet them somewhere to pick it up.. I have never heard such crap in my life.. this is the worse service I have ever had... ppl should not use fed ex.. us ups.. they are more reliable.. I would have a better chance getting my package if they would have had a 4 year old bring it to me on a bicycle. this place should be shut down for their incompacy and their stupidy...

I ordered Verizon 3 MPS DSL. The mailer said 1st 6 months free and second 21.95 with year contract for new customers. I have written 11 e-mails, visited local office, and been on phone 12 times. I got two bills for 74.56 each. This was a mistake. i mailed copy of flier to them. When you call they give you to someone in Nigeria who barely speaks English and reads from a script. Ask a question and they say wait let me finish and they lose place and re-read script. You tell them problem and they say we do not handle that and transfer you to billing. If you get through as 9 out of ten times you get hung up on after 20 minutes, you reach sales where you explain problem after they pitch phones and TV. They then apologize and say they have to transfer you and you get disconnected.

Now being 2nd month and they threaten to turn off (They have cell phone number and cannot turn off as they are as dumb as they sound) I gave 1 more chance and they did same thing. Tomorrow i am going to Comcast who i should have never left and for leaving Verizon will get the 14-15MPS for 29.95 a month for 6 months. They have no tech support, anyone who can help you, or know which way is up. Since they have no SS number my credit will not be affected but what a pain. I am 6th person to go back to Comcast. verizon is a rip off. they have no specials and when you get wrong bill no one can help. Stay away.

FIOS lack of service is crazy. I called in to their service center and told them I wanted to make a complaint. I was told they did not have a complaint call center. I would have to send a "letter" them them via the US mail. I did send a 2 page letter to them, but never heard anything from them.

Their on-screen programing has to be set up by a idiot. It does not make since, it is hard to read and so slow that it is almost worth it to rent a movie than to try to watch their on-demand programming. The "favorite" feature hardly works. It adds channels that are not favorites and removes channels that are. You can re-program it and it still messes up.

We were told that the screen wouldn't ever freeze and it does. We were told that they wouldn't rearrange the channels and they have done so at least twice within 18 months. This last time they moved several HD channels to a new level that you have to pay for. Along with paying extra for the HD box you have to pay extra for some of the HD channels.

When the time comes we might just make a change to another service. They might be just as bad but I don't think that I need to spend my money on Fios anymore.

My verizon cable box and DVR locked up on several occasions over a few months- I would always call tech support and they would get me up and running remotely- no prob. The last time my box locked up Verizon had to send a tech out to fix the problem. The Tech confirmed the box was bad and in the process of breaking the box burned my HD port on my TV out. He stated it would be hard to get Verizon to pay but he had seen it happen before- the tech stated the box definitely burned my HD port out. The tech tested my TV and several boxes to confirm the original box and my HD port were bad.

The tech was correct- Verizon refused to pay to fix my tv and stated the tech never told me that the Verizon box burned my HD port out. Verizon said they had documentation from the tech that my tv's HD port didn't work and that the box when tested was fine.

The Verizon customer agent told me my tv burned the box out, that I would still get HD quality without use of the HD port- lye. I tried cancelling service 4 times and this particular retention specialist totally coerced me into staying. I can't believe verizon is so deceptive and minipulative. I just want my tv fixed so I can watch HD.

Im embarrassed that I let verizon keep me as a customer- they are very sorry and will say anything to keep the business.

I was told many lies about service packages for internet, tv and phone and spent over 7 hrs of my life in the verizon phone que. Verizon sucks- I don't understand why they cant just be honest. Don't they realize that treating people right will only prosper the Verizon company.

Ok, I have had verizon fios for a while now. not one complaint. until a few months ago that is. I hate fios. everytime I open a browser it says "cannot find page" or "error" and I just want to catch up with old friends or watch youtube or god forbid *gasp* I have homework. I have to click refresh 1042823 times before it actually works. I hate hate hate verizon fios. so all those fios people out there, you fail.

We have consistently been over billed, charged for text messages that were already included in our service and charged different rates for the exact same taxes and fees for each phone. Repeated attempts to resolve and contact Alltel have resulted in them telling us 'someone would get back to us' about why the taxes and fees were always inconsistent and over.

We were told it must be 'your phones' when we pointed out multiple discrepancies and billing for text messaging that was covered under our plan - and issued a credit for that month. But if we don't watch each month the do it all again and only resolve a small percentage of issues after HOURS of phone calls. Nothing we do resolves this problem.

We would be very happy to join ANY class action lawsuit against alltel regarding improper charges and over billing.

I recently had Fios installed in my appartment. They were six hours late. The actual Fios product is good. However, customer service is a nightmare. I have spent a total of 6 hours trying to get over $25o worth of international phone calls reversed on my statement. Verizon says these were operator assisted calls but they the "high tolls" department blocked my access to international phone calls for security reasons. There were no security issues. It seems verizon does this often. They block your long distance temporarily forcing you to contact the operator for help. This then become an operator assisted call and they charge you $2.00 a minute. When you call to try to resolve the dispute, collections does not know how to resolve it and they've dropped me four times forcing me to call back again and again. If you have Time warner or RCN - it might be worth dealing with a product that may not have all the bells and whistles but has better support.

On June 16th, I could not get onto my internet. When I called Verizon tech support, they couldn't see why I was unable to get on. I was told by a Verizon worker later that a code they saw at the office showed there was a problem and they would send someone the following week at no charge to me. That week, I called and was told there was no appointment and that I would be billed if someone came. So I was forced to go to another carrier for internet. The Verizon Co. said that I asked to cancel my service. I explained that they needed to show my service as being canceled because of non function. I have been billed and billed since then. I feel that some government agency needs to help people who become victims of outrageous billing and bogus charges to the customer. I went to the Attorney General and waited 6-8 weeks to hear that Verizon didn't respond and that I could go to small claims court. I don't know that I can do that . I'm on a very small income. Is there anyone or anything that can be done about these unethical billing practices. Bottom line, I did not cancel my contract. Verizon refused to help me without getting more money.

a question and comment regarding Verizon FIOS (Internet only)
first year $29.99
second year $39.99
third year $47.99

can you afford this rate of price increases?
how does this rate of price increases compare to the rate of inflation?

suggestion do not order all services from the same provider or you will likely meet the same fate as a single choice consumer, rates rising fast and furious?

About a month after we enrolled in a flat fee account for both local and long distance with our local telephone service provider - not verizon - we received a bill for almost $100.00 for verizon long distance. Upon investigation, we learned that our service had been switched by verizon about a week after we enrolled in the local plan. - not only that, we'd been placed on their most expensive plan.

To whom it may concern

My name is Geanina Matara this is my second complained letter and I am very disappointed that nobody is taking any actions when customers complain. It makes me think twice about your services. What is a shame, your product is great but you have the worst customer service department for your services comparing to all other carriers.
My first letter of complain which was dated 11/4/08 was sent by fax to number
[protected] and by mail on 11/5/08 along with the $351.52 bill slip that I was supposed to pay. As of today 11/8/08 nobody has called me. Now I have another issue. I am trying to install phone service for my house because I am getting security system on Monday 11/10/08. A technician supposed to come to my house on 11/7/08 between 8am and 12pm. My husband had to take off from work to make sure somebody is home for the technician. At 11am, I started calling Verizon because the technician was not at my house. I was getting the run around from 11am until 1:05pm when I finally spoke to Stephanie. She was a very nice CS representative. People like her make your customers stay with Verizon. You probably lost a lot of customers because you have the worst CS representatives. When I spoke to Stephanie, she assured me that you technician would come since he was stuck on another job. I was telling her that I understand but I was expecting at least a courtesy call to let me know that the technician is running late. As of 5pm, no technician. After waiting ALL day for your technician we decided to leave the house at 5pm since the second appointment was from 12pm-5pm. At 5:10pm, I had a message that the technician was stuck in traffic. I called again this morning 11/8/08 at 9:00am. Again, I was getting the run around. Finally, at 9:45am I spoke to Shantae Verizon ID# Z067753 and she was great. She assured me that your technician would come tomorrow 11/9/08. We should wait and see that happen.
I am very, very, disappointed. Before I recommend your services I will make sure that I tell people what happen to me.
I sure hope I will not get charge the $40.00 installation fee since the job was not done when it was scheduled. I also hope that soon somebody will call me (a manager) to resolve my issues. I work with customers and this will never happen.
I can be reached at [protected].

Sincerely,
Geanina Matara

I was harrassed daily, by Verizon Northwest to change from my Verizon DSL to FiOs Internet and FiOs TV. I finally did. They promised I could continue to have one bill for my Wireless, Internet and TV. After I signed up and had everything installed they split up the bills between the wireless(CellPhone) and then one for FiOS TV and Internet. After a month or so they started harrassing me about not having a home phone where they could charge me for service I didn't use and add all kinds of extra fees and taxes onto. I said no, I didn't need a home phone. After 6 months of receiving a bill every month for both TV and Internet they shut off my internet service. When I called them they said that because I didn't have a home phone with them, that they didn't know how to send me a bill because it has to be tied to a home phone. They said that if I signed up for their home phone service, they could turn it back on for an additional installation fee to restart the Internet. It's odd because they are still sending me a bill monthly for the FiOS TV service, which came on the same bill, without having a home phone number. They did give me another option. If I didn't want to get the home phone, I would have to pay on an interest bearing credit card, but automatic bill payment on a debit/checking account would not be allowed, unless I was willing to pay for a whole year at a time. The problem I have now is that besides Verizon the only service provider for high speed internet in my area is Comcast. Not much of a choice.

We went with Verizon about 4 months ago on the advice of my father-in-law. I don't fault him, he is usually prety sharp and I know he does his homework. But I have never wanted to get rid of something so bad in my life. Verizon is horrendous, I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy. When they made the appt. all they said was someone had to be home, my mom came and stayed, when the installer came he did the tvs and then went to to trhe computer, apparently my wife or I needed to be there because of the security access. We were never told this and apparently the tech did not load the virus protection the way it should have. Three months into the contract our computer gets a virus, daily calls to the service dept did NOTHING!.
When my wife called because I had had enough they said they never received a call, except for one call from a couple of weeks ago, they had no record of any of my calls. When she asked them about the call we received on Sunday night from their offices about the issue and when we told them it wasn't resolved and they said someone would be out Monday to check it out, they had no record of that. Needless to say we are breaking the contract and going back to our old provider.But if you are thinking about getting VERIZON FIOS DO NOT DO IT THEY SUCK, I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH THEY ARE AWFUL, THAY DO NOT RETURN CALLS, THEY LIE, THEY LIE AND THEY LIE SOME MORE. IF YOU DO ONE THING DO NOT GET VERIZON FIOS. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN SOMETHING WAS UP WHEN THE SALESMAN SAID HE WASN'T ALLOWED TO ENTER THE HOUSE AND THE PAPERWORK HAD TO BE DONE ON MY FRONT STEP. TAKE MY ADVICE RUN AWAY WHEN YOU SEE THEM RUN FAST RUN FAR. AND VERIZON KISS MY###.

My husband and I have only lived in the Fort Wayne, IN area since Sept. 1st of this year. We are from Michigan. In the area of MI we are from, Verizon is just a cell phone carrier. Our cell phone carrier. We were excited about getting the bundle package of FiOS TV, phone and internet. We ordered it. Three different times, each time we were given an installation date in excess of 3 weeks. Which is unheard of, in any dealings with cable, we have ever experienced. We have yet, to get Verizon FiOS. We are with Comcast. We had no issues with Comcast. They came out in 4 days and we have been with them ever since. A Verizon salesperson came to our door and said they could save me $50. a month. I explained the problems we had in the past. I was assured this would no longer be a problem, if I agreed to sign up. I was given the salespersons cell phone, and an 800 number I could even use on the weekends. We agreed. The salesperson called back with a few extra questions and then again later with a confirmation number. I was told I would recieve a call from Verizon with an installation date. I indeed recieved that call. It told me I had an installation date of Nov. 2nd (3 weeks out again). I was not in front of a calender, so I was unaware it was a Sunday. When I did relize it, I thought, "well, they are a large company...". The installers never came. That number for weekend customer support, sent us to a recording that said the office we were attempting to call was closed. The salesperson, said they don't do installations on Sunday so he doesn't know why were told that, and gave us anothe rnumber to use. My husband was on hold several minutes before he was disconnected. The following Monday comes and we still have not heard from Verizon. My husband calls, gets put on hold for several minutes to be told, first they could not find our order and lastly, that we were put on a credit hold. The questions they needed answered were the same ones the salesperson called me back for. No one called our home to ask those questions, they just put our account on hold and then did not do anything, including installing our cable, internet and phone. We were told this was the number one company for these type of services. There is no way. I am stunned that a company this l;arger can have such a piss poor customer service. We couldn't even get them to instyall it and we have been their customers for over 2 years. We were told that is a complete different service and not connected to our cell phone service. My husband told them after 2 1/2 months of run-around and no service, it never will be.

Am formally disputing a claim made by Verizon, which went to an outside collection agency.

After having a Verizon telephone line and Verizon FIOS for several years, our family decided that the land line was no longer necessary ($31.00 per month, and we never used it). In June of 2008, I contacted the Verizon telephone service billing to have the telephone line discontinued, but that we wanted to keep the FIOS Internet service. This process seemed to go okay.

The same month, June 2008, the router for the FIOS Internet service went bad. Verizon FIOS Internet technical support mailed us a new router for the bad one, which we installed. They also sent us a second router (identified on the June 20 bill for $139.99 + $6.95 shipping). We returned the second router, via FEDEX, the middle of July 2008, once we realized what they had done. I called Verizon FIOS Internet technical support AND BILLING, and advised them it was being returned. I spoke with them again in AUGUST 2008, and they supposedly credited the account ($147 + 99.00 = $246).

On page two of this letter, you will see that Verizon charged us for the additional router, and then unreturned equipment (highlighted in blue text). You will also notice on the second page of this letter that a credit of $38.33 (billing cycle correction), leaving the secondary account number, 007471409xxxx, for Verizon FIOS Internet still active (discontinue of the land line service shifts the internet billing to the first of each month). The FIOS Internet bills one month in advance, to my credit card, and has done so since August 2008 (you will see that account is up to date). I do not receive paper bills, and with the xxxx account cancelled, I do not see any billing cycle.

We have attempted to contact Verizon telephone billing, FIOS billing, and spoken with billing supervisors, who say that the account has been credited (obviously not). The DSL Unreturned equipment charge was disputed twice in August 2008, by both myself and my SO. We have spoken to Verizon land line billing regarding account number ending is xxxx, only to be told that they cannot see any charges on this account. They then transfer us to Verizon FIOS technical support, then to Verizon FIOS billing. We have both been on the phone with customer service at least twice a month since JULY 2008. The last two billing service managers that we both spoke with OCTOBER 10 (because we were on the phone with them at the SAME TIME) said they removed the first DSL equipment charge, and the unreturned router charge from the FIOS Internet account for a total of $246.00. For some reason, they cannot seem to credit xxxx. Each time we call, it is a minimum of two hours, being transferred here and there, but we have spoken with billing managers each time, only to have this occur again.

JUNE 20 BILL

My Bill for: 06-20-2008
Amount of last bill $73.27

Payment received on Jun 18 . Thank you. -$73.27
New Charges

Verizon Charges $23.28 (telephone)

Verizon Online Charges $203.93 (internet)

Total New Charges due Jul 19 $227.21

Verizon Online Charges

New Charges for Account 007471409xxxx
Verizon Fios Internet Service Jun 1 - Jun 30 $49.99
Additional Wireless Router $139.99
Fios Shipping 1 Item $6.95
Total Verizon Broadband Services $196.93

Taxes, Fees & Other Charges
State Tax $5.60
County Tax $1.40
Total Taxes, Fees & Other Charges $7.00
Total New Charges $203.93

Total New Charges for Verizon Online $203.93

JULY 19 BILL

New Charges for Account 007471409xxxx
Verizon Broadband Services
Verizon Fios Internet Service Jun 8 - Jun 30 -$38.33
FiOS Internet Service Jun 8 - Jun 30 $40.63
FiOS Internet Service Jul 1 - Jul 31 $52.99
DSL Unreturned Equipment Charge $99.99
Total Verizon Broadband Services $155.28

State Tax $4.00
County Tax $1.00
Total Taxes, Fees & Other Charges $5.00
Total New Charges $160.28

Bill Date: Aug 1, 2008 Page 1 of 2

Account: 007471409xxxx
Invoice: [protected]
Account Summary
Previous Charges $160.28
Payment Received. Thank You. - $160.28
Past Due Charges $.00
New Charges
Verizon Broadband Services $61.86
Total New Charges $61.86

Total Due $61.86

You will see on the SEP 2008 FIOS bill that there is a credit of $104.99 which credited the second router charge of $99 from the JUL2008 bill on the FIOS account, instead of the telephone account as it was supposed to.

Bill Date: Sep 1, 2008 Page 1 of 2

Account: 007471409xxxx
Invoice: [protected]
Account Summary
Previous Charges $61.86
Payment Received. Thank You. - $61.86
Adjustments - $104.99
Credit Balance - $104.99
New Charges
Verizon Broadband Services $57.99
Total New Charges $57.99

Total Due - $47.00

Bill Date: Oct 1, 2008 Page 1 of 2

Account: 007471409xxxx

Invoice: [protected]

Account Summary
Previous Charges - $47.00
Payment Received. Thank You. $47.00
Past Due Charges $.00
New Charges
Verizon Broadband Services $57.99
Total New Charges $57.99

Total Due $57.99

At this time, I do not believe that sufficient corrections have been made by Verizon Telephone Billing, nor Verizon FIOS billing, to correct their error. I will not pay this amount until such time that the telephone account is credited accordingly, and the 139.99 and $6.95 charges from JULY 2008 removed.

Is this sufficient to get the collections company back on Verizon instead?