Mobile Service Providers

Forums: Mobile Phones, Cell Phones, Verizon, Service Providers
Email this Topic • Print this Page

Thankfully it's really hard for most people to just switch mobile providers due to contract cancellation fees. So victory Verizon! And if you do switch carriers, don't worry. They'll all start doing this eventually. If they all do it, you can't threaten to switch, can you?

Quote:

The nation's largest wireless company is instituting a $2 "convenience charge" for those customers who make one-time bill payments using a debit or credit card, either online or by telephone. The fee will go into effect on Jan. 15.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/12/29/technology/verizon_convenience_fee/index.htm

Topic Stats
Top Replies
Link to this Topic

Type: Discussion • Score: 10 • Views: 5,740 • Replies: 12

[+3] - Rockhead - 12/29/2011verizon sucks. I paid $150 to switch companies a few years ago, and damned if they didn't buy the folks I switched to. I don't have $2 more a month to give the SOBs. I'm not under contract...

@jcboy,

verizon sucks.

I paid $150 to switch companies a few years ago, and damned if they didn't buy the folks I switched to.

I don't have $2 more a month to give the SOBs. I'm not under contract anymore, but I don't think I could get approved any longer somewhere else...

oh well.

bastards...

1 Reply

@Rockhead,

True, I use to have Verizon I now have AT&T. Of course, this only affects single payments. If you are auto-billed monthly, you won't be charged but I don’t auto bill, I pay everything online when I get the bill.

1 Reply

@jcboy,

I wait to the last possible moment, and then call and authorize them to hit my card.

my bill goes up a few cents every month, too. just because...

1 Reply

Look at the bright side, at least you're not stuck with T-Mobile. With T-Mobile you hardly get any coverage or signal. I still think Verizon is a better carrier than those out there.

1 Reply

@outgoingpeep,

Right about that, I had T-Mobile, their service is horrible! dropped calls, etc!

0 Replies

I've had Sprint for a long time, pretty happy with it. I don't use it for calling much though. (Mostly texting + data.)

0 Replies

@jcboy,

Why anyone uses anything other than Virgin Mobile is a mystery to me....

0 Replies

@jcboy,

apparently they've already announced that they're dropping this proposed charge

1 Reply

@ehBeth,

http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/30/verizon-backs-down-from-convenience-fee-values-your-two-cents/

0 Replies

@Rockhead,

Rockhead wrote:

I wait to the last possible moment, and then call and authorize them to hit my card.

hehe... me too. Maybe the fee was to recoup their collection efforts through emails, text messages and phone calls

Perhaps all their customers sending them paper checks would've been more "convenient".

1 Reply

@thack45,

Sounds like an ATM charge. Maybe your bank would rather hire a few extra tellers.

0 Replies

It seems that Verizon was going to attempt to recoup the merchant fees that they accrue through their debit and credit card transactions.

Expect to see increased prices for their various calling plans since they've decided to nix the convenience fee and instead will likely pass their merchant fee costs to their consumers thereby.

0 Replies

Mobile Service Providers

Related Topics

Quick Links

My Account

able2know