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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 11:35 AM Original message |
The official "Verizon Wireless is Evil" Thread. |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. Unfortunately your options are slim. |
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amdezurik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. yep, gotta agree |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. It will effect your credit if you don't pay.. but if you are willing to pay something to them |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Not especially worried about credit. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. If you switch to Working Assets, they'll buy you out of your Verizon contract. n/t |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Mmmm. Working Assetts, eh? |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
72. It's called CREDO now |
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INdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. solution...switch to Sprint |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Ah yes... Sprint. The company who opened an account for someone who stole my identity, |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Ditto for SPRINT sucks. God forbid if you are a customer and ever want to port a number elsewhere. |
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INdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
40. I have been with Sprint for 8 years and have never had a problem |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
70. I'm switching to Verizon from Sprint |
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jjanpundt (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
6. My boss had a go around with AT&T several years ago and |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. I've been with Verizon wireless for 5 1/2 years and never had a problem. |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Verizon here. I can't say really good things about CS in the store, though, unless you are BUYING. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I agree 100%. However, most of the stores are franchised. |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Ah. you are wise, grasshopper. Uttering the word 'corporate' brings results |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Somewhat in their defense, those independant |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I think that is an important piece of information that would do well to be broadcast. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Again, I agree 100%. |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Mouse hiccup - double post. This is happening more frequently. What's wrong?!? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
53. Same here. Good service, good coverage. I don't do data, and keep |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Me too and me too. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Yep, surfing the internet is using data. e-mail is transferring data texting |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. Take the phones back and start over |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
17. One possible angle -- your son at 12 is a minor and can't "contract" for services |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. That phone/account is in his name. He's responsible for what happens with it. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. from a legal standpoint I mean |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Verizon didn't contract with the kid. They contracted with the parent and the parent gave the phone |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. If your child has a $100 and he buys stuff with it |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Good luck with that. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Oh, it has worked before. |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
52. Interesting. |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. News to me. The store told me ( or maybe it was the *611 number.).. |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. This post is only |
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donco (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
21. Here son is you new phone a…. |
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Fla Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
69. Hey I use a Tracfone and love it. Pay for annual air time and minutes. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
22. Thanks to our "representatives" you are pretty well screwed. |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Not much interested in credit rating anymore. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Yep and all his little friends are doing it too. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
23. Why does a 12 year old kid need a cell phone? |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. OMG. It starts much earlier than that. Elementary school age children have them! He's at least |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. I teach elementary school |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. As a single mom, I find it a very necessary tool. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. I raised 2 kids and they managed just fine without cell phones |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. And parents who raised kids years ago didn't use car seats or seatbelts. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. First week of school this year, a cell phone rang in my classroom |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. So? What has that got to do with anything? n/t |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. As a professional who works with many 12 year olds |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. Actually, no. It just shows you to be very opinionated, and that apparently you |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. I am basing my opinion on professional experience |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. "You are the one who is opinionated." Go back and read your responses. Or ask someone else to do |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. I don't need to read it again |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #59 |
75. hahahahahahaha. |
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cushla_machree (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #45 |
71. I would never give a 12 year old a phone |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
44. P2BL: What are you doing out of the education forum? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. There is no phone at his school? |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Back on the Mayflower , Cotton Mather. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. I think you used poor judgment |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:52 PM Original message |
Read post #61. n/t |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Mouse hiccup. n/t |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Rat fart n/t |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. LOL. I like yours better. Thanks! |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #55 |
66. Your kid, irresponsibly, used the services for which you are being charged. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
29. Take. The. Phone. Away. From. The . Child. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. That's not even true. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. I'm always accidently connecting to Vcast... |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Connecting is not the same as making a purchase. |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. This is eactly why Verizon is EVIL: |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
48. my sil had the same problem, my darling nephew managed to run up a bill of $700 |
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Mollis (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
58. I have Verizon |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
67. I Like to Verizon-Bash Just As Much As the Next Guy, But... |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
68. You're the parent..not Verizon |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
73. The family plan is the sucker bet and that's why they won't negotiate with you. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
74. First advice, when you call, as immediately for a supervisor. |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. You may be right; I'll hve to dig up the paperwork tomorrow; |
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haydukelives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
77. you are |
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