Be careful if you change your Data Plan mid month to save money.

I have been contacted two times now by phone by Verizon representatives that were overwhelmingly concerned about the amount of money I was spending on my monthly cell phone bill.  Their solution, both times, was for me to switch to a different data plan for the month if I see that I am going to run over my allowance.  For the past few months, I had switched my account to the 6 GB plan because I knew that there was a potential for me to run over because of some work that I was doing.  On the 14th of February I looked at my usage and we had only used 2 GB of data for the month and only had 6 days left in my cycle so I decided to switch back to the 4 GB plan to save money.  Remember, this methodology was recommended by Verizon themselves to save money.
Lets do some math.  I have used ~2 GB of data on a 6 GB plan.  I switched back to the 4 GB plan with only 6 days left in my cycle.  Anyone with any math skills at all would see that I should have ~2 GB of data to use.  This is not the case with Verizon.  AFTER SWITCHING, I was informed that I only had 0.9 GB of data left because they had prorated my data plan.  It is pertinent to mention at this point that you can only switch one time in a month.  Guess what?  I ran over.  Now it is going to cost me more than it would have because I followed their suggestion.  The worst part is, I will be paying more for the 4 GB plan (with the overrun) than I would have had I left it at the 6 GB plan and for the cycle I will only have used ~ 3 GB of data.  Somehow it almost seems illegal to sell someone 4 GB of data and charge them an overage fee for using 3 GB.
I called Verizon about this and was very politely told, "So what? and is there anything else I can help you with?"  If this isn't a rouse to make money, there has never been one.
If a Verizon rep reads this and would like to assist, I would be grateful, but I doubt anyone even cares.  Hank Williams said it best, "I was gettin' s******, but I wasn't gettin' kissed."
Benny

BigRedGonzo wrote:
It asked if I wanted to make the change retroactive to the beginning of the cycle.  I told it I did.  What since would it make to not do so?
Not sure. The only thing I can think of is if you changed it after the billing cycle closed on the time period where you had the overages.

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