Customer service mis-selling

A couple of months ago my contract ended and I couldnt wait to leave bt after being ripped off for 18 months .I found a cheaper deal elsewhere and was all set to switch but was talked round with an offer which was going to cost me £28 /month, my bill is now higher than it was previously and have been informed if I wish to leave it will cost me £140.Do bt save the telephone conversation recordings because my last words were "so if I agree the it will cost me no more than £28" yes was the reply so why am I paying £40

as I posted earlier it sounds like line rental has not been added as the 28.00 would be a calls and broadband package
I suggest you contact live chat at this link they should be able to help you
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Contract mis-sold. Terrible customer service from a supervisor-no clear way to make a complaint

After being a good customer for a year and a Verizon Wireless customer for 5 years, numerous issues with Verizon Fios have surfaced.
1) Representative totally mis-informed about the contract
When I took out a contract with Verizon FIos a year ago, I had not wanted to have a contract because they only option available was for 2 years and I knew that the lease for my apartment was only for 1 year and in all likliehood I would be moving. I was told by the representative that there would be no problem if I took out a 2 year contract because I could simply transfer the existing contract to wherever I moved with no issue.
Fastforward a year and I'm moving, call Verizon to make the transfer and i"m told, that actually i'm effectively cancelling my existing contract and re-starting as a new customer. This means that my bundle has gone up $10 a month and I would have to start another 2 year contract.This completely contradicts what I was told a year ago. I would never have taken out the 2 year contract if I had known this.
2) Terrible customer service from someone who is a supervisor
This morning I spoke to a representative and after she said she couldnt address my concerns about being mis-sold the contract, I asked to speak with a supervisor. How he handled the call was incredibly unhelpful and rude - I dont understand how someone at a supervisor level can have that kind of attitude. First he tried to indicate that it was my fault for not being clear with the representative last year (before he knew the full facts), he did not take show any recognition that being mis-informed about a contract is a significant issue. When I asked him how to make a complaint he told me to go to verizon.com/contact. I did this while I was on the phone with him and told him that there was no clear way to make a complaint, I was told "I am a supervisor, I cant sit here on the phone with you and take you through it step by step" - I was not asking for step by step help, I assumed that as a supervisor he would know which wa the right section to click on. He then basically made it sound like I was an idiot and I was told that every other customer seems to find it intuitive (which judging by other comments on this forum about the contact piece of the site is not actually true).
3) Impossible to file an official complaint through normal channels
There is no email address to which you can send a complaint (according to the team on the phone). On the verizon.com/contact page, there is no option for making a complaint. When you type in a question about making a complaint nothing comes up. This seems ridiculous and makes it seem like Verizon is not interested in hearing customers feedback.

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BT - unethical practice & mis-selling

I upgraded my Broadband service with BT in January from option 1 to option 2 . Before upgrading I had done my research to confirm that existing discounts can be carried over. The FAQ section on BT's website clearly states that "When you upgrade your BT Broadband - for example from 'Broadband' to 'Unlimited Broadband' - you transfer with it any discounts as well as the remaining months of your current contract. The only exception to this is if the higher broadband option has a special offer." I specifically drew this to the attention of the BT sales person in my conversation with him and got him to confirm that this will be the case with this transaction. He assured that indeed my discounts would be transferred and the welcome to BT email I got even indicated that any special offers would continue as agreed. Imagine my surprise when I received my bill earlier this month and no discounts. I called BT this morning after 9am and spoke to someone in a call centre who admitted that they had made a mistake and this was likely to be a case of mis-selling. She transferred me to Andy in 'customer options' who didn't seem to have the details of my case. I had to start over again and then he tried fobbing me off to billing but when I insisted that I had been transferred to him to resolve the issue he then said he would escalate the case upstairs - apparently this meant he would refer the case to a manager who would listen to the original conversation in January and get back to me in 4 hours time. Guess what I didn't get a call back from BT, so I decided to call them back at about 4.30pm. It was back to the call centre again with the same questions and the same inane statements that weren't addressing the issue. She didn't ask for my reference number and even when I offered it she ignored my offer. I asked what action had been taken about my complaint and she couldn't tell what had been done. It was at this point that I realised that I was just wasting my time and decided to explore other alternatives such as using this forum to highlight the fact that BT doesn't honour it's contract, does not abide by the statements on its own website and does not follow it's own code of practice. I intend to complain to the ombudsman about this unethical practice on the part of BT and would also consider terminating my contract on the basis that BT has not kept it's part of the bargain. A brief scan of this forum indicates that unethical business practices are becoming the norm with BT. I also intend to tweet about my experience and write to other consumer groups to share my deep dissatisfaction with BT.

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BT mis-selling deal £23.60

To whom it may concern.
I've just spent 75 minutes on the phone, 60 of them on hold. I've spent a lot of hours already on this and I have only just 'joined' BT! Previously, my internet experience had been a happy one.
I was contacted by BT and I agreed to a package of unlimited broadband and anytime calls and line rental for £23.60. It was the only deal that I had heard of in the 9 years i had been with my old ISP that persuaded me to change ISP's.
Turns out what I had agreed to is not what is appearing on my bill, Option 1 is on my bill with it's 10gb limit. I specifically said to the guy on the phone that I did not want a 10gb limit. He said there was no limit whatsoever. When I questioned how they (BT) could do it at that price, he responded 'BT own the lines'.
I have tried contacting BT 5 times now. I need to know in writing that this will be rectified. I would not have changed ISP's if it was a 10gb limit. I am now unable to rejoin my old ISP. The 9 years of loyalty and the benefits I had accrued with my old ISP are now gone. Thanks to BT I am more than disappointed.
I've looked up mis-selling and it appears BT have been practising it for a while. I feel so stupid for accepting what a person from BT said on the phone. But then again, sat in my front room in the evening I don't expect anyone to rip me off, especially not by someone who can have access to my phone number as this chap from BT did (and still has).
I've been lied to and made to feel like I have done something wrong. It's not fair. I didn't agree to the contract that i have been given. I agreed to unlimited broadband, anytime calls and line rental for £23.60 a month, with no hidden charges.
I repeatedly asked the man who phoned what the catch was, how could BT do it for the price, that the reason i hadn't gone with BT before was the 10gb usage cap, he replied that there was no catch, BT owned the lines , there was no limit and I could use it 'as much as you like'.
I have been advised to put my complaint in writing so that is what I am doing. I did speak to someone on Saturday who sounded convincing, but i have no proof of that call and have heard nothing since.
Hope there is someone who can help and advise me on the correct procedure, maybe even get the matter resolved without resorting to a deadlock letter and OFCOM or whatever the ombudsmen are called. I really didn't want this hassle.
Thanks in advance.
Mike (duped)

To know one at BT, but to anyone contemplating making the mistake of joing them - DON'T !!!!!
Oh Dear this all sounds horribly familiar. I was misold a package for unlimited broadband, anytime calls and line rental. I was quoted £26.80 by the salesman and in celebration of my new found deal, I wrote a post it note with the amount in big red numbers in felt tip pen, with a smiley face next to it and stuck it to the front of my Mac. This was to indicate what a result I had just had and to remind myself to adjust my monthly outgoings on my excel spreadsheet.
When my bill came, it was more or less the same as my previous bill and I was somewhat confused. I actually thought that BT had made a mistake and had not yet changed my contract over to the new one. I made the kind of confused face one of my dogs does (the less intelligent one) when he gets told off for being a bull in a china shop, by bashing into my lower leg and cutting me off at the knees. Oh yes, speaking of being cut off, I also had the pleasure of having the phone put down on me by a 'customer services' person the first time I tried to complain, after being on the phone for what seemed like an eternity. I should have realised that this was a taste of things to come.
To cut a long and tedious story short, a lady called me, told me there was no evidence of miselling after listening to a small section of the conversation. I suggested she listened to it in its entirety. She called me back and said that she had done so, but quite frankly she could have been having a cup of tea and a kit-kat at her desk browsing the net for all I know and on calling me back told me what I already knew she was going to tell me.
Im not going to bother to tell you what I said to the BT representative, because anyone with half a brain cell would have mentioned the same obvious things such as:
1.Why would I take out a contract that I was happy with and then wake up one day and say to myself "I feel like not being happy with my BT contract today, even though Im happy with it and although Ive got mountains of seriously difficult studying to do, Ill waste my time and call them and complain"
2.With regards to which party has anything to gain or who is more likey to indulge in miselling, it is a company providing a service which the customer is paying for and not the customer, who is paying for that service. The customer loses out, no one else.
LACK OF IMAGINATION
Why would you treat your customers like this for the sake of grabbing an extra 12 months out of them, only to lose their custom for the rest of their lives, while they make it their mission in life to tell every single person they can, that BT is untrustworthy and greedy.
BT (this bits for you) - have some humillity, be less greedy and stop behaving like a bank, because believe me, you will lose A LOT of custom and if another provider has the foresight to stop this practice of locking customers into contracts by the end of the telephone call, with no way of changing their minds AND making contracts shorter and more flexible, which has now happened with the mobile phone market, you will see a massive exodus of customers like you have never seen before.
So, I am locked in with BT for another 12 months - what joy. I will have to put up with BTs greedmongering until next year, but at least I know I am honest and straight and that when I do my job, I actually help people, rather than rob them.

Anyone know how to contact anyone in Verizon headquarters? Since I'm not getting anywhere with Customer Service

I'd like to express how unsatisfied we have been with Verizon on an issue that has been ongoing now since March 14, 2014. It involves an upgrade on one of our lines. After all these months, phone call with customer service, Tech support, and visits to a Verizon stores, I would hope that there are ample notation on our acct but since I've had to explain the situation on a bi-weekly time frame, I would assume that no one has documented any contacts.
We've been with Verizon for few yrs now and I have always been very satisfied with Verizon who, up until now , always provided excellent customer service in their knowledge, concern, and customer satisfaction. But I have to say, every positive outlook I've had with your company has been wiped clean with the worst service we have received in the last few months.
We upgraded my daughter's phone on 03-14-14 with a Samsung Galaxy Mini from an Iphone 4s. Within 24 hrs, the phone failed. After 2 visits to a Verizon store the next day which took 6 hrs, we still had to return the next day to speak to a manager. The 2 stores advised us to make a CLAIM on the defective phone thru our insurance plan with Verizon. A CLAIM on a 24 hr old phone!! A 3rd visit with a manager finally convinced him to replace the phone with another new phone at the store. Within 2 weeks - issues began to occur with the replacement phone. Several visits more, several calls more with Customer Service, several calls more with tech support which adds up to soooo many of our time taken up to simple have temporary "fixes" is outrageous. If I billed Verizon for my time, perhaps the situation would have been resolved more quickly. Each visit lasts approx 2 hrs, each phone call approx 1-1 1/2 hrs. We are talking at least 2x a month for the course of 5 1/2 months. Plus the time it takes to get the phone back to where she needs it - contacts, apps, internet.
Not once were we offered a new phone or replace the phone. Not until today. Replace the phone with the same phone that my daughter has grown to hate. So basically a 3rd phone - same phone. She is not interested in this phone any longer. She dealt with this phone model for far too long.
Today we were offered to replace the phone with same phone, or pay for a refurbished Iphone 4. So basically she would be going back to her original Iphone 4s before the upgraded WITH a cost. So her upgrade was wasted, we'd paid over $200 for a defective phone, and would need to pay for an even older model Iphone 4 and have to pay for it. Why wasn't she offered a different phone within those 30 days after the upgrade and 6 visits?
Every rep at the stores, every rep in tech support would provide a different reason for the issue. Finally, tech support advised not to download apps. WHAT GOOD IS A SMARTPHONE IF YOU CAN'T HAVE APPS??? We are talking about a 20 yrs college student who attends school in another state. Do you know the trouble she has to go thru to visit a store? To find 2 hrs between being a full time student with 2 jobs to sit on the phone with a tech support or go to a Verizon store? Once-ok Twice-maybe BUT for 5 months?
She's not eligible for an upgrade. She will be stuck with a phone that she had grown to hate. And I with customer service which I've grown to hate.
Finally, The Edge. Trying to find a way to make my daughter happy, I spoke with 4 representative today about the Edge. Each rep gave me 4 different information. 1st rep advised Edge phone could not be used on another line so I could not use a line eligible for the Edge and give that phone to my daughter since she isn't eligible for the Edge. 2nd rep advised that although new phone thru edge must be used by same number that it was eligible for, we could use the current phone o that line for my daughter. My son currently has an Iphone 5 and is eligible for the Edge early upgrade. He would not have to return his Iphone 5 so my daughter could use it. However, all the lines would have to go to the More Everything Plan and share the Data between all our phone lines. 3rd rep advised the cost would almost double from our current $358 to go to the More Everything Plan so suggested to have 2 accounts vs just 1. 4th rep advised not every line needs to go the More Everything Plan, we could not keep the current phone, and my daughter could get a replacement phone but same phone or made exception to offer the Edge early upgrade to my daughter but only after we go thru the replacement program because the phone we send to Verizon has to be in good working order/no defects.
After 5 1/2 months, it is now Verizon that is indicating that we have a defective phone and can't accept it thru the Edge program or we would get billed approx $299 for a defective phone. After 5 1/2 months of me calling in about a defective phone that not one rep replaced because they "fixed" the problem ( by the way, a temporary fix is not fixing, if it was fixed I would have made those calls today or writing this email), I am now being told her phone is defective. She advised to get a replacement phone first, return the old phone, activate the new phone, then call in to get the Edge early upgrade. So my daughter would have to do all this, plus add contacts back, apps and whatever else she needs to use her phone just to turn around a couple weeks later and do it all over again with the new phone thru the Edge program. Once again, we are the ones having to be inconvenienced and go thru all these steps. Did I mention she is going to be studying abroad in Italy beginning Nov? So the idea of having to wait 2-3 weeks for a new phone and having only a week or 2 to test the phone to make sure it's working properly before she's out of the country doesn't sound appealing to me. Verizon has made us have a defective phone for 5 months advising it's in good working order after each and every "fix" but Verizon will not accept that phone if returned in the same condition as a phone in good working condition. Do you see the irony in that?
I have reached my limit and after 5 yrs of my brother in law trying to convince us to switch to AT&T where he works in their Corporate Office, I can honestly say I will not be sad to leave Verizon. Especially when one of your reps simply provided me with the contract end dates to provide to AT&T because they offered to buy out our contract. No effort in customer retention what so ever. That was a phone call on Thursday.
And yes, one of your tech reps tried to convince me of all the hassle it would be to switch and time AT&T would take to buy out our contracts but honestly it was the pot calling the kettle. I am not in the position to discuss hassle and time after 5 months of getting that with Verizon. Did I mention it's my brother in law so we would be getting special treatment and no out of pocket expenses to switch. It was my loyalty and satisfaction with Verizon that has kept me from switching all these years. Something Verizon clearly does not appreciate.
So can you guess where I am with confidence that your customer service department is knowledgable about the plans/offers? Where I am that I can trust what I'm being told?
I know this email is confusing and really hard to understand...perhaps now you will know how i've been feeling--lost and confused with all the mis-information, with a hit and miss phone, and out of time with all the 1 1/2 hr to 2 hrs EACH wasted on this issue.
On top of all this, I can't even find out how to file a complaint with anyone higher up than Customer Service.

Jneklason wrote:
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I know this email is confusing and really hard to understand...perhaps now you will know how i've been feeling--lost and confused with all the mis-information, with a hit and miss phone, and out of time with all the 1 1/2 hr to 2 hrs EACH wasted on this issue.
On top of all this, I can't even find out how to file a complaint with anyone higher up than Customer Service.
I hate to tell you this, but you didn't write an email. You wrote a discussion post on the Verizon Wireless Community forum which is a public peer to peer forum. Unfortunately since you didn't mark your post as a question, the VZW reps that roam this community won't ever see your post. Before you re-post it, don't. Duplicate posts get removed from the community.
I see there were several missteps both by the reps and yourself in your post. First you should have insisted on returning the phone within the 14 day return policy period. Second which Samsung Galaxy mini model did you purchase? The S3 mini or the S4 mini? Did you do any research prior to deciding on this device. The reps at that time deflected the easiest course of action, by trying to get you to replace the phone under insurance instead of returning the phone. The Early Edge payment option requires the current phone on the line using the early Edge must be returned to Verizon Wireless. Did you once considered going to a third party site like Swappa to purchase a gently used device for your daughter?

Worst tech support and customer service i have ever experienced in my life

almost two hours of my time was wasted on tech support. rude, inconsiderate people from the philipines. i have filopino friends. they are nothing like these people.
after wasting my time through endless transfers, being hung up on multiple times, transferred to the worng number more than ten times i got india somehow, and the women told me my is faulty. the numbers lock key doesn't work and i can't punch any buttons on the right side where the numeric keypad is.
dell and your other competitors must love this because the abusrdity of this experience is resulting in my returning this pc. i bought it two days ago.
wow ...
sad, sad, state of affairs. worst call centre i have ever had the displeasure of dealing with. especially some guy named 'ricky'. what an abnoxious human being.
i have apple products but prefer pc, but with service like this ... man ...
anyway, terrible way to lose a customer.
have i mentioned i often advise on what computers to buy? hear that sucking sound? bad customer service results in bad business.
good luck. selling my stock.

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**bleep** BT BBand **bleep** customer service.

Feb 19 called in after previously reporting BB fault. have now had 3 line test done.
Told problem inside house.
Feb 22? engineers came and test line replaced socket and said the fault was in the exchange and said that i would receive a new router and that the case would be open 5 days.
I waited in 3 days for a new router to arrive... Guess what one never arrived.
This was also questioned after this date and i was told one will not be coming.
feb 27 called in as problem still exsisted and they refused to pass me onto complaints. was told i could get to complaints via teh 150 number, but I could not find away to it.
feb 28th problem still not sorted and spoke to someone who offered me a new contract £25.35 all in the same package.
Why would I want to get a new contract for a faulty line????
(not sure of date.)
navamita mukherjee
said case closed
supervisor biplab ghosh
previous advisor incorrectly gave me wrong information.
1/3/11 12:17
zareen said it has been fixed again.
2/3/11 13:08
sucheta said there is now a fault.
throughput fault next update 31 may 2011
am entitled to rental rebate, never offered.
I am still waiting to receive a phone call concerning the rebate.
Its only been nearly 5 months...
Ive also called into customer services in may and june to which the repsonces where that the poblem is in the exchange and then my home and then the exchange and then that there is no problem/fault.
But guess what! I still have a problem, and my broadband is running like a bag of poo.
richard in india 13:29 13/6/2011
Doing line test
he tried to tell me that i was downloading at 7.6 meg when it was only 3998 kbs, stating that my DSL connection rate is what i am downloading at.
told nothing wrong and turn modem off for 20 mins
and he would call back
he never called back.
13june2001 19:24 shaid
asked for ofcom/oftel details trying not to give them...
supervisor claire
told they do not hold the information for ofcom.oftel
john bt technical help desk.
said there is a problem in the exchange
14 june 2011
john 13:24
tested and is at 5.4 meg
I saw a Bt engineer outside the exchange late june and asked him what the problem is, he said there is a problem inside the exchange! as I am not the only person to have a problem in the area.
I have continued to call into bt to complain about the service, where i feel i may as well not have bothered.
Because the people you talk to dont comprehend what you are saying to them and they try to fob you off with excuses and misleading bull **bleep**
for the last month my broadband has been up and down like a yoyo.
where for the last couple of days it has done an all time low and dropped down to a near constant 1 meg line.
called bt 2100 5th july 2011
yogesh
complaints
sanjesh in complaints,
raising complaint again and monitor speed profile.
abdus 11:51 am
6th july 2011 11am
20 mins waiting
laksnakshmi
0800800150
shabu would not pass me through to complaints
I have paid nearly £40 a month for nearly 5 months for a broken service, promised a router and waited in 3 days for it to arrive, wasted hours upon hours trying to get a fault fixed, that your staff have consistantly mis-lead me about and even trying to fob me of with right bad excuses...
£40 x 5 = £200
£80 a day for 3 days = £240
Countless hours wasted on the phone Ffffing PRICELESS! 15 hours £10 an hour £150
Are you going to compensate me for the mental stress you have put me through?
I have mental health issues and you as a company have pushed me past my limits on more than one occassion.
Regards
Madeingb.

Bad language is a product of compounded bad customer service.
If in the last four and a half months they had fixed the problem, we wouldn't be typing this on here.
Then there wouldn't be anything bad writen above.
But as the word under those stars and beep isnt actually a bad word, it was just another word for poop.
I dont see what is so bad about it.
Frustration?
Do you mean the frustration caused by asking someone politley to put you through to the complaints department and they refuse to? So you ask again, and they still wont put you though.
This happened more than once.
Four and a half months is plenty patient. Dont you think?
As you said the staff on here are far better than the ones on the phone and they have reset my profile and allowed my broadband to work better than 1 meg.
So the most recent compounded problem of the stuck profile has been fixed, now it just leaves the problem in the exchange with throughput to be sorted out now.
The problem I have had for the last 4/5 months.
Question everything or fall victim to authority.

Customer service issues, no complaint department!

Not sure I'm really asking a question here, just looking for a place to be heard! Up to now my experience with Verizon has been good, however I've always been on the buying end, Verizon on the selling. Recently though, I needed to cancel a line on my account. Not a big deal, or so I thought! First, there is absolutely no way that I can find to do this through the website, even though it is very easy to add a line through the website. I live about an hour away from the nearest store and didn't want to make the drive just to get rid of the line. So I looked up the phone number for the store via the website only to discover that even though each store shows a different number, your call is clearly routed to a universal call center in who-knows-where. Furthermore the automated system is terrible! I called 3 times on my cell phone and never got past the first set of options because it wouldn't recognize that I was hitting the numbers to respond. The fourth time I called on a land line and got through the first and second level, but by the 3 level it was having trouble recognizing my keystrokes again and routed me back around to the 1st level only to start again. Eventually I got to a human only to figure out that this was not my store that I was led to believe I was calling. All that just to deal with some stranger who doesn't know me or my account, just reading info off a screen! And, whose number one goal was not to just take care of my request, but rather sell me something, or in this case, do her best to talk me out of getting rid of the line! Are you kidding me! If I wanted high pressure sales personnel I would've chose that option two levels ago!!! After finally convincing her that yes I do want to cancel the line, and no I do not want to keep it and use it for a different device, she puts me on hold "while she takes care of that". Unbelievable! Eventually, she came back and the deed was finally done. By now I'm looking for an email address, or a complaint department, again not through the website, and there was no way I was calling again. So this is all I got, and I have no confidence that this will generate any change. Lesson learned: 1) Verizon is typical big business, only cares about making your purchasing experience easy and pleasurable, and creates as many road blocks as necessary to dissuade you from doing anything that lowers your bill or cost them income. 2) Even though its an hour away, any business I do with Verizon will require that I make the drive and deal with someone face-to-face, yes even in the most technologically advanced nation on the planet in 2014! Did I mention I'm dealing with a cell phone company...the irony!
To those who read this, whomever you may be, I apologize for the rant since you are probably not anyone that can actually do anything about it.

To get through to a person on the phone you simply need to continue to press 0. Works for me every time. Any rep, no matter in the store or on the phone, is tasked with trying to keep you from canceling any services. It is their job. You can't get mad at them for simply doing their job. How would you feel if someone got mad at you for the same thing. Let them do their jobs. It does stink that you have to repeatedly request the cancellation of service but their responsibility is to find another solution if possible.
When you call a Verizon Wireless store and nobody answers your call gets routed to a national call center. Why? Because customer service. How would you feel if you called the store and it just kept ringing and nobody answered? Oh. The store is not allowed to access your account, let alone process a cancellation of services, without an authorized user in the store to show identification. So had you actually gotten someone in the store you would have been directed to visit the store making the hour drive that you clearly didn't want to make or call in. All of this during the busiest week of the year.
We are not the most technologically advanced country on the planet. France has trains that travel 200MPH, China had a 21% growth in wind power capacity (in megawatts) while the US had 1% last year and also Quad HD displays have been available overseas for about 3 years now and are just hitting the US.
Any representative of VZW will know your account just as well as the next. They do this by reading info off of a screen. That's what the screen is there for.

Customer Service Issue

I just finished speaking with your customer service department and have found myself MORE frustrated then when I called. I have been a LONG standing Verizon customer (longer then the 2003 that I was told) and have always spoken quite highly about your services until now.
Approximately three months ago we called to upgrade our home internet service and that started the frustration with your teams. We were told that the service would be an additional $10 per month and we would see that charge after six months. The first month the bill was wrong. We called and in theory it was straightened out. We had to call the following month and again were told it was straightened out. Month three I notice that my bill is astronomical and I call. Yup straw that broke the camels back. I call in and explain my frustrations with the first issues and now this HUGE overage in my cell phone bill. I explain that when I took the phones I was told ANY Verizon phone was free; I was IMMEDIATELY corrected that Verizon land lines were never the case. Well Verizon that has been your policy however a customers knowledge is usually what the person they signed up with has led them to believe. If you review the bills you will see that the usage has gone up considerably. So clearly this was only brought to my attention today since I was under the impression that the increase in my bills was due to the computer line. Absolutely, my bad for not thoroughly reading the statements and it is my responsibility to review my statements. Since the bills rarely fluctuate I am among the legions that don't review it.
This morning I went on line when I noticed that I received my bill and gasped. How could my bill be so much? It became clear to me when I reviewed it what the problem was. I asked myself why didn't I receive a call from the company that I have bragged about for their outstanding service to say we noticed your habits have changed and we wanted to review your account with you? Most companies do this....I work for a bank and we call our customers on a daily basis to touch base with those that have been flagged as changes in their normal habits.......wouldn't my cell phone company do this?
So the first person that I spoke to kept quoting policy when I explained what I was looking for; I told her I was a long standing Verizon customer. I was frustrated with the bill I just opened since I was under the impression from when I took the phones that Verizon to Verizon (including land lines) were part of the package and I thought my bill was ridiculous and I was looking to change plans and see if there was anything Verizon could do to help me. While I am sure that the representative was not aware of how she was addressing me I felt as though I was an uneducated individual; policy, policy, policy. I completely understand that every company has policies and procedures, I am completely aware that I have a responsibility to review my bill on a monthly basis but she truly inflamed me. Does not the $325 dollars a month that I pay for land line, computer service and cell phones mean anything to Verizon? Nope.
I asked to speak with a supervisor since I did not want to take my frustrations out on this service representative and I explained this to her. I told her that while I was positive that she didn't realize it she made me feel as though I was being spoke down to and I didn't appreciate it. Since I work in a highly regulated industry also (banking) I understand that ALL companies have policies but the truth in the matter was that no one cares to hear that word or not feel as though they've been heard. I asked to speak with a supervisor.
Audra was the supervisor that came on the line. I explained to her my frustrations, said I was looking to see what could be done for again here was the litany of my frustrations. I was told that the POLICY was she could give me $90 towards this overage but Verizon never allowed land lines to be included in their service. Again I know that now and probably should have known it then and moving forward I'll be sure to ask so many questions that I have the person selling me the service wondering if the sale is really worth it. I voiced my annoyance (I am annoyed) about policy and the $90; it's truly not the $90 it's how the word policy keeps creeping into the conversation. It's as though that word can be used as a "shield" to stop a customer's annoyance; it doesn't. I then asked for the termination without penalty; well if I'm terminating then as a matter of policy she would not give me the $90 credit. Do you see where this is getting worse?
I then ask for the address to write a formal complaint to and the phone number; as a matter of policy you don't give it out? Seriously, okay. I then inform Audra that I will be contacting the FCC to file this complaint also; looking back customer service or the poor service truly isn't in their realm but not giving an address to your own company? It's a matter of your policy?
I move along to the upgrade in my service and taking the $90 credit since I have two early termination fees; I'm all set. I do need to go on line and register the 10 phone numbers that I want for friends and family. I find this strange; you know which numbers I call most frequently; suggestion - with all of the technology that's out there I would think you could do an analysis and send an email to the users about this and ask if this works for them. Simple customer service.
I say that given the size of the bill I would like to make arrangements to pay this over two months; I'm told I'll have to call that number. Really she couldn't transfer me?
So Verizon, we all know that a dissatisfied customer tells 10 people before there was internet and social networking sites. I'd love a phone call to discuss this message so please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Unhappy customer

I am totally guessing that you were calling a VZ landline thinking it was ok to call and not be billed. The literature is very clear it is Mobile 2 mobile or Verizon wireless customers to Verizon wireless customers that you can call without using minutes.
As for Friends and Family. Be happy they are letting you have numbers to call for free. There is no need for them to give you the information. Lets say you have a family plan and they choose all your teenage kids friends and not anyone you want.

We need a new section entitled: Issues With Apple Customer Service

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Alright, I have a suggestion for improvement. We need a new forum section for complaints about the way Apple is treating us.
To make sure I'm being clear, let me give you an example of just such a post that may be included in such a section.
I ordered online the family packs of Leopard, iWork '08 and iLife '08 on November 6th. I received an email telling me my order had been shipped on November 7th.
On November 9th I decided to check the progress of my shippment by logging on to FedEx. To my surprise, it had been delivered! Not to me but another party. I could download a PDF from FedEx and see the signature.
After trying to deal with FedEx for a few days I was finally told to deal with Apple because they would have to initiate the investigation. Fine. These things happen.
On 11/13/2007 I spoke with an Apple Customer Service Representative and received an Apple Issue Number and Case Number. I was told that it should be resolved in a few days. It wasn't.
11/20/2007, Here's where it gets interesting. In talking with them again I explained that since my signature was not on the FedEx ticket it had not been delivered properly if at all. I explained that since FedEx was clearly at fault the package should be shipped again. Finally they agreed. I was told that my package would be shipped and to expect an email.
11/23/2007, I was told again that nothing would be shipped until after an investigation had been completed. So did they lie? I spoke with a manager who kept repeating that he was sorry for the mis-communication. That became very frustrating to say the least. Remember, FedEx requires a signature. Without it or my permission to deliver somewhere else they must deliver to me and get my signature. The FedEx PDF clearly shows another persons signature.
Equally frustrating is the fact that they will not keep me informed as to the status. I have to call them and wait on hold. I did get a couple of emails with text along the lines of, "We continue to work with our carrier on your lost package. "
However, there is no way to reply to these form letters. The only way to stay in touch with Apple is to call and be put on hold.
Twice, after giving them my order number and being put on hold "while they look up my records" or whatever, the call was disconnected. I'm not saying they did so on purpose but the results were the same. Another call, another round of giving my order number and explaining to yet again a new person the details of the situation.
I've had many problems with Apple since becoming a customer in June of 2006 but I just can't let this go. I need a place to warn others. If you buy something, you might be better off buying it from a store instead of on-line. This kind of information is needed to warn others concerning the business practices of Apple should something go wrong. This is why we need a new section for putting forth such complaints.

It seems to me that the real problem here is with FedEx, as I have encountered similar types of problems with them in the past. Even though a signature is required, I have had packages left on my porch. When I enquired, someone had actually signed (i.e.forged) my name! Other times it has been left on my porch with some other signature. When I call to complain, FedEx just seems to think there is no problem as long as I got my package. They seem totally unconcerned even though a signature is required and I definitely did not authorize delivery with no signature. I have expressed my concerns directly to Apple, but have no way of knowing if it has done any good. I think this problem is worse with FedEx ground, as that is contracted out. Around here anyway, i think the drivers will sign the ticket and leave the package just so they won't have to make another trip. It's not right, and it's not supposed to happen this way, but i know it does.
Apple entrusted your package to FedEx in good faith that it would be delivered to you, and that your signature would be required for you to receive it. That should have resulted in you receiving it. however, due to a false signature, you did not. Clearly, FedEx is responsible.
If the package was supposedly delivered to your address, but has a false signature, I wonder if the driver might have signed the delivery ticket or gotten someone else to sign it and just left it on your porch or something like that. If so, it could have been subsequently stolen. If something like this happened, it might explain why things are so bogged down in the investigation at Apple. From their viewpoint, the package was delivered and a signature was obtained and they are probably being stonewalled by FedEx.
A user to user discussion forum such as Apple Discussions won't help with delivery problems. It's best to report them directly to Apple as you have done. If you continue to have problems, you can call Apple and ask to speak to Apple Customer Relations. They may well be able to cut through the red tape. You could also express your concern in the "Feedback to Apple" section. Maybe if enough people complain, they might consider awarding the shipping contract to someone else. Or perhaps the other shippers are even worse.
One of my recent shipments was evidently lost in a typhoon. But when I called Apple, a replacement was sent out immediately. This is more what I would expect of Apple, and you have every right to expect similar treatment.
If FedEx delivered to the wrong address and got a wrong signature, they should be expected to go back and retrieve the package. But if they delivered to your address and did not get your signature, then you would be well within your rights to go to your local Better Business Bureau and file a complaint against FedEx. That might possibly get some action of some sort. FedEx cannot ignore the BBB as easily as they can ignore you. If your signature was actually forged, you will certainly be able to prove that the signature on the delivery ticket is definitely not yours. And you could forward the BBB complaint to Apple. I don't know if this would help or just muddy the water, but it would put a little more pressure on FedEx I would think.
In the meantime, I would certainly speak to Apple Customer Relations and see if they can help you out here. They want happy Apple customers, and I think they would like to know about the extreme frustrations you are experiencing through no fault of your own.
I sympathize with your problems, and I hope that you are able to get them resolved soon.
Good luck!

Apple customer service/support = terrible

There is no where else for me to do this really, so I thought I'd rant here...
I received an ipod (20G 4th gen) last christmas from my parents, amazing present i'm sure you'd agree! everything has been great with it until 2 weeks ago when it just stopped working for no reason. I got up to go to work, switched on ipod and nothing except a folder and a warning icon.
no problems really I thought reboot it, no effect. reset, ditto. Plugged it into my mac everything appeared fine. I can drag and drop files from it, listen to tunes on it, everything as normal. So I unplugged it. back to warning screen. I decided to factory restore, which went fine. But if I unplug it it just goes back to the warning screen.
So I went on a wee trip to the local apple place, who sent it off to their repair people...but it is returned 'cos it is out of warranty by 3 weeks, turns out my parents bought the thing in september for some reason...
Anyway I decided to phone apple support but they are just no help at all, appalling english so that i could barely understand the two service people that I ended up speaking to and basically they tell me that there is nothing I can do except give them £170 and they'll give me a new ipod...now this is just not an good. It is their product that has gone wrong. why should I pay? The original service people that it got sent to noted that there is no visible damage on the outside, ie it has not been dropped...if they open it up they'll see that there is no damage on the inside from beinging in water or anything (cos it hasn't been in water) so bascially 3 weeks out of the one year warranty but after only 10 months or so of use the ipod has stopped working through no fault of my own and somehow I am expected to pay!!!!
How can they do this? It is just really really terrible customer service. I have gone from always being a mac customer with all Macs in my office and home to never ever going to buy one of their products ever again! I am so dissappointed, just can't believe it...now where is that Sony brochure?
Rant over.

I feel for you, I have just sent my 40gb 4th gen ipod to be repaired for the third time, I was fortunate in that i have applecare. However you may still be afforded some protection by the Scottish Law which is far superier to the laws of our colonial subjects, Apple have to comply the 'Sale of Goods Act' which basically says if Apple are selling ipods that are only meant to last about a year, and have told you so then fair enough, but if it is generally consider that such a device should last longer they maybe liable to repair or a replacement particularly if you can show that these products are prone to failure i.e. there is a inherent flaw/fault in the design and operation (the keep freezing)in the product. So contact Trading Standards and checkout the goverment website www.gov.uk
Good Luck
Powerbook G4, Emac, ipod 4th gen, ipod mini Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Lack of Integrity and Competence from Verizon's customer service/billing

I recently made a trip to the DR and as such needed global communication for the duration of my trip. Ahead of my trip I requested the service with customer service with a guarantee that the service would be billed only for duration that I requested. My billing for last month, June, reflected just the opposite. Verizon charged me yet another $100 for the month of June.
I called customer service to request billing corrective action to which I was told that I had two choices. One, pay the current amount 300+ and wait for a refund or two, pay the actual bill and allow the refund to balance itself out. I was assured that the latter would not result in my account falling into default.
I just received July's billing to which the $100 credit was applied but my account was placed into default. I called customer service once again to rectify their mistake. My request was not to refund me immediately, rather to take my account out of default. I was told by several departments, billing, service, and plan service, that they would NOT make good on my account. Further, I was told that unless I paid the past due balance, that is a result of their mis-billing, that my account would face interruption.
I have been with Verizon for more than 6 years now and have never been in default or past due status. I have never had such an incompetent experience with Verizon. The lack of integrity that was demonstrated resulted in me stating that Verizon would loose a valued and loyal customer to which they replied "we;re sorry you feel this way."
I am extremely dissapointed in this particular service and the lack of integrity that was demonstrated. If this is how they deal with mistakes that they make, then I willnot want to continue with their service.
I thought that I'd share my story so that others may be aware in hopes to avoid such dishonesty and incompetence.

ppepelepeuw2,
Morning!
I'd like to help with this situation and clear up any frustration. It does sound like your trip crossed the billing cycle, which would cause the statement to show that data feature charge until removed and prorated. Please PM me your name and mobile number if you would like more assistance with this concern.
Thank you!

Really Frustrated with Lack of Customer Service

I have landline, DSL Internet and then a separate mobile and data plan with you. I cam home yesterday and it seemed Fios was being installed or serviced next door or two doors down. I can not connect to the Internet via my DSL. My data plan is 75% used up. I tried calling customer service numerous times and was default routed to something automated in Spanish, which I do not speak.It not seem to be saying anything about unavailability due to time, and your web page does not seem to conspicuously sayt anything as to that either. I have a cordless phone. It was using up battery possibly on the way to nowhere even though I stayed on a good while. I tried another option at one point, you had someone with what seemed an Indian or Pakistani accident who was available to SELL me something.He spoke fast. I was asking him to be connected to customer service and he was telling me to call the number but not listening to what I was saying about the language problem. Eventually he LAUGHED at me and apparently hung up. I don't feel Verizon really cares about its customers. You care about SELLING more poor service to us. YOUR home page and a lot else looks like that. I need help. You are acting Too Big To Serve. The problem with my connection seems to be your line to me or, possibly, my modem that came with service many years ago needs to be replaced. But there is no one to communicate with, even though you are supposedly about communication.

Your issue has been escalated to a Verizon agent. Before the agent can begin assisting you, they will need to collect further information from you.
Please go to your profile page for the forum, and look in the middle, right at the top where you will find an area titled "My Support Cases". You can reach your profile page by clicking on your name beside your post, or at the top left of this page underneath the title of the board.
Under “My Support Cases” you will find a link to the private board where you and the agent may exchange information. This should be checked on a frequent basis as the agent may be waiting for information from you before they can proceed with any actions.
To ensure you know when they have responded to you, at the top of your support case there is a drop down menu for support case options. Open that and choose "subscribe".
Please keep all correspondence regarding your issue in the private support portal.

CUSTOMER SERVICE MODULE-DETAILS

Dear Guys,
Presently Iam in PM and my company is expecting project in CS and they want me to handle it.If any of you guys has implemented CS,pl send me the basic details.I appreciate your help in this regard.My mail ID is [email protected]
Regards
ISWARI

Actually CS is used widely in service industries. as far as concerned with SD module, it takes care about the selling of the product. once we sold the product to customer, we need to take care of the service & maintenance of the product. in such a case, customer service comes into picture,
It is all abt creating the service order and executing the service order and settlement of that. Also it is closely integrated with PM, CO and PP module.
the following master datas are important in CS.
1) customer
2) Material (service)
3) Functional location
4) Equipment
5) Installment bases
6) work centres
7) Pricing conditions
8) BOM
Reward if useful.
Edited by: kaleeswaran bhoopathy on Jan 21, 2008 6:24 PM

How did you fixed your headphone jack breaking since verizon sucks at customer service

My headphone jack literally just stopped working. All the stuff I have read online is showing that most LG G2 users have this exact problem. I would like to know how to get mine fixed since verizon is sending me on a rat race to find out what to do.

There has been no damage to the phone. I have tried four different head phones. When it started all i had to do was twist the head phone and the phone would lose connection. When that happens on the LG it completely stops playing music, turns the display screen on, and sometimes changed settings while in my pocket. I used compressed air to try to clean it and a paper clip. Shortly after it completely stopped working unless i held it in place which of course is horribly annoying. I use my phone with its million features and apps to basically make phone calls, text, flash light, and you guessed it, listen to music. Without music i have , literally, little use for this phone. Trying to contact customer service has been extraordinarily frustrating. I called the store i bought the phone and told the girl working that from what i read online, this phone suffers from this problem a lot. To me that means the manufacturer is selling faulty product that will knowingly break. And of all things, the head phone Jack? They've been around for how many years now? The girl working agreed with me that they break often and told me to remove the battery and put it back in. On a phone that doesn't allow you to remove the battery. Then she gives me a number i call that then tells me to get some other phone to call a different number which is not what i need. I need information on how to fixed or have it replaced. I had purchased insurance but when my card maxed the insurance plan was cancelled. I've had it for over a year so the warranty is gone. Now I have a phone that doesn't do the one thing i like it to do While employees admit to me they break often over the very problem i presented. Very frustrating to buy a phone, which by the way is really a great phone, that can no longer do what my 20 year old CD player can still do, connect to the headphone jack.

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