Going back to Comcast--Verizon poor customer service

Well, I'm going to have to terminate Verizon FIOS. I switched from Comcast, thinking the internet speed would be higher and overall service would be better, but so far my experience with Verizon has been terrible. Although (according to my contract) the fiber optic line would be run underground to my house prior to installation, it was not. In fact, on the day the service was installed, there was no cable so there was a delay of several hours waiting for a cable drop to the house so installation could proceed. A cable drop means the cable was run to the house above ground. Since the installation on April 1 (yeah, I know) Verizon has "promised" the cable would be buried on 5 different dates. Each day came and went, with no cable burial. Furthermore, there was no call from anyone to let me know the cable would not be buried on the day as promised. This has been a problem, because they require our dogs to be kept out of the back yard so they can do the cut over with the buried cable. This means we either had to stay home so we could confine the dogs when the installer showed up, or keep the dogs locked in the garage for several hours if we had to leave. Don't bother calling their tech support line to resolve the problem--their standard response is to say they will contact the department that schedules the in ground installation and I would get a call back withing 24 to 48 hours. I've been told this 3 times on 3 different occasions, and never had a call back. Yesterday I was told that the contractor would be out today to bury the cable, and they even had a work order number to confirm the appointment. Nobody showed up today, and no call back.
Now, Comcast may not be superior to Verizon FIOS, but in the 2 years I was with them they never lied to me. Verizon has lied to me (unintentionally, perhaps) at least 5 times so far, and no one has ever had the courtesy to contact me when an appointment was broken to let me know it would not be kept.
I plan on terminating the agreement with Verizon and going back to Comcast. According to my contract, Verizon was required to install the FIOS cable to my house--prior to installation--in the same manner as the copper wire; aerial or buried. Well, the copper phone line and Comcast cable are underground, but the FIOS cable is still lying on top of the ground. Breach of contract.
PS--although the service I signed up for promises internet speed up to 10 Mbps, the fastest I've seen so far has been closer to 5. Comcast was faster.

A poster wrote: "IMO all these Unions & Contractors should be gone. "
The unions have nothing to do with this...let's keep the blame where it belongs. 1) unethical, unreliable, and unresponsive contractors, 2) lack of oversight from Verizon, and 3) unresponsive, no follow up/less than stellar Verizon customer service.
Verizon...or better...Ma Bell....was at one time THE BEST SERVICE PROVIDER BAR NONE. That sadly has gone the way of the do do bird...They've dumbed down their techs, compartmentalized their "mindbank". There are very few techs who know more than "one thing" anymore. When companies slash budgets to remain competitive...invariably customer service and repair suffer...
I too have some issues with Verizon's customer service. I was a land line customer for well over 20 yrs until I had a repair issue and was told on 5 different occasions that a repair tech would be out to do the repair...they never came...they never called. My screen name is dtmfman...for anyone who doesn't know it means dual tone multi frequency...in lay terms...dial tone....Yes I've been a voice person for well over 30 years....so after 5 missed repair visits and no calls....I disco'd my land line service and now use only my cell. I'm sure at the time they (Verizon) probably thought they wouldn't miss my $40+/month income....but more and more people are fed up with poor customer service and have followed my exodus.
Back on topic...Yes sadly the buried cable issue seems to remain a big problem for Verizon. It happened to me. But..I have to say...once it did get resolved....I haven't had many problems...I too was a comcast customer...but I would NEVER go back unless Fios was discontinued...or they finally have competition in the "fiber to the house" arena.
Right now...my issues are questionable data transfer speed....and of course less than stellar customer service...
Good luck....
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Very poor customer service email received back on my cell phone!

I want to complain about whoever responds to questions you post on the forum. I won't tell you the "fake"name. She sent me one email and said I sent my questions to the wrong place. I replied and told her I didn't know. Said I should have used the forum. I replied again to her email on my cell phone and said I was sorry didn't know where forum was and that she had not answered any of my questions. She immediately replied, I'm NOT INTERESTED IN THESE EMAILS ANYMORE, OR WANT TO CHANGE HOW OFTEN THEY COME? UPDATE YOUR EMAIL PREFERENCES.....OTHERWORDS "YOURSELF".
You all are there to HELP, at least I thought so. I am very frustrated and disappointed in this reply. I am going to report this to a manager if I have to!
I replied to her, thank you for not HELPING me (just to kind of be nice about it).
This is totally uncalled for....Verizon needs to shape up or you are going to lose a lot of customers!!!!!
Dianne

Brian68, Thank you for your reply. But that is because most have a 2 year contract and can't afford to go elsewhere. I'm sorry for being so firm, but I think Customer Support is a thing of the past. Thank you anyway. Hope you have a wonderful day! Dianne
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diorrell wrote: This is totally uncalled for....Verizon needs to shape up or you are going to lose a lot of customers!!!!! DianneVerizon is not going to lose a ton of customers. Their churn rate for the 2nd quarter of 2012 which ended on Jun 30th was 0.84%. Which means 99.16% of the customers they had on March 31st 2012 were still with them on June 30th 2012.
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Is there anywhere to file a formal complaint about poor customer service in billing?

I would prefer a physical address or email address but I can voice it out on Twitter if preferred. I have had Verizon for FIFTEEN years. Non stop. 15 loyal years. Plus we have Fios and have had that for 4 years. I give Verizon a considerable chunk of my money. That being said, when we switched our bank accounts a few months back I made a mistake and picked the wrong account for our payment on the online payment system for Verizon. In fact I did it 2x. Which caused the payment to decline because we don't use that bank. I was rushed and made a mistake. Due to this I now have to get out cash and go into a Verizon Store and pay. This is craziness. And yes I am aware I can also call and dole out my credit card number to you over the phone. While that seems like a safe thing to do...... I prefer not to. Also I travel internationally for work which makes the call and the going to a store even more difficult. So as any reasonable person I call Verizon Customer Service thinking there must be some fix to this after all I have been with them so long. Well the first person admitted to me it could be overridden and transferred me to his supervisor who just outright refused. So there is your answer, Verizon does not care about loyalty or the 15 years of current payments. I want this addressed further and want to file a complaint. I also will leave Verizon the first chance I get, cell and cable. Amazing that a business can thrive with such poor customer service. Other companies I patronize recognize loyalty and reward it. Not Verizon. Lesson learned. I will be sure to spread this word far and wide. This could have been a simple resolution costing nothing for Verizon.

click here and scroll toward the bottom:
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You also could file a Notice of Dispute:
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Extraordinarily poor customer service & two weeks to replace a settop box???

Can Verizon explain the huge decrease in your customer service over the past several months? After being a Verizon customer for nearly 20 years, we are in the process of looking for an alternate service provider after spending a week with your customer service representatives trying to obtain a replacement settop box Model 6200.
After six hours of phone calls and a week of waiting, we now have a stack of three boxes sitting outside. The original that no longer powers up, the wrong unit that is obviously refurbished with huge scratches and grime all over it, and a new 7100.
The best thing Verizon seems to be able to do now is send a technician in another week with a 6200 on the truck. Obviously, our confidence in this is not very high.
During the process of calling in to Verizon every day this week, I have had the horrible experience of talking to your automated attendant who specifies that she/it has updates on my FIOS installation. When I follow the prompts to obtain more information, I hold for several minutes. Twice this week, your computers were down, so the reps simply hung up and said to call back.
Several of your customer service representatives were extremely nice and helpful but the bottomline is that after a week, I still don't have the correct piece of equipment. I also have your automated system telling me that I have two appointments in two weeks to send out technicians to install FIOS on one day and PHONE on another day. No one at Verizon can respond when I ask them what this is about.
Management seems to be non-existant or non-caring, and I'm not sure which is worse. Verizon representatives made the following statements that make it appear that Verizon has taken purposeful steps to make escalations of service problems by a customer impossible.
1. Supervisors cannot be reached by customers. They will call you back within 24-48 hours.
2. There is no headquarters phone number is not made available to customers because no one at Verizon executive offices will speak to a customer. This is a direct quote.
3. The headquarters telephone number listed by Verizon in any public forum is a voicemail box. (REALLY?????)
4. The legal/compliance number provided on your website forwards to customer service representatives who tell customers that they will look up the number on the same website that customers can. Which then transfers to the same customer service rep.
Verizon has made it apparent that customer that are treated poorly by the company are not taken seriously and that you will simply ask for "one more chance" to make it right in another three to five days and take the customers time for granted.
Amazingly, I can get through to pay a bill or order a new service in five minutes!

That's one of the very reasons why I don't call 1-800-VERIZON unless I really have to because I too have been there with the runaround where it wastes so much time and nobody seems to know what they're doing but I've had other experiences with that call line which worked out better. Either way, I blame management. It's very disorganized and sometimes it's like asking for the impossible when you're making a very basic and reasonable request for something. My only other alternative available in my area is Comcast which wouldn't be very much different from what I have seen.
I haven't done this myself but as someone else here suggested, you might accomplish a lot more by exchanging your STB at a Verizon Fios TV store but please be sure to call first before venturing out. I know other people here have gotten this sort of problem resolved a lot quicker that way.
Here is the website for finding your nearest store. It might be worth the time even if you have to go a little out of your way. I often prefer to speak to someone in person:
https://www22.verizon.com/ResidentialHelp/FiOSTV/General+Support/Account+Issues/QuestionsOne/84843.h...
Good luck!

Zebra lines and poor customer service

My phone has two vertical white lines on the right side of the screen, i took it into my local Verizon store where i was met with a very hostile employee who took one look at my phone and said "oh thats a pressure break on your screen we can't help you" i then tried to calmly explain that no it stopped working in my hand while in a life proof case, wasn't dropped or around water and it most likely wasn't a pressure line. She looked at me told me i was obviously wrong and if i want to replace my phone here was the card for the insurance i have on my phone. i asked if there was anything she could do and she said no and started helping the person behind me. Once i got home i looked up "pressure" break on iPhones and it looked nothing like what was wrong with my phone but did find almost an exact picture of my vertical lines in a reference to a capacitor repair kit which sounds more like a hard wear problem. I am considering going back into the store and getting the employees name to file a complaint with the manager about how rude she was to me (basically calling me a liar, and speaking in a condescending tone while trying to rush me out the door). Being treated poorly and basically getting no help has really lowered my opinion on Verizon's customer service.

Call Apple, go to Apple.com, or visit your nearest Apple store. You'll get much better service there. If the phone is still under the one-year warranty you'll likely have a replacement in short order.

Poor Customer Service Received

Just to help myself feel better. Yesterday, May 29,2014 had a very bad experience at a Verizon store in Macon GA at 4590 Billy Williamson Dr. Was greeted by a lady with an ipad in hand. When asked what she could help us with today I responded that I wanted to see if I was eligible for an upgrade. She entered my name and cell number on ipad and said there were four customers ahead of myself. I knew I was in for a long wait but decided to stay until my turn. After sitting there for about 30 minutes I had noticed two salespeople exit to their cars. Closing time is 8 pm and it was about 7:30. After a long wait of 57 minutes I saw her point my way to a salesperson. He stayed behind counter and she approached us and asked again, what can she help us with today. I repeated, I wanted to see if I was eligible for an upgrade. She asked and entered my cell number and responded that out of three phones an upgrade would not be until September of this year but I could opt for a plan that would be about $29 more a month to upgrade. Now, I have been sitting there for almost a hour and it took her about 45 seconds to answer the question I had when I first walked in! Time can not be bought and I was so angry about the poor customer service I received at that store. She could have looked up the info at beginning and I would have been on my way. I can assure you that Verizon may have all the customers they will ever need but when my contract ends they will lose my business which is about $200 per month. Very poor customer service at the Billy Williamson Drive location in Macon Ga.
Thank you, feels better just to sent this!
Rhonda

Brian68, Thank you for your reply. But that is because most have a 2 year contract and can't afford to go elsewhere. I'm sorry for being so firm, but I think Customer Support is a thing of the past. Thank you anyway. Hope you have a wonderful day! Dianne
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diorrell wrote: This is totally uncalled for....Verizon needs to shape up or you are going to lose a lot of customers!!!!! DianneVerizon is not going to lose a ton of customers. Their churn rate for the 2nd quarter of 2012 which ended on Jun 30th was 0.84%. Which means 99.16% of the customers they had on March 31st 2012 were still with them on June 30th 2012.
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Poor Customer Service at Eau Claire, Wisconsin Corporate Store

We had a prepaid Verizon account and wanted to cancel the line and add a line (#6) to our main Verizon account.   My wife was told she would have to open up a new Verizon account and port the prepaid number over and then come back the next day and cancel her new account and move the line to our main account (no, they said they couldn't just issue a refund on the balance on our prepaid account).
She went back the 2nd day and was told that there was an issue with her identify and that she would need to give the Verizon store a copy of her Social Security Card and her driver's license so it could be faxed to the Verizon credit team.    Of course, she refused.
I went to the store on the 3rd night and talked to another representative who tried to force port the prepaid number over to our main number. He was unable to do so and told me that my options were to give them a copy of my wifes SSN card and driver's license or lose the $130 balance. I said that a 3rd option was for him to credit my main account $130 and I would cancel the prepaid account and "lose" the balance. He said he would have to talk to his manager.
When the manager came out she said that they could not issue a credit. I asked, "can't or won't", and she said that since I had the option of giving up my wife's paperwork (ever hear of identity theft), they would not issue a credit.   I talked to her about identify theft and that our banker advised us never to give copies of our SSN or Driver's license. Her response was "well, I guess you have to decide if you want to trust your banker or your wireless provider".   I asked her why they just would not issue the credit   I asked her if she was ready to lose a 5 year customer who had 5 lines (going to add #6) and she said "what do you want me to do, write you a personal check for $130?"     The conversation continued until I finally left the store.
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Checked my order tonight, no update. Called customer service and it showed as canceled again.   My credit was not on my account either.   I have now spent 4 hours on the phone, 3 trips to the corporate store and still can't get a line added, a phone shipped and my prepaid balance credited to my account.   The Verizon customer service reps have been vey polite and have tried to be helpful.
How do you get in touch with someone at corporate to let them know about the poor customer service at the Eau Claire corporate office, and also let them know that their practice of asking for SSN cards is a very bad practice???

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Poor Customer Service

I am shocked at the level of poor customer service I get from Adobe sales reps on a consistent basis. It is as if Adobe assumes their products are without peer - so the sales team can take its customers for granted. I recently subscribed to the $19.99/month for Acrobat pro. I inquired if I wanted to upgrade to the full Creative Cloud for $49.99/month how could I upgrade. I received a wide spectrum of bizarre responses that ranged from, n you can not upgrade to you must first cancel your Acrobat subscription, pay the termination fee - and then create a new subscription for the entire Creative Cloud. Each sales rep seemed very tenuous at best and when I would inquiry further that it did not sound right - then they all would be very snarky and sarcastic. I was shocked at the level of unprofessional behavior from your sales team. It is as if Adobe does not have a culture of personal accountability when it comes to dealing with the customer.
I fine it very odd if Adobe is serious about providing CLoud Services, why it does not make the subscription model more flexible and upgradable for the customer. I am also not sure why Adobe does not make this something that a customer can simply do on their own by logging into their account. Evernote, Dropbox, Google - these are all services that allo the cusotmer to upgrade to more features and services online in a matter of seconds - as opposed to forcing customers to call in that crazy phone menu hell - then deal with snarky phone reps that sound unsure of themselves but then get upset when you ask follow up questions.

Attached is the letter I sent to correspondance, I haven't heard back from
them so I don't know if it has been addressed yet.
I was with Sprint for over 10 years, when I changed to Verizon my bill went
up, however I was willing to stick it out because the customer service was
so much better. I have been very surprised at the service I have gotten
through all of this.
I really didn't want to leave that post on the community board, but I was
not getting any help. However, today, someone was able to help me get the
Asurion claim for my sons phone. Kudos to that rep. It amazes me how I can
speak with 3-4 people, give them all the same information and EACH AND
EVERYONE of them gives me a different answer. I had spoken with probably 4
people before the one today and gave them the same information (probably
more) and not one of them resolved the problem the way this one did nor as
promptly!
Thank you for following up with me, I hope you can help me get these
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Tricia Godwin
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Disappointed, can no longer trust Verizon for customer service

Looks like I'm not the only one disappointed in Verizon's customer service, I've already seen a number of complaints on forums and this website itself.
I'm writing this "discussion" in efforts to get something done about Verizon's customer service. Yes, I know there are good customer service representatives but also there are bad representatives that can definitely bring it down for customers like myself.
I was charged $299.99 for returning a damaged device after getting a warranty exchange for a different model. I was on my third model of the pantech breakout and started seeing the same issues I had with previous phones on my current phone, I called customer service and was told by an extremely rude representative to "buy a lotto ticket, because the chances of multiple phones having the same issue is the same as you winning the lotto." Her tone was sarcastic and rude which offended me and closed any chance of me willing to work with technical support or other representatives to fix this issue. My previous pantech breakouts and the one I was using had issues of my SD formatting, SD ejecting without me doing anything, contacts disappearing, phone memory deleting to make room for updates that I had turned off, and basically I was losing data on my phone from pictures, contacts, to personal emails and content without me even doing anything. I went through 3 models and worked with technical support to change my phone, SD card and back memory up but still had a number of issues. This is when I called and was told to buy a lotto ticket. I was extremely upset with the representative and told them to not send a warranty exchange phone because of her rudeness and attitude. I visited a local verizon wireless store and told them my situation and was given a deal - buy the battery of a samsung s3 and get it for free - note that i did have a small crack on my screen which the sales representative saw and DID NOT mention anything about there being a damage fee. I understand that on the box you use to return the device it does say that there will be a fee for damaged devices, BUT my issue is - why did the sales representative not notify me? Verizon was expecting back a pantech, not the samsung they sent out ... either way I had to send back my pantech, why not reconfirm there will be a fee?
I called verizon's customer service and told them my current situation, the lady told me to get in contact with my local store in which I did the exchange. Here are my call records:
Friday - verizon wireless center --> local verizon store (was told they will call me back monday after figuring out the problem)
Monday - NO call
Tuesday - I call my local store, the manager was not working and they told me to call on Wednesday which was when the manager will be in
Wednesday - NO manager, and the local store told me they will call me on Thursday
Thursday - I waited till 4pm (California time) and did not receive a call so I called them, they tell me that the fee is valid because "none of their representatives will EVER sell a phone without notifying their customers of any damage fees"
First of all, it took 5 days to even get a solid answer of my bill, and let alone ... the manager can't simply push the "verizon customer satisfaction guarantee, no one will sell a device without notifying customers of fees" slogan around and tell me I'm lying and that fees are valid. I turned to verizon's customer service for help and was told I can return my device and lose the fee, I asked if I would be given my old device back - NO I wont, so then what device do I use? NO device was to be given to me which sucks because I then would lose $150+ initial payment for getting a pantech breakout then the $40 for the samsung battery and was left with no phone.
After talking with supervisiors and managers, I was given the last deal - 25% off the $299.99 fee
My issue with verizon is that I do not understand WHY customers (myself) have to pay such fines when the issue lays within their customer service and sales representatives. I understand the issue with returning a damaged device BUT i do NOT understand why I am the only one having to pay consequences for this whole issue? Verizon is a big company, so are the under the impression losing one customer is nothing? I will now be returning my samsung s3 and doing an early termination because I am fed up with customer service, I believe it is wrong for anyone to be treated this way and then have to pay. I would rather pay the early termination, then be stuck with people telling me to buy lotto tickets and me to stop lying.
Verizon needs to do a check up on their customer service representatives and work on getting the window of communication open and seriously attend to the needs of customers because they just lost one customer who has been with them since 2008

I was charged $299.99 for returning a damaged device after getting a warranty exchange for a different model. I was on my third model of the pantech breakout and started seeing the same issues I had with previous phones on my current phone, I called customer service and was told by an extremely rude representative to "buy a lotto ticket, because the chances of multiple phones having the same issue is the same as you winning the lotto." Her tone was sarcastic and rude which offended me and closed any chance of me willing to work with technical support or other representatives to fix this issue. My previous pantech breakouts and the one I was using had issues of my SD formatting, SD ejecting without me doing anything, contacts disappearing, phone memory deleting to make room for updates that I had turned off, and basically I was losing data on my phone from pictures, contacts, to personal emails and content without me even doing anything. I went through 3 models and worked with technical support to change my phone, SD card and back memory up but still had a number of issues. This is when I called and was told to buy a lotto ticket. I was extremely upset with the representative and told them to not send a warranty exchange phone because of her rudeness and attitude. I visited a local verizon wireless store and told them my situation and was given a deal - buy the battery of a samsung s3 and get it for free - note that i did have a small crack on my screen which the sales representative saw and DID NOT mention anything about there being a damage fee. I understand that on the box you use to return the device it does say that there will be a fee for damaged devices, BUT my issue is - why did the sales representative not notify me? Verizon was expecting back a pantech, not the samsung they sent out ... either way I had to send back my pantech, why not reconfirm there will be a fee?
Crack voided the warranty, hence the 299.99
The rep made a mistake by judging this as a phone that could be exchanged by warranty, when it wasn't. Plus he / she should have informed you about the fees that do occur when / if the phone seems to be physically damaged.
How did you know the phone had a crack?
I called verizon's customer service and told them my current situation, the lady told me to get in contact with my local store in which I did the exchange. Here are my call records:
Friday - verizon wireless center --> local verizon store (was told they will call me back monday after figuring out the problem)
Monday - NO call
Tuesday - I call my local store, the manager was not working and they told me to call on Wednesday which was when the manager will be in
Wednesday - NO manager, and the local store told me they will call me on Thursday
Thursday - I waited till 4pm (California time) and did not receive a call so I called them, they tell me that the fee is valid because "none of their representatives will EVER sell a phone without notifying their customers of any damage fees"
First of all, it took 5 days to even get a solid answer of my bill, and let alone ... the manager can't simply push the "verizon customer satisfaction guarantee, no one will sell a device without notifying customers of fees" slogan around and tell me I'm lying and that fees are valid. I turned to verizon's customer service for help and was told I can return my device and lose the fee, I asked if I would be given my old device back - NO I wont, so then what device do I use? NO device was to be given to me which ***** because I then would lose $150+ initial payment for getting a pantech breakout then the $40 for the samsung battery and was left with no phone.
In this case you could return the phone and use the $300 or even less to purchase another phone of contract (third party sites).
After talking with supervisiors and managers, I was given the last deal - 25% off the $299.99 fee
This would be the best option in my opinion as you'll get a great phone for discounted price
My issue with verizon is that I do not understand WHY customers (myself) have to pay such fines when the issue lays within their customer service and sales representatives. I understand the issue with returning a damaged device BUT i do NOT understand why I am the only one having to pay consequences for this whole issue? Verizon is a big company, so are the under the impression losing one customer is nothing? I will now be returning my samsung s3 and doing an early termination because I am fed up with customer service, I believe it is wrong for anyone to be treated this way and then have to pay. I would rather pay the early termination, then be stuck with people telling me to buy lotto tickets and me to stop lying.
That problem is solely based on the store, and who manages it. Same goes for every other business out there.
Same goes for the Customer Service line.

Tired of Verizon's customer service & lack of support,misled & being lied too!!!

Due – April 28th 2012
Issue: Overage fees   –     5,310- used
                                                2,000- allowed usage
                                                3,310- overage
I placed a call to Verizon on Monday, April 9th and spoke with a gentleman by the name of James (I think). He issued the account to be investigated to find out if this was a billing error or a tech issue, ???. He stated someone will call me back.
Per the conversation my husband had with a customer service rep later that evening, they informed him that while he is & has been in Mexico, his calls outside of the US from Verizon to Verizon are not free!!!!! WE WERE NEVER INFORMED OF THIS!!!   She told him that if we make calls to him that it would be free, but he said no it wouldn’t because you’re counting against their (my families) minutes because you show that “I went over” therefore causing my wife and daughter in all of these overage minutes. We have been very used to free nights & weekends as well as the comfort of Verizon to Verizon calls with no fees and to just now find this out after having the plan changed to the Mexico international plan back in October 2011. Besides, each and every month we have been told by different customer service reps a different thing each time. 1st I was told that by switching over, it would ONLY be an additional $25.00 a month added to our monthly bill and our coverage would be the same. Then in December 2011 when we had additional fees, it was because apparently they changed the plan without informing us of the change that the plans unlimited texting did not apply to the Mexico plan???? They issued a credit. Then in February when I called because of “data” charges (which we do not have a data plan on either of our phones & we have it blocked) they had to issue a credit and in order to avoid text fees was told to only contact each other via voice (calling). This has been a problem because he drops calls constantly, sometimes it takes 3-4 times for the call to be dialed out before it will go thru to us (are we being charged for those calls (dials) made as minutes???) and the reception is horrible. He has called the international customer service number for them to check the line or towers and it did help some. Texting has made it easier for us to communicate with each other. When I called on Monday, April 9th, I was informed that when he changed the plan for his line that it affected all of our lines (the entire plan). I was NEVER TOLD THIS in fact I was told that it would apply only to his line! We have been lied to, misled, misinformed and very unhappy with the service and support we are getting from Verizon. We have been a very long time customer and in the entire history, we have NEVER experienced a bill this high or issue like this. If you check the overall average of our monthly usage for each line you will see that this does not make sense and we always still within our monthly plan??? I will admit that in the entire history with Verizon sure we have gone over a few times and I have no problem paying for that difference by $100.00-$200.00 (but this has only happened only a couple times). There is seriously a problem with this bill. Either the way the plan was set up for my husband’s line has affected the rest of our lines or it apparently has affected our entire plan of which again we were never informed of this. I mean take a look at our overall monthly averages per line for usage on voice. My husband’s line always does not have the majority of the minutes used due to his work and travel, however, for myself and my daughter’s line I have never, nor did my daughter use these many minutes. We have unlimited texting on all of our phone lines and that is how we do the majority of our communication besides our family has Verizon service. Shouldn’t this be free?!!!! This bill needs to be adjusted ASAP!!
I called Wednesday, April 11, 2012 and spoke with Lisa to check the status of the investigation and she stated that she is showing no updates at this time. She advised that if I don’t hear anything by next week to call back.
Today is Monday, April 16, 2012 and I still have not had a call returned to us regarding this matter! I am so sick of being lied to time and time again by different customer service reps or for that matter that has not been trained properly on Verizon’s company policy!! Every single time I speak to someone, each rep tells me something totally different about our plan than the last rep we spoke to!!! I am tired of not having my phone calls returned. We have been absolute loyal customers to Verizon for 10 years plus and I am over this kind of unfair, unjust service from this company to the point that we want to switch and I am looking to report them as well as talk to an attorney!

My experience with Verizon so far (it's been a month) has been awful... If I can give any advice do not sign up for Verizon if you haven't already... I will be telling everyone I know. Good LTE coverage does not excuse treating your customers like s***!
The overall business practices of Verizon are shady and deceptive. The poor customer service reps get caught in the middle (I'm not blaming them...)
When I bought my phone, the sales person in the store added an extra $35 fee. When I called back later to ask what extra fees they charge in the store they said none !? Now they're looking into it... Also we had our old phone numbers ported over, so they issued us temporary numbers... Which we ended up being charged for a full month of service on even though we had them for less than 24 hours! In addition we were charged for a full month on our ported lines (double charged)
I think they do this sh** on purpose and hope you won't notice. Shame on you Verizon. I will leave as soon as my contract allows and never be your customer again for life!!! I will also spread this far and wide. May you fail miserably!

Unacceptable - Poor Customer Service - Liars - Crooks

Seems like I'm not alone with reading all these issues.
From a corporate standpoint, Verizon wireless' customer service is extremely poor! The cheapest excuse is that someone will call you and that your credits will be applied when no one follows through.
I had a bill for over 1G. An amount that I had never received while in any phone service - let alone anywhere else. Apparently after speaking with more than 20 representatives, my plan was screwed up when it was changed over. No kidding?!?! On top of that, I was charged a $599.99 phone replacement fee over a phone that "I thought" was returned and taken care of 2 months ago. So I thought...
Previously I had a Droid Razr Maxx, which was garbage! I returned a brand new phone for a used one over 7 times. You would think that as much as Verizon robs of you, you would receive a brand new phone when having issues. Wrong! They greed of money only offers you used phones and they have the nerve to convince you that they are not. After the 7th time of replacing the phone - I had gone personally to the Verizon store and expressed to them my dilemma. The representative who assisted me suggested that I call Verizon and request a different brand. I did as suggested as soon as I arrived home that same day and I was sent the Samsung SIII. At this point, I had told the representative to cancel my order for the replacement of the Droid since they were sending me the Samsung. Two months later, I'm still fighting a $599.99 charge over something that I thought was taken care of. You would think that after 7 times, this would be second nature to me in knowing exactly what I need to do with replacement phones. Besides this, they are asking for verification over something that was done and settled with...so I thought.
The following is the calling log I have gathered thus far. Not to include the calls I previously made prior to the 12th:
3-12-13 – Cory Representative stated my phone plan would sum up to $126.20. Two supervisors verified the information was correct and credits should be applied. Still waiting...
3-16-13 – Zack Representative. Credits pending.
3-19-13 – Rodriguez Representative stated credits pending, requested and transferred to a supervisor.
3-19-13 Supervisor – Ebony (Washington State) ***$599.99 credit to be applied*** Ebony stated that because of company protocol, she could not process a credit for more than $600 and that it would take a couple of days for the credit to be applied to my account. She ensured me that she would return my call personally and that once the credit is processed, my account should amount to $124.00 as promised by the previous rep. Since then, I have not received a call from Ebony.
Throughout the week, I kept receiving messages from Verizon in regards to interruption of service till the Friday, March 22nd where I received a voicemail stating they would disconnect my service if a payment was made.
3-22-13 Spoke to Dorothy representative who gave me a number of a supervisor named Marcy and apparently gave me her direct number at 585-XXX-XXXX. Since then I have called this number and I've received nothing but voicemail as if the phone is shut off and never turned on. If you ask me, I was fooled again into a bogus number.
3-24-13 Voicemail to Marcy
3-25-13 Voicemail to Marcy
3-25-13 Spoke to yet another supervisors who I had re-explain my story and to no avail was useless.
3-25-13 Spoke to Michael representative – stated that Ebony tried calling me 1:50pm on March 25, 2013. I find that hard to believe when there was no message or phone call recorded. No surprised! Michael ensured me that Ebony would try again the following day, March 26 at 1:00pm.
3-26-13 Spoke to another representative who transferred me to the fraudulent department who again, was useless and had the nerve to tell me that I shouldn't of waited 2 months to take care of the situation. I'm sorry, did he not look at my records of calling several times since the charges were posted. I'm sorry, this reflects the poor customer service of a company that cannot get there act together and resolve their discrepancies to rob customers. I don't understand how promises are constantly made that are not fulfilled, incorrect information is given and supervisors have no clue of what their responsibilities or authorities are.
3-26 – Spoke to yet another representative; Michele who stated Ebony would follow up at 11pm. What company contacts their customers in the wee hours of the night? Then she changed the information and that it would be by 9pm. Then she stated that she couldn't promise me that she would call. On top of that, I'm not sure if I should hold my breath since anyone who claims they'll call or follow up with an email on the credits does not follow thru. In addition, they have no idea who the people are - they can't give out information and they themselves cannot contact them. POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!
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You spoke to Ebony in Washington, the 585 area code is in upstate NY...when you call customer service you get connected to whatever agent is available to take your call in whatever call center across the country. The agents and supervisors don't know each other and they probably are not actual Verizon Wireless employees but work for competing call center companies which staff hundreds of people rotating shifts throughout the day. My advice, quit waiting or expecting a call back from this one person. For all you know Ebony took a job at the AT&T store as a manager and you will never hear from her again.
If you are waiting for credit wait until you get your bill and see if credit has been applied to that. Log into you account online. I understand that you are trying to get a problem resolved but you've got to just block off some time and call customer service. Stay on the line with the agent you are connected to initially and don't ask for anyone else or to speak with a supervisor right away. If they have to put you on hold let them but do not ask them to call you back or as for someone else to call you back. Honestly, I would never buy it if they said they would personally return my call.

Very poor customer service - manager hung up because he didn't want to help or it was almost 9pm EST

Hello,
Today I realized that even I have became victim of this hidden undisclosed charge which seems to be a SCAM and not treating customer fairly. I was charged $64.99 just for running a wire for TV which is on the other side of the wall in my house. They were just holes that I could have done. It was not an outlet (like electric outlet set up) that the representative and the manager said I was charged for.
Before, ordering the FIOS triple play service I asked the verizon representative online if there is any installation fee but I was told that installation is free if I signup online. I did signup online and tech came to setup. I asked him if there are any charges in making holes and I was told that everything is included but didn't say that I was going to be charged 64.99. He did not install a jack or outlet. They were wires and holes. The tech did a good job in trying to hide the wires and drilling holes but no outlet was installed.
I received my first bill and I was charged $64.99. This is a sham attitude towards the customer by Verizon and from this forum it looks like I am not only the victim. I called with verizon customer service today and she said she cannot do anything about this so she transferred me to a "manager." The manager was not very helpful. I explained my situation and he was not trying to listen because he said that all he can see is "billable.'" Eventually, he hung up on me. I called back and realized that the customer service is closed. I am assuming that the manager is getting ready to leave that's why he hung up.
I am not sure what is worse.. being lied about the charges or hiring incapable managers.

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.

Poor, Poor, Poor Customer Service

December 18, 2012
Lowell C. McAdam
{edited for privacy}
Annual Account Value: Approximately $6,000.00 annually
Dear Mr. McAdam:
I am a Verizon FIOS customer with a bundle (landline, wireless, cable, Internet) who has been with your organization for almost 10 years who is writing to let you know of my extreme dissatisfaction with your Verizon customer service (or lack of it), which seems to have deteriorated beyond repair. I will try to keep this brief and to the point, but I have had unresolved phone issues for almost a year now that no one in your organization can fix.
1)    The first landline number I received from you all was the end recipient on a “robo-call” list where I would receive hundreds of phone calls a day, even though I immediately signed up for the “Do Not Call” list upon receipt of the number. It was obviously a bad number that needed to be removed from your system. After a very long time (months or even a year), I switched numbers after much time unsuccessfully spent researching and trying to fix this problem.
2)    On the second landline number that we implemented, which we had for almost a year, someone had hijacked our home phone line (perhaps a hacker, no one knows) and was using it to dial callers in our local Tampa area market. Needless to say, we received many threatening and obscene phone calls in return (when they hit re-dial), which we have documented. We have spent countless hours each week with various customer service representatives (and various other individuals when the call was escalated) providing them with the Caller ID information and the Caller ID name trying to resolve the issue. Over time, I probably spoke with 10 or so different individuals on this issue, none of whom seemed to know how to fix the problem.
There was one representative who said a network engineer would put a “digital bug” in our FIOS box to find out who was performing this fraudulent activity so that we could correct the issue. When nothing happened, no communications, nothing, I called back and yet another customer service rep assured he was escalating this issue to the “War Room” and they would fix the issue so I did not have to change my number again. He promised the issue would be resolved in no more than 5 days, or at the very least, some form of communication would occur. This was weeks ago and I never heard from him or anyone else in your organization with any form of follow-up.
3)    After months and months of trying to resolve this issue, finally, in defeat, I requested a phone number change after learning it is virtually impossible and cost-prohibitive to “unbundle” the services (which I am pretty sure is illegal). Both this number and my old number have a “disconnected” message on them when dialed now.
4)    Now I am with Verizon’s “Order Escalation” team to execute a simple phone number change. I requested the phone number to be changed on Friday of last week and it is Tuesday and the number still DOES NOT work. I am currently with your “Order Escalation Team” to fix what should have been a 24-hour-turnaround.
5)    After all this, one might expect a fair discount to their account, but I have never been given one or offered one, even when I ask.
We spend more than $6,000.00 with you annually. This may not amount to a lot to you in the scheme of things, but I would hope you will care enough to rectify these issues so that we do not have to change carriers, or worse, look into possible legal options. I am sure you probably do not care and you say to yourself, “So what? This is only one customer,” but if you go online, you will see what legions of customers are saying. You might be the “big dog” now, but when you falter, and all companies with this low degree of customer service do, just remember that giants fall hardest of all.

Fellow subscriber,
As I understand your post... you have issues with 2 different phone numbers.
1. Line 1, You got lots of calls that weren't for you.
2. Line 2, A robo-dialer is faking your number on caller-id when it dials out.
While I understand your frustration with this situation, I also understand why you weren't getting the help you wanted from Verizon. Having been in the phone industry since I was young and skinny (Mid 80's); I can confidently inform you that other than offering a new number, neither Verizon nor any other phone company can fix these issues, both caused entirely by a 3rd party.
You cited poor customer service... what did you expect from your phone company to do about the 3rd parties abusing your phone number?

Poor Customer Service and a Rude Associate

My wife's iPhone 5 recently stopped receiving cellular signal. We took it to the verizon store and they were unable to fix it. because it was less than a year old and broke due to no fault of our own the store said that they would send us a new iPhone 5. We gave them the address and associate, who was busy trying to sell us things for our broken phone, received our address. Today the phone arrived at the wrong address and was a an old flip phone. We called the verizon store and the woman on the other line told us she could not help us. She became very rude when we explained to her that we could not give her a reliable number to call because the phone did not receive calls. She told us that that was our problem and that she needed to assist customers. It saddens me that Verizon does not care about its current customers and has such poor customer service. I hope that someone will respond to this willing to help us resolve this problem. We have been verizon subscribers for more than eight years but are now considering other carriers.

Simple fix. First bring the iPhone to an Apple store they can warrantee it right there.
Secondly call 1-800-922-0204 and state the device sent to you was wrong, and went to a wrong address. Make sure you copy all paper work in case you have to take verizon to small claims court
If they tell you to send it back with their label get a copy of the label and insist the USPS scan the package when you send the clam shell device back.
Good Luck

How and where to file complaint against Verizon's customer service?

I hate it that I had no one to give my business to other than Verizon in my area.
I've had Verizon in early 2000s when FiOS was first available in my area, but the speed sucks so I was better off switching back to dial-up.
Many years have passed so I thought I would try Verizon again as I've heard good things about them. I signed up for the bundle service in 2012, and it's been an internet living hell when you're paying $140 every month and had to struggle daily to get connected onto the slow internet that takes 3minutes to load Google search page if you're lucky (my plan is 50/25).
I've had no internet connectivity on the 2nd floor of my house and I've contacted Verizon many times about it.
First time I'm told the router they provided could cover 100K range, so the problem might be the internet speed. I naively believed them and upgraded my service and got myself locked for another 2year nightmare.
Second time I contacted them I'm told their router could only provide good connectivity if you're within 20ft range. Intersting enough the tech who first installed the modem placed it at the farthest corner of the home that's tucked away from the rest of the house. I already told him that the internet sucked when I had Verizon FiOS when it first came out, but he said let's try place it there. So I think it's only reasonable to have Verizon to send someone to check and see if relocating the modem would solve my problem. The rep told me that can be done at a $154.98 service fees, all the same time does not guarantee that the internet issue will be fixed.
The online customer service person I spoke to has shown no regards on HELPING me to SOLVE the problem; she sounded like she just wants to set up an appointment, collect the service fees, and be done with me. This is not the kind of customer service I expect from a respected carrier. I'm just a frustrated user who wishes the service provider could provide some kind of assistant on helping me utilizing their product. The customer service reps I spoke to has reflected poorly on Verizon, and it certainly tells me you guys don't care about your customers since I'm already trapped in a crappy contract, which you'll get the monthly fee or the termination fees, one way or another. Also, your reps are giving out conflicting and false information. And I'm left on my own to figure out a way to deal with this internet mess. I will be an advocate on the bad experience I've had with Verizon, and as soon as other companies start offering high speed internet in my area, I'll switch in a heartbeat and encourage all my neighbors and friends to give their business to someone who might care a little bit more about their customers.

I feel your pain. That is why we left them ............could not stand the poor customer service either. By the way, we have netflix. Although we had the step up internet connection, netflix was frequently buffering, ot the point that it was not watchable. When we switched over to a known long island competitor, netflix operated like a rocket. So that means I was paying for faster internet connection and getting much less than I paid for.
Good luck.

Going back to Comcast--Verizon poor customer service

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