Misinformed about Early Edge Program! Can I file a complaint?

Back in September when the new IPhone 6 was released I was very excited to find out about the Edge program and also to find out that I could do an early Edge and get my iPhone 6 before I was eligible for an upgrade.
I first attempted to do a live chat to get more information and was informed that I could do an early Edge and that I would have to send back my old phone but would get a gift card in return. I made sure I asked about this because I saw it flashing all over the website. I wanted to know more details and make sure that if I sent back my old phone that I would get this gift card. I was also told that I would get $10.00 off my monthly bill (I made sure I asked about this because I also saw it on the website). The person on the live chat was disconnected so I called into customer service to order my iPhone 6. I made sure I asked about trading in my old IPhone again because if I could keep it I would rather do that but the female representative told me that I would have to turn it in. She said that there would be a label that would be enclosed in the box that my new iPhone would come in. I should use the box and the label to send it back. I made sure to ask AGAIN that I would get the gift card, she said yes, it would take 4 to 6 weeks. I also asked again about the $10.00 discount on my phone bill and she said yes I would get that also.
So, I did get my new iPhone and I sent back my old iPhone as instructed using the box and label that was sent to me. It was delivered on 10/14/14 to the Return Processing Center in Texas.
I called two weeks ago and tried to find out status but the recycling department did not have any information for/about me and customer services didn’t even bother to look anything up and said to call back later, they have 4-6 weeks.
Today I called again to check status and after 4 phone calls being bounced back and forth from customer service and the recycling department I spoke with a very nice representative who told me that since I did an early Edge that I was not entitled to the gift card. Needless to say I was very upset that I was misinformed. I then went on to ask her about the $10.00 discount on my phone bill and she said that I could get the discount if I had the More Everything plan. None of this was said to me when I initially ordered the iPhone 6. The representative was nice enough to try and help me get some kind of discount to correct this wrong. She switched me to the More Everything plan so I could get the $10.00 discount I was told I would get initially. Why the representative who I spoke with initially did not tell me this, I will never understand.
I am more upset because my co-worker ordered her phone right after me, spoke with the same representative, and was given the same misinformation. I have been a long time customer with Verizon Wireless and have always advocated for Verizon. This is why my whole family has Verizon Wireless now. My co-worker even switched from AT&T to Verizon because of me and now I am so embarrassed to have convinced her to do this.
It is really not about the $200.00 gift card that makes me upset it’s about how Verizon has let me down and has made me feel like I can’t trust anything that has been said to me by your representatives. Needless to say, that as soon as I can I will be leaving Verizon and going to AT&T and will no longer be able to give positive recommendations for your company.
Thank you for your time in reading this.

Hi susieque74! Thanks so much for your loyalty to Verizon Wireless, and I'm sorry for any misinformation with regard to edging up your device with the trade in program. We actually do not handle any of the details with the trade in program. However, you can contact them by phone at 877-247-3846 or online at http://vz.to/1zkLiXx
Thanks,
ChristinaB_VZW
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Misinformed by a Verizon corporate store about Early Edge and now loosing hundred of dollars in order to get account straightened back out.

In early November 2014, my husband and I visited a corporate Verizon store. While at the store, we were presented with the option to do an "Early Edge" program. My husband and I both opted to do the Early Edge program and were informed that it would be in our best interested to switch our data plan from 4 GB to 10 GB because it would be cheaper due to the larger discount on the line access charges. He switched our plan on the spot in the store for us and we proceeded to do the Early Edge agreements.
As part of the Early Edge agreement, the sales associate informed us that we would need to send back our current phones due to receiving a discount on the handsets when we signed the two year contracts with them. This part was a little confusing for me because I signed my 2-year contract and purchased a Samsung Galaxy S4 with that contract but was having a lot of problems with it, so I paid full retail price or "out of pocket" for a Motorola Moto X Designed by You that was active on the account when we signed the Early Edge Agreement for my phone number.
The sales associate was adamant that I needed to send the Samsung Galaxy S4 back to Verizon after I received my new phone in the mail from the Early Edge program. He was well aware that the Samsung Galaxy S4 was NOT currently active on my account as we talked about my Moto X being on the account when he pulled up the account. So when my new phone arrived in the mail, I activated it and mailed back my Samsung Galaxy S4.
At the end of November and into early December, I started receiving both text messages and e-mails from Verizon stating that I had not returned my device back to Verizon and needed to do so within the next 14 days. Both myself and my husband called Verizon Customer Care (611 from our handsets) multiple times to try and figure out why we were getting these messages. We were each told a wide variety of reasons why we were getting these messages. One phone call my husband was told that the warehouse mixed up the bags our returned devices were in and it would be corrected by the warehouse. Both my husband and I were told several times that both phones were indeed received, but it took 4-6 weeks for the return to be processed so we didn't have to worry about the messages.
At the end of December, I received another e-mail saying I failed to return my device to Verizon and I would be charged a fee because of this. I called Verizon Customer Care (611) and was told that I received this messages because the warehouse was expecting a Moto X back and received a Samsung Galaxy S4 instead. I explained why I sent the Galaxy S4 instead of the Moto X and the customer care representative put me on hold as he spoke with his supervisor, then came back and told me I needed to return to the store where I signed the Early Edge agreement where they could change the phone that the warehouse was expecting from the Moto X to the Samsung Galaxy S4.
My husband and I traveled an hour to the Verizon store where we signed the Early Edge agreement and were told by the store manager that it was impossible for them to change what phone the warehouse was expecting at a store level. We asked that the store credit us the fee we were expecting to be charged for not returning "the correct phone" since we were mislead by a store employee, but the manager refused to help us with a credit or to even get the situation with the returned phones resolved.
Exhausted and extremely upset, I decided to try one last hope and use the live chat feature on the Verizon website for help with the issue.
Now, another issue on the account we faced was a $30 overage fee for going over our data plan in November. We received a ridiculously high Verizon bill in December and when I examined it, I saw we were being charged for a "month in advance" on all of the charges on our account due to signing the Early Edge agreements, as well as $30 fee for going over our data. It was never explained to us by the sales representative that our next bill would be higher than it normally is because we will be billed for a month in advance, so that was shocking to receive a bill almost $200 higher than our normal bill, and to have a $30 overage fee. I called Verizon Customer Care (611) and asked about the $30 overage and she told me it was because we changed our data plan at a Verizon store in the middle of our billing cycle. She spoke to her manager and was approved to give us a $30 bill credit on our next bill since the data plan change should have been back dated to the start of billing cycle to avoid things like a data overage. So we paid the extremely large bill and when the December bill came, there was to no surprise, no $30 bill credit on our December bill.
So, I waited about 10-15 minutes for a chat agent to become available. I was connected to an Agent and typed out a lengthy summer of my issue of the missing bill credit to start and told him I had another more complicated issue to discuss after the bill credit. It said the "Agent is typing a message" down at the bottom of the chat for a long time, I probably waited a good 25 minutes like an idiot before I attempted type another message but was unable to type anything. While cycling through the open windows on my computer, I noticed there was another pop up from Verizon that said my chat was disconnected because of inactivity.
I got REALLY upset at that point, and had to wait another 10-15 minutes to get into a new chat with a new agent since the other one timed out because the agent never said anything in my chat window. I was connected with a very helpful and polite agent named Tiffany. Long chat conversation made short, Tiffany promised to issue a $30 "instant credit" to my account that would take 10-15 minutes to appear and I needed to relog in order to see. She also told me that I was supposed to send back the Samsung Galaxy S4 since I paid out of pocket for the Moto X and that she would forward the issue to her supervisor to get the Samsung Galaxy S4 accepted by the warehouse so I would not have to pay the fee for returning the wrong device.
It is now January 10th, 2015, and my bill is due by 1/11/15. There has still not been a $30 "instant credit" posted to my account as my bill amount has not decreased by a single penny since it posted to my account in December.
About 30 minutes after I finished chatting with Tiffany, I received several text messages from Verizon informing me that the warehouse would be returning my Samsung Galaxy S4 to my residence and I needed to return my Moto X after that because it was the last phone active on my account when I signed the Early Edge agreement.
I am EXTREMELY upset that we were misinformed by a sales representative at a corporate Verizon store and it is going to end up costing me hundreds of dollars because I chose to do a Early Edge upgrade and it really screwed up my account. If I comply with what Verizon is asking and send back my Moto X, I am loosing the $350 dollars I spent to purchase that phone out of pocket plus the $30 dollar overage fee I was charged for a change the representative made on my account in the middle of the bill cycle. If I refuse to send the Moto X back, I must pay a $250 fee (or higher) for not returning my device plus the $30 overage charge.
I used to really enjoy being a Verizon customer, but now I feel completely scammed out of hundreds of dollars because Verizon as a company is refusing to make a wrong a store associate representing the company made back in November.
This became A LOT longer than I intended it to be and I don't expect anyone to read it fully, so if you take anything away from this forum post (if it doesn't get deleted by Verizon), please take these thoughts away:
Do NOT signed up for the Early Edge Program because it will do nothing but give you a ton of headaches, really screw up your Verizon account, and cost you a lot of money in the long run.
Do NOT believe when anyone paid by Verizon tells you that you will receive any kind of credit on your account, it will NOT happen.
Verizon Wireless will NOT fix any mistakes on your account made by the company itself; Verizon Wireless will come up with solutions on how YOU can fix the problems THEY created on your account, but none of these solutions will actually fix your account.
If you are thinking of switching to Verizon from another company, DO NOT.
Sincerely,
an extremely disgruntled Verizon Wireless customer who WILL be switching to another carried once the mess of her account gets sorted out.

I am going to tell you like I have been passing the word about this scam verizion is running with this edge program,basically they been getting our money from both ends,anyway that is how my lawyer explained it to me.I am taking them to court and will see where it goes.
All I'm saying is read the fine print a couple of times because what there putting in print isn't true.
My wife was such a great customer they gave her a couple lg tablets,she told them we got enough at home and they said but there free she said ok I guess if there free.
Two months later I was getting charged and they been in the closet,they don't care about the customerand there liars.
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how do I get out of the edge program

How can I file a complaint against a sales rep and customer service rep? Is there an email address?

How can I file a complaint against a sales mannlying to me and denying me my employee discount? When I called customer service to inquire and file a complaint the rep told me if I give him the salesmans name he will shake a finger at him next time but that's all that can be done...is this the type of service I pay over 200 dollars a month for? I would like a mangers contact info as this is completely unacceptable.
Fletcher

TThere is no email to send. Sorry bud.

Can i have more information about verizon edge program

What is the deal with Verizon edge program? Does anyone know that if you have 4 lines on your account if just one person on your account wants to participate in the Verizon edge program, is this possible? or does everyone on your account have to participate. Also, I have a few more questions, Let pretend I sign up for Verizon edge and do not want to edge up after 30 days with paying at least 60 percent of the phone that I just got off (which I think is kind of pointless) So I continue paying on my phone for 20 months, then the Verizon edge program is over in 24 months correct? Then after that, then could I go back to new every two program if I wanted to, after Verizon edge contract ends? Then I can keep the phone that I paid for correct? This is all really strange to me. If I pay full retail price for a phone, I do not want to give it back to Verizon for them to resell. It sounds like a leasing program to me. Why would you want the continued payments on a phone, like a never ending credit card bill. Anyway, all I want the Verizon edge for is get an early upgrade and a payment plan for a phone, then pay off the phone and keep it for the remainder of the Verizon edge plan, then end it.
Also, I do not have very good luck with phones working the entire time, that is what concerns me the most. I have a s3 currently and it is completely messed up for the past couple of months. The phone is acting nuts, drops calls, no reception, cuts out, powers down at 46 percent. So how is this going to happen if im the Verizon edge program and something happens to my phone, then I cant put a back up phone on my account for a replacement.? If the phone is defective and one of the stipulations of the plan is to return your phone in good working condition, then how would one do this is this situation happened?

The Verizon Edge payment option is basically a "leasing" program. The New Every Two program was retired in 2011.

How can I file a complaint about an employee who has been messing with me on purpose (on trades)?

Hello. What's the best way to file a complaint against an employee who basically tried to ruin all game trades for me?
She just stands there in the customer service section doing nothing, she paces back and forth while customers are waiting, and she only takes calls to avoid talking to customers in person. She messes up trades on purpose.
I had a problem with a trade-in once with an awful supervisor and I called the Executive Resolution Team and the lady on the line just told me that they would call the store to hear the "other side" of the story. Honestly, I just told her what happened.
I went in there for a trade-in earlier that day and the woman taking my trade refused to enter my phone number for my bonus. She flat out refused it five or six times. It was insane. I explained to her how the system works and she called her supervisor. The supervisor acted like I was trying to steal the bonus even though I paid for the subscription. I politely explained to her how it works and I told her all the things that came with the subscription. I told her that all they need to do is input my number in the correct space and it should apply automatically.
She didn't believe me but she said that I could get a discount higher than what I asked to get as the bonus and I told her that it was actually lower because it was due to the base. She said it's fine and I said that I wasn't planning to buy anything that day. I just wanted to clear some space and get some credit in case there was a decent online sale later that week. She said that she could only give me a discount on something and I said, "Then can I get an Amazon card?" and she said something like "Go get it."
I came back with the card and she gives me a discount lower than what she said she would give me, but it's still a little bit higher than my bonus, so I let it go.
I went home and I had dinner and I got some more games ready and I went back to the store. A different lady was there and she got through most of my trade faster than the woman who kept refusing to enter my number for my bonus. She also couldn't get the bonus to work and she gave up on the first try so she calls a supervisor. I just wanted to sweep up all my games and run because I knew that she was calling the same supervisor, but I stood there because I didn't do anything wrong.
At this point, the woman who keeps giving me trouble in my recent trips there appears and like always, she's doing nothing. Anyway, let's just call this woman L. The supervisor is K. K walked back behind the counter and she says something like, "You again? No. You're not doing this again." I say, "Doing what?" I feel insulted but I tell her that all they need to do is enter my number in the correct place for Gamer's Club Unlocked. L heard this but she just turned around like she didn't hear anything and she's busy. She did this because she's the one who got the registration card for Gamer's Club Unlocked for me. Back when she did that, she mentioned that she was from the Gaming Department. She knew that I was right but she let the supervisor get aggressive with me.
K kept threatening to cancel my trade. I kept trying to reason with her. All she needed to do was her job. I told her how to figure it out. She kept repeating, "I will cancel it." I said, "cancel it." She canceled it and she had this egomaniac look on her face like, "I won."
I take my games and I look back and L is pacing back and forth like a beheaded chicken.
Anyway, for the Titanfall promo, I go into the store and I want to trade two copies of Call of Duty Ghosts and a copy of Thief. I got a copy of Ghosts from a friend who was busier than me. I was very busy those few days, so I went on the last day after classes. I have evening classes, so I got there near closing time. L rejected one of my copies of Ghosts and I asked her why and she said it was store policy even though it's not. She just cost me $11 or something because of the non-promo and promo difference.
She insisted on doing the Thief and Ghosts trades separatetly for no reason even though I insisted that she do them together so she will only need to enter GCU once and I only need to sign twice and I get one gift card. She's just acting like a jerk, so I said, "whatever". She asked me for my number for the GCU bonus after I tell her about it. It's input and it's in the right place. It was done on the first try. She finished the Ghosts trade and I signed everything but she wouldn't give me my gift card. She started the second trade and she asked me for my number and she input it. I signed the pad and as I'm signing the paper that should be correct because she asked me for my number, I notice that my bonus is missing and I strike out the signature. I told her and she already knew. She was just shocked that I struck out the signature. She said that there was no prompt for it. She obviously lied. She asked me for my number and she input it. I told her, "You should have said something." She just took a relaxed pose and she told me that it's already tendered so she can't undo it. I told her that it's not final until I sign the final paper. I knew that I was pushing my luck because it was the last day and it was near closing time, but I kept telling her that she could fix it.
She just wanted me to cave at that point, so she says that she will go ask a supervisor about it and she just walked into a room and she walked out in a few seconds saying the same thing. She just pretended to ask about it. She said that I can call the customer service line and get the bonus added. I signed it and she gave me the two cards. Oh, and when she left to "ask a supervisor", she took the card that was already legally mine with her. I had two cards, so I wanted to combine them. I took them to the register with a minute or two to spare and it turned out that they could not be combined because they were store credit cards and not gift cards, like it states on the website.
So I want to file a complaint against her now and I want to get the bonus she took from me. What's the best way to do that?

Hello r555,
Thank you for being a My Best Buy member, and thank you for visiting our forum. I am very sorry to hear that it has not always been easy for you to receive your Gamers Club Unlocked bonus when trading in games. I'll be happy to talk to you about your experience.
I get the impression you are quite familiar with the trade-in process and how the bonus is applied, and it is disappointing to hear that a store associate wouldn't attempt to complete that process. I will be sending you a private message so we can get some more specific information regarding which store you were at as well as the trade in question where you did not receive the bonus. Please watch for a message from me shortly.
Sincerely,
Mike|Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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Where can I file a complaint?

Hi all,
I have been in contact with Adobe Tech Support since the beginning of November when I started receiving a message "licensing stopped working." I spent hours and hours calling tech support, with no solution. Often times my calls were hung up in transition. More than a few times, I was promised a call back "in ten minutes," or "in two hours," but calls were either never returned, or returned another day when I was at work (even though I told them I would not be available on that day). I tried all remedies they suggested, but they did not solve the problem. Finally they told me to send them a log file, which I did in the end of November. They said they would call me back in a few hours -- and it has been almost two months. I requested the result of log analysis a few times via Portal, but no reply. Meanwhile, I was unable to use my CS3 (I was using CS4 trial version for a while, but I was not even able to use it after performing one 'remedy' a tech support suggested). Yesterday I suddenly received a message from Adobe saying "Window 64 bit is not supported for CS3," when my OS is 32 bit.
I am extremely frustrated with this situation and would like to file a formal complaint against Adobe. I asked a tech support rep to whom I can file a complaint, but he was not able to help. Could anyone suggest where I can file a formal complaint (either to Adobe management or the third party consumer adovocate organization)? Your advice would be appreciated.

1st, read some of the messages at
http://forums.adobe.com/community/general/adobedotcom_feedback where some options are discussed, including several messages with an email address that seems to work
2nd, there is a Facebook page (mentioned in the link above) that sometimes gets a reply
3rd, contact the Better Business Bureau in your area

Adobe - the only company you can't file a complaint

Since it seems there is nowhere else to send a complaint I will post it here.
1) Customer Service - Please hire people who are fully trained, speak clearly, and know what they are doing. I am tired of contacting adobe and listening to someone with broken English try to upsell a new product while being unable to answer the questions they are given.
2) Support - Where is the decent support? I think it's just peachy I can get a live chat account with mujhal in 45 seconds, but if it then takes them 20 minutes to figure out a simple compatability problem it means nothing.
3) Complaints - Is it so difficult to have an email or section for customer complaints. It could be a dead letter office for crying out loud but not having a place for customers to redress their grievances with the company only makes them more irate.
4) Compatability - So you want everyone to update to new products. Good for you as a business, that's very smart. But how many customers are going to update their entire PC and OS just to run an adobe product? Wouldn't it be smart to also offer versions only applicable to older computers for purchase? Most people will end up buying those disks grey market from an auction site if they cannot get them through Adobe. Let's face it, $5 for Photoshop 7 or $10 for Acrobat 8 is better than no sale at all.
Come on Adobe, these are not complicated issues. Some of them would actually boost your bottom line. Take care of your customers and your potential customers and you'll be better off for it.

Here is the best place to file a complaint:
Corporate headquarters
Adobe Systems Incorporated
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, CA 95110-2704
An nicely written letter to the CEO will do wonders. Of course, 10,000 letters will have more pull.

How can I file a complaint about customer service and billing

I Changed from AT&T as they didn't offer service where I now reside and ever since March of 2014 it takes about two to three calls to get my billing corrected. And then they have me on the phone for about two hours about the same issue. They have corrected my bill a fee times for their fault. Now I have come to the end of a long battle only to find out they want to charge me a disconnection fee that shouldn't have even taken place. I sent back a phone before the 24 or 15 days that one has to send it back. A phone that was never used and that every month they seemed to remove those charges. Now after 6 months they finally said that I have to pay the disconnection fee. I am so disgusted with customer service as they always make it seem that there is no one else to speak to. This issue should have been resolved months ago and now they are trying to charge me a fee. When their Texas office received the phone I nt back and didnt put on the account when they received it. Yet every month they seem to resolve the issue and say sorry. I spoke to a supervisor who said I have reviewed your account inn two minutes and decided that he wasn't able to do anything with my account and that charge was valid but prior to this everyone would remove the charge and apologize for e inconvenience, now they just want me to pay the disconnection fee we'll it is not happening and I would like to speak to someone about this. I emailed John bianchi to see if they could help me get this corrected. My biggest frustration that I have not had with AT&T before was so many calls for something so simple and not be able to get answers or them just make it seem as they are always right. My bill since I started has not been consistent and that is frustrating. It is has become a joke in a my family about what my bill will be this month. I have a total of five lines with Verizon and if the opportunity came to go back to a different carrier I wouldn't hesitate to change over.

@BobbyS_VZW can this person look at this complaint. @bobbys_vzw Kathleen KBG

How can i file a complaint about the service i received from a licenced apple store?

i would really like to contact apple officials outside the store in order discuss very bad service i received...

hi dmachine,
it is called the icentre i am on the small island of malta (middle of med. sea) this is the store website: http://www.icentre.com.mt/icentre/
it is an official apple store, to be honest i would rather go over the store manager although i did not even bother trying to speak with him/her.
i will deff try contacting the US numbers over skype, hope it works!
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Who holds Verizon employees and management accountable and where can I file a complaint.

I feel that writing this letter is a waste of time, but I feel the way customer service reps (not all) as well as their managers (again not all) need to held accountable for lies and disrespectful business practices they place on loyal customers. This is a long and confusing issue, but in as short as possible, I have been a loyal Verizon Wireless customer for several years. This past September 2014, I along with about 200 other loyal customers waited for several hours in anticipation of the IPhone 6 being released outside of a big box Verizon Store located at 7790 Montgomery Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45236, phone number (513) 984-9939. Because of my early arrival, I was number two in line and number two to enter the store once opened. At approximately 7:30 a.m., Verizon Store employees and an unknown woman claiming to be a manager came from the store with flyers in hand and explained the purchase process. She advised customers were able to buy a maximum of three phones, but could only buy one phone at retail price without contract. I informed the manager that I was not eligible for an upgrade at the time, as my wife and I still had about a year of service left on my current contract. At that time I was told “too bad, there are a lot of customers here for the same thing, and if you want the iPhones you will have to add two lines of service.” I had about $2000.00 in my hand willing to pay full price for phones and have them swapped out for my current devices and was told “too bad.” Well after waiting in line for the amount of time I had, I pretty much had no other choice, entered the store, and paid for two new lines of service in order to get two IPhone 6 plus devices with 128 gb of storage.
Immediate upon returning home, I contacted Verizon customer service (phone call one 9/19/14) and requested to terminate both lines, and move the IPhone 6 plus phones to my original lines. Upon explaining the situation to the customer service rep, he was confused as to why I was told I had to open two new lines, but complied. Later in the night, I had realized service was still not activated on the lines after switching the IPhone 6 plus to my original numbers and call customer service again (call two 9/19/14). After explaining the whole situation over again, I was again informed that the store was wrong and should not have made me add two new lines. This customer service rep informed me of the cancellation fees ($350.00 per line x 2), which I told her I was aware, and had planned to pay $950.00 per phone originally so had no problem paying the termination fee. The customer service rep again told me that all had been completed and the lines would be turned off.
On Saturday September 20, 2014, I signed on to my Verizon wireless.com account and saw that I still had two lines (previously told were shut off) still active on my account, with no phones associated with the numbers. Again, upon contacting customer service (call 3 9/20/2014) I had to explain the entire situation all over. At that time I was advised by the customer service rep, that because I was not returning the phones and just wished to pay the termination fees, that I would need to wait until after 14 days of service to call in and cancel the lines, and also have to request a refund on the activation fees (should be waived if canceled within 72 hours of activation) and any service charges associated with having two lines with no physical phones actually being attached to them. At this point I thanked the customer service rep and was informed that all notations to the account were visible in the account to anyone I spoke with.
Friday October 3, 2014, I again contacted Verizon customer service (call 4 10/3/2014) to cancel these lines. Upon explaining the situation again to the customer service rep, I was informed the store I got the phones from (A VERIZON WIRELESS OWNED STORE) had lied to me in that I needed to add lines. At this point, the female representative informed me the activation fees would be waived, along with any other fees, and the lines were cancelled.
Saturday October 4, 2014 I again logged onto my Verizon Wireless.com account and saw that the lines I was told had twice been removed, were still active and alive with no physical devices actually being associated with the lines of service. AGAIN, calling customer service (call 5 10/4/2014) I spoke with a gentleman and expressed my frustrations as to being misinformed several times thus far. At this point, the customer service rep, after keeping me on hold for about 45 minutes, returned to the phone and advised my that the lines were set for cancelation, but not until my next billing cycle, and that I would need to call in again once all service, activation, and whatever else charges were put on my account to have them removed. During the conversation, (without me asking for a single thing at any point during the conversation except just to have the lines turned off and refund the fees) The customer service rep informed me that he was sorry and his manager was sorry for inconvenience that VERIZON had caused me, as a small toke of VERIZON’s appreciation, VERIZON would waive any and all fees associated with the two lines I was forced to add, to include any and all early termination fees. Again, I never once asked for anything, but was offered by VERIZON employees and a VERIZON manager. I was also informed that when I did call back in, the next customer service rep would see all of these offers in my account notations and would comply.
Tuesday October 7, 2014, I was able to view my bill and had observed the added charges associated with account activation, and lines of service. At that point I again called Verizon customer service (Call 6, 10/7/2014) to have these charges removed. Upon calling and AGAIN explaining the two weeks of hell VERIZON had caused me, I was again apologized to, and informed that the last customer service rep had notated everything as I had explained and was informed and exactly quoted by the representative from VERIZON “We are nothing without our integrity at VERIZON, and VERIZON told you we would waive all of these fees (as notated in my account) VERIZON will stand by our word.” At that point, I was told I would need to be placed on hold as the charges and fees were large (about $263.00 in service fees and $700.00 in early termination fees) it would take a while for the customer service rep to work with his manager to have these charges removed (and in the case of the ETFs, not post to the account at my next billing cycle). After one hour of sitting on hold, I was again in contact with the customer service rep and told, he and his manager had put in for every single refund and credit, the VERIZON MANAGER had approved all, but one final approval was needed which may take a day or two. AGAIN all of this is notated in the account as to offers and promises made by VERIZON wireless employees and managers, and again I had NEVER asked for a single penny refunded, but was offered. I AGAIN was completely willing to pay for the phones and the ETFs without problem, but was again and again offered such refunds and credits by VERIZON employees.
Wednesday October 9, 2014, because of the continual misinformation I have been given by VERIZON employees, I contacted VERIZON customer service again (call 7, 10/9/2014) to check on the status of the credits and refunds. At that time, I was informed, that many of the credits had been approved, but both ETF fees were denied and would only be refunded if I returned the devices. As frustrated and confused as I was, I calmly explained every single thing that was offered to me again by VERIZON and was confused as to why a MANAGER for VERIZON would offer such things and then they would be denied. The female customer service rep informed me that she was unfamiliar with the situation, would message the male customer service rep and or manager I spoke with on October 7, 2014 and have them reach out to me to explain. I was also told I would hear from them within a “few hours.” This call was placed at about 9:00 a.m., and by 6:00 p.m. I had still not heard anything back from VERIZON. At that time I again called VERIZON customer service (call 8, 10/9/2014) and spoke with another customer service rep. Again for the 8th time explained the entire VERIZON lying situation, and was told that he (VERIZON representative) saw was I had been offered several times (refunds and credits) in the account notations and “too bad, VERIZON does not offer refunds or waivers of ETFs.” At this point in the conversation, without completely cursing out the representative, I asked to speak with his supervisor and was turned over to another supervisor to speak with. Upon speaking with the supervisor, I was informed (for the first time) that although VERIZON WIRELESS employees / MANAGERs had offered me refunds of ETFs, WHICH WAS DOCUMENTED NUMEROUS TIMES BY VERIZON in my account details, VERIZON simply could not waive these fees. I again informed the manager that I didn’t care about the fees and was willing to pay, but I was tired of being LIED TO. At that point in the conversation, I was again apologized to over and over again and as a token of apology from VERIZON, he a VERIZON MANAGER offered me a $70.00 bill credit in order to help with the ETFs. Again, I never once asked for anything, but was offered time and time again from VERIZON EMPLOYEES and MANAGERS. I thanked him for his offer and the call ended.
October 10, 2014 (AGAIN after repeatedly being lied to contacted VERIZON customer service to check on the status of my credits (call 9, 10/10/2014). At that time, I spoke with a female representative and again explained the entire dilemma caused by VERIZON. Again, I was apologized to countless times and was informed that a bill credit for $70.00 was pending as I was informed on the previous night by a VERIZON WIRELESS MANAGER, but she did not have access to see any further details. After again apologizing countless times, the customer service representative seemed to be frustrated that I had been treated so negatively and informed me she was going to address this with her manager. Upon her return to the line, and again without ever asking for one single thing, the VERIZON representative with her VERIZON MANAGER offered to meet “half way” with regards to the lowest ETF fees associated with my accounts and provide a $235.00 bill credit to help me and as a token of “sorry for VERIZON’s screw up and constant lies.” I was also told I would be contacted by her manager within four hours at approximately or before 2:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. on that same date, after not hearing anything back I again called VERIZON customer service (call 10, 10/10/2014) spoke with another customer service rep and told her the entire story over again. I told the rep I wanted to speak with a manager right at that moment and was placed on the phone with a woman named Linda I believe. Linda informed me that the credit I was previously told I would be given earlier on that date was rejected and I would not be given it. Again without completely going nuts, I calmly explained my complete disgust with VERIZON and the constant lies I was being told. Again after countless apologies from another VERIZON MANAGER, she politely explained to me again the whole VERIZON cannot offer such refunds or credits associated with ETFs and was appalled that anyone in VERIZON would offer such things knowing they could not be given. While working with her, she informed me the best solution to saving money was to cancel my original phone accounts and keep the two new lines that were pending deactivation, which would result in a $250.00 reduced ETF as opposed to a $700.00. I agreed based on her advice without argument and was informed it may take a few hours for the new numbers to be placed back on the IPhones. Two hours later, my phones still not turned on, I contacted VERIZON again. I had also noted that every single bill credit previously applied to my account was back on the account. At this point being as furious as I was, I again called VERIZON WIRELESS (call 11, 10/10/2014) demanded to speak with a MANAGER and was placed on hold. After waiting for an hour on hold (no exaggeration) the customer service representative returned, apologized for everything including the wait time, and placed a male MANAGER on the phone. After explaining the entire three plus week VERIZON lying dilemma, which he was able to see in the account notes where every VERIZON employees acknowledged the misinformation of the previous employee I had spoke with, he again apologized and explained that I did not lose the bill credits, but because two lines had been canceled, the credits were instead applied to my unbilled ETFs, and they would appear on my next bill. He also informed the SIM cards in my devices would still require more time to activate and that they should be turned on by 7:00 a.m. the next day.
While doing research on the SIM issue, I found that VERIZON policy was immediate and SIMs would not require rebooting time to come out of I believe it is called “AG” or “aging” status. Again contacting VERIZON customer service (call 12, 10/10/2014) spoke with a female customer service agent, who actually looking back was the only one not to represent falsehoods or lies, informed me that because the SIM cards were previously associated with cancelled lines, I would need to go to a VERIZON wireless store and get two new SIM cards. At this point in the day it was about 10:00 p.m. and all VERIZON stores were closed for the day. With no choice in the matter, I agreed, and asked just out of curiosity, on the status of the$70.00 bill credit, I was promised on October 9, 2014. At that point the rep informed me that she was able to see that the VERIZON MANAGER had notated and put a credit request in while I was speaking with him, but then immediately cancelled his own request and closed the situation immediately following the completion of our call. I believe at this point in the entire situation I was so fed up this did not surprise me whatsoever so who could I complain to. The very nice customer service representative again apologized for the continued lies I was told and offered me (not a bill credit), but a data GB credit for 12 months (again without me asking for anything). In her own words “I do not want to promise you the world and then lie to you and get your hopes up thinking it will happen as has happened to you numerous times.”    I truly appreciated her honesty and her acknowledgement of the complete disgusting actions by previous VERIZON employees and MANAGERS.
The next day October 11, 2014 I drove with both IPhones to the Verizon big box store, explained the entire story to the employee, was apologized to for a 20 minutes, the manager came out and apologized as well, GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE! The store is located at 2028 Florence Mall Rd, Space 1139, Florence, KY, (859) 746-3790 (Manager was great so was employee). Never once offered me anything to make up for mistakes VERIZON had made in the past, which I really didn’t care because I never asked nor expected anything, but were truly grateful for my service (I am military and a Federal Law Enforcement Officer) and truly apologized for the actions of the Verizon Sore in Cincinnati Ohio (Again the manager stated the manager at the Cincinnati store lied), and especially apologized for all the lies and mis-information given to me over a three plus week time period.
            Finally, October 15, 2014, I log in to my Verizon wireless account to view my features and reactivate VERIZON’s high definition calling features and see that since September 19, 2014 (original date I purchased the IPhones) I have been charged for Verizon Cloud storage. I HAVE NEVER AGREED TO THESE SERVICES, NEVER REQUESTED THESE SERVICES, NEVER EVEN NEW THEY WERE THERE!!!! Again had to call VERIZON for the fraud and lies they are perpetrating on a daily basis, COMPLAIN to another customer service rep (call 13 10/15/2014) in order to get the fraudulent charges removed from my bill.
Conclusion
            Here I sit writing this long complaint that no one in VERIZON will ever be held accountable for, no one will answer for the lies, mis-information, and disrespect employees and VERIZON MANAGERS perpetrate even though each lie was documented by VERIZON in account notations, and no one will be accountable for the lies the retail stores tell in order to increase their QUOTA to activate a certain amount of new lines per month. I am utterly disgusted with the treatment I have received, will be requesting these notations (if they have not been deleted from my account), have documented each conversation, and recorded many of the conversations, with an end result of pretty much nothing. VERIZON does not care about their customers and could probably care less about my terrible experience. While there are several other cellular options available, they are all crooks and liars just as the perfect documented examples of VERIZON employees and management lying in this case.
Christopher

    Giogetz,
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. I am shocked by the many representatives that you had to speak to regarding your first request. This situation should have never gotten to be complicated and resulting in multiple calls from you. I apologize on behalf of those representatives for dropping the ball. I do agree that the representatives do need to be held accountable and I would like to submit feedback for those that you worked with. I have sent you a direct message. Please reply to the direct message so I can begin submitting feedback.
AndreaS_VZW
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My husbands phone went bad and they send out a galaxy s4 with no battery or back for it, and expect us to order it from Samsung who did not have them in stock then expect us to order from Amazon. All of this instead of sending a new phone, which they should have if they didn't have the battery and back for what they sent. How stupid can they be???? This is terrible customer service in my opinion.

SharDoss wrote:
You are not understanding what is being said. We did not ask for a different phone. His phone was under warranty. If they did not have a Motorola Droid M, they should have sent the battery and back for the phone they sent. Their excuse was they did not stock the refurbished phones with the backs (if you return a phone to them you are required to send the back cover back also). The battery came in to their stock over the weekend and was mailed by way of USPS on the 18th (yesterday). We received the back from Amazon today but no battery, because the rep didn't want to send it overnight shipping. It comes down to this - if they did not have a complete phone to send, then why wouldn't they send a new one instead of half a phone. I understand the policy of the warranty of replacing it with a like new phone which is a refurbished one, but at least if it was a different style, send the whole phone!!!!!!!!! That is what is stupid about the whole situation.
The ONLY time I have ever returned a phone to Verizon for a warranty issue, I was specifically told to keep the back AND battery, so no you are NOT "required to send the back cover back also".
Additionally, of course Verizon doesn't "stock" refurbished phones for warranty issues. It is a manufacturer warranty. Verizon simply facilitates the manufacturers warranty if you do not want to go thru the manufacturer. While Verizon offers this service, they are in no way required to do so and do not guarantee a quick turnaround if your model is not in stock.
Next time, go thru the manufacturer if you are not happy with how Verizon facilitates the manufacturers warranty.

HT4009 How can I file a complaint when an in app purchase didn't work but I still get billed?

I have made in-app purchases for additional game content, I don't get what I bought but I still get billed for the purchase. When clicking the link in the reciept about "report a problem" I just get directed to the general Apple site.

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Email regarding upgrading any phone on plan with Edge program

Has anyone received an email in the last couple days telling them about the new Everthing Plan and an upgrade promotion that states-
And now for a limited time, MORE upgrades!
Through March 31, we’d like to offer you the chance to use Verizon Edge to add a line or upgrade any phone* on your account, regardless of current upgrade eligibility. In addition to a great new phone, you’ll also get a $10 or $20 monthly credit for each smartphone on your More Everything plan under this program.
Stop by your nearest Verizon Wireless Store for a complimentary plan review and to upgrade today.
* Upgrade any phone in good working condition that was not purchased through the Edge program by trading it in. Only phones activated prior to 11/13/13 qualify.
I went to the Verizon store and talked to Customer Service and even though I have 2 lines that were purchased prior to 11/13/2013 for some reason my account isn't flagged correctly for this new promotion so I've been denied upgrading both of my lines. Customer Service's only advice to me was to write a letter and mail or fax (yes, handwrite a letter that has to be mailed or faxed) to the Correspondence Team that would then contact Corporate to possibly fix this issue. Anyone have any other advice or are having this issue?

Ak47jones82 wrote:
We just upgraded our plan to More everything plan and also upgraded 2 new phones on the plan and added a tablet...we were NEVER informed about this Edge program or it's discounts/deals that could be applied to our bill. Shouldn't we be eligible for the $20 off smartphone/month? We have been verizon customers for over 10 years and pay almost $200-$300/month! We need as much shareable data as possible and unlimited messaging. Please tell me what ALL of my plan options are and I need to know if we qualify for EDGE discounts!
The customer can also do themselves a favor by educating themselves before heading to the store and purchasing the devices.

Early Edge through retailer?

I am working on moving 2 lines to Verizon Edge through the Early Edge program ending this month. Can I do this at Best Buy or another retailer or do I have to purchase the phone through Verizon?

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I cannot attach files in Gmail within Firefox. I can attach files in Gmail from Chrome and IE.

I know it has been mentioned elsewhere too ( https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/999383 ), but I cannot reply to that message... so, here it is again, with full details of the testing we have performed so far....
ALL users or our organization are currently affected.
When you try to attached a doc, xls, pdf, etc. in Gmail the results are all the same in Firefox. You get a red bar with "attachment failed" and an option to cancel or retry.
We have tested with our Proxy On and Off. We have tested with no extensions loaded (I get the message with my 3 extensions on or off -- Adblock+, Ghostery, HTTPS Everywhere). Versions on which the issue has been seen include 25, 26, 28, 28.0.1 and 29.0.1 (the latest as of this post). Most users in our organization do not use extensions with Firefox.
Attachments link up just fine in IE 10 and 11, and Chrome (with Adblock, Ghostery, and HTTPS Everywhere turned on). This error is only seen in Firefox, with or without plug-ins.
Operating Systems used for testing were Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.
The issue was first reported to us today, 5/13/14, but it is unknown if the issue has been around longer. However, Firefox is our organization's default browser due to countless web software vendor recommendations. We most likely would have heard before today if the issue has happened previously.
Any tips or suggestions would be welcome here.

Without trying any of the fixes, the issue seems to have gone away on its own. All users (of about 7 reporting in) can attach files within Gmail using Firefox as of 5/15. We did not try any of the 4 fixes listed above. On 5/13 and 5/14, users could not attach files to Gmail messages within Firefox.
However, on the day of the issue we did try all the mentioned fixes (except #4). All affected users had all history and cache wiped, updated to v29.0.1, and the latest Flash plug-in from Adobe.com. We have the browsers set to clear all history, temp files, cookies, etc. at exit to avoid any cached data issues. We tried with proxy on and off too. Attachments were in the 20K-35K range, so very small. They failed on 5/13 and 5/14 within Firefox, but attached fine in IE and Chrome on the same days.
So, not sure what the issue was, what caused, or why it went away... but we cannot reproduce today, as of 5/15.
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