Ridiculous Customer Service

After waiting a week for service on our non-working DSL line, the technician that came entered our home and looked at the lines run in the house. He says... They are run incorrectly...I'm surprised it ever worked at all...Needless to say he fixed the problem. He also left the originally poorly run wires hanging incase Verizon needed to verify the issue. Then he gives me the bill. I explained that Verizon ran the wires when I ordered the service, so I was not sure why I would have a ...Repair..charge. He politely explained that he was just the technician, and I should call customer service and explain. I did just that, and when I explained the situation this is the actual response I received...It does not matter who was responsible for the problem, if the tech has to come inside it's charged to the customer.... So you will pay Verizon to setup you service and run your lines Incorrectly, and then you will pay Verizon to fix there own mistakes. Now I still have the wires hanging that the tech left, I guess I'm supposed to pay to have them removed as well. Customer service does not exist at Verizon. Buyer Beware!

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What a dumb customer service!!!! and where the heck is my payment?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so furious right now to the point my whole body is shaking and I feel dizzy!
I've been mailing out the check for $55 every month on 1st or 2nd of each month for past 2, 3 years now.
I don't get statements in mail, so I typed one page with the accountholder's name, address, account number and payment address. This check for $55 is issued by my work, so what I do every month is that as soon as I receive the check, I print out this little page with all the information, I staple the check to the page and mail out to the payment address listed under Contact Us on Verizon wireless website.
My due date is 21st of each month. As I mentioned above, I mail out the check either on 1st or 2nd of each month, which means the check should be arrived, processed, cleared from the bank, and credited to my account before my due date.
I don't have the entire record, but I can see the payment history for past 12 month from my verizon wireless online and this check for $55, although I've been mailng out on a very regular basis, it has been posted to my account very irregularly.
Sometimes, it gets credited to my account before the 10th. Sometimes, it gets credited sometime before my due date. Sometimes, it gets credited way after my due date. Sometimes, it gets cleared from the bank, but doesn't even get credited to my account. Every month, I have to closely monitor whether this month's check has been cleared and credited for this account.
If this happens to many accountholders, I would not be this frustrated.
I have a coworker who gets the same check from the work and mail out on the same day to VERIZON WIRELESS. Okay? Mark this. Same amount of check issued by the same bank goes to the same payment address by mail (same postal service). Difference? Her due date is 11th and mine is 21st. Another difference? Her payment gets credited in few days and well before her due date. Mine takes forever and ever and sometimes lands on a wrong account.
I called the customer service today to see where my check is and why it has not been cleared yet. The customer service, Jose, was so rude and raising his voice saying that it might have been the post office at fault. And then, he was asking if I wrote a wrong address or anything. Hello~ I TYPED the freaking payment address and my account number and saved in my computer. You've been getting my check with no problem for the past 2, 3 years now, so I'M SO SURE THAT IT'S NOT THE POST OFFICE WHO'S AT FAULT!!!! On top of it, I'm not calling to figure out whom to blame.
Then, I talked to the supervisor, Eric. Hey, if you are the supervisor, you should be able to give me more than the same lame lines that JOSE was giving me. Don't say that I've been mailing my check to the lockbox and you don't have the contact number. I've been sending my check to the freaking lousy lockbox and so have my coworker. She doesn't have the same problem that I have. Even if the lockbox doesn't have the contact number and a live person in, there is the department in which they process the payment, right? You should contact them to figure something out! You should provide a CUSTOMER SERVICE. What part of CUSTOMER SERVICE don't you get as a SUPERVISOR? I am YOUR CUSTOMER! and I, the CUSTOMER, hereby request a SERVICE that I am entitled to!
What did you just say? SUPPRESSING the late charges? Hey, Eric, Look!. I mailed out the check on 1st of August! I'm sure it doesn't take more than three days to be delivered from Los Angeles to Dallas. When I mailed out the check even before you generated my bill, how dare you to even mention the LATE CHARGE? It is NOT my ****** problem that you have a lousy system to process the check. You better fix the **bleep** problem.
You'd better keep your word and call me back with answers to all the questions (about irregular postings to my account, what's been causing the delay, etc) by TUESDAY.
What? Suppressing the late charges is all you can do for me? I just wasted my 40 minutes holding the call, and not getting all the answers I wanted, and dealing with non-sense ridiculous customer service and that's all you can do? You should waive my payment. You should give me like 1000 min credit.
I've been using the Verizon Wireless for almost 5 years and I'm seriously disappointed at the level of customer service you provided and the way you are handling this matter and not providing a good reason why you are messing up with my payment.

I can understand that the situation is infuriating, but the anger is misplaced. To start, it is very bad practice to not have a direct way to view whether the check you are sending had been cashed. While it gives the appearance of being convenient, you are setting yourself up for a nightmare when you do not, first, deposit the funds and issue your own method of payment. Secondly, the fact that it was not applied to the account does not necessarily mean that Verizon Wireless is at fault. You cannot determine this absolutely until you confirm that the check had been cashed by VZW, which, again, is going to be difficult to impossible because you are sending a check from a third party. The likelihood that it was lost in the mail should not seem shockingly preposterous. Matter of fact, people use this excuse because it is a very plausible scenario. It is essential to know whether the check was cashed by VZW, if it was, then they can go through the steps to find it; if, however, it was not, then it is something you will want to get reissued.
My advice is to follow the approach listed above, but, more so, eliminate the overly emotional reactions so that the matter can be addressed in a logical way.

It is ridiculous that you do not have an email to customer service. I have been waiting for an hour to chat, but it is never available. this makes me not want to be a verizon customer.

It is ridiculous that you do not have an email to customer service. I have been waiting for an hour to chat, but it is never available. this makes me not want to be a verizon customer.

Think about it...
The reason they won't use email is so they can "stretch the truth" and get away with it. They can tell you anything you want to hear over the phone and deny it all later. In these forums, posts can magically disappear.
With email, they are caught between a rock and a hard place, so it will never happen. Things said in email are much harder to go back on.

Customer service is ridiculous

Terrible customer service. I have been using Skype for years!!! I recently changed my credit card in the system and Skype kept charging my old card, which resulted in overdraft charges in my account. I talked to a couple of guys on the chat (why on Earth won't Skype have a phone number to call??? It's way faster!!!!!!). I spent over an hour talking to them and they offered NO REAL SOLUTIONS, just to delete my old card from the system, which should have happened automatically when I changed the card on the system. They apologized for the glitch in the system but nothing else. I asked them to refund the money and charge it to the other card so I could talk to my bank, and nothing. Asked them to refund my overdraft charges and aparently I need to ask Obama or God knows who to prove that these charges were done.
It's just unacceptable that I am being charged for something that it wasn't my fault. It's not a lot of money, but you would expect some accountability from such a big company.
I work with customers and if it is our company's mistake we make sure that we do our best to make our customers happy in the fastest way possible.
I am very disapointed and won't be using Skype again. Thankfully there are tons of options these days.

Think about it...
The reason they won't use email is so they can "stretch the truth" and get away with it. They can tell you anything you want to hear over the phone and deny it all later. In these forums, posts can magically disappear.
With email, they are caught between a rock and a hard place, so it will never happen. Things said in email are much harder to go back on.

Yet Another Customer Service Complaint

For at least the past ten years, I have been a Verizon Wireless customer, & until recently, I have never had an issue with the company. Their plans have great pricing, the coverage in my area is impeccable, & the representatives in the store have always been more than willing to meet customer satisfaction.
Until recently, that is. Last year, I upgraded my phone to the LG Rival, after my LG EnV was clearly out of date & useless to me. This is where the issues begin. Clearly, like any young adult, I purchased the insurance on the phone since accidents & loss are bound to happen. By the time summer rolled around, my Rival was having extreme software issues, due to no fault of my own. The phone would often freeze, the screen would glitch out, resembling a TV static screen, the phone would underline random words in red, it wouldn’t hold a charge, the phone would shut off or restart itself for no reason or in the middle of a text or phone call, or it would completely shift the screen to the left or right so that only half of the screen was visible.
I took it into the store of course & was informed that the insurance program had switched over to Asurion, & I would have to file a claim with them & wait the specified number of days for a new [aka refurbished] phone to arrive in the mail. Fine, I could deal with that, three days wasn’t too long of a wait to continue to deal with the piece of crap I was holding in my hand.
My refurbished phone arrived, I shipped the old one back to them, & all seemed well. Until two weeks later, when the refurbished phone started showing the same symptoms as the first. First the charge started failing to hold. Next came the shutting off & restarting, followed by the screen shifting. Once again, I returned to the store. Went through the same motions, filed the claim, waited three days, & was once again gifted with a refurbished version of the EnV.
Can you guess what was happening two weeks later? I’m sure you can. I went through this five times. *Five*. By the fifth time, they were completely disregarding what information I was giving them in the store, & had simply started shipping a new battery pack. Through November & December, I was in the store every few days, sometimes multiple times a day, seeing as I was not the primary phone holder or account holder. I was continually given attitude, shifted from person to person, & blown off.
I’m used to this kind of treatment. I’m a twenty-one year old female with a mohawk, facial piercings, & tattoos. In the beginning, never once was I rude, irate, or anything other than courteous, laying out my plight in brief & to-the-point conversations, & simply asking for help. Towards the end, I had started making it clear that I was sick of being [Edited to comply with Terms of Service] around, that I was a long-standing customer who until recently had no issues with their service, & that I expected the situation to be remedied. What kind of service was I paying for anyways?
It finally boiled down to I could either cancel my contract early, having to pay the fees, or I could buy a new phone at my own expense. My mother, who is the account owner, had finally had just as much as I had, & went into the store with me. Just as I had before, she laid out our problems, was calm with a business-like manner, & wouldn’t you just know it, she was treated much more receptively than myself & offered a different array of options. We ended up using the up-grade available on her line to acquire a Kin-Two for myself, since the available free Wi-Fi at hot spots was something that would [hopefully] end some of the hidden fees I had been receiving with my Rival. We extended our contract & once again purchased insurance on the device.
A little over a month ago, on January 19th, we were once again hit with a larger-than-expected bill due to data charges. I will accept this as my fault; a little too much status-updating. She called customer service to have a data plan added to my phone. All should be just fine, correct?
On February 4th, I was at a club with some friends & my phone was misplaced. Whether it was taken, slipped from my pocket, sat down somewhere, the reason is irrelevant. Point is I didn’t have it. We contacted Ansurion to file the claim, & they would not accept it. According to their records, on January 19th, the insurance on my phone was canceled, the same day we had the data plan put on it. We were told to contact Verizon. After doing so, we were informed that they couldn’t name the representative for us who canceled the insurance, because their system does not keep those kind of records. Now began the telephone shifting, from one representative to another as they very nearly refused to let us speak to a supervisor as requested. All we wanted was the insurance reinstated on the phone so that I could get another Kin-Two.
They informed us that they no longer sold the Kin-Twos, nor did they have any refurbished ones in stock. They said that if they re-instated the insurance [which we would have to pay for] they couldn’t guarantee what phone would be sent, but that I would receive a new phone. No, I didn’t want to be sent a phone that would require a data plan simply to work, nor did I want some outdated phone that would just continue to glitch out a few weeks after receiving, as was clearly the issue in the past. They recommended we call our local store to see if they had any Kin-Twos in stock.
Guess what our final options were? After speaking to the representative there, we were told that we could either purchase a new Kin-Two in the store at $430. Excuse me? I only paid $75 for the phone to begin with. Next option. I could wait until May when another of the lines under our names was eligible for an upgrade. Going four months without a phone? Not happening. Or, we could purchase a different phone, once again at our own expense.
I will admit that by this point, the two of us were pretty peeved. We asked what the cost would be to simply cancel the contract & take our business else where. $95 to cancel just my line, $365 to cancel all three lines. Both options were cheaper than buying a new phone, new insurance & extending my contract once again. Now, I know what some of you out there are thinking.
“You were given multiple options to work with, & you chose to disregard each option.”
With the experience & treatment I have received in the past year, & how often I have had to threaten to cancel my contract in order to receive any kind of help what-so-ever, so be it. I would rather pay $95 dollars & take my business elsewhere - say MetroPCS or Cricket where you can get unlimited everything for less than $50 a month. I’m not going to make my family suffer through the cancellation fees & start-up fees elsewhere since they both adore their phones & have no issues with them.
That doesn’t mean that I am not greatly **bleep** off, insulted, & dissatisfied with what I have had to deal with. I don’t know exactly what policy changes have been made within the company from recent mergers & such, but the website’s claim of “Expect the best customer service at every turn from our employees,” is complete & utter rubbish. The customer service we have dealt with in the past few months has been nothing but, & excuse my French, complete **bleep**.
I *will* be cancelling my contract & taking my business elsewhere, & you can bet I will be informing anyone thinking of switching to Verizon of my experience. Friends of mine have been dropping Verizon left & right due to the fact that just because you offer great coverage & plans, doesn’t mean that you can treat the people paying you their money each month like trash. For those who continue to adore Verizon, just wait.

Absolutely Horrible Customer Service - both in the store and the 800 number.
My phone quit working - not my fault. I was suppose to get a replacement overnight and if for some reason it didn't arrive overnight, I was assured that it would be delivered Saturday. Today is Monday, no phone. They put the wrong address on the shipping form and they don't know when I will get it.
They won't send another one because there is a phone out there and they have to get it back first. They know I don't have it. Ridiculous!
Why don't they have replacement phones in the store. Option 1: phone breaks, go to store and get replaced same day. Option 2: phone breaks, wait for phone to arrive in mail and hope it is the next day. One is more convenient for the customer and the other is more convenient for Verizon. Seriously - It's not brain surgery.
The lack of concern among the 3 Verizon employees I spoke with was unbelievable. "This is just the way we do things. There is nothing I can do to help you." The store manager doesn't know how Verizon's replacement service works or how long it takes for them to notify FedEX to correct the delivery mistake and get the phone to me! "I can't control FedEX." No but you're the reason they delivered the phone to the wrong address. Rep had the nerve to tell me he would "correct the address mistake IF I wanted him to." Under what circumstance would I not want him to????? Absolutely, no acceptance of responsibility!!!
Cell phone companies should not be allowed to require two year contracts but should have to provide month to month service. They KNOW they don't have to treat you well or provide service with these long term contracts. They know you have no recourse.

Problems with Customer Service AND unexplained charges!

I've been with Verizon for I-don't-know-how-many years, and through the years you are bound to have a few problems here and there but some of the problems are just ridiculous! It's also the same reocurring problem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was with Alltel first, before it was bought out by Verizon. The years I was with Alltel, I didn't have near as many problems. It seems EVERY time I do the smallest change or something to my phone or bill, I get a ridiculous amount of charges that I was NOT aware of, nor told about... EVEN IF I ask "So this isn't going to change my bill, or there will not be any unexpected/unexplained charges that I don't know about?"... BUT not matter how many times I ask... and NO matter how many times I am told "no"... there always is. For example.... last year, I updated and signed a new 2 year contract and purchased the first Driod. Before, my 30 day warranty was up, I was having problems with my Driod, and decided to send it in and get a new one. Before I did this.. I called customer service to make sure there would be no interuption in my bill, and there wouldn't be any unexpect charges, and there would be no difference in anything. I was told there was not, and once I recieved my new phone, just send it in and nothing would be changed. Of course, when I get my bill.. I see I was charged $500 for the new phone. It was explained to me that my credit card was reimbursed (which I never check that card, because I never used it expect to purchase the phone) and that I was recharged for the new phone, since it was a new phone. So I had to fork out the $500 (on top of my bill) and then wait months to get the $100 rebate card. Months after that, I "assumed liablity of my line" because I was on a plan with my family. I decided to have my own line, so I "assumed liability." I was not told that when I did that, I "renewed" my contract date. So I just added 6 more months to my 2 year contract. Was NOT told about that! Then again...... I was recently having problems with my Driod (the screen went black and would not come back on.) I had to turn on an OLD motorola razor, so I would not be without a phone for two days while I was waiting on my phone to come in. As soon as my phone came in, I had my Droid turned back on. I recieved my bill recently, and my bill was $200 over what it normally should be.... so I called in... apparently, when I had my phone replaced, they dropped off my data package and when I recieved my replacement driod, they never put it back on. So I was being charged for alllll my data usage... again I was NOT told about this. I wasn't even aware that they had dropped off my data package, and when/where did they get the authority to do that??? These are just a FEW of the problems that I have had.................................
Does anyone have these reoccuring problems!?

I understand that my bill can be viewed online, and I do view it fairly regularly, so if there are any unexplained charges, I can call Verizon asap. The problem does not come from me not understanding my bill, but from customer service. I have been with Verizon for a very long time, and it is a continuing problem. Where did Verizon get the 'OK' to drop my data package off my plan? Who authorized that?
After calling Verizon and trying to find out the problem, the gentleman told me that when I activated on old phone while I was waiting on my new Droid to arrive, my data package was dropped off and I "should" have been told about that. When I reactiviated my new Droid, I "should" have called and had them restart my data package. I was not aware that when you activate an old phone that data plan is taken off your plan. In all my years of having cell phones, I never make two years with one phone. I have always, at one point, had to turn on an old phone, and my data package has NEVER changed. Why would I have my data package dropped and why would I have to call Verizon to have it restarted. I would never know to do that unless I was TOLD that my data packaged HAD to be re-added when I recieved my new phone, but I was never told of that.
All of that is beside the point, the point is, Verizon was never given the authorization to change my plan. Never. My bill was taken care of and readjusted, and I am thankful for that. It does not change the fact it is always a hassle with Verizon Customer Service and I am always the one having to PROVE that I am not at fault, or that I was NEVER told of certian things. EVERY TIME I HAVE CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE, I AM TOLD "I'M SORRY, THEY SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU THAT."
"they should" does not help my bill with the extra armount of charges.

Best Buy needs to reevaluate customer service.

First, let me start by saying that I have always bought all my major appliances and electronics from Best Buy, but that may change soon. On November 30, 2014 I ordered a Whirlpool Convection over the range microwave and a French door Samsung refrigerator. We had the microwave delivered to our house and it arrived on December 9, 2014 with a dent in it. So we returned it to the Avon, IN store where they reordered it delivered to the store so that it wouldn't be damaged. The new one arrived and we got it home to find it also damaged, so we returned it to the store and asked for a refund as we did not have time to deal with it at that moment.<br>Our refrigerator was delivered on Saturday, December 13th. We were first emailed that it would be delivered between 11:30am and 1:30pm, then got a call saying 12:30-2:30pm. When it did not come by 2:30 we called and they said that they always showed it as being delivered between 2:30-4:30pm. The refrigerator was delivered at 6:00pm with no apology. When I called customer service about this the lady told me that yeah in the last year Best a Buy had been going downhill and she wasn't sure why, is that really what you want your reps telling your customers? Then 4 - 6 days later the refrigerator stopped working while my husband and I were out of town on vacation. Our grown daughter found it after it had not been working for a couple of days, everything was spoiled by the time she found it. She called customer service and tried a couple of recommendations but it didn't work and the technician recommended that we request a replacement. I immediately called customer service on December 19th and was told they would deliver a new one on the 20th. My daughter waited and never got a call, so around noon she called and they told her they couldn't possibly deliver it as they did not have it in stock. NICE! I then tried calling customer service several times and kept getting cutoff, so gave up as I was traveling. On the 23rd I spent over a hour and numerous attempts to talk to customer service, I kept getting cutoff and then having to start over the whole process. Finally I got a gentleman who was extremely helpful and my refrigerator is now scheduled to be delivered the 29th between 1:30-3:30, do I really expect it to show - NO! I then asked the gentleman to reorder the microwave that was previously returned at the original $399 price, he was checking but didn't see a problem with that. Guess what, he cut me off when he put me on hold. So here I go again, next customer service person verifies refrigerator is to be delivered on the 29th, nope I still won't believe it until I see it. When I ask about reordering the microwave for the sale price, they said no, even though I had went through the whole story with them. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY ridiculous, I am asking for a $50 price discount for all the troubles I went through and my business isn't worth it to Best Buy. I did not buy it since they couldn't give me the $50 off and I can buy it anywhere at the same price, I will take my business elsewhere. I think you all need to revisit your customer service and what you want to do to retain a valuable customer. If the refrigerator doesn't show up on time tomorrow I won't be here and I will use social media to tell my story.

Hello Zebo welcome to the forums!
I'm sorry to hear that you had a bad experience about your delivery of your appliances. Kitchen appliances are a big purchase and it sounds bad when one gets a damaged unit. Please note that your posting will serve as receipt of a Best Buy staff acknowleding your troubles, and as long as you are subscribed to this thread, if you encounter any further troubles, please post back here and let them know, you will continue to receive email notifications when a BBY Staff responds to your inquiry.
Best Buy is a little bit backed up right now considering the end of the holiday season so you may encounter a delay in an official reply from them.
Your patience is greatly appreciated and I'm hoping for the best on your replacement delivery on your kitchen wares
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I am not an employee of BBY in any shape or form. All information presented in my replies or postings is my own opinion. It is up to you , the end user to determine the ultimate validity of any information presented on these forums.

Serious and rapidly increasing Customer Service Failures...

I have been a "Mercedes Plan/Equipment" user, since April, 2002.
I live in a rural area (Southeastern WA State), and the regional carrier was highly inadequate. I found Verizon to be a superior alternative.
My experience, led many of my fellow citizens (all 500) of us, to purchase Verizon service and phones.
Personally, my "problems" did not begin; until I moved to Whidbey Island, WA, in late 2005. I explored "plan options," with help from several CSP's, and my son in-law...who sold me the plan (he owned his own, independent store at the time).
Shortly after, I assume (I should have personally monitored my service plan more carefully, rather than trusting that Verizon would keep me advised of plan changes and new, improved plans...back when plans "got better; as opposed to worse!") several less expensive programs became available, to accommodate my needs. Believe it or not, I was paying nearly $500/month?!
Fortunately, in a "routine" call about reception problems, my CSP was SHOCKED to see what I was paying, versus what I was "using." She determined I had paid approximately $242/mo. more than necessary...for 13 months!! Yes, I feel quite the fool...
Verizon was unapologetic; but the CSP FOUGHT to get me at least one month's refund. Sigh...nearly $3000 into the funding of a rapidly deteriorating entity?!
Well, other than some incredibly helpful company store employees (who have become less and less able to assist?!), my "Verizon Experience" has progressively deteriorated into "Verizon Inexperience/Poor experience/Incompetence/Nightmare and FRUSTRATION!"
Anyone else "feel the pain," and sad to see the decline of this (unfortunately) near "monopolistic" entity?
Sigh, if only another carrier provided as strong a coverage map...with caring and competent customer service and support!!
I returned to my "little farm community" in mid-2009; where many of the people I had "sold" on Verizon, sought to "wring my neck!"
Verizon, in order to accommodate "commuter students and faculty" from several institutions of higher education in our area; put in a new, very powerful tower (primarily for data service) about 10 miles east of town.
This has DESTROYED voice service in our community. The good news is, data is actually quite good?!
Verizon has promised a solution (many of us complained...and continue to do so) and have been repeatedly "promised" a solution for 3.5 years.
It seems, since the wavelength for voice is shorter, it is more easily disrupted by obstacles; even weather.
Our phones, first seek a Verizon tower, then switch to a "roaming" tower, if the signal is poor. Unfortunately, just a minor movement of the phone can initiate this action...resulting in the phone becoming confused and dropping the call, or so badly degrading the transmission, it can't be understood.
Last week, in a conversation with a CSP; re, a different issue; I brought up the idea that Verizon should give us all "signal boosters." He kept reiterating I could buy one for $250, so I hung up!
This morning, I checked my Gmail Spam (not sure why I did?)...and discovered to emails from Verizon, sent to MULTIPLE email addresses(??), and regarding a phone number and RIDICULOUS amount of dollars paid on somebody's account?!
The emails appear to be 100% legit.
I am concerned that Verizon e-statements have been "hacked?!?!"
Gmail assures me, my account has not been "hacked."
I am enclosing a copy of the "SPAM" e-mail I received this morning; but with all references to multiple e-mails REMOVED.
PLEASE BE AWARE and VIGILANT!
This morning, I sent an "incensed" e-mail to Verizon...it might explain a bit more (it does NOT even include all the inconveniences) about my frustration.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I am forwarding a copy of the e-mail, and a detailed list of problems to both the FCC and the FTC. It has been suggested that I acquire the services of an attorney...either as an individual, or perhaps, on behalf of the community.
Here is a copy of the e-mail, sent this morning:
{The continued demise of Verizon service, and increasing general incompetence; continue to amaze and frustrate.
Voice service from my home and hometown was "destroyed" in 2009, by a newly installed tower. Promises to repair have been bogus...most recently, a supposed agreement to add a translator or such, to local Inland Cell. tower. HAH!
I pay late every month...as part of my "protest."
Two years ago, YOU switched ownership of my plan; to a person that DID NOT EVEN EXIST! The "Carline *******" was close to that of my then 74 year-old sister, "Carolyn *******." In the process of solving the problem; the original call was "dropped" SIX TIMES! I had to get "Carolyn" on conference call (frightening and confusing her)...to get the account (opened under my name and Social Sec. number in 2002), switched back to me?! The inconvenience was increased, by having to create a BRAND NEW ACCOUNT and new billing cycle.
Last week, I noticed my brother, "Lester *****" has his phone, 509.951.****, STILL LISTED AS "CARLINE *******?!" A phone adviser promised to fix it; but as of yesterday (i reviewed my online statement) it appeared unchanged? I also told the poor young "pawn," Verizon should provide all local customers with free "signal boosters." Yeah, right! He continued to "recite his script;" about my "buying one"...so I hung-up on him.
Back in 2006, a phone adviser, identified that I had been sold the wrong plan...and had paid approx. $242/mo. too much, for 13 months?!
She was able to get me a refund of just "ONE MONTH." Thanks MUCH!
Today, I received in my SPAM Gmail (which I by chance checked); two e-mails from what appears to be Verizon? A "late notice," and a "notice of payment;" both sent to MULTIPLE ADDRESSES, and identifying the last four digits of a phone number I DO NOT RECOGNIZE. I am so sorry to be STUCK WITH VERIZON... THIS EMAIL, THE SPAM will all go to the FCC.
YOU'RE PATHETIC!!
Joseph A. *****}
509.951.****
If there are many of you out there, with similar struggles; perhaps we should "unite and fight?!"
Thanks,
why?777

Just to add to the mix.
We were told today that the wayleaves team had written to 1 of our neighbours asking for permissions and that they were awaiting their response. I have spoken to the neighbour in question (he works away from the poperty) and he has said that he has sent 2 replies already so where have they gone (sat on someones desk no doubt)? They also said they didn't need to contact the middle property as the connection would be overhead (complete rubbish as the lines here are underground). Although, I have subsequently contacted the middle property (who also live away, it's a holiday let) who have told me that they have received a letter from BT asking for their permission and they replied in earnest, and BT have replied to their reply acknowledging thier reply and sending them a cheque of £25 compensation.
Basically no one knows what is going on, and I don't know what to do....

Customer service is a joke!!!

So there seems to be nowhere to inform Adobe of
their shortcomings with the customer service provided over the
phone, so I guess this place is a good as any.
A recent online purchase was shipped to an incorrect address
of which I had previously and in person, corrected with a customer
service rep. I thought that would be the end of it. So I call up
after I realize that the product has not been delivered and I am
told that the shipping company sent it to the wrong address. So I
call the shipping Co, and they had shipped to the provided address
(from Adobe, which was the old incorrect address). So now I call
back Adobe customer service again, and go through all the BS that I
did the first time to try and "correct" this issue. After being
passed around, and told that the address is correct that Adobe was
going to send me a replacement product "gratis". Well I patiently
wait for this new product to show up and again the time passes with
no sign of the product. So here we go again and call Adobe customer
service. This time I'm told that the product was not sent due to
Adobe having no "state" location for my shipping address, (yes -
the address that I have given them now for the third time). So I
express my concern that this is such an issue, why did they not
contact me and ask for the my state, why did they not look at the
zip and figure it out? Anyway the customer service rep puts me back
on hold to try and find out "why" and then they come back and tell
me that the Adobe ordering system was "resting" over the fourth of
July long weekend and as such no . Resting - now i really had to
contain my desire to laugh. This is Adobe people!!!! Anyway I'm now
told they are generating a third order and that I am to call back
in 24hrs to get my tracking number. I asked the rep could Adobe not
send me a email confirmation with the tracking number (like every
other online merchant does) No that was no allowed by customer
service and that another Adobe department would have to handle
that. So now I'm playing the waiting game again, still no tracking
number, a third order number and I still have to contact them again
to get the information.
This is 2008 and us professionals who rely on Adobe products
to make a living are being treated like the proverbial mushrooms -
kept in the dark and fed a lot of sh#t!!!!
Thanks Adobe!

I completely agree. I cancelled my landline service last night after my service being out 3 times in the last month and being stood up by the technician yesterday. Received an automated call at 5:30pm saying they couldn't make it and rescheduling for today for an all day appt. Cause I guess none of us have to work. I called back reinforcing that the reason I had to have the appt kept is because I have an adult son with autism who has to be able to communcate with me when I am at work. It is safety issue. They told me i needed to have called by 1:30 that day. I don't think he even realized what a ridiculous statement that was since they cancelled at 5:30! Apparently there was no one in all of the company who could contact the technician and tell him to keep the appt so I cancelled servcie and went out a got a cell phone for my son. I feel your pain!

Customer Service Issue

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

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

Bad experience with Verizon Fios Internet and Customer Service

I had an extremely bad experience with Verizon Fios Internet service and I will never use Verizon again.
In August 2014, I called and installed the Verizon Fios Internet and phone bundle. I asked the customer agent several times if I will be charged anything before the installation of the Internet and phone service. She said, 'No, we will only start charging after the Internet and phone are installed at your apartment'. I went to the store and picked up the router and phone and installed it at home by myself. The router did not work. I called Tech support and they said it will take several days for another available agent to come and look into the issue. I decided to discontinue the service and closed the account that same night.
At the end of the month, I received a bill of $80 of activation fee for the internet service. Nothing was ever activated, my internet router did not work, and I got charged an activation fee for a service that I did not even start using. From August to December, I called customer service over 10 times and some of them said they will waive it while the others said it's a non-refundable activation fee. One lady said, 'Ma'am, the activation fee starts when you placed the order, the warehouse received it and packed the router in the boxes....' Isn't that ridiculous? If that's the case, please ask all your customer representative to say a clause before new customers open their account: Are you aware that you will be charged a non-refundable activation fee once you open the account regardless of whether or not you use the service or not.
So after 3 months (November 2014), I decided to get out of all these troubles and paid off my $80 activation fee. They put the bill in the collection agency and I called them and paid the overdue balance. Then in December 2014, I received a statement saying I have a $3.11 overdue balance. The collection agency told me that they will charge me for the whole activation fee and a $3 transaction fee for the transaction. So now Verizon came back and said I owed them the $3 because I paid the collection agency their transaction fee.
I am very disappointed and furious about the whole Verizon operating system. Charging a customer for an activation fee for a service s/he has not consumed or used does not make any business sense. In addition, they do not know how to coordinate with the collection agency on overdue bills. Give the customer a heads-up that they will be charged a transaction fee on top of the overdue balance, and that transaction fee does not count towards clearing the balance.
I have completely lost my confidence in Verizon albeit the many good feedback from my friends.

Hi crystallau52,
Sorry you are having difficulty. An agent with access to your account will reach out to you directly by email, private message in the Forums and/or the billing telephone number on your Verizon account for more information or to help you resolve your issue.

Poor follow up from Customer Service

Customer Service has very poor follow up. Multiple times I have called with phone not properly working and the initial person was not able to help. After an hour of being on the phone with him he said he would have to have someone else call me back. About 6 months later I called back and this time I waited until they could get me to the right person, but it took another hour plus, however, this time they helped.
The thing that brings me to this comment however is the fact that I called last month when I noticed my usage was going over and tried to get them to up my usage plan. The customer service lady said that because the billing cycle was closed they could not. I know they have done this before and why I went over my minutes when within the prior year I did not even come close baffled me. We discussed the issue with no resolution and finally I just hung up on her. She called right back and said that she emailed her supervisory and that her supervisor will be getting back with me. Yep, you guessed it, no follow up from supervisor. Bill went through, I paid a ridiculous amount for overage and have become a very dissatisfied Verizon customer. Trapped now that I have new phone, but in 2 years I will be gone from Verizon after being with them for over 10+ years. Guess sometimes the little guys get lost. Good luck all!

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I want to escalate a complaint about Adobe 'Customer Service'

Last year I perfectly legitimately bought a second hand copy of Creative Suite 5.5 Design Premium. I have successfully installed it and have been using it perfectly ever since. However, I asked the original purchaser of the software to transfer all ownership (licence) over to me so that I can take full advantage of the product and eventually upgrade.
The purchaser, on my behalf, jumped through the various hoops, had a lengthy support LiveChat (3/9/12) with a Justin, filling in all the necessary forms along the way and eventually was asked to open a support case (0209083539). The case was opened and the purchaser kept asking support where we were up to, to which he got little if no response right up until the case was withdrawn without notification.
I myself, decided to enter the ring and see if I couldn't motivate this through to a satisfactory conclusion and I too had a LiveChat (26/9/12), first with a Ghanendra and then had to repeat the whole story yet again to a Abhishek who after many questions assured me that the process would finally draw to a close once Photo Identity proof of the original purchaser had been uploaded it would be resolved.
It wasn't.
The purchaser duly uploaded his passport photo page, the support case page acknowledged receipt and reported as such (26/9/12) and a week later he received the following...
"We are sorry to inform you that we are unable to Transfer the License since the Transferee's part of the Transfer of License form is not filled. Please re-attach the completely filled Transfer of License form so that we will validate and Transfer the License"
A week or so later the signed form was uploaded by the purchaser and we collectively held our breath.
We shouldn't have bothered.
Adobe were now asking for a new invoice as the Apple Mac and Creative Suite were paid for by the wife of the chap I bought it from. (16/10/12)
Less than a week later Adobe closed the case yet again without notifying either of us.
To be honest, I had other things in my life going on and I was not only finding the whole process thoroughly ridiculous but frankly tiring and felt that both me and the purchaser needed a well earned break from this debacle.
March this year. I give the purchaser a nudge and he informs me that he's finally got an invoice of the original purchase with his name on it and furthermore the case has been reopened.
It was looking promising.
Again, we were fooling ourselves.
I keep asking the purchaser if there's been any movement, I'm asking on a mainly fortnightly, often weekly basis, and there has still been no reply from Adobe.
I have kept (and I presume the purchaser has also) all communication between ourselves and Adobe and each other.
This is rediculous that that this hasn't been resolved. This software is not cheap to buy, and rightly, now that the original purchaser has no need for it, he wants to get some of his money back, like you would for any other purchase of any other product or service.
It's embaressing that a company of Adobe's size cannot orchestrate a successfull and efficient customer service that outlines in easy to understand language in clear view without having to be palmed off once more to talk to a support representative who, through no fault of their own, seems to have their hands tied by stupid and intrusive beaurocracy, over what, a piece of sodding software. It's not the crown jewels for heavens sake, it's not a priceless artifact, it's a piece of software, that came in a box, that a bloke paid a handsome amount for that I now own, but can't take full ownership of because the company that made it makes it virtually impossible to do.
If it wasn't for the fact that I earn my living by using your software, because it is considered 'industry standard' I wouldn't use it, as your system of ownership is frankly ludicrous.
I want this case escalating and resolving to both mine and the original purchasers satisfaction. I have absolutely no idea how you could recompense the hours and hours of lost time that we've spent jumping through the many many hoops that have been placed in front of us, but I'm sure you'll find a way.

Well, I have an update.
As of 8.45 this evening, nearly four hours after posting the above, the original purchaser of the software in question received the following email (clearly I've removed sensitive info)
"With this response, we believe your issue is resolved and have therefore closed your case xxxxxxxxxxx. If your support case has not been completed to your satisfaction or you should you need to contact us on this issue again, please reference your case number. You can reopen your case up to 14 days after it has been closed.
Hello xxxxx,
Thank you for contacting Adobe and we apologize for not being able to answer your request in a timely manner. We appreciate your patience in this regard.
This email is regarding your request to transfer the license for the software Adobe Design Premium CS 5.5.
Xxxxx, we have transferred the serial number xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx from your Adobe account the account associated with the email address xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx as per your request hence closed this case."
...and I have checked my Adobe account and can confirm that indeed the licence has finally been transferred. :O
The system does work ...eventually.
I clearly needed to write that shirty forum post above months ago. Adobe Support may well have actually done what they should have done months ago, but it still doesn't stop them being useless and needlessly protracting a fairly simple process and wasting both my time and the original purchasers time.
I also can't help but wonder if Tweeting the forum support page URL directly to Adobe and Adobe Support helped them extract a digit from their collective rectum, I guess we'll never know?
Adobe, sort your support out, it aint rocket surgery!

How to file a customer service complaint?

Hello,
I pre-ordered the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with the Galaxy Gear. Of course I did this as soon as the Pre-order was available in order to receive it the first day. I chatted with a sales representative online who assured me I needed to order it as a new customer (even though I have an existing account) in order to keep my unlimited data. I did just that and he guided me through the process. Then on the weekend I noticed an e-mail that said my order was put on hold and I needed to contact customer service who wouldn't be available until Monday. First, the customer service agent put me on hold multiple times, trying to transfer me to someone else then as I waited patiently, he hung up on me. I called back and was told that the phone was NOT supposed to be ordered under a new account even though the first sales rep specifically told me to do just that. My order was cancelled and redone. Now it turns out that my shipping day has been pushed back to 10/12 instead of the original 10/10 for something that was not my fault. I called AGAIN asking for my order to be bumped back up to the original shipping date since this was not my fault. He said there was nothing he could do because the system is automatic with pre-orders and it's first come first serve. I reiterated that I DID place the order as soon as it was available. If the Verizon sales rep gave me the wrong instructions, it should not affect my order. He still said there was nothing he can do. I really don't buy it. He said that I could try and contact someone higher up but then couldn't even guide me to the right phone number or e-mail address because the only one on the Verizon page was the same one I used to contact him! Then I asked if I could complain about the Sales Rep giving wrong instructions and he didn't even know how to do that. I mean there's probably other people that are having this same issue. At least try and stop it. This is ridiculous. I pre-ordered the phone immediately, asked a sales rep for assistance in order to make sure it all went smoothly AND spent over $1,000 on this order alone. I should at least get the phone on the first day.

So I have been a customer since 1991 and today has been such a poor customer service experience I had to write in.
We recently moved and the service in the area is poor, Verizon admits it's "below its standards" and offers to sell me a network extender for $250. I told them I wouldn't pay for something that is needed because the service is poor. They came back and said they could give me a 'deal' and send it to me for $100. OK, for $100 I'll try it rather than switch everyone in my house to AT&T (which I have on my work paid for phone and service is excellent). Device comes and doesn't even connect to GPS for a signal. Two tech later and me looking at the box it says it's a 'refurbished unit'. In talking to customer service today they tell me refirb units are only $100. The first person never told me that. So now they want to send me a new unit (back to the $250). What a deceptive group, and this on top of the fact that the service sucks.
Off to AT&T at lunch since Verizon told me I could get out of the contracts because the service doesn't meet the minimum standards.

Edge/Customer Service Complaint

Extremely frustrated with Verizon, their sales tactics, and their customer service. We upgraded phones recently (have been long, loyal customers of Verizon). The upgrading process took upwards of 2 hours or more (not an easy feat with a toddler in tow). We were talked into buying the Edge program with our phones due to this being more financially sound in the long run once the phones were completely purchased. We constantly mentioned needing to apply for my husband's work discount as well, which we submitted the paperwork in the office. Of course we were never given a bottom line monthly price in the store, but were pretty confident with the sales person. A few days later, we got an email that we could not access my husband's work discount due to him only being a manger on the account and not the account owner (which is me). When I called customer service, they mentioned that we had to return the phones to the store and do the process over again (we live about 40 minutes away, work different days, and have a toddler, again, not an easy feat). 2 weeks and 2 days, we arrived back at the store, only to be told that we can do this over the phone. I called the customer service number again, to explain the issue. Spoke with a manager, who informed me that there was no way we could transfer the account to my husband's name to access this discount due to being on the Edge program, which is a loan. I explained the the sales rep. told us it is NOT a loan, because loans have interest rates attached to them, and that the sales rep. was in full knowledge of who was the account owner and that my husband was applying for his work discount. The only way, this would be possible, is to buy the phones out in full. I am so frustrated with this company. I wound up buying the phones in full (which also gets rid of our discount for the Edge program). We were misled to believe the Edge program was better than the two -year contract, which it does not seem to be the case. It does not make sense to me that an account manager cannot utilize their work discounts, when they are able to change other contractual items and pay the bills. Furthermore, to not be able to switch account holders is ridiculous - bills are still the same and going to the same place/person. VERY angry with verizon. I will not recommend them any more and will consider switching companies as soon as possible since we now own the phones outright and are not in a contract with them currently. Sales reps need to be trained better to know their information, and if not, then their misinformation/mistakes should be easily rectified - which they are not. BBB will hear this complaint as well.

There is such a thing as an "interest free loan."
Additionally, you can still get the same discount as that associated with an Edge agreement. Simply log into your MyVerizon account. Navigate to "CHANGE FEATURES" and the discount should be available there if your phones are eligible. Since you just bought out your Edge contracts, it may take a while to show up.

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