SMART REWARDS ARE SO FRUSTRATING

Smart Rewards Auctions are the Most FRUSTRATING thing. The people who created it, needs to be a customer & try it themselves.
This is not a fair program. I have tried about 60 auctions & Never won. It has stopped on me being current leader at ZERO and then hold that for about 10 seconds & then change!!!! I only do points only because I have no chance of the ones with a timer. I don't have enough points & its ridiculous they make people click on a auctions for 4 hours!! Seriously please stop they way you do this auction.
I never had a problem/attitude against Verizon till now

Yeah, I have pretty much given up on it and I am one who has always loved online auction sites. Generally if you are smart enough to walk away when some over-eager bidder takes the bidding way too high, you can get some good deals.
But the design of this site is either a reflection of how poor the rest of the Verizon web site design is, which is pretty bad, or it was created specifically to make it hard, if not impossible, for someone to win a bid for less than what they want to allow. The suspicious pause at the end, before a sudden final update of a few bids that knocks you out of the winner slot, makes me think that the game is rigged and so I no longer waste my time with it other than to run a test now and then to see if anything has changed.
Fortunately the last of my contracts with Verizon will expire in January so I can continue to focus on paying off a couple of edge devices and shop around for a company that might have more restricted coverage, but does not feel that the customer is an expendable nuisance.

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Verizon Smart Rewards Daily Deal Frustration!!

I feel ready to give up on smart rewards. This program has been nothing much frustration and really a slap in the face to loyal customers. I gave up on auctions a long time ago. Impossible to win. So the only thing I've been able to use is the Daily Deal. Most of the time is crap that I could buy cheaper on Amazon.
However, like today, Verizon will offer up a good gift card. I was logged into the service right at the second today's card went live. Click add to cart. And then the website locks up. Finally the screen tells me that sorry we are sold out. So basically daily deals are now like the auctions, it's a race to see who clicks the mouse the fastest? Cmon Verizon, no other company operates that way. Everyone who has points should be given the opportunity to purchase your daily deal instead of having to fight the mouse clicks.

I can't get the Daily Deal at all any more at this point. I made a video (I call it "Verizon Daily Deal Scam" haha) that I am going to upload to YouTube, which shows how the deal is available, but when you click 'Add To Cart', the page just reloads and nothing is actually added to the cart. I had time to click 'Add' at least 10 times, go to the empty cart to show it on the video, and then go back and click some more, all while the item was still available. The video makes it totally obvious that it would be impossible to actually get the offer, since it won't ever go into the cart, so the customer could never actually buy it.
I also had a conversation via email about this with the Verizon Rewards Customer Service (I may be playing it a bit fast and loose with the word Service here). They promised to send "as a courtesy" the card that was offered the day I was complaining about this issue. They never sent the card. I called and spoke with Customer Service for the rewards program. They tell me someone will call me; no one ever does.
This whole program is a huge waste of time. I would also like to comment that I am totally insulted by the actual NAME of the program, or part of it anyway. Did anyone notice that Verizon basically forces you to ALSO sign up for something called Verizon Selects when you sign up to use your points in the rewards program? They tried to write the description in such a way that implies that you are getting something from the program, specifically more targeted marketing. Really it means that you are agreeing to let Verizon track and then sell ALL of your internet browsing, search terms you type, basically everything you do on the internet. Here's the thing, as bad as that is, did anyone but me notice that they actually put the word "Selects" in the name of the program? It's a marketing term. A "Select" is a criterion that you literally select to include or exclude from a list that you buy of people's information in order to market to them. Like for example, I would pay ValPak to put my ad in their envelope, but not ALL of the envelopes they send out. Instead I would "Select" to only be included in envelopes of coupons being mailed to women, ages 25-35, who have children, etc... These criteria are called selects. Naming the program that they sneakily sign you up for "Verizon Selects" is just so super insulting it makes me want to call AT&T.

Verizon Smart Rewards-Don't fall for it, it's just another way for them to....

let other companies view your usage and demographic information. I have over 12,000 points which are virtually useless because all of the offers shown are for what basically amounts to coupons for a percentage off. 30% off Shoes, a Kate Spade bag, regularly $1 billion dollars, save $1 million, Buy a $100 gift card for $90, etc. What kind of Smart Reward is that? To me a smart reward for my YEARS of loyal patronage would be $1 for every point earned redeemable in a gift card like my credit card company does. In my eyes Verizon owes me a $120 gift card for something fabulous. These Smart Rewards are really nothing more than a slap in the face, while you allow another company to steal my info. And how much did they pay YOU for the privilege????

If they send you an email promising "Rewards" and entice you into sharing your private information with a third party to get them then you're darned right you deserve something for free. Especially when they tell you , wow, you have 12K points look at all the free stuff you can get and show you pictures of fabulous items. Bottom line is Verizon sucks but not any more or less than any other big company sucks when it comes to stealing your info and handing it out. I was just ****** because I thought for one small moment that, maybe, they really did value my years of patronage. Learned a valuable lesson and didn't want anyone else to have to feel stupid like I did when I fell for their empty promises.

Is anyone else having trouble registering for Verizon Smart Rewards?

Over the past two days I have been trying to register for Verizon Smart Rewards. I have tried doing so in both Safari and Firefox. I log into my Verizon Account. In notifications section it says I have 24,800 points and click the link to learn more.I click "Register Now" and at this page (My Verizon Online Sign In - Verizon Wireless) I check both boxes "I Agree" and click continue. I then get a message that says Registration Failed! Please try again later! Yesterday I called the Verizon support number and they had the same result. The only advice they had was to keep trying. Is it broken? If so, are they fixing it? If not, is it user error? Getting very frustrated!!!!!!!

It's a crappy program anyways. Have you tried from your cell phone. It works but you can't do the auctions from your cell phone. When I asked customer service about that they didn't have a real answer. And don't worry with only 24,800 points you won't be able to win most auctions and if you do your points will be gone in one auction. It's a bunch of **.

Smart Rewards Nightmare

The Smart rewards program is getting harder and harder to get any kind of benefit from. The auctions changed from 1-2 points per bid to up to 100 points per bid now making auctions cost over 100k when they used to be 3-8k points. I moved my attention to the daily deal instead to use my points for $5-$10 gift cards. Now the site crashes, things disappear from my cart, there is such a small quantity of gift cards and too many members logging in that crash the site. I also called customer service to complain and they initially told me it was my computer, but my computer is great and I have verizon internet as well. After speaking to 3 or 4 supervisors over the last 2 months, they admit there is a problem with their system, and low quantity of cards and they consider it like a game to see if you can get one, because it is only there for A FRACTION OF A SECOND at 2pm. I'm getting so mad about how much of my time they are wasting, and you have to speak to a supervisor to get them to tell you the truth to avoid having to compensate you for the broken system, and misleading benefit. I'm a 10 year verizon customer with 5 lines by the way. Thanks for a huge frustrating hassle verizon.

"Verizon costs more than any other cell service. Sprint is offering to cut your bill in half and pay your termination fees."
They may pay your early term fees, but make sure you are reading the small print. As per the sprint website: Sprint Half Price Event.: "Discount applies to base monthly service plan only. Exclusions apply and new plan features may not be an exact match."
It only is half off the data (what data package are you on?), which is a savings, but it requires you to go into their easy pay program. That is like the edge. So you would have to pay anywere from $15-25+ per month per phone.
With 5 phones that is $75-125+ per month. That eats way the discount, plus it could cost more. Then you would have to figure in the less coverage area. They also require you to give them your old phone or you would have to pay $200. If you have to cancel them early then you have to pay the amount in full right away (so is alot more then the Early Term Fee. Scroll to the bottom of the page linked about and see everything there. Plus there is a lot of red tape on their data. To me the value is not there.
You could be paying more and they do not have the smart rewards program. Even when it works (maybe rare. lol), you do still get the value of it.

Smart rewards errors

My wife and I found 2 SmartRewards local deals for our favorite local Mexican restaurant. One was for a buy one, get one free dinner for 900 points. The other for 20% off the total bill for 2500 points. You have 10 minutes from the time you click on the Redeem Now button to show the offer to the cashier and collect your discount. So we waited until we ordered, ate dinner and went to the checkout register. When we clicked to redeem the free dinner offer, we got an error message. We went back to the offer page and the offer was no longer showing. So we tried to redeem the 20% off offer and got an error on that one too. When I called Verizon service, I was told that the initial offer was no longer available. (Then why was it on the list when we were standing at the register?) And that there have been many errors with the other online offers. But if I try back in a couple hours I should be able to get the 20% off. What was I supposed to do, sit in the restaurant for 2 hours to see if I could get my discount? I just ended up paying our bill with money that we really didn't have for a dinner out. How can I trust that any of these other deals are going to work the next time I try to use my points????? I really feel that Verizon should take my 900 points and credit my bill for the cost of that dinner, but all I get are apologies. Yeah, I'm sorry too that I tried to use this service.

Hi ebuddneo, I can imagine how frustrating that would have been to not be able to redeem the discount when you needed it the most. We definitely want to make sure that you experience with our Smart Rewards would be a positive, enjoyable experience, where you are able to use these discounts off your favorite places or products. The good news is that you do have the option to print out all of these vouchers online via your My Verizon account and that would just be one way to avoid time limit security measure and print the discount immediately. We would also have a specific support group for our Smart Rewards program and they can be contacted here (866) 962-3713. I would encourage you to reach out to them directly if you have any open questions or concerns pertaining to your rewards. As well you can always reach back out to us here, Facebook and even Twitter for assistance if you need further assistance.
AdamG_VZW
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Smart playlists are not in alphabetical order on iOS 5.1 devices

One of the most frustrating things for me about iTunes Match is the fact that the smart playlists in iTunes (version 10.6) do not sync in alphabetical order on my iPad/iPhone running iOS 5.1.
Even though I click on the Name column and the songs in iTunes appear in alphabetical order, the songs appear in a random order on the iPad. I spent hours trying to fix this by turning iTunes Match off on my iPad, turning it on etc all to no avail. I created new smart playlists thinking that maybe the original smart playlists were corrupted in some way by the upgrade to the latest version of iTunes. This did not work either.
Then, I had an idea. I created a new playlist (not a smart one), called it Test Alpha, copied the songs from the smart playlist into it and waited for my iPad to update.
Voila! The songs in this new, non-smart playlist are in alphabetical order.
I do hope that this problem is fixed. It is a pain to do this for the 15 odd smart playlist I have. Hope this helps someone else.

No. And the problem persists in iOS 6 with the latest version of iTunes.
For three weeks, I had been talking on and off with a techie in Singapore. She got me to run all these test, send screen shots etc..
In the end, I was told that the engineers said 'that is how it's supposed to be'. Well, thank you very much. No help at all. No further discussion about the issue ensued.
Apple's arrogance will soon be the cause of its share price collapsing. My solution? I have not renewed my subscription to iTunes Match.

Yesterday, I used 5000 bonus points to buy 1 extra gb of data. This hasn't shown up in my account yet. The 5000 points deduction is listed in my Smart Rewards account, but no bonus data. I thought it was supposed to show up almost immediately. Will it

Yesterday, I used 5000 bonus points to buy 1 extra gb of data. This hasn't shown up in my account yet. The 5000 points deduction is listed in my Smart Rewards account, but no bonus data. I thought it was supposed to show up almost immediately. Will it be credited to my account?

I called Verizon Wireless and they gave me the number: 1-866-962-3713 -- which asks if you're calling about the 1GB rewards offer - if you select this option it says "We are aware of customers having problems with this offer and hope to have it resolved soon. Please check back again." So, will try again in a few days.
The original technical support rep I spoke to from the main line was incredibly helpful (helped me find the 866 number above). A+.

Hi gurus scripts are clint dependent & smart forms are clint indipendent

hi gurus scripts are clint dependent & smart forms are clint indipendent what is the meaning that

SAPscript are client dependent.
They need to be copied from one client to another for testing. this can be done from SE71->utilities->copy from Client.
For transferring between server as like other objects they need to be transport.
As for smartforms they are client independent and all changes are available at the same time in all clients for execution.
Unlike smartforms, if you want to use or modify a sapscript in a different client you need to copy it from that client or client '000'.
This is applicable to it accessory components like graphics, texts..etc
NOTE:
When u execute a smartform it generates the Function Module, which allows u acces the smartform in any cleint
Hope it will make some sense
Reward if helpful
Thanks
Krushna

Can I use my Verizon Smart Rewards toward an iPhone 6 upgrade?

Can I use my Verizon Smart Rewards toward an iPhone 6 upgrade?

No. Best you can do is try for auctions on gift cards, or look at the daily deals at 2pm EST for points only cards.

Smart playlists are not updating properly

on itunes 12 i've noted that smart playlists are no longer updating with new podcasts properly. Only only podcasts are added to the smart playlist. Please fix this.

With more testing, it turns out to be just Wow Hits 2012. All my other iTunes-Store-purchased music is updating properly.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wow-hits-2012/id462986937

Since I upgraded to IOS5, my Smart Playlists are in a random order. Since I use it for listening to Talking Books this makes it useless. How can I control the order of a Smart Playlist?

Since I upgraded to IOS5, my Smart Playlists are in a random order. Since I use it for listening to Talking Books this makes it useless. How can I control the order of a Smart Playlist?

It may be best to recreate the folder and the smart playlists from scratch.
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Are iPhones prone to viruses in the same way other smart-phones are?

I had got the dictionary.com app from the app store,and had noticed that it had ads. Now, although unlikely, it struck my interest to as if these links could have the potential to be malicious. In which instance I have posed the question, "Are iphones succeptable to viruses?". This has come from knowledge that other smart phones are prone to such problems. Please and thank you.

There are no viruses effecting ios devices. They operate in a closed system.

"Smart" Rewards - not so Smart I think

So I get the Email, and sign up. My Verizon Smart Rewards You have 33,050 points waiting for you.
Cool. lets go take a look at what I can get. Unfortunately, it seems Verizon caps you on how many points you can use per item.
For example:
Beats Studio Over-Ear Headphone (More Colors Available)
Retail Price:
$269.95
Points:
–5,400
You Pay:
$215.95
(20% Savings)
I have 33,050 points here to use, what gives? From what I can tell 5400 points above equals $54.00
So every 1000 points should equal $100 of actual "credit". I guess Verizon is not giving me a $3300 shopping spree after all.
Goodbye Verizon, just waiting for the next iPhone to come out so we can switch to T-Mobile.

I've been a Verizon customer for 12 years. I too just started the "Smart" rewards. What a crock! I can buy most of this stuff cheaper off Amazon.com and don't need any points to do it. Verizon is just trying to scam us another way. Guess they haven't had as much luck screwing over people with the "Edge" scam yet. I remember when this company actually cared about making it customers happy but when they forced me off my unlimited data to fund their corporate greed, I lost my "Loyalty" to them. I like you am just waiting to Switch to another carrier.

Why Microsoft products are so frustratingly complicated to install???

Hi Microsoft Team:
I'm just wondering why are Microsoft products are so frustratingly complicated to install???
Recently, I tried to install Microsoft SQL Server Express 2012 but gave me plenty of headaches e.g. SP1 not installed, not found, instance not found, SQL Profiler not included, SSDT not included this component missing, that component missing, blah, blah....In
a nutshell, the application is crippled and incomplete.
Only if you have the luxury to purchase the Developer version, then that’s a different scenario altogether.
I know the intention of Microsoft is to make money but consider other less unfortunate people (Forget about Dreamspark!)
In a way, this has become a hindrance to students and workers out there who wanna learn more about C#, VB, SQL, etc.
It wasn't the case when I installed other IDEs like Eclipse, Oracle, which were very easy to install and comprehend.
I hope in the future, Microsoft would follow the examples set by Oracle, Ubuntu and other Open Source IDE providers who provide IDEs free of charge and most of all COMPLETE.
Thank you,
JC

Hi Microsoft Team:
I'm just wondering why are Microsoft products are so frustratingly complicated to install???
Recently, I tried to install Microsoft SQL Server Express 2012 but gave me plenty of headaches e.g. SP1 not installed, not found, instance not found, SQL Profiler not included, SSDT not included this component missing, that component missing, blah, blah....In
a nutshell, the application is crippled and incomplete.
Only if you have the luxury to purchase the Developer version, then that’s a different scenario altogether.
I know the intention of Microsoft is to make money but consider other less unfortunate people (Forget about Dreamspark!)
In a way, this has become a hindrance to students and workers out there who wanna learn more about C#, VB, SQL, etc.
It wasn't the case when I installed other IDEs like Eclipse, Oracle, which were very easy to install and comprehend.
I hope in the future, Microsoft would follow the examples set by Oracle, Ubuntu and other Open Source IDE providers who provide IDEs free of charge and most of all COMPLETE.
Thank you,
JC
I second that, just don't install it, it will teach them a lesson. If u are really desperate just do it like me, take it to the hardware guys. lol

SMART REWARDS ARE SO FRUSTRATING

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