So far pleased with Verizon!

So far i'm pleased with verizon. Ordered my DROID X 7/24 CSR said it whould ship Monday the 26th. I knew something was wrong with that. After calling back on Monday, CSR said it'll be shipped on 8/3. So i call back again today, about 2 hours ago to check my status and the CSR said it'll be shipped on 8/3. I get an email 20 minutes ago confirming that i'll have it by 7/30. Looks like Verizon is up to date and so far very pleased. So excited!
I'll edit this post when i get my new DROID X!!!

sHaY_j wrote:
We are very pleased to hear that you are happy with our services. Let us know how you like the Droid X when you receive it on Friday. We are looking forward to seeing more of your threads within the Droid community. Thanks!
Late update, But the phone is unbelievable! Very fast, great multi-tasking, the keyboard is awesome! SWYPE is fantastic! It's just so fast to text with SWYPE! I love it, absolutely love the DROID X!!!! I recommend this phone 100%! I just ordered the Online Exclusive Home Package which includes the HDMI Cable, and the HDMI Multimedia Desktop Charger. I also just ordered the Shell/Holster Combo case, and the Anti-Glare Display Protectors (3 Pack) w/screen wipe. I'm sure these accessories will be fantastic and will fulfill my needs! Overall, the phone is amazing! 5/5 stars from me!

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Please help, Verizon is charging me for a returned device that came up as an empty box

Hello Everyone,
I have done all I could to right the wrong that Verizon is doing to myself and I'm sure others have experience this same issue that I'm going through. Back in April 2012, I was having issue with my phone overheating and losing charge quickly; so, I went to Verizon Wireless store and see what they could do about it. They offer to order me a certified like new replacement iphone 4s and I told them yes that will be good. A couple of days later, I received the replacement iphone. So I packed my defective iphone 4s and follow everything that was on the return instruction. I packaged it and used the smart post return label as was instructed on the paper. I went to my local USPS and dropped it off to their associate. I kept the tracking smart post label receipt; so, I could tracked it. On April 18, 2012 the phone was delivered and accepted at Ft Worth, Texas which is the Verizon Wireless warehouse. Two weeks later on May 2, 2012, I got a text msg stating that my account will be charge 500 dollars for unreturned device. I called customer service and spoke with a rep named Domenik. I asked him why was I getting charged this amount when the phone has been delivered and accepted on the 18th of April. He told me that the warehouse was slow and sometimes lazy to process it (if verizon doesn't believe me, i'm pretty sure they record this conversation call and I can ask them to play the recording of this call; so, they can hear that this was said to me). I didn't make a big deal about it as long as they are able to resolve this and take the charge of my account. Domenik proceeded to start a returned investigation form to their warehouse and gave me the form # 119072. He said that everything will be taken care of it. So, I asked again if there was anything I needed to do on my end and he said no. I took his word for it and just waited.
About couple of weeks later on May 30, 2012, right about the time I usually get my bill update from Verizon. I got the bill and it was large amount ($1,136). I called customer service again, to find out what is going on and why is my bill so high. I spoke with a rep named Gibelle and she told me that when the return investigation was done the box came with no phone. I was asking her how can that be? She was telling me that there was no phone and that I should contact their fraud department, which happened to be close by the time I called. The next day on May 31st, I spoke with a rep named Daniel who actually was helpful and polite. He took it a step further and see if he can look up the phone with the IMEI number. To verify it, I gave him the IMEI number from the original box of the iphone and it matches the one that is active since May 11 on a different Verizon Wireless account. So he tried to give me a credit pending for 849.99 which got denied since the box came as empty.
I called again to follow up and ask why are they denying it. I spoke with this rep named Aliyah, who was very rude and didn't belong in the customer service field. She wasn't very helpful and from the sound of her tone, she was suggesting if i were you I would file a police claim and telling me that this out of their hand. So I asked if I could talk to her supervisor; a moment later after being on hold, I spoke with a supervisor named Ken. I explained my situation to him and he says that he understands and that he'll open up a fraud case with their fraud department and he'll follow up with me after about 24-48 hours.
From what I have experience so far; I didn't want to rely on any Verizon employee. So I called the customer service and asked to be transferred to their fraud department. I was able to get in touch with someone in the Fraud department and get a case started. I was told it would take 3-5 business days to follow up from the date it was open (June 3, 2012). I waited after 5 business days and heard nothing. I called directly the Fraud department that following Saturday and spoke with a rep named Shannon, he told me that it looks like my case hasn't even been looked into but he said that'll he would be able to transfer me to someone who can have access to more information regarding my case. So I spent about an hour on hold, and I ended with him again and he said that they were short on staff on the weekened and experiencing high volume calls. He suggested I call back later and try again. I called back several hours later and spoke with Rob. He told me the same thing that I would need to call back and talk to someone who has more access to this case. So, he recommended I call back on Monday. That following Monday, I called back and got a very unhelpful and rude ( right from the very beginning) rep named Aneth. She was telling me do you have the return receipt and told me that without it they can't do anything. This was completely something different from others have been telling me when I started this case. So I told her, no one has told me that this required in ordered to start this investigation case. I asked to be transferred to a different rep that is willing and knowledgeable about what they're doing. I was then transferred to this rep named Leean and tried to help me. I told her my situation and everything that I have done my end. She asked to file a claim with my local USPS and FedEx. I told her I have done that already and there were nothing that both USPS and FedEx can do for me. USPS have said that it was a prepaid label and I wouldn't be able to file a claim and that I wasn't the recipient. She ended up telling me that I would need to get USPS and FedEx to contact them and that they would speak on my behalf regarding this case. So that night, I called FedEx again and see what they can do about the starting a claim case and calling Verizon. I spoke with a FedEx rep named Jim and he told me that they won't be able to do anything; since, it was a smart post return label. At this point, I'm running out of options that I can do on my end to resolve this issue. I went to my local Verizon Wireless store and ask to see if they can help me with this issue. I was told to file a police report. So, I finally filed a police report at my local police station. The police officer gave me the case number and will see if anything can be done about this. The police officer even said I hope they're not charging you for this and I said, "yep verizon is actually charging me for 850 for this". He was surprised when he heard that.
Today, I just a voicemail from the Fraud department stating that this investigation has concluded and that it wasn't fraud and nothing can be done about my issue. My bill is about to be due on June 20th, and I told the customer service rep and the reps from the fraud department that I will continue to pay my normal monthly bill but I won't pay the 850 dollars.
I ask and beg anyone out there who has experience this same issue as myself or who is going through the same; for information or help on how to get this resolve. I feel like verizon is giving me the run around and shafting me big time. I have been a Verizon wireless customer service since my freshman year of college and I don't want to leave Verizon. They have been good to me the past 10 years and have gotten great coverage on their network. This is the very first time I'm experiencing this with Verizon and so far it has been a nightmare. I followed everything that was on the return procedure and used the smart post return label and in the end, I'm the one that is being penalized for it. It's insane that Verizon won't do anything about it and keeps telling to try a FedEx claim or USPS claim. This is robbery, unfair, wrong and they shouldn't be allowed to do this to their customers. I will continue to fight this because I know for a fact that I returned that iPhone in that box; which is now currently active since May 11 on someone else's account. So, please anybody who can help me out regarding this matter; I would greatly appreciate it.
The last option I can think of is to take this up to court and hire a lawyer. I don't want to leave Verizon but if it comes down to it, I guess I will have to. This is wrong and I asked everyone who can help me to please do so. Sorry for my rant, but I have done everything that I can do to resolve this issue but it has gotten me nowhere. It's just unbelievable and sad how Verizon could treat their customers like this, get away with it and not even help.
Thanks Verizon wireless for shafting a loyal customer. Loyalty goes both ways, I guess with Verizon it's only 1 way.

Tmobile did the exact same thing to me. So that is customer service at work in general. Nice try though lol.
To the OP
I see you said You paid for shipping, did you Insure it? Claim insurance on it. If you did not, It may not be Verizon or your fault in the sense of the phone not making it to the warehouse. There are people out in the postal world that will steal phones that are not insured. It could have been a Verizon employee, i suppose.
But, if this was to be a bought in court, if you shipped it with out insurance, sadly your at fault.
Do you still have the Serial number of your old phone? If so, you should be able to track where your phone is (if it is reported as a defect/damaged) If so, you may be able to use that as proof. If it does not show up as a defect or what ever they determine use as a loss, then you know it did not make it to the warehouse to be checked in. I would suspect Apple or Verizon could tell you what the Serial number came up as.

HP Envy 5535 Printing with Verizon MIFi

I am trying to use HP Envy wireless printer with Verizon 4G LTE MiFi 551 and was told by HP support that it would not work because the MiFi changes the IP address frequently and the printer is always looking for the same IP address.
The only way my printer will work is if I unplug and replug. Then it will eprint for 15 minutes but then stop.
Is HP correct that this printer will not work with MiFi? If not, how do I fix? I have been on phone with HP off/on for 2 days and tried many different things.
Thanks.
bret11

That is correct as far as I know. The printers are made for a WiFi connection to a router.
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Progams that work with Alltel and Suddenlink are no longer working with VERIZON (IRC)

I have worked this issue TO DEATH already and am getting FED UP!
I have been polite and nice and called customer support to get very short and not very explicit answers to this issue.
Complaint #1: When I call technical support and ask questions more complicated than " How do I plug in my computer?" they inform they are transferring me to TECHNICAL support. Okay so who did I call in the first place if not tech support.
Problem: IRC ( Internet Relay Chat) Is one of the main things that I enjoy doing online. Some do games, some do work. I do it all through my little IRC program. When I was with Alltel and had my little blackberry pearl. I could even get onto irc just fine that way. Getting on via a cell phone is kind of a pain. Small keyboard and lots of typing isn't my idea of that relaxing but.. okay whatever at least I could get on. Since Alltel became Verizon I was told to upgrade my phone to the brand new Blackberry Curve. Well now IRC didn't work. I upgraded to the LG Vortex. Now it works on my phone. So I upgraded my wireless card too and IRC worked just fine for a long time. NOW we are back to the same old same old.
For those of you not familiar with the program just wiki it. I have been told by NUMEROUS customer support reps that this program is not being blocked so this is the list of things I went through to make sure it was indeed NOT me or my computer.
Step 1: System restored before most recent updates to the last date that it was working.
NO GO
Step 2: Disabled firewall and virus software temporarily and even turned down my security on my browser
NO GO
Step 3: Re updated my computer and updated my firmware on my MIFI2200 card.
No go
Step 4-7 Called customer Support
NOPE.
Still waiting. I am paying for a service that is not providing. My entire family was with Alltel and is now with Sprint. I just keep asking myself why am I still with Verizon when all we ever do is fight. I hate to admit it to the kids but I think it's time for a divorce from you if we can't get this issue resolved. Before upgrading to these devices I even asked store reps if irc programs would work and they assured me " OH YES! With these new upgrades things will be better than ever!"
I realize to some this seems like not a very big deal, but when I am paying for a service so that I can come home relax, maybe take a few art commisions while chatting on irc and all the sudden I either can't use it or can use it when I couldn't before it's amazingly frustrating. I have taken my computer over to other people's houses to see if turning my security all the way back up as well as my firewall made a difference, but on any provider OTHER than verizon I can connect just fine.
Tell me WHY Verizon. Tell me why you either can't fix this.. or won't fix this.
Security issues? That's my problem. If I want to connect to a DNS server based program that connects via different ports.. that should be MY decision. You should NOT get to make that choice for me.
It's amazing I went to the customer support for IRC and they told me that Verizon doesn't allow you to use IRC. I have checked NUMEROUS boards and discussion forums only to have them tell me that VERIZON does NOT allow you to use IRC. However when I talk to Verizon they say " No it must be you.. " Well I am not taking that excuse anymore. I've done my share of work on this problem. Now it's your turn. Sorry to be rude.. but I paid for the mIRC program, and take artwork commisions over it as well. I probably pay more for verizon's service than I would with sprint (so says the rest of the family).
Please give me some real answers and real tech support.
Thanks for any help.

I choose option 3. The moment I talk to them about anything more complicated than the bare basics of getting connected they tell me they will transfer me to " tech support." Very frustrating lol. I always wonder who I was on the phone with prior to that because it says Tech support but clearly there must be different levels of their support lines. Sometimes I get someone who will talk and work with me, but generally I get someone who says " Okay I have down your issue and I'll pass it along.." then they hang up. However I have been transferred twice in one sitting from "tech support" to Tech support. So I dunno. I think they don't have an answer and so they run me in circles.

Problems with Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Tour BlackBerry OS 4.7.1.61 update:

Problems with Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Tour BlackBerry OS 4.7.1.61 update - I was anxious to download the update to see if it addressed the sticky trackball problems and the low volume issue when using a blue tooth device. However, in the process of updating my BB Tour yesterday, the install stopped on the 8th out 12 updates. After a couple of 'retrys', the BB error message on the desktop came up which instructed me to: i) disconnect the device, ii) restart the computer. iii) restart the loading process and, iV) restore my data by loading the loader back-up file using Restore. Unfortunately my Tour was left without any software and the Desktop manager couldn't recognize it. The error message on the Tour was 503. Called Verizon Wireless tech and bottom line, the only fix is a new Tour, which they're sending me. Anyone else having issues with the update? Also, does it address the trackball and blue tooth issues?

I had issues with the trackball and had to have my Tour replaced. I was told this model does not have a removable trackball so the entire phone has to be replaced. My current one is working OK but does stick a bit. Seems to get worse over time. My wife's tour is newer and so far she is not experiencing the problem. Have not experienced a problem with the Blue Tooth volume.
I have another issue with this upgrade that I am wondering if anyone else has seen. My wife has the Tour as well. She was prompted to do the upgrade and went through it. It appeared to work except it blew out her Contact Alerts. When we put them back in we can no longer get the sound to play when she receives an SMS message in her holster. Vibration works but doesn't do any good when it is in her purse. Phones calls, calendar alerts, alarms all work in holster. As soon as we delete the contact alert the default SMS alert will play in the holster. If she takes her phone out of the holster the Contact alert will play. My phone is still running 4.7.1.40 and this function works fine. I am thinking about trying to put her's back to my version if possible but not sure the best way to go about this

My misadventures with Verizon FIOS

FIOS recently became available to my building, a 125 apartment condo. A salesperson,{edited for privacy}and an accomplice, came to sign up new accounts and they had a field day. The only competition is Comcast and residents were eager to be free of their evil clutches. [management won't allow satellite, probably illegal.] The lobby was crowded with potential customers and I asked Sheridan to call me cuz I didn't have time to wait.
He called from his car phone and signed me up on his drive home! I told him my needs: least expensive and no frills TV to be used with TiVO (requiring a cable card) and fast internet, 25mb. He seemed unhappy that he couldn't sell me more but I knew what I wanted. He said he'd sign me up for the Spanish package, La Complexion, or something like that, because it was the only no frills package. I told him no hablo espanol, but that seemed to be no problem. Installation would be the upcoming Saturday.
Okay, I could go on endlessly here, but the installation date was completely botched by Sheridan, not to mention he didn't return calls or emails. ["I'm not just here to sell you the service, I'll always be here to help with any problems." Yes, he said that!
The installer came out the following Saturday even though Sheridan told me there was no way the installation could be done until further notice because there were issues with the wiring. It's a good thing I was home, well, maybe not.
Meanwhile, I never got any paperwork or an exact cost, only an estimate. The installer did a good job and got the job done in 2 hours. The first sign of a problem was when he asked which phone I wanted to hook up. Huh? I didn't ask for phone service. The installer said he didn't have access to what plan I had, which didn't seem to be an issue. Next sign of a problem was when I was able to get all the premium channels. Sheridan seemingly signed me up for a tad more than I asked for.
I called Verizon to figure out what was going on. Sales supervisor {edited for privacy} listened with seeming disbelief to my story, sympathized, empathized and apologized profusely, and said he would call back in 2 days. Stupid me believed him. I forgot I was dealing with Verizon. He couldn't access my records right then and there since my account was too new and not on the system. But he did determine I was signed up to the most expensive plan. It's now 7:30pm and no call from Nick. Meanwhile, I've had service 3 days and today, no TV. Tech support couldn't figure out what the problem is and they have to send out a technician.
Can I just say shades of Verizon DSL, the worst customer service nightmare I ever had! Fortunately, Comcast hasn't disconnected service yet and yes, I'm going back. I would have thrown out the FIOS modem and router by now but I left my own router at work thinking I was done with it and was going to give it away. Or maybe I'll keep the Verizon router, it's very nice and I deserve it. There really is truly something wrong with this company. I really wish an OTA antenna worked from my apartment, but I think, for now, it's back to the less evil Comcast.

to gsusser: "He called from his car phone and signed me up on his drive home!"
----I personally think cell phones are the worst invention. That scenario that you described is unfortunate. Personally, I would only sign up for services by calling the business number if I didn't have the time to wait for a rep in the lobby so then that way, everything can be documented instead of having miscommunication on someone's cell phone while that person is driving....just saying. Driving while speaking on a cell phone is so dangerous. I just don't think I would go along with signing up for services in that manner. In a way, it's understandable how everything got messed up given the way this sales person handled it because without a computer system right there for him to document your order and to create a record, it leaves too much room open for a "he said/she said" scenario and miscommunication about what you really want. It sounds to me like he was looking to make more sales by any means necessary, probably due to a sales quota that he was trying to meet.
At this point, before switching back, you could follow through with having a technician to come look at the problem since you have made it this far. It's only a suggestion and hopefully you could get a 4 hour time frame instead of an all day appointment for that.
I'm going to be sending a written complaint soon to Verizon's corporate office about some other issues I have had with their customer service.

Why would I stay with Verizon?

Hello,
I am just writing to get this on file how displeased I am with Verizon. I switched back to Verizon just over a year ago because of the service coverage Verizon provides. I will be leaving Verizon when my contract is up because of the poor quality equipment Verizon chooses to supply. My first phone was a LG Cosmos II, and it had several issues. The primary problem with the phone was it has a mind of its own and always shuts itself off. The first phone also found it interesting to delete all the information off the phone and take about ten minutes to reboot, it was warrantied. The second phone had the shut down issue also, so it was replaced. I'm not sure if I had three or four total, lost count, but you get the point. The phone was replaced with a Samsung Intensity III. The Samsung after being charged one morning was so hot you could have probably cooked your breakfast off it. It also quit receiving text messages at this point, so for kicks I removed the battery and put it back in, then turned on the phone. The phone booted up and I received about fifteen messages or so, one being a few weeks old. The other thing about this phone is it needed to be charged usually three times a day, so it spent more time on the charger then it did in my pocket. This phone has since been replaced. I would also like to add that I did pay out off pocket for a battery and back cover for this phone. The new phone arrives, I install the battery and charge it up, this phone will only hold a charge for tops of thirteen hours. I call Verizon and customer service is sure that a new battery will do the trick. The new battery comes in, I charge it up, and it still won't hold a charge. I call Verizon, they send out another phone. On one of my talks to Verizon about my Cantenna that works about ninety five percent, the tech feels I need a battery charger, so its new now too. I'm also informed that I would need to pay to have a service guy come out to work on something that's been glitchy since day one (home fusion).The system goes out randomly for five to fifteen minutes at a time. I have had several answers to this problem and the closest to getting it working was replacing the router. This helped out a ton, I was told the tech needs to be out when the service is acting up, and I would need to pay one hundred and fifty dollars because I did not purchase a service agreement. Sorry, not going pay to get something fixed that didn't work great to start with. Back to the phone. The new phone comes in and I put the battery in but decide not to activate it just in case. The new phone held what appeared to be a charge for twenty four hours. I activated the phone, and I am now charging the phone twice a day. So there is more then likely a programming issue. Called tech support they agree to a possible programming issue, decided there was not much more Verizon could do, may be i should contact Samsung or Verizon could contact them, but it might take some time for Samsung to get back with Verizon. I call Samsung, explain what's going on, they are willing to repair the device but I won't have a phone for five to seven business days, I would not call this acceptable . Called support, they inquire about me paying to upgrade to a smart phones, not interested in paying money to replace a phone that has not worked properly since day one (over a year) They moved me over to level two tech support, explained the issues, this tech decided to send another phone. Ok, I'm quite sure if three is not the charm four won't do much better, but we'll try.
So, here's what I figure
Probably more than eight hours on the phone with tech support.
Between the Home fusion and the phone six or seven trips to the post office.
X amount of missed or lost phone calls
Not sure about how many missed text messages
Paid for a battery and back cover for the Samsung to replace a crappy LG
an offer to pay to upgrade to a phone that would have been free when I switched to Verizon. Not to mention I paid a few bucks out of pocket to get the first LG. I think it was eighty dollars but there was a rebate.
There were a few smart phones for free.
It also sounded like I might be extending my contract, that was the feeling I was getting.
I would be better off buying a used phone off Ebay just to limp through my contract.
I didn't even mention my wife's phone has been acting goofy but she is afraid she will end up with a phone like mine.
So after more then a year with Verizon and not having a reliable phone I should even think about paying to make something work that should have from day one?
All I wanted at this point was to send an email and Verizon wants me to put up with more on the phone or send a snail mail.
There are enough providers out their that when my contract is up I will look for a more reliable service.

I say this kindly but please learn how to paragraph when posting to message boards. Makes it so much easier for people to read. If you are not happy with a company that is what you should do is find another one that suites your needs. Also any verizon branded phone will work so you can see if family or friends have one laying around you can borrow until your phone is fixed. I have 3 basic phones here in case one of ours breaks. When my husbands phone was on the way out last year I bought him a used one for $10 that has worked fine all this time. Mary

Troubleshooting with Verizon Blackberry

I am sorry if this is in the wrong section. I just got a blackberry that is for verizon from a friend. it does NOT have a sim card. im not sure what kind of blackberry it is yet, because i havent gotten it yet. i currently have verizon and have a regular flip phone. i want to use this blackberry but not for internet, i want to switch from my phone to this blackberry and i know you can do it without going to a verizon store (because i do not want to pay for a data package every month). can i buy a simcard online and switch the numbers so my service goes to my blackberry? please help.
so basically i want to use this blackberry but do not want to pay for internet. thanks guys. you can move this thread if its not in the right place. sorry!

If you are on Verizon, you will not use the sim card. The sim card is provided for roaming purposes only.
With Verizon you cannot activate a BB on the network without being charged for the data plan. Sorry.
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How to file a Complaint with Verizon

I don’t know how to file a complaint with, or about, Verizon customer service. After calling Verizon I was shuffled between departments, supervisors, and finally directed to “verizon.com/contactus”. After spending an hour browsing the “contact us” section of the website, it became abundantly clear that I would not be able to find what I was looking for on the website.
A month ago I was in the middle of the moving process and was dreading the seemingly inevitable process of setting up the internet/television/phone, a process that I had to do many times before. My son had informed me of Verizon’s transfer service, also known as “Moving with Verizon”. As we were only moving 3 miles down the road, I figured that I would visit my local Verizon store as this would continue to be the store I turn to if I chose to stay with Verizon. I had several concerns that I wanted to have addressed, chief among them were:
- I have built up a significant number of movie titles in my digital library. If I stay with Verizon, will I be able to keep the movies that I had purchased?
- Each time I move I am inconvenienced with having to distribute my new phone number to my friends and family. Will I be able to keep my current phone number if I stay with Verizon?
- When I first started with Verizon I had significantly less credit with Video on Demand than I do now. If I stay with Verizon, will I have to go through the grueling process of building up my credit again?
The sales associate was very kind and willing to help. I was assured that
-          I should be able to retain my purchases with Video On Demand
-          I can bring my phone number from my previous address
-          My Video on Demand credit could possibly be reset after the transfer, but a single phone call to customer service could set my credit back to normal with minimal effort
Throughout my questioning I was assured that my current services would transfer uninterrupted by the time of the move. As you could imagine I was ecstatic. We scheduled a technician to show up to the new house, when I asked the representative on the phone “What should I do with my current cable boxes and internet router while I wait for the technician?” I was told that the technician would handle it.
The technician arrived two weeks ago, we were given a box and instructed to package the previous equipment and drop it off at our local Verizon store. The technician gave us our new number, when we asked him about our previous number he appeared to not know what we were talking about.   He was apologetic about the mix up and gave us a phone number that we could contact. Shortly after the technician left, my family noticed that our digital library was completely empty. The next day I went back to the Verizon store, was apologized to, and then instructed to only place one order in at a time, because multiple orders on a single account tend to slow each other down. We decided to resolve the issues one at a time starting with the phone.
My wife called and was told to wait a day or two. After waiting two days, my wife informed me that she was bounced between different departments over the course of several days, but was assured that the issue was resolved. I told my wife that I would handle the future endeavors with Verizon as she appeared to be a little flustered by the experience. I later received a courtesy call from Verizon confirming that our phone number was restored. I asked the lady whom I was talking to whether she could help me with my VoD service or transfer me to someone who could. She assured me that she could help and asked me whether or not we had received new set-top boxes for our televisions. After I informed her of the new boxes, she apologized to me and informed me that due to copyright infringement laws that our digital library was lost and that we could not receive any kind of compensation. I decided to call customer service, and after talking to representative for almost half an hour I was placed on hold and then told that there was nothing that could be done at this time and that I was going to be disconnected, before I could respond I was hung up on.
Three nights ago I took my concern back to the Verizon store as I dropped off our previous equipment. I was given several new phone numbers. That evening I spent over 2 ½ hours on hold waiting for a representative. After explaining my situation I was transferred to another representative who worked with me and put in a work order to have our digital library restored. I was quoted 48 hours, but the issue was resolved that evening.
Not intending to cause any more issues with Verizon until our digital library issue was resolved, my family abstained from renting or purchasing any movies from Video on Demand. I had promised my son and grandson that if the movies were restored, I would add the new Star Trek movie to our library so that we could watch it together. I was slightly irked to realize that when I tried to add a new title to my library an error message would pop up. I called the number on the message and entered the error code. I was placed on hold for almost an hour. When I finally reached a representative, he informed me that the problem was that my credit had been reset during the move and the issue could only be resolved by another department which had just closed for the evening. I decided to work at home the next day so that I could watch the movie when my son came home that evening. The next morning I called and realized that the opening time quoted to me was obviously in a different time zone. When I finally reached an agent, 2 hours later, I was told that I was 5 dollars over my credit limit. I informed the representative of my situation, as proof I pointed to the fact that the bill that I had paid earlier this week was almost 200 dollars more than my current statement. I was asked to wait 30 minutes and to call back if the issue hadn’t resolved itself within an hour. An hour later I called, explained my situation to another representative, and was told to call back in an hour if the problem hadn’t resolved itself. An hour later I called and after being sent to several different representatives I was asked to call back in an hour if the issue hadn’t resolved itself.
Meanwhile my wife was contacted at worked by Verizon, informing her that there was no record of us returning the equipment and that we could be facing additional charges if we did not straighten out the issue. After spending the next several hours assuring my wife and showing her how on the receipt, each piece of equipment was clearly scanned and entered into the system, I decided to call customer service again as my VoD was still displaying the same error message. I was apologized to yet again, and was told that my order was being slowed down due to a high number of unresolved issues on our account. I was assured that he would clear out the mess and that we should be able to order movies that evening, if not I should call back in 24 hours. I apologized to my son and grandson yesterday evening, both of them took it surprisingly well. This evening I waited until 7:30 to contact customer service (31 hours after I was told to wait 24 hours), I was placed on hold again and again for over an hour and a half. I finally was told that my account would be cleared out to resolve the issue, I informed the gentleman that I was already told that would be done and then referenced the ticket number that I had received (and double-checked) from the gentleman the day before. After speaking to his supervisor about the issue I was informed that there was no record of this action nor was there any ticket number matching the one I had given him. The gentleman tried to help me for several more minutes until he transferred me to another department because neither he nor his supervisors could understand why my account wasn’t letting him change the date on my ticket, as he had reset all my resolved issues.
I explained my situation to the representative who after reviewing my account information informed me that I could have had the issue resolved on the 29th of August but someone during my process removed my order. She then informed me that due to the number of unresolved orders on my account the system could not let her schedule a credit increase until the 26th of September. After repeatedly asking her what I could do to expedite this process, I came to realize that all she could do was repeat to me the information that she had already said. I then asked her who I could talk to resolve this issue or file a complaint. After rambling for several minutes I was then transferred to the billing department. After explaining my situation, yet again, to another representative, my account was reviewed again, and I was once again informed that I was over my credit limit. After going into details a little more intimately, I was assured that the earliest that I could receive the credit increase was the 26th of September, and that I should make another payment. I informed her that I had just paid over $550 dollars on my last bill and had given up the majority of my free time over the last 2 weeks trying to resolve issues that I was assured wouldn’t be a problem by a Verizon representative.   I asked if I could receive a small credit to my account ($30) so that I could just watch the movie and feel like I received a small victory for sacrificing so much of my time. She informed me that only her supervisor could make that call. She informed me that I would have to wait around 15 minutes on hold (what’s 15 minutes when I’ve already waited 8+ hours on hold?). After explaining my situation to Cornell he reviewed my account and then reworded what I had just told him. He informed me that the department that deals with my issue (the department that just transferred me to billing) was now closed and that I would have to wait until Tuesday (4 days) to have my issue resolved. After explaining the fruitlessness of dealing with that exact department with the exact information he was trying to send me off with, he placed me on hold for several minutes and then came back and agreed to only meet me half way, a $15 dollar credit. I was extremely offended. This is not even 3% of my average bill. $15 for 2 weeks of unsatisfactory service, in addition to 12+ hours of my personal time in addition to my wife’s time and visiting the Verizon store. After explaining to Cornell that $15 was less than satisfactory, I asked for an email address or a complaint line. He agreed with me that it was frustrating and explained to me that it was getting late for his department “almost 11:40 in the evening”, the exact time where I am. He gave me Verizon.com/contactus, which after reviewing the page, I became insulted. I have continually followed up with my phone calls and stayed loyal to Verizon, following the instructions of each representative that I have talked to in the last several days.
Verizon has provided both my family and me with an excellent entertainment package as well as outstanding customer service in the past. I would like to believe that despite the fact that I was lied to by both a sales representative and a supervisor that my family’s experience over that last few weeks with Verizon is not a common one. I am more than willing to place this movie order on my next bill, all I ask is that you please help me to enjoy the advertised early release and to enjoy the services I previously had with your company.

We've been having problem with our Verizon Fios set up since the moment we moved in to our new place. We've had several technicians come through, and then eventualy aftet two weeks of setting up appoitments and calling the customer service folks, they were finally able to resolve the issue. However, the nightmare doesn't end here. Last week, our neighbors switched over to Verizon Fios, and their technician swtiched our cables with theirs ( what a sloppy, lazy, job) meaning that they unplugged everything that was running to our apartments and transferred over to their becuase they didn't want to put in the extra work to chech and make sure that everyone was getting service. After, we had noticed the problem, my husband called customer service to put in a ticket for the technician to come through and resolve the issue. The ticket was made for Wednesday, Nov 7th, 2013 under ticket number {edited for privacy}, the rep had clealry stated that a technician will come anytime from 3 - 7, which meant that one of us had to be home. My husband took off work and waited for the technician to come through, however, NOBODY showed up. Instead, they told us that they were came at 5 oclock but nobody was home. The same day we called customer service again, and reschudeled to the next day. Thankfully, someone showed up at literally 7pm, meanwhile my husband was waiting at home since 3pm. After hounding them down and calling every hour to make sure that they would show up. Sure enough, they coudn't fix the wiring with out a bucket truck, which the technician mentioned he didn't have since it was already late in the game and eveything was closed. So again, my husband called to make another appoitment, for Saturday, November 9th, 2013, and again, the customer service people confirmed that someone will show up on this day from 8am-12pm. Guess what!? NOONE came, because NOONE issued a ticket, meanwhile we knew for a FACT that we made an appoitment. It's been one week, and no end to this problem. I am appalled, that a multibillion dollar company such as Verizon has such poor customer service in this area. It is sickening and sad, that noone can come and fix a small issue such as this. I hope that this will be resolved tomorrow, ( as they confirmed that they will come on Sunday) if not we have no other choice but to cancel our services and switch to something else. If only Google fiber was in town, things would have been so much easier, and not OVERPAID, especially now with the CRAPPY service we've been getting.

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.

Does anyone actually read contracts with Verizon or do you trust your rep will help?

This is my "verizon" experience. I've sent the following letter to various people with no response as of yet. I'm wondering if i'm the only person in the world that does not understand why it's perfectly acceptable to charge someone for service they are not getting? Any comments are appreciated. See my letter below:
Dear Verizon,
I’m an original Radiofone customer (mid 90’s). Then I was an Alltel customer. Then I became a Verizon customer. At peak, I had four lines I think. For the last few years, I’ve had three and most recently I’ve had two. My husband was moved to his office’s plan. We gladly paid the cancelled fee a few years ago for that as we wanted his number, although I probably could have asked nicely and you guys would have waived it as Verizon is so great to deal with, or they were.
Now his company line is with T-Mobile. I finally bit the bullet and left you guys. I didn’t want to but we have four lines, all unlimited minutes and text. One line has 2.5 gb of data and the other three have 500 mb of data. My bill is $110.00 a month. You can’t beat those prices. Although I’ve been having some issues like I can’t get phone calls in my house, even on Wi-Fi and I’m on my second tech call support of the day. I don’t have a contract, I own my phones outright and still own the Verizon phones I had (several actually) so I figured if I can’t get good service, I’m going back to Verizon. Well, that was before I got wind of Verizon’s “***** the customer on their way out the door” policy.
When I called a couple of weeks ago, I learned that one of my phones was in contract and one was out. We talked at great length about how the services are paid, for the month before, and she told me what my cancellation was ($75.00 since one phone was under contract still). I told her that I’d have the T-Mobile phones on Friday (July 12th) and I’d be porting over the lines then so I’d only owe $75.00 and a “few days of service, right”? “Yes, ma’am”, said the Verizon girl.
Fast forward to today, I have my $90.99 bill in my hand and called. I wanted the amount through the 12th of July so I could add it to the $75.00 cancellation fee and pay. That’s when I was informed I owe these lines through August 7th. I argued with the rep today, told her I had no intention of paying for service I do not have and had the girl informed me that I would be paying for the whole month, I would have waited till closer to the beginning of August to port the phones.
It was then when I was told, “Well, it’s in your contract”. Ok, maybe it is. Who reads these contracts? No one. Is there anything in it that’s negotiable? No. When I called to get the cancellation fee, this girl knew EXACTLY what I was doing and EXACTLY what day I would be porting the numbers. She knew I was calculating my last bill and at no time did she tell me that I would pay the whole month. If someone changes plans in the middle of a billing cycle, Verizon is MORE than happy to pro-rate that, but leave them and you are *******, is that the policy? Now that I’m unhappy with T-Mobile, my first thought was let’s all go back to Verizon as they are worth the extra money if it works like it should. What good is cheaper service if it doesn’t work? But I am absolutely livid right now and as things sit, Verizon will NEVER be an option for our family.
So here’s my plan. I’m going wait to see if you guys will do the ethical thing and pro-rate me for the month, ESPECIALLY since I was lied to or misled on the phone when I called to get the cancellation fee. Then I have a call into a finance manager in the family. I have every intention of paying the $75.00 cancellation fee but what sort of hit will my EXTREMELY high credit score take if I don’t pay this $90.99. We bought a truck a year or so ago and our credit rating was in the high 700’s and T-Mobile approved us for 10 lines minimum. I’m sort of thinking that a charge under $100 won’t affect me enough to worry about. If you aren’t going to pro-rate my bill, and please don’t take this as a threat, I will make it my life’s mission, and with the help of Facebook pages, to make sure everyone I know understands Verizon’s lopsided pro-rating policies and how they treat their customers because according to your reps, I should know better and should have read my contract (are you kidding me?). Bet I can get one million likes by the end of the year.
As you can tell, I’m pretty mad. Had I not called just prior to changing, I would think this is my fault and I should have known your policies, but that’s not the case. I called to get the policy and cancellation fee explained to me in detail and it wasn’t, ESPECIALLY since the rep had my porting date long before this bill generated. This all could have been prevented.
I await Verizon’s response.
Sincerely,
Stacy
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First of all, I am sure you will definitely get 1 million likes. There are several people who dislike Verizon, but even with 1 million likes, that still means less than 1% of their customer base. And I am sure several of those likes will be from "former" customers like yourself which would mean an even smaller percentage.
Maybe it happened different than you described, but the way you explained your story you did not ask for the policy on cancellation of service. You asked "I told her that I’d have the T-Mobile phones on Friday (July 12th) and I’d be porting over the lines then so I’d only owe $75.00 and a “few days of service, right”?" In this explanation, you are not asking about the policy. The statement is correct, problem with your question is you did not ask if Verizon bills for "partial months". Unless there is something you are leaving out, you also DID NOT ask for the policy on service cancellation. Yes, you would be paying for a "few days of service" but the smallest increment when you cancel service is to the end of your billing cycle. The ONLY time you ever receive a bill for a partial month is when you begin service with Verizon. NEVER when you are a current customer.
You said you talked "at great length" about how services are paid including I assume paying a month in advance for service which is how Verizon has done business for as long as I can remember. You also say your bill closes on the 7th of the month. Well that means Verizon would have "billed a month in advance" for your service on July 8th. Now you may have said you were porting on July 12, but Verizon does not have a crystal ball and not all customers follow thru with their plans. When you request a port from another provider, Verizon does not cancel your service UNTIL the port takes place. They do not cancel your service and then trust the port will proceed on the specified date. Since Verizon would have billed you for a "month in advance" on July 8, did you also ask if you would get a refund of a portion of your bill? You don't say you asked that question, but you may have done so. I assume you didn't, otherwise you would have pointed that out I suppose.
It is doubtful you will get any pro-rated credit on the remainder of the billing period, but good luck anyway.
I am in no way trying to be pro-Verizon here as I have been labeled more times than I can count. Just trying to point out Verizon's policies are easy to find in the contract. Also anyone on these forums would have been able to give you the correct information.
I am aware there are several people who claim to have been lied to by CS reps. Whether it is a lie or simply a misunderstanding, I don't know as it has NEVER happened to me in the many times I have interacted with CS. Of course, I try to research the question prior to asking CS if they give an answer which contradicts the contract or a "partial" answer which sounds like what you may have gotten when they confirmed you would be paying for a "few days of service, right". Technically, that statement is correct, but what they failed to explain to you was that you would have already been billed for a full month and would not get a refund. Technically when you spoke "at great length", this was explained to you, at least as you have mentioned in your story. As this part of the question may have been several minutes from your question about pro-rating, you may have thought it didn't apply. Quite possibly a simple misunderstanding, I have no way of knowing. Partial answers when you fail to ask the correct questions sometimes sound like lies.
Finally, good luck with your new provider if you choose to stay with them.

Not receiving email and FB notifications with Verizon

I have the latest update on my Tour with Verizon. As of this morning, I am no longer receiving email or FB notifications. I have pulled the battery, confirmed my email settings via email set up, disconnected/reconnected the radio, and registered via the Host Routing Table.
What else is there to do?
Also, my track ball is still wonky at times.
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IPhone 6 Plus 128 Availability Updates (will be updating as I continue making contact with Verizon and Apple retailers)

I figure I would compile a list of things I have heard from Verizon reps as well as Apple retailers for anyone curious
First Contact: Verizon Wireless Preorder 9/12 for 6+ 128 Space Gray made at 12:17am PST at full-retail. Small chat with representative about placing order. "Deliver By: 9/19" throughout ordering and on confirmation page. Email confirmation 1:52am, with delivery date changed to 10/7.
Second Contact: Online Chat with Verizon rep about order. Verizon rep confirms nothing more than what the email stated, and what the "Status Update" on the VZW Website provides (an infinite "your order is processing, no shipping date available").
Third Contact: Direct message to Verizon rep. Also completely useless. Does not provide any more information regards shipment.
Fourth Contact: Call up Verizon Customer Service. Woman reiterates shipment date, but also adds that my order processed at 1:52am - the same time my email confirmation was sent. So 2+2 means that whenever confirmation emails are received is when your order is processed.
Fifth Contact: Call up Verizon Customer Service again. Ask more about my shipment and why it would be that others who placed their orders for the exact copy of my phone after me, received tracking numbers before me. Was told that it depends on which warehouse your order was sent to. Some warehouses have more of certain phones than others. Ask what the random number for my order location translated to geographically (city, state) and was told that as part of a non-disclosure agreement that information cannot be released.
Sixth Contact: Call up local Verizon Wireless Retail Location. Representative states that 6+ 128 models will not be available in store at all for 9/19. Suggests that perhaps Best Buy will have the phone in stock on release day.
Seventh Contact: Call up Best Buy and manager was kind enough to explain that pre-orders made through Best Buy are actually pulling from the inventory from the store. Also explains that 6+ models are not even able to be pre-ordered because of lack of supply via Apple and therefore will not be in store locations at all.
Eighth Contact: Call up different Verizon Wireless Retail Location. Representative explains that in-store locations will not know which models will be available in-store until the night before, because the shipments have not been made yet, much less fulfilled.
Ninth Contact: Call up ANOTHER Vzw Retail Location. This was the most helpful representative of all. This rep explains that no matter WHAT kind of shipment the corporate stores receive, these phones are reserved for people who upgrade/add a new line/etc, and will not be sold to people who opt for the month-to-month option for full retail.
Tenth Contact: Call up another Best Buy location. Rep doesn't know much of anything.
Eleventh Contact: Call up Apple Store located inside of a mall (because I cannot feasibly wait in a line overnight; I have twin 18mos old sons, so an in-mall location seems like my best option). Rep does not know what mall procedure will be as far as lining up. Does not know quantity of phones coming, but does know that EVERY model will be available for purchase at first-come-first-serve.
Twelfth Contact: Call up another in-mall Apple Store location. No lines inside of mall (duh), and nearest entrance door will be opened prior to mall hours at 8am. All models will be available for purchase in store in unknown quantities. Check out process takes 15-20 minutes, including transfer of all information from one phone to the new phone. If I do not want to wait in line in store, I can call the store location and make my order over the phone at 8am and pick it up in store later that day with my confirmation number and ID.
So that's that then. I plan to try and get my hands on a phone this Friday by going to an indoor Apple location, and if I am successful I will be cancelling my Verizon order regardless if I get a tracking number by then or not (although I doubt I will). I know that most VZW Reps are responding from prompts, but you think that the prompts would provide the same response for the same questions, or even that Verizon would have come out with an official statement regards this whole mess. I guess that's asking for too much, though.
What's everybody else's plans and experiences? Inspired or made aware of anything from my experiences?

Yeah, that's a possibility but after the responses from the Apple locations and the guarantee that my model will be available for purchase at FCFS, I don't think I'll have much to do with Verizon locations regards it all.
I think the reason you're receiving yours on Friday is you are east coast whereas I am west coast. I think there was some truth to the Fifth Contact's response and that it also depends on the warehouse the order is coming from. My warehouse is more than likely different than yours and probably has a larger demand/smaller supply than your warehouse.
I live in Southern California, and my county alone has 3.1M people. The four surrounding counties have 10M people, 2.3M people, 2.1M people, and 3.2M people. iPhone is king out here as far as phones, so I'm chalking it up to supply/demand in my warehouse, and that my order was processed much later than many others in my area.
I'll check back on my order tomorrow and Thursday, but unless I have a notice that shows it going out for delivery on Friday by being at my local FedEx facility, I'm going to an Apple store, getting a phone there, and cancelling my order with Verizon.

So far pleased with Verizon!

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