Swindled, lied too, and lack of customer care!

Back in Auguest, we qualified for "new" phones. We've been customers for over 10 years. We visited a local Verison store in Pataskala Ohio. We were looking to get into the "smart phones". We saw several, some very nice and EXPENSIVE ones, a few that were less expensive.
We told the salesmen what we were looking for, and pointed out a few, one of them was the Samsung Gem. Little did we know. We knew NOTHING about smart phones but only what we saw on TV, guess Verison feels buyer beware to be an understatment.
The Gem was just under $50.00, hmm.. on sale it seems. We had no idea, the trouble, the lack of usability, these phones had. The salesmen seemed to know all about them, so he said. We find out, as time went on, that 1, we could NOT upgrade to the 2.2 droid OS as Verison does not seem to want these phones upgraded.
We also found out, that you can NOT put any of the app's on the SD cards due to the OS version. We also find out how little room there is on these phones for apps. Further, we learned that these phones were NEVER suppose to be sold by Version dealers, that they were "in house" phones only.
I've tried to email Verison but hmm.. we can't find an EMAIL address for support!
My wifes phone has had issues for the past month, runs slow, won't connect and very VERY short battery life.
Now.. I would like someone from Verison with guts to assist us in getting rid of these phones, and re-issueing us a new trade in deal.
I wonder if there is somone out there who cares!
These Gems SUCK, and seems Verison only cares about sales, and NOT customer care!

MostlyALurker wrote:
It never ceases to amaze me the number of people who don't even do the most basic of research before buying an expensive item or getting themselves locked into a contract. There is SO MUCH info out there about the pros and cons of various phones. It's called Google, people!
It also never ceases to amaze me about the number of people who register for forums such as this only to complain and then disappear into the ether again.
God forbid someone expects a represenative of a company that generally gets high marks for customer service to not completely rip them off and give them wrong information. These customers have lives that do NOT revolve around cell phones and spending hours on the internet going through the tech media and their reviews that say pretty much every phone out there is crap and god-like at the same time. The people who spend 40+ hours a week in the mobile cell phone stores are the experts, get paid to be the experts, and so it shouldn't be completely uncalled for to hope that these people will guide the less informed in the general right direction.
People don't take their money to Verizon because of the great data speeds or cheap phone plans. They go to Verizon because Verizon is known for excellent customer service. If they want to get ripped off by some slimey scumbag salesperson they go to Boost Mobile or Cricket. Even if an "authorized reseller" was responsible for this, Verizon is the one who hands out these licenses and has a duty to make sure somewhat decent business is being conducted with their name. Because again, the consumer who has a life that might surround insurance or banking or medicine or a family or any variety of other things that do not deal with mobile products has no idea what authorized reseller, premium reseller, or corporate means nor should they be expected to.
Take your elitist attitude and get out of here.

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Slow broadband speed and a lack of customer care -...

I am so close to throwing in the towel with BT. The service I receive is both inconsistent and laughable, the customer care is non-existent and the price I pay is more than VirginMedia.
Why do I stay? Why do I persist with an organisation who are just not interested?
Anyway.
My broadband speed veers from 500Kb to 2Mb, but BT Technical insist I am capable of receiving 8-10Mb
The full story of my latest attempt to deal with BT Technical is here: http://brennigjones.com/blog/?p=2776
I am really at the end of my tolerance and tether, but if anyone can help with a last-ditch throw of the dice, please let me know - otherwise I'm off to VirginMedia.
Thanks

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Lack of customer care from bt

BT go on about their excellent caring service-what a joke.
ON 5TH SEPTEMBER we reported a fault with our phone only to be told there was no fault on the line it must be our equipment.We purchased a new phone still no signal or internet.Phoned bt again they still said there was no fault but would send an engineer and if it was a problem inside the house we would have to pay for this call out.
Engineer came out 5 days later told us he was having trouble getting into the box but would have it fixed either that day or the following day.Then came back saying the job was bigger than he thought.
NO FURTHER CONTACT FROM BT,also still no phone line,phoned again and again was told engineer was having problems but would be back on by 20th september.No contact from bt also still no phone line.Again after several calls was told it was being passed to a different department and i did not have to phone again as it would be fixed by the 26th September.
On 26th September an openreach van pulled up outside so i went to ask what was happening only to be told it could be weeks before this would be fixed as it is A BIG JOB and would need traffic management for which council permission is needed from the council.
Phone call to my mobile from bt to give me an update on what was happening-she could not tell us what was happening.
Several updates from bt saying it would be fixed by 14th october.
Then a phone call from bt saying it would not be fixed by 14th and openreach were now going out on the 15th to survey the problem.Already surveyed on 26th september so why survey it again.
Then another update saying that work was going to start on 14th october.
On 15th october told openreach could not start the work as permission was needed for traffic management(did this 2 weeks ago)
HAVE SINCE BEEN TOLD OUR COMPLAINT IS NOW AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL=WOW.still makes no differece as it is now 21st october-still no phone line and no one is able to tell us when our phone line will be on.
We were told that a temporary line would be insalled by 19th october-this has not happened either.
So bt you have now lied to us on more than one occassion-your service to date has been useless.
It appears that no one within bt or bt openreach wants to solve this problem or do the work.
Is it because it is going to cost too much?or is that you do not care about your customers?
We have been loyal customers to bt on this phone line since 1989 and the service we get for being loyal to you is non existant.
Yet you still manage to take payments in advance for the service you are not providing.
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TAKE RESPONSIBILTY FOR THIS PROBLEM AND SORT IT OUT.

Welcome to this forum.
This is a customer to customer forum only, where forum members, who are only BT customers, can help each other with BT Retail products and services.
Anything you post here does not go to BT. Although the forum is moderated by BT, not all posts are read.
BT do not provide or maintain the external network. This is done by Openreach who work for all service providers. BT do not get any special treatment.
If Openreach have a problem on the external network, then all Service Providers and their customers have to wait.
There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
BT Broadband customers - help with broadband, WiFi, networking, e-mail and phones.

Misrepresentation by Verizon - and lack of "Customer Service"

I have tried to follow the "proper channels" and no one seems to care - so here is the letter I sent to the "Correspondence Team" minus my personal information.
Verizon Wireless
Attn: Correspondence Team
P.O. Box 5029
Wallingford, CN 06492
To Whom It May Concern,
First, please know, we have been loyal customers with Verizon for approximately 8 years; and, up until this point in time, we have been pleased with our service provided by Verizon Wireless. With this timespan of provided service, I am estimating that we have spent in excess of $15,000 with your company.
We have two children in college, and with their urging, we recently decided to upgrade our phones to the smart phone technology. For years, we had been satisfied with our antiquated flip-phones. This is where our nightmare began. On March 31st, we saw an advertisement for Verizon that you were offering a new plan for the amount of $160.00 per month with unlimited text, talk, and 10GB of data – with a buy one get one free Samsung Galaxy S4 phone. We attempted to explore this offer on-line; however, your website was not working. We then saw an advertisement on your website for a phone number to call about the “Edge Program.” We called the number and were connected with Charles Brown. He was eager to assist us with our needs. I do not have his employee number; however, his phone number is (888) 924-7934 ext. 8486.
For about the next 2 hours, Mr. Brown discussed the plan with us and assured us that this was the plan that would be the most beneficial. The new plan would provide the unlimited text, talk, 10 GB of data and 4 new smart phones. During this time, he assured us that our bill would be no more than $175.00 per month for both the service plan and the phones. He stated that we were up for renewal on several of our phones and we would receive rebates on each of these phones. He continued to assure us that with our initial deposit on the phones and with the rebates, our total bill would not be more than $175.00 per month. We signed the agreements with him continuing to assure us of this situation. The night we signed the contracts, we received 17 emails regarding our new service.
Within the next few days, we received two of the phones. The bill that arrived stated our bill would be $240.00 for these two phones. We contacted Charles and he stated: “Oh, don’t worry about that! When you have activated all 4 phones, the rebates will kick in.” It then took an addition two weeks to receive our next two phones.
We then received our next statement for the period of March 13 through April 12 for the amount of $380.00. We attempted to contact Charles with no success. We thought, well, we just activated the phones. Perhaps, these rebates have not taken effect yet. We paid $180.00 and again attempted to contact Charles. We have made these attempts numerous times to no avail. Apparently, he has made his commission and is done.
Our next bill arrived with a current charges of $278.35 with an additional past due balance of $200.04. No credits or rebates had been applied.
On May 21, 2014, I contacted Verizon Customer Service. After speaking with one lady, I asked to speak to a supervisor. I was connected with Kelli (employee number 992300). I told her of the above stated events and gave her our concerns over the fact that we had been lied to by Mr. Brown. She placed me on hold to do “a little research.” When she returned, I also inquired if all sales phone calls were recorded. She stated they were. She asked if we were offered the plan with a 2 year renewal contract and I told her that during our 2 hour conversation with Mr. Brown, that the only plan we were offered was the “Edge” program. She then offered to switch us to a 2 year renewal service plan including the phones we had received for $183.00 per month. I agreed to this verbal agreement. She then asked if we had signed the Edge contract and I stated that yes we had with the assurance from Charles that we would receive the rebates. She then retracted her offer and stated the best she could do was a 6 to 12 month credit to our account. I declined and asked her to listen to Charles Brown’s recorded conversation with us. She stated she would and stated twice that she would call us back within one hour. It is now May 25th and we have yet to hear from her.
After one and half hours passed, I called the customer service number again and after asking several times to speak with a supervisor, I was connected to Marcus (6805). He did tell me that it would take up to 72 hours to research this type of request. I stated that I thought that was reasonable; however, I was promised a return call within 1 hour. He stated he would continue to follow up on this situation.
In all honesty, I do not expect to hear from either of these representatives. I feel that I was make promises just to get me off the phone and they have no intentions of following up on my requests.
We do not wish to cancel our service with Verizon; however, we are feeling that we may have no choice in this matter. We feel we have been lied to, ignored, and unvalued as a loyal customer. I also feel that “calling customer service” would be a waste of my time and energy and would only result in further frustration and anxiety. We contacted AT&T and they have stated they would be more than thrilled to meet our telecommunication needs.
What can you do to help? Please review our multiple conversations with Mr. Brown. You will then find that our concerns of untruthful statements are legitimate. We would be more than happy to switch to the 2 year contract for $183.00 per month. If this is not available, we will be forced to switch to another service provider.
We would appreciated any further consideration of this matter and if would like additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us at our home number or respond on this forum.
Sincerely,
A Very Unhappy, and soon to be former, Customer

Although long in your post the situation was somehow messed up.
Like the AT&T plan you are alluding to the price is $160 plus taxes and fees per month in addition to the Edge Plan charges of at least $100 for the four phones ($25x4=$100) so that would be $260 plus taxes and fees. There could also be pro rata charges for partial month of service. First bill is higher in many cases.
Now if you were just going to purchase four new smart phones under a 2 year contract each there is the cost per device at subsidy say $200 each or ($200x4=$800). Plus 4 upgrade fees at $30 is $120 plus the cost of a plan you choose with shared data. So $920 plus plan say at the lowest rate share plan to be $160 plus taxes and surcharges. You would have received an invoice way over $1000.00 so you were put on the edge plan.
You were misinformed as you have to pay a cost for each device for 20 months.
You may have not heard that point in the conversation. Or it may not have been told at time of sale.
I hope the letter works out.
Good Luck

DSL service problem and lack of customer service

It is a sad day that I find myself on a Verizon Forum trying to find resolution.
About 7 days ago my DSL service dropped of to the point it felt like 1995 with dial up.
So I called Verizon , goth through the prompts and ended up talking to someone in a call center
that must have been 1/2 way around the world. Unplug the modem, plug it back in , yeah I've done
that 100 times. No luck. So they send me a new modem with promises I will be back up or near 3mbps.
Fortunately I received a call that evening from what appeared to be a technician here in Southern California,
she clicked around and said my incoming line was at 100% capacity and she then moved my "D-Slam"?
over and instantly I had 2.7 mbps. Magic happened. The new modem showed up the next day (Feb 21)
I got it going on Saturday (Feb 22) and I was cooking along at 2.8 mbps.
Then the wheels fell off on Sunday.
.35 kbps
Monday (Feb 26) 1 1/2 hour call with a customer service rep. Worthless....
He said a Verizon tech would come to my house today,Tuesday (Feb 25)
that was a Lie
I called back today, Tuesday Feb 25th, again spoke with someone 1/2 way around the world asking me to unplug
my modem again. Good Grief.......
The I am given a telephone number for the Tech Support Center. Yeah !!
45 minute hold, and I get dropped, nice....
call back
60 minute hold, dropped again.
I get it Verizon, you don't care, not a single one of your people will take ownership and correct this.
I just want what I pay for each and every month, on time. You need to provide exactly what you take my money for.

Step one: Visit http://www.giganews.com/line_info.html and post up the Traceroute the page shows, if you wish. Be aware that your non-bogan public IP Address will show up. It might shown up as the final hop (bottom-most line of the trace) might contain a hop with your IP address in it. Either remove that line or show only the first two octets. What I'm looking for is a line that mentions "ERX" in it's name towards the end. If for some reason the trace does not complete (two lines full of Stars), keep the trace route intact.
For example this what I saw when I was using Verizon
news.giganews.com
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    1 gw1-g-vlan201.dca.giganews.com (216.196.98.4) 13 ms 13 ms 13 ms
    2 ash-bb1-link.telia.net (213.248.70.241) 39 ms 7 ms 7 ms
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    4 so-7-1-0-0.PHIL-CORE-RTR1.verizon-gni.net (130.81.20.137) 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms
    5 P3-0-0.PHIL-DSL-RTR11.verizon-gni.net (130.81.13.170) 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms
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#3 If you don't know how to get that info:
a) What is the brand and model of your modem?
b) If you have a RJ-45 WAN port router connected to it: What is the brand and model of the RJ-45 WAN port router?
#4 If you have a RJ-45 WAN port router connected to the modem, even if you know how to get the Transceiver Statistics from the modem: What is the brand and model of the RJ-45 WAN port router?
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Extremely Frustrated with Purchase and Lack of Customer Service

I purchased an LG TV on 10/10 for $679.99 10/10, a week later I saw that Dell had the same television for $479. I called to Best Buy customer service and tried to price match. The man that I spoke with said no problem and that he would forward this request to the appropriate department and that I would see the difference refunded in 7-10 business days. Well 3 weeks went by and I had not received any type of refund. I then had to switch banks due to other unforseen circumstances. I have been trying to get the refund to either my new account or in the form of a gift card. I went to the physical store I purchased the TV at and after about an hour they told me that I just had to call 1800BESTBUY. Well I have been on the phone with them 4 separate times all being told different things. The first lady was actually very helpful, was on the phone for about 45 minutes and then the call dropped after we were finally getting somewhere and I never received a call back. So I called you guys back and after a ridiculous hold time someone just told me that I would have to wait 72 hours for some sort of resolution and I have no idea what the hell is going on now. I am currently talking with someone right now and she just keeps putting me back on hold trying to figure out what the hell is going on. I am just fed up listening to the holiday hold music and need something done about this immediately. Whether it be a refund to my new bank account or a refund in the form of a gift card, I do not care because it will just be spent on Christmas gifts from Best Buy either way. I am just so sick of wasting my time being on hold on 4 separate phone calls, each long with no resolution whatsoever. If it could expedite anything the case number I have received is {removed per forum guidelines}.
Robert {removed per forum guidelines}

Hi rmpagejr3,
I'm so sorry you've had to spend so much time and effort on your price match request; it is certainly not intended to be such a chore for our customers. I was glad to see that Heidi from our Facebook team reached out to you last week. Please let her know if you require any further assistance.
Regards,
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Poor comms and lack of customer service

Hi everyone
have some serious issues with BT at the moment regarding my Infinity services.
The Royal Mail landline on which the infinity is installed went down on the 19-07-12. My Infinity connection went down on the
20-07-12. I contacted Bt and enquired about how I was to reinstate the services asap. I placed an order through the automated service to get a new BT landline installed.
On 25-07-12 I received a text informing me the order was cancelled. I rang BT the same afternoon and was informed the automated ordering service cancelled the Order as it could not pick up a BT line at the property. Forgive me for finding this a bit strange as the order I placed and the automated response stated that a BT engineer would visit the premises to install a new landline. The advisor placed a new order for me and the engineer fitted the new line 27-07-12.
All systems go I thought at this point but I was unpleasantly surprised by a flashing amber light on my hub. I contacted BT once again and after many assurances that the service would be reinstated promptly and even more hours being bounced around between billing, sales, asset mover and services departments I still have no connection.
This last chain of events is really mindboggling and really frustrating and I must confess and some stage it was really hard not to make any rude comments that might be recorded for training purposes.
Contacted BT 3-08-12 and I was told to leave the router and the hub switch on and connected and that some diagnostics would be run. I was told that I would receive a call from BT between 8 and 10am, luckily I am an early riser, to inform me of the status on the line. At 10:45 I still hadn't received the call so I phoned again. The advisor apologised for not receiving the call-back and asked me if it would be alright for the technical team/advisors to ring me between 2 and 4pm. Never received that call either. On Sunday morning 5-8-12 received a call from a BT advisor called Sam. I informed him that I hadn't received any call back and that the system was still down. He asked me to do a reset procedure on the router and hub and relay the led activity. After concluding this procedure he informed me that the hub might be faulty and that a new unit would be delivered Monday. I arranged for this to be delivered to my work address. You guessed it, on Monday still no hub in sight and after close on an hour on the phone finally spoke with a lady called Jennifer who informed me the package was picked up by Parcelforce. She provide me with the tracking number. On Tuesday I traced the package on the PF website and at 10:30 it said the package was delivered and signed for. I did not receive the package. Got home and found a card on the floor, "Left the package under the car". Brilliant!! If you wondered I am being sarcastic here. Connected up the new hub and up to date still no service. Phoned up BT last night and according to them I don't even have BT Infinity so I read the lady my latest copy of my bill dated 4-8-12 charging me for BT infinity. She asked me to hold the line for a bit 5 minutes later she gets back on. We have to send out an engineer to have Infinity installed and at this stage it is like talking to a brick wall. She finally got it that I already have the router and the hub as well as the multi socket installed. Asks me to hold the line she is going to speak with her manager quickly. Couple minutes later she informs me that I will receive a call from her manager in the next 24hours as the case is "complicated".
I have contacted the Obudsman as well but they can only handle complaints if the issue/s have not been resolved after 6 weeks.
I would really appreciate any help and advice and it seems that the top of management is my only option.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.

If you would like to contact one of the UK based BT Care Team who moderate this forum, they should be able to help you.
They can be contacted using this link BT Care Team
They normally respond by phone or e-mail, within three working days, however you should get an immediate confirmation, with a tracking number.
There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
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Late charge and lack of customer service

My bill was due on Dec. 27. Verizon cashed my check on Dec. 16. My January bill says I owe a $5.00 late charge.
I need Verizon to remove the late charge.
Verizon "Chat" is not working and I haven't been able to locate a phone number to call for help.
How do I get to the billing department to resolve my problem????

*611 or dial 800-922-0204. That is the number to customer service. They will be able to offered the credit.

Problem with Season Passes and lack of customer service.

I haven't received emails from Apple stating that episodes were available to download for 2 shows that I subscribe to. I have emailed them and received the usual, customary and "automated" response. I received a free video credit to manually purchase one of the episode's that had not downloaded automatically. After using the credit for another show, I was unable to purchase videos for a few minutes due to error messages and other issues. After logging off and logging back into my account, I was able to purchase videos again.
In Manage Passes under Current Passes, I have multiple shows that show "## episodes awaiting download". I have the same the same message under Completed Passes. I have successfully downloaded the majority of these episodes.
Has anyone experienced these same problems? If so, how long did it take to get the problem resolved? Were attorneys involved?
Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hi rmpagejr3,
I'm so sorry you've had to spend so much time and effort on your price match request; it is certainly not intended to be such a chore for our customers. I was glad to see that Heidi from our Facebook team reached out to you last week. Please let her know if you require any further assistance.
Regards,
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Apple Arrogance and lack of customer service

I am having major problems with Apple with over 3 weeks unable to use iTunes as it seems are a high number of other users. I have emailed them a number of times and they have ignored me and do not reply to my emails (emailed 7 times and they have replied to one). Is it just me? I think customers must be the least important thing for them. Does anyone know how to make a formal complaint? Or know how to make them reply?

Again not being rude at all, but the bulk of what you describe apple doesn't have much control over
works early morning (Uk) not evening even then very slow
THis is LARGLY due to internet triffic, not many are up on on in the morning, but at night, everyone and there momma is online, this would explain the "Bogg Down"
no changes have been made to my software or hardware
Even tho you urself have not installed any software, there are programs on your PC that install updates to themselfs in the background (Out Of SIght) One main program that does this is antivirus. The other thing is Malware (General term for ad ware and spyware). Malware in basic "Sneaks" onto your PC while you surf the net. Ewido is good at catching and getting rid of malware that affects iTUnes. you can download it here http://www.ewido.net/en/download/
no response from Apple on the issue despite over 5 emails to them
SOmetimes it takes them up to 3 days to reply. there getting emails from the US, UK and other contries around the world. make sure the place your emailing them does not state "We can not reply"
does not load music store
Now this issue seems to be reported alot from UK people here (Im in the east coast of the USA). This issue I can really work with for you. Now have you ever been able to get on the store? If you have got on before and this issue only came up in the past 3 weeks, during those 3 weeks were you able to get on it at certain times or is it during the whole 3 weeks you have not been able to get on it?
progress bar never gets to the end
Not clear what this means, do you mean while your playing a song on your PC or when your downloading music or listing to a online radio station in iTUnes?

Price changes and lack of customer loyalty prevent me from upgrading.

I just spoke to two representatives over chat on this site and on the phone. Bot reps informed me I would have to pay over $30 more per month to simply add a phone line to my account which should only be $10. They will not go outside the "bundles" to offer services. They told me I would have to upgrade my internet speed and cable package just to add a landline. I'm a verizon wireless and fios subscriber who pays my bill on time every month but they would not work with me. I'm usually able to talk sales people into giving me what I need for the right price but I was stonewalled. I'm happy I have a month to month plan because I may have to switch bacck to Cablevision.

Hi rmpagejr3,
I'm so sorry you've had to spend so much time and effort on your price match request; it is certainly not intended to be such a chore for our customers. I was glad to see that Heidi from our Facebook team reached out to you last week. Please let her know if you require any further assistance.
Regards,
Elizabeth|Social Media Supervisor|Best Buy® Corporate
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Verizon Edge with no discount and 4 hours of wasted time with Customer care

So far my experience with Verizon has been far short of superior as it should be for the number 1 carrier in the nation. I tried to open an account using the Edge program and did not qualify. This was on the same day that the down payment for the Edge program became available. I called to determine why I was ineligible and try to find out if there was any way to become eligible and was told no and was told several times to just start a 2 yr agreement. 1 hour wasted when I could have just paid a down payment that day and none of these future problems would have occurred. Fiance opened an account in his name on the Edge program for me. I already had a prepaid account with a telephone number I wished to keep but was told in store that this would not be possible. Account was opened with a new telephone number which I will refer to as telephone number A. I contacted customer care and was informed that it would be possible to keep my telephone number which I will refer to as telephone number B but was unable to do get it done at the time due to not having both of my phones with me. 30 minutes wasted as it should have been done in store the number transfer. Was able to call back later and get my prepaid account with telephone number B added to my new account with my telephone number A. We then proceeded to switch telephone numbers so that I had my original number, telephone number B, and then cancelled the additional line. 1 hr and 30 minutes wasted!!! New single line plans come out and I chat in to change my calling plan to the Single line plan with 1gb of data for $60 and $50 with my Edge discount. Chat representative changed my plan to the More Everything plan with 1gb. This was not at all what I wanted as I'm trying to save money and I was hit with a huge bill. Called in about bill got plan sorted out and am informed I no longer have the Edge discount because I'm using telephone number B. I'm informed the Edge discount was applied to telephone number A and I can not have that discount using telephone number B. This by the way took over 2 hours after I was informed by the customer care agent on the phone alot of inaccurate info. I was informed the 1gb single line plan was a loyalty plan and I was not eligible until my account had been open for 1 year. I was also informed that the Edge discount did not apply to the single line plan. 2 hours wasted After speaking with a supervisor I was still unable to have my Edge discount applied. How can this be Verizon? How can I purchase a phone on the Edge program, be given a discount and then have it removed simply because I wish to use the telephone number I've had for over 10 years? I WAS NEVER ONCE INFORMED I WOULD LOSE MY DISCOUNT!!!! I went from prepaid to the Edge program because I wanted a new phone and 4G and because of the Edge discount making it very close to what I was already paying. I've wasted 4 hours on this when all of this should have been done in the begging. If I had been able to put a down payment down I could have had my number then 90% of these problems I wouldn't be having. You can't tell me there is no way to use my number and not get the Edge discount. VERY UNHAPPY!!!

So ChristinaB_VZW replied to my post. You would think I would get a little further help regarding my issue, correct? WRONG!!! I told her thank you for helping me and she asked me to reply back with my original message copied and pasted which I did on 4/8. I waited until 4/17 and had not heard back so I responded back to her. Still haven't heard anything from her. Do they simply post on these forums so that customers have the appearance of receiving assistance so that in public it looks as though I've been helped when in actuality still nothing has been done. I could understand if I was begging for a new phone or wanted $100's of dollars off my bill for no reason but I'm not. I want the discount that I should be receiving as part of my VERIZON EDGE AGREEMENT. This is the worst experience I've ever had with any kind of services for money. I know one thing for a fact and that's one you are a customer you no longer matter. So thank you ChristinaB_VZW for making Verizon appear to care about customer issues when in actuality they do not. I will be sure to never recommend your services to anyone and to reference this issue and lack of customer support for that reason.

I hate to say - DISATISFIED WITH with CUSTOMER CARE RESPONSE and VERIZON in all for first time.

I am currently on National 900 plan on Motorola Droid. I switched from AT&T primarily because I love to use data on mobile. Verizon provided me the unlimited plan. I was a very happy customer with Verizon untill now.
Scenario -
Today, I called up Verizon customer care executive to see why bill for the month was not readjusted. Can anyone believe it its staggering $1137.73 [Roaming charges 1019.19].
Since this January, I am visiting to Canada. On first visit in January, I called up customer care to see what options I do have to use my phone in Canada as I use it in US. Verizon had a wonderful plan - just the monthly data plan is escalated appear. 30-40$ extra than the normal appear. 29.99$ plan. I happily added that plan before visiting Canada. While there is Canada, I did get notification couple of time that I am exceeding data limit but again checked with customer care later - they readjusted the bill as that was 'FALSE ALERT' as I was on unlimited data plan while roaming as well in Canada since I paid the additional prorated of (30-40$) for period of my stay there.
This equation worked for first and second visit - Unlimited Data while I used to get FALSE ALERT.
On my third visit , things changed - Verizon stopped providing the unlimited data services. I called up as usual before this visit. Customer care executive said - you are set to go to Canada now. I was not very specifically told on call that the rules have changed now and there is limit to data usage while roaming. During this visit also, I got the alerts - I assumed this was also a FALSE ALERT like prior one.
But this time, it was not FALSE ALERT, now I charged with this fee. I raised my concern and called up customer care appear. 10 day before [today is March 6th], they assured me that it is going to be re-adjusted ONLY for this time. And, they also asked to check account after 48 hours and if not readjusted please call. But, I checked my account today and it was not readjusted. So, I called up customer care executive for half an hour -- not willing to listen to any logic of mine and he said politely 'SIR, WE CANNOT READJUST YOUR BILL' . I am still trying to figure out where is my fault when I was not told DATA PLAN HAS CHANGED FROM THIS VISIT.
I hope senior management will look into this matter and re-adjust current bill. It's due this March 10th. I would appreciate any positive response prior to this so that I can pay the bill and BE A HAPPY VERIZON CUSTOMER.
Sincerely,
Manoj K. [removed personal information]

I called them back yesterday night, not willing to listen my story. Sir we sent you SMS notifications. But these notifications, I also got when I had unlimited plans on first and second visit. Then customer care told SIR you don't need to worry - but this time I should have been very specifically told rules are changed before changing my plans which I wasn't. I was under impression that I am on same unlimited plans.
A job not well done in COMMUNICATING TO CUSTOMERS and using that an opportunity to OVERCHARGE $1100 - INSANE for one month bill. None of my fault. SMS notification is no communication as earlier SMS noitification were false positive and bills were adjusted as I was on unlimited data plan.
Now you change the rules and send SMS Notification; RULE CHANGE, one is not aware of.. ANY NORMAL person will treat SMS notification as FALSE ALERT.. isn't it??

TERRIBLE CUSTOMER CARE & Lack of Information on current D.O.A and Delivery of a new laptop (x121e)

Hi there,
I made an order for a Thinkpad X121e on 25th August 2011, arriving around a week later, however when it arrived it worked for about 1 hour before then refusing to boot up, I decided to ring support who suggested it may be possible, and quicker to have someone repair the unit onsite, however it turned out that this would not be possible as there may have been multiple issues.
Therefore I arranged under D.O.A for it to be sent back to Lenovo, it was received at the repair centre on 8th September 2011, and was registered as D.O.A on 15th September 2011
It was my understanding that a replacement would usually have a turnaround of 14 days, however when I rang Technical support they suggested 15 working days, which would be up today (6th October 2011) I have been consistently ringing technical support who have suggested the only people that I should contact are the German company (MKCL Deutschland GmbH) dealing with the D.O.A of my laptop, however if I was to contact them via phone it would cost me a fair amount, so I opted for the email route, where a response was given however it suggested they were also waiting on lenovo.
I currently feel as if I am in the dark, where there is no possible way to contact lenovo directly, especially for complaints or even just for information. I purchased the lenovo product originally on recommendations from others for quality and reliability, its a shame that lenovo support and customer care is not the same.
I have also considered contacting Consumer direct if I do not receive any more information on my case.
Any possible help with my case will be much appreciated.
Thank You

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Customer Care and some goodwill wanted please

Basically, my parents were a victim of last Novembers Cumbrian floods and have been in a caravan since then whilst the repairs are ongoing. They are in their 70s and 80s.
Whilst flooded out they have been unable to physically connect to their BT broadband package due to
1. no electric in the flooded property and
2. various other diverse factors too complex to explain.
At the time of the floods they were about 8 months into an 18 month BB contract. The 18 months is up in October.
I have been in touch with Billing twice (on their behalf) with a suggestion that the BB is "suspended" until they get back in, after which it will resume.
However, the operatives I have talked to have their standard procedures, and if we want to, we can claim our £xx per month BB costs off the insurance.
In the grand scheme of things, £xx is a very small amount, and making this extra claim seems petty, as it is.
However, it is irking that we are paying for a service and due to circumstances beyond our control, we are getting nothing for it. Obviously this is not BTs fault - they are providing the service, it's just that we are unable to take advantage of it.
They phoned yesterday and put the £25 BB disconnection process into action.
I'm now looking for someone at BT with a sense of compassion
It would be really nice if someone at BT has the power and could say, OK, we've checked the records and we can see they haven't logged in since 20 November 09 and what we'll do is give you an appropriate amount of time on Broadband without charge, just as a gesture of GOODWILL, seeing as how BT like to purport themselves as a "CARING" company, and how we would like you to continue with us when your extended usage period ends.
I hope I find such a BT person here on these BT Care forums.
Any further information you require, especially the customer concerned, please let me know and I will supply.
Thank you for reading.

Hi Flooded_Out,
As you said yourself these circumstances are really beyond BT's control. Its not really a matter of compassion or customer care but of practicality. Insurance exists for reasons such this.
BT use our Customer Guarantee Scheme to ensure that any credits applied to accounts are given out when required and the conditions are applied equally to all our customers. Whilst I sympathise with your parents position I wont be able to offer a refund.
Sorry about that. However, personally, if I was entitled to money under an insurance scheme, no matter how small the amount, I would certainly claim and would advise you do the same
Cheers
Craig
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Swindled, lied too, and lack of customer care!

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