Verizon to big?, customer service lacking

Customer Service run around - Has Verizon gotten too big, to big to handle the customers. I did a Verizon Edge contract on to lines that were eligible for upgrades. I received the phones on December 27th and went to the store with the phones. The phones I received were the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. I asked if I could get both lines with 6 Plus and the rep at the store suggested I send them both back to iPhone 6 and 6 Plus to receive both gray iPhone 6 Plus, due to no restock fees. I called customer service and they sent a return label, I asked how long would it take and the reply as soon as they see the shipping label you can get your phones. Well it has been down hill from there. I sent the phones in on January 5, 2015. I followed the tracking number and the warehouse received them on the January 15, 2015. Now in between time I call customer service and they claim they have no tracking number, go thing I made a copy. I was told I can go into the store and get the new phones. I did and the store told me sorry I am under the Edge contract. I call customer service again and this time I was told I had to wait until the end of my billing cycle. Now which is another 12 days. I did and to no avail, I call customer service, I chatted on line to customer service and I have been on facebook with customer service, and I get it will be 24 hours. I spent the next 5 days on the phone trying to get this corrected and every time I get, it will be 24 hours. I even received a phone call stating it is fixed, which when I longed on line it wasn't fix and I called back to hear, it will be another 24 hours. Today is the 31st and I call once more and explain the whole situation all over again, well sir we will expedite it and it will be 3 to 5 days WHAT???? another 3 to 5 days!!!!! I have asked to speak to a supervisor and was told "I will e-mail him" - no calls. Meanwhile my account has been charged additional $190, over my normal bill. I took the advise of the store clerk and the on-line rep, no problem just send them back and we will get you your iPhone 6 Plus's you have been with Verizon for 6 years you are a good customer. It has been 35 days from the start of the return and I have lost $120 in trade in for both my iPhone 5s and my bill is $391.00 - this has gotten expensive and drawn out. How do you fix customer service?

Verizon is by far the worst company I have ever had to deal with and we were customers since before when it was All-tel (a great company btw). Every time you call with a complaint or a dispute about a bill they make it seem like you are getting your issue resolved and then boom- next bill some new **** charges that don't even make sense. Furthermore, they got a family member of mine to accept a tablet under false pretenses. She understood the deal with her new phone was a free tablet and she thought that meant free! Well, no there was a $35 registration fee. A $10 activation fee and a one month prorated fee, which once all was said and done and you add in taxes and surcharges, the bill was over $50 higher. She never even opened the box and when she went to return the device saying she only took it under the false pretenses, they wanted to charge a $70 **** restocking fee! This company is the worst ever. I have already pulled 2 of 4 of my phones and can not wait until my contracts are up for the other 2 and be rid of this crap for good! And I haven't even gotten started on the service in my area!!!!!

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What is the number for Verizon Wireless Corporate Customer Service Complaint for CA

My Complaint: I have been a Verizon Wireless customer for approx 20 years. I called customer service to seek an early upgrade for my daughter's phone. She is away in college and her phone is malfunctioning. She is eligible for an upgrade in approx 6 weeks so I did not want to spend the money on a replacement phone when since we were planning on updating to something newer. The customer service rep to me they could not do the early upgrade an to call back in a few weeks. After explaining this was unacceptable (I do not like the idea of a young female being out of state and away from home with no reliable means of communication), she places me on hold to later return with the only offer of I must purchase a new device through her ( over the phone) which will be shipped to me, the phone was priced $100.00 more than the online price (they will not price match), plus i must pay $30.00 upgrade fee, $35.00 activation fee and taxes on the retail price of the phone. I am upset and disappointed with the quality of service provided by Verizon being a 20 year customer. If not for the seriousness and urgency of this matter, i would not have asked for an early upgrade. It is times such as these that you get to see how much of a "valued customer" you really are. I guess you are valued as long as you pay your bill and continually purchase their products. I would like to speak with someone from Verizon's corporate or customer relations department. As of now I am really considering changing my service to a different provider. I have multiple accounts with Verizon and i will canx each after the current contract committment expire (starting with my daughter's phone which expires in 6 weeks) In the meantime I will go purchase her a new phone with someone else and take comfort knowing she will have reliable communication.

I started with them in 1985. It has been wonderful service but very expensive. They seem to operate on day of deposit day of withdrawal. That means that I have no benefits nothing beyond the normal customer if I don't pay my bill they shut me off. That's why I have switch to another provider and I have better service lower cost and better phones. you can't beat other providers I mean it. Please don't expect more from verizon other than a "pay me more money and I'll do what you want" because it's all about money. Read the transcripts from current Verizon employees all over the internet. The company is going down and they're taking customers with them.
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Tired of Verizon's customer service & lack of support,misled & being lied too!!!

Due – April 28th 2012
Issue: Overage fees   –     5,310- used
                                                2,000- allowed usage
                                                3,310- overage
I placed a call to Verizon on Monday, April 9th and spoke with a gentleman by the name of James (I think). He issued the account to be investigated to find out if this was a billing error or a tech issue, ???. He stated someone will call me back.
Per the conversation my husband had with a customer service rep later that evening, they informed him that while he is & has been in Mexico, his calls outside of the US from Verizon to Verizon are not free!!!!! WE WERE NEVER INFORMED OF THIS!!!   She told him that if we make calls to him that it would be free, but he said no it wouldn’t because you’re counting against their (my families) minutes because you show that “I went over” therefore causing my wife and daughter in all of these overage minutes. We have been very used to free nights & weekends as well as the comfort of Verizon to Verizon calls with no fees and to just now find this out after having the plan changed to the Mexico international plan back in October 2011. Besides, each and every month we have been told by different customer service reps a different thing each time. 1st I was told that by switching over, it would ONLY be an additional $25.00 a month added to our monthly bill and our coverage would be the same. Then in December 2011 when we had additional fees, it was because apparently they changed the plan without informing us of the change that the plans unlimited texting did not apply to the Mexico plan???? They issued a credit. Then in February when I called because of “data” charges (which we do not have a data plan on either of our phones & we have it blocked) they had to issue a credit and in order to avoid text fees was told to only contact each other via voice (calling). This has been a problem because he drops calls constantly, sometimes it takes 3-4 times for the call to be dialed out before it will go thru to us (are we being charged for those calls (dials) made as minutes???) and the reception is horrible. He has called the international customer service number for them to check the line or towers and it did help some. Texting has made it easier for us to communicate with each other. When I called on Monday, April 9th, I was informed that when he changed the plan for his line that it affected all of our lines (the entire plan). I was NEVER TOLD THIS in fact I was told that it would apply only to his line! We have been lied to, misled, misinformed and very unhappy with the service and support we are getting from Verizon. We have been a very long time customer and in the entire history, we have NEVER experienced a bill this high or issue like this. If you check the overall average of our monthly usage for each line you will see that this does not make sense and we always still within our monthly plan??? I will admit that in the entire history with Verizon sure we have gone over a few times and I have no problem paying for that difference by $100.00-$200.00 (but this has only happened only a couple times). There is seriously a problem with this bill. Either the way the plan was set up for my husband’s line has affected the rest of our lines or it apparently has affected our entire plan of which again we were never informed of this. I mean take a look at our overall monthly averages per line for usage on voice. My husband’s line always does not have the majority of the minutes used due to his work and travel, however, for myself and my daughter’s line I have never, nor did my daughter use these many minutes. We have unlimited texting on all of our phone lines and that is how we do the majority of our communication besides our family has Verizon service. Shouldn’t this be free?!!!! This bill needs to be adjusted ASAP!!
I called Wednesday, April 11, 2012 and spoke with Lisa to check the status of the investigation and she stated that she is showing no updates at this time. She advised that if I don’t hear anything by next week to call back.
Today is Monday, April 16, 2012 and I still have not had a call returned to us regarding this matter! I am so sick of being lied to time and time again by different customer service reps or for that matter that has not been trained properly on Verizon’s company policy!! Every single time I speak to someone, each rep tells me something totally different about our plan than the last rep we spoke to!!! I am tired of not having my phone calls returned. We have been absolute loyal customers to Verizon for 10 years plus and I am over this kind of unfair, unjust service from this company to the point that we want to switch and I am looking to report them as well as talk to an attorney!

My experience with Verizon so far (it's been a month) has been awful... If I can give any advice do not sign up for Verizon if you haven't already... I will be telling everyone I know. Good LTE coverage does not excuse treating your customers like s***!
The overall business practices of Verizon are shady and deceptive. The poor customer service reps get caught in the middle (I'm not blaming them...)
When I bought my phone, the sales person in the store added an extra $35 fee. When I called back later to ask what extra fees they charge in the store they said none !? Now they're looking into it... Also we had our old phone numbers ported over, so they issued us temporary numbers... Which we ended up being charged for a full month of service on even though we had them for less than 24 hours! In addition we were charged for a full month on our ported lines (double charged)
I think they do this sh** on purpose and hope you won't notice. Shame on you Verizon. I will leave as soon as my contract allows and never be your customer again for life!!! I will also spread this far and wide. May you fail miserably!

Verizon Reception and Customer Service On Extreme Decline

My husband has been a loyal Verizon customer for almost a decade and I was on Tmobile several years back. He told me that Verizon was great and it was true...3 years ago, and so I decided to cancel my Tmobile service and join Verizon....even though it was much more expensive. Verizon use to be known as the more expensive, but much better quality and reception carrier...(e.g. "Can you hear me now?" commercials, which funny, have now dropped off the face of the earth). So we both had been on Verizon and been paying an arm and a leg and of course, we buy their phones, which come with these limited warranties and essentially stop working before the contract term is up, you end up renewing your contract. We had no problem with doing this and I was able to get an IPhone 4S before the IPhone 5 came out. That was middle of last year, and we had noticed the service was starting to go bad, but the people at the Corporate Verizon Store told me they were working on it and it would get better. So I signed on the dotted line...and little did I know because I got another phone, the people at the store decided to add some "third phantom line" I didn't even know about so my bill jumped! So we have two phones and are paying for three! My bill runs for two phones with limited data and minutes to around $170.00-$190.00...which is fine if the service was worth anything. But the service has just been going down the drain! My calls get dropped, they go in and out, my emails don't load, the internet doesn't work half the time and my husband pretty much completely can't use his phone - he can't ever get any emails and never has reception. I have to leave him voicemails or text him to call me because his phone always just goes straight to v/m. So, we were pretty much fed up - we wanted to stick it out because my husband had been such a long time customer and we were hoping things with get better, but they didnt. My husband was always telling me how great customer service was, and if you call them they will take care of you...but I don't know how they could make the service better.
But anyways, we call trying to see what the termination fee was and wow...$300+ for each line including a line no one told me they added on? Seems like fraud. So I googled it and apparently this was a big issues with Verizon doubling cancellation fees - how can they get away with this? They said it goes down $10 for every month up until the day the contract terminates and even if you cancel a day before it would be over $100...So we were looking at $900+ to terminate! Okay, fine, so seems like we are stuck apparently. Funny, because when I went in 2012 to get a new phone, I explicitly asked if there was anything different (my friends who HAD verizon told me to be careful because Verizon is getting worse and worse and really sneaky) and they guy failed to mention that they doubled the cancellation fee...misrepresentation? So we said fine, if we are stuck with awful service for a few more years, well we don't want to pay a premium for bad service (in fact, we were thinking to just get another phone with someone else in the mean time because we both need the phones and data packages for our work in Corporate America)...and we were paying $168 and the lady told us she can drop us down to $175...um...wait you are trying to upsell me? I know how much I pay each month. Unreal. And the lady at customer service was literally arguing with us. It was unreal! What happened Verizon?? I was really taken aback and we kept asking to talk to a supervisor because she was so unprofessional and rude and clearly trying to rip us off and she kept refusing for 30 minutes...Its been almost 2 hours on the phone with them and they said okay, we'll try to give you a tiny bit of credit and oh yeah, it takes 5 minutes to load one page on the internet and your calls get dropped and your email doesnt work? Too bad, wait out your contract....I will be sure to tell all my friends and family members just how awful Verizon has become because I am just beyond disappointed.

1. Verizon doesn't make any phones, the warranty comes from the manufacture. It is a one year limited waranty, same as ANY electronic device (hard drive, monitor, usb etc etc)
you bought a subsizied phone, you didnt pay full price that is why there is an ETF..it is not some trick or scam, it is common sense. (removed)
2. verizon ad campaigns change, watch the superbowl last year there was a can you hear me now commercial.
3. verizon invests more into its network than all the other carriers combined every year. Not every area will get the same service, some carriers are stronger than others.. what city do you live in?
4. you pay for service, you get service. there is no loyalty here.
5. where do you calls drop? have you tried marking them and putting in a ticket?
6. where does your data drop, email not loading? are you indoors when this happens?
7. Where is your husband when you call him and and it goes to VM, does he turn his phone off when he is at work?
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How did you fixed your headphone jack breaking since verizon sucks at customer service

My headphone jack literally just stopped working. All the stuff I have read online is showing that most LG G2 users have this exact problem. I would like to know how to get mine fixed since verizon is sending me on a rat race to find out what to do.

There has been no damage to the phone. I have tried four different head phones. When it started all i had to do was twist the head phone and the phone would lose connection. When that happens on the LG it completely stops playing music, turns the display screen on, and sometimes changed settings while in my pocket. I used compressed air to try to clean it and a paper clip. Shortly after it completely stopped working unless i held it in place which of course is horribly annoying. I use my phone with its million features and apps to basically make phone calls, text, flash light, and you guessed it, listen to music. Without music i have , literally, little use for this phone. Trying to contact customer service has been extraordinarily frustrating. I called the store i bought the phone and told the girl working that from what i read online, this phone suffers from this problem a lot. To me that means the manufacturer is selling faulty product that will knowingly break. And of all things, the head phone Jack? They've been around for how many years now? The girl working agreed with me that they break often and told me to remove the battery and put it back in. On a phone that doesn't allow you to remove the battery. Then she gives me a number i call that then tells me to get some other phone to call a different number which is not what i need. I need information on how to fixed or have it replaced. I had purchased insurance but when my card maxed the insurance plan was cancelled. I've had it for over a year so the warranty is gone. Now I have a phone that doesn't do the one thing i like it to do While employees admit to me they break often over the very problem i presented. Very frustrating to buy a phone, which by the way is really a great phone, that can no longer do what my 20 year old CD player can still do, connect to the headphone jack.

Verizon fios poor customer service

I ended my account on April 21st (triple play) when my bill shot up $50, after discounts ended. I closed the account on April 21, and I was on automatic payment out of my checking account. The april bill was paid in full, and I asked that the automatic withdrawls stop as I unplugged everything. i asked if I could return the equipment to the verizon "store" in hauppauge and was told if I did I would get charged for ME TAKING THE EQUIPMENT TO THEM. They said I had to wait for shipping boxes to be sent. I had to call 3 times as I never received them . On my third call, all of a sudden I was told that I would not be charged since my account as closed.
Sure enough, verizon did indeed go ahead and withdraw my May payment, even though I asked them not to and since I did not have equipment. Again, I had to call three times ,always getting a different answer.
Today, I found our (at least this is the story of the day), that I have to wait two billing cycles all the way until July 12 for a final final bill. Then I should expect my payment owed to me 16 days later. So they hold my money for 3 months after i cancelled.
By the way, more good Verizon stories:
- My sons box died and we brought it to the hauppauge store and they charged me $10 because I did not call ahead of time to the customer service number.
- We had two remotes not work any more and they charged me $12 for each one. They did not just swop out.
- The last time I was with them, and left, they never sent me a final bill (ever try seeing your bill on line...its like trying to break into fort knox to get to what you want to see). and turned me over to collections - no notice no nothing .
- the last time I had them, they turned off my service just days after the bill was supposed to be paid.
I WILL NEVER GO BACK TO FIOS - EVER. THEY CAN OFFER ME THE SERVICE FOR FREE .The product is very good but the customer service was beyond terrible. I have learned my lesson and will never switch back again.
They will probably remove this post, but I had to send this. My treatment was that awful. I don't like dealing with a company that treats you as if we are operating in a dictatorship.

On the contrary I have had great customer service from them. But I only have FiOS internet with them. Maybe customer service is regional and could depends on the individual representative.
For example:
On one occasion when my FiOS box outside started acting up. A tech came out and saw the box, he pulled this wire out and plug it back in, the box works again. Three days later the box was acting up again, I did what he did - pulled the plug out and plug it back in and it works. But I didn't feel like doing that every three days.
I called and another tech came out. He installed a new ONT box, and put this black tape over the top of the box and said that it will keep water and moisture out 99% of the time. He told me the reason the box was acting up was because of the moisture from the rain and it seeped through. The new box doesn't have holes on top that let water seep through anymore.
Anyhow, my point is that the first tech had no idea why the box was acting up. Didn't know that it was due to moisture and could temporary fix the problem. The second tech understood the problem entirely and fixed it permanently. So not all Verizon tech are trained equally. Nevertheless I am a happy Verizon FiOS customer.

Does Verizon train their customer service reps? I say NO!

Been trying to but an equipment protection plan for my new phone. Called customer service and was told about their $8 a month plan and decided to buy it. 4 days later i get my first e-bill and it says I bought a completely different service (tech coach)for a different amount of money ($7 a month). I never heard of Tech Coach and I don't want Tech Coach! So i called back again. I was told there is no $8. plan only a $5.87 plan or a ten dollar plan (hmmmm). I asked the CSR to show me the plans in writing. The CSR could not! I asked to speak to their supervisor and they said they could only put me back into the que ( I already waited close to 15 minutes for this rep. I called again and a young man named Trevor said he could help me. He said there is NO $8 plan..... but he contradicted himself so many times that I finally called the Insurance company directly and was sold the original $8 monthly plan I wanted in the first place ( I hope)! so I have determined that Verizon's customer service department you get sad sack CSR's who lock you into a 2 year contract but lie and deceive their customers by giving false or misleading information. DEMAND TO SEE EVERYTHING IN WRITING!!!! Then you will have them by the short hairs instead of the other way around. Glad I have a few more days to cancel if i want.

Just some fyi, there are only a few different asurion plans. The $5 one is for basic coverage (with the deductible, of course), there is the $8 for basic coverage and the the 1 year extended warranty, and THEN there's the $10 which is the same as the $8, plus Tech Coach.
The $10 is ok for iPhones, being iPhone is $9.99 for what is normally an $8 plan with any other type of device. They're already paying high dollar for coverage, so may as well give them tech coach for a penny.
VZW doesn't train their reps nearly as well as they should, and it isn't the reps' faults. They're literally trying to do all they can with almost no help. They aren't lying or giving misleading information, they're just relaying what they have..
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Verizon has terrible customer service

I just wanted to inform you that your customer service is crap at the okc macarthur location. i have a droid razr that i just bought a month ago my service is crap i have to use my brothers phone that works for me. embarassing . I work out in weatherford ok. and i am constantly dropping very important calls and allways roaming. i wish i would have never renewed my service w you guys and plus the customer service at the location told me that i would have no problem w service. well i do have problems [what do i do ] ok buy a 600 dollar droid razr and expect it to be a super phone its crap i was chattin with my sister and it shut down completely and wont come back on customer service didnt help any i know i bought insurance for a reason and they say i dont have insurance why are you doin this to me i will be losing a lot of money due to this crap phone im disappointed i think i just need to go to wal mart and buy a tracphone from wal mart and buy minutes so i can conduct my business this has really put me in a bind yall better make up for it some way or another and about service out there in western ok do you need more money to put up more towers or what because these dropped calls are costing me money please fix it thanks for the 600 dollar paper weight. Lee <personal information removed for privacy> thanks alot
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You noticed the issue immediately I suspect. Why did you not return the device within the 14 days you are allowed to???
In addition, the only store on McArthur I could find is the following
The Cellular Connection- Quantum Communications WA
Premium Retailer *
3800 NORTH MACARTHUR BOULEVARD SUITE D
This is a third party reseller and NOT a VZW corporate store, VZW has very little control on how these stores are run.

Wow, what is up with Verizon and their customer service?

This company is becoming a joke. Customer Service use to be decent years ago but they are going downhill, fast. First thing, the late release on the Note 4? Why? Second... Why are they taking the headphones out of the Note 4? For the price we pay we should get what is included in the box. Third... Two day shipping on preorders, not overnight especially when they are releasing a week late. Fourth, I call CS before I preordered the Note 4 and was told I couldn't preorder it until the 23rd, a few days went by until I found out that wasn't true. If I don't get mine by the 25th because it ends up getting backordered I'll be furious. If any other carrier had service at my house I would already be with them.

You know Ann there are other people out there who do things differently than you do... I for one use earphones with my phone all the time, when im exercising, working, mowing the lawn, etc. and in my experience those that come with the phone tend to be of very nice quality.
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Has Verizon lost its customer service touch

It has been so frustrating to talk to a Verizon customer service rep...they don't seem to be knowledgeable. Providing incorrect information, making changes to plans you didn't ask for...Getting to a point where the network doesn't matter if you have to spend so much time going thru this mess

Guru55,
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Customer Service - Lack Thereof

We live in a dead zone and reported it to Verizon Customer Service on Tuesday, July 8th. On the phone with customer support, they acknowledged our request for a neighborhood review, as there is little to no coverage in our area. In addition, nearly all of our neighbors have switched to a carrier who's signal reaches our area, with no penalty for early termination due to no service. Pretty cut and dry right?
Well, we've now been waiting past the 5-7 days for the review of our neighborhood to happen. Further more, NO ONE will return our calls or our emails to update us on this situation. All the while, we sit in panic and fear that nothing happens to our family and children and that we can't reach emergency help.
I'm not asking for the world, I'm just asking for a call back. My number has been with Verizon since 1999 and we've been loyal paying customers ever since.

   I worked in financial, billing, and logistics systems for about 40 years. To put this in context: when I started, punch cards and one cycle per day batch processing were the norm. Given the advances in technology that I have witnessed over these last four decades, I consider Verizon's customer site, the billing system (I use that term loosely), and ability to execute as bad as anything I have ever run across.
   A couple of examples -
   Just this morning I looked at three views of my bill and found three different "amounts owed." It appears that Verizon runs its batch updates once per month, and then does not clear the previous numbers. See above.
   My wife tried to get a cell phone and the order was screwed up at least three ways, including a three year old address.
Speaking of system downtime: Way too much for the 21st century, especially in the middle of a business day.
On the positive side, the internet works well.

How do I contact Verizon corporate regarding customer service issues?

I'm trying to escalate an issue that I have with customer service and just can't seem to find out how to contact corporate to discuss my issue. I have talked to customer service supervisers and asked them to escalate my complaint. After being told it would be 5-7 days to respond, I'm still waiting. Any help in contacting the right department at corporate would be helpful.

Hello asianguy1964,
I am available to assist and address any concerns that you may have in reference to customer service issue! May I ask is your posting regarding a billing issue, wireless service issue, or a interaction with a representative? Also, were you provided a reference number to your complaint? If you have a reference number then I can check on the status of your concern. Prior to investigating your reference number, would you be kind as to share the details of the issue as I'm condifent that we can If I am unable to provide a solution for you then the additional information will help me forward your concern to the appropriate channel. I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.
Thank you...
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Reconnection, customer service (lack of), incompet...

I have a restriction on my broadband (late payment) so went to mybt and paid the full amount on 28.08.2013 (before 9pm). Wasn`t back on 24hrs later so phoned bt, listened to the usual automated witch, who said "your outstanding balance is 00.00, until you pay your outstanding balance of NOTHING we cannot reconnect you". Can someone tell me how i pay NOTHING so i can get this joke broadband reconnected? (I`m not expecting much, as previous encounters with `customer services`=Lmfao, never got anywhere)

Hi hairpin100,
Sorry about that, did you manage to get this sorted? If not let me know and I can help.
Cheers
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Why can't I change caregivers or contacts on my GizmoPal without completely resetting the device? Accessing from an iphone 6. Have tried Verizon and LG customer service with no help or resolution.

I have an iphone 6. Recently purchased a gizmo pal for my son. Set up was easy. Works great. However, I want to be able to change caregivers when I leave him with someone so that they can call him and he can call them. The only way to do this is to reset the entire device. Shouldn't be that way ... seems that you should be able to click on the caregiver and change it. Anyone else have this problem or a resolution? Verizon and LG have both been unsuccessful in helping.

Weinmaster5,
I understand your concern and definitely want to help! Have you tried adding the additional caregiver this way http://vz.to/1zE7nMX?
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Verizon Complaint - Harassment, Lack of Customer Service, No Loyalty

After searching long and hard, it appears that there is no place to lodge a formal complaint against Verizon. I saw where an individual was told by a Verizon rep the place to file such complaints is right here in the forums. This seems to be an ineffective place to make such statements. With that said, I write this post with little expectation of satisfaction in remedying the complaint. In fact, I believe that the lack of a formal complaint channel points to the company's unwillingness to address key business points, such as customer satisfaction. Consider this post an indication of one such dissatisfied customer.
As background, I have been a steady Verizon customer for about 12 years (give or take a year). In that time, I have re-signed my contract several times, purchased numerous phones, and have been timely in my payments. I seem to recall even being given a Verizon VIP status which gave me a discount on phone accessories. The fact that most people reading this will have never heard of the Verizon VIP status points to how long I've been with Verizon. My first Verizon phone was the Motorola V60i - top of the line at the time.
Recently the credit card I have on file for auto payment expired. I knew it was going to expire and updated the account with a new card as soon as it came in. Apparently this update did not stick. About two weeks ago, my wife began getting phone calls from Verizon. Each time they called it would be from a different out of region phone number. Each time an automated voice would leave a message about "changes to the account". The calls increased to about 5 per day with several text messages throughout. The first red flag is that her line is a secondary number, whereas mine is the primary. If there was a legitimate change to the account the assumption is that Verizon would call the primary account holder. They did not.
This continued for about a week. The calls and the texts would come during working hours and into the night. I called one of the numbers back. After pressing # to do this and # to do that, I was given a choice. Press 1 to make a payment to the account or press 2 if you have already paid this bill or are planning to pay this bill immediately. Since I had already paid the bill, I pressed 2. The next automated message I received said that they would be expecting my payment within 7 days and the system would be updated to reflect I had made this agreement. Failure to pay the bill would cause an interruption in my service.
My problems-
1. Verizon should not call a secondary number to discuss the bill. Luckily the secondary number was my wife's. What if it had been a teenaged child?
2. Verizon should not engage in such harassing techniques. I have been a loyal customer for over a decade. A simple phone call from a human and I would have happily explained I did update the card, and then paid immediately. It went too far for no reason.
3. As a customer, I should have quick access to a customer rep or another avenue, such as a dissatisfaction form in My Verizon, to outline this in a more conducive manner than simply throwing it into a pile of other forum posts with no sense of direction or expectation of satisfaction.
It is for all these reasons that I am dissatisfied with Verizon currently. I am not currently under contract and I am shopping for another provider. While I'm sure many of my complaints will be found in the other provider, at least I have the satisfaction of taking my dollars to a company that will treat me like a number on a page instead of the misconception that customer loyalty still meant anything. Again, I am not expecting any followup from Verizon, but you have my phone number if you would like to discuss this. After all, a simple call from a human in the first place would have corrected this.
My question to the rest of the forum is, "Am I the only one in this boat?"

JonathanK_VZW,
First, thank you for taking the time to respond to my statement. I appreciate that you took the time to do so.
However, I don't think that your response addresses my concerns. I thought I had paid the bill as explained above. Your financial department acted in a harassing manner by contacting a secondary phone number on my account. Not once did anyone or any automated communication contact my number, the primary account holder. The calls were as many as 5 in a day with several text messages. The voice messages, when one was left, and the text messages simply stated there had been changes made to the account - hardly helpful information. In fact, the limited statement was so cryptic that they were originally dismissed as being spam - a reasonable conclusion considering the amount of spam messages Verizon customers receive concerning "changes to the account".
Luckily, the secondary number your financial department decided to contact was my wife's number. Had it been a child's phone this complaint would have a completely different tone. However, any number of other customers may not be so fortunate. You stated " financial services may try to reach you on an alternate line or a contact number we have on file" as an explanation of this practice. That answer only makes sense if you attempted the primary account holder first. You did not. Not one instance.
You mentioned that the volume of your customers prevents you from giving each one personalized service. I realize Verizon must have an enormous customer base and the sheer volume creates complications that I have not yet considered. May I suggest you make a special effort to show personal customer support to long term customers with an established track record of timely payments and patronage - such as myself. The silver lining for Verizon is that your current solution to your customer load crisis - harassing phone calls, ineffective automated services, etc. - may self-correct your problem. More and more folks will take their wallets elsewhere and you may find that managing effective customer service becomes a simpler task.
Again, JonathanK_VZW, I do want to thank you for taking the time to respond. That is sincere. I did not expect Verizon to respond. I would like my concerns to be passed to your supervisors and then to their supervisors. I believe my points are valid criticisms of Verizon's current customer services. I realize that customer service is traditionally a difficult role as it is the department the angry, screaming, crazies contact to vent. I hope the simple measure by which I've responded shows that is not the case here - that the criticisms point to terrible service and any industry that values its customers would want to at least address the key points therein.
To the supervisors:
Any productive organization has to develop strategies that manage the work load while maintaining quality. Those strategies must be reevaluated from time to time to measure effectiveness and quality. This message points to one of those times. Effectiveness and quality are lacking. It is time to develop a new strategy - a working strategy. Your customers would appreciate it.

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