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Urk_VN
Title: Orderly Randomizer
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Registered: 2002-10-30 17:31:32
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1/1/00 12:00am
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Verizon to charge $2 convenience fee
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http://money.cnn.com/2011/12/29/technology/verizon_convenience_fee/index.htm?source=cnn_bin
So if you pay with a debit or credit card, they're going to charge you an extra $2 for the "convenience". You can avoid the charge by paying with a verizon rebate/gift card, one time payment with an e-check, or pay with a home banking account.
In other words, they didn't learn from Bank of America's fiasco with the $5 debit fee charge. I wonder if people are going to buy the gift cards using nickels and pennies to retaliate against this lol. It probably won't affect every one of their customers, but I can't see this bringing any new ones.
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Mastara
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Registered: 2004-12-29 22:52:21
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Seriously.... people use verizon? Why?
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Yukishiro1
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Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
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I'm not sure that's even legal or if it violates their agreement with the credit card companies.
None of the major companies let you charge more for paying with a credit card. They can claim they're only charging more for making single payments with a card, not recurring ones, but I don't really see the difference.
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Yossarian_42
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Registered: 2002-2-28 11:23:20
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Mastara posted:
Seriously.... people use verizon? Why?
Because people like superior coverage and service.
Verizon's only real problem is their greedy pricing practices. They know they are the best option and they know people will put up with their BS.
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Abaddon_Ambrosius
Title: Retired Theurgist TL
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Registered: 2001-12-21 09:51:39
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Yossarian_42 posted:
Mastara posted:
Seriously.... people use verizon? Why?
Because people like superior coverage and service.
Verizon's only real problem is their greedy pricing practices. They know they are the best option and they know people will put up with their BS.
This.
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__Bonk__
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Registered: 2009-7-25 03:04:52
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Proof they suck
They should be happy people are just paying their bills
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Yukishiro1
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Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
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They are banking (ha, ha) on the fact that it's a lot more hassle for most people to change their cell phone company than to change their bank.
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Abaddon_Ambrosius
Title: Retired Theurgist TL
Posts: 1,674
Registered: 2001-12-21 09:51:39
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I got a deal from Verizon on a 1-year (right before they did away with them), with the unlimited data plan (right before they did away with them).
I'm betting they count on me doing something stupid like quitting over needing to pay with an online banking billpay (which I already do btw), so they can get me to voluntarily give up my grandfathered rate and limitless Gee-bee's.
Not happenin'. 
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Mastara
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Registered: 2004-12-29 22:52:21
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Verizon? Superior coverage? Dont know where the heck you get that notion. Out here they suck more than bill clintons hookers. They drop calls like crazy. Out here its either sprint or cingular.
But in their defense I have one of their air cards for my laptop thats 4g and I get 35 megs download and 12 megs upload  and its all free because its a company laptop I use. Cant argue with free internetz 
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Abaddon_Ambrosius
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Sprint by definition sucks and will always suck by virtue of the frequencies they're stuck with. They are by definition less able to penetrate hard structures.
Verizon is the bomb in most areas.
In the course of 1 year I and/or my wife had AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint - about 2 years ago. I got to see them all side by side in various geos. Verizon coverage and stability beat the others hands down.
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