Verizon Contract Cancellation Update

[Hitenya]

So I was reading the earlier post on this subject, and I realized that Verizon recently raised the prices of incoming text messages from 2 cents to 10 cents. So like before if you want to cancel your contract and avoid the early termination fee, you can use this as your reason instead of waiting for October 1st for Verizon to administer their new fee. For those that didn't read the post before it basically stated that if Verizon changes their prices you have 60 days to cancel your service and avoid the fee. They changed it on my plan as of August 1st, but you may want to call in and find out for yourselves.

EDIT: This is legit, I called them last night I called them and got it taken care of. I didn't cancel my contract, but since I am going to port my number she made a note of this in my file just in case they charge me the 175. Is it me or has Verizon service deteriorated in the past year?

EDIT 2: Wow.... ok, 1. I am Indian, so I don't know what all this racist black talk is about, I just never changed the guy.. and 2. How is it spam if I didn't put any links or anything? Try it if you can, it worked for me it just depends on who you talked to. And worse comes to worse, if they say no just wait until Oct. 1 when they start charging everyone that 40 cent administration fee.

 

[darkavenger626]

hey that soudns good for people with 2 year plans


EDIT: can anyone verify this? Done it?

 

[MBentz]

Originally posted by: darkavenger626
hey that soudns good for people with 2 year plans


EDIT: can anyone verify this? Done it?

It's legit, dont worry about it.

 

[Gast]

I don't know... "black guy" avatar with one post? I think it's spam.

 

[ArJuN]

Originally posted by: Gast
I don't know... "black guy" avatar with one post? I think it's spam.

You a little racist? And no, it's not spam, it works fine.

 

[Jeeper94]

Originally posted by: Gast
I don't know... "black guy" avatar with one post? I think it's spam.

OMG :roll:

 

[CherryBOMB]

Originally posted by: Gast
I don't know... "black guy" avatar with one post? I think it's spam.

Whats their to SPAM on a heads up dealio - I'm kinda thinking your avatar kinda looks like a "Black Panther" so whats the problem?

 

[BurningDog]

hahaha, i've never seen avatar racism before.

 

[JBT]

the "black guy" avatar is often labeled as spam because its te default avatar.

 

[WiseOne]

Its Morpheus!!!! ....

 

[chinkgai]

who said its black? indians have dark skin...its anand!

 

[Greg04]

Originally posted by: BurningDog
hahaha, i've never seen avatar racism before.

Stupid dog.

 

[ECartman]

Originally posted by: Gast
I don't know... "black guy" avatar with one post? I think it's spam.

what a clown!

 

[JasonE4]

Originally posted by: chinkgai
who said its black? indians have dark skin...its anand!

Well, the avatar is labeled as "African American" - link

 

[BrokenVisage]

blackrifanamerican avatars make me nervous..

 

[NuNuNYC]

/me wishes the chinaman could be the default avatar

 

[vrbaba]

Originally posted by: Gast
I don't know... "black guy" avatar with one post? I think it's spam.

BAN

EDIT:
(for people who got offended because of my sarcastic offendedness)

 

[MisterJackson]

Originally posted by: vrbaba

Originally posted by: Gast
I don't know... "black guy" avatar with one post? I think it's spam.

BAN

You guys need to chill and quit jumping on the "He's a racist OMG!!! Kill him now!!!" bandwagon.

I did not read that as a racist remark because I know the BLACK GUY avatar is associated with spammers here. Sheesh, to jump to a "Racist remark" conclusion means you have a skewed perspective on things.

Chill the fvck out.

 

[Dbag]

Not to stray too far off topic from the current off topic, but I justed wanted to share my experience. I tried to cancel my contract yesterday and was completely rebuffed. The CSR was having none of the "rate change" argument and (supposedly) spoke with his supervisor to determine this. His argument was that there may be additional fees added but that does not mean my "rate" changed. I guess his thinking is that the rate is the monthly fee for the plan and not all of the sundry additional charges. I argued that this simply meant they could double my cost by charging a fee equivalent to my service. Sigh. I guess I'll try again sometime soon. I have a Cingular phone (RAZR) now that is light years better and with better reception so I don't have anything but time to try and cancel this Verizon account.

 

[labgeek]

If you really want out - write some complaints basically word it as they are charging you more than they said they would.

Places to complain to (they can all be basically the same wording for the complaint itself so cut and paste):

FTC - <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01">https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01</a>
BBB - http://complaint.bbb.org/
FCC - http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/complaints.html
Illinois Public Utility Commission - http://www.icc.illinois.gov/ci/publicutility.aspx
Illinois AG office (PDF forms to snail mail in - WTF!) - http://www.ag.state.il.us/consumers/filecomplaint.html

Most will at least send a letter on your behalf. As I mentioned in the other post, they do have the option of not changing the rate on you and forcing you to honor the extisting contract's terms. I suspect if they're already getting nasty and "having none of the rate change argument" they may already be addressing the "material change" situation they've created for themselves and are trying to see how many will follow through past making a phone call.

 

[dxpaap]

What if you signed up w/ Verizon via a third party to take advantage of free phone deal. The third party contract has a penalty for early termination w/ verizon.

Any thoughts on this ? I guess Verizon provides a monthly finders fee to the 3rd party provider ?

 

[labgeek]

Originally posted by: dxpaap
What if you signed up w/ Verizon via a third party to take advantage of free phone deal. The third party contract has a penalty for early termination w/ verizon.

Any thoughts on this ? I guess Verizon provides a monthly finders fee to the 3rd party provider ?

It would depend on the wording of the agreement you signed. I added a phone a month or 2 ago at a local dealer. After the person put everything in, activated the phone, printed out the Verizon forms, she then attempted to add their own 1 page "if you cancel in 6 months..." agreement. I simply refused to sign it. It should have been disclosed beforehand. She tried to argue that she had told me of a 2year committment. When I countered with that this was "in addition to" what she had disclosed, she backed down.

 

[vrbaba]

on the phone now with verizon now.....
the CSR doesnt know about it....

 

[vrbaba]

dammit...first a 3 min wait...then another 2 mins for her to find the agreement..
and now on wait again...i guess shes checking with her supervisor!!

 

[vrbaba]

fvck...they didnt let me do it.
i tried to argue that its a change in service, but they said its Not a change in service, but a change in "feature" which is not part of it since I dont have a text messaging package or anything.

who did you guys call and what did u say when u called?
i guess i try my luck next time when the increase in "administration" fee occurs.