Mr. Laz
12-29-2011, 04:47 PM
Verizon to start charging “convenience fees”?
By George Wong
on 12/29/2011 12:19 PST
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After the nationwide outage yesterday, it looks like Verizon is going to give its customers another reason to be mad at it: the folks over at Droid-Life have gotten their hands on snapshots showing off certain internal Verizon documents stating that it will be implementing a new “convenience fee” in the near future. According to the documents, Verizon would be charging customers and additional $2 if they pay their bills over the phone or online. If true, this would enter in effect on January 15 2012.
As to why the carrier is pulling such a move, the official reason is unclear, but fortunately there is an inconvenient way to get around this convenience fee: you can either head down to the closest Verizon store to pay your bills by hand, or you can set up auto-pay by electronic checks (ACH) for your account if you’d like to avoid this $2 fee. And while it doesn’t seem like a lot of money, nobody wants to incur any unnecessary fees in their monthly expenses, especially that wireless bills are already full of additional “fees and taxes”.
By George Wong
on 12/29/2011 12:19 PST
http://cdn2.ubergizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/10-Verizon-convenience-fee.jpg
After the nationwide outage yesterday, it looks like Verizon is going to give its customers another reason to be mad at it: the folks over at Droid-Life have gotten their hands on snapshots showing off certain internal Verizon documents stating that it will be implementing a new “convenience fee” in the near future. According to the documents, Verizon would be charging customers and additional $2 if they pay their bills over the phone or online. If true, this would enter in effect on January 15 2012.
As to why the carrier is pulling such a move, the official reason is unclear, but fortunately there is an inconvenient way to get around this convenience fee: you can either head down to the closest Verizon store to pay your bills by hand, or you can set up auto-pay by electronic checks (ACH) for your account if you’d like to avoid this $2 fee. And while it doesn’t seem like a lot of money, nobody wants to incur any unnecessary fees in their monthly expenses, especially that wireless bills are already full of additional “fees and taxes”.