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captain queeg

(11,780 posts)
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 06:27 PM Jun 2022

Do you ever feel like being a long time customer of a big company leads you to being taken advantage [View all]

of? I don’t like to mess with stuff that established and working well. My credit card company never offers to lower my rate and my credit score is 830. I’ve had Verizon for many years and they’ve never done anything to make me want to stay beyond having pretty good coverage. Today I was at xfinity, been working with a guy on internet cable activation. As I was leaving he asked me about my cell service and I told him. He raised his eyebrows when I told him shag I was paying. We talked a bit and I’m switching. It’ll save me $70 a month. Also when I didn’t have home internet I used the personal hotspot from Verizon they cut the speed dramatically after a couple hours and he said I’d now have that unlimited. And, being limited tech savy he did all of it for me.

You’d think companies that you’ve used for 30 yrs would make some effort to keep you. But they probably realize there are a lot of people like me that don’t want to mess with things that are working.

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Yup. They dgaf onecaliberal Jun 2022 #1
They count on consumer inertia gratuitous Jun 2022 #2
Every single day. SheltieLover Jun 2022 #3
I was paying $150 for 2 lines, now I'll get it for $80. captain queeg Jun 2022 #7
Wow! SheltieLover Jun 2022 #8
He told me xfinity is a Verizon provider in this area captain queeg Jun 2022 #13
Thx! SheltieLover Jun 2022 #14
you get pretty good coverage with Verizon? DBoon Jun 2022 #4
Verizon had good cell phone coverage. captain queeg Jun 2022 #6
See my post just above here. Should be no changes for me. captain queeg Jun 2022 #15
I live in a city DBoon Jun 2022 #17
Yes! I had AT&T internet for many years. I recently switched to Spectrum. justhanginon Jun 2022 #5
I've been a Spectrum/Charter customer for decades luv2fly Jun 2022 #9
I'm paying $90 after tax for Verizon 1GB and enhanced Phone. I cut the TV portion completely. TheBlackAdder Jun 2022 #11
They view you as a lifer who for some reason is too lazy or uninspired to compare quotes. TheBlackAdder Jun 2022 #10
We bundled our cell phone service with our Xfinity internet. Earth-shine Jun 2022 #12
He offered me a new phone if ours were incompatible, but they aren't b captain queeg Jun 2022 #16
We call our cable company yearly and tell them we are leaving. They cut our rates for 3-4 months if FSogol Jun 2022 #18
Any long business relationship..i went to same hairdresser for years Demovictory9 Jun 2022 #19
Any service that requires ongoing payments will... LudwigPastorius Jun 2022 #20
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