Verizon slaps couple with $2 million bill for plan they had for one month

[WhollyHeretic]

12. Many years ago I went into a Cingular Wireless store to try and get a phone.

My credit was crap at the time and they wanted a $500 deposit which I did not have so I left. I got some stuff in the mail from them but just figured it was junk mail. A couple of months later I get a letter from a collection agency saying I owe Cingular something like $80 for unpaid bills. I called them up and talked at brick walls all afternoon telling them I never had a phone. Even though no one could find a phone number for my phantom phone I was continually told I did have a phone with them.

I finally got through to the second manager I talked to after asking for my $500 deposit back. I said I’d be happy to pay the $80 if they gave me my deposit back. When he said they didn’t have a deposit I asked how I got the phone. That finally got through to him.