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Kelvin Mace

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5. They are called junk fees

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Thu Dec 29, 2011, 03:51 PM

Dec 2011

And this is the exact thing a consumer protection bureau is needed for.

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Verizon to charge customers $2 when they pay bills online or by phone [View all] onehandle Dec 2011 OP

Makes me glad I dumped them. nt bemildred Dec 2011 #1

I'm staying with Verizon for now DissedByBush Dec 2011 #20

I am staying ATT for now as I am grandfathered into a true unlimited for $80, ..but crazy homeless guy Dec 2011 #47

$80 total? DissedByBush Dec 2011 #59

I would think in this situation that you don't allow them LiberalFighter Dec 2011 #2

You can tell when the punks are in charge: More fees in a recession. nt SteveW Dec 2011 #3

Click on the link and read before you decide your head needs to explode. RC Dec 2011 #4

Most of which involve a fee paid to someone else. Fees which all "trickle up"... TheMadMonk Dec 2011 #61

I do not pay a fee to pay my Verizon bill and I pay it electronically. RC Dec 2011 #65

They are called junk fees Kelvin Mace Dec 2011 #5

It's the new form of competition Turbineguy Dec 2011 #6

This is why I was against the AT&T buy of T-Mobile DissedByBush Dec 2011 #22

I doubt they're promoting the postal service. I pay everything I can by mail, but that's just me. freshwest Dec 2011 #7

so do I but I really don't understand this. It has GOT to cost them more $ to open a paper CTyankee Dec 2011 #66

They may already have a charge for that. Some of my bills do. It's worth it to me, freshwest Dec 2011 #68

Then I'll have to subtract my $4 FYATHYRIO fee Ezlivin Dec 2011 #8

LMAO Aerows Dec 2011 #25

Why do I hate big corporations? Let me count the ways. gtar100 Dec 2011 #9

I suspect point 8 is only partially correct. More often, it's to make senior executives money. RickFromMN Dec 2011 #58

Looks like I'm going to dust off the old checkbook. annabanana Dec 2011 #10

What's weird is that it probably costs them more to process a check. onehandle Dec 2011 #12

I'm sure it costs more for a check. MaineDem Dec 2011 #29

Probably not - Credit cards charge a fee to merchants for each tx Ms. Toad Dec 2011 #37

me too ThomThom Dec 2011 #16

They might want to contact BofA before being stupid(er). n/t Fearless Dec 2011 #11

land line sorefeet Dec 2011 #13

I quite a cell phone for years DissedByBush Dec 2011 #26

My gas company does the same damn thing... Javaman Dec 2011 #14

"keep a postal employee employed"---maybe this is a scheme to keep the USPS in business wordpix Dec 2011 #64

companies don't want mailed checks anymore, now they don't want online. they just Liberal_in_LA Dec 2011 #15

This should be subject to regulation....... Swede Atlanta Dec 2011 #17

Yes, autopay is dangerous, unless you have a lot of extra money in your account. dotymed Dec 2011 #57

Verizon is slick. More autopay=more bounced checks and more late fees Weisbergkevin Dec 2011 #18

Exactly Aerows Dec 2011 #23

oh and let's not forget what they do with that info NJCher Dec 2011 #44

auto pay on cell phones is a bit dodgy, if they mess up and bill you for too much Demonaut Dec 2011 #19

Beyond dodgy quakerboy Dec 2011 #53

And using AutoPay Aerows Dec 2011 #21

My phone bill never varies DissedByBush Dec 2011 #27

I'll pay by check or take payment to the store - TBF Dec 2011 #24

Not the same part DissedByBush Dec 2011 #30

A lot of businesses do that. What does it cost them to take the money? In other words what jwirr Dec 2011 #28

How ironic, they now charge you to pay your bills. What a racket! Dont call me Shirley Dec 2011 #31

I called and got clarification... TroglodyteScholar Dec 2011 #32

Now lookie here, TroglodyteScholar. Facts haz nothin' to do with this! NYC_SKP Dec 2011 #35

Looks like they'll be getting a check The Wizard Dec 2011 #33

I like that. MaineDem Dec 2011 #34

This is every bit as bad as Skank of America's $5 proposed and dropped cat food fee. Utopian Leftist Dec 2011 #36

Right on. sarcasmo Dec 2011 #43

I'm gonna start paying them in cash... RoccoR5955 Dec 2011 #38

I dumped verizon three years ago and have no regrets. unapatriciated Dec 2011 #39

Looks like they are Sprint resellers. crazy homeless guy Dec 2011 #48

Sprint is the network provider-I guess you could say Credo is a sub contractor. :) unapatriciated Dec 2011 #51

They all still do it. Fuddnik Dec 2011 #60

I was curious quakerboy Dec 2011 #54

I have not had any problems with coverage except for the usual that you find with most companies. unapatriciated Dec 2011 #73

I will keep that in mind quakerboy Dec 2011 #74

If they are changing the terms of the existing contracts, Ilsa Dec 2011 #40

Contracts universally have a line about being subject to rate changes and additional fees. onehandle Dec 2011 #41

Gald we are month to month, time to close another account. sarcasmo Dec 2011 #42

Send this guy an email RockyMtnGuy Dec 2011 #45

Out of office response. This guy is gonna have a fun first day back from vacation. sarcasmo Dec 2011 #62

Jerks jimlup Dec 2011 #46

You can pay from your own bank/credit union website without incurring the $2 fee. diane in sf Dec 2011 #49

Google entertained buying wireless spectrum but never pulled the trigger. crazy homeless guy Dec 2011 #50

Take it up with the credit card processors Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2011 #52

Jeez, I just got a Verizon cell phone yesterday! mwb970 Dec 2011 #55

I'm going to start billing potential employers for responding to their help wanted ads. n/t bluedigger Dec 2011 #56

And all of my accounts practically beg and threaten for me to change to online billing and payment.. 1monster Dec 2011 #63

Things like this make me happy that I am one of the few people in the world who doesn't even have a totodeinhere Dec 2011 #67

I'm on autopay, but this is still pretty dumb DaveJ Dec 2011 #69

Is this an attempt to force us to use th US Postal service Islandlife Dec 2011 #70

Let me advance a conspiracy theory. We know that the Postal Service will be cutting back. totodeinhere Dec 2011 #71

The USPS is always an option if you plan ahead. Verizon can do anything it wants. Islandlife Dec 2011 #75

Verizon Bows to Critics, Drops Plans for $2 'Convenience' Charge Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/ MaineDem Dec 2011 #72