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The Living Force
Well, it must be one of the "Protocols of Zion", where if you
do not use a product or service, you will be charged a minimum
non-use fee especially if you did not OPT OUT in a narrowly defined
length of time.
Did you get that?
As of April 2007, Verizon has posted (in fine print), that there
will be a minimum charge for Long distance charges of $2.00
plus tax ($0.20) for "Shortfall" usage. This is part of their opt-out
strategy whereas if you do not respond, charges will be automatically
accrued on a per-month basis.
If you can get though billing on your call, then you will be forwarded
to several departments (> 1 hour) and finally you will be asked
a series of questions and finally telling them to REMOVE VERIZON or
ANY LD CARRIER from your account, you will be charged a one time
fee of $9.43 to have a LINE ENTRY removed from your account.
Since when we first noticed the $2.20 charge in our April bills, we
at first unsuccessful being able to get a hold of a representative,
and there was initially confusion as to what it was we were complaining
about and to which department the "complaint" was to be forwarded to
and we were on the phone for several hours with no resolutions.
So, we ended up calling our local PUC (Public Utility Commission) to be
told NOT to pay for the $2.20 charges until after their investigations.
Several weeks later, we received a call from an investigator checking
into "slamming". he said that since LD carriers are NOT REGULATED
(De-regulated) and this type of charges did not meet the definition of
"slamming", we were told that Verizon adamantly refused to credit us
(because they claimed that they gave due notice and was in line with
policy disclosure), and we would have to not only pay the $2.20 charges
for the month of April 2007 but also a one time LD removal fee of $9.43
and once removed, LD calls in/out CANNOT be made on our land lines,
which is fine for us, since we never make such calls and we have an
Internet connection anyway.
Anyway, it is strange and getting stranger that we will probably in the
future be getting into such "scams" by deregulations - and I can see
it: If you don't use a product or it's services, you will be required to
pay for the non-use of such product of services. The PTB will create
trumped up charges and will most likely "get away with it" especially
if it is of a national level as opposed to a state level government, but
lets not fool ourselves.
Oh what a ponerized society we live in. I am thinking about calling my
state rep and give him an ear or two... but what's the use of talking to
a psychopath anyway?
do not use a product or service, you will be charged a minimum
non-use fee especially if you did not OPT OUT in a narrowly defined
length of time.
Did you get that?
As of April 2007, Verizon has posted (in fine print), that there
will be a minimum charge for Long distance charges of $2.00
plus tax ($0.20) for "Shortfall" usage. This is part of their opt-out
strategy whereas if you do not respond, charges will be automatically
accrued on a per-month basis.
If you can get though billing on your call, then you will be forwarded
to several departments (> 1 hour) and finally you will be asked
a series of questions and finally telling them to REMOVE VERIZON or
ANY LD CARRIER from your account, you will be charged a one time
fee of $9.43 to have a LINE ENTRY removed from your account.
Since when we first noticed the $2.20 charge in our April bills, we
at first unsuccessful being able to get a hold of a representative,
and there was initially confusion as to what it was we were complaining
about and to which department the "complaint" was to be forwarded to
and we were on the phone for several hours with no resolutions.
So, we ended up calling our local PUC (Public Utility Commission) to be
told NOT to pay for the $2.20 charges until after their investigations.
Several weeks later, we received a call from an investigator checking
into "slamming". he said that since LD carriers are NOT REGULATED
(De-regulated) and this type of charges did not meet the definition of
"slamming", we were told that Verizon adamantly refused to credit us
(because they claimed that they gave due notice and was in line with
policy disclosure), and we would have to not only pay the $2.20 charges
for the month of April 2007 but also a one time LD removal fee of $9.43
and once removed, LD calls in/out CANNOT be made on our land lines,
which is fine for us, since we never make such calls and we have an
Internet connection anyway.
Anyway, it is strange and getting stranger that we will probably in the
future be getting into such "scams" by deregulations - and I can see
it: If you don't use a product or it's services, you will be required to
pay for the non-use of such product of services. The PTB will create
trumped up charges and will most likely "get away with it" especially
if it is of a national level as opposed to a state level government, but
lets not fool ourselves.
Oh what a ponerized society we live in. I am thinking about calling my
state rep and give him an ear or two... but what's the use of talking to
a psychopath anyway?