Verizon Complaint

The Nightmare of Agreeing to Bundled Services - Impossible Billing System

- Springfield, VA
I purchased the Verizon FiOS bundle (cable, internet, telphone). When I moved out of my townhome, I cancelled the services. I paid the final bill and moved on with my life.

Unbeknownst to me, Verizon actually takes the money and splits it among its many departments even though they proudly advertise their "one bill" for the bundled services. Although I paid my bill for the supposed single account, Verizon actually unbundled the account into separate subaccounts and proceeded to underpay one subaccount by $56.15 and overpay another subaccount by about $60.00. Verizon then sent the $56.15 to a collection agency (CCA) for collections. Verizon never informed me of the underpayment.

Today, I spent over 6 hours trying to get this straightened out. No one was able to net the two accounts (even though they are advertise as one bill . If I pay the collection agency it will go on my credit rating.

None of the departments talk to each other and they don't really know how to fix the problem. Maybe if this gets a little publicity, Verizon will do something about this huge problem with its billing system.

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Reader Comments:

Posted by sgazeri on 12/22/2008
Hi Susan,

Have you been able to completely fix the situation. I'm having some issues with CCA and Sprint. Someone opened a fraudulent account with Sprint, didn't pay the balance. CCA called us and recommended we pay the balance to prevent further impacts on our credit score. Fast forward 4 months - account is closed and has been deemed fraudulent. CCA has not provided the refund.


Posted by jay_seville on 02/20/2009
Just got a letter from Collection agency thanks to Verizon. We thought we ended service before moving but my wife continued paying the bill for 6 months even though we no longer lived there. I called V to negotiate and got a 3 month credit that was supposed to be mailed to us and assurances the account was closed. Instead they sent me $0.00 and have turned our account over to collections.



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