Overcharged? expect to be stalled until you give up
My entire experience with this place (Franklin, TN) felt like a scam. My wife and I decided to move our numbers to Verizon 2 months ago, and we got new devices, which were supposed to be for free (other than the sales tax or whatever) with a 3-years contract.
One of the things that bothered me the most was all the unmentioned changes. In my opinion, service providers should be more transparent about these charges before heading to the cashier's desk. Anyway, I ended up paying $437.24 in store, and then another $466.73 as an initial payment, which was also never mentioned. and my monthly bill was way higher than what I was told. They said it was because the promo code was missing. Later on, after going to the store a couple of times, resubmitting tickets to correct the monthly bill, one of the clerks noticed that I was overcharged for the service as well. I was charged for 2 temp numbers that are used before porting our numbers. $84.70 was deducted from the next bill. I had to call Verizon and fix their mistake by myself because the clerk wouldn't bother to fix their own mistake.
In addition to all these, I had to pay $22.36 for one of the devices for 36 months (totals $737.88), and after 2 months of back and forth, now it's reduced to $5.14 (I guess it's the sales tax, but the other device is only $0.28/mo for some reason).
At this point;
• I had to pay unmentioned charges,
• I was charged for temp numbers that I don't own (fixed by myself),
• I had to pay monthly for one of the devices and am still paying a smaller amount (partially fixed to an acceptable amount), and
• I still pay about $30 more for my unlimited plan than what I was told.
My sales clerk gave me his private number to help me out, so that I wouldn't keep coming to the store. and I thought that was big help, but these 4 things combined somewhat suggest otherwise. I've been to the Verizon store 7 times and texted the guy for 2 months to fix these errors, I mean how difficult can it be for a Verizon store to fix accounting errors. I was stalled each time I texted, asked to wait. When I first moved to Verizon, he said "the numbers might bounce back and forth for about 2 weeks until the promo code finally sets in". But the numbers never bounced. After that, the answers were very similar every time I texted. "I submitted a ticket, or I did this and that, it should take X days to reflect in your account", X being 1 to 7 days. This went on for 2 months! Then I started receiving answers slower to never. I really find it hard to believe that this cannot be sorted out by a Verizon store. I was either lied to in the beginning or they did not hard enough.
I was going to return all the devices and ask for refund, but we decided to forget about it and move on, because it doesn't really hurt my income. But that doesn't mean I'll keep quiet about it. Trustpilot is next, and then maybe twitter or reddit or whatever if I get time.
My recommendation to everyone who's having a similar experience is to simply return everything and get your money back before they stall you until too late. it won't be fixed!
December 21, 2023
Unprompted review