HOW BAD ARE VERIZON WORKERS?
Today I went into my vzw store and I was treated awful. The place was really dirty and the employees where incredibly rude. I run a small company. We have 10 smart phones and 5 lg phones. I was having trouble w my BB getting emails. After I waited in line for 20 min I got this guy who I don't think graduated high school help me. He said he didn't know how BB work and he would get someone else to help me. 15 min later I was still waiting. The first thing the next guy told me is that I should of bought a palm. I stopped the conversation right then and asked for a manager. 10 min later the manager helped. it took him less then 5 min to fix the problem. Does Verizon train there employees? My contract is almost up and I'm going with ATT. Verizon...
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apc874 said:
My contract is almost up and I'm going with ATT. Verizon needs to treat there customers allot better or there going to lose allot of business.
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You were probably speaking with people who were trained in SALES, not TECHNICIANS or DATA people. Why didn't you call into customer service, they could have probably helped you or at least transferred you to data.
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Have fun with that. No matter what you need a cell phone to run your business, and no matter what someone is going to be there to take your money.
Threats of walking away to another carrier are thrown in my face every day, as they are in many other peoples' in this industry. It has become so cliche, that it is not even funny any more.
If what you experienced at one store, is the the broad generalization that you are going to take to the whole company. Then, please leave.
Threats of walking away to another carrier are thrown in my face every day, as they are in many other peoples' in this industry. It has become so cliche, that it is not even funny any more.
If what you experienced at one store, is the the broad generalization that you are going to take to the whole company. Then, please leave.
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I'm sorry you had bad service but just because one store didn't give you the best service does not mean that the whole company is bad and that our network sucks. Really I think the network would be most important - What network gets the best quality service. I know that in my home town there are three corporate stores. At my kiosk I get people who have come from the main store complaining about how terrible the service was. But when I'm done with them, they are very happy. In the end they have the same VZW network, regardless of whether the rep gave good service or not.
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I agree totally. The threat of going to at&t is old. Most customers do not want to go out and start new service with another carrier. If they do, they always come back because of the network.
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not always as you put it. I left and haven't looked back. I do not fall into the trap of the network and overpriced plans!
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Hey I currently work for Verizon on the chat service and I would like to say if you have a problem with your phone please contact Technical support at 1888 233 4813 thank you have a Wonderful day!
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This is my favorite: People say, "Well, I hate Alltel and I'm leaving the company." And I just say, "Great. I can sell you Sprint or T-Mobile".
I love being a 3rd party retailer. It's got benefits. As long as I'm nice to them, they can bash whatever carrier they want. I've got the solution here. Yahoo!
I love being a 3rd party retailer. It's got benefits. As long as I'm nice to them, they can bash whatever carrier they want. I've got the solution here. Yahoo!
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Today I went into my VZW store< and I was treated awfully. The place was really dirty and the employees where incredibly rude. I run a small company. We have 10 smart phones and 5 LG phones. I was having trouble with my Blackberry getting emails. After I waited in line for 20 min, I got this guy who I don't think graduated high school to help me. He said he didn't know how Blackberries work, and he would get someone else to help me. Fifteen minutes later, I was still waiting. The first thing the next guy told me is that I should have bought a Palm. I stopped the conversation right then and asked for a manager. Ten minutes later, the manager helped. It took him less then 5 min to fix the problem. Does Verizon
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Verizon Wireless Customer satisfaction Survey.
This is huge in the area were I work. If you have a genuine issue with the store and do not know who to take it up with fill out the survey. It is only one question and then allows you to leave comments.
Just make sure you make a specific reference to the store you went to.
The higher ups in the company see this and make sure action is taken.
https://www.verizonwirelesssurvey.com/vzwsurvey/ »
This is huge in the area were I work. If you have a genuine issue with the store and do not know who to take it up with fill out the survey. It is only one question and then allows you to leave comments.
Just make sure you make a specific reference to the store you went to.
The higher ups in the company see this and make sure action is taken.
https://www.verizonwirelesssurvey.com/vzwsurvey/ »
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You know, for someone who runs a company, your grammar is atrocious! That aside, I am sorry your experience in ONE store was bad. I think you should try a going to a different location the next time you need help. I know that 2 of the stores in my area have TERRIBLE customer service, while the company I work for puts a major emphasis on our training and customer service. The "I'm going to a different carrier" is a tired argument that I am positive every sales rep is sick of hearing. Most people never transfer, once you add up the activation fees and whatnot it just ends up not being worth it. As far as that first employee that didn't know what to do to help you (and by no means am I defending their actions as a whole) should be commended fo...
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You need to call customer service and speak with data support for this type of help. Sales reps and general customer service are only trained on activation and verifying the features are correct on your account to use the service. Some reps may know otherwise, based on having personally used the device themselves.
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guess that is what seperates VZW from att, ATT employees are trained on everything, we don't need to have a seprate place to handle issues, teh person who sells you a phone can also explain your bill and triubleshoot your phone. This is not a knock against vzw, i think they have great coverage and will be the 1st att employee to admit that, but being a former vzw customer i can see teh differences between the two companies.
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I have never had anything but class A service from both customer service and my local VZW store. I am starting to think that I am unique. Now of course I know now one ever hears about good service only bad, but some of these stories and the apparent attitude that VZW runs the only whore house in Vegas make me wonder how the churn stays so low. I know, I know, it's the network. Someday, somehow, VZW will get "real competition" with regards to the network, then what? I would hate to see ETF's used as a customer retention tool.
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Thank you thank you for all the commits. Its been really helpful. I should of just called 611 but I work near a store. Don't you think that all the employees should know how all the phones work? I have been with verizon for many years and it is because of the network but the way I was treated yesterday is going to make me leave at the end of the month. Why would a employee tell me that I should of bought a palm phone. I called a ATT business rep this morning. ATT is going to waive all my activation fees and there going to save me at least $100 dollars a month. Its going to be interesting to see how the network is. I'm excited by all the great phones that they have. I might go with the tilt or a BB.
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From personal experience, I don't get any training on the new phones that are released. There is online training for some phones (the last one that had official training was the 8830), but not all of them. My job is made easier by the fact that almost all of Verizon's phones have the same features.
Having said that, it's entirely possible that the person/people you spoke to have not been doing this for very long. It takes a while to learn all the ins and outs of everything.
Having said that, it's entirely possible that the person/people you spoke to have not been doing this for very long. It takes a while to learn all the ins and outs of everything.
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I think that would not be a good business stand for verizon. Their turnover in the stores are high and if they spent the time and money to train them all in every phone and its features would not be good for them. That is why they have Tech support.
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Perhaps employees should know but those devices are complicated and frankly very difficult to learn the ins and outs about. Many employees have a hard enough time with the basic phones.
There's no excuse for the rep who told you to get a Palm. And for the record, I don't think the Palm Treo is always a better device than the Blackberries.
There's no excuse for the rep who told you to get a Palm. And for the record, I don't think the Palm Treo is always a better device than the Blackberries.
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I understand that employees aren't trained on phones. I work at an AT&T agent and the only reason I know well enough about phones is because I play with some of them during downtime or when a customer is getting a phone I'm unfamiliar with. The thing is I do my OWN self-training with phones because I would rather ALL business be conducted at my store then having them call an 800 number. In fact most of the time I call Customer Service FOR the customer to make them feel that I do appreciate their business. I've been treated very differently at Verizon stores. I have service with both carriers and if it wasn't for an ETF I'd only have AT&T.
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i agree with calling customer service for the customer. i do this on a daily basis when my managers or other reps are too busy to help where i can't.
i think the original poster would have found it comforting to know his rep wanted to help him and learn right along with him.
many times i thank my customers for learning experiences.
i think the original poster would have found it comforting to know his rep wanted to help him and learn right along with him.
many times i thank my customers for learning experiences.
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Ooohhhhhhh. EVERYONE waives activations and everyone will TELL you that you are going to save $--- each month, but just like fish, customers jump on the bait everytime like fools. When you buy a washing machine/dryer from Sears or Best Buy and it starts making a loud banging sound, do you really think the sales rep that sold you the unit will know how to fix it? More than likely not.
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What is wrong with you vzw guro? Why are you getting so upset? If another company is offering you a lower rate wouldn't you take it? Verizon has a great network but the way I was treated yesterday makes me feel that they don't care about there customers.
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It is the location that you have a beef with, not the whole company. You want to gripe about the STORE go for it, you want to gripe about the WHOLE company because of your experience at a STORE? Think about it, before you paint with such a broad brush.
You are complaining about 1 experience, and honestly if you want to leave vzw at the end of the month. Then leave. At&t should be able to port all of your numbers, and fit you into some decent phones.
You came in here posting the broad title of HOW BAD ARE VERIZON WORKERS? in the Verizon forum, and you thought that you weren't gonna hit some kind of resistance?
leave.
Just leave.
L-E-A-V-E.
You are complaining about 1 experience, and honestly if you want to leave vzw at the end of the month. Then leave. At&t should be able to port all of your numbers, and fit you into some decent phones.
You came in here posting the broad title of HOW BAD ARE VERIZON WORKERS? in the Verizon forum, and you thought that you weren't gonna hit some kind of resistance?
leave.
Just leave.
L-E-A-V-E.
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if anyone wants to know the name of my rep send a note and ill give you the number.
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ot particularly .. we'd rather you left and had a nice life some where.
I agree with the previous poster. You have an issue with a couple of tore reps and then run at the mouth on how bad al vzw employees are. when in reality the base reason for your entire anger is that YOU can't understand the concept of a job function and that a retail sales rep probably won't function as a tech support rep for every phone the company has ever sold.
I agree with the previous poster. You have an issue with a couple of tore reps and then run at the mouth on how bad al vzw employees are. when in reality the base reason for your entire anger is that YOU can't understand the concept of a job function and that a retail sales rep probably won't function as a tech support rep for every phone the company has ever sold.
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you guys gotta remember all sales people are going to be the same no matter where bec they get commission. cust care usually doesn't so i would recommend talking to customer care first, then going to the store and making a change/purchase.
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Don't let the Verizon reps scare you into believing that leaving will not affect them it will. The best way to make companies understand the value of their customers is have them leave because of poor service.
Also, blaming poor service purely on one location is also demonstrates a lack of attention to customer service. Every location and every employee needs to strive to provide the best service. Blaming this and that just demonstrates exactly what you suspected, that Verizon is not a company dedicated to excellent customer service. When an employee puts on your uniform and walks in to your facility (any one of them) they represent your brand.
If enough people talk with their wallets I guarantee Verizon will listen and service wi...
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Also, blaming poor service purely on one location is also demonstrates a lack of attention to customer service. Every location and every employee needs to strive to provide the best service. Blaming this and that just demonstrates exactly what you suspected, that Verizon is not a company dedicated to excellent customer service. When an employee puts on your uniform and walks in to your facility (any one of them) they represent your brand.
If enough people talk with their wallets I guarantee Verizon will listen and service wi...
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Thank you akin67. Why are these verizon reps so rude? there rude in the store there rude on phonescoop. I bet 15 lines wont matter much but its 15 less than they had before. Why don't they think that it will be cheaper at ATT?
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apc874 said:
Why don't they think that it will be cheaper at ATT?
It won't. At&t's plans match against Verizon's almost identically, but they will hit you with the same stuff that Verizon does. If they are willing to waive the activation fees and all the other good stuff they normally stick you with then go already.
Make the switch, and end the discussion.
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exactly after seeing ome changes to the employee accounts pricing i went looking at other carriers as well.
AT&T, Sprint, Tmobile, and alltel all had the exact same price for the family share plans with the same features, the same # of minutes (actually t-mo had about 100 minutes less) so price is no long a factor these days as theya re all raising thier prices to match VZW.
AT&T, Sprint, Tmobile, and alltel all had the exact same price for the family share plans with the same features, the same # of minutes (actually t-mo had about 100 minutes less) so price is no long a factor these days as theya re all raising thier prices to match VZW.
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even thoough we are priced teh same...we offer more for your money, and we don't extened contracts for making changes.
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attworld804 said:
even thoough we are priced teh same...we offer more for your money, and we don't extened contracts for making changes.
im assuming you work for AT&T with a that screen name? Oh by the way oct. 9th Verizon no longer extended contracts for price plan changes ,or features either. So thats not any different.
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Get reality. It will do your mind a world of good. 😁
This industry is largely static and not dynamic as you would like to beleive it to be. It is a well-known cliche in this industry that a customer will threaten to leave a carrier and go to someone else. You want to leave? I am not holding you here, but your contract is. 5 line family plan? You want to leave? Enjoy that final bill with all those ETFs on it, it is your money and not mine.
Just because you hold high expectations that no one can meet, or because some pimply-faced ass can't set up your Blackberry to save his life. Maybe reading some of that literature that came with your BB could have helped you? It could have, if you hadn't thrown it away. 🙄
This industry is largely static and not dynamic as you would like to beleive it to be. It is a well-known cliche in this industry that a customer will threaten to leave a carrier and go to someone else. You want to leave? I am not holding you here, but your contract is. 5 line family plan? You want to leave? Enjoy that final bill with all those ETFs on it, it is your money and not mine.
Just because you hold high expectations that no one can meet, or because some pimply-faced ass can't set up your Blackberry to save his life. Maybe reading some of that literature that came with your BB could have helped you? It could have, if you hadn't thrown it away. 🙄
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It is incredibly unfair to base your opnion of the whole company off of one experience with a certain store. I'm sorry you had this bad experience but there are millions of employees that work every day to provide the best customer experience possible. In fact in a survey done by JD Power Verizon scored number one in wireless retail sales satisfaction, with AT&T falling below the industry average. And in another survey by JD Power for customer satisfaction Verizon scored number one for the Mid-Atlantic Region, and tied for number one in the Northeast Region, North Central Region, and in the Southwest Region. That leaves only two regions where we didn't score number one. AT&T did not score or tie for first in any region. If our customer...
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the behaviour of the vzw reps here where the customer has posted tho speaks volumes of how rude you want to be to your customers, even if you just grin and bear it.
telling him off laughing at him etc. the company as a whole is truly losing this one because y'all can't just apologize and try to fix. y'all just insult, rip him a apart and what is worse, laugh.
shame on you all. maybe he came trying to find comfort, trying to be proved wrong. all you did was prove him right
telling him off laughing at him etc. the company as a whole is truly losing this one because y'all can't just apologize and try to fix. y'all just insult, rip him a apart and what is worse, laugh.
shame on you all. maybe he came trying to find comfort, trying to be proved wrong. all you did was prove him right
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Pretty much. Aren't we all adults? Can't you have a conversation without all the insults?
Apparently not.
Apparently not.
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guru is a jerk, plain and simple. anyone who down talks vzw gets to hear his crap.
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Should everyone that works at a car dealership know how to fix a car? Should the mechanic be able to quote you a deal on a that new car and the sales guy should know how to fix that weird noise your car makes?
Should someone who works at Best Buy know every detail about Microsoft Money or World of Warcraft? What about just the people that work in the media department, they should know everything about every piece of software right?
I don't know what business you run, but when it grows to be a billion dollar company, then you can stick your nose in how other companies are run. In the meantime, port out and be happy with Cingular until you run into a "bad store" with them.
Should someone who works at Best Buy know every detail about Microsoft Money or World of Warcraft? What about just the people that work in the media department, they should know everything about every piece of software right?
I don't know what business you run, but when it grows to be a billion dollar company, then you can stick your nose in how other companies are run. In the meantime, port out and be happy with Cingular until you run into a "bad store" with them.
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but should a rep just pass the customer on or do all they can right then and there to solve the issue?
call CS, call TS, work with the customer and learn from the experience.
instead he was asked to wait again and then wait again. no one wants to wait only to be told to wait longer
call CS, call TS, work with the customer and learn from the experience.
instead he was asked to wait again and then wait again. no one wants to wait only to be told to wait longer
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so let me ask a stupid question here...
Does every employee in your company know how to do every job in your company? including your job? and as the owner can you do every siongle one of thier jobs?
probably not.
A store rep is a retail sales rep. Yeah they may know a bit about the phones ut they are not technically proficient. theya ren't trained to be and they shouldn't be. They aren't rf engineers. Theya arent switch engineers, they aren't cell techs, they aren't technical support.
They are retail sales reps.
Thier job is to sell you a phone and service. Yes they should know at least a little about the phone in order to sell it and make sure that what they sell you meets your needs. but fixing you problems isn't wha...
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Does every employee in your company know how to do every job in your company? including your job? and as the owner can you do every siongle one of thier jobs?
probably not.
A store rep is a retail sales rep. Yeah they may know a bit about the phones ut they are not technically proficient. theya ren't trained to be and they shouldn't be. They aren't rf engineers. Theya arent switch engineers, they aren't cell techs, they aren't technical support.
They are retail sales reps.
Thier job is to sell you a phone and service. Yes they should know at least a little about the phone in order to sell it and make sure that what they sell you meets your needs. but fixing you problems isn't wha...
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actually we are trained on every phone and are sent stuff from the companies of each phone on specs and just about everything. So to not know your product in the type of buisness we do, is not an excuse.
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attworld804 said:
actually we are trained on every phone and are sent stuff from the companies of each phone on specs and just about everything. So to not know your product in the type of buisness we do, is not an excuse.
BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLSH*T I'd really like to see you guys trouble shoot a Blackberry or an Iphone. Ok that is a trick questions because you haven't received training on an iphone because when there is a problem a customer is required to take it to Apple. And unless someone uses a blackberry every day the chances of them knowing much about it are SMALL.
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You people are the reason why companies tank. It just goes to show how stupid and immature you just are. Its not just one customer that has a problem. If it happens to him, it happens to alot more. Just look at Sprint and the rep they got. I am sure their employees at one point said "fine leave we don't care, their are just more people out there". WHAT AN IDIOTIC business approach. Does Verizon really employee these people? Do they know you come on here and say stupid things like that. Grow up people and learn alittle about business before your company ends up like Sprint.
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...every company has its goods and bads. Its gonna take alot to convince apbc874 to change his mind on leaving to AT&T. First and foremost, I would advise checking COVERAGE! Overall I can tell you Verizon has better coverage over AT&T. Sure people say Verizon is way behind on PDA phones, look at the XV6800 not released yet, thats half a year since it was first introduced...but what matters is if the network is capable of dazzling you with both the reception and data quality of the phone. Take for example the Iphone on AT&T, great phone but slow network, so it lags in that field. The XV6800, not yet released but its a great phone with the good network to back it up. All in all, every network has its goods and bads. Ha ha I walked into my loca...
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yeah vzw don't care...out of all the carriers, they care least about their customers and do not kiss anybody's a$$
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...you gotta point man. VZ reps seem like a pain in the ass here, but hey its just a personal opinion. Gotta give love to Sprints CDMA brother 😉
Never really liked the GSM T-Mo and AT&T sisters 😛
Never really liked the GSM T-Mo and AT&T sisters 😛
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Thanks for everyone getting back to me. Its funny that the only people who are being rude are people that work for vzw. For all the vzw employee's life really isn't that bad.
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It sucks that you got bas service in the store but I hope you realize that it is only ONE store. You can't generalize all Verizon employees because one store was rude, little news flash AT&T has those stores too. While it would be wonderful if every employee was perfect every time that is not realistic.
Good luck with AT&T, there coverage is no where near Verizons, you sound like you are talking in a bathroom 90% of the time and drop call's left and right. My brother lives in San Francisco and has AT&T I'm lucky if I can get through a single phone call with him.
As for all the Verizon workers not being nice to you in this thread, what did you expect. You came into a VERIZON forum which more then likely will be full of Verizon employee...
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Good luck with AT&T, there coverage is no where near Verizons, you sound like you are talking in a bathroom 90% of the time and drop call's left and right. My brother lives in San Francisco and has AT&T I'm lucky if I can get through a single phone call with him.
As for all the Verizon workers not being nice to you in this thread, what did you expect. You came into a VERIZON forum which more then likely will be full of Verizon employee...
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One other thing, have you bothered reading anything else in this forum. If you had you would see all of these same verizon employees being helpful to each other and others with answering questions and giving some advice. If you start attacking someone you better expect them to attack back.
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The people that work for VZW on this forum are only proving his point. Look at how rude you are to customers.
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sorry you feel that way but if someone was attacking the way ALL employees in your company that has a ton of employees, you would prob react the same way. By the way did you pay attention to the post when you were reading it? If you look at the way all of these people are posting in other threads in this forum, actually answering questions and helping people maybe you could realize that they are helpful. If you go attacking someone do get upset when they attack back.
For the record I am very kind and helpful to my customers, happy or unhappy. If I don't know an answer I find someone who does. You cannot generalize all Verizon employees based off of one store. I agree they should not have treated him that way but unfortunately that does ha...
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For the record I am very kind and helpful to my customers, happy or unhappy. If I don't know an answer I find someone who does. You cannot generalize all Verizon employees based off of one store. I agree they should not have treated him that way but unfortunately that does ha...
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And if you read the post, I was not the one "attacking". I was purely pointing out how you were acting. Whether he is right or wrong, the VZW reps on here were acting in a good business matter. Don't let someone get the best of and make you SEEM ignorant. Because you are not. That is just my view of this thread. That's all. Thanks for all the good advice you guys give day in and day out.
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For the record I was not referring to you attacking, I was referring to the poster.
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You attack the workers on this forum, and then you want to limp away as if you are the victim? Wow, you are a piece of work. 🙄
If you need any help in finding the At&t store nearest to you:
http://www.wireless.att.com/find-a-store/ »
Take your high expectations, holier-than-thou attitude, and unreasonable BS elsewhere.
And when you are done at At&t, try Sprint for a change:
http://storelocator.sprint.com/StoreLocator/Searchfo ... »
You don't want to wait in line? Try T-Mo for craps and giggle:
http://locator.t-mobile.com/Locator.aspx »
If you need any help in finding the At&t store nearest to you:
http://www.wireless.att.com/find-a-store/ »
Take your high expectations, holier-than-thou attitude, and unreasonable BS elsewhere.
And when you are done at At&t, try Sprint for a change:
http://storelocator.sprint.com/StoreLocator/Searchfo ... »
You don't want to wait in line? Try T-Mo for craps and giggle:
http://locator.t-mobile.com/Locator.aspx »
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Where in your 2 year agreement does it say that I have to kiss your ass? Or any customers ass for that matter?
I give you a deal on a phone, and then you come back to me a month later with a water damaged phone and I am supposed to give you a free one? I am supposed to beg for your forgiveness when you take your $39.99 single line plan to another carrier because you have unrealistic expectations of what you really get?
Just because one dealer will bend over for your business doesn't mean that I have to when I am going to lose money, or potentially my job. The guy up the street gives you a better deal? Sweet, buy the phone off of him cause what he is giving it away for is lower than my cost. And if I give you that phone, I take the lo...
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I give you a deal on a phone, and then you come back to me a month later with a water damaged phone and I am supposed to give you a free one? I am supposed to beg for your forgiveness when you take your $39.99 single line plan to another carrier because you have unrealistic expectations of what you really get?
Just because one dealer will bend over for your business doesn't mean that I have to when I am going to lose money, or potentially my job. The guy up the street gives you a better deal? Sweet, buy the phone off of him cause what he is giving it away for is lower than my cost. And if I give you that phone, I take the lo...
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Thats life vzw employees. If someone down the street is going to give you a better deal your going to take it. In a few years all of you will probably be at ATT. Good luck a few of u in the business world.
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...Well ya know you guys need to learn to not be butthurt about this customers experience. You guys all saying "Go to AT&T" are a bunch of idiots. No offense to any personally, but you gotta look at it from a customers point of view, not your daily routine desk job at a store. APC874 is just expressing his opinion of what happened to him at the store, and i dont blame him. No need for your guys' feelings to be hurt reading his thread...Anywhooooo, I wish you the best of luck APC874....!!!! Forget Verizon, jump on the boat with AT&T. Whatever makes you happy, we all need to move on to better things somepoint in our lives right? 😉
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Today I called my vzw rep and told him that I was going to switch to att at the end of the month when my contract was up. He asked why and I told him my situation with the easton store. He was upset that I went to the store and not to him. Then I told him the money I would be saving if I went to att. He said fine and if I ever needed anything give him a call.
He called back an hour later and matched att price and offered a few new phones. I'm now going to call att and see if they can give me a good deal on some bb curves.
He called back an hour later and matched att price and offered a few new phones. I'm now going to call att and see if they can give me a good deal on some bb curves.
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Today I went into my vzw store and I was treated awful. The place was really dirty and the employees where incredibly rude. I run a small company. We have 10 smart phones and 5 lg phones. I was having trouble w my BB getting emails. After I waited in line for 20 min I got this guy who I don't think graduated high school help me. He said he didn't know how BB work and he would get someone else to help me. 15 min later I was still waiting. The first thing the next guy told me is that I should of bought a palm. I stopped the conversation right then and asked for a manager. 10 min later the manager helped. it took him less then 5 min to fix the problem. Does Verizon train there employees? My contract is almost u
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Wow that was a good one..
Well I have seen this phone scoop thing for a while, I have been dying to say this for a while. Let me break down the jobs for you guys
In store:
Store Techs deal with phones not working due to malfunctioning, hence the word PHONES not BB or PDA here.
Sales reps who know what the products can do for you.
Customer Service Reps in store who can look over your bill and handle any questions in your bills..
Over the phone we can look into the acct, find and fix the problem..and get you on your way. I truly aplgze that you had to go through this to find out that the store are in my eyes for initial set up, an...
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Wow that was a good one..
Well I have seen this phone scoop thing for a while, I have been dying to say this for a while. Let me break down the jobs for you guys
In store:
Store Techs deal with phones not working due to malfunctioning, hence the word PHONES not BB or PDA here.
Sales reps who know what the products can do for you.
Customer Service Reps in store who can look over your bill and handle any questions in your bills..
Over the phone we can look into the acct, find and fix the problem..and get you on your way. I truly aplgze that you had to go through this to find out that the store are in my eyes for initial set up, an...
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Something Tough said:...apc874 said:
Today I went into my vzw store and I was treated awful. The place was really dirty and the employees where incredibly rude. I run a small company. We have 10 smart phones and 5 lg phones. I was having trouble w my BB getting emails. After I waited in line for 20 min I got this guy who I don't think graduated high school help me. He said he didn't know how BB work and he would get someone else to help me. 15 min later I was still waiting. The first thing the next guy told me is that I should of bought a palm. I stopped the conversation right then and asked for a manager. 10 min later the manager helped. it took him less then 5 min to fix the problem. Does Verizon trai
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That sentence was awkward.
I should have said "your dedication to punctuation, grammar, and spelling gives me more hope for the future of this country."
Regardless, your post was beautiful.
I should have said "your dedication to punctuation, grammar, and spelling gives me more hope for the future of this country."
Regardless, your post was beautiful.
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Anybody seen apc874? Havent seen him since he got his English lesson?
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Anybody seen apc874? Havent seen him since he got his English lesson?
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Something Tough said:...apc874 said:
Today I went into my vzw store and I was treated awful. The place was really dirty and the employees where incredibly rude. I run a small company. We have 10 smart phones and 5 lg phones. I was having trouble w my BB getting emails. After I waited in line for 20 min I got this guy who I don't think graduated high school help me. He said he didn't know how BB work and he would get someone else to help me. 15 min later I was still waiting. The first thing the next guy told me is that I should of bought a palm. I stopped the conversation right then and asked for a manager. 10 min later the manager helped. it took him less then 5 min to fix the problem. Does Verizon trai
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ha ha. not to interrupt your fun, i was just wondering: if he was able to get the point across, does it matter how he spelled it all? just curious. no English teacher has been able to answer that question for me. haha.
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... So, a VZW store was "really dirty" ? This either means:
A, what your meaning of the word "dirty" is probably isnt close to something people would consider reasonable, or
B, there was some circumstance that caused it to be "dirty" such as construction in the store or someone trailing dirt in from outside and the employees not having a chance to clean it up because of how busy the store was.
and the employees were "incredibly rude".. I have had customers tell my supervisor that I was very rude to them just because I told them something they didnt want to hear, and my guess is that is probably what happened to you. Such as when the store told you they wernt equiped to assist with Blackberries and advised you to call in to customer serv...
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A, what your meaning of the word "dirty" is probably isnt close to something people would consider reasonable, or
B, there was some circumstance that caused it to be "dirty" such as construction in the store or someone trailing dirt in from outside and the employees not having a chance to clean it up because of how busy the store was.
and the employees were "incredibly rude".. I have had customers tell my supervisor that I was very rude to them just because I told them something they didnt want to hear, and my guess is that is probably what happened to you. Such as when the store told you they wernt equiped to assist with Blackberries and advised you to call in to customer serv...
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primus said:
You are an example of why carriers have contracts.
Wow, you just became one of my heroes. Co-workers like you is why it's great to have Outlook.
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yeah it forces unhappy people with their carrier to remain with them because they can't make their customers happy to stay without one.
That is not a hit on verizon but the whole industry. Cable companies are starting it along phone and sats.
That is not a hit on verizon but the whole industry. Cable companies are starting it along phone and sats.
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Soooo I'm sure he will also enjoy the great edge network. Maybe he can jump up and down and scream @ the sky that may help. Grow up and know how to follow up correctly with issues and not complicate the heck out of everything in your life and stop driving everybody crazy !
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I don't work for VZW, nor do I do any work (I own several businesses) for VZW, or any other wired or wireless carrier.
That said, posts like yours always aggravate me. While I am truly sorry of your negative experience, why does the subject title have to be; "HOW BAD ARE VERIZON WORKERS?"
I use AT&T and VZW. In both cases, I go back to the same locations (respectively of course) that I made my purchase when I need assistance. I also make it a habit to pop in once in awhile just to say "hi" when I don't need anything.
This past week I was in Northern VA. Had a problem with my VZW phone. Stopped in a huge VZW store in Reston, VA. Everyone I dealt with was really nice and helpful. Had to leave my phone with them for 45 minutes or so. A...
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That said, posts like yours always aggravate me. While I am truly sorry of your negative experience, why does the subject title have to be; "HOW BAD ARE VERIZON WORKERS?"
I use AT&T and VZW. In both cases, I go back to the same locations (respectively of course) that I made my purchase when I need assistance. I also make it a habit to pop in once in awhile just to say "hi" when I don't need anything.
This past week I was in Northern VA. Had a problem with my VZW phone. Stopped in a huge VZW store in Reston, VA. Everyone I dealt with was really nice and helpful. Had to leave my phone with them for 45 minutes or so. A...
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Amen!
And thank you for making another person's day muhc brighter by making that kind gesture! 🙂
And thank you for making another person's day muhc brighter by making that kind gesture! 🙂
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No we just hate you and every other ignorant in-over-his-head customer like you.
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So today I switched to ATT. I'm going to be saving about $137 a month on service. The guy at ATT was laughing at this forum. He said verizon is just really upset cause there losing hundreds of people every day.
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LOL. Ok...That was a funny statement. ATT loses more customers every quarter then VZW, and he says VZW is sore...LOL
I suppose that is why VZW has the lowest churn rate and has won awards for their training programs. ATT's customer care ratings? Hummm...not close.
I suppose that is why VZW has the lowest churn rate and has won awards for their training programs. ATT's customer care ratings? Hummm...not close.
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Seriously. I get about 5 calls a day of new activations- customers who ported out from at&t- and that's just me. 1 person. Multiply that by a thousand other reps. That's quite a bit of customers leaving a day!
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crazyeaglefan236 said:apc874 said:
The guy at ATT was laughing at this forum. He said verizon is just really upset cause there losing hundreds of people every day.
LOL. Ok...That was a funny statement. ATT loses more customers every quarter then VZW, and he says VZW is sore...LOL
I suppose that is why VZW has the lowest churn rate and has won awards for their training programs. ATT's customer care ratings? Hummm...not close.
True dat. 😎
ATT's churn is higher than VZW, so they lose quite a LOT more customers than VZW does.
Maybe that's why the little ATT trolls cry so much. 😲
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apc874 said:
So today I switched to ATT. I'm going to be saving about $137 a month on service. The guy at ATT was laughing at this forum. He said verizon is just really upset cause they're losing hundreds of people every day.
What phone did ya get?
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A really bitchin' cool phone that is sexy and plays cool songs and videos...but can't make as many calls because it is on AT&T's crappy network.
I left AT&T for Verizon. More expensive...heck yes! Better calls...HECK YES. I used to get hoarse from screaming at my piece of s..t AT&T phone and came close to slamming it into the pavement.
Man, that felt good.
Gregg
I left AT&T for Verizon. More expensive...heck yes! Better calls...HECK YES. I used to get hoarse from screaming at my piece of s..t AT&T phone and came close to slamming it into the pavement.
Man, that felt good.
Gregg
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VICTORY! Good Riddance.
That says a lot about you that you were driven away by a forum. Doesn't the fact that a lot of people were in agreement against you tell you something?
How about...WAKE UP from your over-expectations. Enjoy your new self-perceived problems with AT&T.
That says a lot about you that you were driven away by a forum. Doesn't the fact that a lot of people were in agreement against you tell you something?
How about...WAKE UP from your over-expectations. Enjoy your new self-perceived problems with AT&T.
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This forum is huge. APC874 has made some great points. I am a verizon rep and I see everyday that we are losing customers. APC how is it possible that att is charing 137 less than we are? Its time for verizon to lower rates.
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I live in the St. Louis area and the Verizon store I always go to is always clean, well staffed, and the staff are always polite and informative. 🙂 I won't say that I've never had to wait for an uncomfortable amount of time to be waited on, but that I blame on the customers. I listen to the questions these people ask. Sometimes they are just ridiculous. 🙄
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LOL! 🤣 Beg to differ. Love how you listed reaons why you think that way. 🙄
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ATT has been great. Anyone who stays with vzw is crazy. I'm saving over $100 dollars a month on service. The bb curves are great. Is verizon ever going to get the curve? My friend got the voyager, that phone is crap. It feels really really cheap. come on verizon can you do better.
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...your trolling is really annoying. You are either a pathetic AT&T loser (ala beachslaped) or an idiotic VZW customer that thinks by telling lies that VZW will lower its prices...
You claim that you are saving over $100 with AT&T.. thats great, so you are somehow saving money with a carrier that charges the same for plans? Awesome...
Curves are great? Sure, so are 8830s, so are Samsung I760s and HTC XV6800s.. As for when will VZW get the curve? Never, its a GSM phone. VZW might get the Curve 2, just like they got the Pearl 2. For more information, go ask RIM.
Voyager is crap? Feels cheap? (anyone else think apc874 is just a new login beachslaped made to troll more with?)
I have had whiny customers tell me the LG 8300 felt cheap....
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You claim that you are saving over $100 with AT&T.. thats great, so you are somehow saving money with a carrier that charges the same for plans? Awesome...
Curves are great? Sure, so are 8830s, so are Samsung I760s and HTC XV6800s.. As for when will VZW get the curve? Never, its a GSM phone. VZW might get the Curve 2, just like they got the Pearl 2. For more information, go ask RIM.
Voyager is crap? Feels cheap? (anyone else think apc874 is just a new login beachslaped made to troll more with?)
I have had whiny customers tell me the LG 8300 felt cheap....
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apc874 said:
ATT has been great. Anyone who stays with vzw is crazy. I'm saving over $100 dollars a month on service. The bb curves are great. Is verizon ever going to get the curve? My friend got the voyager, that phone is crap. It feels really really cheap. come on verizon can you do better.
ATT sucks. My brother just punted their sorry network out the door, and is so happy he did.
Sry, but until ATT gets a network that's better than 'SBC' quality (String Between Cans) where I live, I won't be switching. 😛
And another thing... why do ATT fanboys/girls always have to try to dis the Voyager? Are you that afraid of it? lol.
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I am sorry for your experience, apc874, truly. Some "of us" are caring individuals who have morals, etc., go to work wanting to do the right thing, make good deceisions, etc. It may not appear as such, but "SOME" of us do. You know the old "Big Brother" theory, well, nuf said.
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thanks for all the comments. Why do some people get so angry when you post a message? Verizon is just not the same
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apc874:
1.) Basing your opinions off an internet forum makes you one of the most ignorant people I have ever come across.
2.) Trolling in said internet forum to provoke responses makes you an even more pathetic person and a less productive member of society.
3.) You come into a Verizon phone forum and saying that you are leaving for At&t, frankly if that makes you feel better as a "bidness" owner then LEAVE.
4.) Trolling for sympathy in a month old necropost shows that you obviously can't let go , when the the rest of us have. Please seek therapy for your Verizon abandonment issues.
5.) Most of us here, directly or indirectly, work for the company and since my title is not Customer Service Rep my job doesn't invol...
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apc874:
1.) Basing your opinions off an internet forum makes you one of the most ignorant people I have ever come across.
2.) Trolling in said internet forum to provoke responses makes you an even more pathetic person and a less productive member of society.
3.) You come into a Verizon phone forum and saying that you are leaving for At&t, frankly if that makes you feel better as a "bidness" owner then LEAVE.
4.) Trolling for sympathy in a month old necropost shows that you obviously can't let go , when the the rest of us have. Please seek therapy for your Verizon abandonment issues.
5.) Most of us here, directly or indirectly, work for the company and since my title is not Customer Service Rep my job doesn't invol...
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Thank you vzwcripplesphones, You are the reason why verizon is losing its customers in Columbus. The employees just don't care about the customers.
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apc874 said:
Thank you vzwcripplesphones, I am the reason why trolls are losing IQ in this forum. I just don't care about constructive criticism, only about making an ass of myself. I certainly need help.
Fixed.
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ya know, I took the time to actually read through most of this string, it is pretty damn hilarious. There's some good content in here. the best is all of vzwcripplesphones comments on every other post.
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This thread has been very insightful.
Verizon Wireless and the Customer(most of them) are suffering from a major perception issue on reality.
Firstly, VZW can't be that bad! They have over 65 million customers. That's alot of folks.
VZW must be making somebody happy or at the very least staying out of their way. Your cell phone should be a non issue in your life like the refrigerator or turning on the water... it just happens. And just like any other non issue in your life sometimes things can go wrong. Now if the water stops running I'm likely to call a plumber. Unless it's something I can handle; it's just plumbing.
Users of today's modern communication devices really need to step up their game. This stuff is not magic. mil...
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Verizon Wireless and the Customer(most of them) are suffering from a major perception issue on reality.
Firstly, VZW can't be that bad! They have over 65 million customers. That's alot of folks.
VZW must be making somebody happy or at the very least staying out of their way. Your cell phone should be a non issue in your life like the refrigerator or turning on the water... it just happens. And just like any other non issue in your life sometimes things can go wrong. Now if the water stops running I'm likely to call a plumber. Unless it's something I can handle; it's just plumbing.
Users of today's modern communication devices really need to step up their game. This stuff is not magic. mil...
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I read that you were taking your 15 business lines to at&t, fair enough. However, wanted to know some of the following:
- Did you opt for a BES or a BIS program?
- If for a BES, what was the licensing?
- What was your IT implementation with a BES?
- Did it mirror your previous BES with VZW?
- With at&t as a small business customer, did you go with any vertical solutions if they were appropriate?
- What about the at&t AMB program, were you able to take advantage of that?
- Sounds like you have enough CRU's, perhaps you may even get some IRU's for your folks, was that explained?
- Since data plans are exactly the same for BES and BIS, where did leverage an additional $100 in savings? Voice lines? Officereach?
And since you had not...
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- Did you opt for a BES or a BIS program?
- If for a BES, what was the licensing?
- What was your IT implementation with a BES?
- Did it mirror your previous BES with VZW?
- With at&t as a small business customer, did you go with any vertical solutions if they were appropriate?
- What about the at&t AMB program, were you able to take advantage of that?
- Sounds like you have enough CRU's, perhaps you may even get some IRU's for your folks, was that explained?
- Since data plans are exactly the same for BES and BIS, where did leverage an additional $100 in savings? Voice lines? Officereach?
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Why is everybody on APC's case so hard. He didn't slam Verizon. He just simply said that he's leaving.
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Haven't read EVERYTHING myself but from what I did read, didnt feel APC was the one being the jerk here, hmmmmmm, maybe I just missed something along the way
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Umm....you missed alot. Read the whole thing before you go jumping to conclusions.
Jumping to conclusions means that you also the first one to jump off a cliff when there is nothing underneath to support you. 😁
Jumping to conclusions means that you also the first one to jump off a cliff when there is nothing underneath to support you. 😁
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With the "utmost" due respect to "fellow" (at the present moment) co-workers of vzw, I do not understand your need to bash a person for posting their own thought and experience..While I am most AWARE of "unbelievable, questions, requests, complaints, etc" posed by customers, APC was merely posting his experience..soooo. I wish you would not group us all, (co-workers) in the same catogory as we all do not feel the need to attack an individual for their opinion.. (Personnally, think someone NEEDS TO BE PAYING ATTENTION to the words posted by consumer's and their concern's etc. (I have ENOUGH of a brain to notice, pick-up on trends with regards to what is taking place in the business) The recent trends from my perspective have been interesti...
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I have one for you, I received a text confirming changes to my contract. When I called customer service, somehow my contract which should have just run out was extended for one year and it done in a store in a town I had never been in, the town and the store. Took me 3 calls to customer service but I finally got the contract extension removed, and I called back again after to verify that I was out of contract.
Do you really make that much of a commission off of a one year extension to scam someone like that? And does anything happen to the associate that does this after the extension is removed?
Do you really make that much of a commission off of a one year extension to scam someone like that? And does anything happen to the associate that does this after the extension is removed?
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The real question is: Did YOU graduate high school? Your spelling is awful.
I could care less about Verizon, but I think it's funny you use "high school" as an insult, and don't bother spelling words correctly. Please.
I could care less about Verizon, but I think it's funny you use "high school" as an insult, and don't bother spelling words correctly. Please.
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Just look how obnoxious the VzW employees treat non-employees here on this forum. Pretty much sums up the thread.
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First of all, this is necroposting. All of this is in the past, so it's too late for you to pass judgement about this thread now. Second of all, if you read EVERY SINGLE post in this entire thread, you would see that he was an @$$hole and deserved it. The VZW employees here rightfully defended themselves and don't ever regret causing him to port out. Verizon has 60+ million customers minus one jerk in this case.
Just because you're a customer doesn't mean you get to degrade people. Indecent people deserve to be treated how they treat others.
Back off and move on. Thank you.
Just because you're a customer doesn't mean you get to degrade people. Indecent people deserve to be treated how they treat others.
Back off and move on. Thank you.
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tgoace said:
First of all, this is necroposting. All of this is in the past, so it's too late for you to pass judgement about this thread now. Second of all, if you read EVERY SINGLE post in this entire thread, you would see that he was an @$$hole and deserved it. The VZW employees here rightfully defended themselves and don't ever regret causing him to port out. Verizon has 60+ million customers minus one jerk in this case.
Just because you're a customer doesn't mean you get to degrade people. Indecent people deserve to be treated how they treat others.
Back off and move on. Thank you.
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I was the high school drop out. Then got my ged. I start vzw next week and I have to go through 3 weeks of training in a diff. town, so hopefully im trained right.
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osnap87 said:
I was the high school drop out. Then got my ged. I start vzw next week and I have to go through 3 weeks of training in a diff. town, so hopefully im trained right.
That about sums it up..
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Not everyone that graduates is a rocket scientist. Don't judge a book by it's cover.
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chocolateman85006 said:
Not everyone that graduates is a rocket scientist. Don't judge a book by it's cover.
There is a H U G E gap between HS Grad and Rocket Scientist......ya think?
I won't judge a book by it's cover, but I can judge a person by their education. Employers do it every day.
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Very true. I had two people apply. One had a HS Diploma, the other did not. The one that didn't spelled knowledge "nolege". Now, if you have someone helping people sign up with a cell phone, do you want them to have a basic "nolege" of how to spell? Needless to say it was a simple decision.
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