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Smittys Kennels - LONG ISLAND NY
Additional Information: DOBERMAN STUD Service available.Euro Import: Betelges/Del Nasi linesCLEAR for vWD, DCM, OFA Hips, OFA Heart, Thyroid panel normal, CAC, R CACIB.Exc.temp,size, conformation. Puppies available 7/2015
DOBERMAN PUPPIES FOR SALE STUD SERVICE: Stud certified CLEAR of all genetic (inherited) defects: vWD (vonWillebrands Disease), DCM (Heart) ,... ...
Gardner's Dobies
Additional Information: We have puppies now. Puppies will be vet checked and current on vaccines and prices will be $1195.00, Please call or email w/questions
Josarge Kennels
Additional Information: We breed quality Doberman's & excellent temperaments.Our puppies are raised in our home & not in a kennel.All our puppies are AKC registered.
Josarge Kennel's is a small hobby kennel. All of our Doberman's and our Pomeranian are in our home and have access to a play area and fenced in... ...
D&D Dobermans
Additional Information: Beautiful& ready to go 1/22,2015. From our Loving home with children and other pets. Tails docked, dewclaws removed.1st shots, Vet checked. Males; 2 Blk/rust,1 Red/rust. Females 2 Blk/rust, 3 Red/rust
Dalton Dobermans
Additional Information: We currently do not have any puppies available. We do provide stud service to approved bitches.
Carib is available for stud service to approved bitches. Pictures below are puppies all sired by Carib. ...
Dobermann Partner America
Additional Information: No pups available at this time Next Planned Mating Date summer 2015 INT.CHAMPION PETAR PAN DI ALTOBELLO X Body Guard Here's looking at you kid
The obvious speaks for itself we breed gorgeous sound temperament Dobermann this litter... ...
East Coast Dobermans
Additional Information: We Breed for the love of Dobermans and for those who love them. Our Dobies come from the finest European descent, AKC registered and health testedlitter expected in January 2015.
Blue Ribbon Dobermans
After we bought our first doberman in 2012 we've been in love with the breed ever since. Not even a year later we added another 2... ...
Dobies by Dullea
Additional Information: We are expecting puppies in the Spring of 2015. If you would like to be added to our wait list, please visit our website. Thank you & Happy Holidays!
Please call us at 508-641-7969 or you can follow the link below, to our website and fill out the Puppy Request Form under the... ...
Ro-Mays Dobermans
Additional Information: Ro-Mays dobermans are excellent family companions, therapy dogs, NYS Certified Search and Rescue dogs, and show in the AKC/UKC Conformation rings.
PUPPIES AVAILABLE - 1 Red/Rust Male Litter born August 4,' 2014 '...will be docked/cropped/tattooed Please go to my website for more... ...
Tuxedo Dobes
Additional Information: Available NOW! Doberman Pinschers with excellent dispositions and champion bloodlines. Mother on premises. Puppies ears are cropped, tails docked, and dew claws removed.
We have bred quality Doberman pinschers with excellent dispositions and Champion bloodlines for a over a decade. AKC. Ears are cropped, tails... ...
Additional Information: Litter due Spring 2015. We welcome your inquiries.
Dagobah Dobermans
Additional Information: We breed Ch.Euro lines & Ch.Am.lines for healthy, well balanced, solid temperaments, family/companion/working/show. Parents - OFAed, vWD & thyroid tested.
We have been breeding Dobermans for over�32 years. We are not big breeders and may only have one litter a year. We have been breeding for... ...
Ramsey's Dobi Gang
Additional Information: Bred for family pets & companions. We recommend visiting to meet relatives of future puppies. See how they interact with children & strangers. A true test of temperament! Call for appt. and come by.
Our Dobermans are raised in a clean, healthy environment. While growing up, they are given lots of TLC by family members and are socialized with... ...
High Country Dobermans
Additional Information: Large boned Dobies with balanced character, beauty, intelligence, health and most important, sound temperament.Next litter planned for late spring 2015
firstname.lastname@example.com www.highcountrydobermans.webs.com Thank you! ...
Wildwind Dobermanns
Additional Information: We have puppies available! Born December 4 2014 Ready January 28 2015 1 Red and rust and 1 black and rust male available.
In the early 1980's I bought my first Doberman Female and fell in love with the breed, My 10 years experience as a vet tech gave me a good medical... ...
Additional Information: 4 mo.blk/tan male available. European breeding. Health testing on parents , pups sold with ears, tails and dew claws done. AKC registered,vet checked. Stud service available to approved bitches.
I purchased my first doberman ten years ago and at that time began to work him in the sport of schutzhund. I found the doberman breed to be the... ...
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Additional Information: Litter arrived A breeding w/ sire German import& Dam Chech/German lines.AKC breeding.Ears tails dewclaws done Health Tests & guarantee given vet cert.A super breeding w/ wonderful dispositions.
Evolution Dobermans
Additional Information: WE HAVE PUPPIES! Ready to go now! $1,000AKC Doberman Pinschers. Import European Show/Working lines. Bred for Health, Longevity, Conformation and Drive. *FREE DELIVERY TO MAINE, NH & Mass*
Evolution Dobermans ~European Doberman Pinschers~ ph. (207)817-0246 Email: email@example.com Website:... ...
Adorable Dobies
Additional Information: Bred for beauty, strength, and loyalty in a family environment these adorable dobies are amazing life companions. Check out our website if you're interested in welcoming a dobie into your home.
Isis Collins II is a purebred European Doberman pinscher full of lots of energy and love. She is currently being raised in our home with 3... ...
Derry Dobermans
Additional Information: From the import, champion lines of Altobello and Kimbertal. Razor displays good health, sound temperament and great size. At nine months he stands at 29" and weighs 90 lbs. AKC Registration in place.
Additional Information: AKC Championship Bloodlines-Bred for show, pet & agility homes. Established in 1980, DPCA member. All Ears cropped, Tails docked, 1st shot. Planned breeding for March 2014.
Niklby was established in 1980. ���We own all AKC conformation Champions that were bred for the standard and�proven for type, temperment,... ...
Golden Guardian Dobermans
Additional Information: We have puppies!We breed for quality,sound temperament and well rounded doberman. Our doberman make wonderful family companions.
please see our website goldenguardiandobermans.webs.com for more about these pups they are raised in home with our family other pets and children... ...
Jaladeck Dobermans
Additional Information: Announcing a new litter due between CH Jasladecks Never Kiss-N-Tell U Fool & CH Bluj Twylyte Johnnie Walker Red due in late 2014
�We have been showing and breeding Dobes for over�20 years. While we are not the biggest or most well known breeders, We are well known for... ...
Additional Information: Here at Brija we breed top quality Dobes for health, temperament, longevity and conformation. We test for Cardio, VWD, Hips, elbows, eyes, and thyroid.
Here at Brija Dobermans we have been loving and living with Dobes for 15 years. I am a member of Quaker City Doberman Pinscher Club and the... ...
J-WIN Dobermans
Additional Information: Involved in the sport of dogs for decades, I am now privledged to be a Member of the Doberman Pinscher Club of America and own and breed Obedience and Conformation Champions. Health testing on adults.
All of our dobermans and puppies are lovingly raised and socialized in our home from the day they are born. Please click on this... ...
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Additional Information: Hello im listing puppies for a friend the pups are located in newark Delaware IF INTERESTED PLEASE CALL (302)286-7560 PLEASE DO NOT E-MAIL. THE PUPS D.O.B BIRTH IS 12/18/2010
Here we have 6 beautiful A.K.C REGISTERED MALE DOBERMAN PINCHER. NO FEMALES AVAILABLE. THEY ARE ALL BLACK/RUST AND RAISED IN THE HOUSE WITH LOTS... ...
Bear Creek K9
Additional Information: Top European Champion Bloodlines. Cropped Docked and Micro Chipped puppies. NYS OD 863. 25 Years breeding. Health testing. Stud Service. Quality Dobermans at an affordable price. Shipping avail.
Puppies available NOW! 3Year Old black male Brutis available. ...
Lime Valley Dobermans
Additional Information: We have a beautiful litter of AKC Doberman Pinscher puppies for sale. They are vet checked, up to date on shots and come with a health guarantee. These puppies love to play with our children!
We have male dobermans in black, fawn & blue and one red female. They were born on May 7, 2014 and are availalbe to leave... ...
Jambolou Dobermans and Min Pins
Additional Information: DPCA & York Kennel Club Member. We are hobby breeders and a AKC / UKC show family. We health test for retinal atrophy, liver, kidney, thyroid, hips, VwD and DCM. See website for puppy info.
11/9/14 MIN PINS!!! I have 1 red male available for placement from litter of 5 puppies. Red $500 limited $800 full Show... ...
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The 70s — During the seventies, the circuit was used by visitors to the adjacent Buckmore Park Scout Centre, as well as Rochester Motor Club Formula 6 competitors.
The 80s — The circuit fell into disrepair in the early eighties but in 1985 Bill Sisley took over its management. He immediately began to develop the dilapidated site, extending the circuit to 600m and then totally resurfacing it in 1988. The first RACMSA licensed event was held at the circuit in 1989.
The 90s — In 1994 the circuit was extended to 900m and some basic infrastructure was added including a race control building, clubhouse, admin building, shop and flood-lighting. In 1999 the circuit was extended again and a tarmac road, off-road areas and competitors' paddock were added.
The 2000s — The first eight years of the new millennium have seen the construction of a new kart maintenance workshop in 2000, the opening of a £1·25m multi-function clubhouse in 2003, and a new paddock facilities building in 2004.
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I think the GMail extension is terrific. I do have one concern. I understand that the extension is designed so that clicking on the email message icon opens the message and automatically starts a reply.
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I can confirm that it happens to me also (discarding the reply removes the star and deletes the task)!
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A Second Shot At Stardom
For many high school athletes, college is a time to hang up the jersey and begin a new chapter with the end of a playing career.
Logan Baumann believed he'd be one of those athletes. Despite receiving attention from Transylvania, Centre and Furman, the 6-foot Hartford, Ky., native chose to forfeit playing basketball to attend the University of Louisville and adopt the less-glorious role of student manager.
"I wanted to coach at the Division I level just like Coach (Rick) Pitino does here," said Baumann. "That was a big goal of mine, and I think the manager (position) was, to me, a bigger step up than playing at a smaller school versus being a manager (at Louisville) under a coach like we have."
In his first semester, Baumann, recipient of a Trustee's Scholarship (an award based on academic achievement), was focused on excelling in the classroom and his new responsibilities as manager. But, his high school teacher foresaw a different fate in the college freshman. "My teacher back home, he's like, 'Man, I just have this feeling that Coach is going to see you shooting in the gym, and he's going to ask you to walk on,'" said Baumann, who quickly shook off the idea at the time.
In October, Baumann suddenly found his teacher's prediction unfolding. During class one day, Baumann received a call from the head student manager to meet with him and Coach Pitino, and immediately began worrying he'd done something wrong. Yet, as Baumann drove closer to the Yum! Center for the meeting, he remembered something he'd read in Pitino's blog.
"I start piecing it together, and I'm like in his blog he said he wanted walk-ons (following Mike Marra's season-ending ACL injury). Could that be it?" Baumann explained. "And I'm thinking this while I'm driving over here, my max five-minute drive, and now I'm thinking, oh gosh, now he's asking me to be a walk-on? What could be bigger than this? Either I'm not going to be a manager or he's asking me to be a walk-on. Either way, we're extremes on both levels."
As Baumann entered Pitino's office, Coach told the Ohio County alum, who scored 69 three-pointers as a senior in high school, he'd have a 14-day trial period to earn a spot on the roster. Around day six, Pitino's verdict was made clear when Baumann was introduced first as a member of UofL's team during the university's basketball tip-off luncheon.
"Sometimes when I'm just sitting in my dorm, I think, man, I'm going to be on the floor for the UK game. I'm going to be on the floor!" Baumann exclaimed with pride about his new position. "Never in my life would I have thought about that until the last week or the last two weeks. So much has changed."
Though playing time may be little on a squad ranked No. 1 or No. 2 in most preseason polls, Baumann is excited about extending a playing career he once thought was over. And, he's ready to contribute whatever way he can to a team hungry for vengeance after losing to the 2012 NCAA National Champion Kentucky in last year's Final Four.
"I would do anything it takes to get a national championship," said Baumann, who will wear the No. 14 as a Card. "I think that's all of our goal. All the players throughout, the coaches, I think it's a dream for everyone, so anything I can do in practice, anything we can do to extra-prepare for a team, anything we can do in scouting … anything that possibly me, myself, or anybody as teammates can do together to enhance our group (to) just get closer (I'll do). And hopefully (the team will) eventually achieve some of our goals this year."
For more information on Baumann and the University of Louisville's 2012-13 roster, visit uoflsports.com.
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We've got a diet center next to us, and we have our fair share of diabetics who want to enjoy some of our products but want a lower sugar or lower GI product. Since we source our chocolate and never need to add any sugar it's farther up the stream than we can control.
To that end does anyone have recommendations for chocolate makers that excel at a lower sugar or GI reaction chocolate?
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I've had much the same experience as Wendy (along with trying to satisfy those customers seeking vegan, lactose free, soy free and gluten free items [by the way...why do people think chocolate contains gluten?). I mostly direct diabetics to high cocoa content pieces (and small samplings). I am specializing in organic truffles, and so have not explored the various artificial sweeteners on the market. I have had some success with 100% chocolate liquor sweetened with agave syrup, although it takes a LOT of (expensive) syrup to make it palatable to most customers. The mouthfeel of these pieces is also a fair bit grainier (almost leaves a dry cocoa powder residue on the palate). I'm not sure whether the sugar adds to the smoother texture (and is lacking in the agave), or if the 100% chocolate has not been conched as long as a variety with sugar, vanilla, etc. blended in. I've tried dried stevia powder, with no success yet. If you have a breakthrough, let me know.Dale
hello i know some people cant eat regular chocolate but would raw chocolate nibs work
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Brad & Dale, I have not thought at all down that line. It would seem a lot more labor to go that route and if you're right Dale then the outcome is a bit iffy anyways.
I'm rather surprised no manufacturer or small scale artisan has come up with an alternate sugar couverture. There has to be a market for it.
Wendy, the smart diabetics I've met know what you say--don't be a glutton or you'll find yourself in trouble. The less savy diabetics argue me on this point.. It's not my place to tell people how to manage their disease I just try to allocate the old moderation adages. Unfortunately it seems with dieters they are binary, on or off. They want to keep us at bay more because they'll probably cave to a larger impulse than be able to slowly go through a box.
For vegan chocolates just go coconut cream--that's solved the diary issue.
Dale, about gluten, we have a huge celiac community outreach here and we were educated that many of the industrial or large scale chocolate producers have now subbed out 20% of chocolate for oat flour. They say you can't taste it but if you do a comparison it's easily--dustily--noticeable. Even the EU has now allowed this modification to usurp their purity laws.
Well interesting.. I thought I'd get a few names I hadn't heard of and now I'm set back with what we do, or doing more labor for a gain that might not be a gain at all.. ho hum.. maybe I'll work on some marketing posters about moderation and balance.
Why don't you contact a few of the artisan producers to see if one of them would actually make that chocolate for you? I do make very small quantities of a sugar free (sucralose, isomalt and acesulfame-k sweetened) couverture. It's VERY expensive to make because of the price of the sweeteners, but tastes very close to a sugar-based chocolate.
Maybe someone in the US could make this for you, with my (or any other) formulation?
I am making chocolates using xylitol, which is sugar from birch trees. It is low glycemic and okay for diabetics, as well as being good for your teeth. I make the chocolates in B.C. Canada, and am just starting out my business. I also make them with coconut sugar, which is also low glycemic. I am successfully making very palatable chocolates with no refined sugars, which is actually all together better chocolate.. You don't get the up and downs from sugar and you can enjoy the health benefits of the cacao bean.
I've not seen any information anywhere about the oat flour in chocolate substitution. I have talked to friends who work in product development at Mars and Hershey's who say that this is ridiculous. I want to be able to give accurate information to my customers who are concerned about gluten and additives. Would you forward a link to more information about this? Also, for what it's worth, oats don't contain gluten, so unless the flour is contaminated with significant quantities of wheat, barley, or rye it shouldn't be a problem for celiacs (although, I'm sure, would make lousy chocolate).
I was at the Fancy Foods Show in DC this past Monday, a few brands out there now make chocolate with Stevia - a natural plant sweetener, and to my surprise - the taste was great! That's an idea.
Do you recall their names Tatiana?
Andy, I have them all at home, will send them to your when get there, around 6 pm EST
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1 VERIZON WAY, BASKING RIDGE, NEW JERSEY -- Over a period of time we have lost phone service due to unmaintained Verizon equipment on three occasions. In each case we were without service for 5 days and received no credit on our bill. The problems were in the Junction Boxes located every 50 to 100 yards along the street. They were bent, had their covers missing and wires hanging down on the ground. When the service tech was asked why he did not repair the boxes, he stated that company policy was to do no more than required to get me back in service as they wanted everybody to switch to FiOS which was not yet available. (It's now available but at a higher cost) On another occasion an underground transformer/junction exploded causing an estimated 2 to 3 square mile area to lose phone service for from 4 to 14 days. We were without service for 11 days and they gave us $2.00 credit on a $30.00+ bill.
Then a little over a year ago I called Verizon at the number that appears on their bills to see what I could do about long distance service. (My 91 year old mother had made a long distance call which AT&T charged us $25.00 for.) After a number of "if this punch this number" type transfers, I found myself talking to a sales representative I explained the problem and mentioned that I would be needing cable service shortly as Our residence will only be able to receive 2 TV chanels (at most) by antenna from the new HD transmissions. He suggested a combined package that would include TV, Phone & Internet for $69.95 plus $5.00 for a second converter box plus Taxes and government fees. He stated that there would be a $200.00 equipment deposit that would be returned via a $5.00 per month credit on my bill. I agreed to this.
My first bill was over $130.00. I tried complaining and was given the runaround. I filed a complaint with the FCC and received a letter from them stating that Verizon would be correcting the problem and the FCC was closing the case. Also, when I received my next bank statement, the equipment deposit had been removed from my bank account by DirecTV though I have never authorized Verizon to give my personal bank information to DirecTV.
Shortly thereafter, I received a call from a Verizon representative that said the person who sold me the service was not a Verizon employee but an outside source Verizon uses to sell services. The representative agreed to correct the problem. The next bill was lower but still not correct. Over a period of months and several phone calls and e-mails, the bill finally came close to the agreed amount but was still higher than it should have been by a few dollars. Nine or Ten months ago my bill went up $15.00. I assumed it was the DirecTV fee increase. and though it was earlier than I expected the increase, I paid it. When I examined my bill more closely a couple months ago, I found 14.95 charges for something called Streaming Flix on my last 2 bills (A service that no one in our household would be interested in). I contacted a Verizon supervisor who, when I offered to sue Holly Hess, Ivan Seidenberg CEO/Chairman of the Board (who resides at 3817 Quail Hollow Lane, West Nylack NY 10065 with his wife Phyllis "a large contributor to George Bush's Presidential Campaigns), Tom Tauke, Suleirman Hessami & Verizon's President Virginia Ruesterholz (who resides at 44 Van Cortland Way, Baskiing Ridge NJ 07920), agreed to remove those charges and prevent it from occurring again.
Afterwards, I examined all my bills for the last 10 months, I found 6 more months that I had been carged for that service. I have been unable to get anyone at Verizon to discuss the problem nor do they respond to faxes or e-mails. In searching 'Streaming Flix' on the internet, I find hundreds if not thousands with this complaint.
They also have billed me $2.50 per month for late fees, the last two months. even though I mail the payment within 5 days of receiving it. Their bills are dated about the 19th of the month but I don't receive them till the first week of the following month. Therefore, I do not know if the fees are because I have deducted the illegal charges from my bill or if they actually consider the payments late.
And finally: My latest bill includes a $5.00 charge for something called TV.
I just discovered that Ivan Seidenberg has been replaced as CEO by Lowell McAdam, which might account for Seidenberg's failure to respond to E-Mails or Faxes. I expect to have Lowell's residence address shortly.
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I rarely become angry, as a matter of fact, I'm probably one of the most even tempered people you will ever meet.
Today, however, I was so mistreated and abused by a monopoly telephone company, that my anger almost overcame my ability to think rationally.
It all started quite innocently. We're moving our Marina del Rey store to a new location on April 1. I was in the new store measuring and planning where to put things such as shelves, etc.
I needed to call the Department of Water and Power, the Gas Company, the security alarm company, the electrician, the painter, rubbish collection, and numerous others. My only means of communication was my Verizon cell phone, which only had two bars (indicating the battery was getting low).
I decided the call the telephone company to have a phone put in the new store immediately since I was spending so much time there. . . . Thus was the beginning of a horrible nightmare. Let me give you the scenario; I called 411 information for the number of Verizon telephone. The operator said, the number is . . . And then connected me. . . . Then came a series of recorded questions requiring me to say something or press keys. I followed the instructions implicitly and finally received a recorded message stating that all service personnel were busy and my call would be answered in the order it was received.
So far this was all a little annoying, but understandable. The announcement repeated itself every minute or so for about 5 minutes and then announced that this was the last announcement and I would hear music until a service attendant was available. For almost 20 minutes I listened to that annoying music on my cell phone and finally hung up. I called back about 15 minutes later and went through the same procedure until after 16 minutes a man came on the line. I gave our local phone number (310) 305-4682. After looking our account up he said, Oh, you are a key business account. Let me give you a direct number before I connect. You. He gave me the number: (800) 606-8855, and it started ringing, and ringing until finally their automatic system picked it up and asked all the same questions over again while I pressed keys in response. Finally announcing, all of our service personnel are busy helping others. Your call will be answered in the order it was received. Then, that same music for several minutes interrupted by another announcement every few minutes until finally a human being answered. I explained what I wanted and he quickly responded- - let me connect you to the department that handles that. More music, more announcements until finally a very pleasant female voice came on, Can I help you? Oh, I thought to myself, I'm finally getting service. After giving her all the information I had previously given to several people before she looked up our account and said, Oh, I see you are a key business account. Let me give you their direct number before I connect you. The number is; (800) 606-8855. Whoa, I said, that's the number I just called and he connected me to you! She responded, Hmm. Let me call them and find out why they referred you to me. Once again, that annoying music for several minutes. She came back every few minutes apologizing for keeping me waiting. This went on for almost 18 minutes until I finally hung up. This time, Furious, I dialed 1-(800) 606-8855 and kept pressing 0 until I finally got a human. She asked me what state I was in and I whimpered, California. She then asked me the city and street address. I said, Los Angeles, 13452 Washington Blvd. After several seconds she said, Is that East Washington Blvd. or West Washington Blvd.? WEST, I replied. We only service up to 13100 numbers, you must be in another phone company district. You can try calling AT&T . We can provide you with your same phone number forwarded to AT&T for $16.85 per month.
After I hung up, I went to the motel right next door to the east and inquired who their phone service provider was. Verizon was the reply. Then I visited the sport memorabilia store next door to the west and asked the same question. Verizon was the reply.
The busy day had slipped away from me and I accomplished nothing because of the damned inefficiency of VERIZON telephone company.
When the California Public Utilities Commission regulated the phone companies they were so customer service oriented that it was a pleasure to deal with them. Now that they have a MONOPOLY and we customers have no where else to turn. They have become too powerful. Apparently Customer Service takes a back seat to the BOTTOM LINE on their financial statement. They have become abusive.
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Another business's service provider has no bearing on your particular service choice. There are many reason's why you can't get Verizon. It could have been a misunderstanding, a service locked location, address discrepancy etc.
You say you went next door this way and next door that way, but what were the addresses? I admit being on hold is annoying, but there are a lot of people who use Verizon.
Miltiades on 03/13/2010:
Interesting - this reflects the poor service I've also received from Verizon in recent months.
They don't care about land lines; the CEO even said that "land lines are dead" in speech some months ago. Verizon doesn't deserve one's trust, but then few businesses are trustworthy these days. These companies need to be regulated more strictly; they've been allowed to fleece the consumers. Note the ratings of Verizon on this site.
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in a way I'm not surprised at that statement.
in a computer class I take the instructor asked the class who had a landline... less than half of the class raised hands.
tho I'm not surprised at the runaround
when I called Verizon to set up dsl... it took FOREVER for them to get me to the right number, and I was trying to buy service
all that time.. only to find out they didn't even service my area anyway O_o
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Due to our family never being home and the constant static in our phone line that had been present from day one, we decided to cancel our $90 a month residential Verizon line and strictly use cell phones. I also would like to point out that the $90 wasn't the original amount we had agreed to when we got the service....the cost seemed to jump from $40+, to $50+, then up to $90 in a year, with no rhyme or reason. Our Verizon statements were paperless, and our monthly payment was automatically debited from our checking account. In December of 2008, I cancelled our service. The rep, of course, tried to sell me a $20 'emergency' land line, and after repeatedly telling him no, he cancelled our account. Since it was auto debit, I assumed Verizon would deduct the final amount due and that would be the end of it, like MOST ethical companies do and have done for me in the past. I was told no different and had no reason to believe otherwise. Today, June 10, 2009, I received a letter in the mail. It was from an attorney that Verizon uses to collect their debt, stating that I owed $34.38. Until today, I have received NO request for any type of payment from Verizon - no postal mail, no email, no calls on my cell, and they do have my cell number - NOTHING.
I hadn't the slightest idea that I owed them anything until today. The only thing I ever receive from them are emails trying to sell me their 'money saving' products, blah, blah...one would think that if they can send spam referencing your old account, they can let you know you have a balance due. And why would they be trying to drum business from a residential account owner who supposedly owes them money? Needless to say, I was irate. I immediately called the attorney and expressed my displeasure over the entire issue, and did my best to keep my cool. The representative was very courteous and upon reviewing just much time had elapsed - 6 months - before Verizon decided to inform me that I owed them money, completely understood why I was fuming. She stated that in her dealings with Verizon, once you cancel your account, they do not deduct any more funds from your checking account. News to me. That would've been great info to have had the representative been kind enough to share. I believe that saying this representative was incompetent would be an understatement. How on earth would I have known there was an amount due, and what the amount was?
I guess I was supposed to pull a figure out of my rear end. Ready to spit nails at this point, I continued to maintain my composure, as it wasn't her fault that Verizon had royally screwed up, and she herself admitted that what Verizon did was unacceptable. I paid the balance due prior to ending the call, because I just wanted it done with. Obviously, if I was paying $90 a month, auto debit, certainly the $35 balance wouldn't have been a problem had the idiots let me know that it was due. I work for the US Treasury, and can lose my job over a collection or judgment - they do not take that lightly. I am held at a very high standard in regards to financial obligations. Verizon put my career at risk, along with my integrity and credit score, when they made this error. I'm almost afraid to pull my credit report, after reading the numerous blogs and complaints about Verizon's lack of professionalism, not to mention this blunder. To send me nothing - NOTHING - alerting me that I had a balance due is poor customer service and very unprofessional.
It infuriates me that they can send me emails referencing my old account and making offers and bribes to come back. I have two words for Verizon - HELL NO. If I ever need a second line, it'll be with Vonage. I actually considered switching my cell over to Verizon once my Sprint contract ran out. Monkeys will fly out of my behind before that happens. They continue to operate in this unethical and unprofessional manner because they have no real competition, and know they will get away with it. The way my account was handled was just WRONG – period. There's no other way to put it. IT WAS WRONG.
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AZUSA, CALIFORNIA -- I started having trouble with my land line 10 days ago, where certain people would call me and all I heard was static. Others would call and the phone would be fine. I had the people that called check their lines and everything was fine. I called Verizon was went through the ritual of giving them my telephone number, Name, Address etc, finally they told me I had the wrong department (which was the number listed on my bill). They transferred me to the "Phone" tech and I was kept waiting for 20 more minutes. After talking to the tech and followed their instructions of disconnecting the cordless phones and also the hardwired phones, nothing changed. they told me that they would run a check on my line and call me back, which they never did, I called back the next day and went through the same baloney all over again, explaining the problem, being put on hold for over 1/2 hour, then finally talking to someone but they were unable to help. Now this was two days ago, since it was Saturday, they couldn't send someone out until Monday or Tuesday. Today, Monday, I get a text message on my cell, saying that an agent was "dispatched" and was on his way. After about an hour, I get ANOTHE text, say that the service request had been closed???? I call AGAIN and AGAIN was put on hold for 1/2 hour, finally, I was told that the request is till open and when they say "Dispatched" they really mean that it's on the schedule to be sent out. Talking to some of the people, either I can't understand the accent or they sound like they are 1/2 asleep. I can't find and they won't give me a direct telephone number to call for service. The number they list goes to the "Internet" service and they have to transfer me, after going through all the information over and over. THIS IS VERY DEPRESSING AND IRRITATING. CAN'T THEY DO SOMETHING TO MAKE THIS PROCESS EASIER. I do notice that the monthly bill, come on time every month.
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melissa253 on 09/10/2012:
I didn't know that Verizon offered a 'land line' service. I'll have to look that up.
Bill on 09/10/2012:
Verizon still offers land lines if you're lucky to live in an older area that has the telephone lines.
I know from dealing with Verizon is that they don't have a lot of techs dedicated to residential land lines so if something goes out it could take a while to resolve. Verizon has made the decision that cellphones and their business phone side is their future. I've been told if something big goes wrong with the landlines then you'll be left hanging. Besides my landline I have two cellphones so I won't be totally stuck. I do prefer the landline phone over the cell because the call quality is much better and it never drops out unlike Verizon cell service.
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I should wait 2 months for repair because they ran out of copper wire...in NYC???
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NEW YORK -- Today: June 10
Last Date of Working Service: April 12
I spent 4 hours crying, screaming, pleading with supervisor after supervisor to stop trying to pacify me with condescending remarks like you must be so upset and to just fix my freaking phone. I had two appointments I took off work that they just didn't show. The second was for between 1 & 5pm. They came 11am and after I heard this from my neighbor when I got in at 12 I called. The representative said oh yes you are scheduled btw 1 & 5 - hold on, let me call repair. She came back dunbfounded saying yes, you have the correct time but they said they won't come back. They came early and you weren't there. Can you imagine??? I spent an hour on with a supervisor who finally got them to agree to come and in an hour repair called me and said they wouldn't because its an outside issue and will be there at 9am the next day and I didn't need to be there. That was back in early May. Then I was put off for weeks saying it will be fixed by Mon, then Friday, then next Monday and to today when nothing done again and another condescending supervisor told me they just don't have enough copper wire and may be 14 more days. I blew up! Why the hell they can't patch me into a line that my neighbor is on that works well? Ohhh they just can't she says. I called back, asked for another supervisor where the agent listened to my story and said hang on, I'll get you someone and just proceeded to put me back in the customer service queue. The next guy got me a supervisor who called repair and said Maybe and she said its a big maybe Tuesday. I filed with FCC - calling consumer affairs...I don't know what else to do. Maybe I'll write my councilwoman this weekend. Two months of lies, unfulfilled promised call backs, unfair treatment. It's sick. I said to the last supervisor I have been in NYC for 20 years and never has it been this bad...even during the strike and she said it never has been this bad. I agree. If you have an option stay away from Verizon. I need a new company.
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trmn8r on 06/10/2011:
I had a bit of trouble figuring out exactly what the issue is, but I understand the word "copper".
I assume you have a land line. We land line customers have become the armpit of the telcos. All their attention is on fiber and cell phones. It sounds like they need a street cable for you. I was told by a VZ tech that they would "never replace" mine, no matter how bad it gets, because they are switching to fiber in 2015!!!
I feel your pain. It is like banging your head against the wall to deal with VZ. Good luck!
FaFaFhooey on 06/11/2011:
It is time to switch companies.0
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Verizon behavior reflects monopolistic power
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FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA -- Dealing with Verizon,
I have seen many behaviors reflecting an oligopoly,
best countered by reducing government sanctions
for the telephone oligopoly.
1. Can't move phone number 5 miles,
but competition can move it 3000 miles.
Ten years ago, I moved 4 miles,
and Verizon moved my phone number with me.
Two months ago, I again moved,
this time 5 miles from my previous Verizon service,
so close that my daughter attends the same middle school in Virginia.
Surprisingly, while I have had the same telephone number with Verizon
for 16 years, Verizon could not move the telephone number
to my new address.
However, any VoIP service like Vonage will let me take
that same (703)***-**** telephone number anywhere in the world.
Preferring my phone number over the telephone service provider,
I switched to Vonage.
2. Charges 100 times the market and charging to not receive a service.
A few years ago, my long distance carrier went out-of-business,
so for a year I had no long distance service through Verizon
and that satisfied me.
A couple years ago, I received a 42 dollars reverse bill
for an 8 minute call from Hong Kong,
even though my calls to Hong Kong through my long distance card cost
but 4 cents per minute.
A regular marketplace should not produce a commodity costing
over 100 times what the rest of the market charges.
Unknown to me, Verizon had assigned me a long distance service
that I had not requested.
This long distance service additionally charged $5.50 per month
plus long distance per minute costs.
I asked Verizon to end my long distance service,
yet despite making no long distance charges, I continued
to receive these $5.50 monthly long distance service charges.
After two months of this, I had Verizon prevent
any long distance calls (after all,
I had been using long distance calling cards for several years).
For this -- to prevent the very problems Verizon abetted --
Verizon has charged me $1.50 per month for the last couple years.
That is, Verizon calls it a "service" to "prevent a service."
No reasonable marketplace would charge to not receive a service.
3. Won't release my telephone number.
I filled out Vonage's webpage to acquire my telphone number
from Verizon, and a week later I contacted Verizon
to drop my telephone and DSL service.
Several days later, I read that dropping service returns
my telephone number for Verizon to reassign,
even though I had a request in Vonage
for the telephone number's transfer.
Verizon wouldn't co-operate,
so even though I no longer lived at my former address,
I had Verizon continue my phone service.
Luckily, 10 days later, my telephone number did transfer to Vonage.
Holding a telphone number hostage is the most easily solved
excess of oligopoly.
Rather than abetting Verizon's oligopoly,
the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or FCC)
should give individuals permanent ownership of one telephone number.
4. Dropping telephone service and moving didn't drop DSL service.
Verizon wouldn't drop DSL-service because I still had a DSL-charge
[even though they themselves had dropped my telephone service];
but Verizon wouldn't drop the DSL-charge
because I hadn't dropped DSL-service -- Catch 22.
I moved 5 miles away on December 9, asking Verizon
to cancel my DSL service.
However, to retain my telephone number,
I had to continue telephone service
until Verizon transferred my telephone number to Vonage.
Today is February 12, two months later.
Having just gotten another telephone bill from Verizon,
forwarded through standard mail since I have moved,
I see another $37.95 charge for DSL service at my former address,
but no other telephone service charges besides a $17.19 refund
for cancelled telephone service.
Calling Verizon, I had to spend 50 minutes on the phone
with 5 people over 4 call transfers.
First, I'm told that the $37.95 can't be removed from my bill
until I stop DSL service, transferring me to 800-567-6789.
Second, this person affirms the need to drop DSL service,
transferring me to 800-358-2076.
Third, this person informs me that my service can't be cancelled
because I still owe Verizon money.
Reality check: they charged me $37.95
for DSL service 6 weeks after I moved,
but I have a credit of $17.19 on the same Verizon bill
for telephone service ended;
so I don't owe Verizon, rather Verizon owes me $17.19.
So, one Verizon person tells me I can't get $37.95 removed
from my bill because I must first stop DSL-service,
while another Verizon person tells me I can't stop DSL-service
because because I still owe the mischarged $37.95.
Of course, I don't owe them $37.95, rather Verizon owes me $17.19.
Fourth, Verizon's third person transfers me another (unknown) number
at 9:38am, who affirms that I must cancel DSL-service before
they can remove the $37.95 DSL-charge for service from 1/25 to 2/24,
service for 6 weeks to 10 weeks
after I moved from that service's location.
Fifth, on hold for twenty minutes, at 10:04am Verizon
cancels my DSL service and drops the $37.95 DSL charge.
I will receive a refund for $17.19.
5. Verizon charges for trivial add-ons.
Caller-ID, Call forwarding, ...
are all trivial in the arena of broadband;
They are worthy of a few lines of software code,
but not worthy of extra charges.
These nitpicking charges by members of our telephone oligopoly,
like Verizon, further reflect their oligopoly.
The monetary mentioned amounts above are insignificant to me
and certainly insignificant to Verizon.
Verizon's oligopoly practices greatly restricted their customers' choices,
and distorted the marketplace.
To many economists, the status of telephone companies is obvious.
Government supports an obsolete oligopoly, an obsolete business
that lobbies for continued restraints on the new marketplace.
A well informed market or even a benign government like France
would have broadband (cable, fiber, or DSL) in every home
with a plugged-in broadband IP-based telephone.
Telephone service is merely an internet application,
an application that should require no extra costs
besides the telephone (adapter also, depending on hardware) itself.
France does all this for about $35, providing broadband, telephone,
and TV altogether.
The FCC should mandate the end of telephone-only service in five years,
to be replaced with broadband-including-telephone service.
I would favor landlines (broadband) that provides only the line,
with numerous other companies providing services over these landlines.
While the limited landline company (companies)
would continue an oligopoly, at least a competitive thriving
marketplace would provide broadband services.
The current telephone companies should largely not exist now,
and certainly should not exist in 10 years.
Most people favor free trade.
The above shows how restricted that trade is in the telephone marketplace.
Indeed, without government sanctions for the landline telephone industry,
that industry should largely cease to exist.
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adzidek on 02/13/2007:
My brain hurts.
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Horrible Service
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On Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 I contacted Verizon about getting their landline telephone service for my home. I should start out by saying that I do not like Verizon at all as I had a bad experience with their cell phone service back in 2002 and I forever swore off Verizon. The only reason I am going through them now is because unfortunately they are the only landline service provider where I live and I need it to get an internet connection.
Anyway, I signed up with the lady I spoke with over the phone which I will say she was very nice and even helped me with getting a cheaper monthly cost. She told me that service is guaranteed to be turned on by 6pm on April 29th (the next day). I said fine and that was it. 5pm came the next day and I still have no service. I contacted them and after being transferred to 3 different people I was told that it will not be on until the next day (April 30th) because of some technical issues. I waited till 12pm on the 30th and contacted them again because I still had no service. I again was transferred to 3 different people all of which couldn't tell me what was going on. Finally, the third guy told me someone would be coming out to my house by 4pm to figure it out. 4:30 came and still no service. I called again and was told that no one is coming out because they are handling it in their service center and this guy had no idea why the last guy told me someone was coming out.
At this point, I got very frustrated and starting questioning this guy about what was going on. He actually yelled over me (I wasn't yelling) and told me I have wait until Monday. I hung up on him.
Throughout the weekend I still had no service so when Monday came, I called again. I again was sent to 3 different people. This time I asked to speak to a supervisor but I was told no supervisor was in the office (it was 2:30pm!). I got sent to someone else who actually agreed with me that what was happening is ridiculous. He scheduled a repair guy to come out the next day (May 4th) to take a look. The repair guy came and now I have service (6 days after I was "guaranteed" it would be on).
Straight up, it is my personal opinion that Verizon is a horrible company and if I had a choice, I would not be going through them. I would also NOT recommend Verizon (for any service) to anybody. It is also my opinion that not all, but a majority of their employees in the call center are very rude and not helpful at all. None of them could tell me what the problem was and offered no help to me at all. If you have an option, go somewhere else!
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Anonymous on 05/05/2010:
You should play the lottery. 3 seems to be the magic number.
rippedoffbyverizon on 06/03/2010:
that's the way they do business. none of them care about you or your service. they are not americans! sorry to hear your trouble with them. god bless you!
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Verizon Employee
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I can vouch for this behavior. I am also an employee at Verizon and I have to agree that they will suspend you for 5 or 10 days if you are observed not offering products to a customer. The pressure to sell products are so bad that a lot of employees are getting stress related illness such as high blood pressure and having anxiety attacks. There are rules that we have now that state that if a customer wants to speak with a supervisor about billing the consultant must handle, the help desk set up to assist customers with bills will no longer assist these customers. It is putting the agents in a bind because we have not been properly trained to explain the bills to the customers and we know that we can no longer transfer the customers over to the department that can. Floor supervisors are supposed to assist with calls now but they don't even want to deal with it so they tell you to take a call back for the customer, yet the agent in the meantime is held accountable for the amount of time that the customer is on the line. If you have a customer on the line for over 9 mins, even if you are trying to provide good customer service, you have a supervisor or floor support coming to your desk telling you to get the customer off the phone because you have been on the call to long. When was providing outstanding customer service to a customer timed?
Then you have the employees that are adding products to customers accounts without the customers authorization just so they can Win daily contest, trips, and monthly bonuses. The sad part is that the supervisors are aware but don't care as long as the agents are meeting their goals which will in turn help them to meet their goals so they can get the other 30% of their pay, as they are now on a 70/30 pay scale. That means if your team doesn't meet goal you will get 70% of your pay but not the other 30%. So GOOD OLE customer service is definitely out the window at Verizon. It's the old bait in switch in effect, tell customers enough of what they need to know to get the sale, or just add to account and they will call back to have it cancelled when they realize they are being charged.
So Please Please read your bills and make sure that what you ask for is all you are paying for. And if they ask for your email address or discuss sending you something free for 14 days or 30 days...please know that nothing in life is free and you will be billed even if you don't download the free trial, so be aware
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Anonymous on 03/05/2009:
The last paragraph of your post has the best message.
I have worked in customer service many years (never with Verizon so I won't pretend to know what goes on there), in various positions, so I do understand the pressure of meeting goals. The phone reps job is by far the hardest, it also has the highest turnover rate, which nearly always boils down to pure burnout.
What I've found over the years is that the best impact you can make is to keep talking to your management, and if they aren't listening, go to the next level, and so on. Also, if you have an HR staff onsite, request to meet with them. Do your best to follow the chain of command so you don't "appear" to be acting with any malicious intent.
AT the end on 03/12/2009:
Your comments are enlightening, and indicate the level of contempt Verizon has for employees. I am already a victim of the level of contempt Verizon has for customers.
BoA Pissed Customer on 03/19/2009:
I, too, am a victim of the level of contempt Verizon has for its customers. They manipulate your time for some of the SMALLEST requests. The right hand doesn't even know what the left hand is doing. One rep will tell you one thing, and when you discuss it with another, they will tell you the first rep was wrong. They undermine each other on a daily basis.
I AM a customer service nightmare, I will freely admit. I think I have Verizon to blame for at least part of that, since I have been on the phone for them for HOURS in the past month because they OVERCHARGED my checking account (this was not an auto-draft, this was me telling an individual how much to charge against my debit card, he entered the wrong amount, and overdrafted me) It has taken me a good portion of the last 3 weeks to get them to reimburse me the overdraft fees!
It's no wonder employees are having anxiety attacks! I also have a friend who works with Bank of America who is suffering from anxiety because his department is slowly being outsourced! Corporate America is nothing but a BULLY to the consumer! THEY write the rules and expect the CONSUMER to abide by whatever it is the corporation says is law, and there is nothing the consumer can do about it!
bcuzihad2 on 06/19/2009:
You ought to be ashamed of yourself! You say you work for the company?? Well I am an employee as well and though I may not agree with all of the things that go on in the company, its BUSINESS!! And I am sure that just about any big business is about the same. Especially now. Businesses want to make money and employees want to get paid. Bottom line. It is YOUR JOB to explain bills and do it as efficiently as possible..not to pass it off to anyone else to handle the call for you. If you don't know how, then you need to get trained to do so. If you are concerned about your handle time, then take a commitment and tell the customer that you will call them back and stick to your commitment. You have to be responsible for yourself, not putting the blame all on the company. If you do work for the company and you don't agree to the requirements set out for you, why are you still working there?
I can't even comment on how the customer's are treated because honestly, I feel for a lot of the customer's and I personally do my best for one's that I deal with. I cannot speak for any other representative though. I just had to post on this because you as an employee of all people shouldn't be here trashing the company that is putting food on your table.
Verizon Requires Firing on 02/19/2012:
The reason why turnover is so high in these call centers is that Verizon actually demands writing up and firing for not getting all the metrics. I was fired several months ago because the Average Handle Time was too high. They write you up/fire you for call times being too high, not passing almost all the surveys, if your personal time is too high, After call work being too high, transfer rate being too high (They set the transfer rate requirement so abysmally low that you have to give the number out in order to meet that metric) Adherence--better not be on a long call that will make you late taking your break..yup, got a writeup on that one too. If customer is not satisfied, even if you couldn't give an upgrade they don't qualify for, they will fail you if they get to do a survey. Just failing 2 out of 15 surveys is too many already. The pressure put on employees is unbelievable, I don't know how they keep anyone. The managers have to fire you, or they can get fired. They fired an associate director for not being strict enough to get those numbers. They make it impossible since great customer service cannot usually be done in 8 minutes or less, especially FCR-First call resolution.
More Change on 10/18/2012:
Verizon has assed upgrades and daily surveys from what I hear. It is almost impossible to keep that job. I feel for employees, as they have to try to make the customer happy when policy won't give them authority. Many times, policy doesn't allow an early upgrade, so how is penalizing employees for failed surveys fair?
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Rotten Customer Service Call Center -- Fabulous Field Service
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BROADWAY, VIRGINIA -- Tell me how it happens? Your phone isn't working, there's been a storm, you're patient. Three days after the storm. You spend 30 minutes attempting to get to a human. The first human, the kind one, verifies that you do indeed have trouble with their service AND it is their problem. "I'll have to transfer you to so and so; they'll assist you, setting up a service appointment" Lovely young woman.
Next I get the CSR from hell. Not only was he rude he totally disregarded the 45 minutes I had already spent getting to someone to help me trouble shoot my "no service" call. He would not schedule a repair until I took a corded phone to the demarcation point - which I had a difficult time opening (he offered no assistance) but told me he was not ALLOWED to remain on the line while I attempted to open the phone box. I would have to call back. He didn't care that I couldn't get to a human without going through all this again--that wasn't his problem. I asked for his supervisor--he told me he had no supervisor! WHAT--you have a bunch of people in a call center with no one minding the store!!!!! I managed to keep him on the line while I jiggled and prodded the box to open it. . .just like the first KIND CSR had said--I had no dial tone and it was Verizon's problem. I was forced to wait until the following Monday to get my phone service restored--it had already been out almost a week! The CSR did not apologize for his rudeness, nor did he care about our lack of service. Rude, through and through, basically Verizon would get there when they got there. Sometime between 8 AM and 5 PM--Verizon would prefer someone would be at the house. . . yeah right! I can afford to spend a day waiting for the phone company. . . I don't think so!
I don't mind being understanding, but that man has no business working in Customer Service.
HOWEVER, on the flip side, the first CSR was great, apologized for the inconvenience, etc. The field service tech was great! He had the problem fixed early Monday morning. Called me on my cell phone, verifying the line was again up and running. He was kind and courteous. So not like the second customer service rep I was forced to deal with. I told him about my call center experience--he said he's heard it all before. . . and apologized for my experience.
I've had the same experience with their DSL service, too. But of course, the representatives were NOT American and barely spoke English, let alone understand it. Verizon is right up there with Comcast.
Both Comcast and Verizon's field personnel are fantastic. Courteous and kind. Their phone centers need some work. If their stock tanks, I don't think I'll be shedding a tear. The good reps will always be able to find work. They know how to do their job. . .
Get to a human faster--get to a kind, courteous human when you get to one AND one that won't belittle you and make you feel like an idiot. Why is it necessary to REPEAT over and over what the issue is--they have computers, why don't they read what's on our records? They always ask if they can access your record. . . so happy they don't work for me. They would be called unemployed if they did. My customers come FIRST!
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GRAPEVINE, TEXAS -- I purchased via promotional with Verizon a package that would give me a HDTV 2/1/2008. They told me I would receive in 6-8 weeks. When I did not I called their promotional dept, after being on hold for almost 2 hours I was told they had no record of the order. Finally they found my order and told me I did not qualify, then called me back and said I did qualify and would get a TV in 6-8 weeks again. A few days later they left it on my voice mail once again I did not qualify.
I went back into the store and confirmed again that I should be getting the TV. The salesperson said he would have his manager call me; that was two weeks ago.
I went on line and found that I am not the only person complaining.
At signing also I was told that if I signed on for premium I would get the TV. They said it would cost me $10 a month additional but I could downgrade as soon as I got the TV. In other words $30 for a HDTV. Sounded great! What I got was not premium, but I am paying more than they told me I would pay and I can not downgrade because when they bound everything they say now I am bound for 2 yrs.
Verizon is fraudulently advertising.
Also be careful their product is interfering with the frequency of your garage doors. How about the door opening without human hands at 3 am in the morning!!!! How about the door opener which once functioned about 75 feet from the door will not open without getting out of your car and searching for a signal 1 foot away from the door itself. Believe it or not, after calling them and receiving the following;
1) First phone technician saying he never heard of such a thing and hung up on me
2) Second phone technician heard of the problem and tried to change the frequency via the web on my computer. It did not solve the problem
3) Third phone technician said he would send someone out the next day. I waited and he never showed
4) Fourth phone technician (manager this time) sent someone out. He changed out the unit in the garage but it worked long enough for him to get down the street
5) Fifth phone technician (manager this time also) sent someone out. He moved the unit away from the overhead door unit to another wall and wrapped it in foil.
Joan responds:
Posted: March 15th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
I got my TV. It was delivered by Fed Ex. I had to contact the voucher company, Harte Banks. They can be reached at (866)279-0438. They are open Monday through Friday from 8a-5p. Verizon FIOS has no idea of when you will get it. My Personal Account Manager, Erica, gave me the number.
Larry responds:
Posted: April 13th, 2008 at 9:16 am
I never received my free TV they screwed my bill up but straightened it out with credits .they have bad tech support for the internet hock up took them over 8 calls to get me up and running they have no clue .Know everything is fine but what a hassle . STILL NO FREE TV I WILL DISCONNECT IF I DON'T GET TV AND GO BACK TO COM CAST VERY POOR THESE PEOPLE STINK
Linda Burgos responds:
Posted: April 21st, 2008 at 8:40 pm
We signed up for Verizon by the deadline, and had FIOS installed March 10, 2008. We called Verizon two times about our missing television. We have gotten conflicting information when we call. So far, we do not have the TV. I think everyone needs to start writing letters to the attorney general, and consumer affairs office.
P-Od responds:
Posted: May 23rd, 2008 at 11:34 am
I ordered service in December
Installed in January
As of May, no TV
Filed a complaint with my stateâs Attorney General
Verizon finally acted - overnight delivery of my TV, and 2 free months of service
Encourage all to do the same!!!
Rosemary responds:
Posted: May 30th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Signed up for triple play in December 2007. Installed on January 18, 2008. Received TV finally yesterday. Was expecting a Sharp. They sent a ViewSonic. Looks really cheap!! Felt like they pulled a bate and switch. Called the 866-279-0438 and was told I wasnât guaranteed a Sharp. Talk about false advertising. Now I have to waste time looking through all of my old paperwork to check the fine print. Verizon is too big for me. Very disappointed. I think I will follow the advice of P-Od and file a complaint with my Attorney General.
Paul Keister responds:
Posted: June 4th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Iâve waitied 15 weeks for the TV and finally deciided to fight fire with fire. I filed a formal complaint on misleading marketing practices with my local county cable TV franchise board. These are the folks who grant the license Verizon uses to provide TV service. Within 1 day I had a phone call from the Verizon executive offices saying they had expedited the TV and I would receive it within 2 weeks. Itâs sceduled for delivery tomorrow via FedEx. Weâll see what brand they provide as they did give me an option for Sharp or Mitsubishi and I chose Sharp.
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