Billing dispute upon renewal...customer rep advises me to "cancel service" or change bundle
pc511
Newbie

Renewed my FIOS Triple Play bundle in June 2012 after receiving promotional offer online for same $89.99 bundle price and upgraded Internet with switch to Digital Voice.  Called Verizon rep to clarify and confirm details.  She confirmed all details and even noted that under the renewal plan I would actually be paying less per month due to fewer taxes on Digital Voice, and in addition I'd be receiving a prepaid Visa as part of the promotion.  Later that day I placed the order and received a confirmation indicating that my bundle price in "Month 1" would be $89.99, and in "Months 2-24" $89.99, with all the features and discounts listed in the promotion and confirmed by the rep.

A few days later I received a Verizon confirmation in the mail, once again confirming a bundle price of $89.99.

In late August I received my FIOS bill with a listed bundle price of $109.99.  I called customer service to alert them to the incorrect charge, and the bundle price was immediately corrected to $89.99.

Now in late September I received my FIOS bill and the same error appeared again.  This time I called and spoke to a rep who informed me that the $109.99 price is correct because a $20 credit on my previous plan had expired on August 10.  When I told him I had documentation showing a renewal price of $89.99 (including confirmation of $89.99 for Months 2-24 of the new plan), he said the documents are wrong because they were generated at a time when my plan was still $89.99.  When I told him my previous bill was amended without any mention of an expiring credit, he told me it didn't matter and that the bill is correct now at $109.99.  

After a back and forth that went nowhere, I asked for clarification from a supervisor, and he told me no supervisor could tell me anything different or allow a credit.  When I persisted, he told me my options were to either "cancel service" or adjust my bundle. 

I called back and spoke to another rep, who said that according to the notes in my account  the previous rep had already explained the situation to me (re: expiring credit).  When I told him that I had documents from Verizon clearly indicating an $89.99 bundle price with credit included for "Month 1" and "Months 2-24", he told me to fax the documents for review.

More than a week later I have received no follow-up from Verizon.

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Re: Status changed to: In Progress
TonyaD_VZ
Contributor - Level 3

We sent you a message on our private support board to assist you and we did not receive a response.  Please repost the issue if you are still experiencing a problem so that we may assist you.  Tonya C.

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