"For Our Best Customers" Holiday 'Upgrade' Promo - - Hidden $49.95 fee

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So I get the 'Reserved for Only our BEST CUSTOMERS - Renew Early and We'll Give You all Movie Channels free for 2 years and Upgrade you to Quantum 75/75...' email and snail mail offer.  SEE BELOW 

I did it because I am, for the most part, happy with FIOS; have been a solid customer for many years.

Boom...oh BTW, on the order confirmation is a $49.95 "Upgrade Fee"

Thanks for being our best customer and for responding to our offer...no, it says nowhere on the offer (even small print) anything about the 'Upgrade Fee'.

To boot...the free channels don't work until the "Install Date" (yes...remember the part about already being a current Best & Loyal customer for years?).  Install Date is not scheduled for another three weeks ??

Wow...what happened !?!?!   I'm really bummed and disappointed to be honest.

Maybe I am missing the Upgrade Fee part?

Thank you for being a loyal Verizon customer. We recently reviewed your account and we have an offer that will give you more entertainment and save you money over the life of your new contract. As of now, your current promotional bundle price is due to expire on 08/12/15. Which means your monthly rate is scheduled to increase in less than 8 months. But to show you how much we appreciate your business, we want to offer you a chance to end your current agreement now and switch to one of the new holiday deals we’ve reserved exclusively for our best customers. Based on our review of your account, we recommend you switch to our Ultimate FiOS Quantum Deal.

GET YOUR EXCLUSIVE ENTERTAINMENT UPGRADE TODAY AND GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR NEW HOLIDAY DEVICES. MORE PEACE OF MIND. We’ll guarantee your price for three years with a two-year agreement. So you won’t have to worry about a price increase for three years. MORE SPEED. An upgrade to FiOS Quantum 75/75 Mbps Internet, complete with SpeedMatchSM — upload speeds as fast as your downloads. MORE ENTERTAINMENT. Love watching your premium channels? We’ll add the ones you don’t already subscribe to, as a bonus for 24 months. So you’ll get to enjoy HBO®, Cinemax®, SHOWTIME®, STARZ®, ENCORE®, EPIX®, The Movie Channel™, and FLIX®. (The cost of any premium channels that you currently subscribe to will be in addition to the package price.) MORE CONTROL. FiOS QuantumSM TV – Enhanced Service, with up to 100 hours of HD storage and the ability to record up to six shows at the same time — FREE for 24 months (additional equipment charges apply).

This is one of the best packages we’ve ever offered. But don’t wait, because it will only be available for a limited time. So call 1.888.756.7764 or visit us online ASAP. See how our exclusive deal can help you make the most of the New Year.

*The cost of any premium channels that you currently subscribe to will be in addition to the package price. ADVERTISEMENT Hablamos tu idioma. Visítanos. Limited-time offer for FiOS TV and Internet residential customers subscribing to a FiOS TV Ultimate HD, FiOS 75/75 Mbps Internet and FiOS® Digital Voice (FDV) bundle with the Fully Loaded Entertainment Pack. Promo rate via $20 bill credit for 36 months; beginning month 37, standard rates apply. Price guarantee applies to base monthly rate only; excluding optional services & equipment charges. Fully Loaded Entertainment Pack discount applied via bill credit for 24 months; beginning month 25, standard programming rates apply. 2-year agreement required. Beginning day 15, up to $230 ETF applies. FiOS Quantum TV (QTV) - Enhanced Service discount applied via $22/mo. bill credit for 24 months; beginning month 25, standard service charges apply. QTV - Enhanced Service prices vary based on number of connected TVs, up to 5. Media Servers and Media Clients beginning at $11.99/mo. Specific model Verizon-branded router required. Up to $3.48/mo. Regional Sports Network Fee, $0.99/mo. FDV Admin Fee, & other fees, taxes, equipment charges & terms may apply. Acceptance of contract offer may result in loss of existing promotional discount(s). ©2014 Verizon. Please do not reply to this email as this mailbox is not monitored. You may unsubscribe from Verizon promotional emails at any time. Please allow up to 10 business days for Verizon to process your opt-out request.

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"FDV Admin Fee, & other fees, taxes, equipment charges & terms may apply." - I think that's what covers the upgrade fee.

Not supporting the fee, just showing where it was "covered" according to the lawyer-types.

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Thanks...I'm trying to help other users by letting them know of this $50.00 unexpected cost.

I tried the Customer Service Agent route and it went nowhere.

There are plenty of other disclosed costs/fess listed but not this one...unsat.

Thanks again for the Friendly Reminder though.

[#5]

Thanks for the heads up. Welcome comments from other loyal users on the GOTCHAS.

Ran into this last month.upgrade now and save$40!  AH, NOPE. $79 triple play misses NATGEO, DISCOVERY, AHC, history,etc. So we went with$99 tier....bill added 4.99 sports broadcasting fee, $1.99 some other fee that cust svc said was Gov mandated!???? understand state and federal taxes but not rest of these line items.

STOP QUOTING BUNDLE PRICE..set-top boxes extra, franchise fees not included. STOP MAILING weekly a $300 rebate ad if only for NEW customers. Yes, tv pic is nice. Isp speed great. SPAM RIDICULOUS as well as unsolicited phone calls unblocked, UNAVAILABLE caller id.

IMHO.

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Every provider only quotes bundled pricing.

Too hard to try and quote equipment (how many boxes do you price) and fees (different areas have differing taxes and fees.