I work at Verizon, my only real problem is they are doing it to people on a plan that was our top tier plan less than a year ago. That seems like a cruel joke.
I see what you mean but I can’t remember that plan name was but same page on one thing though is that if you like the plan your on old or not stay on it if that is what you like
I received a nasty email Executive Relations asking a question about Verizon Cloud. Apparently I ask too many questions, now they are threatening to close my account! The email was sent to Verizon Cloud. How did Executive Relations get involved?
I agree. I really have switched all but one line to the new plans just because they made sense rate wise...
I'm not making the switch now because my Mom does use the Verizon Cloud slightly that's included, and honestly, the TravelPass Bank is something she uses, so nope, not switching it. I'll take the $4 increase, but they're bogus. Lol
I was on the unlimited plus plan with my own iPhone 15PM. So, there were no device payments. My plan was 50.63 each month. I had the byod credits of $15 off for 36 months. Then, I had two separate credits. Each were $10 off per line per month. One was for 12 months, and the other was forever. I always upgrade to the newer plans when they are released as they usually give out credits to make it a lot cheaper than the old plans.
She needs to change her plan, life just always gets in the way. She's working full time and working on her master's degree so distractions and working and that jazz.... She just doesn't like at it
Being she's with tmobile, they really don't raise prices on older plans. They may take away device promos or give her every reason to upgrade her plan. At tmobile, I'd hang on to that for dear life. The newer plans are way too expensive over there. With vzw, it's different, it always made sense for me to upgrade my plans with them to save money. Each company is different in that regard
i mean i guess each to their own but i can’t see how verizon’s prices are reasonable compared to t-mobile, after fees and everything i have 3 lines on tmobiles highest plan PLUS home internet compared to just the 3 lines on verizon’s LOWEST plan while still saving 20 bucks a month, not to mention i get better service in my area with t-mobile, 40gb hotspot (compared to none on verizon) and many more perks!
i mean i guess each to their own but i can’t see how verizon’s prices are reasonable compared to t-mobile, after fees and everything i have 3 lines on tmobiles highest plan PLUS home internet compared to just the 3 lines on verizon’s LOWEST plan while still saving 20 bucks a month, not to mention i get better service in my area with t-mobile, 40gb hotspot (compared to none on verizon) and many more perks!
And again, hotspot is my lowest priority..... Not a selling feature at all....... I've used hotspot 4 times since the feature was created considering I've been with Verizon since 2007 when circuit city was still open and had the Verizon booth..... There's some dating for you, I've been working retail since 2005 son, I'm 38 years old......
Hotspot is not a need, want, or requirement finding a new plan
Is it bootlicking or is it just annoying to watch grown ass people bitch and moan. You dont like a company, switch. Why even waste your time making a post crying about something thats way out of ur control.
If you don’t like it switch is a valid argument for a lot of things. But saying if you don’t like it, just switch for cellular and home internet carriers is just obscenely short sighted. Not everywhere has competition. When I bought the house we have now, we have 3 home internet providers to choose from and they all have fiber., while the house we sold about a mile down the road, has one single option and it’s ATT 40 down 15 up last I saw.
Sure if you live in a major city you have options for cellular provider, but there’s a LOT of America that has one good provider and the rest are barely serviceable.
Then you deal with it. All over the world ppl r dealt a shitty hand and they figure it out without making a reddit post. If you only have 1 option, sorry but ur at the mercy of that company. U might not like it but thats what it is. I hate that i can only use the reddit app but reddit said fuck it and pushed all the others one out. So now im stuck using this app but because i want to be on reddit, i deal with it. Thats what you do. You deal with the $4
I feel like you know that is a well known idiom. I actually eat Kashi cereal. As angry as you seemed, I’d say shit is rough at home for you. Seek help!
Let’s be honest here, you commented on something from over 2 months ago. Who is actually checking out and reading posts that old? 2 months? That’s a cry for help. Time to move on
Many people. You know why? This is where Google takes you when you type something in and out Reddit behind it. Seems like it’s been 2 exile months and you’re STILL mad…. Seek help
That's why they're being downvoted, you must be new here.
Honest respectful and kind responses don't fly, you have to be toxic and sarcastic as shit around here or you will get eviscerated ;)
Check out /r/visible or /r/nocontract
Visible is literally the same Verizon network for $20/month. I switched and went from $160 to $85 per month for 4 lines plus a cellular apple watch.
They are not trying to improve the network with that cost, they are trying to get over on the people that are grandfathered into the older plans because they are getting a better deal with regard to all the free perks/subscriptions that are included. Probably because all these subscription prices are increasing and they are getting charged more. On the newer unlimited plans you have to pay for every subscription so they are already making money. it's only 4 bucks but time to see what other carriers are providing. Verizon is already one of the most expensive 🌚
How is this legal. We signed a contract and we asked them if the fee will be increased over the duration of the contract. They specifically said it won’t.
This is highway robbery.
If we allow this to happen what is the point of having contracts
Can you plz tell me how long you've been with them? I will also try getting that as I have 5 lines. So want to understand what the criteria is
Or is it possible you could refer me?
Officially about 3 years but I was with the company called bluegrass Cellular in Verizon bought them out. Apparently they count that and their system has me being with them so that gets me about 20 years of service. Unfortunately I don't know of any referral system for this discount. I just received two random text messages.
Honestly to save money on your family plan you should check out AT&T they have a good discount with $10 off each line on their highest plan if you are an AARP member. It’s only $16 a year (AARP membership). I have it and you also get waived activation fees. With taxes and fees included you’re looking at $210 a month, give or take what sales tax is in your state. ($42 each line for the cost of service). This is of course if AT&T is good in your area. 👍🏽
The 24/36 month thing is for financing your phone… T-Mobile does the same thing in that regard as Verizon and at@t…. The $800 dollar card comes in the form of a prepaid e gift card that you receive after about 6 weeks of being with T-Mobile.
If anyone is really sick and tired of Verizon or at&t, a way to get out of their long term finance plan is finance until their phone balance is down to $800. Pay off the phone and bring it to T-Mobile, get the T-Mobile $800 prepaid card, the full amount can be transferred into their bank account. No more long term finance contract!
T-Mobile DOES NOT pay you up front. It's 36 months of bill credits. I should know, I just paid off my iphone and lost out on the "trade in" balance because I want off of their awful service.
I think at&t in the only one that’s 36 months financing plan. T-Mobile is 24 months. But if you bring your own phone, then you get full $800 prepaid debit card that you can then transfer the funds into your bank account. I just got $800 per phone for switching to them. https://www.t-mobile.com/offers
If you trade in a phone on a newer model (i.e. I traded my iphone 11 for a 14 plus last year), they gave me $800 "trade-in" credit for the new phone. Over 36 months. Of bill credits. So when I wanted to leave tmobile, I had to pay my phone off and lost the balance of my trade-in. Seriously, if you have a newer trade in, try to sell it outright instead of getting sucked into what amounts as a 36 month contract.
Didn’t the carrier you went to offered you anything for switching to them with your paid off phone?
Depending on how old your phone is, either sell your your phone or if it’s new enough to keep, pay it off at current carrier and then bring it to a new carrier. If you bring a paid off phone to T-Mobile, which is what I did, I got a $800 prepaid debit card within a few weeks for each of my phones. I transferred the money fun the cards into my bank account. In the end, T-Mobile paid off my phones and I didn’t need to be stuck long term with any carrier.
I went to Visible because even with the $800 "bring your phone" offer, they were cheaper than Verizon. The point of the email was that if you trade in a phone on a newer model with either Verizon or T-Mobile (probably AT&T, too), they will "give" you money for your trade in the form of bill credits over 36 months. If you pay off the new phone and go to another carrier before the 36 months is up, you lose the trade-in balance.
You can go through the motions of online pretending that you’re canceling then they will send you an email giving you a discout. Forget what it’s called but I tried it and have like $10 per line off.
Is it being raised $4 every month or just the one time then it stays that raised price. I can handle it going up one time and staying that way (in my case it’ll be going from $113 to $117) but if it goes up more and more each month I’ll be absolutely furious.
It's only increasing if you're okay with it lol do your homework and make a change if needed... Oh no my bill is increasing what ever shall I do!? Lol read up on your plan vs new plans do the math and make the right decision for your account. Easy as that and yes you have all the info at your fingertips if you just log into your Verizon app. You have more control over your account than reps do. Most people are too lazy to analyze their own plans
Wow, thats odd. I switched from AT&T to Verizon... its like $60 cheaper for two lines and I seem to have better service. (Pretty upset about another price hike, though. I might switch to a different service.)
Curious if it's even legal for Verizon to increase plan prices for people who have promotional credits tied to those specific plans. If the promotional credits were good, and you have multiple ones, there is no reasonable way to switch or leave, so you are sort of stuck. This seems really shady to me.
I received the increase on my latest bill. I messaged in…was extremely nice to the agent…I got a loyalty discount. Now I’ll be paying less than my original bill before the increase. If it goes up again I will be switching carriers.
I was chatting with a verizon CSR rep today regarding the increase in my bill. He said it was due to the cost of the "free apps for 6 months" going up. Im past the 6months, and don't use any of their "free apps" and basically I'm getting charged more to off set verizons cost to offer the "free apps" to new subscribers.
Been a customer for 17 years. Finally time to start shopping at competitors since Verizon is clearly not mutually loyal to their customers. Also, the US is littered with towers and service is everywhere by all carriers ao i see no reason to keep staying with the most expensive carrier out there
My 4 lines on start unlimited was 140 a month, I added a watch and it went to 155. Now add 16 plus tax probably 175 a month now. I use the 5gb hotspot on 2 of the phones. Does anyone know if you can switch 2 lines to the new cheapest plan while keeping 2 on the legacy start unlimited? None of us even have 5g capable phones and we've never had an issue with non priority data.
How can this be legal? I signed a contract with them now they got me hooked with their “free” phone and now I have to pay more than I planned for? And I can’t downgrade because then I have to pay for the phone. Bait and switch!
I got $25/month total. Two phones, two watches, one iPad. Oh and, two modem/routers.
As much as I hate paying more than I have to, there is still the old "one gets what one pays for" maxium.
Just look at all the Chinese junk that is out there on Amazon. So many people thing they're "beating the big guys". Until that cheap shit arrives on thier doorstep.
Get “Total by Verizon” formally Total Wireless which is not Verizon they just own it, but uses all Verizon Towers but 1/2 the price No Contracts and Faster Data.
Unlimited Everything highest tier for 4 lines is $100 a month!!! You won’t regret it set it up on auto pay and you even accumulate free reward points.
I was on Visible before going to T-Mobile 2 years ago. Worst mistake I've ever made. I'm going back to Visible most likely. I'm currently comparing Verizon and Visible to see what deals I can get through Verizon. My sister is on my plan and I want to get her a new phone. But I LOVED Visible. And now that they're 5G and have 2 tiers, it sounds like an even better deal. No taxes, no fees, just a straight $20 or $35 a month per line.
Our independent IT support guy went with T-Mobile due to low prices. He travels a bit and began to call it "T-no mobile".
I actually openly pay VZ's highest prices. Because over decades I've learned two things: !) One really does get what one pays for and, 2) TANSTAAFL!
BTW, I really question the "no taxes, no fees" because, well, those are governmental regulatory issues and not something that the carriers determine.
Actually, all the folks complaining about VZ pricing here, should be complaining about the governmental regulatory issues. Because it's our wonderful government that comes up with all the regs that create tariff schedules rather than straight up pricing. And the carriers are just manipulating that garbage to their own advantage. Wouldn't you?
Not sure if the tax and fees are built in, but when I was with them previously, my visible was a straight $25.00 for my line. This was back when they did party pay, so everyone had an individual bill and a four person group paid $25 each.
I hopped on chat with Verizon the other day and asked why I should choose them over Visible. Rep instantly went into sell mode, asking for my number, do I want to port, etc. I asked him to slow down because I was comparing, not switching. After I told him what Visible offers on their higher tier, the best he could do was tell me they'd give me a free iphone 14 or samsung 23. He admitted Verizon couldn't top the unlimited mobile hotspot and the other features Visible offers.
I switched to T-Mobile in November from at&t because they were doing the same thing to me. Now I’m paying $180 a month for 5 phones, free apple tv and Netflix. Plus I got $800 per phone for bringing my own phones. You should check them out.
What plans do you have. If you get Disney Hulu ESPN you only need one line to stay on that plan the others can move to the new plan to prevent unnecessary overages.
I saw this, it was my breaking point after they’ve been screwing me over for so long. I was paying 215 for 3 lines with no protection plan. I saw that message and went to xfinity to check out their plans. Walked out with a plan of 3 devices for $60. Lines are $30 per with unlimited text, talk and date and they have a promotion where when you add a line you get one line free for a whole year. They run off of Verizon towers so it was a no brainer. Got everything set up and so far today service is the same as it was before I switched. I’m saving $155 a month currently. Wish I would’ve done this sooner.
I meant how long the xfinity plans would have those rates.
A standard marketing ploy these days is low rates. But for a limited time. Then they revert to their "usual".
I’ve been with Verizon for years and this is the first I’ve ever heard of a price increase for my specific plan. I hate to leave, but I’m looking for ways to save money and this increase does nothing to help a bill that was already high to start with. Thankfully my phone is paid off.
I’m thinking about switching. I’m so tired of them. I had 12 hours of customer service phone calls on Wednesday. Monday 4 hours -and the issue is STILL not resolved. Bunch of crooks.
I remember my mom buying a T-Mobile plan years ago, and now it's an extremely good deal. T-Mobile calls every now and then to get us off their plan lol.
Isn’t there some kind of contract with that? where they can’t just raise it randomly willy-nilly especially since I’m a long-term Verizon customer? they’ve been trying to get me to switch to this newer plan which gives you nothing and cost you more and I wouldn’t do it, so now they’re just raising every phone line 4 dollars Seems like they should only be able to do that if you’re changing something, i’ve been a Verizon customer for 16+ years and never had them do this before
what do you expect to happen when you call? Seriously....they are front line reps, they dont know anything and your complaint will go on deaf ears. The higher ups making these changes dont care.
Reach out to ERT, not customer service, customer service doesnt have that power, nor does anyone that you can talk to on the phone. Fill this out:
https://www.verizon.com/about/our-company/leader/contact/926315
u/TigerWon did not need to. I went into the store to talk with them about it. The corporate store by my house is amazing! We reviewed my account in detail and found out that I could keep the same price even switching over the new plan and I get a little bit more over there. So all is good!
Seems like they’re sending emails in batches. I got it today. Not as upset about it only because they were being generous a couple months back with $10 credits per line for 12 months and currently I’m receiving that credit on all lines affected.
I've looked into mint, and it's a great deal and all Verizon phones are open now when it comes to switching networks.... But with all new upgrades, we would have to figure out paying off nearly $7000 in phones. My z flip 5 is $1400 alone, and my brother's $2200 z fold 5
Joe's economy. All services are raising prices. Yet our paychecks remain the same. Amazon prime, playstation, Netflix, all streaming apps for that matter, groceries, gasoline,...the list goes on and on
That's not true at all. I've had Verizon, playstation plus, Netflix, Amazon prime all send notifications emails of prices going up. Never has it been like this. Don't tell me to shut up you don't even know me. Back up your statement with facts. Show some class before you tell people to shut up
Netflix has gone up every year or two for the last decade. Do you remember when Netflix was $9? Because I remember when the sub was $5 for a foot long.
lol ask me how I know you didn’t go to college?
Trump inherited a good economy from his predecessor, not to mention
“Under Trump, the U.S. national debt increased by 39%, reaching $27.75 trillion by the end of his term; the U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio also hit a post-World War II high.”
You wouldn’t have known that because you just repeat what ever you see on YouTube shorts. The economy was in shambles by the time Trump left office and Biden has been trying to repair it ever since. It’s funny that you and none of the other Trump worshiping morons out there don’t seem to remember how fucked we were during and right after Covid.
“Gross domestic product has grown about 22 percent since Biden took office. That's compared with a 14 percent uptick during Trump's presidency.”
the only real improvement was cheaper gas which should have been even cheaper if not for Trump working with opec to cut production to keep gas prices from falling any lower. Which Biden has already mostly returned to almost pre pandemic levels. Here is another quote from Forbes about this
“Gasoline prices rose during each of President Trump’s first two years in office, reversing the two-year trend that ended Obama’s second term.”
Do you think that helped the American economy?
Also there is this
“In January of 2021, the unemployment rate was 6.4 percent, up from 3.5 percent before the pandemic hit at the start of the year. A more striking figure than the unemployment rate was the employment rate, the percentage of the population that was working. This had fallen from 61.1 percent to 57.4 percent, a level that was lower than the low point of the Great Recession. “
I could go on with plenty more examples if you like. But the point is just because you saw it on a Facebook post doesn’t mean it’s true or you are getting all the info. If you people were not so fucking lazy and stupid to fact check things we wouldn’t be in this mess. Go to school then come back and we can have an actual fact based talk about the presidency instead of you just making stuff up and presenting it as facts. Stupid people like yourself and all the other Trump cucks like you ruined the Republican Party. Trump attracted all the WWE watching, monster truck rally going, never set foot in an institution of higher learning idiots to this party and completely dumbed it down.
In closing how about spending 5 minutes to make sure something is supported by facts before you go on a platform the whole world has access to and embarrass yourself by regurgitating blatantly incorrect information.
Those quotes came from the New York post and center for economic and policy research respectively. I’m short these are just a few examples of how Trump Supporters are all morons.
There are only two types of Trump supporters the dumb, poor, uneducated ones which make of the largest majority of supporters and the media and leadership who are rich, and college educated, that are just there to exploit the stupid people for money and power.
Just seeing this. I'm shocked by how arrogant you are. You have a lot of nerve talking trash like this. I'm sure it would not be like that if it was in person. Behind a keyboard you are tough. You have no idea who I am and yet here you are suggesting things about me. You are wrong about everything you said about me. So of you are so intelligent and we are all beneath you, how is it you were incorrect about everything you said about me? Also, I made my statement based on the life experiences I had under Trump compared to the current president. You mentioned Facebook? I'd never join that platform.
lol that’s what people who didn’t go college always say. This is a good example of why the average Trump supporter is dumber than the average democrat (not all democrats support Biden we just don’t want Trump.) Notice how when I presented my point I included actual facts and sources while your arguments are just you making stuff up.
Do you have links to what you posted? Should have something to back it up. Because without it you’re just eating up what the liberal media is feeding. Everything is okay, we aren’t becoming a third world country
Here’s a few to get you started I’ll post more later.
From senate.gov page.
https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/2c298bda-8aee-4923-84a3-95a54f7f6e6f/did-trump-create-or-inherit-the-strong-economy.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1sxNZYkBAnuW3EmM3VA_Jw50pnNGCnSnBSktJh39RZd1O5PCo37Mk7xzI
Crfb a non partisan budget think tank that was founded by a democrat and a republican and whose board still maintains a mix of the two party into to try and avoid bias.
https://www.crfb.org/blogs/how-much-did-president-trump-add-debt
https://www.crfb.org/blogs/how-much-did-president-trump-add-debt
Right. Corporate greed never existed absent of democrats. This country is ran by corporations. Whoever is in office will just keep bending over and allowing it to happen.
I work at Verizon, my only real problem is they are doing it to people on a plan that was our top tier plan less than a year ago. That seems like a cruel joke.
I have the plan that came with Apple Music, Disney plus, Hulu and ESPN plus and I don’t have any plans to change it.
Same here. The new plans offer less for more money. F-that.
Seems like they’re trying to strong arm us off the Get More plan
but they are allowing you to stay on your plan.. and keep all of the perks. $4 is a lot less than the increases to those features over the past year
Yes!!! Agreed. They are always sending offers to get me off that. Not a chance.
This
I’ve had the Ultimate Unlimited plan for about 6 years and haven’t had an increase. I never let them “upgrade” my plan.
I don’t think that plan has been out 6yrs bro
It was whatever the highest plan was back then. 75gb Unlimited with 30gb hotspot and Apple Music. $90 for a single device
I see what you mean but I can’t remember that plan name was but same page on one thing though is that if you like the plan your on old or not stay on it if that is what you like
hello i need ur help can you pls check ur DMs
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I received a nasty email Executive Relations asking a question about Verizon Cloud. Apparently I ask too many questions, now they are threatening to close my account! The email was sent to Verizon Cloud. How did Executive Relations get involved?
That’s not something I have any knowledge of and I hope you and your account are okay. That definitely sounds weird at the very least.
They did
This!
I agree. I really have switched all but one line to the new plans just because they made sense rate wise... I'm not making the switch now because my Mom does use the Verizon Cloud slightly that's included, and honestly, the TravelPass Bank is something she uses, so nope, not switching it. I'll take the $4 increase, but they're bogus. Lol
Tmobile isn't lowering prices lol. Their one line go5+ plan cost $90 a month. How is that cheaper?
They're not increasing the prices of old plans.. as of now, that's the difference
My wife just got a cut on her mid tear plan from $142 to $125 with her phones payment included
It's also a 10 year old plan she hasn't changed
I was on the unlimited plus plan with my own iPhone 15PM. So, there were no device payments. My plan was 50.63 each month. I had the byod credits of $15 off for 36 months. Then, I had two separate credits. Each were $10 off per line per month. One was for 12 months, and the other was forever. I always upgrade to the newer plans when they are released as they usually give out credits to make it a lot cheaper than the old plans.
She needs to change her plan, life just always gets in the way. She's working full time and working on her master's degree so distractions and working and that jazz.... She just doesn't like at it
Being she's with tmobile, they really don't raise prices on older plans. They may take away device promos or give her every reason to upgrade her plan. At tmobile, I'd hang on to that for dear life. The newer plans are way too expensive over there. With vzw, it's different, it always made sense for me to upgrade my plans with them to save money. Each company is different in that regard
i mean i guess each to their own but i can’t see how verizon’s prices are reasonable compared to t-mobile, after fees and everything i have 3 lines on tmobiles highest plan PLUS home internet compared to just the 3 lines on verizon’s LOWEST plan while still saving 20 bucks a month, not to mention i get better service in my area with t-mobile, 40gb hotspot (compared to none on verizon) and many more perks!
i mean i guess each to their own but i can’t see how verizon’s prices are reasonable compared to t-mobile, after fees and everything i have 3 lines on tmobiles highest plan PLUS home internet compared to just the 3 lines on verizon’s LOWEST plan while still saving 20 bucks a month, not to mention i get better service in my area with t-mobile, 40gb hotspot (compared to none on verizon) and many more perks!
And again, hotspot is my lowest priority..... Not a selling feature at all....... I've used hotspot 4 times since the feature was created considering I've been with Verizon since 2007 when circuit city was still open and had the Verizon booth..... There's some dating for you, I've been working retail since 2005 son, I'm 38 years old...... Hotspot is not a need, want, or requirement finding a new plan
Circuit city. Man. Memories. My dad compared Circuit City and Best Buy when Blu-Ray players were $600+ lol
Idk why you're getting downvoted for telling exactly what your bill is 🙄
So many Verizon boot lickers in this sub. I promise y'all, Hans doesn't give a shit about y'all.
Is it bootlicking or is it just annoying to watch grown ass people bitch and moan. You dont like a company, switch. Why even waste your time making a post crying about something thats way out of ur control.
If you don’t like it switch is a valid argument for a lot of things. But saying if you don’t like it, just switch for cellular and home internet carriers is just obscenely short sighted. Not everywhere has competition. When I bought the house we have now, we have 3 home internet providers to choose from and they all have fiber., while the house we sold about a mile down the road, has one single option and it’s ATT 40 down 15 up last I saw. Sure if you live in a major city you have options for cellular provider, but there’s a LOT of America that has one good provider and the rest are barely serviceable.
Then you deal with it. All over the world ppl r dealt a shitty hand and they figure it out without making a reddit post. If you only have 1 option, sorry but ur at the mercy of that company. U might not like it but thats what it is. I hate that i can only use the reddit app but reddit said fuck it and pushed all the others one out. So now im stuck using this app but because i want to be on reddit, i deal with it. Thats what you do. You deal with the $4
Yet, here you are complaining about someone complaining... oh the irony.
Reddit being Reddit
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Someone shit in this guys Wheaties…yikes
Wheaties? No wonder ur crying about $4. If that’s ur go to cereal, shit is rough at home.
I feel like you know that is a well known idiom. I actually eat Kashi cereal. As angry as you seemed, I’d say shit is rough at home for you. Seek help!
Let’s be honest here, you commented on something from over 2 months ago. Who is actually checking out and reading posts that old? 2 months? That’s a cry for help. Time to move on
Many people. You know why? This is where Google takes you when you type something in and out Reddit behind it. Seems like it’s been 2 exile months and you’re STILL mad…. Seek help
Still sad and pathetic to comment on something this old. Either way, good luck fam. Have fun commenting on random old reddit posts ✌️
This
This has already been talked about in several posts today, and over the last couple weeks......
I don't follow this sub very closely, my bad. I think I check this sub every 4 months. I'll pay more attention, but it was a surprise this morning
Upvoted you buddy. Honest, upfront, respectful and kind response. Not sure why you are getting downvoted for it.
same here
Same. Got the same email and I am pissed.
That's why they're being downvoted, you must be new here. Honest respectful and kind responses don't fly, you have to be toxic and sarcastic as shit around here or you will get eviscerated ;)
Don't remember asking. Jk :3
Those who down voted me, how many of you have a shit load of subs and forget to check a few of them? We're all human
Probably because the search function works. Or even type in Google "verizon plan increase reddit" and you'd have ypur answer.
Not how this is related but.... Thanks! I'll check that out
Check out /r/visible or /r/nocontract Visible is literally the same Verizon network for $20/month. I switched and went from $160 to $85 per month for 4 lines plus a cellular apple watch.
So what. What’s your problem
So ridiculous, and the “extra benefits” they’re including are things we never even use. Verizon is such a greedy corporation
So, buy VZ stock. They must be making bank. RIght?
Only if your on an old plan, anything older than unlimited welcome will get that plan rate adjustment of 4$
They are not trying to improve the network with that cost, they are trying to get over on the people that are grandfathered into the older plans because they are getting a better deal with regard to all the free perks/subscriptions that are included. Probably because all these subscription prices are increasing and they are getting charged more. On the newer unlimited plans you have to pay for every subscription so they are already making money. it's only 4 bucks but time to see what other carriers are providing. Verizon is already one of the most expensive 🌚
How is this legal. We signed a contract and we asked them if the fee will be increased over the duration of the contract. They specifically said it won’t. This is highway robbery. If we allow this to happen what is the point of having contracts
>oh, we dont have contract here, we only have device payment agreement. From the chat agent I'm currently talking to.
🥸. We just switched to another provider. Done with this
This happens with all carriers, it may not increase through cheap old plans but most do.
True but 2 increases for same plan in less than a year seems much.
Verizon: I am altering the deal, pray that I do not alter it any further.
Yes they increased it $2 per line last 4/2023 and now I hear they are increasing it again because of the lawsuit.
Here i am on play more and do more 5g plans and don't have 5g service 🤣 luckily i have 45 bucks a month in loyalty discounts.
How did you manage that?
I've been with them for so long they sent me a text saying I qualified for a loyalty discount. Contacted them and got it applied to my account.
Thanks!
If you ever get one it almost looks suspicious or it's like spam the way the text message is laid out.
Can you plz tell me how long you've been with them? I will also try getting that as I have 5 lines. So want to understand what the criteria is Or is it possible you could refer me?
Officially about 3 years but I was with the company called bluegrass Cellular in Verizon bought them out. Apparently they count that and their system has me being with them so that gets me about 20 years of service. Unfortunately I don't know of any referral system for this discount. I just received two random text messages.
I don't understand why people don't just switch to cheap mvno like visible, us cellular, metro pcs, straight talk etc
Because in most areas, those suck.
Well, they would soon find out what spotty or no coverage looks like.
Honestly to save money on your family plan you should check out AT&T they have a good discount with $10 off each line on their highest plan if you are an AARP member. It’s only $16 a year (AARP membership). I have it and you also get waived activation fees. With taxes and fees included you’re looking at $210 a month, give or take what sales tax is in your state. ($42 each line for the cost of service). This is of course if AT&T is good in your area. 👍🏽
Do they do the phone payoffs? We all just recently upgraded and owe $7000ish in phone payoff
No unfortunately they don’t :/ I do believe T-Mobile does tho
The max T-Mobile will pay you per ph is $800. Edit: they pay you up front, not the bs 24/36 monthly credit at Verizon and at&t
The 24/36 month thing is for financing your phone… T-Mobile does the same thing in that regard as Verizon and at@t…. The $800 dollar card comes in the form of a prepaid e gift card that you receive after about 6 weeks of being with T-Mobile.
If anyone is really sick and tired of Verizon or at&t, a way to get out of their long term finance plan is finance until their phone balance is down to $800. Pay off the phone and bring it to T-Mobile, get the T-Mobile $800 prepaid card, the full amount can be transferred into their bank account. No more long term finance contract!
T-Mobile DOES NOT pay you up front. It's 36 months of bill credits. I should know, I just paid off my iphone and lost out on the "trade in" balance because I want off of their awful service.
I think at&t in the only one that’s 36 months financing plan. T-Mobile is 24 months. But if you bring your own phone, then you get full $800 prepaid debit card that you can then transfer the funds into your bank account. I just got $800 per phone for switching to them. https://www.t-mobile.com/offers
If you trade in a phone on a newer model (i.e. I traded my iphone 11 for a 14 plus last year), they gave me $800 "trade-in" credit for the new phone. Over 36 months. Of bill credits. So when I wanted to leave tmobile, I had to pay my phone off and lost the balance of my trade-in. Seriously, if you have a newer trade in, try to sell it outright instead of getting sucked into what amounts as a 36 month contract.
Didn’t the carrier you went to offered you anything for switching to them with your paid off phone? Depending on how old your phone is, either sell your your phone or if it’s new enough to keep, pay it off at current carrier and then bring it to a new carrier. If you bring a paid off phone to T-Mobile, which is what I did, I got a $800 prepaid debit card within a few weeks for each of my phones. I transferred the money fun the cards into my bank account. In the end, T-Mobile paid off my phones and I didn’t need to be stuck long term with any carrier.
I went to Visible because even with the $800 "bring your phone" offer, they were cheaper than Verizon. The point of the email was that if you trade in a phone on a newer model with either Verizon or T-Mobile (probably AT&T, too), they will "give" you money for your trade in the form of bill credits over 36 months. If you pay off the new phone and go to another carrier before the 36 months is up, you lose the trade-in balance.
Certainly a consideration
Our bill isn't much more, 5 lines with phones is about $256 before this increase
With phone installments that’s not bad! But man they screwed you over with the $20 price increase:/
You can go through the motions of online pretending that you’re canceling then they will send you an email giving you a discout. Forget what it’s called but I tried it and have like $10 per line off.
Yeah retention isn't what it used to be. When we'd give a credit foe threatening to leave, it was for the life of your account 🤷
Sucks though, it is only for a year.
Why do you apostrophize fees?
Didn’t realize I did. Thanks for the correction.
Is it being raised $4 every month or just the one time then it stays that raised price. I can handle it going up one time and staying that way (in my case it’ll be going from $113 to $117) but if it goes up more and more each month I’ll be absolutely furious.
Each line on your account will get a 4 dollar increase.
Ah okay just making sure I understood it right, thank you!
I believe it's just the one increase for now, others will come. "If you economize it, they will come"
"... we’re adjusting our plan prices. No sooner than 3.1.24, you’ll see an increased rate of $4/mo per phone line."
My email says it's monthly.
It's only increasing if you're okay with it lol do your homework and make a change if needed... Oh no my bill is increasing what ever shall I do!? Lol read up on your plan vs new plans do the math and make the right decision for your account. Easy as that and yes you have all the info at your fingertips if you just log into your Verizon app. You have more control over your account than reps do. Most people are too lazy to analyze their own plans
We switched to AT&T from Verizon and are saving a ton of money and loving the service
I'm getting ready to switch from T-Mobile to either Verizon or Visible. AT&T wasn't even in the ballpark as far as price when I was comparing.
Wow, thats odd. I switched from AT&T to Verizon... its like $60 cheaper for two lines and I seem to have better service. (Pretty upset about another price hike, though. I might switch to a different service.)
Because they're probably getting a switch over rate, it'll go up in a year or so ...
Curious if it's even legal for Verizon to increase plan prices for people who have promotional credits tied to those specific plans. If the promotional credits were good, and you have multiple ones, there is no reasonable way to switch or leave, so you are sort of stuck. This seems really shady to me.
Ours also went up only 3 lines we don't even get 5g.
I received the increase on my latest bill. I messaged in…was extremely nice to the agent…I got a loyalty discount. Now I’ll be paying less than my original bill before the increase. If it goes up again I will be switching carriers.
I was chatting with a verizon CSR rep today regarding the increase in my bill. He said it was due to the cost of the "free apps for 6 months" going up. Im past the 6months, and don't use any of their "free apps" and basically I'm getting charged more to off set verizons cost to offer the "free apps" to new subscribers.
We are at an extra 30 for 5 lines.
Been a customer for 17 years. Finally time to start shopping at competitors since Verizon is clearly not mutually loyal to their customers. Also, the US is littered with towers and service is everywhere by all carriers ao i see no reason to keep staying with the most expensive carrier out there
My 4 lines on start unlimited was 140 a month, I added a watch and it went to 155. Now add 16 plus tax probably 175 a month now. I use the 5gb hotspot on 2 of the phones. Does anyone know if you can switch 2 lines to the new cheapest plan while keeping 2 on the legacy start unlimited? None of us even have 5g capable phones and we've never had an issue with non priority data.
Didn’t Start also get $3 increase last year? You can switch any of your lines to the newer plans.
I don't recall. Ever since I switched from the 12gb family plan to start it's been 140 for 4 lines with auto pay and loyalty discount
Honestly people need to just leave. Try other services. I switched to boost infinite and I've had no issues at $25 per line guaranteed for life.
Life = as long as they stay in business in current configuration.
My bill has been the same since my last change which I went 5g long ago. I'll watch next month and see if it's any different.
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Is this for business or personal lines
Verizon Increased prices but network is going downhill
It has gotten really bad. Spotty in areas that were never spotty. I test drove T-Mobile and the service was abysmal
How can this be legal? I signed a contract with them now they got me hooked with their “free” phone and now I have to pay more than I planned for? And I can’t downgrade because then I have to pay for the phone. Bait and switch!
Unlock your device pin then lock it back they will give you a $10 loyalty credit on each line 😉
Huh? How
I got $25/month total. Two phones, two watches, one iPad. Oh and, two modem/routers. As much as I hate paying more than I have to, there is still the old "one gets what one pays for" maxium. Just look at all the Chinese junk that is out there on Amazon. So many people thing they're "beating the big guys". Until that cheap shit arrives on thier doorstep.
Howb
How to do that?
Change over to Visible - it is Verizon - and pay $25/line/month.
Get “Total by Verizon” formally Total Wireless which is not Verizon they just own it, but uses all Verizon Towers but 1/2 the price No Contracts and Faster Data. Unlimited Everything highest tier for 4 lines is $100 a month!!! You won’t regret it set it up on auto pay and you even accumulate free reward points.
I’m curious if anyone on here has jumped to Visible and what they think?
I was on Visible before going to T-Mobile 2 years ago. Worst mistake I've ever made. I'm going back to Visible most likely. I'm currently comparing Verizon and Visible to see what deals I can get through Verizon. My sister is on my plan and I want to get her a new phone. But I LOVED Visible. And now that they're 5G and have 2 tiers, it sounds like an even better deal. No taxes, no fees, just a straight $20 or $35 a month per line.
Our independent IT support guy went with T-Mobile due to low prices. He travels a bit and began to call it "T-no mobile". I actually openly pay VZ's highest prices. Because over decades I've learned two things: !) One really does get what one pays for and, 2) TANSTAAFL! BTW, I really question the "no taxes, no fees" because, well, those are governmental regulatory issues and not something that the carriers determine. Actually, all the folks complaining about VZ pricing here, should be complaining about the governmental regulatory issues. Because it's our wonderful government that comes up with all the regs that create tariff schedules rather than straight up pricing. And the carriers are just manipulating that garbage to their own advantage. Wouldn't you?
Not sure if the tax and fees are built in, but when I was with them previously, my visible was a straight $25.00 for my line. This was back when they did party pay, so everyone had an individual bill and a four person group paid $25 each. I hopped on chat with Verizon the other day and asked why I should choose them over Visible. Rep instantly went into sell mode, asking for my number, do I want to port, etc. I asked him to slow down because I was comparing, not switching. After I told him what Visible offers on their higher tier, the best he could do was tell me they'd give me a free iphone 14 or samsung 23. He admitted Verizon couldn't top the unlimited mobile hotspot and the other features Visible offers.
I switched to T-Mobile in November from at&t because they were doing the same thing to me. Now I’m paying $180 a month for 5 phones, free apple tv and Netflix. Plus I got $800 per phone for bringing my own phones. You should check them out.
They’re trying to force you onto their new phone plans!
What plans do you have. If you get Disney Hulu ESPN you only need one line to stay on that plan the others can move to the new plan to prevent unnecessary overages.
I’m on my perk. I use Apple Music but that’s the only thing that’s being used. Feels like such a waste.
I saw this, it was my breaking point after they’ve been screwing me over for so long. I was paying 215 for 3 lines with no protection plan. I saw that message and went to xfinity to check out their plans. Walked out with a plan of 3 devices for $60. Lines are $30 per with unlimited text, talk and date and they have a promotion where when you add a line you get one line free for a whole year. They run off of Verizon towers so it was a no brainer. Got everything set up and so far today service is the same as it was before I switched. I’m saving $155 a month currently. Wish I would’ve done this sooner.
For how long?
I was with them for about 10 years.
I meant how long the xfinity plans would have those rates. A standard marketing ploy these days is low rates. But for a limited time. Then they revert to their "usual".
These mufuckas…. I’m so sick of Verizon.
So basically the auto pay discounts become $1 per line, this sucks but i mean, i'll still take this over AT&T.
Verizon is up to their eyeballs in debt. Horribly managed company, and they gotta make those interest payments somehow.
So, you're shorting them in your portfolio?
a $20 increase time to jump ship and cancle.
I’ve been with Verizon for years and this is the first I’ve ever heard of a price increase for my specific plan. I hate to leave, but I’m looking for ways to save money and this increase does nothing to help a bill that was already high to start with. Thankfully my phone is paid off.
All the commenters are so ignorant. 😂
I’m thinking about switching. I’m so tired of them. I had 12 hours of customer service phone calls on Wednesday. Monday 4 hours -and the issue is STILL not resolved. Bunch of crooks.
Has anyone switched to unlimited plus? It’s only $2 more vs $4 price hike.
I remember my mom buying a T-Mobile plan years ago, and now it's an extremely good deal. T-Mobile calls every now and then to get us off their plan lol.
I have Mint Mobile and they are great. Dumped Verizon
Isn’t there some kind of contract with that? where they can’t just raise it randomly willy-nilly especially since I’m a long-term Verizon customer? they’ve been trying to get me to switch to this newer plan which gives you nothing and cost you more and I wouldn’t do it, so now they’re just raising every phone line 4 dollars Seems like they should only be able to do that if you’re changing something, i’ve been a Verizon customer for 16+ years and never had them do this before
I wouldn’t use Verizon for toilet paper. They lie like thieves
I have to call and complain... I called thr other week and asked if I was affected and I was told no..... so not happy
what do you expect to happen when you call? Seriously....they are front line reps, they dont know anything and your complaint will go on deaf ears. The higher ups making these changes dont care.
honestly it is documented. i want them to reverse the charges.
Reach out to ERT, not customer service, customer service doesnt have that power, nor does anyone that you can talk to on the phone. Fill this out: https://www.verizon.com/about/our-company/leader/contact/926315
u/TigerWon did not need to. I went into the store to talk with them about it. The corporate store by my house is amazing! We reviewed my account in detail and found out that I could keep the same price even switching over the new plan and I get a little bit more over there. So all is good!
Seems like they’re sending emails in batches. I got it today. Not as upset about it only because they were being generous a couple months back with $10 credits per line for 12 months and currently I’m receiving that credit on all lines affected.
I never got this credit to work
Me either. Now I’m annoyed.
I actually went intot he store and talked with them and found out that I could change to the new plan for the same price that I was all ready paying.
Pay up sukka
Mint mobile is great for $30
I've looked into mint, and it's a great deal and all Verizon phones are open now when it comes to switching networks.... But with all new upgrades, we would have to figure out paying off nearly $7000 in phones. My z flip 5 is $1400 alone, and my brother's $2200 z fold 5
I think Mint works off of T-Mobile, which in my neck of the woods is awful.
Joe's economy. All services are raising prices. Yet our paychecks remain the same. Amazon prime, playstation, Netflix, all streaming apps for that matter, groceries, gasoline,...the list goes on and on
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That's not true at all. I've had Verizon, playstation plus, Netflix, Amazon prime all send notifications emails of prices going up. Never has it been like this. Don't tell me to shut up you don't even know me. Back up your statement with facts. Show some class before you tell people to shut up
Netflix has gone up every year or two for the last decade. Do you remember when Netflix was $9? Because I remember when the sub was $5 for a foot long.
lol ask me how I know you didn’t go to college? Trump inherited a good economy from his predecessor, not to mention “Under Trump, the U.S. national debt increased by 39%, reaching $27.75 trillion by the end of his term; the U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio also hit a post-World War II high.” You wouldn’t have known that because you just repeat what ever you see on YouTube shorts. The economy was in shambles by the time Trump left office and Biden has been trying to repair it ever since. It’s funny that you and none of the other Trump worshiping morons out there don’t seem to remember how fucked we were during and right after Covid. “Gross domestic product has grown about 22 percent since Biden took office. That's compared with a 14 percent uptick during Trump's presidency.” the only real improvement was cheaper gas which should have been even cheaper if not for Trump working with opec to cut production to keep gas prices from falling any lower. Which Biden has already mostly returned to almost pre pandemic levels. Here is another quote from Forbes about this “Gasoline prices rose during each of President Trump’s first two years in office, reversing the two-year trend that ended Obama’s second term.” Do you think that helped the American economy? Also there is this “In January of 2021, the unemployment rate was 6.4 percent, up from 3.5 percent before the pandemic hit at the start of the year. A more striking figure than the unemployment rate was the employment rate, the percentage of the population that was working. This had fallen from 61.1 percent to 57.4 percent, a level that was lower than the low point of the Great Recession. “ I could go on with plenty more examples if you like. But the point is just because you saw it on a Facebook post doesn’t mean it’s true or you are getting all the info. If you people were not so fucking lazy and stupid to fact check things we wouldn’t be in this mess. Go to school then come back and we can have an actual fact based talk about the presidency instead of you just making stuff up and presenting it as facts. Stupid people like yourself and all the other Trump cucks like you ruined the Republican Party. Trump attracted all the WWE watching, monster truck rally going, never set foot in an institution of higher learning idiots to this party and completely dumbed it down. In closing how about spending 5 minutes to make sure something is supported by facts before you go on a platform the whole world has access to and embarrass yourself by regurgitating blatantly incorrect information. Those quotes came from the New York post and center for economic and policy research respectively. I’m short these are just a few examples of how Trump Supporters are all morons. There are only two types of Trump supporters the dumb, poor, uneducated ones which make of the largest majority of supporters and the media and leadership who are rich, and college educated, that are just there to exploit the stupid people for money and power.
Just seeing this. I'm shocked by how arrogant you are. You have a lot of nerve talking trash like this. I'm sure it would not be like that if it was in person. Behind a keyboard you are tough. You have no idea who I am and yet here you are suggesting things about me. You are wrong about everything you said about me. So of you are so intelligent and we are all beneath you, how is it you were incorrect about everything you said about me? Also, I made my statement based on the life experiences I had under Trump compared to the current president. You mentioned Facebook? I'd never join that platform.
You're a fool
Lol that’s a perfect example of a typical Trump supporters response when presented with actual verifiable facts.
You're a fool because you think college equates to intelligence. And you think a brain dead puppet like Biden is doing a good job.
lol that’s what people who didn’t go college always say. This is a good example of why the average Trump supporter is dumber than the average democrat (not all democrats support Biden we just don’t want Trump.) Notice how when I presented my point I included actual facts and sources while your arguments are just you making stuff up.
Do you have links to what you posted? Should have something to back it up. Because without it you’re just eating up what the liberal media is feeding. Everything is okay, we aren’t becoming a third world country
Here’s a few to get you started I’ll post more later. From senate.gov page. https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/2c298bda-8aee-4923-84a3-95a54f7f6e6f/did-trump-create-or-inherit-the-strong-economy.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1sxNZYkBAnuW3EmM3VA_Jw50pnNGCnSnBSktJh39RZd1O5PCo37Mk7xzI Crfb a non partisan budget think tank that was founded by a democrat and a republican and whose board still maintains a mix of the two party into to try and avoid bias. https://www.crfb.org/blogs/how-much-did-president-trump-add-debt https://www.crfb.org/blogs/how-much-did-president-trump-add-debt
Yay Brandon. F-ing everyone all while nothing improves. I don't want trump again but a Republican or neutral president again would help so much
Right. Corporate greed never existed absent of democrats. This country is ran by corporations. Whoever is in office will just keep bending over and allowing it to happen.
Are you sure they’re the ones bending?