I'm not sure if anyone will see this or more specifically, if anyone from Verizon will see this. Today marks the ABSOLUTE worst service I've EVER received from Verizon or ANY company/customer service team. I have been with Verizon since 2007 - I'm a loyal customer and never once thought about leaving the network. WOW, was that a HUGE mistake. Last August I disconnected my post-pay account and switched to a pre-pay account. My phone number was the same on both accounts, if that's relevant at all. I was told BEFORE switching over to pre-pay that I had to pay my final post-pay account balance before setting up my pre-pay account. That was easy enough. I paid my final Verizon bill (which I have proof of). Further, the system would not even ALLOW me to switch over to pre-pay before paying my bill. Okay, all seems good right? Literally 3 or 4 days ago I noticed a collections account which popped up on my credit report from Verizon Wireless stating I have a past amount due of $170. This LITERALLY is not possible. I paid my post-pay account IN FULL before setting up my pre-pay. I called and called and called - talked to fraud, customer service, post-pay accounts, AND billing and NO ONE COULD HELP ME FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. Finally, someone told me A SECOND LINE was added to my post-pay account sometime when my account was active and that I had accrued a balance through the second line. I NEVER added a second line to my plan, NEVER had more than one device operating at one time, and NEVER authorized any other users on my account. Again, I JUST found out ALL of this information in the last few days. After talking to NUMEROUS customer service reps, I was told that they couldn't establish the charges or the second line as fraudulent since it was the second line was added over six months ago. WOW. They literally just told me there was nothing they could do. WOW. As a loyal customer, I was shocked and appalled by their treatment of the matter. Further, my credit score dropped 30 POINTS as a result of these BOGUS charges. NO ONE WOULD HELP ME. I NEVER received a bill/statement in the mail, I never received a bill/statement from their collections department even MAKING ME AWARE that I had a balance BEFORE reporting me to the collection agencies. I never received a phone call or ANY notification whatsoever that I had a standing balance with Verizon!! I was NEVER given ANY opportunity to handle the matter BEFORE being sent to collections. THIS IS ATROCIOUS. Credit scores are INCREDIBLY important and I am LITERALLY in the process of apartment hunting!!!!! I was literally told there was NOTHING that could be done due to the timeline and that they most they could do was set me up on a PAYMENT PLAN for the BOGUS charges that AREN'T MINE. Nevermind dealing with the CREDIT REPORT ISSUE or finding the person who did this. WOW!!! I've NEVER considered leaving Verizon but if this ISN'T resolved I will leaving for good and I will not hesitate to share my experience with others!!!!! I can't believe this!
