Thinking of Reporting this Fraud to BBB:
Need Help Please! I switched to Verizon in November, 2020 and I've had some really bad experiences. It seems most of this stems from the person I bought everything from on the Verizon Wireless Chat. Seemed weird to me to buy phones and sign up for Verizon through a chat but that was the Covid-way I guess.
Long story short - I bought both phones outright because I wasn't interested in dragging out the costs in monthly payments. The iphone 11 was $ 797.61 with tax and the iphone SE 2020 was $ 584.91 with tax. Total payment of $ 1,382.52 made on 10/21, posted on 10/23.
Fast forward to 10/27 - I see another charge for $ 797.61 on my cc statement. Verizon double-charged me for the iphone 11. This took a couple of weeks to resolve, several calls, sitting on hold for long long times...
Fast forward to December/January - I notice my bill is higher than I thought it would be. I start investigating and notice that I'm now being charged monthly payments for the iPhone SE! So basically Verizon has now tried to double-charge me on BOTH phones. Spent about 3.5 hours tonight on phone with Verizon, on hold, they forgot about me on hold, had to call and start all over again. Ended tonight with them saying they were too busy and they're going to call me Monday to resolve this (I really hope they call.... they told me the same thing when I was double-charged for the iPhone 11 and then never called, never received a voice mail or anything).
Oh and one more thing - I was told when I bought everything on the chat on 10/21 that my two rebates for $150/each (in the form of "E-Gift Cards) would be mailed to me in 3-4 weeks. So that was a total in $300 in rebates I would get for starting 2 new lines with the "Start Unlimited" Plan. Never saw it in the mail, I've called twice about it and was first told it takes some time, then I was told it would be emailed to me that day. Never have seen it. Now they're telling me the Rebate info wasn't put in so I can't get it?? The best thing - I thought it was weird to be signing up for Verizon on a chat and also buying phones over the chat so I screen clipped the majority of the conversation. I have proof of everything your salesman told me on 10/21! He messed up up both of the phone purchases and also lied to me about getting the (2) $150 rebates mailed to me in 3-4 weeks. I have proof of it all - but the Supervisor I talk to on the Verizon customer service says I can't email this info to him.
So MAYBE being charged monthly for a phone I already paid for will move forward on Monday - I really hope they actually call this time.... BUT I've wasted soooo much time on hold calling Verizon, realizing on my own that Verizon has attempted to double-charge me on BOTH phones, I've been lied to by the online chat salesman about the rebates for starting lines which now I'm told is going to be a hard thing to correct.
Basically - I NEED to talk to a regional manager for the Northeast US. Someone I can send the recorded chat to and who can actually fix all my problems. Never would I have thought I'd be treated so badly for just switching to their company. I'm so sorry I switched right now and wish I could go back.... HELP SOMEBODY!!
Thank you.
