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Overbilling after account cancelation

Hello,

I requested my account to be cancelled and was informed that the bill would NOT be prorated, and would be cancelled before the start of the next billing cycle on March 2nd. However, I was still billed for the month of April for $64.99 after the account was closed. How is this even legal? Please remove this charge from my account now.

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jonjones1

@alecksleeoowrote:
Hello,
I requested my account to be cancelled and was informed that the bill would NOT be prorated, and would be cancelled before the start of the next billing cycle on March 2nd. However, I was still billed for the month of April for $64.99 after the account was closed. How is this even legal? Please remove this charge from my account now.

You have to call 1-800-VERIZON and speak to someone in billing. However if you paid by autopay (cancel it now) you can have your bank or credit union reverse the payment if you contact the bank. If you paid via credit card call your credit card company and do a charge back. This way the money gets back into your account. Please note the chargeback or reversal must be legitimate. If the money was taken properly the charge will reverse back to Verizon.

alecksleeoo

I called the number today and they assured me that they will credit my account for the full month. The larger issue remains of Verizon's new policy of no prorating months in conjunction with the "delay" in their billing system.

Does it seem to anyone that they intentionally started the "no prorate" policy specifically to exploit this delay in their billing systems? The account closure date was set by the Verizon representative, not me. Does a customer even have a choice in the matter of account closure date? If it was up to me, the account should just CLOSE when requested. I'd rather they kept my extra money than to have to deal with monitoring my account for the following 2+ months to make sure there are no additional charges, and threats to send my bill to a collection agency.

Do any other internet service companies have this "no prorate" policy?

jonjones1

There is something you are missing. If you read your monthly invoice it states the start and end dates of your service. You are paying in advance so if you call up and say cancel my service on April 17, 2018 when your bill closes out on April 18, 2018 you owe them nothing. Because the new start date is April 19, 2018 you cancelled in time not to be billed again.

get a confirmation number both verbally (write it down) and have it sent to your email listed on your account with the closed account date, time and confirmation number.

i once had cable tell me their computers were down and they could not cancel the account. I then went to a physical location and returned my equipment and had a receipt printed out as well as the service cancellation receipt.

You could do this also at a physical Fios/Verizon store *corporate only and not a resellers location.

alecksleeoo

@jonjoneswrote:
There is something you are missing. If you read your monthly invoice it states the start and end dates of your service. You are paying in advance so if you call up and say cancel my service on April 17, 2018 when your bill closes out on April 18, 2018 you owe them nothing. Because the new start date is April 19, 2018 you cancelled in time not to be billed again.

I think that's what I did? I called on February 6th. That billing cycle ended on March 2nd. The REPRESENTATIVE told me that due to the "no prorate" policy HE would set my account closure date to March 2nd. I either had no choice in the matter, or he did not make it clear to me that I had a choice.

Laguna73

I have a similar problem, I cancelled home Internet and sent the equipment back in October. Called twice and visited the store about this still being charged on auto pay. Verizon told me they would credit my account in February but I'm still seeing charges on the account. Now I'm only going to go to my bank and reverse the charges. Seems like the Internet and home line service is outsource to Florida somewhere not connecting.

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