Billed for returned Equipment

[BilledForReturn]

Hi all, I would like to let anyone know who is signing up for verizon service to be warned of my experiences.  Firstly I signed up for services and long story short 19 days go by with hours of being on the phone and 2 services calls only to find out the line leading to my house needs to be replaced and I will likely have very poor internet service.  Therfore I canceled service and was told I would not be billed. 

Three months later I recieve a bill from a COLLECTION AGENCY stating I owe verizon 81.70 for half a months services and for equipment that i returned but they never recieved.  A quick google search returned this was a pretty common problem and now i am in the middle of a dispute.  I p[lan to contact the BBB and attorney general to clear this up as verizon can no longer fix the issue as the sent it to a collection agency without even billing me or contacting me. 

Buyer be warned.  Terrible company, Terrible customer service, Criminal billing practices

[Wisdom_Man]

Good Luck with that.

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[LawrenceC]

Hi BilledForReturn,

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