Verizon Debt
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I’ve had verizon since they bought out Alltel. A little more than a year ago I lost my job in pursuit of a career I’ve always wanted. Unfortunately, that career I’ve always wanted took 3 months to get me hired on and started. I love my job now. Verizon, worked with me when I struggled without a job. I struggled to keep my power and water on in those months, and verizon gave me the benefit of the doubt. Having a wife and child means I need to have my phone active, job or not. They gave me extra time by 7-10 days to make money to pay them so I could keep my service. When I finally started my new job, the cost of my tools, bills, and groceries with my phone bill was too much. Unlike before though, Verizon would no longer allow me to speak to a representative. I could only speak to an automated voice. My service was cut off and the minimum payment to turn my phone back on was too much to handle and it increased faster than I could save to pay it. I had to look to other providers for help after using Verizon for 15+ years.
In recent months, Verison has sent me a debt letter of 1600$ and will not accept a phone call from me to negotiate a payment plan or any solution. They just want their 1600$ for the service that I could not use and continued to pile up because of a contract.
verizon is billions in debt, and I understand how the money system works. I want to pay off my debt, I want to get back to using Verison as my phone service provider, but I can not afford a 1600$ payment. I do not understand why a company would not want the money owed to them. I can afford to make payments again, I can afford 200$ a month towards the 1600$ that I don’t even agree that I owe, but they do not want to. So, what option do I have other than not paying it and waiting out the debt while using another provider?

