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I've been with Verizon for over 8 years. I took over my grandfather's plan back in 2012 when he passed away and was with Verizon long before that. Every year for the past 3 years I've gotten a discount on my line access fees that makes my bill $60 cheaper. This was super helpful for a family on one income and constantly struggling. This discount just up and expired this month and now it's "no longer available"??? Are you kidding me? Does loyal mean anything to Verizon Wireless, let me answer that: NO, they just care about our money. I have wasted numerous hours on the phone trying to get my bill lowered and they "can't do anything for me". Oh wait, they gave me 15% off because my dad is a Veteran and on this plan, which amounts to a whopping $9 savings every month. I'm then told I can lower my GB per month to save me an additional $5. This company is a joke. I cannot wait to cancel this service once our contracts are up, since I can't afford the $900 to cancel now. This is ridiculous. I will never recommend Verizon to anyone.
P.S. We ALWAYS pay our bill on time and we've never been late. That doesn't matter either though!!
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Is there another discount you could add from your job or somewhere else?
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Unfortunately no. I'm a stay at home mother, my husband's job isn't on the qualifying list for the employee discounts, and we are already receiving a 15% discount because my father is a Veteran, however it only amounts to $9 a month.
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You are entitled to only ONE discount per account.
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Sounds like you're on the More Everything Plan which no longer offers discounts on line access after the DPP is completed.
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sprmankalel wrote:
Sounds like you're on the More Everything Plan which no longer offers discounts on line access after the DPP is completed.
While that could be the case, I don't think it is. Yes the line access fee discount would fall off after phone payments were completed but so would the phone payments which would likely be at least as much as the discount they were receiving resulting in a net drop in the monthly phone bill, not an increase of $60/month. Additionally, they stated they were receiving this discount for the past 3 yrs, not 2 yrs which is how long phone payments last.
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Then we have confusion of what the discount actually is because the only time there is a discount on the line access is when you have a DPP or are on the New Verizon Plan and out of contract.
Of course, you know that.
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Sorry, I must have missed the part stating "discount on my line access fees" and only read "discount". My mistake.
To the OP: have you called in to CS to see if you can still get the "month to month discount"? People have reported receiving that as recently as last September/October if you called in and requested it, long after they stopped offering it. Try a few times as not all CS reps are aware of it as it is not a discount offered any longer on the More Everything Plan.
Regardless, since it appears you were only getting the $15/line discount($15 is a multiple of $60) by having a data allowance of less than 6 GB, you would probably make out even better by switching to the new Verizon Plan and going with the 2 GB, 4 GB or 8 GB plan. You may end up saving even more money since your "net" discount per line would increase from $15/line to $20/line.
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Our discount was 50% our line access fees. Which dropped them from $40 for each line, to $20-- that's where the $60 came from because we have 3 lines. I've renewed the discount every year for the past 3 years, but now all of a sudden it is no longer available.
We have 6 GB of data that we all split and switching to another plan is not an option because we use between 3 and 6 GB every month. If I drop to 4 GB than I am risking paying for overages. If I switch to 8 GB than my bill goes up more.
We also receive the Veteran discount, however it only amounts to $9 a month.
I'm just tired of my bill being so expensive when AT&T can offer me the same plan with more data for the same price. I just assumed being with a company for a long period of time would amount to something. The problem is we cannot afford to switch to a different company because we still have 8 months in our contract with Verizon, which amounts to a $900 cancellation fee.
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Which plan do you have? The More Everything Plan has DPP discount and a Month2Month discount for either $15 or $25 off the line access fee base of $40.
The Verizon Plans have a standard line access fee of $20 per line unless you are under contract. The contract line is $40.
Maybe you should consider changing your plan to the newer plans with the less expensive line access fees.
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The contract line access fee for the More Everything Plan is $40 and shouldn't be discounted if the line is under contract.
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We have the "More Every Loyal Talk Txt 6 GB". That's what my plan says.
Unfortunately, switching to the new plans wouldn't help any because we use between 3-6 GB of data every month. If I switch to 4 GB than I am risking paying overages, and also only save $4 a month. If I switch to 8 GB, my bill increases even more.
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Once your contract is completed then you will get the $20 discount automatically as each line comes out of contract. If you are on the New Verizon Plan.
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If the lines are out of contract, why haven't you called and asked for the Month2Month discount be added to the lines? That discount doesn't drop off unless you purchase a new phone on DPP agreement and then you get the DPP discount.
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There are many less costly alternatives to Verizon.
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We have already looked into this, but unfortunately can't make the switch until our contracts are up in another 8 months because we can't afford the $900 cancellation fee.
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brianna325, saving money is something that I am certainly conscience of. As a mother of 3, with a single income, I know that it all adds up very quickly. Please check your private messages so we may dig in.
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Just because you've been with a company long enough doesn't entitle you to any discounts. I've lived in the same county for the last 19 years and if I called into the water or electric company demanding a 'loyalty' discount they would laugh at me, and I'm pretty sure that the same can be said for nearly everyone else.
If you want discounts you have to qualify for them just like everyone else does. If you had been reciveing a discount every year that lasts for 12 months then it was nothing but a promotion that they had running at the time and just like all other promotions with every major provider they eventually stop offering them.
I would check out the new Verizon plan but that also depends on how much data you need or use on a monthly basis. I would also check and see if anyone else on the account has a higher then 15% employee discount and that would at least save you a little bit more than what you currently have.
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Unfortunately comparing utilities to a cell phone bill is like comparing apples to oranges.I can get the same exact service and actually more data with AT&T for the same price than what I am currently getting with Verizon and I've never been a customer of AT&T. I just find it ridiculous that there are absolutely no discounts besides the measly $9 off we get for my father being a Veteran. I also find it silly that I got the 50% off our line access fees for 3 years and never had any issues renewing it until this year.
We are up to $225 a month for 3 lines and 6 GB of data. That's $75 per phone, which is absurd. I've looked at switching to a different plan and it wouldn't help at all. We currently use between 3-6 GB of data every month. If I were to switch to the 4 GB plan, I would risk paying $15 per GB in overages the months we go over 4 GB and I would also only be saving $4 on our bill a month. If I go up to 8 GB my bill increases even more.
We are stuck because we cannot afford $225 a month for phones, but we can't switch to another company because we don't have $900 to cancel our contracts with Verizon.
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Maybe you want to take advantage of the next AT&T or T-Mobile promotion where they will buy you out of your contract? I know what it's like to be stuck in 2 year contracts, they have you and they know it. If you can hold out for the next 8 months (and don't want to upgrade) maybe you can then get on Vzw's new pre-paid plan, $40/month w/2gb of data. Always something to consider.
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EvL70 wrote:
Maybe you want to take advantage of the next AT&T or T-Mobile promotion where they will buy you out of your contract? I know what it's like to be stuck in 2 year contracts, they have you and they know it. If you can hold out for the next 8 months (and don't want to upgrade) maybe you can then get on Vzw's new pre-paid plan, $40/month w/2gb of data. Always something to consider.
We ALL know what it is like to be in a 2 year contract. Also, they never "have you". They never did. You could ALWAYS break your contract there was just an early termination fee. IT is really the same as it is done now. No, there isn't an ETF but you are responsible for paying the balance of any devices that you still owe. Six in one half a dozen in the other, I say.
You NEVER were forced to sign a 2 yr service contract. You only did so because you wanted the discounted price of the phone which you always ended up paying full price for anyway because Verizon (all carriers) built the monthly service fee to include paying back the phone price. Why do you think you signed a 2 yr contract?
