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Verizon Reviews Summary

Verizon has a rating of 1.2 stars from 1,047 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Verizon most frequently mention customer service, new phone and next day. Verizon ranks 143rd among Mobile Carriers sites.

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California
9 reviews
32 helpful votes
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Money grubbing crooks!
August 10, 2011

Money grubbing crooks! They sign you up for a 2 year contract, sell you a phone that has problems, (and it took 3 times going in there until they replaced it). I get really crappy reception, (and I mean EVERYWHERE), and I pay every month for a mobile hotspot feature which NEVER works... all it does is say 3G is not available. Once my contract is up, I'm dumping these guys!

Date of experience: August 10, 2011
Massachusetts
18 reviews
60 helpful votes
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Verizon is full of money grubbers. Their customer service loves to pass the buck. Over-priced services that are shotty is all you're going to get. DO NOT go with ANY bundles they offer! If you can find another provider of services, please, give them your hard earned money. Verizon says "sure, you'll save x dollars with the bundle", then not give you the discount. That's when the buck gets passed. After so many months of complaining of not getting discounted, getting credited, then finally told I was NEVER able to even GET that bundle price I agreed to in the first place, after the blame was shifted between the cable and the phone and back again FIVE times, I said "come get your dish before I rip it off my house myself" Verizon informed me they they put it on, but do not take it off. They claimed they would send a box for shipping cable related items back to them. It never showed up, and the items are still in my home waiting for that box after four years, even after calling them six times wanting that box. On the last call, I informed them that if I see a Verizon rep. On the side of the road, I would smash the items at his/her feet to bring back to them.

Date of experience: August 3, 2011
North Carolina
268 reviews
1800 helpful votes
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I've yet to encounter a more disorganized company than Verizon. In anticipation of my move, I called Verizon to activate high speed internet. Everything appeared to be fine, but I received a couple calls subsequently with different agents confused about the status of my order (supposedly the guy in the apartment hadn't canceled, though he had a confirmation number and all). Once that was settled, I received my installation package early and was delighted to be able to get hooked up on the first day of the move. However, to my dismay, I could not get connected. I spent that first night waiting 2 hours for representatives who were again confused as to the status of my order. One agent told me I had a business account while the business rep told me that wasn't the case. It was pretty ridiculous. On my fifth phone call with Verizon I finally was able to get a very nice gentleman named Santosh who tried his darndest to get me up and online…but to no avail. Before all that, however, he informed me that the name on the account was not even close to that which I gave him (I have no other name!) and that my account shows up as being a business account (which I thought was cleared up the first night).

In short what should take place without hitches (the DSL jack had already been set up and everything was ready to go) actually is taking hours on the phone and lost time at work. I know everyone gets down on AT&T, but I'd choose AT&T over Verizon in a heartbeat.

Date of experience: August 3, 2011
New York
4 reviews
13 helpful votes
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This site is not bad. I do find it a little confusing though. It take a long time for Customer Service to get on the phone if you have a problem. But all in all not bad. I wish they would drop the price a bit.

Date of experience: July 26, 2011
New Jersey
4 reviews
8 helpful votes
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VERY HAPPY WITH VERIZON, BEEN WITH THEM FOR YEARS! THEY KNOCK THE SOCKS OFF OF CRICKET WHICH WE SWITCHED TO FOR 30 DAYS. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR, VERIZON IS THE BEST CARRIER BY A MILE!

Date of experience: July 11, 2011
District of Columbia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I registered for automatic payment of my bills. The website says I am duly signed up for auto bill payment and that bill payment will be automatically done from my account. My last bill was due Feb 21 and was not taken out automatically. I called customer service on Feb 25 and they advised me to pay again. They told me I would need to call them back if i was charged a late fee. Today when called I spent 30 minutes either on hold or being transferred to yet another department. Growl. Do not us Verizon

Date of experience: February 25, 2011
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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VW website is very good, although like many sites is too packed with stuff which makes it confusing to find what you want. As for their service, it is superior. I left VW after 15 years to go to Sprint. OMG! I was miserable. Screw Sprints $69 for everything! VW may be expensive, their taxes and fees tack on $20+ to an average bill but its worth it! I'm sticking with Verizon Wireless.

Date of experience: September 25, 2010
Ohio
32 reviews
225 helpful votes
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For starters, this review is for anyone thinking about or looking into using verizonwireless.com for online bill pay and or account maintenance.

I have used verizon wireless as a cell provided for the last 3 years. I use this website to pay my verizon bill and maintain my services and plan features. I have upgraded and changed my phone online, I have changed my plan features and I have used this every month to pay my cell bill.

I have never had any problem with anything on their website and any time I needed customer service help I have been able to get that right online.

I think they are a great company and maintain a well run website.

Date of experience: February 16, 2010
New Jersey
1 review
1 helpful vote
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They charger you for fees even if you don't have the product. Please check your credit or debit card they could be taking your money away from you without you knowing even if you cancel your account or even just never recieved the modem. At the end they will tell you that they will give you few months credit. Verizon internet what kind of company is ti? Bad services

Date of experience: October 28, 2009