Jaw-Dropping Verizon Fee Overturned by… Everyone!
The people have clearly spoken, but what are they saying? “We will not pay your bogus fees!” Verizon has just recently announced that those that would like to pay their bill online will need to pay a $2 fee. Then a week after they announced it, they backed off. We’ve seen this proven over and over again, and more and more lately, that if there is a strong and open consumer backlash, companies will listen and take action. After word of the fee got out just last Thursday, Twitter was dumped with Verizon customers [expressing|letting out| their [mass|unified] [displeasure|unhappiness|disdain]. [On top of that|If that wasn’t enough], the FCC [got involved|came in to play]. [No one|Nobody] really [knows|is sure] what they [told them|said], but Verizon was pretty [quick|fast] to [back peddle|step back|rethink] and [change things back|reverse the fee]. Verizon issued a statement [regarding|about] the reversal of the [fee|new charge], saying, “The company made the decision in response to customer feedback about the plan, which was designed to improve the efficiency of those transactions…”
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