Questions regarding issues of: service, contract renewal, & equipment

Macaveli

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I'm going to try and keep this as short as possible, however I feel that might be a bit difficult when I'm speaking on so many issues in regards to Verizon.

In Aug. of 2008, I signed re-signed a new contract and purchased the LG Voyager. In Feb. 2009 I added a line and purchased a Blackberry 8830. All was well until about late March at which point my voyager began "acting up." I would randomly turn itself on and off, would randomly not recieve calls, or send/recieve text messages. I went to the store, and they assured me that it was simply a software update that was necessary. The software update had no effect and I was back in the store in 3 days. At that point, they replaced the phone with one of their "like new" phones. It was decent for about a month, at which point, the same problems began. I went back to another Verizon store where they replaced the phone again with another "like new" phone. 2 months go by and I'm having the same exact issues with their 2nd "like new" replacement phone, which was 3 total voyagers. I went back to another Verizon store, where the lady was nothing short of rude, but she did call someone and had verizon send me a new replacement phone. When I recieved it, I had realized the it was the LG Envy Touch. There was a copy of the receipt for the phone which had listed it as a replacement, and a return packing slip. So I sent the voyager back and all was fine. Recently I was in the store looking at the wireless internet usb things, and I spoke with a lady about replacing my blackberry, she made an off hand note that my main line had been renewed and i had 23 months left on the contract, I was shocked. Apparently, my contract had been renewed by replacing my phone even though i pay the extra "insurance" without ever notifying me that this would happen, and I never signed anything when I was in the store. This fact alone has me ridiculously pissed off.

On top of that, I use my Blackberry for work (seems logical huh?) however I will drop business calls on a daily basis. So much for the "most reliable network". In the 2 years i was with Cingular I never once had a dropped call, but with Verizon I have had them daily for quite a long time now. It doesn't look very well when I get disconnected randomly during a business call. This lovely fact coupled with the fact that I would be paying $70 less a month with ATT has also got me fuming, but mostly because they just renewed my contract again without my consent, so this is a huge chunk of money I am losing.

I plan on calling Verizon's corporate offices within a few days to discuss all the shananigans they've been pulling, I feel that they are not providing me with the appropriate service I am paying for (and there is no excuse as to location, I live in Las Vegas), and I feel that renewing my contract without my knowledge or consent is majorly wrong, and possibly illegal. After everything they've been pulling should I still have to pay the ETF's on both lines? Is there a way I can get the fee's waived?

Thank you in advance for reading my long winded post.
 
Anytime you receive a brand new replacement, you're contract upgrade date is extended for another two years, NOT YOUR CONTRACT. Your contract date stays the same...meaning if you were able to terminate your contract in Aug. of 2010, you will still be able to without penalities, but you just can't upgrade until the next 20 months go by.

This is standard procedure and I know for a fact that you had to be transferred to an automated contract acceptance service to activate the enV touch...it's law and they can't even activate the phone unless you do that.

Also, it is stated in the TOS that this will happen, but many people do not read those.
 
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