verizonmath.blogspot.com — They quote you CENTS, but will charge you DOLLARS. Then when you complain their customer support will not even know the difference. I thought they would have learned this 3rd grade math lesson by now.
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pignanelliDec 17, 2006
Well, look at it this way:1. Record your call to CS with them telling you it's 0.002 cents/kilobyte2. Get billed.3. Demand to be refunded due to the misquote.Cheap wireless in Canada!
andrews240Dec 17, 2006
I'm sorry but .002 dollars sounds stupid to me, .002 cents makes perfect scents. Am I the only person that took this as a attempt to get comped by Verizon customer service for his usage on a technicality. If this guy really though that .002 cent was .00002 cent, then he's the idiot. Please say he was just trying to take advantage of the technicality.
willethDec 17, 2006
No, no. He was quoted 0.002 cents but was charged 0.002 dollars (which is, in reality, two cents). As far as I understand it, the whole point is that he was misquoted and legally he should be eligible to pay the rate he was quoted, not the actual rate, at least up until the clarification was made.
willethDec 17, 2006
My thoughts is that there is a table with tariffs on it somewhere, and it just says '0.02 per kb.' To the customer rep, that means $0.02 dollars, but because it's .02, he says 'cents' because that part of the figure is reserved for cents. Put together, this means 0.02 cents to anyone who's hearing it, but to the rep, it's fine, as he's saying 'point nought two', and then when asked, he's clarifiying that the .02 is in the cents part of the dollar figure.
uptownDec 18, 2006
I added you as a friend solely because I don't want to miss out on any more of your stupidity.
ronaldbDec 18, 2006
Actually, assuming you download the CD version of Ubuntu at about 600MB, that c1228.8omes down to 600 * 1024 * $0.002 = $1228.80. Thousands of dollars, yes, hundreds of thousands, no.Now, if Verizon would actually charges .002 CENTS per KB, that would be like $12.28... more reasonable, but still pretty expensive.
andrews240Dec 18, 2006
I did hear the complete audio recording. My opinion stands. If Verizon would have said two thousandths of a cent, I would agree. They said point(as in decimal point) zero-zero-two cents. In what world does anyone put a decimal point behind a penny? Agree because you like to stick it to the man, I'm with that. Don't agree because it makes sense, because it doesn't, period.
trumpsJan 5, 2007
In what world does anyone put a decimal point behind a penny?In a world where you dont expect to be reamed for data usage by your phone company.Because paying .2 cents per kilobyte is expensive. Thats essentially 7 dollars to download a 3.5MB song. Who would think thats a correct rate? Thats highway robbery. So no he wasn't trying to intentially rip off Verizon or "stick it to the man". He thought they actually had really good rates.And yes i do believe the reps should learn some basic elementary math. If you can not understand the difference between $.002 and .002¢ then you should take some continuing education courses. And Willeth, .002 dollars is .2 cents bud, not 2 cents. There are 100 cents in a dollar, not 1 thousand
willethJan 13, 2007
Haha whoops. I claim typo and carrying on from the mistake in the above post.
outlawsamuraiMar 6, 2008
"... In what world does anyone put a decimal point behind a penny? ..."This world. And often; especially for things that are payed on a rate. Look at the gas pumps and you'll see 0.9 cents (9/10th of a cent) added onto the price. E.g., <a class="user" href="http://kohm.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/gas-price.jpg">http://kohm.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/ga ...</a>
cantrellvAug 9, 2008
Verizon Business Launches IP-Based Service to Link Public Safety Communications Networks During Emergencies<a class="user" href="http://www.sourcerelease.com/corp/kw0?r=cmmm8n">http://www.sourcerelease.com/corp/kw0?r=cmmm8n</a>