Governments at all levels do not respect their Customers. Taxpayers and Voters are taken for granted and are continually screwed and dictated to by faceless Bureaucrats and politicians.
A relatively few Verizon Customers rose up and said NO the the new $ 2 fee and Verizon quickly withdrew the fee.
We have already had one Tea Party in the United States. Clearly it is time for the Second Tea Party!
Verizon didn’t learn anything from Netflix, just as elitist Republicans didn’t learn anything from 2010.
Progressive government can raise taxes and there isn’t a peep. But, charge $2 for a transaction and it hits the fan.
Absolutely amazing.
Verizon may have wanted all it’s pay-as-you-go and “one-time transaction” customers to go to their competitors, who will spend more time and money on them.
They are the most high-maintenance ones.
Just a theory.....
The ones with credit cards or stable checking accounts are more stable and profitable - and wouldn’t be subject to the fees.
Remember the “NEW COCA-COLA?”
No one was fired over the brilliant decision to make a new Coca-cola formula that saved the company raw materials costs to REPLACE the classic coke.
That stupid decision almost broke Coca-Cola.
Remember the old Saw: “Dance with the one who brung ya.”
Someone posted in a related thread a day or two previous that this fee increase was only subterfuge.
It was intended to get attention and then be withdrawn, so as to direct attention away from a smaller fee increase ($0.16) that will hit EVERY Verison customer.
It is interesting that millions of people can mobilize over two dollars almost overnight, but when freedom is at stake they silently accept that government can’t be altered.
It’s a shame that we don’t get off our lazy a**es and revolt against the Socialist Government, that we have, like folks revolted against Verizon. The Government steals more than $2 a month from us. But, stupid Americans keep electing the same Marxist President and corrupt Congress critters and sending them back to Washington. We get what we deserve.
As was pointed out on ?Geri Willis? Fox Business Show, AT&T? rewards people making automatic payments. Better, much better customer feel and relationship.
Now if the Obama Admin were doing this, the people making auto pay would be surcharged for being the wealthy while those making sporadic payments would be subsidized.
They revolt over a $2 fee and NOT THIS??????????
From Zero Hedge:
The Federal (Un)Balance Sheet – $65 Trillion Financial Hole = $550k Per Household (Or $2.2 Million Per De-Facto Taxpayer, Take Your Pick!
I suspect the union animals, who were beaten back from a strike last year, are doing what they do best: fighting dirty.
a quaint sentiment, that.
I always think of what Rush says on things like this. Funny how people can get so fired up about $1.00 ATM fees or the $2.00 bill pay, but can’t get hepped up over our taxes.
Progressive government can raise taxes and there isn’t a peep. But, charge $2 for a transaction and it hits the fan.
Absolutely amazing.
They’ll merely double it to $4 and hide it in their regular service fee.
The customer is always in charge whether that is recognized or not. So are the taxpayer/voters. We just need to understand that.