AMERICAblog: Verizon Wireless charges you to call your own voicemail
Apphouse50
· 1 year ago
And they charge you, essentially, for a service that frequently delays the delivery of calls -- on a random basis -- to your Inbox, sometimes by as much as 4 or 5 days. Same goes for their land line service (at least as to the failure to routinely provide prompt delivery of voicemails). Verizon and ATT -- two sides of the same coin.
barkleyg
· 1 year ago
The part I hate is that the meter starts running the second the call is connected. When you hit voicemail, they give yoy a million stupid options, and you start recording your message, you are already working on your second minute of minutes when you have been connected for less than 30 seconds. That is a SCAM!
devis1
· 1 year ago
That pisses me off too. Sprint does the same thing. No way you can get message in under a minute.
beltman713
· 1 year ago
They've been doing this for years. I've been a Verizon customer for 5 or 6 years and they've always charged calls to voicemail against your minutes. You are right about one thing though, since they started the free in-network calling thing, you think calling your voicemail would be free too.
Because it would be cheaper for me just to pay for the last few months of the contract than to pay the early contract breach fee, I currently have two cell phones (I just got a new one for work) that are both on the Verizon network. I've been using one cell phone to call into the other one to get messages.
Yeah, most people won't have two cell phones, but it's one way to beat the fee. I know a lot of people will use a land line to call into their cell phone to beat the cost of getting your voicemail.
Busboy
· 1 year ago
If you're worried about being charged an extra minute on voicemail? Then, basically, you have no life... Just Sayin.......
blackwolf
· 1 year ago
LOllll....hey, how in world did you get a negative (4000). Somebody must be totally pissed at you:)
Busboy
· 1 year ago
It's true, I have irritated people in the past....
blackwolf
· 1 year ago
I enjoy your posts. Always informative and fun to read. It's a good balance for the forum:)
Polly_Tics
· 1 year ago
Busboy is always good for the forum, except when he isn't...
Actually, he is usually respectful of others views and can have a good sense of delight in all things called debate, but at times this young man can be rather abrasive and I think that his clout ratings shows this aspect of his personality, albeit a limited one. Bus has friends here as well as those who view him as an annoyance, so I guess this place reflects life in general, no?
blackwolf
· 1 year ago
Busboy may be the hope of the future. There's a keen intelligence right below the surface. I think Bus represents a generation that sees through the BS. He enjoys his clout ratings. The further they sink--the more distinction he receives.
It's great advertising. Think of it! Yep, this place is a little piece of "life" I'd say.
blackwolf
· 1 year ago
Laughing here folks. Why not pay as you go and get a Net-10 account and phone set up?! MY wife is pissed off most of the time at her AT&T account. Mine works just fine, and no one is any wiser as to who I have my account set up with.
Net-10 is a company owned by the prepaid wireless giant "Tracfone". Besides, my service works anywhere--in the sewer, in the mountains, in the desert--anywhere. And, you wouldn't believe how many of my friends have expensive phones that have blind spots on an important call.
On the other hand, if you need all the features that a top iphone can give--go for it.
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
Noted.
hardeknox
· 1 year ago
The extra bandwidth is Dick Cheney in his secret location listening in. Seriously, when all else fails, read the instructions. The large print giveth and the small print taketh away.
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
Cell phone companies are just as bad as credit card companies or commercial banks, tacking on hidden charges when you're not looking.
I don't trust any of them, frankly.
bumpkis
· 1 year ago
BOA returned a check I had mailed for deposit, which subsequently brought my overdraft over the limit. They advanced me 100 dollars per the automatic agreement and I still don't know why they turned the check around....
Next week I make final payment and close the account I have had with them since 1976....assholes.
stevie314159
· 1 year ago
When the government calls my voice mail to check up on me, does Verizon charge them or me for the minutes?
Õ¿Õ
· 1 year ago
You need to chunk your cell phone. It causes brain cancer like what happened to Ted Kennedy.
Busboy
· 1 year ago
So, Jackie, what's the new job? Secretary of State under the Barack Hussein administration?
Busboy
· 1 year ago
GG, that was caused by eating "stuff" that wasn't cooked.
fostert
· 1 year ago
Maybe Verizon can work out a deal that allows themselves to become part of their own network. And maybe Dick Cheney can sign up for Verizon so all the calls that have to be routed through him are still part of the network.
Õ¿Õ
· 1 year ago
Cell-phones are annoying to me. I hate them. Nobody's so important they need to be contactable at any moment. Guy I work with is always on his talking to his girlfriend. Just stupid shit. And I really hate the ones you attach to your ear like a c-borg. Your standing around and suddenly they start talking and you think they're talking to you. So you're like, "What?" And then you feel stupid and pissed off because they don't say, "Pardon, I was talking on the cell phone." They don't even excuse themself.
Õ¿Õ
· 1 year ago
Yuppers, most people have cell-phones as a status symbol, like, "they're all wired into the latest and so important." I had a friend once when car phones first came out. Remember those with the cord? He used to drive around in traffic with sorta a sleek house phone pretending he was talking to someone like he was hooked into to it all. I've never been interesting in them or what followed since. Besides, there's compelling evidence that it does cause brain tumors.
kirk34
· 1 year ago
Yup... Verizon has always charged to get your voice mail. I don't know if this works, but try calling the voice mail from a land line. I don't think there's a charge.
KISSman
· 1 year ago
How fiendish!
I don't expect anything to be done about it because it's probably something a lot of people don't even realize -- even if there are a few complaints. And who are we going to turn to if we don't like it? What are we down to, two other major competitors now?
Seeing how text messaging went up recently to 20-cents each for no other reason than to make an even bigger profit, I doubt they are going to nix a creepy thing like this that probably helps put quite a few people over their plans and force them to pay for some costly minutes.
dcredhead
· 1 year ago
AT&T charges you too.
acknight
· 1 year ago
The fine print, at least for the last several years, on the "unlimited in-network calling" did explicitly exclude calls to voicemail.
Annoying, but IMO at least the case with both Verizon and Sprint.
uwyoalum
· 1 year ago
I really don't like using cell phones, so I use mine as little as possible. I have slight hearing problem and there is just something about cell phones that make them difficult for me to use. Anyway.... because I use mine so little I am on a prepay plan (this is what worked out to be the best deal for me). With my prepay plan, if I call my voice mail from my cell phone it charges against my available balance, but if I call my voice mail from a land line there is no charge. I knew this was the deal when I signed up so no surprises, and I can usually find a land line to call from.
Becca
· 9 months ago
I just expirenced the same problem. except the supervisor that i spoke with was unsympathatic and edging on rude! I had just recently switched to verizon and have 3 lines with them and after this i WILL NOT renue my contract or ever use verizon again for anything!
Momus
· 5 months ago
Its Easy, do NOT call yur voicemail by dialing *86 (the verizon way to get to your voicemails) dial your cell number directly and press the * key when u hear the greeting then enter your passcode and bingo, or you can always call from a land line and just not answer the cellphone and press the * then enter yiur passcode and bingo. You all need to remeber to lean the rules so you can break them properly,,, HAGD
tombi franks
· 3 months ago
Isn't it enough that I pay $120.00 per month to Verizon Wireless! They have the nerve to charge me another $5.00 per month to block phone calls of robo-marketing spammers! Oh yah, I can have up to (only) 5 phone numbers to block for free, but that list expires every 90days with Verizon... Wow, thanks a lot Verizon. I wish a cellular company would come along that had some semblance of ethics and CRUSH these dBAGS. Haven't we all had enough of the corporate leeches turning our countries stomach inside out! Co-op cellular!!!
My apologies to all those highly sensitive types > if you happen to read this and it ruined your day of course. It's late, and I'm delirious (sleep dep..ri...v..a..zzzzn)
Zen and the art of communication... I need to read that one ;)
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Yeah, most people won't have two cell phones, but it's one way to beat the fee. I know a lot of people will use a land line to call into their cell phone to beat the cost of getting your voicemail.
Actually, he is usually respectful of others views and can have a good sense of delight in all things called debate, but at times this young man can be rather abrasive and I think that his clout ratings shows this aspect of his personality, albeit a limited one. Bus has friends here as well as those who view him as an annoyance, so I guess this place reflects life in general, no?
surface. I think Bus represents a generation that sees through the BS. He enjoys
his clout ratings. The further they sink--the more distinction he receives.
It's great advertising. Think of it! Yep, this place is a little piece of "life" I'd say.
Net-10 is a company owned by the prepaid wireless giant "Tracfone". Besides, my service works anywhere--in the sewer, in the mountains, in the desert--anywhere. And, you wouldn't believe how many of my friends have expensive phones that have blind spots on an important call.
On the other hand, if you need all the features that a top iphone can give--go for it.
I don't trust any of them, frankly.
Next week I make final payment and close the account I have had with them since 1976....assholes.
I don't expect anything to be done about it because it's probably something a lot of people don't even realize -- even if there are a few complaints. And who are we going to turn to if we don't like it? What are we down to, two other major competitors now?
Seeing how text messaging went up recently to 20-cents each for no other reason than to make an even bigger profit, I doubt they are going to nix a creepy thing like this that probably helps put quite a few people over their plans and force them to pay for some costly minutes.
Annoying, but IMO at least the case with both Verizon and Sprint.
Co-op cellular!!!
My apologies to all those highly sensitive types > if you happen to read this and it ruined your day of course. It's late, and I'm delirious (sleep dep..ri...v..a..zzzzn)
Zen and the art of communication... I need to read that one ;)