Here's a harrowing tale from a poor Verizon Wireless customer who's been given the most amazing run-around I've ever heard of. He's been talking to the State Attorney General, the FCC, the FTC, and a whole alphabet soup of agencies (not to mention Verizon!) and no once can help him out. With any luck, hundreds of thousands of potential Verizon customers will see this page and stay away, prompting Verizon to actually do something about their horrendous customer service. You know, big corporations can always nail consumers who dispute charges by sending negative reports to credit bureaus, but consumers can't do the reverse. It'd be swell if we could collectively tell Verizon (and landlords, and computer vendors, and and and) that they're not worthy of our business because of their terrible business practices. Imagine if the next time someone asked for permission to credit-check you, you were able to counter with a request to fairness-check them and decide whether you wanted to proceed.
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