always to companys fault

[t-homo]

Why the hell shouldn't companies be allowed to charge however much they want? It's called business, you make profit to pay employees and yourselves. If people are willing to spend x amount, charge it. Or would you rather they charged a lower amount and cut jobs?

[Avatard]

Charge what they want? Yes.

Predatory rate schedules? Improper consumer protection in accounting? No.

This isn't rocket surgery. It's business ethics 101.

[Tmall]

Could a reasonable person have expected the consequences of those actions to render that outcome?

That's what would be asked if it goes to court. And I think the answer is no, a reasonable person could not expect that to happen..

[derf]

Originally Posted by Tmall

Could a reasonable person have expected the consequences of those actions to render that outcome?

That's what would be asked if it goes to court. And I think the answer is no, a reasonable person could not expect that to happen..

Yeh 21k is pretty unreasonable for a phone bill

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by RACER X

He said his biggest concern right now is not how to pay the bill, but helping his son. Estarija said his son has become despondent over causing his dad so much financial and emotional distress.

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by RACER X

Estarija said he asked Verizon to restrict his son's usage to phone calls and texts.
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you don't even have to ask.

Go here:
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/index.html
Log in and change settings.

It took me 5 minutes last time I restricted text messages and data.

Verizon should have said something, but if Verizon wants to hold the man accountable to all of his dependent's phone usage then I'd hope the government would back Verizon.

My guess is that I'm going to be the one to take the hit for this once Verizon and Dumbass negotiate.

[Avatard]

Originally Posted by fasternyou929

I can't believe anybody in here would defend a $21,000 phone bill as acceptable. And then denounce the guy as an idiot.

...

I guarantee everyone in this thread crying "he signed the contract" has, more than once, agreed to terms without crawling through it line-by-line. Even if you did take the time to read each one of them, you wouldn't understand them anyway.

But go ahead and condone a $21,000 utility bill for him, he's just some guy you've never met, right? I bet the same people will cry about how the world is full of people that only care about themselves next time one of those threads come up, too.

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

My guess is that I'm going to be the one to take the hit for this once Verizon and Dumbass negotiate.

Don't worry man, Smittie's gonna take the hit for it...lol

Smittie, you're such a fucking tool.

[unknownroad]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

My guess is that I'm going to be the one to take the hit for this once Verizon and Dumbass negotiate.

Take the hit for what? It sure as shit didn't cost VZN 21 large to provide that service.

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by unknownroad

Take the hit for what? It sure as shit didn't cost VZN 21 large to provide that service.

So why have $60 phone bills if it doesn't cost Verizon anything? Let's regulate the price down to $30 or fuck it FREE. No one is allowed to make money but "us".

Besides do you have any idea how much money it costs to up keep a communications network? Between my work truck, me, and my partner my company charges the phone company $200 an hour and we are just little piss ants.

But you guys are saints. I'm sure if your company suddenly decided to pay you an extra $100,000 that was WITHIN your contract that you'd say "It's okay guys, that's too much for me so take it back".

[fasternyou929]

Congratulations, your post was so fucking dumb it actually gave me a headache. Where's the Excedrin?

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

So why have $60 phone bills if it doesn't cost Verizon anything? Let's regulate the price down to $30 or fuck it FREE. No one is allowed to make money but "us".

Read it again, he didn't say it didn't cost them anything. He said it didn't cost them $21,000. Sixty is reasonable monthly service charge, $21,000 is NOT. If you can't understand that, you're always going to have a job with your name on your shirt.

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

Besides do you have any idea how much money it costs to up keep a communications network?

As a matter of fact, I do. In 1996 I was a cellular infrastructure engineer and I've been in the mobile industry since. Cell towers, cell phones, you name it. And no, it didn't cause $21,000 in equipment degradation to move 1.4GB of data.

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

Between my work truck, me, and my partner my company charges the phone company $200 an hour and we are just little piss ants.

Compared to the billions it cost to build the network, your $200/hr. isn't even a blip on the radar. But the cost to build a network is supported by government incentives and millions of subscribers paying an affordable monthly rate. Not by gouging some poor bastard with a 13 year that... holy shit, uses the internet a lot!

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

But you guys are saints. I'm sure if your company suddenly decided to pay you an extra $100,000 that was WITHIN your contract that you'd say "It's okay guys, that's too much for me so take it back".

Did you and Ed go to the same school?