Verizon Wireless re-announces Visual Voice Mail, not free anymore

4. joe in miami (unregistered) posted on 11 Aug 2008, 10:32 0 0

Hey, it could be worse. You could be working for Sprint!

36. (unregistered) posted on 11 Aug 2008, 17:12 0 0

Companies should profit without a doubt but when they start raping their consumers or customers that's where the problem arises and this is not coming from a liberal either. I think it's time for some minor changes to happen in US.

52. CHUP12682 (unregistered) posted on 11 Aug 2008, 23:44 0 0

I don't know how old you are #3, but being a generation of spoiled brats and the need for companies to curb their profit margins is definitely not related in any bit. In fact it is our generation of spoiled brats that fuel the need for corporations to want to make more profit! It infuriates me to hear such stupidity... AND I'M A CONSERVATIVE ON THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM! And yes, by proxy, I am also calling you (#3) STUPID! I believe that private corporations have a duty to support this country as Ronald Reagan did. I'm not speaking for the man, but by merely looking at his economic policies, any conservative of that era would be disgusted with the rampant profit hoarding that corporations exhibit today! Last year, CEOs on Wallstreet reported the highest amount of bonuses given in a single year, and a small minority of them actually re-invested it into the economy. If your previous argument was to praise corporations for their civic contributions to the economy by turning their profits into economic stimulation, then our current recession shows you how myopic you are. SHAME ON YOU FOR NOT EXPECTING MORE FROM VERIZON. And if you truly believe in capitalism, then you should certainly believe that the power should rest with the consumer to find a suitable market price for any given service. It is true that we have the right to find another carrier, but we also have the right to expect the highest quality service at the most agreed possible price. So my message to EVERYONE is that nobody should take heart to what any of these people are saying when they justify the status quo...

57. LessthanZach posted on 12 Aug 2008, 00:23 0 0

Wow.... okay so all the companies make their service CHEAP and DON'T REQUIRE CONTRACTS and give away FREE PHONES AND ACCESSORIES, right? We just won't make any money to support the network you all bitch about. And we will pay our reps like walmart employees-minimum wage with no spiffs. That's supposed to help things. Me being a consumer, I want cheap stuff too. But when I go to Khols to buy work shirts I don't tell them "If you give me the shirts for free and waive the annual fee, I will apply for your credit card....". Every one comes to verizon and acts as if we are in god damn Tijuana!!! SO YOU GET VVM FOR FREE WITH IPHONE HUH? NO!!! It's 30 bucks a month and you are forced to have it. We offer the VVM as an option, a cheap option. When another company offers it for less or for free I am sure we will as well.

98. (unregistered) posted on 18 Nov 2008, 22:24 0 0

36 AMEN to that

101. critofur posted on 28 Jun 2010, 17:43 0 0

I want more for my money as technology improves, which in turn reduces costs. And, as volume increases also reducing costs per unit, I want my price reduced also. I'm not saying I want them to make NO profit, but I AM saying I want free visual voicemail rather than obscenely high executive bonuses. I say more of us should vote with our wallets as much as we can, and not just be lemming consumers. I threw away my TV, I don't have cable, I cut my land line phone service to $14, I only pay $15 for my Verizon Wireless because I'm on my friend's Family Plan, and I stopped buying DVDs (BluRay rediculously expensive), I stopped buying video games (WTF, number of sales doubles, triples, quadruples, but the price goes UP? That's BACKWARDS as goods become MASS MARKET items prices should fall like a dropped rock!.

77. (unregistered) posted on 13 Aug 2008, 10:43 0 0

i don't believe that alot of people will take this feature because it's pointless to 98% of cell phone users. It's a gimmick

102. critofur posted on 28 Jun 2010, 17:47 0 0

I really don't agree with that - I'm tired of having to listen through/skip messages to get to the one I want to hear. Tired of not knowing who left what messages when without having to listen through all of them first. Tired of having messages automatically deleted (if I could forward the VM to my email, that'd be great). I want to be able to quickly and easily look at a list of my voicemails and see who it's from, when they left it, how long it is, and if it's marked "urgent". I can't believe these are not standard features on EVERY cell phone by now??? Absurd!

12. (unregistered) posted on 11 Aug 2008, 11:42 0 0

What's worse is when some people come into my store and say things like, "My upgrade date is here, I'm entitled to my free phone."

58. LessthanZach posted on 12 Aug 2008, 00:36 0 0

lol, I know. They are like "my free upgrade". Okay, here is the samsung U340!. "Oh no, I want the LG DARE.. it's FREE right????" No, I'm sorry, you get the phone for 99.99 with your upgrade... "I don't get a discount???" Yes, the phone retails for $409.99, you get a BIG discount. "But it said I get a free upgrade" What said that? I'm not aware of any material that says that you can have any phone you want for free. You are saving over 300 dollars... "NO!! F*@$ VERIZON! I'm going to ATT!!!" Um, okay, but they won't give you any phone you want for free either.....let alone a 100 dollar loyalty credit. Welcome to america....

70. (unregistered) posted on 12 Aug 2008, 09:21 0 0

lol i enjoy when they come in and they just purchased an upgrade 3 months ago and say i want that phone for the advertised price... I explain how verizon eats a certain cost and they dont care they want a new phone now!! They cus and act like they are five and you have to ask them to leave. Idiots....

84. phone_queen1977 posted on 13 Aug 2008, 13:13 0 0

GO to AT&T !Your coverage will suck and every time somethings wrong with your phone sure they will give you another one! But wait lets add another year to your contract! New VZW customers are paying 199.99 after rebate for the Dare. You paying 99.99 is a good savings! And Theres alot more then just Sch-U340 you could have for free! You could get right now A BB Curve for $49.99 with your 100.00 credit. READ READ READ!

86. phone_queen1977 posted on 13 Aug 2008, 13:27 0 0

Yep, I love that line! I've even had a man came in and think every line had the same $100.00 credit! But do think the best customers are the ones who come in and start off with saying" I've been a Verizon Customer for 10 years, or I was with verizon before they were called that"! I always know those will be the customer's to make the most trouble in the store when it comes to pricing!

103. critofur posted on 28 Jun 2010, 17:51 0 0

$410 for a phone? That's what's ridiculous, not somebody wanting to be given a free phone after a year to entice them to stay with the same company. I'm not saying that they should get what they want, but it's not so unreasonable to expect people to want that, phones used to be a lot simpler and cell phone companies did used to give free phones to customers to keep them from switching to another carrier. I understand that phones have a lot more features and are more expensive these days, but, come on, more than $450 seems rediculous - unless it's gold plated or gem studded (not that I'd want those, but somebody does).