Thursday, November 12, 2009

Verizon’s $1.99 typos

Press the wrong key on your phone? That’ll be $1.99. David Pogue explains:

Verizon: How Much Do You Charge Now? (New York Times)

I’m really disliking Verizon right now.

[A simple way to fight back, as I discovered in the comments on Pogue’s column: go into your phone’s settings and change the behavior of the cursor keys, or whatever keys ring up at $1.99.]

By Michael Leddy at 9:47 PM

4 comments:

  1. RachelNovember 13, 2009 7:41 PM

    Wow...I had no idea it charged like that! What a rip-off...

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  2. Michael LeddyNovember 13, 2009 10:29 PM

    Pretty shameless. David Pogue has done a big service in calling attention to this practice.

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  3. normannNovember 14, 2009 5:32 AM

    For your and your readers' amusement, incontrovertible evidence of innumeracy at Verizon:
    http://verizonfails.ytmnd.com/

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  4. Michael LeddyNovember 14, 2009 7:39 AM

    Normann, thank you for this link. I’m going to be reading my monthly bill much more carefully from now on.

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