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Verizon to charge $2 for certain bill payments
Starting Jan. 15, the cell phone company will charge a new “convenience fee” to subscribers who pay their bills over the phone or online.
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By Associated Press
December 29, 2011 1:29 p.m.
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(AP) - Verizon Wireless, the country's largest cell phone company, is introducing a $2 fee for every payment subscribers make over the phone or online with their credit cards.
The company says this "convenience fee" will be introduced Jan. 15.
The fee won't apply to electronic check payments or to automatic credit card payments set up through Verizon's AutoPay system. Paying by credit card in a Verizon store will also be free, as will mailing a check.
Other carriers have tried to get subscribers to move to automatic payments through other means. AT&T Inc. offers a $10 gift card for those who set up AutoPay. Sprint Nextel Corp. charges subscribers who have caps on the fees they can rack up each month. Those people are charged $5 monthly unless they set up autopay.
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Starting Jan. 15, the cell phone company will charge a new “convenience fee” to subscribers who pay their bills over the phone or online.
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By Associated Press
December 29, 2011 1:29 p.m.
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(AP) - Verizon Wireless, the country's largest cell phone company, is introducing a $2 fee for every payment subscribers make over the phone or online with their credit cards.
The company says this "convenience fee" will be introduced Jan. 15.
The fee won't apply to electronic check payments or to automatic credit card payments set up through Verizon's AutoPay system. Paying by credit card in a Verizon store will also be free, as will mailing a check.
Other carriers have tried to get subscribers to move to automatic payments through other means. AT&T Inc. offers a $10 gift card for those who set up AutoPay. Sprint Nextel Corp. charges subscribers who have caps on the fees they can rack up each month. Those people are charged $5 monthly unless they set up autopay.
©Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Read more: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article...#ixzz1hxbLk991