[DC LoCo] off-topic - sleezy verizon

[Bahn, Nathan]

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Phil Shapiro <pshapiro at his.com> wrote:

>
> hi ubuntistas,
>
>
>  I'm near the end of my 2 yr plan for my Droid phone, so Verizon calls me
> to try to upgrade my phone. I told them the next Android phone I buy is
> going to have a tablet or laptop attached to it. (i.e. Asus PadPhone or
> Motorola laptop thing.)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h03Ih8H915c
>
>    They don't have these devices for sale yet.
>
>   So the Verizon salesperson tell me I quality for 500 any time minutes.
> I'm about to agree to the 500 any time minutes when I felt a hook in my
> mouth.  Comes with a one year contract to Verizon with early
> termination fees.
>
>   I don't like hooks in my mouth, especially ones that were snuck into my
> mouth.  So I jettisoned this hook and line.
>
>     Sleezy Verizon. 9 out of 10 people could easily fall for their ploy.
>
>              phil
>



I don't find this surprising as Verizon's land-line division made a very
credible effort at breaking its employee's union.
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