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Dumbest Company Decision of 2011

30 December, 2011 15:55 CST6CDT

Verizon announced yesterday (December 29th, 2011) that they will be adding a $2.00 charge for paying your wireless bill on-line (paperless) starting January 15th, 2012.  Snail mail (USPS) processing of paper checks, money orders, or wired checking account transfers do not apply.  Today, December 30th, 2011 they retracted this decision after customer complaints including discontinuation of service threats and the FCC stating they are "concerned" about the additional fee and will look into the matter.

Most utility companies give consumers discounts or credits for paperless billing as it saves cost of paper, postage, and reduces billing departments processing overhead.

Dumbfound are the "year in review" articles already published, as Verizon (Verizon Communications Inc and Vodafone Group Plc.) within just 3 days of the new year has distinguished themselves as making the dumbest company decision of 2011.

Cheers!

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Main Entry:   spew   Pronunciation:   \ˈspyü\
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spīwan; akin to Old High German spIwan to spit, Latin spuere, Greek ptyein   First Known Use: before 12th century

intransitive verb
  1. VOMIT
  2. to come forth in a flood or gush
  3. to ooze out as if under pressure : EXUDE
transitive verb
  1. VOMIT
  2. to send or cast forth with vigor or violence or in great quantity <a volcano spewing out ash> —often used with out —spew·er noun
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