NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon Wireless, the country’s largest
cellphone 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 The Associated Press.
NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon Wireless, the country’s largest
cellphone 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 The Associated Press.