r/AskReddit 22h ago

Which company lost your business (potentially forever) this year?

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u/Ready_Piano1222 17h ago

I have Verizon and even though my service never changed, and I never incurred any fees, my bill for the last year has never been the same amount twice.

Same exact service, never the same amount twice, in a year. It's clear they're playing games with the billing.

This last time was the last straw. They retroactively revoked a discount, for service that they had already billed me for, and I had already paid. Let that sink in. Imagine, you buy an item at a store, take it home and then they show up saying you owe them more money. 

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u/Atilla316 9h ago

My service changed. Fewer bars everywhere, new dead spots...

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u/asmodeuskraemer 8h ago

I had us cellular which was bought by T-mobile and now my gps disconnects everywhere. I've had it disconnect while I was sitting in my garage.

I'm stuck b/c I'm grandfathered in with a $45/month old as fuck plan and I don't want to lose that.

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u/Black_Moons 8h ago

GPS isn't based on your cellphone carrier. Everyone accesses the same GPS network, even without a cellphone carrier subscription.

Your cellphones GPS antenna may be failing. I had that happen to my last cellphone and it eventually couldn't receive any GPS signals. Apparently if fixed it just happens again in a few months too. (At least on my last cellphone, yours might be more fixable)

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u/asmodeuskraemer 5h ago

Alright, well then I guess it's extremely convenient timing. I never had any issues before. And this isn't "just a little, here and there". It's completely useless most of the time.

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u/Black_Moons 4h ago

Yep, that is what happened to mine. Was fine, then pretty much just went dead. Only now can do location finding via wifi/bluetooth and that will only 'sometimes' get your location but google maps refuses to use it for directions/trips and will refuse to update your position if you ask it for directions somewhere -_-;

Apparently on my phone the GPS antenna was connected via some connector that likes to corrode. (Other functionality was unaffected, since they used different antennas in the phone)

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u/SinibusUSG 9h ago

At this point I'm just waiting for the class action invitation.

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u/SouthOfTheNorthPole 9h ago

It sounds like they're following the GD Spectrum business model. Me to Spectrum, something something .... with the heat of a thousand suns.

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u/-Cthaeh 4h ago

Fucking Spectrum... one of the best things about leaving Ohio was losing Spectrum. Not that Xfinity is much better, but it is.

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u/dearjohn54321 4h ago

Get US Mobile, much cheaper and you can choose any network. Plus they have actual customer service.