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If interested in leading, participating, or following a class-action suite:
send mail to class-action@wiremore.biz No promises, we are just gathering
momentum. So far, only 1 attorney general on board, but we are growing
momentum.


Verizon Wireless has great service, but:
1) if they offered a plan for LIFE, yet the contract said they could
cancel/change it at any time. Would you trust them, when they said, "trust
us, ignore that fine print, we wouldn't do that?"
2) if they had business contracts that said that they are under no
obligation to act in good faith or fair dealing. Would you trust them after
three years of investment, as they just walk away and leave you holding the
bag. But when you signed up, they said that is just legal "stuff", we
wouldn't do that?"
3) if they said we won't publish your name in a telephone directory, but on
their web site they state that they have ALREADY shared all customer
information with 3rd party marketing companies....

Maybe I'm slow.... but if anybody else feels like we do, then please send
mail to see about joining a class-action@wiremore.biz We are looking for
interest in helping the system improve, because without an outside agent, or
"pain," things will stay the way they are. FYI: 39 Attorney Generals going
after Verizon Wireless, and 3 class action suites in the same number of
years might cause some folks some concern. They used to be #1 in customer
service, now slipping to #3. We used to say they were the "best of the
worse", so at number 3, they would be the average worst carrier.

But they do have good service... trust me, Psst: how do we know they have
such good service and coverage? Aside from personal experience, Verizon
tells us they do! And they wouldn't lie to us, now would they? Your phone
works in the swamp; your phone works in an elevator; and for those of you
that thought the phone would work in your house, remember even the president
of verizon wireless things that your (you customers) expectations are too
high! And I love when customer service says (about coverage) what you see
on TV is just marketing.... your phone won't work in an elevator, swamp,
etc.... so if you can't believe what they say, can't believe what they
write... take charge and do something. But remember, they do have good
coverage...

dr

If interested in leading, participating, or following a class-action suite:
send mail to class-action@wiremore.biz No promises, we are just gathering
momentum. So far, only 1 attorney general on board, but we are growing
momentum.

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dr.wireMORE@formerVZW-MidWESTma wrote:
> If interested in leading, participating, or following a
> class-action suite: send mail to
> class-action@wiremore.biz No promises, we are just
> gathering momentum. So far, only 1 attorney general on
> board, but we are growing momentum.
>
>
> Verizon Wireless has great service, but:
> 1) if they offered a plan for LIFE, yet the contract said
> they could cancel/change it at any time. Would you trust
> them, when they said, "trust us, ignore that fine print,
> we wouldn't do that?" 2) if they had business contracts
> that said that they are under no obligation to act in
> good faith or fair dealing. Would you trust them after
> three years of investment, as they just walk away and
> leave you holding the bag. But when you signed up, they
> said that is just legal "stuff", we wouldn't do that?" 3)
> if they said we won't publish your name in a telephone
> directory, but on their web site they state that they
> have ALREADY shared all customer information with 3rd
> party marketing companies....
>
> Maybe I'm slow.... but if anybody else feels like we do,
> then please send mail to see about joining a
> class-action@wiremore.biz We are looking for interest in
> helping the system improve, because without an outside
> agent, or "pain," things will stay the way they are.
> FYI: 39 Attorney Generals going after Verizon Wireless,
> and 3 class action suites in the same number of years
> might cause some folks some concern. They used to be #1
> in customer service, now slipping to #3. We used to say
> they were the "best of the worse", so at number 3, they
> would be the average worst carrier.
>
> But they do have good service... trust me, Psst: how do
> we know they have such good service and coverage? Aside
> from personal experience, Verizon tells us they do! And
> they wouldn't lie to us, now would they? Your phone
> works in the swamp; your phone works in an elevator; and
> for those of you that thought the phone would work in
> your house, remember even the president of verizon
> wireless things that your (you customers) expectations
> are too high! And I love when customer service says
> (about coverage) what you see on TV is just marketing....
> your phone won't work in an elevator, swamp, etc.... so
> if you can't believe what they say, can't believe what
> they write... take charge and do something. But
> remember, they do have good coverage...

So they didn't renew your contract and now all of a sudden
you have a moral issue with them? I guess while they were
paying you money it was OK?

> 2) if they had business contracts
> that said that they are under no obligation to act in
> good faith or fair dealing. Would you trust them after
> three years of investment, as they just walk away and
> leave you holding the bag. But when you signed up, they
> said that is just legal "stuff", we wouldn't do that?"

Give me a break. You knowingly signed a contract that
you otherwise wouldn't have because they *said* "that is
just legal stuff"? and you have (I guess "had" is the
operative word here) a business?

I'm making no judgement on VZW being good or rotten
but I find your kind of hipocracy a bit much...

"So far, only 1 attorney general on board"

So I guess you have written the claim? Or did the attorney
general get on board for some vague claim that VZW are
bad people? Or was it the form letter you get back from
the Attorney General's Office when you file a complaint?

Get over yourself, learn from your mistakes and move on.

-Quick

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On Mon, 16 May 2005 09:11:52 -0700, "Quick"
<quick7135-news@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:

>So they didn't renew your contract and now all of a sudden
>you have a moral issue with them? I guess while they were
>paying you money it was OK?

And that's why this stinks to high heaven, IMHO...the motivation is
clear on the OP's part. He got cut loose by VZW as an independent
reseller, and now he's going after them.

Long ago, on a small talk radio station not far from here, one of the
station's regular local callers ranted and raved daily about a major
fast food chain. He complained about their packaging (then styrofoam)
as being environmentally unsafe. He complained about the fat content
in their food. He complained about basically everything they did.

One day, another caller who knew this man called with the truth.

It seems that the man was actually a regular customer of this chain,
and one day at one of their locations, he slipped and fell on a
freshly mopped floor while going to the men's room.

He sued this chain, and won a $10,000 out of court settlement.
Apparently the $10K wasn't enough, so he sued them again and lost.

After that, he started digging into all of the above topics.

Without the slip-and-fall and his disappointment with the outcome,
this man would have been sitting in that fast food restaurant drinking
their coffee for hours on end, like he did before all this happened,
and not cared a whit about the content of their food or the packaging
they used...let alone take up hours of talk radio time to "spread the
word" about it.

Sound familiar?

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Quick wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> the Attorney General's Office when you file a complaint?
>
> Get over yourself, learn from your mistakes and move on.

Don't forget the most important aspect of class action suits...

The only ones that see any significant $$$ are the attorneys.

Notan

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On Mon, 16 May 2005 15:42:46 GMT, "dr.wireMORE@formerVZW-MidWESTma"
<dr.wireMORE@formerVZW-MidWESTma.com> wrote:

>If interested in leading, participating, or following a class-action suite:
>send mail to class-action@wiremore.biz No promises, we are just gathering
>momentum. So far, only 1 attorney general on board, but we are growing
>momentum.

Yes, please sign me up! I am interested in a class action suit! I'd
love to see the attorneys who lead it make millions of dollars while
myself and all the participants get something like $20 off their bill,
or a 10% discount on an accessory of their choice (Maximum value:
$20.)
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So True....



> love to see the attorneys who lead it make millions of dollars while
> myself and all the participants get something like $20 off their bill,
> or a 10% discount on an accessory of their choice (Maximum value:
> $20.)
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Remove This wrote:
> So True....
>
>
>
>> love to see the attorneys who lead it make millions of
>> dollars while myself and all the participants get
>> something like $20 off their bill, or a 10% discount on
>> an accessory of their choice (Maximum value: $20.)

$20? You're being a bit optimistic don't you think?

For this case I would expect:

*max* outcome.
VZW settles out of court, pays the lawyers something,
and agrees to change the font to bold in a few places
on the contract.

Most likely outcome:
(existing?) reply from attorney generals office (the one
already on board?). "While the Attorney General does
not handle individual complaints we do save all reports
in case this turns into a general problem that we do
address. Thank you for notifying us and your participation
in the Great State of ____."

-Quick

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Jesus, and some people bitch and complain to me...and this guy is actually
serious!!!!

"dr.wireMORE@formerVZW-MidWESTma" <dr.wireMORE@formerVZW-MidWESTma.com>
wrote in message news:Wb3ie.198$0A5.34@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com...
> If interested in leading, participating, or following a class-action
> suite:
> send mail to class-action@wiremore.biz No promises, we are just gathering
> momentum. So far, only 1 attorney general on board, but we are growing
> momentum.
>
>
> Verizon Wireless has great service, but:
> 1) if they offered a plan for LIFE, yet the contract said they could
> cancel/change it at any time. Would you trust them, when they said,
> "trust
> us, ignore that fine print, we wouldn't do that?"
> 2) if they had business contracts that said that they are under no
> obligation to act in good faith or fair dealing. Would you trust them
> after
> three years of investment, as they just walk away and leave you holding
> the
> bag. But when you signed up, they said that is just legal "stuff", we
> wouldn't do that?"
> 3) if they said we won't publish your name in a telephone directory, but
> on
> their web site they state that they have ALREADY shared all customer
> information with 3rd party marketing companies....
>
> Maybe I'm slow.... but if anybody else feels like we do, then please send
> mail to see about joining a class-action@wiremore.biz We are looking for
> interest in helping the system improve, because without an outside agent,
> or
> "pain," things will stay the way they are. FYI: 39 Attorney Generals
> going
> after Verizon Wireless, and 3 class action suites in the same number of
> years might cause some folks some concern. They used to be #1 in customer
> service, now slipping to #3. We used to say they were the "best of the
> worse", so at number 3, they would be the average worst carrier.
>
> But they do have good service... trust me, Psst: how do we know they
> have
> such good service and coverage? Aside from personal experience, Verizon
> tells us they do! And they wouldn't lie to us, now would they? Your
> phone
> works in the swamp; your phone works in an elevator; and for those of you
> that thought the phone would work in your house, remember even the
> president
> of verizon wireless things that your (you customers) expectations are too
> high! And I love when customer service says (about coverage) what you see
> on TV is just marketing.... your phone won't work in an elevator, swamp,
> etc.... so if you can't believe what they say, can't believe what they
> write... take charge and do something. But remember, they do have good
> coverage...
>
> dr
>
> If interested in leading, participating, or following a class-action
> suite:
> send mail to class-action@wiremore.biz No promises, we are just gathering
> momentum. So far, only 1 attorney general on board, but we are growing
> momentum.
>
>
>

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dr.wireMORE@formerVZW-MidWESTma wrote:
> If interested in leading, participating, or following a class-action suite:
> send mail to class-action@wiremore.biz No promises, we are just gathering
> momentum. So far, only 1 attorney general on board, but we are growing
> momentum.

Dr. Wiremore (whatever your real name is):

You make some pretty fantastic charges against Verizon Wireless in your
quest to drum up supporters for a class action lawsuit. I just have a
couple of questions.


1. It would appear that by your own admission, you were an authorized
agent of Verizon Wireless for at least three years (see
http://tinyurl.com/72kdu ). Is this not correct?

2. In those three years, it would appear that you knowingly and
intentionally worked to convince your customers and users of usenet that
Verizon cares about its customers (an example: http://tinyurl.com/c9yb7
). Given that, would not it not be reasonable to conclude that during
those three years, you were a willing accomplice in the deceptive,
unethical and unfair business tactics that you are accusing Verizon of
practicing?

3. Given the above, why shouldn't your former customers be organizing a
class action lawsuit against you for being complicit in Verizon's
duplicitous business tactics?


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Isaiah Beard wrote:
> dr.wireMORE@formerVZW-MidWESTma wrote:
>> If interested in leading, participating, or following a
>> class-action suite: send mail to
>> class-action@wiremore.biz No promises, we are just
>> gathering momentum. So far, only 1 attorney general on
>> board, but we are growing momentum.
>
> Dr. Wiremore (whatever your real name is):
>
> You make some pretty fantastic charges against Verizon
> Wireless in your quest to drum up supporters for a class
> action lawsuit. I just have a couple of questions.
>
>
> 1. It would appear that by your own admission, you were
> an authorized agent of Verizon Wireless for at least
> three years (see http://tinyurl.com/72kdu ). Is this not
> correct?
>
> 2. In those three years, it would appear that you
> knowingly and intentionally worked to convince your
> customers and users of usenet that Verizon cares about
> its customers (an example: http://tinyurl.com/c9yb7 ).
> Given that, would not it not be reasonable to conclude
> that during those three years, you were a willing
> accomplice in the deceptive, unethical and unfair
> business tactics that you are accusing Verizon of
> practicing?
>
> 3. Given the above, why shouldn't your former customers
> be organizing a class action lawsuit against you for
> being complicit in Verizon's duplicitous business tactics?

Now this is interesting... Is is possible to accidently initiate
and be a party to a class action suit against yourself? Would
being a party to a class action suit against yourself mitigate
your damages by one settlement?

-Quick

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Quick wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> Now this is interesting... Is is possible to accidently initiate
> and be a party to a class action suit against yourself? Would
> being a party to a class action suit against yourself mitigate
> your damages by one settlement?

Even better... What if you were also an attorney?

Notan

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Evan Platt wrote:

> Yes, please sign me up! I am interested in a class action suit! I'd
> love to see the attorneys who lead it make millions of dollars while
> myself and all the participants get something like $20 off their bill,
> or a 10% discount on an accessory of their choice (Maximum value:
> $20.)

Or the $10 value pre-paid long distance phone card (which is virtually
worthless to someone that has cell phone service where long distance is
included). Yes, that was the actual settlment to plaintiffs in a cell
phone company class-action suit once. The attorneys pocketed around $7 mil.


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Quick wrote:

>
> Now this is interesting... Is is possible to accidently initiate
> and be a party to a class action suit against yourself? Would
> being a party to a class action suit against yourself mitigate
> your damages by one settlement?

No, he's not initiating a class action suit against himself. What he IS
doing is ignoring the doctrine of clean hands. He is purporting to be a
victim of Verizon's alleged duplicity and fraud, when in fact he was an
admitted perpetrator of those same alleged actions for over three years.

In effect, if the class action suit really does have merit, his
custoemrs could launch a separate action against HIM. He could also be
disqualified as a lead plaintiff in his suit against Verizon (assuming
there IS merit), and once that happens, the two class action suits could
be combine into one... essentially landing him into a defendant's seat
right next to the very people he has an axe to grind with.

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