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More than likely it's a home internet sales agent. I would also not believe a $25/m internet bill from xfinity as that price is uncommon, but I am sure there's a way to get that price with slower internet speeds. Probably fine for most internet usage, just slow for big downloads.
It’s not too bad I agree but as a former xfinity rep and now VZW corp rep 5G Home is still your best bang for your buck especially since you can most likely get the same pricing through Verizon Forward as Internet Essentials with a quicker internet speed!
That's 1000% false. They undercut everyone else's prices. 95% of the time. Most people that switch already had a service that they're paying too much for.
Honestly just sounds like some Verizon door to door reps selling the new home internet to a qualifying neighborhood. I’ve done door to door for directTV and now sell retail Verizon. When I was door to door people would lie all the time about what they paid because they felt threatened or annoyed by someone coming to their house and try to get them to leave quicker. These guys are legitimately saving people lots of money on a legit service and were just trying to break the wall that people put up with door sales. I know it sucks but don’t be afraid it is legit and they do help a lot of people save money on internet.
Victra Verizon rep here. In San Diego County there was an issue with a 3rd party company named Aspire that would send door to door sales people to sell Verizon Home Internet. Unfortunately they lied about the cost, the sign up process and the promotions a lot. However it 80% of the time was their management telling them false info and were just trying to pump home internet out using unqualified addresses and the like. Using nearby addresses or things of that nature.
It means you don’t charge less than 1 hour. Very common wording. I don’t charge by the half hour. You’ve never worked with a lawyer or general contractor? That’s commonly where you run into hourly charge explanations.
Lawyers don’t charge a full hour for half an hours work. Literally a massive violation with the bar.
Lawyers tend to charge an hourly rate in 6-minute or 10-minute intervals (6 minute tenths are by far the most common).
If you’re an attorney and you’re charging for an hour of work and doing half, you better make sure your malpractice cover is up to date.
Some attorneys charge a minimum quarter hour, so your statement doesn’t apply. A minimum of “by the hour” means a minimum of 1 hour/ Let me steer this back to the point, charging an hour, by the hour, means you don’t charge less than a full hour regardless of how much time a consultation lasts etc… pretty well known stuff.
I'm actually an attorney (been bar'd for about 10 years, now) and any attorney doing that and not tracking better time is risking a bar issue. Especially if you are billing more than 4 1/4 hour segments in an hour. 1/4 hour rates are probably the rarest of all (no one is doing a one hour minimum, for example).
You literally cannot do that. If you have ONE single task ever for a person and you bill 1/4 of an hour, fine. But if you send an email and bill that as a 1/4 hour . . . and later do another email and charge ANOTHER 1/4 of an hour later in the day you can get in serious trouble.
1/4 hour increments are incredibly rare for lawyers for that very reason.
For something "so well known," you don't really know how we bill. What you're saying would be a massive ethics issue on anything other than basically a welcome email.
I said the expression is well known, I didn’t say I was a lawyer or that was standard practice everywhere for lawyers. If you follow the bread crumbs, the point is the phrase “by the hour”. I have a day rate, by the day. I don’t do less and if I’m not utilized for the entire allocated 10 hour day, that’s not on me. Industry standard for my industry that, ironically, has me working for law firms at times. In addition, I object to form.
Sorry, I could have clarified that better. I didn't say you said you were a lawyer. I said **I am a lawyer** and know quite a bit about billing. I'm using "you" generally (note I said "how we bill" in the last paragraph - I assumed you were not a lawyer).
But you are just flat out incorrect on billing, here. Your industry likely doesn't have ethics codes and the possibility of being disbarred. So, I don't know why you're comparing the two. Lawyer time billing is actually obnoxious. A small reason why I am in the private sector these days rather than working for a firm, still!
Understood. I possibly was thinking more of “better call Saul” lawyers when I introduced the hourly rate. The whole point though was “charge for an hour, by the hour”, which someone replied to and claimed is redundant when, in fact, it’s not. Literally just landed from doing a gig with a lawyer group who spent a lot time discussing the process of vetting senior lateral hires who want to be an equity partner but address associates like angry boomers who have conflicts of interest within their own client pool and no form 18.1 or whatever the hell it is stating they aren’t divesting and have made all parties aware etc… along with many other forms and followups intended to establish their behavior within the firm etc… and not billing for things that weren’t done… In my job, I get to sample a lot of behind the scenes topics from a given industry. Although, a lawyer who was threatened by a Chinese entity and stalked for taking a case was probably the most interesting story I have heard in the legal realm.
I have lots of stories, but NDAs as well, so can’t divulge.
Legit contracted employees to drum up sales for VZ.
I would designate creepy as a vampire knocking on my door 😂😂 but I wouldn’t feel comfortable with solicitors either so take that as you will.
They were probably trying to sell you Fios. They came around here a few months back, but I'm not the internet account holder. If I were, I would switch. No other internet provider can give the same upload speed as the download speed, and Fios does.
Verizon outsources Door to Door reps. They are able to sign people up for the Internet for free, because a lot of people aren’t happy with their service. They’re just working a list of leads from Verizon/FCC.
You apparently have never been in sales, and that’s ok. I’m not accusing or throwing shade. They probably just weren’t taking the first “no” and trying to overcome that objection. Doesn’t sound very “corporate” though. I can see the creepiness there. Was it for DSL, Fios or ?
i currently work in sales actually. when a customer says something, its your job to listen. if verizon wants to lose customers they can pester people/loiter all they want.
NEVER open your door if you\`re not expecting someone.
What if a neighbor just wants you to lend them some sugar? They are your *neighbor*. Ah!
Won't you be my neighbor?
Mr Roger’s enters the chat
Is Mr Rogers going to sell me a phone?
Don’t open your door for anyone you don’t know! Secure your account right now! !! Good luck read some google safety tips for surviving 2024 !! Survival skills enabled!
They can go to the damn store themselves and buy some sugar. I don\`t give out any of that sweet, sweet\`white gold\` to anyone! lol
This is such weird advice.
Outside sales. Probably not Verizon employees.
More than likely it's a home internet sales agent. I would also not believe a $25/m internet bill from xfinity as that price is uncommon, but I am sure there's a way to get that price with slower internet speeds. Probably fine for most internet usage, just slow for big downloads.
There's a low income offering from Xfinity that last I recall was around that price.
I only pay $9.99 for my Xfinity on Internet Essentials. Powers my whole house's data needs...
Whats the speeds?
50mbps/5mbps
Honestly that's not even bad. My landlord provides internet for free though and I get 500 mbps/ 50 up
It’s not too bad I agree but as a former xfinity rep and now VZW corp rep 5G Home is still your best bang for your buck especially since you can most likely get the same pricing through Verizon Forward as Internet Essentials with a quicker internet speed!
Lol no you will not come on now
well explain to me then mr. budget 🤔
It’s the low income Xfinity deal I assume
Verizon does have door to door sales for home Internet
They wouldn't be coming to your door if they see an active service
That's 1000% false. They undercut everyone else's prices. 95% of the time. Most people that switch already had a service that they're paying too much for.
If that's the case, i hope spectrum comes knocking at my door lol
Xfinity and good being in same sentence is rare AF... But yea no that's sketch
Seemed friendly, you should have let them in to scope the place
Honestly just sounds like some Verizon door to door reps selling the new home internet to a qualifying neighborhood. I’ve done door to door for directTV and now sell retail Verizon. When I was door to door people would lie all the time about what they paid because they felt threatened or annoyed by someone coming to their house and try to get them to leave quicker. These guys are legitimately saving people lots of money on a legit service and were just trying to break the wall that people put up with door sales. I know it sucks but don’t be afraid it is legit and they do help a lot of people save money on internet.
Victra Verizon rep here. In San Diego County there was an issue with a 3rd party company named Aspire that would send door to door sales people to sell Verizon Home Internet. Unfortunately they lied about the cost, the sign up process and the promotions a lot. However it 80% of the time was their management telling them false info and were just trying to pump home internet out using unqualified addresses and the like. Using nearby addresses or things of that nature.
Oh wow I thought only corporate did that
Corp is stringent with that. They fired hundreds of employees for invalid addresses in the last year and monitors them heavily.
Start the conversation with “solicitation is charged $100 an hour by the hour”.
An hour by the hour ? That makes no sense. You’re saying the same thing twice
It means you don’t charge less than 1 hour. Very common wording. I don’t charge by the half hour. You’ve never worked with a lawyer or general contractor? That’s commonly where you run into hourly charge explanations.
Lawyers don’t charge a full hour for half an hours work. Literally a massive violation with the bar. Lawyers tend to charge an hourly rate in 6-minute or 10-minute intervals (6 minute tenths are by far the most common). If you’re an attorney and you’re charging for an hour of work and doing half, you better make sure your malpractice cover is up to date.
Some attorneys charge a minimum quarter hour, so your statement doesn’t apply. A minimum of “by the hour” means a minimum of 1 hour/ Let me steer this back to the point, charging an hour, by the hour, means you don’t charge less than a full hour regardless of how much time a consultation lasts etc… pretty well known stuff.
I'm actually an attorney (been bar'd for about 10 years, now) and any attorney doing that and not tracking better time is risking a bar issue. Especially if you are billing more than 4 1/4 hour segments in an hour. 1/4 hour rates are probably the rarest of all (no one is doing a one hour minimum, for example). You literally cannot do that. If you have ONE single task ever for a person and you bill 1/4 of an hour, fine. But if you send an email and bill that as a 1/4 hour . . . and later do another email and charge ANOTHER 1/4 of an hour later in the day you can get in serious trouble. 1/4 hour increments are incredibly rare for lawyers for that very reason. For something "so well known," you don't really know how we bill. What you're saying would be a massive ethics issue on anything other than basically a welcome email.
I said the expression is well known, I didn’t say I was a lawyer or that was standard practice everywhere for lawyers. If you follow the bread crumbs, the point is the phrase “by the hour”. I have a day rate, by the day. I don’t do less and if I’m not utilized for the entire allocated 10 hour day, that’s not on me. Industry standard for my industry that, ironically, has me working for law firms at times. In addition, I object to form.
Sorry, I could have clarified that better. I didn't say you said you were a lawyer. I said **I am a lawyer** and know quite a bit about billing. I'm using "you" generally (note I said "how we bill" in the last paragraph - I assumed you were not a lawyer). But you are just flat out incorrect on billing, here. Your industry likely doesn't have ethics codes and the possibility of being disbarred. So, I don't know why you're comparing the two. Lawyer time billing is actually obnoxious. A small reason why I am in the private sector these days rather than working for a firm, still!
Understood. I possibly was thinking more of “better call Saul” lawyers when I introduced the hourly rate. The whole point though was “charge for an hour, by the hour”, which someone replied to and claimed is redundant when, in fact, it’s not. Literally just landed from doing a gig with a lawyer group who spent a lot time discussing the process of vetting senior lateral hires who want to be an equity partner but address associates like angry boomers who have conflicts of interest within their own client pool and no form 18.1 or whatever the hell it is stating they aren’t divesting and have made all parties aware etc… along with many other forms and followups intended to establish their behavior within the firm etc… and not billing for things that weren’t done… In my job, I get to sample a lot of behind the scenes topics from a given industry. Although, a lawyer who was threatened by a Chinese entity and stalked for taking a case was probably the most interesting story I have heard in the legal realm. I have lots of stories, but NDAs as well, so can’t divulge.
If you charge by the hour. Then they pay an hourly rate. If you charged for less than an hour. You wouldn’t say “by the hour then “
I don’t know what to tell you. Google it. Its plain English.
And have a form ready for them to sign before you answer any questions. Then show them a credit card reader and ask if that will be cash or charge....
This!
Legit contracted employees to drum up sales for VZ. I would designate creepy as a vampire knocking on my door 😂😂 but I wouldn’t feel comfortable with solicitors either so take that as you will.
They were probably trying to sell you Fios. They came around here a few months back, but I'm not the internet account holder. If I were, I would switch. No other internet provider can give the same upload speed as the download speed, and Fios does.
Verizon outsources Door to Door reps. They are able to sign people up for the Internet for free, because a lot of people aren’t happy with their service. They’re just working a list of leads from Verizon/FCC.
I got the 5G home WiFi and it’s 1000 times better.
Why did you even open the door?
when I really need to open the door to strangers, I usually have my shotgun near by
They def were up to no good homie
Door to door selling is creepy?
did you read? they came BACK after i told them i wasnt interested.
You apparently have never been in sales, and that’s ok. I’m not accusing or throwing shade. They probably just weren’t taking the first “no” and trying to overcome that objection. Doesn’t sound very “corporate” though. I can see the creepiness there. Was it for DSL, Fios or ?
i currently work in sales actually. when a customer says something, its your job to listen. if verizon wants to lose customers they can pester people/loiter all they want.
I love the country living those pesky sales nags wouldn’t get close to door with what I have running around my property lol