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Angry Internet Wins! Verizon Won't Institute $2 "Convenience" Fee

Angry Internet Wins! Verizon Won't Institute $2 "Convenience" Fee

Never mind then! Just like Netflix with its aborted Qwikster brand, Verizon Wireless has decided to nix its wildly panned plan to charge a $2 "convenience fee" to those users who wanted to pay their bill month-to-month with a credit card online or on their phone. more ›

Verizon Adds $2 Fee For Month-To-Month Credit Card Bills

Verizon Adds $2 Fee For Month-To-Month Credit Card Bills

Verizon! In the latest example of a corporation trying to nickel and dime its customers, the telecom giant has announced a new "$2 payment convenience fee" for people who, well, want to pay their bill. Basically if you are the kind of person who can't commit to auto-paying your phone bill and like to pay online or on your phone, well, your bill is going to be going up two bucks a month starting on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, January 15. more ›

Get Yer $10 Hot Chocolate at Yankee Stadium!

Get Yer $10 Hot Chocolate at Yankee Stadium!

Did you know that a 16 ounce cup of hot chocolate will cost you ten dollars at Yankee Stadium? It's news to Sports Illustrated's Peter King, who was shivering through a Yankees-Angels game the other night when a vendor passed by hawking the luxury chocolate-flavored water. He later crunched the numbers on the product, and guesstimates that the Yankees are making about $9.15 profit on each hot chocolate sold (23 cents for bulk chocolate power, 6.5 cents for a cup and lid, 5 cents for hot water, and maybe 50 cents for the vendor). more ›

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