# Save a stamp, spend an extra 3 bucks. WTH, Verizon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-a-stamp-spend-an-extra-3-bucks-wth-verizon/513218 "2009-10-09T18:22:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-a-stamp-spend-an-extra-3-bucks-wth-verizon/513218/41 "2009-10-11T14:25:04Z")
I just googled “Verizon pay bill online” and got this link: > **[My Verizon login. Sign in to your Verizon Wireless or Fios Account](https://secure.verizon.com/signin)** > > Log in or register your My Verizon account today! You can check your data usage, pay your bills and manage your account without having to go to a Verizon store. On it, it says “Make a payment now without registering or signing in. Please note that payments made without signing in to My Verizon will be processed by a vendor who will charge a $3.50 service fee per payment. Avoid this fee by signing in or registering.” to the right, under “Paying your bill?”. I’d bet you can simply register there, then you can pay without the 3.50 fee. Give it a try. Among other things, they’ll make your bill available online (we’re paperless ourselves). And they appear to have a drawing right now to win a Toyota Prius - says we’ve got 2 entries already for having the “my verizon” account and for being paperless. If I were to have it deducted directly from checking, it’d get me a third entry. This is precisely what we did, some long time ago. You can have the bill paid automatically (from bank account or from a credit card). No fees are involved. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-a-stamp-spend-an-extra-3-bucks-wth-verizon/513218/42 "2009-10-11T14:29:00Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > … > So I go to the website, fill out all the necessary boilerplate nonsense, at …There are so many exhortations all over the bill and the envelope to pay either online or by phone, that I’m _certain_ Verizon must be getting a cut of this $3.50… Oh, I’m sure they do! And if there’s no other way to pay electronically, I’d definitely say screw’em on the 3.50 unless it was that, or incurring a late fee (that time I screwed up my credit card payment, the 15 bucks was a LOT cheaper than the alternative). ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-a-stamp-spend-an-extra-3-bucks-wth-verizon/513218/43 "2009-10-11T14:57:47Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > I just googled “Verizon pay bill online” and got this link: > [My Verizon login. Sign in to your Verizon Wireless or Fios Account](https://www22.verizon.com/myverizon/) > > On it, it says “Make a payment now without registering or signing in. > Please note that payments made > without signing in to My Verizon will be processed by a vendor who will charge a $3.50 service fee per payment. Avoid this fee by signing in or registering.” to the right, under “Paying your bill?”. > > I’d bet you can simply register there, then you can pay without the 3.50 fee. Give it a try. Among other things, they’ll make your bill available online (we’re paperless ourselves). And they appear to have a drawing right now to win a Toyota Prius - says we’ve got 2 entries already for having the “my verizon” account and for being paperless. If I were to have it deducted directly from checking, it’d get me a third entry. > > This is precisely what we did, some long time ago. You can have the bill paid automatically (from bank account or from a credit card). No fees are involved. Thanks! I will totally do this! (And if _I_ win the Prius, I won’t rub your face in it! 😛 ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-a-stamp-spend-an-extra-3-bucks-wth-verizon/513218.md?page=2)