Verizon FiOS E-Care

Calling Verizon was not that bad, all things considered. I hate calling any support center because you never know how long you will be on hold, but I got through the phone call in about ten minutes once I got to the hold line, so it was acceptable. 

There are a lot of reasons that people might be calling Verizon, from telephone service to television service to car mobile service. Given that fact, I was expecting to wait on the phone for a while. I needed to talk to someone about the Verizon kid's watch. I am thinking about getting my kid a mobile watch so they can call in and check in with me. However, I am not a Verizon customer, so I would also have to switch my mobile provider to Verizon. 

That meant I had to call and actually talk to someone to discuss all of this at length. When I called, I was greeted with a message from a virtual assistant saying, "Welcome to Verizon. I'm the Verizon Assistant." After that, there was a long message about privacy and a few other things, and finally, it told me, "Starting with the area code, please say or enter the number you are calling about. If you are not yet a customer, press pound."

I pressed pound, and then I got another long line of options that included: "To become a Verizon mobile customer or prepaid account, press 1. Make a payment on a disconnected account or notice, press 2. Support for your home and existing FiOS internet and home service, press 3. For help getting the mobile number of a device, press 4. Check the status of a device or order recycling request, press 5. For your connected car mobile, press 6. Anything else, press 7."

After that, it asked if I was calling for a personal mobile reason or a business purpose, and I chose personal. Then it told me, "Your call may be monitored and recorded for quality assurance and security," and transferred me to a hold line. I waited for about ten minutes, and a customer representative finally picked up and answered my questions. They were very friendly and patient while I went through my questions, and in the end, when I hung up, I had a lot to think about. I'm not sure what I am going to do, but the call wasn't a bad experience.