Verizon NY Gross Receipts Surcharge refund checks/credit

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Verizon NY Gross Receipts Surcharge refund checks/credit

Posted: 8/18/2017 8:45:07 AM EDT

Anyone get one in the last couple months? They can range from .50 to 3.00, 15.00 or more. Rumors are spreading that they are not real and can be used to drain your bank accounts which I doubt. Research says, ". A surcharge which is assessed on NY state gross receipts and NY state excise taxes". Basically means NY told Verizon that that the surcharge they were charging didn't apply to wireless service. My brother in law don't believe it because the check says that it can't be cashed at check cashing agency or money service business. Anyone else/ I'm a former Verizon customer BTW.

Posted: 8/18/2017 9:18:18 AM EDT

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I got one... had Verizon from 04 to 09 or so. It's only $5 and I haven't cashed it.

Posted: 8/18/2017 9:31:11 AM EDT

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My dad got three ranging from under 50 cents to over a dollar. not sure if he's done anything with them yet.

Posted: 8/18/2017 11:08:14 AM EDT

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No check, but they did knock 27 bucks off a monthly bill because of it.

Posted: 8/18/2017 11:48:02 AM EDT

[#4]

But are they legit? There's arguments all over saying it's a scam

Posted: 8/18/2017 12:02:56 PM EDT

[#5]

Mine was for 6 dollars and some change... Just got it this week. Havent tried cashing it.

Posted: 8/18/2017 12:21:30 PM EDT

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But are they legit? There's arguments all over saying it's a scam

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Don't know. Stuck it in the bank anyway.

Posted: 8/18/2017 1:25:08 PM EDT

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Cashed mine for $21 last week. Still have my kidneys, supermodel wife and bank account!
Good luck to the rest of you.

Posted: 8/18/2017 6:51:02 PM EDT

[#8]

shredded it.

Posted: 8/18/2017 10:45:51 PM EDT

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Cashed mine for $21 last week. Still have my kidneys, supermodel wife and bank account!
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it's ALL TRUE!

Put my $4.16 in the credit union today.

Posted: 8/20/2017 7:55:33 PM EDT

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Deposited into my account via the "take a picture of the check" option in my bank app. It cleared. No issues.

But let's say it was a scam, how does depositing a check allow someone to drain your account?

Posted: 8/20/2017 10:29:21 PM EDT

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Deposited into my account via the "take a picture of the check" option in my bank app. It cleared. No issues.

But let's say it was a scam, how does depositing a check allow someone to drain your account?

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People are saying the check says VOID on them. I'm trying to explain that you can barely see them and that it's a security feature that prevents copying or altering it. If you make a copy of the check the VOIDs mark will appear. But no, a retired Nassau County detective says they're fakes and it's a scam. My cousin fell for it. My brother in law finds it suspicious because it says cannot be cashed by a check cashing services. They are also saying that Verizon has never heard of such checks. That's because this is only in NY not elsewhere those Verizon reps are.

Posted: 8/21/2017 6:58:31 PM EDT

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Got 30 and change.

Verizon since forever

Posted: 8/21/2017 9:50:53 PM EDT

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They can range from .50 to 3.00, 15.00 or more

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Which also goes to show how low the surcharges were... Cos I'm assuming that's for more than just one cycle.

Back when I use to go to retail complaint sites I would see people complaining about the surcharge. They apparently heard that if they claimed "hardship" they could opt out of the surcharge. That option may have been true, but apparently they had to prove the hardship, and these people were complaining over surcharges of less than one dollar - sometimes even one penny.

Posted: 8/22/2017 10:07:26 AM EDT

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Which also goes to show how low the surcharges were... Cos I'm assuming that's for more than just one cycle.

Back when I use to go to retail complaint sites I would see people complaining about the surcharge. They apparently heard that if they claimed "hardship" they could opt out of the surcharge. That option may have been true, but apparently they had to prove the hardship, and these people were complaining over surcharges of less than one dollar - sometimes even one penny.

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Doesn't matter if it's a penny... it's the principle of the matter.

Posted: 8/22/2017 8:26:29 PM EDT

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I cashed mine yesterday. Looks like all is good. The reason for the checks is because,

They are indeed refunds of a tax collected from 2008 to 2014 on mobile phone plans under the assumption that they were “local” plans, and that the state’s gross revenue tax applied. In 2015, the Department of Taxation and Finance decided that mobile phone bills aren’t “local” phone service, and issued a technical memo [PDF] explaining the change in taxes on mobile phone bills. “The State recently refunded some of the remitted funds to Verizon, and we have returned those refunds to current and former Verizon Wireless Customers,” a Verizon spokesman said. That’s why the checks are showing up now, even though the tax changed in 2015.

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Glad to see NYS cares about us

Posted: 8/23/2017 5:02:48 PM EDT

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Doesn't matter if it's a penny... it's the principle of the matter.

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Except "principle" didn't get the surcharge lifted. They were complaining because the carrier refused to accept their hardship claim.

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