Verizon joins the rip-off train

Starting April 22, Verizon will start charging customers $30 to upgrade their phone to a newer model.  Their reaction to the outcry is to tell us that their fee is less than what AT&T and Sprint charge.  Both Sprint and AT&T had been charging $18 to customers for buying new phones with two-year contracts for some time. Sprint doubled its fee to $36 in September of 2011, followed by AT&T in February of 2012, while T-Mobile is sticking to its $18 upgrade fee.

From bogus text messaging rates, to having "unlimited" plans that really are not, the rip-offs don't stop.  If the Department of Justice can go after Apple for E-book scheming, you would think they would have the time to go after these guys.