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Canceled my service for a certain date and asked for the final amount due given that specific date. CSR suggested I pay the full bill (not yet due) and allow them to process and issue a refund, maybe by check, maybe by a gift card. They somewhat grudgingly gave me a number - an incorrect number about a month ago, which I paid promptly.<br /> <br /> Email from Verizon today: &quot;Good news! We were able to successfully process your refund. . . . Your refund will come in the form of a Prepaid Mastercard&amp;#174; for the total amount and can be used anywhere debit Mastercard is accepted worldwide. Please follow the activation steps included with the card prior to use...&quot;<br /> <br /> Wait ... Was I allowed to pay my bill with a &quot;Prepaid Mastercard&quot;? And If I was 6 or 8 weeks delayed in paying it, would I be charged a penalty for that? Oh, and wait, was there a question as to whether they would be able to &quot;successfully process [my] refund&quot;?<br /> <br /> How many businesses (not monopolies in certain contexts) would survive when dealing with customer with so little equity? (Play by the same rules you hold your customers to.) Frankly this approach seems to me to share much in common with many types of scam ... i.e. taking advantage of untraceable gift cards. Wow.