There WAS a class action.
https://www.utilityuserstax.com/
Looks like it ended a while ago, and the deadline to join the class (for
$8.50 per line) ended in August 2021.
bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
On 11/2/2021 3:49 PM, Robert Andrews wrote:
Somewhere there is a class action brewing... I wonder if it's really
Palo Alto or just the cell provider being dodgy... Looking on the
positive side maybe it's something legit...
On 11/2/21 3:44 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
Be fun to raise hell and see if they will adjust it off and credit
you for many years of overcharging.
-----Original Message----- From: Bill Prince
Sent: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 2:13 PM
To: AFMUG
Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Palo Alto City UUT
Here's a curious one. My wife & I have cell service through Verizon.
It's a simple plan with unlimited text, unlimited talk, and more data
than we can use. We pay a fee for the service, and we pay a "fixed
amount" for each phone. So far, so good.
However, for some reason that I've never explored until this week, my
wife's "fixed amount" is 28 cents more than mine. It's always been that
way (25+ years now), and I always wondered, but never investigated.
Yesterday I finally investigated. Turns out, the extra 28 cents is in
the part labeled "fees and government charges". Looking into that a
little more finds a fee called "Palo Alto City UUT" in the amount of,
you guessed it, 28 cents.
Now, if I lived in the city of Palo Alto, I might consider that normal.
However, we don't live in the city of Palo Alto.
In fact, we don't even live in the same county as Palo Alto. While Palo
Alto is relatively close, it IS in the next county. Is this even legal?
How can a city in the next county charge my wife's phone (and not mine)
a utility tax?
Have any of you looked in your Verizon bill lately?
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