Please sign petition

I'm all for petitions, but I have no idea what this is saying.

Dear Verizon ,

Stop regulating cell phone company and screwing your customers
Sincerely,
[Your name]

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What do you actually want them to do?

EDIT: I just noticed it doesn't even have punctuation.
http://www.change.org/guides/start-your-online-petition
Next petition you should look over this very carefully when writing the petition, as well as anything talking about writing persuasive complaint letters to companies.

no seriousness will be given to this poorly written petition...i stopped reading after 2 lines.

tuggy24g said:

Well I am not the best writer. If you want to write something better your more then welcome. Now what I want them to do is just act as a cellphone service provider. Stop telling companies what they to do and not to.

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But what specific actions do you want them to do? Let's imagine that whoever you're sending this to is moved by the petition and wants to act, what should he do? What policies should he see are changed, be specific? Give specific reasons why these actions will help you, and thus help them.

That letter is embarrassingly poorly written. Not trying to be mean, but it should be taken down immediately until you or someone you know can write something up that doesn't sound like the work of a 3rd grader.

You need a specific call of action or at least some focus, that is social activism 101. A pointless run on sentence telling them that they suck isn't going to get many supporters and will not change anything.

I suggest reading this article about how to write a petition, it will help give some focus, http://www.thepetitionsite.com/toolkit/how-to-petition.html

Petition wont do squat you need to do a class action if you want real attention.

But if it becomes a big enough issue they simply wont offer Nexus devices anymore.

Problems when someone proposes class action lawsuits are many. Some of the prerequisites that must be met when filing a CA lawsuit are as follows.
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Class Action Prerequisites

Class actions are governed by federal and state court rules. A class action can't take place unless the requirements in these rules are met:

• Numbers. There have to be so many possible plaintiffs and lawsuits against a defendant that it's not practical for them to file their own suits. Often, possible plaintiffs number in the hundreds or thousands
• Same claims. Claims need to raise common legal and factual issues, making it efficient to deal with all claims together. Thousands of claims against a manufacturer for a faulty dishwasher switch causing a fire hazard is a good example
• Typical cases. The named plaintiffs, the representatives, have the same claims and defenses as the others in the class. In the dishwasher example, the named plaintiff's claim can't be connected to defective pump causing flooding
• Representatives provide fair and adequate protection for the class. The named plaintiffs and class lawyers must look out for the interests of everyone in the class. The lawyers' competency is the main focus here, but courts look at the representatives, too.

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It also can take years for a CA lawsuit to work it's way through the system, so many times you may be on a 2nd or 3rd phone before a case is decided. You may even be at a different carrier, so who wants to step up and start a CA suit?

And like some earlier posts have stated, you need to be specific regarding what you want the defendant to do or not do. Getting Verizon to "stop screwing the customer" won't fly.

I would say if someone here want to attempt to get a CA suit started, start emailing each other and get together and when you have maybe 3 or 4 like minded people, contact an attorney and see what he says.

The above CA prerequisites was "copy and pasted" from the following website;

Class Action Basics - Lawyers.com

Just fyi, I have no interest whatsoever in a Class action lawsuit against Verizon.

Good luck,

Very amusing thread. And we should let it die?

I like the idea. I rolled my eyes when i read "screwing" in the first sentence, and i stopped reading at "loose customers" in the beginning of the second paragraph.

Petitions should be written like business letters. You're not going to be taken seriously with a petition letter like that. It needs to be rewritten.

Unsought said:

I like the idea. I rolled my eyes when i read "screwing" in the first sentence, and i stopped reading at "loose customers" in the beginning of the second paragraph.

Petitions should be written like business letters. You're not going to be taken seriously with a petition letter like that. It needs to be rewritten.

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In his defense, it's current form is much better than the original (I quoted it in it's entirety in the second post on this thread).