Fed up with dropped calls and a string of defective cellphones, Corey Taylor said he became irate when he learned he’d have to pay $175.00 USD to get out of his long-term contract with Verizon Wireless.
So Corey Taylor resorted to a rather extreme measure. He faked his own death.
After reading on a blog that wireless companies would cancel the contracts of deceased customers, “I thought, ‘What have I got to lose, besides a cellphone I despise?’ ” Taylor said.
The Chicago consultant fashioned a fake death certificate and had a friend fax it to Verizon Wireless, his cellphone service provider. He thought he was in the clear — until the company caught on.
Read the entire store via the Washington Post.
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I’m DONE! It is really not that serious. Just pay the $175 or use one of the sites that lets you sell your wireless contract to someone else!