Money | Verizon Verizon Scraps $2 Fee 'Convenience' charge dies a quick death amid outcry By John Johnson Posted Dec 30, 2011 2:38 PM CST Copied Verizon Wireless is backtracking on a new fee. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file) About that new $2 "convenience fee" for Verizon Wireless customers: Never mind. The company backtracked quickly today and scrapped its plan to charge customers who make one-time payments online or by phone, reports the Wall Street Journal. Online petitions in protest sprang up immediately, and federal regulators said they were looking into the legalities of the fee before Verizon abruptly pulled the plug. Read These Next 3 police officers were killed and 2 injured in southern Pennsylvania. ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel under pressure. ABC reporter's take on Kirk shooting suspect's texts flops. Dead girl in singer's Tesla had been missing for over a year. Report an error