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Early Tuesday morning, large floats, local politicians and businesses, children on bikes decked out with flags and marching bands galore eagerly assembled near 54th Street and Lake Park Avenue. Meanwhile,

>> glor: good evening, im jeff glor. scott is off tonight. verizon wireless said today it had the wrong number. a $2 monthly fee is what it planned to charge many of its 91 million customers just to pay their own bills. compaharge is now gone. the company called it a convenience fee. national correspondent lee cowan reports? called it something else-- adudly. >> reporter: if verizon had hoped announcing a new $2 fee in th the middle of the holidays would go unnoticed, the response on t...

relented. in a statement posted on the companys web site: >> i think companies are finally starting to realize they can not nickel and dime consumer anymo anymore. >> reporter: this woman says theres a clear trend giving consumers more power than ever. >> the question companies have to ask themselves is if this worth it? is a $2 transaction fee worth the extremely bad media youre going to get right now in this particular economic environment where people are already suffering? how will...

with scott pelley. >> glor: good evening, im jeff glor. scott is off tonight. verizon wireless said today it had the wrong number. a $2 monthly fee is what it planned to charge many of its 91 million customers just to pay their own bills. that charge is now gone. the company called it a convenience fee. national correspondent lee cowan reports? called it something else-- loudly. >> reporter: if verizon had hoped announcing a new $2 fee in the middle of the holidays would go unnoticed, ...