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>> glor: good evening, i'm 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 the internet quickly proved them wrong. esthin minutes online petition drives blossomed and so did t...
relented. in a statement posted on the company's web site: >> i think companies are finally starting to realize they can not nickel and dime consumer anymo anymore. >> reporter: this woman says there's 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 you're going to get right now in this particular economic environment where people are already suffering? how will this come off for your company's image? is it worth it? >> reporter: jeff, consumers aren't alwa...
with scott pelley. >> glor: good evening, i'm 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, the response on the internet quickly proved them wrong. within minutes online petition drives bloss...