Shameful Act:
Telling consumers that Verizon lets them trade in their old, busted or broken phone for “a shiny new one” as a spokesperson for the carrier, while fine print discloses, “Trade-in offer excludes phones with battery damage.” As you might suspect, battery damage is one of the most common types of cellphone damage.
Penalty:
After a reader complained, TINA.org published an article alerting others to the terms of the trade-in offer buried in the commercial’s fine print (which also notes that “[i]n times of congestion, your data may be temporarily slower than other traffic,” even if you have a so-called “unlimited” plan).
Where is she now:
In addition to her duties as an SNL cast member, McKinnon is playing Carole Baskin in a limited series, “Joe vs. Carole,” released nearly two years after pandemic sensation “Tiger King.”