My favorite is that Wells Fargo charges $5 to cash a check drawn on their bank, at their own bank, if you don't have an account with them.

This is true even if the check is for, say $10, or even just $2.

AFAIK they still have this policy today.

In one case, a Wells Fargo bank flat out refused to cash a Wells Fargo check. They said I could open an account there and then they'd be happy to honor the check. Of course.

You didn't stop going to them, along with most other people. Why should they change?

To be fair, it's clear why ATT would want to avoid handling cash in the store. Most people probably don't do that, it's probably small amounts, and they probably spent more offering that service than they collected.

The strange thing about verizon was that they wanted to charge a fee when there was no apparent prompting, for one of the more convenient (for verizon as well as customer) methods.