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Tuesday, December 17th, 2024 10:08 PM

Exorbitant roaming charge during deployment

Hi. I'm currently deployed to Germany for the military. I purchased a global pass for my mobile plan and have had it active since I arrived in October. 

At the end of October, I needed to travel through parts of Africa and only realized once I arrived that my international coverage didn't extend outside of Europe.

I called Xfinity Mobile international customer service and asked what to do and then proceeded to turn on my roaming and data for the duration of my time in Africa, per their advice. They assured me that I would not be charged because I'd caught it and stopped using the data within a matter of 8 hours or less. 

I've since received multiple automated messages saying I owe upwards of $6,700, that they're going to shut off my mobile service and that it's being reported to a collection agency, which means it's impacting my credit score.

I called and was assured 3 times that the charge would be removed from my account. Then, when I called again tonight, I was told that my case was being forwarded to an "advanced care team" for an investigation that might last weeks (all while still impacting my credit and I'm still receiving text messages saying I'm at risk of losing my service).

I need this to be addressed as soon as possible.

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3 months ago

 

Thank you for your service, user_r6zsu6. This isn't the experience we want, and it'd be our privilege to help while making things as simple and easy as possible from here on out. If you could please send a direct chat message with your full name and complete service address to “Xfinity Support”, I'd be happy to look into this with you. To do so, click on the chat icon located at the top right of this forum's page.
 
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Message sent. I hope this can be resolved soon. [Edited: "Inflammatory"]

Edit to the edit: I'm being censored 

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I will make sure people know exactly what my customer service with Xfinity Mobile was like 😃

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4 days ago

I  am currently in the Maldives at a hotel and on the hotels wifi, so why does Xfinity keep charging me roaming fees? This is a great way to ruin a great vacaction

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Hey there, @user_xdkhfm! Thank you so much for taking the time tor each out to us here on the Xfinity Forums. I am very sorry to hear about the experience with the roaming fees/charges. We would recommend calling our support team here 1-720-728-5462 to discuss everything with them. They will be able to help while you are out of the country. Please let us know if you have any other questions/concerns. 

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