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Thursday, September 7th, 2023 12:38 PM

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Fraudulent Collections after Address Change

I transferred services to a new address December 2022 after graduating college. Xfinity generated a bill and sent to the address that I moved from.  The bill was then sent to collections when it wasn't paid because I never got it even though I have services at the new address transferred to.  Why was billing not transferred to the new address?  Why not call me about past due balance if there was one at old address? As a former business student, this is a terrible business practice and error.  I’ve paid all my bills on time and am now a young professional and loyal Xfinity customer, but it is outrageous that this has happened to me and affects my credit score.

If this is not rectified ASAP; Xfinity will lose a loyal paying customer. 

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2 years ago

The concern is not "Community Center" help related. Topic moved here to the proper help section, and for greater exposure to Comcast corporate employees (The Digital Care Team) for assistance. 

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2 years ago

@user_73f98d 

I transferred services to a new address December 2022 after graduating college. Xfinity generated a bill and sent to the address that I moved from.  The bill was then sent to collections when it wasn't paid because I never got it even though I have services at the new address transferred to.  Why was billing not transferred to the new address?  Why not call me about past due balance if there was one at old address? As a former business student, this is a terrible business practice and error.  I’ve paid all my bills on time and am now a young professional and loyal Xfinity customer, but it is outrageous that this has happened to me and affects my credit score.

If this is not rectified ASAP; Xfinity will lose a loyal paying customer. 

Did you put in a change of address when you moved?

FWIW, not only is an account tied to a person, it's also tied to an address.  Most probably the bill was sent to the last address on file for that account.  If you did not put in a change of address or did not have mailed forwarded for more than a couple of months, the bill had nowhere to go and then ended up in collections.

I'm not pointing a finger at you here [you sound very responsible], but just saying that there are a lot of unscrupulous customers that move and don't leave a forwarding address in order to get out of paying bills, especially if they owe a lot of money.

Hopefully an employee will post an help make this right for you.

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Very much appreciated, and no offense taken at all. 

However, I made sure to give a forwarding address in the week leading up to the official move—so unsure what the miscommunication was and why it was sent to collections— I continued paying my bill in full and on time after the address change was implemented seamlessly. 

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Hey @user_73f98d, thank you for reaching out to Xfinity Support on our forums. Thank you as well @EG and @Again for your help. I get credit is very serious and can take years to get situated. I'd love to help see what happened and get it fixed. Can you send us a direct message so I can?

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• Click the "New message" (pencil and paper) icon

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• Type your message in the text area near the bottom of the window

• Press Enter to send it

 

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