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Overcharged and Xfinity refuses to apply credit
I started Xfinity service in August 2024 with total charges $55/month ($89 base price minus promotions including $24 off for two years, $10 off for autopay, and free xFi complete for two years). The following month, the free xFi was removed and we were charged $25/month for it. Multiple attempts to contact Xfinity over the course of several months did not result in the issue being solved, but every agent I spoke to confirmed that there was some error and that they would be looking into it.
In the absence of any action by Xfinity, I had to turn off Autopay in order to avoid being overcharged $25 monthly. Because I had to remove Autopay, I have been manually sending in payments in the amount of what I contractually owe Xfinity. In January, my service was disconnected due to an (incorrect) outstanding balance despite months of trying to get the charges corrected. Because both my partner and I work from home, we were unable to work and had to take the day off while he spent 7 hours on the phone with Xfinity trying to restore service. We were ultimately given a $125 credit for the mistaken xFi charges from September-January, but have not been credited for the other mistaken charges resulting from the xFi error.
I tried to call Xfinity billing to explain this issue but I was repeatedly spoken over and the person on the other end refused to stop talking and listen to what I was saying. He also refused to transfer me to someone else. So, because I was shouted at and denied the opportunity to explain, I am typing it here:
At $55/month for the months of August, September, October, November, and December, total charges to my account should have been $275. I have made payments to Xfinity in amounts of $55, $106.36, $50.68, and $63, for a total of $275.04. I have not yet paid the additional $110 for January and February because the disconnection of my service on January 6 caused my spouse and I to miss a day of work and therefore a day of pay, totaling $290 between the two of us. That loss of a workday was due 100% to incompetence and foot-dragging by Xfinity about an issue that was brought to your attention months in advance and repeatedly, both of which are well-documented. The loss of $290 by my household is also verifiable in a court of law, should that be route Xfinity chooses.
The following charges need to be removed from my account:
- $25 for xFi complete in February (despite everything, that is still a recurring charge on my account)
- $10 late fee dated December 24 (I paid on time what I actually owed and repeatedly attempted to contact Xfinity to correct my bill amount)
- $12 reactivation fee dated January 08 (it was Xfinity's error that caused my service to be shut off)
- $40 ($10/month from November) for the Autopay discount I would have been able to keep on the account if not for the monthly overcharge. In the rare moments after I got a word in edgewise with the billing representative yesterday, I was told that turning off Autopay was "my choice" and that Xfinity had not "forced me to do that." This is plainly ridiculous, as it is fully Xfinity's fault that I was being overcharged and you would have had no incentive to fix my issue if I had allowed you to continue overcharging me even when multiple of your own agents acknowledge there was a mistake.
- $30 in credit I was given on October 13 for service outages in my area. I forgot to apply this credit when I was manually entering the payments of my true amount due, as evidenced by the fact that the amount I have paid reflects the full $55/month charge at the time of my last payment.
In total, this is $117 in charges that only appear on my account because Xfinity made several mistakes and took months to address any of them. I am willing to have a further conversation with Xfinity about the verifiable loss of income incurred on the 6th of January, but I am not willing to discuss the $117 credit Xfinity plainly owes my account. Once those charges have been removed, I am willing to make a good faith payment for January and February and continue the conversation about how an arrangement can be reached going forward about the $290 and 7 hours spent on the phone getting service restored (again, evidence can be provided of both of those things).
EG
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109.9K Messages
2 months ago
Concern moved here to the Billing help section for greater exposure to Comcast corporate employees (The Digital Care Team) for assistance.
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XfinityKei
Official Employee
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1.4K Messages
2 months ago
@user_14lo7u I'm sorry to hear of your past experience. Our team can help resolve your account and bill concerns. Can you please direct message me your first and last name along with your full service address so that I can assist
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