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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 1:17 PM

Bait and Switch

I am posting this because what I experienced with Xfinity today is beyond unacceptable. This was not a “miscommunication.” This was not a “mistake.” This was a systemic failure across multiple departments, where reps ignored documented proof, denied their own company’s offers, and repeatedly tried to upsell me instead of honoring what I was promised.

This is the kind of experience that drives customers away permanently.

Below is the exact timeline, backed by saved transcripts and notes.

What Happened — Documented and Unavoidable

1. Peacock Activation Failure

  • Received an email stating I could activate Peacock.

  • Activation failed every time with an error.

  • Phone support had a 1+ hour wait, so I requested a callback.

2. IM Chat — The ONLY department that gave accurate information

  • IM rep confirmed I needed at least 1 gig (1000 Mbps) for Peacock.

  • IM rep quoted a $50/month plan, 5‑year price lock, and 2 years of Peacock Premium.

  • I have the full transcript saved.

  • Chat disconnected before the order was finalized.

This should have been the end of the story. Instead, it was the beginning of a 2‑hour mess.

3. Phone Support — Where everything fell apart

Every phone rep I spoke to did the following:

  • Denied the existence of the $50 plan, despite the transcript.

  • Tried to push an $85 plan instead.

  • Ignored the documented offer I read to them word‑for‑word.

  • One supervisor told me I was wrong and hung up on me.

This wasn’t confusion. This was refusal to acknowledge written proof.

4. IM Chat #2 — Confirmation AGAIN

  • Second IM rep confirmed the same $50 plan was valid.

  • They said they needed verbal confirmation and that a phone rep would call me.

So now I had two separate IM reps confirming the plan.

5. Phone Call #2 — More denial

  • Phone rep again insisted the $50 plan didn’t exist.

  • I read the transcript again.

  • They still denied it.

  • I requested escalation.

At this point, it was clear the phone reps were either not trained, not informed, or intentionally upselling.

6. Final Billing Rep — The only person who actually looked at the notes

  • After 2+ hours, I finally reached someone who actually reviewed the account.

  • Within minutes, they confirmed the $50 plan.

  • The entire issue was resolved in under 10 minutes once someone actually did their job.

This proves the problem was not the system — it was the reps who refused to look.

Why This Is a Serious Problem

  • Xfinity reps repeatedly ignored written proof from their own system.

  • Multiple employees attempted to upsell me instead of honoring the quoted price.

  • A supervisor hung up on me rather than address the documented information.

  • This is not the first time I’ve had to escalate or provide transcripts to get a simple issue resolved.

  • The inconsistency between IM chat and phone support is extreme and unacceptable.

Customers should not have to fight this hard to get Xfinity to honor its own offers. This is a systemic issue that needs immediate attention.

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2 hours ago

Good morning, @slypig. We appreciate you taking the time to leave your feedback about your recent experience. This isn't the type of service experience we want for any of our customers, and it is clear you had to invest significant time and energy before the final billing rep you spoke to was able to assist. Before we submit any order, we send an order summary that a customer must review and approve before any change to the account can be processed. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us here if we can assist with anything in the future; our team is always happy to assist with anything you may need in the future. 

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Your response is exactly the kind of corporate deflection that proves my point: no one at Xfinity is actually reading what customers write.

You didn’t address a single part of the issue I described. Not one.

Instead, you posted a generic “review your order summary” script that has nothing to do with what happened. My problem wasn’t about approving an order. My problem was that your reps repeatedly denied the existence of a plan that YOUR OWN SYSTEM CONFIRMED — twice.

Let me spell it out clearly, since your reply avoided every critical detail:

  • I had written proof of the $50 plan.

  • Two IM reps confirmed it.

  • Multiple phone reps refused to acknowledge it.

  • They tried to push an $85 plan instead.

  • A supervisor hung up on me rather than look at the notes.

  • It took 2+ hours before someone finally bothered to check the account and confirm the plan in minutes.

Your response pretends none of that happened.

This isn’t a “service experience we don’t want for customers.” This is a systemic failure that your reply is actively minimizing.

If Xfinity wants to pretend this is just about “reviewing an order summary,” then you’re proving exactly why customers are fed up:

  • You don’t listen.

  • You don’t acknowledge documented proof.

  • You don’t address the actual problem.

  • You hide behind canned responses instead of fixing the internal chaos that caused the issue.

If you actually want to help — and not just paste a script — then address the real questions:

  • Why do IM reps and phone reps have completely different information?

  • Why are customers told documented offers “don’t exist”?

  • Why are supervisors hanging up on customers providing proof?

  • Why is upselling prioritized over honoring confirmed pricing?

  • Why does it take hours to get someone who will simply read the notes?

Until Xfinity can answer those questions honestly, these copy‑and‑paste apologies mean nothing.

I’m posting this so other customers can see exactly how Xfinity handles legitimate complaints: Ignore the details, paste a script, and hope the customer goes away.

I’m not going away.

Official Employee

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slypig 

You’re right to call out the gap between what was documented and what you were told across different interactions. That shouldn’t happen, and I can see why this turned into a frustrating experience after you had already been given consistent information through chat.

From what you described, the core issue wasn’t placing the order. It was that you had a confirmed offer, referenced it multiple times, and still had to push through multiple contacts before someone reviewed the notes and aligned with what had already been documented. That inconsistency is what caused the breakdown here.

I also want to be clear that being met with resistance when you’re referencing documented information, or having a call end unexpectedly during escalation, is not the experience we want you to have.

On your broader questions, while I can’t speak to individual interactions, situations like this typically point to a disconnect in how information is being surfaced or referenced between different support channels. That’s not something you should have to navigate as a customer, and your feedback highlights exactly why it creates friction.

What ultimately resolved this was someone taking the time to review the account notes and apply what had already been confirmed. That should have happened much earlier in the process.

If you’re open to it, we can take a closer look at the account and make sure everything tied to that plan and promotion is set exactly as expected going forward. We can also ensure the experience you had is documented so it can be reviewed internally.

 

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