3 Messages

Monday, July 29th, 2024

Closed

Spent 4 hours on the phone during while my mother died because Comcast scammed me

Not sure how this is legal in any place in the world, but after spending 4 hours on the phone with the billing department, customer service, and the retention team, I ended up paying MORE money than I had originally signed up for after an issue that was created by your team and not me. I moved into a new home and as a first time customer, signed up for Xfinity internet. When I finally got the router (a full week later), the urgency to get it set up and running was high as my mother had passed away and I now live in a place with limited cell reception. She was one of 16 children and her relatives were in town trying to get in touch with me. In the end, I did not manage to see any of them as I was kept on the phone for 4 hours only to be scammed into paying more money. 

I had signed up for a $35 a month deal + $15 router charge, with $10 discount for autopay through ACH. With fees, the total cost of this bill was $40.90 a month. However, when I went to set my router up, Comcast had "cancelled the work order" (a ridiculous name considering they do absolutely nothing to help you get set up anymore) because the previous tenant of my new home had not cancelled or moved service. Sorry, I truly do not care about that. A kind customer service representative named Ebony did finally hear me out and understand that I truly could not be patient in waiting for this stranger who had no motivation to answer the phone for Xfinity or cancel service since they could just move their router with them without interruption, and she was able to get a supervisor to cancel the other persons' account and help me get setup. However, when I went to sign the agreement, I noticed that the amount was much higher than what I had initially signed up for. Ebony told me that it was fine, that's just the normal amount without the new service discount/autopay discount, but after looking into it, we realized that it was in fact not that. I was now up to $45 a month. Because I was upset about everything, I was unwilling to give this awful company that is literally the only choice for (modern) internet in my area a cent more than I have to. If I wanted dial up, I could go with another provider. However, I do choose to live in 2024.

After spending another 3 hours on the phone, another service rep said that he could help and he sent a new contract that at the bottom line was $50.90. I was like... excuse me, but this is more than $45? Why would I want this? And he said that it was actually the pre discount price so I'd be back to my $40.90 once the discount was applied. I told him that I could see that the discount was like... already included as a line item, but he refused to admit that math is math, and after 10 minutes of gaslighting me, I was manipulated into signing up. Oh look, he said, I was wrong. It's actually $50.90 after the discount.....

Enraged, I was transferred to the customer retention team. In the meantime, I emailed the supervisor who had helped me get the service started, outraged. Responding to me, Ebony called me on the other line while this absolutely awful person who couldn't speak in a way that I could understand refused to do anything to help me. This is where I remind you that rather than grieving the death of my mother or spending time with her family, I was on the phone with this [Edited: "Language"]. Ebony joined a 3 way call and we found a new retention team member (after being transferred to the "fraud department" by this absolute [Edited: "Language"] who just did not like that a woman was telling him what to do) who was kind and offered to add a $10 credit to the bill so that it would be the correct amount. This was the absolute bare minimum and I should not have accepted it, but it was over 4 hours at this point and I was cracking. While on hold I literally started screaming.

Oldest First
Selected Oldest First

Official Employee

 • 

1.5K Messages

1 year ago

 

enraged_0964 Hello, I am happy to be of assistance. Can you please send us a DM. You can start by clicking the chat icon located in the top right corner of your forums' page when signed in. Once there, you can direct your messages to "Xfinity Support." Please add your full name and service address to help us locate your account. Let me know if you have any questions. 

 

3 Messages

Hi Victor. I'd be happy to do this - can you confirm this will indeed lower my bill to the ethical, original amount? I have a paper trail.

Official Employee

 • 

1.9K Messages

 

enraged_0964 That is a great question and we cannot guarantee any promotion. We would need to pull up the account and check for current available deals.
 
We understand that you have spent a long time working with us through other ways and the beauty of working with us through forums is that once we get connected we can work with you at your own pace without having to repeat the information or start again. We will work with you on different options to help lower your billing and this is depending on the available deals. 
 
Feel free to send us a message at your convenience. Our team is here to help every day between 6AM-12AM EST. 

 

I am an Official Xfinity Employee.
Official Employees are from multiple teams within Xfinity: CARE, Product, Leadership.
We ask that you post publicly so people with similar questions may benefit from the conversation.
Was your question answered? Please, mark a reply as the Accepted Answer.tick

3 Messages

This was NOT a promotion, it was literally what I signed up for and had a contract for. The only reason it is not my current rate is that you guys cancelled my contract because the former tenant had not cancelled their service, so I was forced to open a new contract, and by then the promotional rate for my original contract had expired. I am not asking for anything I didn't sign up for in the first place.

Official Employee

 • 

1.4K Messages

Thank you so much for clarifying that for us, enraged_0964! Please send us a DM to get further into the account, and we can investigate the options. 

 

I am an Official Xfinity Employee.
Official Employees are from multiple teams within Xfinity: CARE, Product, Leadership.
We ask that you post publicly so people with similar questions may benefit from the conversation.
Was your question answered? Please, mark a reply as the Accepted Answer.tick
forum icon

New to the Community?

Start Here