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Thursday, March 7th, 2024 2:46 PM

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RE: complaint

All I wanted to do was transfer an account from another person in the house to myself.  Same everything, no moving, no nothing, just a name change on the account.  According to several sources from a simple Google search on the subject, all you need is both parties in person with ID's.  Done.  So then we get to the store and the man helping us says right away that 'we don't really do that, it doesn't work'.  Then he cancels the account from the other person and opens a new one in my name.  We then have to turn in all the old equipment - the box, the wifi router, the splitter, cords, power plugs, etc. and get handed an new bag with all the same things to take home and re-set up.   They included a paper that says if you cannot set it up yourself, you can pay $100 for a technician to do it.  Already, it's inconvenient but I had no idea how much worse it would get.  We've had the account for years.  Things have gotten onto the wifi in those years.  It's not just Xfinity.  There's Hue lights and Alexa and cameras and home protection and whatnot now.  ALL OF THESE had to be reset, often with a new app that had to be set up as well.  Still some stuff isn't working.     Long story short,  I loved Xfinity when I walked in their door and thoroughly disgusted when I left.  And now I'm more upset because half of my wifi things are not working as they did before.  Minor things too, such as the volume control on my tv, don't work now.    

If Xfinity actually doesn't transfer accounts, then by all means change the information about doing so.   

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Official Employee

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1.5K Messages

9 months ago

 

Hello, user_ddmv5w. Thanks for your feedback. This is definitely not experience, and frustration we want you or anyone to have. We do have a process for changing account ownership, I do apologize this was not disclosed. Changing Ownership of a Comcast Account
 
Also, here is a helpful guide to pair your TV to a Xfinity Remote. 

 

Official Employee

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893 Messages

9 months ago

Hello, @user_ddmv5w thank you for taking the time out of your day to create a post, you have contacted the right place for us to provide feedback to the store's leadership team of your experience. I can definitely understand the frustration with the process that was taken during the change of ownership request, and then the effects of your home network and device set up. 

 

We do have a change of ownership option outlined here: https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/account-ownership-change. There is also ticket process we can create as agents as well. 

 

I'm not sure if you had seen the information my great coworker Marty had provided on your previously reply, in regard to pairing your Xfinity Remote: https://www.xfinity.com/support/remotes. 

 

Since I will need to gather some information in regard to the affected account(s) to send the feedback, and we don't want that in our public conversation. When you have time, would you please send a direct message. 

 

To send a direct message: 

 

Click "Sign In" if necessary

 

• Click the "Direct Message" icon in the upper right - it looks like a chat bubble  

• Click the "New message" (pencil and paper) icon just to the right of Conversations

• Type "Xfinity Support" in the "To:" line - do not use the Employee's name!

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

• Press Enter to send it

To expedite your request, we ask that you please include your name, the account holder name (if different), and the service address.

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