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Category: Home & Garden
Contact Information Franklin, Tennessee, United States
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Comcast Reviews
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FreddieFootsteps
February 20, 2010
$2 Downgrade Service Fee - Downfall of the USA
I am forced to use Comcast as our building has a contract with them. We are not allowed to put a satellite dish up as part of our HOA. We actually pay a portion of our HOA monthly fees to Comcast for Basic TV. No choice... gotta do it.
This is minor in comparison to many of the posts I have read, so I am sorry to offend those that have gone through much more than this.
I am just wondering why you would charge your customers an upgrade service fee or a downgrade service fee? I had requested the NFL Channel since I am an NFL nut. Now that the season is over, I don't watch the channel and won't until next season.
The NFL Channel is only offered in the Sports Tier. Of which I don't have any use for the other channels forced on me.
Anyhow, long story short, I called today to drop the sports tier from my TV package. I was charged a downgrade fee to do it. $2.00... yes, I know it is only $2 but come on... these guys have nickle and dimed me for almost a year now.
They couldn't get a cable card to work with my brand new TV... yes it is compatible etc... I made sure other folks had been able to get it to work with the model prior to getting it. Anyhow, I got stuck paying a $10 monthly fee to have some crappy box I don't want. I left it alone, as they had 4 techs in out of the house fumbling with 8-10 cable cards trying to get it to work. How hard can it be?
Anyhow... my complaint is pro-customer. Why would you clip your customer at every turn? Handling customers should be built into your package prices. Looking for additional revenue streams should be at the core of their services model not at the customer touch point. Is this what it has come to in the great USA now?
1. Offer limited services
2. Provide less than mediocre customer service
3. Politicize non-innovations as Innovations (Xfinity for example - joke because it is exactly the same damn thing they have always had. Cable, TV, and Phone)
4. Charge ridiculous fees that are just enough that someone just agrees to it to get off the phone with your service folks
5. Monopolize your customer so they can't use another provider
Yes $2... but as an unloyal and forced customer, you have no choice but to pay it. Right to the bottom line... this is the problem, produce nothing, do nothing, and generate revenue from nothing. No wonder we are in such a mess here in the USA.
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Paretto
February 19, 2010
Received a bill stating that I owe $206.11
This problem all started when I recieved a bill for the month of March for Over 200 dollars for cable for the month. I called up and asked why my bill jumped up so high and they said that I rented a lot of movies that month. I wasnt aware that anyone at the hosue was renting anthing so I asked around and we didnt. I asked comcast to look into it for me because Ive never heard of a cable bill being so high and because we didnt rent anything. We already pay for HBO, Shotime, Cinemax, and Stars, so we have ALL movie chanels. Also we have 2 cable boxes one of which comcast never activated and one that was broken(on demand was Down). Comcast thought it looked funny that one movie was rented 6 times in march, and we have it on DVD so we KNOW we didnt rent that. Anyhow who rents a movie 6 times in one month??? ero and we do not have a bill this month. She confiorms and said she was going to send out to me a revised statement.
About a week later I recieve a bill form comcast stating that I owe $206.11. Confused I call back into comcast and ask why I recieved this if my bill was waived? They have no record of me calling at first. Then I ask to speak with a supervisor and there isnt one working there that day. After abotu an hour on the phone and long hold times the women comes back on the phone and tells me that the supervisor I spoke to last time added comments to the account but forgot to actually take of the 206.11. She confirms to me its no problem at all and she said that she is going to go ahead and remove it again, like the first person was supossed to do. I explain what how long it took to get this settled last time as well as this time and she confirmed to me she will be personally handling it and that it was removed. Once again i ask for a witten statment showing that they removed it be sent to me at my address on record. She agreed I said thank you and we hung up.
Another few days go by and I recieve a letter in the mail saying that my account is overdue now 107 dollars and I owe a total of 306 dollars. Outraged by another comcast mistake I call the phone number that I was give by the previous person helping me. The extention does not exist!!! Not even close to an extention comcast usues they said. SO I start from scratch from the bottom AGAIN. Now this is the thrird time I have called in on the same issue comcast told me they are sorry about and have told me will be handled. Now the Bill is telling me that the Bill is overdue and my service will be shut off If I do not pay immediatly. I request time off at work and call into comcast to once again strat from scratch. This time I ask for a supervisor right away. I talk to her for an hour and she first told me she sees nothing on the account when i specifically asked the last person I spoke with o add coment to the account. I talk for an hour and get nowhwere. She decides she is going to look into it and call me back later in the day. She calls me back at 700 a night and tells me that she hasnt gotten sanything on it and that shes still working on it. Meanwhile Im not sure if I shoul dpay my bill or not. She said to hold off and she would place a stop on the collections untill the issue was resolved. She tells me that she will call me tomoorow when she finds otu what happened. Next day NO CALL from the SUPERVISOR who said she would call me between 5 and 600pm. I get in to work in the morning and call Venessa and leave her a message asking whats going on and why she was not back in touch with me yesterday. I get a voicmail doesnt even ring. Later on that day I get back from lunch and I have a message from Venessa saying that they looked into it and have decided not to adjust the bill. I told her that it was already decided a few weeks ago by a field technition that it was impossible for our houshold to rent movies and that ALL on demans movies were going to be removed. She said they will stick wioth the inconvienience fee, but I owe them 300 dollars still. I call back and again I get a voicmail right away. This is illegal and someone needs to monitor Comcasts Billing. There is no way anyone in my house rented any movies prior to the technition coming over to fix it. It was impossible and I have the documented recipt with his comments on it to prove it.
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Filip
February 17, 2010
Worst customer service
Technician came 6 hrs later than "window" given to us and we were promised a waived fee. not only was the fee not waived but it showed up on the next three bills. spent a long time on the phone trying to get things fixed only to struggle and fight the people who were supposed to be helping me. of the first 6 bills i received at my new house, only 2 were correct. each incorrect one was a hassle to change. i was promised returned calls from supervisors that never happened. i really despise a company who treats customers so poorly. to their credit, the last time i called i spoke with someone helpful (this was the only time but it was a welcome surprise).
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Jiser
February 15, 2010
Totally unacceptable and really poor business on behalf of Comcast
I recently had a Comcast sales representative knock at my door offering me service. I signed up with him to replace my current satellite service, Internet service & Phone service. In other words I was willing to convert totally to Comcast. He filled out the necessary paper work and set an instalation date of a week later. One week later, I took the morning off work to meet the Comcast installer which showed up to do the install. After a short time he tells me that they need to do a "Pre-Bury" and wrote these words on the work order and had me initial it. He told me that in about a week Comcast would come out and do the cable pre-bury from the street to my house and told me there would be no charge to me for this.
Well, this brings me to why I am writing this. Today, I receive a phone call from a Comcast employee saying that it will cost me $3, 500 dollars to do what the installer told me would be no-charge. I was floored to say the least. Here I am prepared to give Comcast three accounts for services that will be taken away from Comcast competition and I'm told it will cost me $3, 500 dollars.
In my opinion, Comcast soliciting me, to cancel my current services and go with Comcast, which I signed up for and then be told that there would be absolutely no charge to hook me up and then come back and tell me I will need to pay Comcast $3, 500 dollars is totally unacceptable and really poor business on behalf of Comcast. I guess Comcast must be dioing very well in this economy to first, sing me up (Remember, Comcast came to me) and then decide unless I pay $3, 500 dollars, that Comcast doesn't really need or want my commitment to monthly service.
Comcast should be ashamed!
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Stolen211
February 15, 2010
The new number given to the caller
I just moved and had to get a new number because my old number could not be transferred. I was never asked if I wanted the new number given to the caller. Now when people call me they get the disconnected message. I'm not happy about this at all. This should have been my choice.
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Chugun
February 12, 2010
Appointment, what appointment
I had an appointment for Comcast internet installation today at 2-4 PM. I took off from work early and got home a 1:30 PM. I sat in the living room reading newspaper and waiting for your people to come. At 2:02, your trucks (2, one in green and one with comcast logo) showed up. The guy sat in the truck for a few min and drove off. He did not ring my door bell, did not leave a note on my door, he did not even step off the truck. I though he drove off to work in the wiring at a junction box. At 3:42, I called your customer services. He told me I had no appointment. I told him I received voice mail confirmation. He called and checked the dispatch. He came back and told me that the driver was at my house and no one was home. I complaint about the lies. He became rude and told me if I wanted the installation, the installer could come back at 7.
If this is how I was treated before I am Comcast’s customer, how would Comcast treat me after I became its customer.
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Starley
February 12, 2010
Terrible and incompetent service
I have had Comcast Service for 5 months now. We started with bad signal issues, had to take the afternoon off from work to wait on tech. After two times I told them to just run a new feed from the road. They did that and it worked fine until it was covered. I called for service again, had them come after my work this time. The tech said everything was fine. The picture continued to freeze and break-up for a few weeks and one day the box was off with no clock nothing. Called Comcast and got it going again, this happened 3 more times until I asked to have the box changed. I drove 20 min to the service center to change the box out, got it home and it would not work. Called Comcast and got this one going, service center never activated the box. Box worked for 2 days and went blank, called Comcast to get box going, 2 days later remote would not control the box, back-up remote would not control the box. Called Comcast and they could not get it going, Had to take the box 20 min back to the service center. Lady at the service center could not give me a diffrent box, so I asked to have just the Cable TV service cancelled. I get home and find the whole thing was cancelled, my internet also. Called Comcast to get it going again to find out the lady at the service center cancelled my whole account. At that point I told them to just leave it and I will go elsewere. I have about 6 hrs of phone time and 3 hrs of drive time invested in this whole mess with Comcast, so they said they would credit me $45.00. Ok, I later was checking the bill and figured the the bill was just paid and the $45.00 was what they have to credit me back for unussed service. This company really needs to look into finding some new employees, In these times it should be very easy to find quality people. I am working on changeing over to DirecTv. I hope not to be back here typeing.
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brenda4294
February 12, 2010
service sucks and they cheat you
I signed up for new service when I moved. They are, sadly, the only ones who provide service where I live. I was told the bill would be $99 a month combined service. I paid $160 hook up charges. My first bill came and it was $200. I was told they didn't charge me enough for hook up charges (I was told $160 several times). Entire hook up was $200. They charge me extra for a digital box (I wasn't told that). Yet I get only basic cable. No digital service at all.
I have asked if I could change my service: add channels, upgrade internet..I was told yes but then my bill would be charged seperately for all 3.almost $300 a month..
Customers are paying bills and then getting late charges for not paying them..they don't post payment.
The internet service is horrible. It often runs the speed of dial up and when I called them to ask about it they ran a test and said I was already getting 10 times what speed they promised..
At least once a month I have to have my digital box reset..When asked why I am given some excuse about how when they are upgrading (I don't get that) it will often screw up the box..I have had digital boxes and internet for years and I have NEVER had to have my box reset when they "upgrade". Comcast sucks big time when it comes to service.
When you go into pay a bill they are the rudest people. they act like it's a chore to have to help us..So I am paying for a box for digital TV and can't get digital TV. My cable internet runs like dial up.
If you can use anyone else I would because you will be sorry with this company.
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Rele63
February 4, 2010
Avoid at all costs
I've had many problems over the last 10 years with Comcast, from weak signals to overcharges. They have treated me with total disrespect. They are deceptive and punitive to those who complain. After some years of arrogant mistreatment, I asked myself, "Why am I doing this? Why am I allowing them to set the agenda?" It's easy for us to forget, we are the ones in control. We have the power! If we boycott them, they will either quickly alter their shady busiiness practices or will go out of business. As far as I'm concerned, it couldn't happen to a better company. I urge all of you who are tired of being in this abusive relationship with Comcast to join me in boycotting them. Our lives do not depend on access to cable TV.
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Julios
February 4, 2010
Stay far away
STAY AS FAR AWAY FROM COMCAST AS YOU CAN. They are untimely, unorganized, and above all else, have the WORST customer service I have ever experienced. I initially planned on transferring my service to my new home. First, they were unable to locate my home on the system and continually told me that my address wasn't an actual home. After SEVERAL hours speaking with a customer representative on THREE different occasions I decided to just cancel my service with them. Each time I spoke with a rep. they told me they'd "personally look after this problem" and "call me back." Needless to say, NO REP called me back as promised, hence my follow up phone calls and re-explanation of my situation. This occurred two weeks into the billing cycle which I already paid for. So, upon canceling I then had to pull teeth to get my one month's worth of service credited and paid back to me since i didn't have service for a month. After several months from the initial cancellation to the account I finally received my check.
I cannot even begin to tell you how terrible their customer service is. If you're looking for great customer service, affordable prices, and reliable services...I would go with DIRECTV. Save you time, patience, and money and stay away from Comcast.
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