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AT&T reward not received after 10 weeks

I failed to receive my $100 reward Visa Gift Card. AT&T told me to wait 30 days before claiming my reward. I did. It said wait up to 8 weeks for reward. I did. It never showed. I called their reward center. They said it came back undelieverable. They said they put it back and wait another 8 weeks. Never showed. Called rewardcenter again. They said wait another 8 weeks. Never showed. Called again. They said wait another 8 weeks. I feel like its ground hog day movie. After this 8 weeks is up i will call them and they will say the same thing. I think my lesson here is don't trust AT&T rebates. After looking at some of the complaints here about AT&T i will make this my next stop before getting sucked into another deal with a rebate. I hope at least one person will saved from AT&T Reward Center rebate scam.

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ATT $100 Reward card
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Jun 24, 2012 4:15 pm EDT

I called ATT to consider ordering U-verse. When the ATT representative told me I would receive a $100 reward card after paying for the modem I it sounded like a good deal. After 27 days I received a letter stating that the $100 reward card was only for those already using ATT wireless or ATT/Direct TV. The representative on the phone never mentioned anything about this qualification. You can cancel withing thirty days, but I had already cancelled my home phone which I only used for dial-up. There's just no reason for this kind of negligence. I will never forget this and hope that in the future that I will always find alternatives to ATT services.

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Grand Rapids, US
Nov 24, 2010 9:52 pm EST

I too, was promised (2) $100 and a $20 card, missed redeeming my other $20 card. eek. Im still more worried about the $100 ones. One says its mailed and received over 4 months ago. Never got it. Stolen, Returned, Never sent? You got me? Going online, I find the same stories, SCAM! SIGN UP we will give you free money. BULL [censored].

My issue was I have 5 receivers, and needed 2 more. They wanted to charge me $55 per receiver to install, even when the first install tech set up the cables in my other rooms for me for the future. AT&T makes you pay $7 per receiver! $35 they get from me, and I was fine with paying an additional $14 a month for 2 more. HELL NO am I going to pay 2x$55 for someone to bring me a receiver and hook it up, really a child could hook up a cable and plug in the power cord... Trying to make it sound all hard, well we have to check cables, activate it, register it. BULL [censored]! SUCH BS, I've already moved two receivers to my other rooms, its so simple! WHAT A SCAM OF A CORP. WELCOME TO AMERICA, LAND OF THE YOU GET ###ED BY CORPORATE AMERICA.

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HAHA the banking cartels robbed all of you Americans(my family too) and you accept some [censored] excuse from government protecting them. HELLO Gov't is owned by corporations past 40+yrs.
WHAT GETS ME IS YOU ALL HAD YOUR RETIREMENTS AND INVESTMENTS STOLEN FROM YOU. Banks made trillions, than get billions from government as a 'bail out' really? Talk about a perfect crime, double dipping, robbed America twice! WHERE IS THE REVOLUTION!?!?!? TEA PARTY GOT SMOTHERED BY THE MEDIA... WAKE UP AMERICA! TIME TO REFRESH THE TREE'S OF TYRANNY

I can say AT&T is a ### of a company, just like COMCAST & DISH. DirectTv/Charter is the only service I have not tried and have heard always good things about them. Im going to cancel AT&T here after thanksgiving, I spent 5 hours on the phone with 7 different care department, tech department, support, managers, supervisors. THEY ALL HIDE BEHIND, "ITS OUR POLICY" ITS OUR POLICY TO DENY YOU ANY ASSISTANCE, ITS OUR POLICY TO HANG UP ON YOU. BULL ###, POLICY & SORRY's Is what I heard in those 5 hours of phone calling.

Well Im not going to pay my bill now, im going to cancel and let them collect. I pay over $250 every month all of U-Verse top services, internet & cable. TOP~! $50-100 in PayPerView a month.
THEY DONT WANT MY MONEY, that's fine. This is how they treat even their top customers?

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AT&T not honoring rate

I was offered, and accepted, AT&T internet service for $19.95 month for a year along with the U-verse service at a $25 discount for first six months. First bill had internet at $40 and no $25 discount for U-verse service. I called, AT&T rep said they can apply the $25 credit, but do not offer a $19.95 rate for internet. After reminding her that all calls are supposedly recorded and that I can assure her I was offered that rate, she put my on hold, came back and said agreed that i was offered the rate and that they will honor it. The bill comes in for the 2nd month. No $25 discount for U-verse, internet billed at $40. I call, go through the entire process again, only am told there is nothing they can do about the internet because they do not offer that rate. I tell them I want to cancel my service and am told that even though they do not have to honor the rate promised (she agreed it was in the record I was offered that rate), I have to honor my one year contract. Through MUCH hell raising, they have finally agreed to give me the internet at $25 a month...but I will be canceling as soon as contract is over. And will be vocal about telling others to STAY AWAY FROM ATT U-VERSE!

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ramon l
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Apr 15, 2011 4:26 pm EDT

AT&T has the most USELESS web site! If you have a combined bill you will have to pay by phone. Because the phone assistant has no way to correct deficiencies on the web access side of the business is like the "the right arm will not communicate with the right arm" they can even place a trouble report on the website. well you have combined billing you will be able to see the bill but you will not be able to Pay thru the web site. how about that they offer a service but you can't useit.

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krone_tec
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Dec 07, 2010 7:06 am EST

I just wanted to add my experience with AT&T over here on the West Coast in California. I signed up for their promotional $14.95 for the Pro package (Internet only) and they ended up charging me $40 even after the fourth month. Was told by a CSR that for the first couple months, the full cost had to be charged, but then the credit would be given back on the third bill. It was even stated in their terms and conditions posted online!

"Customers purchasing new AT&T High Speed Internet Direct will pay $14.95 per month for 12 months after application of bill credit. First 2 bill credits will appear on same bill within the first 3 bill cycles"

Called customer support and they said that we didn't sign up for the promotion. Well, that's just funny. Then why did I call up customer service and agree to have the internet activated, after I specifically asked if I am eligible for the promotional rate, which both the website and the CSR said I was!?

Will try calling again to sort this out, but if you have any suggestions on how to go about solving this problem relatively painlessly, please let me know.

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AT&T marketing & customer service

I called about at&t u verse and was given a price of $68 - I called within 48 hrs to install and the service was then quoted $38 more-switch & bait practice. I finally go it down with much haggling to 98 dollars. Then when the installation guy came he said I couldn't have it and they were all wrong office with the installation price, I had to more fighting with marketing team. They have no communication or doucmentation what one said and then the other. The installer couldn't care less and I had a alarm system and they didn't tell me I need a regular phone line. I called within 24 hrs and needless to say I waited almost a month with alot of screaming.
I got the bill two weeks ago and it was outrageous 356 for month so again fighting with them. I left comcast for the poor customer service but I would go back in a heart beat because at&t u verse bills for every little thing and couldn;t care less about the customer.
I do have to say at&t cellular phone service is excellent but this u-verse is a nightmare—people don't get uverse, stay with comcast until u verse gets it together marketing switch & bait... Horrible joan chapkanov

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AT&T technical support and customer service

I call in about ongoing complaint with dvr and internet problems then wake up and cable internet are all down for the count. So I call in and they leave me on hold then when I talk to someone there telling me to do steps I have previously done. So when I ask for a technician they can't gaurantee anything but tells me anywhere from 24 to 72 hours if lucky I said is this what I pay for and the lady says I pay for the service not support. Uverse is the worst company I have ever dealt with

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Waste_of_time
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Aug 11, 2014 7:04 pm EDT

I have been a customer for 6 months and when I moved the issues started. First, I have to wait a week for installation. No problem. The technician actually took the entire four hours for the install. No problem. About 15 minutes after he leaves, the cable/phone/Internet goes out. PROBLEM! I call them and they go through a checklist for me to troubleshoot the issue. For the last three days, I have been troubleshooting the same issue. If it isn't corrected by tomorrow, I will go with a different provider. My expectations of AT&T were high. Once I leave, I will never return as a Customer for any services.

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AT&T failure to deliver rebates (+$100)

The rebate my Mother has been confirmed on is for $100, and was to be sent September... it is November!
My $100 rebate should have been able to be confirmed and their online system fails on my ID input.
I have called them 3- times in 3-months.
I paid for this moldem with the condition that I got my $$$ back in the form of this bogus 'rebate'

This DSL service pays them up front for their modem with a promise [in writing] that I will get it back in the form of a VISA card, and AT&T has failed at every step to deliver on two different accounts.

Do I smell a Class-Action Law Suit?!

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Round Rock, US
Jun 23, 2013 1:29 pm EDT

I have been with at&t for a little more than three years.All three years have been a constant aggravation and frustration.Everytime I have to call their customer service, it takes at least two hours to communicate with them and all their agents keep repeating like robots, is I am sorry, but they are incompetent, and rarely the problem is solved.
They keep sending me from one agent to another, and I have to repeat the story to each agent, even after I was forced to talk to an automated service, that asks stupid questions.The last straw was when I moved to another location, and was promised a.$100.00, they call it "reward", as if they are giving me a reward, which I gave them in money, to get a router. The weird thing that one of their agents said to me, when i called them to change my location was that I will have to pay $100.00 for a new router, I asked why do I need a new router when I already have one fot the same type of service?, he said that how it works.I had to pay another $100.00 for a new router, I gave my two months old router, that I had before for free to the att technician, because I did not know what to do with it, and never saw any money as a reward vor rebate for the money that I paid, even after calling their support service, which tell me every time I call" we will send you a new card".
i will change my phone/internet company, and do my research this time.
At&t is a big monopoly, and they can get away with their fraudulent actions. Their agents are trained to be fraudulent.

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upsetinIndianapolis
Avon, US
Nov 29, 2010 7:35 pm EST

I have experienced the same problem, thank god I printed a paper that stated that my $100 visa card was going to be mailed on 11/07/2010, I saved the letter, now they are saying I am ineligible. WTF! I smell class action lawsuit too! Im calling my lawyer...this is crazy!

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AT&T over charges/no refounds

I am moving to the city of rialto and my current verizon does'nt cover that city, so I when online september 2010 and found att wich is the phone service provider for that area, and oder a dsl/phone service.
There was an offer 12 month of hsi pro for $24.95
And a flat rate line for $16.45.
Ttal. $41.40 + all state fees.
They promise on there website a free hardware for the dsl.
Wich came out to be a big ripoff. I was first billed $65.00 sep. +conection fee etc
Next month I called them to see
Why I was getting billed for $157.03 for the monts of octuber.
Like always they keep me transfering to every representative on their planet. To file the rewards claim form... All got process.
Well now november 6; I have a nother bill for $70.01, called customer service again when trough the whole trasfering... My reward was declaid. I told the lady to cancel all services before they take more money from me, so now I have a $150. Early termination fee.

I think there should be someone to monitors this big guys ripoffs or at least keep all of us inform.

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AT&T fraud - collection of old debt already paid to creditor

I have been going back and forth with the credit bureau once I discovered that PCC was reporting debt for an old ATT/Cingular bill. I use to work in credit services for a credit card company and extremely paranoid. Shortly after I disputed with the credit agency, I received a copy of a notice of court judgement that did not appear to be real (poor quality copy/misaligned copy with text cut off at the bottom). I ignored it because I am aware of these scams but obviously very ignorant to the scam. I immediately called ATT formerly Cingular Wireless and asked about the existence of an outstanding bill. ATT researched and identified an outstanding bill for 815.76. I asked if I should pay them or PCC because they had sent this notice of judgement. ATT researched and advised that they never assigned the account to PCC and pay them directly or the agency THEY assigned. I paid them directly. I then contacted Experian and my credit protection/alert service and reported this issue and asked them to research. They continuously keep calling PCC and resolving the debt as valid until I wrote Experian's credit protection/alert service with the findings of ATT/Cingular and that PCC was fraudulently attempting to collect old debt and was never assigned to the debt or sold the debt. My credit protection/alert service then issued an fraud alert for to the three credit bureas and I updated my credit profile acknowledging that I was unaware of the collection agency-disputing. Unfortunately, my mistake because today I received a garnishment notice from my employer for 700+ dollars. I obtained a copy of my credit report and PCC's reporting entry balance on my report has gone from 815 to 424...just random crap...plus updated the 424 dollars as a new collection pass due as of May to appear on my credit report till Jan 2013. So, now I have to find an attorney to deal with this bozo and his scam in the next 7-10 days or he will get 700+ dollars through garnishment. I feel so taken advantage of...hard working school district employee that works insane hours as committed civil servant that has been targeted and possibly taken for money I don't even owe...paying twice because I fell victim to a predator collection agency and now have to take off work to address/attorney or worse pay the amount a second time to a scamming bozo thru wage garnishment.

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AT&T false advertising / less service than offered

AT&T is unbelievable. We've all seen the commercials about watching HD in several rooms, pausing live T.V. and continuing in another room. Well, I had AT&T DSL, found out they weren't delivering the DSL speed they has sold to me. When I called to complain, they apologized and gave me a rather large credit on my bill. I shopped for new T.V. service when my cable company increased prices and dropped channels. I liked what AT&T was offering, but I was concerned that they could deliver sufficient bandwidth to my location. (that was their stated problem for my poor DSL speed). They assured me they could, they had just put Fiber Optics down the street (but not up to the house). Two weeks after installation I attempted to watch an HD station and record another HD channel. Of course, I couldn't do that. I called, complained, and was told it would take a couple of days but they could switch things to get more HD feeds. I once again asked about the bandwidth, they once again assured me it would be fine. After a few days, I was still unable to watch and record different HD channels. I called, they set up an appointment for a technician to come out. The technician told me everything was fine, and that was "just the way it is." I again contacted AT&T, this time I was told that there wasn't sufficient bandwidth to get more than one HD feed. Wow, it seems they were suddenly able to run a test on the line to verify available bandwidth. It was two days past their "money-back" guarantee. I'm shopping for new phone, internet and television. I GUARANTEE AT&T WILL NEVER GET ANOTHER DIME FROM ME.

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Hacienda Heights, US
Nov 05, 2010 10:27 am EDT

If they already give credit your account for the lack of bandwidth then I guess AT&T compensated yuo already and now technician admitted AT&T can not give you the service you need or want.

At least they are honest and don't just get your money and leave you confused like other companies out there.

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AT&T bad service and not fulfilling reward

At&t u-verse was installed on september 18, 2010. I now have their "cable, " internet and home phone. I have been plagued with problems ever since coming from inside at&t - not with my actual service. It seems that none of these departments knows what they're doing.

I first had trouble with on demand, but I had to go through [3] technicians and a few days before anything was fixed. It was terribly annoying and frustrating because two of these folks didn't know what they were doing. They were clueless. Then, I receive a notice in the mail saying my email account is being shut down. So, had to call.

The person I called in u-verse support told me everything would be okay and it wasn't being shut down at all. He didn't know why I received the notice.

Then, I receive a notice telling my "special promo rate" was being withdrawn for I had canceled my cell phone with them and that that would drop me below having three products with them - what it took to qualify for the promo. Which, my cell phone service with them was the fourth product and now even included in the calculation for the promo. So, had to call again.

This lady assured me my rate would remain and again, didn't know why I received the notice. But, in speaking with this lady, I mentioned receiving the notice about my email address and she said yes, there is a problem. So, she transfered me to tech support and they finally fixed the problem. Had I not by accident mentioned that to this lady, I would have lost my email.

Now it is five weeks since I received a notice that I qualified for a reward because of all the services and to check online - - which I did on oct. 5 and redeemed my reward. Today is november 4th, the day it was to mail but it is showing still in process. So, I call again!

Turns out, customer service has just decided not to give me the reward for I signed up for 3 services and have the promo rate. Uhhhh, didn't you know that immediately when I qualified for the reward back at the end of september? I truly believe with all my heart that this company is deliberately ripping people off from their rewards. I mean, they just spoke about my reward and decided not to give it to me.

That phrase was actually said to me by kathleen in their reward center.

When you go online and sign up for the promotions, you receive a promo rate (The more products you bundle - the less you pay) and it will tell you what reward you qualify for. So, why am I denied? And just suddenly, happenstance so?

As bad as charter her in st. Louis is, i'd stick with them if I were a customer. I am seriously considering totally switching back.

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AT&T ridiculous billing practices, poor service

Billing: We signed up with ATT Uverse for home phone, wireless, internet and TV to consolidate our expenses, receive only one bill a month and to save $1200/ year. Video on Demand is a joke, and have only been able to actually view 1 out 3 videos due to choppy reception, slow download and poor video quality and sync. Repeated attempts to view and long wait-times to talk to a 'real person' about reception issues have sent us to Amazon video downloads (half the price and NO problems with viewing). Additionally, both our hardline and wireless services 'cut out', 'drop calls', and have static on the line at least 3-4 days per week---unacceptable for a home-based business. But the MAIN and most annoying complaint is their billing department. Checks sent the day after bills are received and two weeks in advance of the due date are not credited to the account until the due date, but then take an additional 3-5 business days to 'process' and 'clear', so in their words, we are always past due and late in paying! On switching to Online Payments: 6 months of attempting to pay online also resulted in being sent overdue billings because even when we paid online the DAY the BILLINGS came OUT, and received confirmation of payments sent, they still aren't credited to the account until the due date, then take up to TWO WEEKS to CLEAR or show up online as having been paid, and AGAIN we receive past due billings, with AT&T saying that their online services updating can be delayed by as much as 2 weeks? We were in Canada for 3 months and ATT Uverse REFUSED to accept our online payment from an out-of-country-server-address, though we were logged on with password and ID and the money is transferred and paid IN the U.S. from our U.S. bank account. In resignation, we signed up for AUTOPAY in August of this year, but contrary to their letter of acceptance, it did NOT go into effect for October and now they AGAIN say we are two months past due on payments, (even though a phone representative said our October billing would be deducted in October, it was NOT). Each successive 30-40 minute wait for phone complaints to ATT has them saying Not to Worry, you're now up to date... but today, on the due date, we received past due bill warnings by email, by USPS and by phone with threats to cut off our service. Here's the deal: They don't credit funds to your account until the due date, then it takes 2-3 days for it to actually process (So because of their poor billing practices, you're past due). AND they send out new billing invoices before the due date arrives and the ON TIME payment has not yet 'cleared', so you're ALWAYS late. No way to run a business. I certainly can't get away with it. Would lose all of my customers the first month. If there is one more problem with billing, they lose our business and any of our family and extended family we can talk into leaving, as it is not worth the 'saved money', when we lose it spending hours and days of following up every month through email, online and on the phone, waiting up to 40 minutes to speak to an actual person, being shifted around to multiple 'wrong departments', then have it happen all over again the following month.

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Aug 08, 2011 11:33 pm EDT

Same experience here. We started out with paying $89.00 for U- Verse: Cable TV and fast speed internet. Now, billings up to $122.00 ; but service remains poor. I frequently lose my Cable and intent connection. The speed of my internet remains very, very poor. I have spent numerous hrs talking and complaining to ATT-U-Verse without appropriate solutions. They also hiked the charges for my family plan cellphone or wireless phone. Most of the time; they do not notify you of any increase in prices. Prices are updated but quality of service is not. Each time, we speak to one rep; it's always with the same complaint. We have been transfered from agent to another without resolution. They can be condescending in more than one occasion. We finally had to demand for the supervisor to get somewhere. And other related problems are still not totally addressed up to now. It's almost 2 yrs now since installation.

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AT&T rude service, no rebate

Att home phone and internet department are the rudest people I have ever spoken on the phone with. They offer no help to all of the bogus charges on my bill. There are many hidden fees when setting up internet and home phone! Also the rewards card they promised me still hasn't come and they assure me it will be here. If they tell you 4-6 weeks they are lying it will be 12 weeks here in another week! Don't get home phone or internet from these people they are horrible!

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AT&T deceptive selling practices

I call ATT in August to have my phone number changed, and the representative looked at my account and said, you are paying too much for home phone services. I agreed with her and then she start to sell me a bundled service for at&t U-verse. She and I quote said, you can get TV, home phone, internet and wireless for much less. I told her I was interested, she states that my monthly bill for all the stated services here would be 218.98 for 12 months and then 278.98 thereafter. I was stunned and repeated what she said and asked her several times are you sure. She said yes and asked me how many cell phone lines and minutes I used monthly. She sold me, my concern was that I didn’t have a credit card and that previously when I wanted to change I had to have one but she assured me that now they took debit cards and that I would have to have sign under auto pay to get this service. When technicians came to install it was under the wrong apartment number and my neighbor’s existing internet was disconnected and she was furious thinking after a representative at At&t my personal information and convinced her to file charges against me for mail tampering as the only way I could have had her internet shut off. I never have had any problems with AT&T until I signed up for U-verse and to have my reputation degraded like that by an employee of this company that had no proof that I did anything and it was their mistake is appalling. To be sold a bundle not combined services and to not get it is bad business. I was sold a false deal and they ARE NOT LIVING UP TO WHAT THIS REPRESENTATIVE SOLD ME! I want what I was sold: TV, internet, home phone and wireless for 218.98 for 12 months and then upgrading to 278.98, period. I have contacted the company several time and been given the run around. I called today, (10-7-10) and was finally told that was impossible and that nothing could be done. I do have emails from the representative that sold me the bundle.

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charles woodson
Nov 29, 2008 8:50 pm EST

I WAS PROMISED A REWARD FOR SIGNING WITH ATT.U-VERSE, BUT NEVER RECIEVE ONE.

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damifino999
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Nov 01, 2014 12:11 am EDT

I was just misled into buying 2 wireless phones for 99 cents, 70.00 a month and I had the rep repeat this 5 or 6 times and she even went put me on hold to verify, then when I get the verification email the charge would be 100.00 not 70.00. Now I will probably be charged a cancellation fee. Total out and out lying to get you to sign up so watch out for ATT. this was today 10/31/14

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Sep 16, 2013 12:39 am EDT
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I, too, was misled by an at&t rep. In aug. , 2013, i called at&t to find out if i could get a credit on my acct. , because i was without phone and computer service for 4 days. . . Through no fault of mine of course. There had been a faulty wire and they replaced it (On the outside of my home) . When she looked at my bill, she started talking about how i could switch to u - verse and save almost $12 a month on my bill. I told her i was completely happy with the way things were. She insisted, though, and said, "why wouldn't you want a reduction in your phone bill, when everything was free to connect it?" i told her i might be moving in about 6 weeks and that i would wait until then and decide. . . That way i wouldn't get charged for an installation fee. She assured me everything was free and it would be a great deal! Well, how could i refuse? Wouldn't cost me anything and my bill would be cheaper every month. Btw, this reps name is samantha! Well, guess what? Samatha outright lied to me. Totally! When i received my bill, it was for $312. Oo! That was for the switch, the installation, the newer modem, annnnnd removing my dsl. To say the least, i was livid!
I immediately called another rep in sept. And explained the whole situation to her. Her name was nancy and i told her how samantha completely lied to me! Between her and her supervisor, they deducted a couple of the fees and got my bill down to $93 a month instead of the $63 i was usually paying. . . Or so i thought. . . Then i get another bill in the mail last week and it is $312. Oo again. So i suppose they nver took it off like they said they would.
My computer is a mess. It takes forever to get on any website, as they removed my dsl and it is sooooooooo frustrating. I, literally, want to throw it against the wall. I finally realized at&t has very deceptive practices and i want to warn everyone about some of their tactics. I am proceeding to write to the bbb and also the ftl to see if they can somehow revoke their licesnse because of their deceptive practives. Even though, i am only 1 person, i do believe, if everyone that has been deceived to follow through to the bbb, we can get rid of these nuisances. As soon as i get my bill straightened out, i am dropping at&t forever!

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AT&T is outsourcing its phone support. The dept of Internet services, And its customer service is been outsourced to the philippines. These people answering the phones for AT&T in the philippines have no clue what they are doing. Wake up people, These people in the philippines have you're personal information. And if you use a credit card to pay for...

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AT&T used cell phone

My wife and I have never gone through such measures to ever post a complaint. But this retail organazation is a joke. Their is a at&t wireless store in the altamonte mall that actually isnt even a real at&t wireless location. Buyers beware if you are looking to get a new at&t phone do not go to the altamonte mall it is not a real at&t store, it is a franchise at&t wireless store. A franchise store does not operate like a real at&t wireless store. My wife and I went in to the franchise at&t altamonte mall store to get a battery for her lg cellphone. The sales person told us that they do not make batteries for her phone anymore, and if they did it was cheaper to to get a new cellphone with a 1 year warranty. Well at the time we agreed. So we get a new samsung phone 42 days later her screen goes out and she can not see who is calling her. We go to the winter park at&t store off 17/92 and they said the phone that we had purchased at the at&t store in the altamonte mall was a used phone which came without a warranty. They told us that their had been 2 previous owners before us that had actually owned the same cellphone that we had received. After making minor adjustments to the phone they had it working again. The winter park real at&t store told us that the altamonte mall store is not only a fraud but that they receive numorous complaints from them and that we should never do business with again. Trust us we wont.

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AT&T bait and switch scam

AT&T appears to be running a bait-and-switch with its FastAccess DSL Direct promotion.

I signed up for FastAccess DSL Direct 6.0M at a promotional monthly price of $19.95 from this URL:

http://www.bellsouth.com/consumer/inetsrvcs/promo_unreal.html?src=lftnav

At the bottom of the first box highlighting this service are the words "No term commitment."

Despite this, when I called AT&T to cancel my service, it informed me that a $150 early-termination fee would be charged. I spoke to three representatives (after being disconnected from the first), including a supervisor.

I tediously recited the URL address to the supervisor, pointing out to her where on the page the words "No term commitment" clearly appear, to which she replied she saw no such thing and that they were not on the page she was looking at.

AT&T insisted the service I signed up for had a term and stated I will be billed the $150 early-termination fee after canceling the service today.

I also read aloud to the representatives Section 5(a) titled "Early Termination Fee" of the Terms of Service AT&T mailed me, which reads: "When you purchased the Service, you agreed to a specific price and plan, which may have included a term. You agree that if you cancel your plan before the end of the term, you will pay the early termination fee associated with that plan. If you did not sign up for a term plan, the term for you Service will be month-to-month."

I informed AT&T I would dispute any early-termination charge as it would be in violation of the customer agreement and the law, but am disgusted at what appears to be a blatant bait-and-switch, to which other consumers should be alerted.

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May 17, 2010 6:55 pm EDT

AT and T has the worse customer service of any of the phone companies I have EVER dealt with. My 15 year old son made a mistake purchasing services for his GO phone and we called them as soon as we saw it on the debit card and they would do NOTHING about it even though they had records which showed the service that he always had gotten and had used no airtime on the service he had purchased. Customer service reps at AT and T shouldn't even be allowed to have the title because they are so unhelpful and don't care. I hate AT and T and am posting bad reviews about them on the internet anywhere I can because I got no satisfaction from this company so I am giving it to myself. Selfempowerment. As consumers and americans we can vote with our dollars that is what capitalism is about. DON'T USE AT AND T. LET'S PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS AND SEE HOW BIG THEY ARE THEN!

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Nov 21, 2011 12:54 am EST

I had the same problem as you and could get nowhere with their phone customer-no-service reps, but luckily I did a screen capture of each screen when I signed up for the no term DSL Direct service and I took them direclty to one of their local stores and stayed in the store and had the employee their make all of the calls to their customer service, and it took them 3 hours to take care of cancelling the account and doing away with the bs early temination fee (and the att store employee had to ask whoever he was on the phone with to get a supervisor to override in order to do this) I WILL NEVER EVER NEVER DO ANY BUSINESS WITH ATT AGAIN AFTER THIS BS EXPERIENCE. Hopefully u got yours worked out.

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jonh
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Nov 11, 2010 4:05 pm EST

att is robbing they say you have unlimited webbing and texting, but when the bill comes its alot of money . they give you your data plan coverage of 200mb and you can easily go over it, then they say if you go to 2gb plan for 25 dollars, and if you get a warning to say you used 90% of your data they charge you and extra 10dollars. with unlimited texting, how the f*** can you go over your "unlimited texting" limit. att just like to rob you

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Fairfax, US
May 17, 2010 7:20 pm EDT

Try T-mobile, I get good service from them.

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AT&T service and repair bs

For one and all:
At&t is wasting your time and vast amounts of money on useless bull.
1) at&t has "bet the farm" in terms of investment dollars, on u verse service, which is fine in some places, like texas, but utterly sucks, sucks, sucks here in n. Calif. Due to at&t's policy of not replacing or maintaining infrastructure to boost their bottom line. U verse is stupid in large areas because, simply put, the wires it depends on are old and screwed up, they have labor practices and investment policies and budgets that keep it that way, and failing lines are getting more numerous every day.

2) at&t has cut service personnel and customer service to the bone. Consolidation to texas does nothing to serve the california market. Nothing. Reps know nothing, can do nothing, have bad records, lie about appointments to save their ###, and give you ### responses on a consistent, uninformed, corporate attitude basis.

3) I know what I am talking about. I am ex-pac bell. I am a telecom pro in the field and working every day for 40 years.

4) in one week alone this month, I calculate that at&t has cost my company $1200 in lost labor cost waiting for at&t to show with no notice, no schedule, no apologies. Knowing something about their wage structure, and after talking to one of the techs who also got torpedoed on one of the missed appointments, their cost was in excess of $1000. And that was one job out of 3 they ###ed up.

5) field personnel are not the problem. They're mostly service minded guys and gals. At&t corporate is the problem. It's an excess profit over service mind set. They hire mba's to do efficiency studies (Trust me, I have this verified by multiple local people in n. Calif) , all the field guys seriously dislike the way labor is handled and know it's not efficient and really do not like at&t p0licies or that increasingly management is policy driven and not enacted by anyone who has the slightest idea about field phone service issues and manpower. We might as well be in the early 20th century when "efficiency experts" started to re-organize businesses and labor practices for the sole benefit of the god of $$$$$ these people bow to.

6) the one week record for my company:

A) made a 611 repair appointment for a rural address in napa county. At&t mis (Or intentionall mis-) logged it as a "customer will call back with results of premises equipment testing". Such conversation never happend. So, they either don't understand clear english conversation or are lazy or are lying to keep records to a minimum.

B) repair appointment for our company cost us 6 hrs. @ 100/hr=$600 in standby time on one job, $600 on a second. Repair tech on 2nd wasted one full day trying to get access to a terminal and figure out what was going on with screwed up work orders. He was tech #2 on a job that could have been handled by one guy in one hour. Total value to at&t probably over $1000 for wasted time over 3 days.

C) 1.5 hrs. On the phone with (Texas based) repair supervisor and agent who essentially said I was misinformed about an appointment I had a ticket number and time recorded for. More lies. Made a next appt. For this remote gated property for the following monday. On this thurs. A tech called and said they had him scheduled to be there this afternoon! So: either the person who placed the order yesterday for monday did not understand a 30 minute repeated detail request for next monday, or she incapable of entering information accurately, or someone else down line ###ed up for the 3rd time in a row on one simple repair job.

I say this not out of vindictiveness. Having at&t actually care about customers would be an enormous help to our business, but all evidence points over the last 15 years to the fact that they have lowered all standards regarding training, investment, labor practices, and management to a race to the bottom. I used to ### about nynex in nyc... Nothing compared to the bs at&t is up to today.

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May 13, 2008 7:12 pm EDT

Since Dec. 2017, we have been charged for long distance calls we did not make. I have had to call At&t every month since trying to correct the issue. Every month we have to do the math to get the amount we owe At&t. Every month new charges were billed to us. I have talked to every department since trying to get help. Recently I called the Sales V.P., Debbie Story, who put me in contact with the fraud department. I was promised this matter would be taken care of... Fraud researched our problem and discovered that At&t was in error, our phone number was put in the system by mistake for these charges! Yet, we received our current bill, dated May 4, 2017, with additional charges. According to our bill no credit to our account was made. It has now been six months with no correction made!

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On August 10, 2010 two representatives from AT&T were canvassing my neighborhood to offer services for the newly run U-Verse lines. The prices were reasonable, better than the service with Charter I already had, so I signed up for the U200 package. The representative (contact number 805*******) set my install appointment for September 8, 2010 with an arrival window of 1-3pm.
On the afternoon of September 8 at 2pm I contacted AT&T customer support via online chat to check the status of my appointment because a technician had not contacted me to give an estimated arrival time. The online chat representative could find no record of my appointment and instructed me to contact the sales department by phone.
Upon contacting the sales department the representative had no record of an order worksheet ever being filled out for me and had no explanation for what had happened to my order. Willing to overlook the incident, I again signed up for the U200 package. The representative was able to negotiate a better rate (a $76.95 introductory rate with a free install for tv service and internet) as she could not locate the package I was previously offered, $97 for the first 6 months, which I was sold on 8/10/10. She was very apologetic and arranged for an installation the following day, September 9, with an arrival window of again, 1-3pm.
One hour later another customer service representative called to say my installation could not be completed the following day because the time slot had been double-booked and someone would contact me by the end of the week to re-schedule. Less than 20 minutes later, a third customer service representative called to apologize and say the previously-set appointment, September 9, from 1-3pm was available. I agreed again to the appointment.
On September 9, I contacted the customer service option via online chat to confirm my appointment as I had not received a call from a technician by 2pm. I spoke with PADMA pm085s who blamed the no-show install on a "facility issue". She said "There was a problem in the outside wiring" and offered to re-schedule my appointment. I agreed to re-schedule and made an appointment installation for September 13 from 1-3pm. I then asked for a confirmation of the rates I received the day previously, for customer service to send an email containing the order worksheet which was written the day before and was told to contact the sales department, again, by phone.
When I reached a representative from sales, the representative could not locate a work order for my name, my account number or the phone contact number I had given the previous day and said there was no pending order for my address and would I like to order new services. Frustrated, I ended the call.
AT&T has lost a customer due to its horrible customer service. Many people I know are frustrated with their Charter services and were shopping for another option, waiting to see whether I was satisfied with AT&T before canceling their current services themselves. I will not hesitate to direct them away from AT&T and encourage them to go without before signing a contract with AT&T.

Enclosed is my online chat with a "customer service representative" as referenced earlier:
SESSION ID: 2418251

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Welcome Mrs. stephanie hughes.
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Connecting to server. Please wait...
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Connection with server established.
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Technical Support Topic: U-verse Change My Appointment
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pm085s(PADMA) has joined this session!
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Connected with pm085s(PADMA)
pm085s(PADMA)
Hello Mrs. stephanie hughes! Thank you for contacting AT&T U-verse Member Support, my name is Padma (pm085s). May I please have the telephone number or account number associated with your account?
You
telephone number - 980*******
pm085s(PADMA)
Thank you very much. Mrs. stephanie hughes, if by chance we are disconnected from this chat session, I would like for you to re-enter our chat service line, and ask for Padma (pm085s).
pm085s(PADMA)
How are you doing today, Mrs. Hughes?
You
i am checking the status of my appointment. i was supposed to have an install today between 1-3pm and no technician has showed up yet.
pm085s(PADMA)
Not to worry. Let me right away check on the appointment of the technician for you.
pm085s(PADMA)
Before we proceed, to ensure the safety of our member accounts I will need to confirm that you are authorized on this account. May I please have the 4 digit pass code for verification purpose?
You
****
pm085s(PADMA)
Perfect! Thank you for the correct pass code.
pm085s(PADMA)
I'm now checking on the technician status.
pm085s(PADMA)
Well, the information from my end says that we need to contact U-Verse Dispatch Center to know about the details.
You
okay.
pm085s(PADMA)
This would take some time for me to get the details from the U-Verse Dispatch Center.
pm085s(PADMA)
I may require 2 minutes to get out the information.
You
okay.
pm085s(PADMA)
Thank you for understanding.
pm085s(PADMA)
In the mean time, how is your day going on?
pm085s(PADMA)
We are now talking to the dispatch team.
pm085s(PADMA)
Thank you for waiting patiently.
pm085s(PADMA)
We are still talking to the dispatch representative.
You
alright.
pm085s(PADMA)
Sorry for the delay. This is taking more time than usual..
pm085s(PADMA)
The Dispatch center representative is looking at the technician status.
You
okay
pm085s(PADMA)
This is taking more time than expected. Sorry about this, Mrs. Hughes.
pm085s(PADMA)
We are still on the line with the dispatch representative.
You
that's fine.
You
i also would like an explanation of why my first order was never received - the install for sept 8 from 1-3 then rescheduled for today and why no technician called with a status for today's appointment.
pm085s(PADMA)
Mrs. Hughes, the information in my records in this regards is just told to contact the U-Verse Dispatch Center directly.
pm085s(PADMA)
Usually, only when we have the less number of technician, this kind of problem occurs.
pm085s(PADMA)
However, it is taking more time for me to get the latest information on the technician from the Dispatch center representative.
You
okay
pm085s(PADMA)
I really appreciate you patience, Mrs. Hughes.
pm085s(PADMA)
The Dispatch center representative stated that there was a facility issue.
You
which means?
pm085s(PADMA)
There was a problem in the outside wiring so that was cleared now.
You
what does this have to do with my appointment?
pm085s(PADMA)
Now that the issue is been resolved, we need to reschedule the appointment date, Mrs. Hughes.
pm085s(PADMA)
When there is an outside wiring issue, we cannot install the services.
pm085s(PADMA)
Because, it might affect the services and the equipment.
You
someone should have contacted me regardless. what is the next available appointment?
pm085s(PADMA)
So, now that the issue is resolved, we need to reschedule the appointment date.
pm085s(PADMA)
Yes, I understand your concern. Sorry for the inconvenience.
pm085s(PADMA)
I'm checking on the earliest appointment date and time.
pm085s(PADMA)
Thank you for waiting patiently.
pm085s(PADMA)
We available date and time on 09/13/2010 9:00 AM-11:00 AM
pm085s(PADMA)
Is that fine with you?
You
if you do not have any available times on the 14th that is fine.
pm085s(PADMA)
I'm sorry, we do not have it on 14th. So, shall I proceed for 13th?
You
are there any later time slots on the 13th? if possible i would also like a copy of the order worksheet with the agreed upon prices from the representative i spoke with yesterday emailed to me before the install.
pm085s(PADMA)
We have another availability at 09/16/2010 9:00 AM-11:00 AM and 1:00 PM-3:00 PM.
pm085s(PADMA)
On 13th, it is just 9:00 AM-11:00 AM.
You
9/13 is fine.
pm085s(PADMA)
May I know the timing on 13th?
pm085s(PADMA)
9:00 AM-11:00 AM or 1:00 PM-3:00 PM?
You
1-3 on the 13th.
pm085s(PADMA)
Sure, thank you.
You
i would also like a copy of the order worksheet with the agreed upon prices from the representative i spoke with yesterday emailed to me before the install
pm085s(PADMA)
I have successfully rescheduled the appointment.
pm085s(PADMA)
We will not be able to send a copy of this order worksheet, however, please contact our Sales Department: [protected] - 7am-9pm Monday to Friday and 8am-5pm on Saturday.
pm085s(PADMA)
The Sales department would be able to send you the copy of the order worksheet .
You
alright. thank you.
pm085s(PADMA)
You are welcome.
pm085s(PADMA)
Is there anything else I can assist you with today?
You
no. thank you.
pm085s(PADMA)
Thank you for contacting AT&T U-Verse Services. We appreciate your time and business.
pm085s(PADMA)
Have a fantastic day ahead, Mrs. Hughes.

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Absolutely the worst customer service department I have ever had contact with. Switched to U-Verse n March of 2018. I have had outage and DVR problems from the get go. I have called many times and am always frustrated by the length of time it takes to reach a human being. When I finally do, they are off shore somewhere and can barely be understood. They have a written script that they constantly repeat regardless of what you ask about. If you ask for someone who speaks better English, they tell you to hang up and call back. If you ask to speak to someone in America, they tell you there is no way to do so. Today I went to the local ATT store in Ohio. I spoke to salesperson there and explained this to him. He just smiled and told me they have constant complaints and the same problem when they try to contact customer service. I am going to attempt to break the contract I signed because of this and will seek legal representation to do so if necessary. AVOID THESE PEOPLE AT ALL COSTS!

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unhappyAT&T Uverse
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Aug 06, 2011 7:53 pm EDT

AT&T U-Verse advertises that you can record up to 4 shows at once on a single DVR. No where do they tell you that you can only record or watch a maximum of 4 different programs at a time. I pay for 5 DVRs and we can only either record or watch 4 different programs at a time. The public needs to know this before getting locked in a one-year contract.

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Diakonea
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Mar 15, 2011 6:38 pm EDT

We had decided to upgrade to AT&T U-Verse and ended up having a very bad experience.

Two weeks later they realized that they could not get the U-Verse to work at our house, but they had no idea why. Finally, today we got our DSL back.

Needless to say I am positive that we will be transferring over to Comcast. AT&T is a joke!

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DFORTIN
Miramar, US
Aug 15, 2009 9:42 am EDT

It has taken me 10 min. to get this far. The "gateway" flashes red at least 3 times per hour interrupting tv and internet. I would love to sit and watch a who-dunit but can not due to interrupted service. Thought I would never say this but I sure wish I had comcast back. This state of the art service stinks.

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Marty McManus
Rock Hill, US
Sep 22, 2010 1:56 pm EDT

I've had a hole in my yard now for a month. When I call I get the runaround(when I can talk to a human). Any idea when this foolishness is going to be resolved ?

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Krista Sears
Huber Heights, US
Apr 29, 2010 1:23 pm EDT

I received a flyer in the mail stating that I was to go to att.com/rewardcenter to coose a reward. cannot find the website and have not been able to get my reward. What happens now? My e-mail is krista.sears@att.net. Please let me know what to do and how to claim my reward.

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Curtis Aycock
Nov 10, 2008 8:44 am EST

I cannot get into att.com/rewardscenter. It says try this and that but never can get into rewards center for our $ rebate on exchanging into AT&T U-verse.

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Catherine Gadomski
Nov 05, 2008 4:57 am EST

Website doesn't exist? Guess I'll have to "feel free to call the Reward Center team" as suggested in the "snail mail" if you're having troubles with the Rewards Center!

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Robert Goldman
Toledo, US
Feb 16, 2015 5:58 pm EST

My payment was late they tack on a 49.99 restore fee and a 9.00 late fee have been a customer for over 25 years I will start looking for some one else. Customer is horrible and now they are thieves they should be driven to bankrupt and no longer exist!

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steve lipham
Carrollton, US
Dec 10, 2013 10:22 am EST

the same thing happened to me, except now I'm recieving monthly bill equipment I never recieved. Multiple calls to billing and customer service have resulted in no resolution .

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AT&T billing scam

I went to ATT to renew my plan and get a new phone. The first phone died on the sales rep right in the store. The second one (same model) died on me the day after.

I went back to the store to exchange. They wanted to charge me a 35! Dollar restocking fee. I started arguing that all the phones have the same problem and I am not willing to pay that. The store manager came out and said he would need to charge the restocking fee but give me a 35 USD credit on my next bill.

I was ok with that.

My bill came in and it was about 20 Dollars higher than usual. I called customer service and they told me that this was an 18 Dollar fee for upgrading to “new” equipment – equipment that died on me and I returned. This fee the sales person “forgot” to talk about. And - the credit that was promised in the store was not on my account.

Also, just as a side note – since we don’t have a texting plan we get charged for every spam message – usually adds for visiting websites. I tried blocking online but that doesn’t work.

In no other country than the US the wireless carriers charge the RECIPIENTS fees for wanted/unwanted calls and sms. And in no other country people just go along with it. Must be the greatest country in the world

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I've just concluded a horrible experience with at&t trying to get uverse installed in my home. I signed up with them on sept 16th because of the good deal they were offering. When I signed up, the first available date I could get for an install was october 20th. I figured the wait would be worth it since I would be saving money and getting a cash rebate from them. The tech showed up to do the install today, but there was a problem with the signal coming to the line outside our house. So the first tech left and called in another kind of tech to address the signal issue. When that tech fixed the problem, I was told to call at&t to reschedule my install.

When I called back, I really got the runaround. I was put on hold several times, being forced to listen to some horrible, tinny-sounding, too loud hold music. After about 20 minutes, when we finally got things straightened out with canceling my phone number transfer, the woman told me the first available date to reschedule the install was november 9th - 3 weeks from now. She was unable to get me an earlier date, even when I told her I would cancel if she couldn't. She also told me that there was no one else in her department that I could talk to about this. So I told her I wanted to cancel.

After more time on hold, I was connected to the cancellation department. No one there could help expedite the install date either. All they would have had to do was give me an install date in the next week or so and I would have been happy, but no one could help me with that. Horrible, horrible customer service - i'd never try it now.

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Nov 05, 2008 9:43 am EST

I was transferring servie from round rock to austin so they had to do a disconnect-new service. It was supposed be uninterrupted.
I did not have a phone for 28 days. and still in the mornings, not phone, internet, and cable do not work. a tech has been to the house 3 times. the CSR's kept telling me the service " looked" ready to go.

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jdavidins
Atlanta, US
Aug 26, 2009 11:21 am EDT

For three months I have tried to get AT&T to give me a bundled price for their Uverse services. They kept telling me it wasn't available in my neighborhood despite the fact that several neighbors, including my next-door-neighbor, who shares the same phone/cable hook-up that goes to my house has Uverse. Finally, they gave me a bundled price and said they would have to get back to me after they determined if I was able to hook-up to Uverse. They never called back.. I called them (for the 5th time) and after answering all their questions and pushing all the righ buttons (for the 5th time), I was finally told I could order Uverse services, but this time the quote was 20% higher than the quote of just one week earlier. Not only is AT&T's customer service horrible, but their prices are excessive when compared with their competitors. Stay away from AT&T, assuming you can even get service, you will be paying too much for it.

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JimDisgusted
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Jul 23, 2010 9:28 am EDT

Customer Service is the worst. I have not had service in a week and right now I've been on the phone for an hour...being bounced around.

I'm disgusted with them.

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sheets2112
San Antonio, US
Oct 08, 2010 4:20 pm EDT
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To whom it may concern:

The first week of August 2010 we entered into a service contract with AT&T when we went to a local office to change our cable, phone and internet
service. We were initially suppose to have service with on August 13, 2010. I took the day off to be here for the installer. The service couldn't be
installed due to the lack of a signal making it to our home from your AT&T
box. Installer stated that the company would have to come out and dig up the
neighbors yard due to the problem be located underground. This took
approximately 3 weeks. They then called to reschedule the installation for
September 17, 2010 which I took the day off again. At that time they came out again and still were unable to get a signal. We were told it could be hooked up with a different wiring option (4 pairs of wires). The installer was going to run it by his supervisor and we were to be called back. As of today October 5, 2010 we have never received a call. So we called again and were told today that AT&T cancelled our order and we were never informed of this. So we have been waiting the past 18 days for someone to contact us and through our own efforts find out the company cancelled our order. In the meantime we have been on a month to month with Time Warner cable and are paying $70 more a month because we are not in a price lock guarantee. We have not locked in with Time Warner due to being led to believe we would have service. We have neighbors who have AT&T so we know service must be available.

If I receive no communication from this email I will involve local media
and/or take legal action. The way this whole situation has been handled is
appalling. Order #[protected].

Regards,
Merle & Katherine Sheets
9435 Overland Run
San Antonio, Tx. 78254
Sheets2112@gmail.com

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Angry@AT&T
Fulshear, US
Mar 10, 2011 7:29 pm EST

Had At&T UVerse since 2007 and, initially, loved it. Customer service went downhill gradually. Last week, moved from old house to new house 15 minutes away and transferred AT&T service into a new house pre-wired with CATV from AT&T. Ordered shutdown of old service on 3.4.2011 and start of new service on 3.5.2011 during phone call of 2.21.2011. Guy never came to the new house on 3.5.2011; just blew us off until dispatched by a supervisor. Another guy had to come out in the evening. Stayed late and said the 'box' was bad and had to continue Monday. No phone call, email, etc from AT&T on Monday, 3.7.2011. After a lot screaming at AT&T on 3.7.2011, box was finally connected on 3.8.2011. On 3.9.2011, called billing office (Rhonda) to cancel old service (still not done) and AT&T disconnected the new house about five minutes later. Called and spoke with Jamie who promised us a live person and promptly transferred us to a line that said it was 'sorry' about the office being closed before disconnecting our call. Spoke with a supervisor (Vincent) on 3.9.2011, very late, who promised to get us going on 3.10.2011. On 3.10.2011, Vincent never called back. On 3.10.2011, I called Billing office and requested a supervisor; was passed from Albert to Joshua to Dwight. Dwight advised all managers in a meeting. I asked if AT&T would rather keep a customer or have a meeting. Dwight said there was nothing he could do. Transferred to 'Disconnect' office and spoke with Ms. Cortez. She couldn't promise 'turn on' of system today, 3.10.2011 and three months free service (my wife and I spent a total of 17 hours on the phone or in-person with AT&T trying to get this resolved since 3.5.2011). Told her to turn it off. Old house was just disconnected today, 3.10.2011, five days after it was supposed to be off. Told Ms. Cortez to send me a box or a tech to pick-up their equipment because AT&T wasn't getting another minute of my time to take their stuff to the UPS store. After some haranguing, she agreed to send marked boxes but explained this is usually only reserved for the elderly and/or disabled. Don't care, AT&T doesn't get anything else from me other than bad internet publicity. I'm going to post this on a few different places.

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Melvin S.
St. Louis, US
Apr 06, 2011 10:56 pm EDT

For almost three weeks now, we have had no phone because they keep dropping the ball on getting our former provider to release the number. On our first bill, they charged us for installation, which was supposed to be included. And we can't use HD On Demand because they've had ongoing issues with it. To top it all off, they had to send techs out three days in a row to fix a modem problem.

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sammykoh
Alhambra, US
Apr 09, 2011 3:40 am EDT
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I called attuverse customer care about $100 reward that a manager of att center at Roland Height, CA, had promised me when he asked me to switch from DSL att to Uverse internet. After this customer rep. checked out everything that I told her she had to consult with her supervisor and told me that she will email me about their decision. She never contacted me back.
My acct # is [protected] and I called on 4/6/11. I have been a value customer for many years and was planning to get additional services but with this negative experience I will have to think about it. I hope the manager of customer care department will read this complaint and show me how will they take care of the customer.

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Flyingfiveo
West Allis, US
Nov 14, 2012 9:42 am EST
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Ordered Internet and TV on 11/02/12, got confirmation email for install on 11/12/12 between 9 and 11 am. Never showed, called they gave some lame excuss they never got the order. Provided order number from 11/02/12. Told them to cancel order, begged me not to. Promised they would be there on 11/14/12 between 9am and 11 am, never showed. Called that they could be there by 1p.m.. Cancelled order tired of waiting and taking time off at $35 an hour.

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oclady1208
Mission Viejo, US
May 28, 2012 1:06 am EDT

It is now May 2012 and I just had AT&T U-verse installed. So far no problems, but I've only had it for 4 days. No phone service. Just internet and whole house DVR. I don't care much for the remote control. Too small with tiny buttons. Wish they had a bigger one. I do notice that when changing channels the sound jumbs up to an unbearable noise level. I'm going to have to go into the menus on the TV's and try to adjust that again. The Cox Cable tech might be right and I'll be returning to Cox like everyone else. But I have options and thought I'd give AT&T a try and save some money for 6 months. One never knows unless you try it.

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PITAAT&T
US
Jul 06, 2011 6:02 pm EDT

AT&T is a nightmare! customer service is the worst ever. I was interested in their Internet Uverse. Before I even talked to anyone, except an inquiry, the equipment was on it's way! I wrote them twice before that and asked them to please let me have details of their service. I had ordered Dish, so they knew my address. I got a cancellation #, a return sticker plus started to get threatening letters for a "final bill" of $82.00 plus also threatening with a $150 equipment charge. Well, the tracking didn't work right off after I had sent the crap back. The # they gave me sent me to a running shoe site and there was no way of knowing if the equipment had gotten back there. When talking to them, with a nasty ### customer service rep she informed me so to speak "too bad". After approximately 20 hours of calls, 12 reps, 6 hang ups in just one session, wrong account #, I was promised over and over and over that it would be taken care of.

Right now, I'm still waiting to see if the last promises are going to be carried through and see if I get another bill. They've assured me that the balance shows -0-. I finally straightened out the tracking and sure enough, it had gotten back to them BEFORE I HAD EVEN TALKED TO THE FIRST NASTY ### REP! NEVER AGAIN AT&T!

My AT&T wireless contract was up a couple of years ago and I've just been crusing along without a contract. So, guess what I just did? I signed up with T-Mobile! I know, I know, they are suppose to merge, but T-Mobile has a better cust. service reputation and by the end of my 2 year contract, maybe they willl be merged and then I'll go somewhere else.

I will never ever deal with AT&T again. That company hires people, but doesn't train them at all. It's a company of ###s...

WORST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE...EVER...

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AT&T misinformation; false contract; fraud

Attention mr. Chase carey (Direct tv president & ceo) : october 21, 2010

I’m a soon-to-be, former at&t and direct tv customer. I’m writing this letter in hopes that justice can prevail and my account can be set right. This letter is in reference to my account through at&t in june of 2010. At the time I was told the bundle service included home phone, digital tv, and internet. When I called and spoke to an at&t delegate regarding my direct tv plan, I was informed that I had a 12 month plan, due to the equipment I owned and because I didn’t want the dvdr or hd access.

Upon the day of installation, my grandmother called me at work with the installer on the phone to discuss my setup; and he stated that my equipment was out dated, need to be changed, and it would be at no cost to me. I have been undergoing financial hardships, as a result of being laid off from my job about two months now, which requires me to cut back on services.

On 10/15/10, I spoke with direct tv customer service rep, ken during. On that call we talked about the error that at&t had made by misinforming me about a 12 month contract I was deemed to be under when no such contract existed at the time. Direct tv agent ken during, assured me the matter would be addressed and corrected by contacting at&t and direct tv and have them explain the miscalculation on behalf of at&t.

Today, on 10/21/10, I spoke with agents from both at&t and direct tv. A direct tv supervisor tells me that they cannot honor the verbal agreement that both the direct tv representative (Ken during) and myself conducted via telephone; in spite of the fact that at&t acknowledged it was a mistake on their end. I know from my own personal experiences working in a call center environment, that all customer service calls are recorded for quality assurance. Therefore, the conversations that took place between both parties should be verifiable in their entirety.

I’m asking that the company review the dialogues of myself and the representatives from at&t and direct tv; and honor the verbal agreement between direct tv representative (Ken during) i. After all, i’m not asking for any unlawful compensation, I am merely requesting that I be treated fair as a long standing customer of both companies.

Sincerely,

Husani blake
At&t/direct tv customer

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