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re: AT&T is the shittiest company ever but is a monopoly for TV and Interenet

Posted on 9/5/18 at 1:37 pm to
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
105161 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 1:37 pm to
AT&T is a bunch of chucklefricks but I’ve heard far worse about Comcast.

It’s like a requirement to be a cable company is to be as fricking incompetent and user-unfriendly as possible.
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
34754 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 1:37 pm to
Cox says hello....
Posted by LSUsmartass
Scompton
Member since Sep 2004
82755 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 1:37 pm to
quote:

They've been charging my card for Sunday Ticket from like 2015 but despite multiple calls over several years they can't find the account it's supposedly on. I dispute it with AMEX who just dutifully takes it off every month and tells AT&T to frick off because they can't provide support for it.

Why can't AMEX just give you a new card with different account number?
Posted by elprez00
Hammond, LA
Member since Sep 2011
31624 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 1:47 pm to
Holy shite dude I’m having the same problem. I switched to Gigabit last spring and merged my internet and Direct TV accts. Around October I started getting calls from some random Mississippi number. Turns out its a collection agency. Say I owe $275 to AT&T. Call AT&T and they show my account as current and have no record of any past due balances. Called the collection company back and ended up getting real shitty with the bitch on the phone before hanging up.

Just got another letter in the mail from another company that apparently bought the debt. I can’t get anything from AT&T to put an end to this and I’m not sure what else to do at this point.
Posted by GrammarKnotsi
Hammond
Member since Feb 2013
10172 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 1:51 pm to
quote:

Why can't AMEX just give you a new card with different account number?



then what story would he have to tell
Posted by Bullfrog
Running Through the Wet Grass
Member since Jul 2010
61793 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 1:52 pm to
You call the Public Service Commission.

Have all your details and account info laid out so a 6 year old can understand the issue and your latest bill already scanned.

Then it’s simple to forward the info and let them handle it.

Hopefully you logged each call to AT&T to support your story. Supply that too. Date, time, number dialed, the series of people you spoke to. Their AT&T ID number, their resolution to complete.

When ever they transfer you to another department, ask for that direct number, should you get cut off.
This post was edited on 9/5/18 at 1:56 pm
Posted by Ryan3232
Valet driver for TD staff
Member since Dec 2008
27944 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 1:54 pm to
quote:

Dear Facebook


Seriously...just because you have a terrible experience with customer service (probably more of an issue with you, not them), doesn't mean they are a terrible company.


Brad...Is that you?
Posted by Crop Dusting
Member since Apr 2018
166 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 1:54 pm to
Glad someone else knows this struggle
Posted by greygoose
Member since Aug 2013
15172 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 1:58 pm to
I've had issues like that in the past with ATT. I couldn't get anywhere with them either, so I filed a complaint with my State's Attorney General's office. It got fixed real quick after that.
Posted by Crop Dusting
Member since Apr 2018
166 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 1:59 pm to
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This post was edited on 9/5/18 at 2:03 pm
Posted by SVGSZN4408
Lafayette
Member since Jan 2017
116 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 2:00 pm to
What appropriate timing - I just got off the phone with them. I hate them so much and I'm only 2 months into my service. When I signed up, I was told we'd get 3 months of HBO, Skinemax, etc. for free and, most importantly, a free year of NFL Sunday Ticket. Once it was set up, no HBO or any other premium channels. When I call to biatch, they tell me that my plan doesn't qualify for those channels but I can get them for an additional costs. Of course, I keep biatching and they pass me up the chain until someone gets tired of me and gives me free access to it.

So before the NFL season kicks off, I call so the same crap doesn't happen. Same result. Some poor asian/indian SOB named "Mike" or "Kelly" says I don't qualify, but I can have it added to my plan for an additional cost. Again, I complain enough to get transferred 3 or 4 times before they finally cave and agree give me access to what I originally signed up for. We shall see what happens on Sunday.

Okay - rant over.
Posted by GrammarKnotsi
Hammond
Member since Feb 2013
10172 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 2:01 pm to
quote:

Yea I'm a petroleum engineer that had offers for an MBA from MIT and Yale. I'd love to bash your face in for a comment like that.



doesn't know what a monopoly is and can't spell internet...

seems legit

Edits post with these claims..Think I got another one
This post was edited on 9/5/18 at 2:35 pm
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
87735 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 2:12 pm to
quote:

I've had AT&T for over 10 years and have never had a problem with them or their customer service.



You know everything has been done when you're having to knight for awful telecom conglomerates as a troll
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
87735 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 2:17 pm to
quote:

Why can't AMEX just give you a new card with different account number?



This is from like 3 cards ago, certain recurring charges roll over automatically on AMEX. I'll probably get around to seeing what AMEX can do about it at some point this season, I just hate getting new cards.
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
87735 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 2:18 pm to
quote:

then what story would he have to tell



Yeah the streaming Sunday Ticket story is definitely one I want to keep in my repertoire
This post was edited on 9/5/18 at 2:20 pm
Posted by Ponchy Tiger
Ponchatoula
Member since Aug 2004
50020 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 2:20 pm to
quote:

I'm going to send them a bill for the time it takes me to resolve this issue and then take them to collections if they don't pay it.
yeah let us know how this works out.
Posted by Tigeralum2008
Yankees Fan
Member since Apr 2012
17754 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 2:21 pm to
AT&T

Their goal is to be the only company to build a monopoly....TWICE
Posted by TigerAlum1982
Member since Sep 2011
1575 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 2:33 pm to
That happened to us last year. I finally got it resolved by going into the ATT Store (in Town Center if you are in BR) and they fixed it for me. This was after numerous phone calls to ATT&T.
Posted by Tempratt
Member since Oct 2013
15308 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 2:39 pm to
quote:

Seriously...just because you have a terrible experience with customer service (probably more of an issue with you, not them), doesn't mean they are a terrible company.


Congrats!! Top level idiotic response there.
Posted by Scoop
RIP Scoop
Member since Sep 2005
44583 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 2:43 pm to
I’ve had pretty good luck using chat with AT&T.

Always use chat for any customer service if that option is available.
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