TO: 1701 John F. Kennedy Boulevard Philadelphia, PA 19103 ATT: Customer Support Management To Whom It May Concern: Normally I would not spend time on a communication like this, however I feel it is important to contact you regarding a recent experience I had with your Company that was at first extremely frustrating and concerning, and ultimately very satisfying. I would assume Comcast’s customer service standards are at a point where this letter will be taken seriously. My hope is that through the notations on my account you will have the ability to contact the two representatives I spoke with and provide additional training to the first and strong commendations to the second. On January 25th, 2013 I contacted customer service regarding a concern I had over increasing charges on my bill. My first call was made somewhere around 4:30 pm and lasted over an hour with a representative who gave me nothing but conflicting information until ultimately putting me on hold for 10 minutes while I waited for a supervisor. The second call was made just before 6:00 pm. This representative quickly and without hesitation assisted me, and within 10 minutes my concerns were settled. I do not remember her name but she is in Illinois. I was told by the first representative that the charges I was concerned about were due to 411 calls made in December. I explained to her that I had already gone online and reviewed my "placed call" going all the way back to October and I did not see any 411 calls. I also live by myself and I never use 411 instead of quickly and for free looking numbers up on the internet. However, there were 12 numbers dialed that were referenced as +999 5555088. At first she told me that this was not the 411 number I was being charged for dialing. I was not looking for a credit, yet an explanation. I explained that due to the fact that 1) based on what she was telling me, nowhere on my bill did it show these calls being made and 2) I was being asked to pay for a charge without a proper explanation and proof, I did not feel comfortable just accepting charges that not only I could not see, but also due to the misinformation she was giving me. During this call she made several conflicting statements which led to me not accepting these charges as she described them and kept us on the phone for way to long. These conflictions include: 1. At the beginning of our conversation I told her I saw 12 calls on December 24th, 2012 that I did not recognize as phone numbers looking like +999 5555088. Knowing that every other call going back to October looked like a standard phone number (***) *** ****, I asked her if this could be the 411 calls she was referring to and she said very specially "No these would not having anything to do with the charges you are questioning." I was at home by myself all night on Christmas Eve and am certain 411 was not dialed. Without any other evidence supporting the charges for 411 calls, I stayed on the phone hoping for an answer as to where I could go to actually confirm the charges instead of just being told to pay without proof. After about 45 minutes of not being able to provide this information, she told me her computer locked up and that the +999 5555088 number she initially told me had nothing to do with the charges "must be the 411 calls" and that there was nothing she could do. 2. I explained that I had no problem paying if I could be comfortable knowing that the charges were legitimate. However they were not on my bill and according to her the questionable numbers on my call log was not the cause of the charges. I asked her to please walk me through the website and where to go to see the charges she was seeing. She told me that the call log I was seeing was not the same one she was seeing. She also had no idea how to take me to the correct page on the website or was not properly trained to know how to perform this simple task. After at least 10 times trying to explain to her that what she was telling me to do was the same thing every time and was not working, she put me on hold for about 5 minutes. 3. One reason I was not comfortable with the charges was because of the conflicting information she constantly gave me. She explained that she saw 7 dialed calls to the +999 number on December 24th that cost $1.99 each; however I was looking at 12 of them on the 24th. When I questioned her as to how 7 charges of $1.99 added up to the $21.00 she said I was being charged (which was actually $19.90 according to the bill) she said "oh you have more of them on December 14th. She did not have an answer when I told her that according to what I was looking at there were only 3 calls made on December 14th and all were legitimate numbers. She did not even know the exact amount of the charges, she had no explanation as to why I was seeing more calls to the +999 number then she was seeing and had no idea as to why 7 $1.99 charges would add up to $21.00 as opposed to the $13.93 they do, other than to say there must be about $7.00 in taxes. She also had no idea why it is unreasonable to suggest the charges included a 50% tax rate. 4. At the beginning of our conversation she told me that it was impossible for her to tell me what number it was that was being searched through the 411 calls, just that she knows that 411 was dialed 7 times. However, after a long period of time she put me on hold. When she came back she told me that in fact the number being requested by 411 was a local Jacksonville number located close to my house. I did a quick search and found out that the number she gave me is assigned to an elderly couple down the street who I have never heard of. It was evident to me that she was just trying to tell me whatever she could to get me to drop my interest in verifying my charges and not interested at all in helping resolve the problem. 5. In an attempt to get off the phone and settle the matter I asked to have 411 blocked from now on, and if she could not give me any information verifying the charges I would like a credit for the $19.90 charge. I told her I knew she couldn’t take away the calls, but it was possible for her to credit my account so we could move forward. She told me there was nothing she could do and there was no way she could credit my account for anything. The most she could do was file an inquiry but I would still be responsible for paying the charges even without satisfactory evidence that they were legitimate. After a while on hold again, she came back and told me her computer was locked up and would not let her log on and that there was nothing more she could do for me except file an inquiry. Obviously with so much conflicting information and with absolutely no answers to any of my questions, I had turned from wanting to verify the charges and pay them, to not believing they were legit and wanting a credit. As a consumer it is concerning that this person seemed to care less about doing her job or she was simply not prepared at all to do it. My feelings are that it is both. After getting off the phone I simply could not believe that one of your representatives could be so incompetent. I decided to call back and see if anyone could confirm any of the information she was giving me. This representative could not have been more helpful and took care of me and my concerns without quickly and without hesitation. She was in Illinois and immediately explained to me: 1. The +999 55508 number is 411 and explained how the calls to 411 are routed through the system to local providers. Had the first representative just known this information we would have saved over an hour of frustration and confusion. 2. She explained to me the exact times the 411 calls were dialed late night around 1:30 a.m. and within seconds of each other. 3. Unlike the first representative, she logged in with me online and took me straight to the website page necessary for me to see the calls. Although I had been there before and was told by the first representative this +999 number was not what I was being charged for, the second representative made me more than comfortable that these were in fact legitimate charges. 4. Unlike the first representative that told me she saw 7 charges on the 24th and 1 on the 14th, without me saying a word the second representative quickly pulled up my call log and confirmed that she was seeing a total of 12 charges on the 24th, just as I had seen. 5. While notating my account, she offered to give me credit for the $19.90 charge due to the misinformation I had been given. This representative could not have been better and I would hire her in a heartbeat if I had the chance. She was more than professional and she knew her job inside and out. The first representative should at the very least be required to undergo some extensive training before being allowed to answer calls again. While I am still not convinced these calls were place, I appreciate the second representatives quick and sincere assistance. You are welcome if you wish to provide this letter to each of these representatives. Best Regards,
FOS!! It is 12/14.
On 12/10 I was billed for 12/21/16 - 01/20/17. Service has been disconnected since 11/22...due to the same BS billing technique. Not to mention that I never received credits for 4 day outage due to hurricane Matthew. My main issue is how can u bill me in advance for something that I may decide to cancel before next month...
Which I am since purchasing a fire stick.
I am not under any contract. They are also increasing the amount of my bill but decreasing the amount of channels....a**holes!