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Horrifically bad Comcast service

Last week, I transferred my chronically overpriced Comcast service to my new address. Of course, Comcast can't do ANYTHING remotely. They ALWAYS have to send a rep out to take up two hours of your time. They transferred my service and that was that, until Friday afternoon when my phone went dead. I went out of town for the weekend, assuming it was a short-term outage, and it along with my internet access were dead by Monday. I called them from my cell phone as soon as I got home on Monday and was told, and only told (I still have the message saved) that someone was scheduled for 3-5 on Monday (it was already 3:20) as no-dial-tone calls get priority. By 5:10, there was no rep at my door nor a courtesy call. I called their customer service (which is NOTORIOUSLY bad for not giving out names...I...SHOULD...NEVER have to ask for the customer service reps name), asked for the rep's name, and was basically told that with emergency calls you never know what you're going to get. I was so pissed that I hung up. By 5:30, I wasn't willing to let this go. I held on the line with another rep on my valuable cell phone minutes for 20 minutes while she found out the same thing--that emergency calls are not guaranteed as far as arrival time. I was NEVER told this initially or I would have said no. I have more important things to do than waste my night waiting for poor service. By 7, I FINALLY received a service call that said it would be as many as 2 more hours. I told them to forget it and schedule me for 3:30 til 5:30 the next day. ALL of this time, I was SURE that this was not something that a tech needed to come out for, but there went my Monday night. Tuesday morning, I received a call at work saying everything was fixed and that they didn't have to come out. UNBELIEVABLE! It got worse. Wednesday morning I saw on my credit card that Comcast had charged me FIFTY dollars more than my usual bill. I called in, HAD TO ASK FOR THE REP'S NAME AGAIN, and immediately asked for a supervisor. I was hung up on. I called right back and immediately asked for a supervisor. I was told that the rep would need my info to open a "sup (pronounced soup) ticket." First off, don't use your technical, internal jargon with a customer. I said "just give me a supervisor" and was transferred. The supervisor explained that there was a problem with the transfer charges and I had a credit balance. I complained that I was now paying interest on a charge that they shouldn't have taken. After 5 minutes of arguing and complaining about the week's experiences and how upset I was with my service (by the way Comcast, NO ONE IN YOUR ORGANIZATION OR IN ANY CUSTOMER SERVICE POSITION SHOULD EVER ARGUE WITH A CUSTOMER), I was offered a ten...TEN...dollar credit. After all of this, I find out that one of my friends is only paying FIFTY DOLLARS for her cable and internet. I am paying $150 for everything. I am canceling the phone and going with Vonage. I am going with Tivo and dumping the digital and DVR package, and somehow, I am hoping I can get Comcast to lower my internet rate. Comcast...if you are truly listening and care...YOU CAN AVOID ALL OF THIS BY GIVING ME A BETTER DEAL ON MY SERVICES. I am beyond furious at the consistently poor service they've always given.
 
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    I apologize for this experience. It's definitely not the norm nor is it the kind of customer care we strive to provide. Send me your contact info and we will dig in to the issue. we_can_help@cable.comcast.com

    I'm grateful for your feedback. While it may not feel like it now, it truly makes a difference.

    Scott Westerman
    Area Vice President
    Comcast
    @comcastscott on Twitter and identi.ca
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    Maybe you should think about this problem globally, not plug the leaks as they come along, Comcast is awful making customers happy, we all feel like we're being ripped off.
  • Robin
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    Your lucky you have only been having a problem such a short time...we switched to digital cable with Comcast last fall and have had an on going problem since December (I have an enormous stack of yellow tech sheets and I feel there is no hope in site)... as much as I despise Comcast, I think this is the government's fault, if they did not allow Comcast to have a monopoly on cable service in my area, I would have switched ages ago...Comcast has no incentive to give good service...I suggest going to your city government website, see if they have an office that oversees cable problems...my city doesn't, but I sent a "general problem" email...actually, since I'm still having a problem, I guess it didn't help, but at least it is on the record...good luck-Robin
     
    sad I’m extremely irritated
  • SpicyLemon
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    There's always the Better Business Bureau too.
     
    sad I’m looking for a hammer
  • henryschneider
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    Hi GH,
    You are not alone in your Comcast lousy service. We live in Houston, TX and had wonderful experiences with Time Warner Road Runner for both cable and internet. Ever since Comcast took over at the beginning of the year we have had a long series of problems. Comcast will randomly drop channels we have subscribed to without any explanation. There are numerous audio dropouts, the video is pixelated on random days, and we have to continually reset the digital cable box HD DVR in order to watch TV. The latest problem was starting last night when we couldn't get ANY channels. I called the Comcast telephone number to send a digital refresh signal to the box. That appeared to work. Then again this evening the same problem. I tried to send a refresh signal again. No joy this time. I called and spoke to a "technical rep" and I use the term loosely. He couldn't do anything for me. He had me reboot the DVR and then after 5 - 10 minutes all I could received were channels 95, 96, 97, 98, and 99. The other TVs connected directly to the cable received unviewable TV pictures. The rep told me that he had to send a cable service man out to the house, and proceeded to see when he could do that. Of course, the ONLY times they can send a service man is when no one is at home. I told him that was unacceptable and that I wanted to speak to a manager. Then I got the usual Comcast run around. He said there was no supervisor available. What a blatant lie! I can not believe that Comcast allows their 24/7 call center reps operate unsupervised!

    In addition, apparently they have no one at Comcast at any level in the organization that can get someone out to your house at a specific time to make a repair. Apparently the service techs have full freedom to determine the order of how they work off the trouble tickets. I find it astounding that a huge company operates from the bottom up!

    Comcast service is abyssmal. I am paying for a service and I am treated like dirt. They do NOTHING to make me a satisfied customer. I guess since they are the only game in town they think that they can treat their customers like second rate citizens. They have so many obstacles to gettting problems resolved it is ridiculous. I don't know how they stay in business.

    I definitely hope that someone from Comcast reads this post, especially a highly placed executive. I want to talk to someone with responsibility AND authority to make things right. My wife is fed up and wants to switch providers.

    Henry Schneider
    hschneider3@gmail.com
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    My Comcast bill was $100 more than last month's bill despite the fact I only had service for 2 weeks out of the month! They tell me next month's bill will be cheaper and they'll add all the prorates, but my cable is out...AGAIN (not due to Ike) and I seriously doubt they could prorate me for three weeks. I don't have the time to constantly bring my box to Comcast and it's expensive to have them come out and fix it (of course they don't tell you it costs--you find out on your bill). Every time someone came out, they would say, "Oh, the last guy didn't install it correctly. The wiring is faulty in your closet." It doesn't matter if they screwed up because I still had to pay. I also wasn't told the THREE TIMES I was on the phone with them that I could bring my box in for free. If I had known that, I would have.

    Customer service has been decent with the exception of some foreign guy not understanding the fact that it's not my fault the cable box was broken...again.... but AT & T U Verse just opened in my area. They're giving me the first month of TV free and $200 cash back. The overall bill is cheaper and the people seem like they value their customers. On Friday, I'm taking all my crap in to Comcast and having U Verse installed on Saturday!

    Watch out Comcast; you have competition now so you might want to reconsider how you treat your customers! I understand the cable goes out sometimes, but your snafus got me a $175 bill that I SHOULDN'T have to pay in the first place....especially when I am not even able to use the service!
  • knk112
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    I just recently moved to Houston and decided to go with Comcact because I had them a few years back in Pennsylvania with no problems ever!! I ordered the triple play package that comes with the free WII which will be mailed out at a later date (HOPEFULLY).

    Service was installed on Thursday and problems started on Thursday! The main TV is only able to receive channels 95, 96, 97, 98, and 99. The technician left before making sure all the channels worked. We called comcast back (same day as the installation) and were not able to get an appointment until 2 weeks out! WOW. We tried troubleshooting over the phone with severals different reps. I kept calling because I really want to use the DVR Box and my service that I still have to pay for! I figured some reps would be more experienced than others. Nope I was wrong! Everyone tried to help but nothing help! I can now walk myself thru all the steps without a reps help! I have a neighbor that lives across the street that has a Comcast van and you would think they would contact and give him the ticket! NOPE! All of the reps were nice but not very helpful. No hope until the tech comes out this Saturday! O I forgot to mention that one rep mislead me to think the box was bad so I took the box to a CS center and same issue! BTW I found this blog while googling the issue I have with only viewing the channels 95 -99! I wish the techs were this resourceful at fixing the issue!

    If anybody knows the issue or a fix, please share!

    keeleekyles@hotmail.com
  • Barbara
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    Please don't feel alone. I can't believe how incompetent Comcast service is. We had an appointment for 12 - 4 last Friday to have cable and internet hooked up at my son's apartment (he's a student living at home for the summer, so we had to travel an hour to get to the appointment) We were early. I called to check on the time and a recording said our call was scheduled for 2:30. At 4:00 we wre told the rep was "on his way". At 5:30 we were told the call was still "pending." At 6:00 the rep called saying all service calls had been cancelled due to bad weather. We started our trip home and at 7:30 got a call from a dispatcher saying the technician couldn't find our apartment complex. Of course, we weren't there at that time anyway.

    After A LOT of complaining, I finally got a new appointment for today, the following Tuesday between 1 and 4. I called at 8:00 a.m. to check the appointment, then again at 2:00 when I was told we were scheduled for 2:30. At 3:15 I started to worry and called again. Yes, the tech would be there by 4:00. At 4:30 the tech called and said he was running late and would be there by 5:00. At 5:40 he called and said he didn't have the proper supplies on the truck and would have to reschedule for a future date. I spoke with a "Supervisor", who essentially said, TOUGH LUCK there was nothing he could do and if I wanted to complain I could call Customer Service. On my way home again, I did just that and insisted on talking to a manager. She picked up after I was on hold for 15 minutes and told me she would definitely get back to me about a THIRD appointment by 6:30. Right, it is now 7:34 and guess what - no call. I just called the Customer Service Supervisor and left a message. Anyone want to take bets on whether or not she gets back to me?

    I can't stand Comcast - they are too expensive and the service is terrible. PLEASE can we have some decent competition?
     
    sad I’m livid
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