I have visited the Boston Road store many times since they first opened years ago…read more
Their employees have **always** been very knowledgeable, very pleasant and friendly, always offered valuable insights to make decisions easy, and always known the equipment and which models worked the best, and which ones had problems, since they are on the "front line" everyday, and see and hear about every kind of problem that customers have.
The Xfinity Store is really the ONLY part of Comcast's entire business that I have found to operate properly, providing excellent customer service, knowledgeable people, immediate access to any equipment you may like to rent or purchase, and the ability to speak with knowledgeable individuals who are able to provide a truly warm and friendly, professional level of advice about any product or service you may have any questions or concerns about, and to make you feel both confident in whatever you decide as well as a wonderful level of satisfaction with the entire experience from the time you enter the store.
However, as I discovered the first time I visited after they opened, there is a little getting used to how their process is designed when you first enter the store, as whoever is working as a receptionist at the front of the store asks "what brings you into the store today?", and if you have any equipment you're returning, they ask you to hand it over to them (and not the person you will be seeing as the 2nd step they inform you to do).
This handing over of your equipment to a third party and not the individual you will be speaking with next always seems a little disconcerting, but they both access your account information in the computer, and note the equipment has been returned, so it won't show up on your bill anymore. So, you learn to become comfortable with this being the way their process works.
After you've turned any equipment in, or if you are there for some other reason, you're then asked to wait to be served in the lobby/showroom area.
While you wait, you can browse the phones that are on display, look over the laptops and tablets and any other equipment that's on display, or you can have a seat on one of the benches and relax as you wait your turn.
Once your name is called, you walk up to the counter of the individual who will take care of you and greet them; they'll confirm you're the right person, verify your account information (name, address, etc.) then, if you're returning equipment, they'll ask if that's all you needed to do today. If it is, they'll simply let you know that the return was entered correctly, and ask if there's anything else they can do for you, and if not wish you a nice day. Altogether a very pleasant experience, aside from the sometimes rather lengthy wait, depending on the time of day you go there, and happenstance, really.
But if you want to pick up new equipment, even just to try (as I did this evening), they'll answer any questions you may have, even about their personal experience with it or ask another employee who is nearby if they agree with their assessment of the product you're interested in from a personal point of view... and if you'd like to try it, they'll happily "go in the back" and retrieve one for you.
I've never had any problems doing this, it's always been a very nice, pleasant experience, and I've always had a sense of fulfillment and satisfaction that everything was handled quite well, and on a profession level every time I have done this, which has been a considerable number of times over so many years now.
** Creating the Xfinity Store was the Best Thing that Comcast ever did ! **
Perhaps the Best Part about it of all is that **You don't have to ever deal with their incredibly frustrating, time wasting, 'automated voice response system'** that you are forced to deal with when you call Comcast Customer Support, which has ALWAYS been the WORST part of their entire business; which has only gotten worse and worse over the course of the 34 years that I have been doing business with them.
Comcast (without the Xfinity Store), is not designed as a "customer centered" business. They only care about profits, and this is reflected in their absurd desire to have as few employees as possible and, to achieve this, to do everything in their power to prevent customers from ever speaking to an actual person, not even a receptionist, as you once did.
They have replaced people with an "Automated Voice Response System" (AVRS), a computer you are force to speak with when you call. The computer has one purpose, and one purpose only - to STOP YOU from ever talking with a real person, despite that possibly being the only way you're going to get your simple question answered, or get your actual problem fixed.
Go to the Store, speak with a live professional, just like it was always done back in the "old days", and have the most satisfying and fulfilling experience that you truly deserve. It's well worth the trip...! ;-)