If I could give negative stars, they get -10. I can not express my dissatisfaction with this company, I am so relieved that I finally got rid of them. As a parting gift and last insult, they are making me pay for the whole month of September instead of the 7 days. They do not prorate their bills. My account originally was Charter and got converted to Spectrum a few years ago and apparently they put the fact that they do not prorate in the mini font at the back of the statements. So I have no course of action but to pay. But wait the story is just getting more interesting.
When I decided to return the equipment I went to their regular location which had been there for 20 years, it turned out be closed. The note said new location is in Glendale Galleria. When you walk in to this store (trying to look like an Apple store minus the customer service) you are supposed to sigh in and get in the queue. The sign in tablet was not working so after a few tries I started pointing to the rep and the machine, he came and asked what is going on and I said I cannot get on your queue system, tablet is not working. He said no it is working fine and pointed to the screen that had two names on it. (there was no one else in the store waiting). I said no it is not accepting my info he said it is working fine. So I said do you have anyone else to serve at this time he said no. So I went forward to his station, with a very rude and dismissive gesture he said put the equipment on the table, so I did. He ignored me for the whole time, he did not ask for anything else, no papers, no bills, so as far as I knew he was playing solitaire on the screen.
Finally he gave me a little print out with the serial numbers of the equipment.
That is it no eye contact, no thank you, no your welcome, sorry to see you leave....
So I get home and see a notice from my bank that a new Spectrum invoice has arrived.
I check my bills, sure enough there are TWO bills, one dated September 1st and one dated September 7 for the same month of September.
After three phone calls to their customer service, I was told, they do not prorate their bills, so I have to pay for the whole month. Then they tried to avoid the direct answer that why then I get two bills for the same month. Answer was, well when you return the equipment, you get a finalized bill.
In summary, I closed the account on 9/7, got one invoice for 9/1 - 9/30 with a due date of 9/18 and another invoice for 9/7 - 9/30 with a due date of 9/10.
There must be a consumer protection agency who should review these type of fraud. If I did not check my bank, both invoices would have been paid.
I asked the rep about that and she said well that is between you and your bank.
So I am paying the $205 bill, for a canceled service. I would love to get on a class action suit if anyone wants to start one for Spectrum and their billing practices. read more