Comcast is really, truly testing my patience. It all started at their Williamstown, NJ, store a little over a week ago. I was visiting my mother in my home state, so we stopped by to transfer ownership of her account from me into her name. The rep was pleasant and took care of it right away, while also securing her a lower rate.
Since I was there already, I asked if there were any discounts for my own account. Yes - he locked me into a lower rate as well. I was careful to say that I wanted to retain my existing services. Instead, he canceled my flex tv box and I didn't notice the line item difference as I wasn't necessarily looking for it given our conversation.
I wasn't aware until I drove home to Virginia and couldn't connect to my TV. I contacted a chat agent first and got absolutely nowhere. I explained the whole situation and they replied by asking me to explain the situation. Oof. So I requested a call instead. The phone rep was lovely and spent 15 minutes working to restore my access. However, since the Jersey rep had turned off my flex box and it was an older model, she told me I'd need to visit a Comcast store to attain a newer box.
That brought me to the Xfinity store in Short Pump last night. After a decent wait, the overworked, clearly exhausted rep helped me swap out my box. Just now, I tried to install it and guess what? Xfinity provided me with the dustiest, hairiest (yes, human hair) old Xumo box. That didn't include an HDMI cable as the box claimed it would.
Sorry, but where's the quality control? Luckily I know someone who has an extra HDMI cable and can give it to me tomorrow, so Xfinity won't feel my immediate rage but seriously? So many screw ups, nothing easy for the customer. If I had to drive another 40 minutes (there and back) to get a freaking cable, I would've lost my mind.
None of this should have happened. And their prices shouldn't be so dang high that we have to negotiate a lower rate every couple of years either. Not to mention, remember when companies would offer credits for issues like these? Ha. The good ole days.
Of course I may need to get a new box regardless if they gave me a refurbished junker. If so, I'll be sure to update yall. TBD. read more