Where oh where do I begin?!? This is long, so please forgive me, but if you're thinking about ditching Comcast, keep calm and read on my friends, because this is good.
It is unfortunate that citizens of this great country still have to live in a world with Comcast. Just this week, I cancelled my account after being a Comcast customer since my almost 15 years in Florida, and 15 years of absolutely awful customer service, technical service, and only kept my account this long because it was basically the only choice in my area until att and Direct TV began bundling their services.
Now...without further ado....
I sold my home on 3/3/17 and requested Comcast switch my service from my old address to my new address with the installation appt set for 3/13/17.
I work out of my home, so having service is not just a luxury, it's a requirement to operate my business.
3/13/17 comes. Appt from 1-3pm. I take the whole day off for the appt. because since I didn't have service I had to work off WIFI at a coffee shop. Comcast not only does not show up, but they do not even bother to call, despite my "guaranteed" 1-3pm appt., and despite getting at least 5 automated phone calls and separate text messages from Comcast reminding me to death of my appt. That they don't show up to.
Now since I've been a Comcast customer this long, I've become accustomed to crappy service, so figured I'd let this one slide. I call after the no show at 3:15 and am told a tech will be out the next day 3/14.
3/14...the tech shows up, and we walk around my house to scope out the project, which included installing some new cable lines that had to be run through the attic to pull through the floorboards. The tech tells me "I have allergies and cannot do this type of work, so I will have to reschedule you."
Are you kidding me?? That's like hiring a bank teller who is allergic to money. Why in the world would he even waste his time, and, more importantly, my time in showing up to do the work?! The tech not only leaves a ladder in my yard (which is still there despite me telling them to come pick it up out of my yard), but tells me no appt is available until FRIDAY 3/17 from 5-7pm. How is that possible?!
Friday 3/17 5:30pm comes. Obviously not at all confident that Comcast will show up, let alone even call given that appt slot is the last for the day, I call Comcast at 5:30 to find out the status of the tech. I am told my appt is still on and not to worry, and that the tech would call me directly when he's close by. Shockingly, 7pm comes. Guess what?! You got it. No tech. No phone call. I call Comcast. I am told, after being on the phone for over 30 minutes, that a tech was never assigned and that they could not come out on Friday, and that the next appt was not until the following day, Saturday 3/18.
I have to be on some kind of a TV show where the Comcast commercial guy who says Comcast's new motto is all about customer service pops out of the bushes and says "just kidding! Here's your tech right here and 3 free months service for this awful inconvenience customer of over a decade!" Sadly, this was simply a lucid dream. I ask to speak to the supervisor who "understands my concerns", but assured me I am "guaranteed" for 3/18 the following day, shockingly from 5-7pm again, and not to worry. He tells me that there is no way to have a tech come out sooner because other customers had "guaranteed" appts. You have to kidding. Please be. You have to. He was not.
3/18/17...I call at 3:30 and again at 5:00 to make sure a tech is actually assigned. My appt still shows as active, but no tech assigned. Now I simply know they aren't coming. FOR THE FOURTH TIME. THE FOURTH TIME IN A WEEK. 6:30 comes. I call back. Lo and behold, no tech assigned because one "was not available to complete that kind of job". Holy. Cow.
I immediately demanded to have my account cancelled. The fun doesn't stop here.
My service was disconnected on 3/3 and had not a drop of TV or internet since then, yet the first rep told me I would be billed through 3/18 (the day of the 4th no show). It took another 35 minutes and a transfer to the billing dept to get this remarkably simple question resolved.
Signed up for AT&T and Direct TV's bundle package and couldn't be happier. Their tech showed up, on time, was finished in a couple hours, and I am free forever of absolutely the worst company I've encountered in my 37 years on this earth. Why I waited this long is beyond me other than maybe Stockholm Syndrome. Comcast is the absolute worst company on this great planet on which we live. read more