This 5 star rating is for Eunice at the Fruitvale location ONLY. Comcast as a company, and ESPECIALLY their telephone "customer service" line, get ZERO STARS from me. Over the past 2 months I've spoken with more than 10 different people on the customer service line, and every single one of them has told me a different thing- and they ALL TURNED OUT TO BE WRONG. They clearly aren't getting any real training, and when they don't know the answer they just MAKE SHIT UP. And what's worse, I've been placed on hold for 40 minutes or MORE a number of times, and even hung up on once.
Let me tell you my story:
After the GRUELING process of getting my internet and cable tv set up in our apartment (which I'll spare you because it's not related to this current drama) I was under the impression that for 6 months I'd have fast internet and cable tv plus DVR for just $80/ month
Then, when our first bill came it was about $50 higher than that, and whenI looked into it a little more closely and found that there were FOUR SEPARATE MONTHLY FEES that NONE of the "customer service reps" we'd talked to during the process of setting up the service had told us we would be paying.
So we decided we didn't want cable tv. And I called Comcast again to make this change. At that time I had paid 2 bills: the 1st when I moved in mid December, and the 2nd some time in early January. When I called to cancel my cable tv, I was told the following:
- The bill I had just paid went through March 5th, so I had the choice of keeping cable TV through the 5th and then having it shut off, or shutting it off that day and getting a credit (for like $17) on my next bill. I opted to keep cable TV through March 5th.
- Getting the internet that I currently had by itself would now cost around $100/ month (because we weren't bundling anymore) but the rep could get me a slower internet service for $50/month for 6 months
I said fine, I'd go with the slower internet, and confirmed again that my TV service would remain on until March 5th.
The next day we woke up and had no cable TV.
So I called AGAIN and spoke with a rep who told me that, in fact, my last bill had covered service THROUGH FEBRUARY 21ST (I have NO idea where the March 5th date came from) and that he could turn it back on for me by remotely resetting our DVR box. He did so, and then, stating that the process would take about 45 minutes to fully cycle, told me he'd call me back to check on me in 1 hour.
Two hours went by. No call and still no TV.
So I called back, and to slightly shorten this story I will just say that I went through this whole scenario TWO MORE TIMES, with ALL THREE OF THE REPS telling me they'd call me back to check in in 45 mins - 1 hour and NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM ACTUALLY CALLING ME BACK.
Some time during the process we did get SOME of our cable channels turned back on, but not all of them. I also confirmed with EACH PERSON I SPOKE WITH, including one supervisor, that once my tv came back on it would be on until FEBRUARY 21ST, and then it would SHUT OFF AUTOMATICALLY AND I WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ELSE.
Not wanting to deal with it anymore we just lived with some missing channels for the rest of the month. And then February 21st rolled around, and GUESS WHAT?!?! THE CABLE TV DIDN'T TURN OFF!
So I looked at my bill I discovered that, indeed, we were still being charged for cable tv. They had made some adjustments- they had switched our internet to the slower speed and removed our "bundle" deal, so that we were now paying for internet and cable as separate items (which made them more expensive)- but there was no mention of turning the tv service off.
So I called again. On Monday, February 25th. I reached a rep and told her my story, and she said "sorry, but there's nothing we can do about that". So I asked to speak to a supervisor and, I KID YOU NOT, she HUNG UP on me. So I called back again and this time I was placed on hold for 25 minutes, at which point I hung up. I called two more times during the week and BOTH times I was placed on hold (once for the "disconnect department" and once for a supervisor) and NO ONE EVER CAME BACK ON THE LINE. On Wednesday I was on hold for 45 minutes, and on Thursday I was on hold for ONE HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES.
That's when I decided I would just have to deal with this at the store, in person.
So that's where I went today, and within 10 minutes Eunice made everything right. She canceled my cable TV (I had brought the DVR box in to the store with me, just on a hunch, even though NONE OF THE REPS I SPOKE WITH EVER TOLD ME I'D NEED TO DO SO) and she refunded me for the days since February 21st that I wasn't supposed to be paying for cable tv. She then found me a better promotional deal for internet- two steps up from what the phone person gave me for the same $50/month for 6 months. She was friendly, polite, apologetic, and competent. Which cannot be said about ANY of the people I spoke to on the phone. read more