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Reviewed Dec. 3, 2014
It started when I moved and took my equipment with me to the new address -- Comcast try to charge me for the equipment. Problems continued, as each month my bill was incorrect, my service would be turned off and I would spend hours on the phone trying to clarify what I owed and why they didn't have the same payment history that I had. At one point they said my payments were going to the old address, as if I was paying for someone else's services. The customer service person would say they'd fix it and then the next month would come and the same thing would happen again -- hours on the phone, completely incorrect billing information... to no resolve.
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2014
I Generally Like Comcast. I have them at my several business location. Once you get it switched they do very good Job. The key is if they do get it switched properly. The Nightmare started when I decided to switch to Comcast from AT&T. They offered to switch my other location. They send me two contracts and I signed them - as they were so Long I did not pay attention. I have done it in the past. They managed to port my both location to one location instead of each. That left me with no telephone or internet at the other location. Now I been calling since Friday to get it corrected and they are saying it might take 30 days since Comcast decided they do not provide service at the other location.
How can you port the numbers if you are not going to provide service. This is really messed up because we do a lot of to go orders. I haven't been able to take credit cards or to go orders. I spoke with several agents in very much every department, but as much as they are trying to help, they really do not know what needs to be done. They understand the need of emergency but they really have no idea how they can help. I don't even want to talk about AT&T. If I did not hate them this would never have happened. Comcast is like a dependable service if you never have to deal with their service department. They really are good people without knowledge. I'm very sure if they know what needs to be done they will do it.
Sometimes I wonder how can they afford to pay so many people who do nothing but to transfer you to each other. I guess when you are bored this becomes a game to them. It’s like giving someone wrong direction and watching them go the wrong way. I really wish they take their time to train properly and teach them what to do beside transferring game. I'm still without phone or internet as they ported the phone knowing they do not provide service in that area. Wish me luck as I see my business going downhill without to go orders and credit cards.
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2014
I have a cable card from comcast for my tivo box. I was watching tv and then got a message that the channel was not authorized. I called comcast and tivo, I was on the phone for 30 min while they tried to figure out what was wrong. I gave everyone the same information multiple times. They were incompetent. Then comcast disconnected me and did not call back. I had to call them again and wasted another 30 min while some incompetent Indian kept me on hold, didn't do anything, and said I need to talk to tivo. I told her to stay on the line for conference call with them and instead she just did a blind transfer to the comcast activation dept. I had to be on the line with them for another 45 min while suzanna tried to diagnose the problem, which the rep found out was the cable decoder card was inactive. This was not the problem before. Why did comcast deactivate my card. This is outrageous. Then she said I have to go to a cable store 1 hr away and get a new card. This is ** .
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2014
I had cable installed in our home in October 2014. After installation, I received a call from a Installation Review representative name Stephanie. She was very rude. She said that my ex-wife had an unpaid Comcast bill from 5 yrs ago & she was turning off my services until I paid my ex-wife's past due bill. Comcast provides services according to your home address, not individual customer accounts. I contacted Corporate & they said that they were changing their collection review procedures. When I opened the account, I should have been made aware of my ex-wife bill prior to the installation & how I was going to be penalized for something I had nothing to do with. Beware of opening new accounts with Comcast. If a prior resident did not pay their bill with Comcast, be prepared to pay it in order to have services in your home. Terrible collection policy.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2014
After wasting my morning making 6 (being conservative, could have been more) calls to Comcast, speaking to 4 agents and 2 supervisors, in addition to being disconnected twice, I have some hope of receiving a refund on my xfinity account in another month, having disconnected my service over 3 weeks ago. They assure me that it will take a month. This was after weeks of their calls telling me I had to return their equipment, of which I have none, and my calls to them to confirm that I have none. But their calls still continue and they will not issue my refund because I still have their equipment which they confirm I have none. They also claim that they came to my house to connect me with Comcast TV, which I wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole; I am a DISH customer. Still with me? Having dealt with them unhappily in the past, I hesitated, but against my better judgment I did it to myself again, hence, my current regret. In their case, you can believe all of those nasty things you read on the internet - an example that some things you read on the internet are true after all. Buyer beware!
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2014
This is the worst company for customer service, I moved and ordered their services for my new location. At the time I ordered, the agent was very nice and offered me a package that included the home security system and all the movie channels for 1 year for $145/month and I accepted. They could only install it during the week when I was not home, so my daughter sat at my house and waited for the installer. After he was done she signed and he left. When I got home I was very disappointed with the security system. It only covers 2 doors which leaves the other 2 doors and the 3 patio doors completely unprotected.
What's worse the system does not work, it never goes off! Then I had no movie channels. I called to complain and they said they would send someone out and activate the movie channels no one ever came out and when I received my bill I was charged $400 because of the movie channels. I contacted corporate and after numerous phone calls I managed to get my bill down. The problem now is that this system still does not work. When I tried to cancel it I was told sure but it would cost $600 cancellation fee I told her the system does not work and she once again offered to send someone out but they cannot cover the doors. So I am stuck paying ADT for home security and paying Comcast for a box that occasionally beeps.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2014
Needed a service call to attempt to fix an issue with slow internet speeds (less than 12mbps when I am paying for 100mbps) and the tech who came to my home was angry, combative, and refused to listen to any of my concerns and basically said "there is nothing I can do" and left. He was supposed to get someone else who could help to come out but I found out today he never did. Now I have the 4th tech appointment set up to fix an issue that has been ongoing for over a month. If I had a choice I would change my internet and cable company, but unfortunately Comcast is the only option where I am currently living.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2014
I'll keep it short. Comcast in my area has frequent outages, poor customer service, constantly blame equipment (which they supply), broadcast commercials in foreign languages that the demographic doesn't support and charge ridiculous prices for said service. Cancelling my service, going satellite for TV and Verizon for everything else.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2014
After a storm this summer, my cable box went out. A technician came and replaced it but used an outdated box so caller id did not work. I was lied to that caller id would work in 45 mins. When I called I was told the box was not compatible with caller id and a new box would be sent. When I went to activate the new box, ON DEMAND did not work. Activation lied and told me it would take 45 mins for channels to complete upload and if there was an issue to call Technical support. Two hours later I called Tech Support who would not talk to me and said I need to call Activation. When I called activation again they said it was because the new box was not activated in billing. An hour later my cable still was not working and I was told a Tech would need to be sent out.
I come to find out all the signal pushed deactivated my other cable box so I have no cable now. When I called to demand someone come on Monday 12/1, I was told it was not possible. I asked to talk to a supervisor, none were available but suddenly an appointment opened for Monday. I stayed home today just to get a phone call that my appointment is for tomorrow. Customer Service was unhelpful and no supervisor is available. A "ticket" was filed and someone will call back in 24 to 48 hrs... some customer service. I wish there was another company with a great product that actually cares about their customers.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2014
I have been trying to work with Comcast for MONTHS in trying to get them to live up to their service agreement price THEY agreed to for 12 months. After multiple calls and chat logs, they still will not live up to the agreement. My last conversation with a supervisor (Alica ** id # 0;-) on Dec 1st 2014. She said "too bad" and would not make any adjustment. I would like to send all the chat logs I have to anyone who would like to post them or put them on the news. The entire issue is over a lousy $5.00 per month charge. It's not the money but the integrity of Comcast and how they do business. My agreement ends on 5/2015. I can tell you now that I will cancel it asap. I would cancel it now but I live up to my agreements - a shame Comcast does not. No wonder everyone hates them!!!
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2014
Do not trust what they say. They do not give the service they promised, you talk to a customer service, they say everything is being take care of, next month you'll be calling again for the same reasons making you waste your time. And at the end they still getting some money from you even if you never use their services. I ask for hd TV cable and they give me digital. I ask for internet too, I was told that I can do all the installation myself. Wish I did find out all I have was digital. And I wasn't even connected to the outside pole. Then they say I need somebody from Comcast, which I was going to be charged, did not agree on this. Ok this is too much I cancel the everything, took everything back to one of their offices. And I still charge for some services, even that I was told that I have a 30 days to cancel without any charge.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2014
Comcast Customer service is very bad, they just rip the money off the customers. The service is really bad as well their cable is bad too. I had to make more the 6 times to cancel my account.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2014
First we have moved around and had a few cable companies in our time but never have I seen anything like this. When we bought our home here in WV we signed up with Comcast for tv cable and internet. We had our own modem already for years that we purchased from our previous cable co. Well after having our tv and internet service up and running for a month or so we receive a letter from Comcast telling us that there seems to be a billing error and they need to charge us for our own modem. It took a while for us to convince them that this modem was ours, old and purchased from our previous cable company. They even said they were going to investigate which is fine because I keep receipts and I'm sure our previous cable co. wouldn't mind verifying this for us. The rep was rude and basically calling us thieves even though we have never had Comcast service before.
Second, this is where the lie comes in. I use a tv for my grandchildren in a spare bedroom for when they stay over. I just hooked up the tv and let them watch basic channels and I was told I could do this because this tv is not used much at all and the next thing I know there is nothing on the tv but a video from Comcast saying you have to get a digital converter box in order to watch basic channels because they have made the speed faster. The tv is not old and shouldn't need a box. They said the first 12 months were free so I called and told the rep I wanted one and I would just go to the office and pick it up so I wouldn't have to pay them a $10.99 shipping fee. Before hanging up the phone with her I double checked and went over everything. I said, "I am picking it up at the office, right?" She said yes. I said, "It's free for the first 12 months, right?" She said yes. Well don't you know that the box was there in the mail the very next day along with a shipping fee for the next bill and lo and behold after 1 month here comes another letter saying that there has been a billing error! Comcast needs to charge for the box.
I don't have any more energy to talk to these people. They are rude and I just can't believe how greedy and incompetent they are. How can you have a promotion, sign people up saying it's free for 12 months then turn around and change everything you just did in one month's time? It is so hard to speak to them on the phone. They don't understand a word you say and just do what they want. Yesterday we brought another modem because we were advised (would never rent one from them) to and I had to call it in to Comcast to register it so we can get our higher speed internet. I bet we'll receive a letter saying there has been a billing error and they will try to charge us for our own modem again. I don't understand how a company can operate like this. I know how they make their money though.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2014
This was my first time using Comcast and I had heard terrible things about it. I had to use it due to the fact that it is my condo's provider. My condo pays for my internet. When I moved in the cable was not set up. I had to go to the Comcast store and retrieve my box. Not only did they give me the wrong equipment, they gave me wrong information and confused me. I tried setting the box up with 5 different support people over the phone and no one could help me. I finally decided to have someone come out. Over the phone they said it would be $15. The person comes out, says it was their fault (they gave me the wrong equipment, and sets it up). The next week I receive a $75 bill from Comcast saying I owe them for the installation fee. First off the lady on the phone said $15, second off the installation man said it was their fault, and third off I was getting a phone call every 30 min from them about my bill. I am very disappointed in the service and the way they steal people's money. I think it is ridiculous to have someone come out and say it was their fault and then charge me for their mistake. I will never use Comcast again!
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2014
First of all I was never told by my apartment complex that I have a choice of either comcast or Verizon Fios which was partly my fault for not even checking. After about a week of getting this service, it was extremely slow like 8mbps. The advertised speed should have been closer to 105. I was offered the Cable and TV bundle in which the option to watch TV on-line was offered, however the speed is so slow I can't even watch it online. I can't speed any high quality HD video.
I tried to cancel the service but they said they would send you a technician which did absolutely nothing. It seems as if there's a problem with the line because during a speed test and a trace route to other networks, the speeds were up and down and never consistent. I'm switching to Verizon FIOS. At least they have consistent speeds while it's higher priced. I don't mind at all.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2014
After having had tremendous difficulty with Comcast's cable TV service over the past 15 years, I'd heard that they were improving customer service and decided to try it one last time. I use their high-speed internet service and have had little trouble with it. The install technician make a call to his supervisor after having a problem getting the right remote code for the TV. He didn't tell me what the obscure remote code was. Within 72 hours, the remote stopped working and a few minutes later, the cable went out. Of course, all of the customer service representatives were busy - once I got a recording giving a series of steps to perform to get service working again (there was some problem in the area). Zip, Nada.
Next, I called and waited several more times, eventually waiting for over 35 minutes for a representative to answer the phone. She ran me through a bunch of steps she was reading from a screen that I'd already tried and eventually she decided I needed to return the remote to Comcast's office 20 miles away. This, of course, even I knew wasn't the issue because the downstairs remote wasn't turning the cable on either. After hours of struggling, I decided to take the equipment back. Of course, they require that you to call someone specific so they can route you through a "retention" person. The last time I'd been required to cancel via a "retention" person, she tried to persuade me to keep service by characterizing going without TV as "extreme". Which is, of course, very silly.
Once through these hoops (funny how it's chronically downright difficult to get through to them, but their "retention specialists" manage to answer pretty quickly), it's easy at the store because they don't want you complaining in front of the new customers there. Never again.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2014
Service was out for more than 12 hours. Was suppose to receive a text when service was back up. Never got! Have been charged $11 a month for blast internet that I never signed up for. I hate calling Comcast. You get passed around and around before you get help. The automated system says "Did you know", well if my freaking internet is down how can I? I may not renew after my contract is up. A stupid windstorm or snow storm knocks out cable. How sad!! @@
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2014
I'm trying to think of another company that offers such a superior product yet has no regard for customer service and I'm speechless. I'm a tech guy so cutting the cord was easy but the problem was that I love fast internet and great TV. There's not enough time to share all my bad experiences and everyone has plenty of Comcast service nightmare stories. I'm just not willing to pay a company that doesn't care when they waste my time on the phone. Jacking with my bill to see if and when I will catch it? I'm done!!
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2014
I signed up with a local Comcast company in Ventnor. I wanted to bundle cable and Internet. They signed me up and quoted me a price of 79.99. Over the phone they told me I would get basic cable Internet, free HBO and dvr service for this price. With the taxes, my bill is supposed to be 107.00 monthly. Now I am 2 months into this and I get a letter stating that they are going to raise my bill because the dvr service is not included in my package. So I called them and was told that I can either switch the boxes out and or pay the new price. Since I am not familiar with wiring things I asked if they could send someone to do this and the answer to that is yes but I have to pay for that as well. So my issues are... Why was the dvr system set upon installation if it was not included in the price that was quoted to me... And if I have to make the switch, why do I have to pay for the technician to come out when none of this is my error?
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2014
Horrible customer service. Absolutely horrible. I spent 2 hours on the phone with 4-5 different service reps. None really were helpful. 1 was even defensive. Here's a summary of the wasted time today.
Original purpose of the call was placed because I when I logged onto my account using the username: "**" and clicked on the SHOP/BUNDLE hyperlink, I was returned an error message was: Only the primary account owner can add or upgrade services. You are listed as a secondary user on this Comcast account, and are not eligible to make any account changes." Odd error message as I am the ONLY account holder. So basically, I couldn't access any other options to upgrade to/downgrade from. In speaking with a customer service rep, she told me that I needed to log in using a different username: "**" - which I've never used. This login is tied to an email address which I had no idea about / never used / accessed: ** -- which I've NEVER used). She instructed me to log into the site using this username but instructed me NOT to delete the other one (the one I'd been using for the past 6 years). So now, there are 2 usernames tied to my account. I still don't know how there were 2 accounts associated to my name - 1 of which I had no prior knowledge of - which is now my primary account!
Complaint #2 pertains to the pricing options of the option bundles. Multiple reps that I spoke to said that they have different pricing options that do not align with what is stated on the internet site that the consumers use (isn't that odd? Doesn't that make the conversations difficult when I as the customer am referring to something is NOT visible to the customer service rep on the other line?). The rep is telling me that for the package that I am interested in, it is not the stated price on the website (that I am looking at) but a higher price that she is looking at. Way to go to make things clear. Furthermore, when asked to speak to their manager/supervisor, I was transferred back to the main line where I needed to go through the same questions (what is your name, what is your account number, address, reason for calling, etc).
This went on for about 2 hours (all the while, I am a supposed ticket number to reference!). I finally gave up after speaking to a supposed supervisor who I had to repeat the entire experience again (for the 3rd time to). Comcast, I highly suggest that you improve the training of your customer service reps, streamline the call escalation / incident mgmt and align your offers (regardless if they are in the internet only or not) and have your customer service reps be able to see what the customers see on the website!!! Otherwise, we are not talking the same thing! I've been a long time comcast xfinity customer (but the sheer fact that there's no other viable option in the area) but I am thoroughly fed up with the low level of service but technical and customer service. I hope that this message gets to someone who actually can do something to improve your company's service levels. Right now, it's somewhat lacking and ridiculous.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2014
Wrongfully Charged for returned equipment. Rates increased versus decrease as promised when downsized equipment. Consistently had problems with WIFI. Charged three times for returned service installation that was their error. I will never recommend Comcast/xfinity!
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2014
After a year of countless hours (that I will never get back) calling customer service to reset my cable box or figure out why my internet continuously crashes several times a day, I finally contacted them to cancel my service. Not ONCE in the last 11 months has my internet lost connection while using it and I have NEVER had any of the so called "X1 Xfinity" features work on my TVs. These are supposed to include caller ID display on TV, etc. Their website is a nightmare to navigate through for self help. The ONLY simple feature they offer is all the different ways to pay your bill! I was threatened with a cancellation fee even though they don't really provide you with much more than cable TV on good days and rarely internet service. The phone works... occasionally. Be warned. Don't Use Comcast!
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2014
I ordered internet, was overcharged for a 35 dollar relocation of outlet which never occurred. It took two phone calls over an hour of my time to get resolved. And I had to demand to talk with a manager or person in an American call center - As I was getting reasons for this charge that are laughable. Customer service actually told me the charge was because more then one computer was connected to the internet. Tonight I called again for a second charge of 70$ that was for a service call, due to the service being installed incorrectly. It was their mistake for never installing it correctly in the first place. I was told they could not fix it, it was a valid charge. I kept saying it was not and demanded to speak with a manager, I was placed on hold for 18 minutes and re-routed to another customer service agent, I then demanded a manager again and had the charge removed. They are playing games trying to get the consumer to give up. It is irresponsible and horrible business model. They are thieves and crooks.
Reviewed Nov. 28, 2014
I setup my mother's account with automatic payment... like I did with all her other payments. When I started checking her account it seems that Comcast had over charged her more than $100 per month since April. They gave me the runaround for weeks telling me that a supervisor was going to call me back which they never did. Finally, they said they were not going to return the money and that was it, but now I'm going to get in touch with the State Attorney's Office, and charge them with elderly exploitation.
Reviewed Nov. 28, 2014
I am NEW to Comcast, and was FORCED to use them...I recently moved and my only choices are DirecTV satellite which could be sketchy in a windy area... or Xfinity services. I have never used Comcast before and it was not my preference but it seemed my only choice. I have been a customer for 6 measly weeks and it has been a disaster. I was promised $145 dollars a month, plus a $250 dollar gift card.
Yet in 6 weeks my bill is $748 dollars and I still have NO gift card. I asked about the bill after sitting on hold for at least 20 minutes...the guy tells me it is $199 a month. I said, "well it was supposed to be $145." He says, "that is impossible... we couldn't do that." I got several quotes and had considered their security system and decided against that so he tries to tell me that since I didn't bundle the security system that changes the price. I said, "You mean by discontinuing service my bill would go UP by 50 dollars?" That basically I could get the security system for FREE if I would sign up because they would lower my bill by 50 a month to do that? He says, "we can't offer that package for $145, it isn't possible." I said, "let's pretend for a minute that it was SUPPOSED to be $199 a month, I Have only been a customer for 6 -7 weeks so how does that add up to almost 800 dollars?" He says, "Oct - Nov, then Oct through December and you have a past due amount." OK I agree at 6 -7 weeks I should have made 1 payment by now, but I hadn't received a bill and didn't have an account # to post payment etc. I was trying to find out my bill when I found out it was 800 dollars.
Anyways, Oct 3rd to November 3rd is ONE month. November 3rd to December 3rd would be 2 months. It is November 28th. So I am not into my 3rd month yet, close but not quite. So let's say I owe 2 months worth at $199 rounding to an even 200 I should owe about $400 dollars. Again how do we get to almost $800 dollars? I couldn't get an answer. And the guy says that now that I am past due for my account I am no longer eligible for my gift card which was promised. Plus he said I never signed my contract so I don't technically have that "deal". I said, "if 2 months of service is going to be 800 dollars then you will have to remove some of these services to get my bill lower. I never agreed to this cost, and can't afford that." He tells me that I will have to pay an early termination fee then, because of my contract I can't change service. #1 I am not terminating, I am making changes. But #2 I thought he said I don't have a contract and won't get my gift card?
Now as if all of this LYING isn't bad enough...where I no longer trust this company. My actual services have been miserable. I told the guy that my X1 platform has constant problems. It constantly tells me it can't connect to the X1 platform, I have had to call repeatedly. I try to watch a show, "unable to connect to your X1 platform, we hope to have it back up shortly". I try to delete a show, it will say sorry unable to, it is non-stop.
One night my cable, internet and phone were all out so I am trying to contact them via my cell phone and I had to sit on hold for 40 minutes and then the representative pretended she couldn't hear me and hung up! After I sat on hold for 40 minutes they hung up on me. The other night all my services were out again for 3 hours. Again I sat on hold for a long time and they have to resend signals to reset boxes to get them to work again.
My internet is AWFUL. I have an online business where I hold live events and the internet keeps going in and out and cutting off. I am 5 feet from the router and I keep losing the signal. I have to constantly unplug my devices for 30 seconds and plug them back in to "reset" the system. Pretty much every day or every other day I have to unplug either the router or the X1 platform. OR sit on hold and talk to someone to get the signals resent to get things working again.
I asked to speak to a supervisor because not only is my bill messed up, and I am not getting what I was promised. but the services are flaky and I am not getting what I am paying for. I think they should offer me some sort of credit for the HOURS that I have been without services in the SHORT Time I have been a customer. I mean I am NOT getting $800 dollars worth of services!
I have never been a Comcast customer before you would THINK they would want to give a better 1st impression right? This representative would not let me speak to a supervisor, he put me on hold for like 10 minutes and he supposedly talked to a supervisor FOR ME. I said, "so your supervisor will not speak directly to me?" he says, "he is only going to tell you what I have already told you that we can't adjust the price so if that is all you want to discuss he can't tell you anything different than me!"
He finally transferred me to someone that could help me at least change my services, (once I convinced him I had no contract, which also means I can now LEAVE Comcast so this is a blessing that they didn't finalize the contract. At least I can LEAVE now) .This new representative said he found issues with my bill and was making corrections! I mean OBVIOUSLY the bill was wrong! UGH.
I have never been so pissed in my life. Seriously watching TV probably will make me fat anyways, do I really need TV service this bad? Pretty sure I can get my internet somewhere else, use my cell phone for phone services and watch TV through HULU or use Chromecast to feed my TV with the internet! Who needs cable TV with these other options? ? I would NEVER EVER recommend Comcast. EVER.
Reviewed Nov. 28, 2014
I had Comcast service for internet for a couple of years and always paid on time. I owned my own cable modem/router and have NEVER leased one from Comcast and it says so right on the statement I received every month. I made arrangements to move in September 2014 and called to cancel service as of 9/24/14. I reminded the rep when I called to cancel, that I owned my own modem and the rep confirmed that I had nothing to return to comcast.
In October, I received a demand to return the modem and a warning that I would not get my refund ($33.48) until I returned the modem. I called immediately and the rep confirmed that letter was a mistake and that I should be getting a refund. A request for refund was generated October 30, 2014. It is now November 28, 2014 and I have NO refund for the service that was canceled more than two months ago. I have moved and now I need to change the address to which any coming refund will be sent.
When I called today (November 28, 2014), the rep said it takes four weeks for a refund to be generated and then if it is returned, another will be sent. So, it looks like I may not get the refund before the first of the year since I have now moved and likely the refund will be returned, and then another four-week refund may be sent to my new address.
This is an absurd amount of time to wait for a refund of $33.48, which is money I need. Moving is expensive and it is not fair for Comcast to hold onto my refund for this long after service was discontinued. I never had their modem and that was their mistake that has caused the long delay in the refund. I have had to make repeated calls (with long wait times) to correct their mistake.
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2014
I would like to share my story about Comcast after upping my bill to 160.00 per month. I was having problems with my home phone so I called customer service, I could not get any help from the USA. When I asked for someone from the USA I was treated very rudely. Long story short, I told Comcast that I would be dropping their home phone and internet but keeping their cable. Set a date to shut off home phone and internet for 10 days later due to the customer service I received from overseas. The next day when I get home from work, no TV no internet no home phone so I call customer service again from overseas. The girl is laughing at me as I explain my problem, tell me there is an outage in my area so I hang up and spend an hour to get someone from the USA who then tells me there is no outage in my area and after I explain about the girl working for their customer service over seas laughing at me, they apologize, credit my bill as I waited for my new service. Comcast overseas keeps on messing with my service. Not only will I be getting rid of their internet but I have decided to get rid of their cable also. A horrible company with horrible service. Do not get them. You will be sorry, shameful company. Horrible customer service, outrageous bills.
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2014
NO CABLE SERVICE ON THANKSGIVING DAY. No image on screen on all channels. Voice content on all channels same.
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2014
I opened a Comcast account for one of our properties in August. There were several problems with the service, and I cancelled it 2 weeks later. We returned all the equipment required within the 30-day "money back guarantee." I called to follow up to be sure they received the equipment - they. I spoke with 5 different representatives (be sure to get their "operator ID" when speaking with someone). Each person assured me the balance of the account was "$0.00". I continued to get bills with all different amounts and called each time to question the amount. Each time, I was told the balance was "$0.00" because of the "30-Day Guarantee."
This morning - 3 months later - I received a phone call from a collection agency. I have spent hours of my own time on hold trying to clear this up - already 1-1/2 hours this morning (and have been disconnected 3 times now and had to call back). I was hesitate to sign up with the service in August because of all of the customer service complaints I saw online. Lesson learned - pay more with another company so you don't get stuck wasting your time trying to protect your pristine credit from this incompetent company!
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2014
Although their customer service is notoriously bad, they are the only company providing internet service in the beach community where we go in the summer, so I order the monthly service, although I only need it for 1-3 weeks. I ordered it in August, as two of us had important work to do, picked up the router & stuff myself from Comcast, and spent about 5 hours over the next very busy week, on the phone with them, because we could not get a signal (I was charged full rates for this lost time w no service!). We finally had a spotty, inconsistent signal for the last few days only. I disconnected the wi-fi, and then spent about 2 1/2 hours on the phone w Comcast reps to arrange for shipping back their router. I returned to my home state 800 miles away, never received the return-mailer they assured me was coming, & have received mounting bills from Comcast ever since (now in the $100's), and they have now sent my acct to a collection agency!
I've called numerous times- all automated- you cannot reach a live human being, I've live-chatted, I've sent emails to a manager via their website- there has been NO RESPONSE, and no relief from this burden- it's like the nightmare that won't end. I will NEVER use this company again; I will pursue other internet options, even if it means an expensive nationwide wifi service, or driving to the local library (15 miles away). To add to this insult, 3 years ago, I returned to this summer home to find that Comcast had installed their ugly poles on my beach property, in order to service our beach community, chopping down many of my trees & gardening, with no regard whatsoever for my personal property; their poles are about 20 feet from the front door! So there is truly no excuse for the poor signal!
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2014
Recently I have had three extremely annoying contacts with Comcast. The first: My bill was charged automatically to my credit card. The card expired, I forgot to contact Comcast. My fault. A young woman, who had been programmed to prattle, called and in her sing-song chant informed me that my bill was past due and my service would be canceled if I didn't pay it.
I asked how that could be when my bill was automatically charged to my credit card. "I don’t know anything about that, I am just calling to tell you..." She could not connect me to someone who knew something.
I went on line and saw that the problem was my card expiration. The system would not let me change it, but gave me a number to call. I got a computer. Before I could complete my payment the connection was broken. Called again. Held out for a human. Gave payment information. She said there appeared to be a payment in the system that had not gone through. It would take 24 hours to see if it went through, then she would try again. She said I could not set my account to be charged automatically to my credit card until the payment went through. I thought, that at least my current bill was taken care of.
A few days later, my service was canceled. This involved more exhaustively long phone calls but finally got payment made and service running. I was not happy, but I was not furious.
The second incident. Now I am furious. Some of my email comes and some does not. I was not receiving confirmations for hotel reservations from hotels I've used before with excellent service. It took expensive international phone calls to learn that the responses had been sent but not received. Then, I got letters from two banks where I have accounts saying their emails to me were being returned. I called Comcast. The nightmare began. The first person could not resolve the problem: she said a highly trained technician would call me in one to two hours. Four hours later I called the same Comcast number again. I got Andrew, a pleasant young man who assured me he could resolve my email problems, but in the meantime, wanted to sell me a different Comcast package. It was cheaper, faster, and included more cable channels. After some discussion I agreed. He then said he would fix my email problem and call me back in less than an hour. That was the end of Andrew.
The next morning, my missing email had not been restored. At 2:00 PM; tried to get online; got a page telling me how to install my new Xfinity devices. I didn't have any new devices, but I could not get on line. I called Comcast. Got Bertha, who was polite and seemed to be trying to fix the problem. After a long session our connection was broken. She had my phone number, but didn’t call back. I called and started all over with Ann. Ann eventually passed me off to Katrina who after another extended session of accomplishing nothing said she needed to connect me to billing. I asked what billing could possibly have to do with it. She assured me they could fix it. Tonya in billing was very pleasant, but was clueless as to why Katrina thought it was a billing issue. Tonya handed me off to Kim.
Kim wins the Totally Useless award. At one point she explained to me, that there should be two things on my desk. The big one with the picture was the monitor. She said the other would be a tall plastic black or white box. It is called a CPU. I was probably using a computer before the little ** was born. I told her I knew what a CPU was, and mine, a Mac mini, was seven inches square and an inch or so high. I don’t think she believed me.
At one point she said, “when I do this we may lose our connection, but I will call you back” (I've heard that one before). I asked why doing something to the modem would affect our telephone connection. In a voice heavy with exaggerated patience, “because your phone is plugged into your modem.” No it isn't. We argued the point for a while. I insisted that my phone had absolutely nothing to do with my modem or computer. She didn't believe me. She said, “well, if it’s not plugged into your modem, where IS it plugged in?” I explained that it was plugged into a jack in the wall. Apparently she didn't believe that either. She said again that we might lose our connection. I said okay. Amazingly we did not lose our phone connection when she tinkered with my modem. Nor did I regain my internet.
She passed me on to Rhonda. Rhonda had a friendly pleasant voice and seemed knowledgeable and efficient. It must have been a slip-up in the hiring process. She rather quickly determined that she could not resolve the problem and scheduled a technician to come out. It was after five when I got off the phone. The next day, a new modem arrived via UPS shortly before Chad the technician did. Chad was pleasant and efficient and discovered that dear old Andrew had switched the numbers from my old modem to one that had not even been shipped at that point. Chad installed the new modem. Internet works fine. I have no idea if my email problem has been resolved or not. I won’t know unless someone notifies me that they tried to send an email that didn't go through.
Third issue. I was away for several weeks, and came home to a past due Comcast bill. For $240. $154 for February and $85 for March. According to Andrew, my new plan would be $69 a month. He mentioned no additional charges. I looked up the bill online. I found $77 charged for unexplained other services plus billing that added up to well over $69 a month. I found a number to call for billing issues. Got a person whose name was apparently Rain. He spoke in heavily accented English and didn't seem to understand the issue. I asked him to explain the $77 for other services. We got nowhere.
I finally asked to speak to a supervisor. He continued to talk (apparently reading the charges from my bill over and over, but explaining nothing) while I repeatedly said, “I would like to speak to a supervisor please.” After 20 minutes on the phone I hung up. I sent a complaint through customer service on the Comcast website. Got an immediate response saying someone would contact me within 24 hours. That was March 18, today is April 2, still no contact. As soon as I notify all of my email correspondents of my new gmail address, Comcast will be history and WOW will be my carrier.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2014
On 9/22/2014 I went to the local Comcast Cable office on Hartsfield Road and spoke to an agent about my bill. He offered me a $25.00 discount for 6 months and backed this up with an email stating such. On 11/24/2014 I received my statement from Comcast and the discount was gone. I called and spoke to customer service and they told me that they could not honor the discount given to me by the agent at the Hartsfield Road office because he was in a different location and the customer service agent I was speaking to did not have that offer to give me. They basically refused to honor the offer that I had in writing. Tom ** should be ashamed of himself and this company! This is the worst example of customer service! I have been their customer for 20+ years and never missed a payment!! I am now looking for another provider and filed a complaint with the State Attorney General. I am not a priority for this company, I am nothing to this company and they proved it to me today.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2014
We finally are down to a $60 payment to conclude forever our association with Comcast. I know there are a lot of people employed by Comcast but you never hear anyone proudly admit that in public. If an individual, in every other facet of his/her life, is a law abiding citizen, it goes against all things sacred to admit working for Al Capone. But hey, when you need a job, you need a job.
Case in point: I returned equipment to the local Comcast office about 3 months ago. The young woman at the receiving desk informed me that her scanning the equipment in, was confirming the return and I would not need a receipt. Being in a bit of a rush, I made the mistake of taking her up on that. We were hounded by Comcast until about 3 weeks ago regarding our failure to return Comcast equipment which in turn, increased our closing bill to phenomenal proportions (the bill was epic without the equipment). Now I was an idiot for not demanding a receipt. But in actuality, the only enterprises that avoid receipts are criminal. Case after case clearly reveals what Comcast tells you (pricing) and what you get are significantly different.
Suggestion: No one is legally obligated to subscribe to Comcast. Stay away from those who don't fly straight and disconnect.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2014
I signed up for Comcast 12/17/11. Since then, 11/25/14, well over 50 calls, 30 hours on the phone trying to get answers to questions about bad service, increases in prices, money owed me from signing up, being rudely talked to, transferred to another office and hung up on by Comcast personnel. It took almost 2 years to get back $300.00 due me for signing up with Comcast. Out of all the customer service people I talked to on the phone, "3", were helpful, No two customer service people have the same answer to the exact question??? Presently my bill should be in or around $75.00, I just received a new bill for $137.58??? For the past 3 months my phone service has been interrupted every 2 days due to their equipment failure verified by their service reps. I'm paying for this quality service???
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2014
Moved away in 1998, there was no cable; they said there would be soon. Today, 2014, in well developed USA, this Road STILL, NO CABLE. I'm moving back & Comcast is cable provider for NEIGHBORING ROADS, SHOCKED to have to get Dish again. WTH.
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2014
I got disconnected during my ONE HOUR purchase of their service. They forgot my user name and password so I couldn't log back in. Furthermore, I dare you to find a way to contact them when stuff like this happens. There is no way to email or ask for assistance. People have told me how awful they are. Now, I know. These guys suck. In fact, I would say they are thieves. There is a very good reason they have such an awful reputation. They need to be taken off the market, pronto.
Reviewed Nov. 22, 2014
I have been a customer of Comcast in Sacramento, CA, on and off, for over 20 years. The most recent issue began in February 2012. I did not want Comcast as my cable and internet provider due to past issues dealing with cable, internet and most of all the rude and incompetent customer service and technical support representatives. As of today's date, November 22, 2014, I have had 6 or more service representatives in my home. I have spoken with upwards to 12 representatives on the phone and chatting. With the most recent count being 7, not including the representative the service representative spoke to while he was here. So let us begin. In the area of Sacramento, that I live in, I am unable to use my previous service AT&T. I cannot have any type of satellite service because my apartment is blocked by trees. So my daughter as a gift had Comcast hooked up because she pays my bill for me. Yes, nice daughter. I digress. So through the years my cable has not worked. The boxes have been changed out 4 or 5 times do to them not working properly. I have had my modem changed about 4 times due to not working properly. My service has been disconnected 2 or 3 times. No, not for none payment.
Between the two households, we spend about $5,000 a year for cable and they are always paid. My system has been disconnected when I have upgraded, downgraded or changed in any type of way. This last incident started with my daughter calling on Monday or Tuesday requesting my service be downgraded because I now have decided to just stream TV due to the outrageous monopoly that Comcast has over the cable community. In Sacramento, we really pretty much have to have Comcast. It merely depends on the area of town which is primarily serviced by Comcast. So, when my daughter called the gentlemen of course tried to keep her with the over $200 dollar a month bill which was quoted to only be about $170, but that is another issue. So as she is speaking to him he asked her if she watches CNN and she is like I can get the news online. He then says well do you watch BET. Well it is just very interesting he would asked if she watches BET. The conversation went downhill because he just became very argumentative. She asked to speak with a supervisor and he said there was not one there.
After she pretty much explained to him that she wasn't born yesterday and understands there is a supervisor always on shift, in the middle of speaking to him, he just put her on hold without her consent. She then had to hang up, call back, and speak to someone in Customer Escalations Department. The end of day one. She then called two more days trying to find options for me to get what I need. For internet alone it was going to cost about $80, but if we are forced to keep local channels and internet it would cost $76. Go figure!!! She called yesterday, Friday, stating to have the service downgraded on 11/22/14...today. The girl told her she could do that for her. Next thing I know, I am watching my TV and my services are not working. I call me daughter and let her know. She then calls and speaks with a supervisor and explain after confirming with the representative several times, the service was turned off. The supervisor apologized and said she was turning the service back on right now and due to the inconvenience she would have the service downgraded on Monday with two free days...Saturday and Sunday.
My daughter leaves work and comes to my place. She gets here and I say my services are still off. She then calls tech support and the person tries to send a signal to the box. After it does not work, she says there is nothing she can do except have someone come out to take care of it. We explain, on our one TV we can hear it, we just can't see it. My daughter asks to speak to a supervisor. The supervisor tells my daughter that he does not know what she expects him to do about it. All he can do is have someone come out on Saturday. He says to her that she shouldn't call so much if there is an issue. So again, typical Comcast, argumentative and not helpful. My daughter finally sees that she is getting nowhere and an appointment set for a raining Saturday morning at 7:30am in Sacramento.
The tech comes out and I explain what is wrong with my cable and why. He immediately knows that services have been downgraded in the living room and is not working with my HD box that I have because I need a new box. Oh yes, they would not allow him to bring a box out. We asked yesterday but they said they could not do it. He also says they have just totally disconnected the box in the bedroom. He calls them and they finally pick up. He explains to the person on the phone that Comcast neglectfully and inefficiently downgraded and disconnected the service. The person on the phone must have said a date because he then says yes, that is Monday. He gets off the phone and says to me that there is nothing they can do because the system has a work order for the downgrade but because it was completed early it will not update the system until Monday. So Monday we have to go over and get two new boxes and cables with them.
In other words, I have no cable at all until Monday. He says they always do this. He then tells me he will give me credit from yesterday to Monday for all the trouble. He did not give me any type of work order or paperwork. If I could give zero stars, I would. I am going to write a handwritten letter to Comcast HQ. Maybe if they see that someone takes the time to write a handwritten letter that it must be pretty serious. I do not understand why the FTC does not see that Comcast, in most areas of the U.S., is a monopoly like Pac Bell use to be. I beseech all of you to please take the time to go to sites like this, as well as the FTC, and Comcast HQ to let them know the type of service we are receiving from Comcast.
Reviewed Nov. 22, 2014
I move from Florida on end March. By April 15 I was leaving in Sealy, Texas. 3 months later I have a collection company calling me. Comcast is charging for equipment and two months of service June and July. I keep calling to fix the problem, no help. They keep saying that I never call to disconnect the service. The equipment was return to Comcast by UPS. They charging me $537.37 on equipment and service. Also I was talking to the technician and he told me I never pay for cable so ask how is that, he respond was I charge my service for cable to the people with money they never look the bill? To me that was incredible. So we have this people charging others for service.
Reviewed Nov. 22, 2014
My internet and my phone service is not working. I called Comcast many times and be help on the phone. Finally they send a technician last Tuesday and gentleman told me I should call Comcast for a compassion. Actually the phone is working but the Internet is still very slow. I called Comcast yesterday around 12pm. They transferred me between tech and billing department for over two hours. The lady name by April said my internet speed is slow because they send me to the collection department. I asked her how can I keep paying for the service I never received? She transfer my call to Ted. He apologized and left a note for credit before transfer me to tech support. I spoke with Diane, she was very friendly and helpful. After been help, she transfer me back to Mrs. Sonia at the billing department. Sonia was very disrespectful. She called me a liar and said there is NOT note left in my file. It's was the first time in my life to be humiliated. Comcast agent need more training.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2014
Comcast made plenty of promises when I called to set up service connection back in June 2014. They have delivered on NONE of their promises. From cable TV that doesn't function to poor customer service, to nonexistent customer service and a toll-free help line that is never answered without a minimum of 20 minutes on hold, their service sucks! I would not recommend Comcast to my worst enemy. They have plenty of excuses but nothing else!
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2014
I never wrote a complain before, but I was so frustrated with the Comcast service that I even cried and started smoking again so I decided to write this complain. I called to ask if I can return the Comcast modem which I used to rent for the last 10 years (paying $8 each month, the total bill used to be $75.59 total) because I decided to buy my own. I never asked for a discount and I was never late paying the bills. I need to mention that I had only Internet service because I don't have a TV. The representative told me that I will save $10 a month if I purchase the box for the cable TV and the speed Internet will be increased from 25 mbps to 50 mbps. I agreed and all my problems started here. I had no Internet at all.
I called Comcast and I got different opinions. In the end, it was the new order messing up the service because it wasn't processed properly. After few calls, transfers, and explaining to everybody my problem, the order was processed right, but still no Internet. I was told to wait to receive the box in order to get the Internet working (very strange though). I got the box and I installed it on an old TV. I was planning to throw the TV which I did after installing the cable - again, I don't like watching TV, I get all my information online so I really didn't need the cable TV, only for the 'promotion'. After all this... still no service. The speed was like 1 mbps. In the meantime I had to pay $30 extra 2 months in a row to my phone provider for using more data. A supervisor from Comcast said she will give me a credit of around $40 for not having service, but I got only $14 (maybe I understood wrong).
I was told that Comcast needs to send a technician. I made an appointment but nobody showed up. I called to ask where is the technician and I was told that I didn't have any appointment for that day. I felt like I was crazy, not to mention that I took off from my job to be home at that hour. I told this guy from Comcast that I had a confirmation email and that I got automatic calls reminding me about the appointment. I rescheduled the appointment (of course I took few hour off from the job again). This time somebody showed up. The problem was my laptop, something that I didn't have some updates. I had my laptop turned off for 2 weeks because I didn't have any service so the laptop did some updates when I reopened it. It could have been that, but I don't understand why I didn't get Internet on all the other wireless devices.
Anyway, I got my bill and it was $120 this time. I found out that I was charge for the technician. I called to complain without any result. I found out that my new regular monthly bill will be $73 from now on. The supervisor told me that if I want to downgrade the Internet to 25 mbps, they will reduce the bill to $63 as I was promised in the first place. So here I am, after 2 months of frustration, paying few bucks extra (the old plan without the modem would have been $67.59), same Internet speed and a TV box which I keep in my closet.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2014
My cable went out again (a weekly thing), called customer service (joke) they resent my signal, nothing happened. Went through this 3 times. Finally they agree to send a technician, technician gets there (happy surprise) and has to place the outside receiver which is damaged. Technician said there would be no charge since the problem was with their equipment. Well well, I check my bill for last month there is a $60 service charge. Call and explain that I was not supposed to be charged for the visit because of the damaged receiver. Tough crap, doesn't matter what the tech says charge is there. I lost it. Filed a complaint with BBB, FTC, and consumer complaint department with my state's attorney general's office. If you are being ripped off by Comcast take a few minutes and do the same especially Federal Trade Commission.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2014
I recently changed to a modem/router provided by Comcast, and it has been a nightmare ever since. First of all, when I call I must give my name, address, phone number, ss number, and if I get connected to another service rep I must repeat all that information over again. This makes it very frustrating when one has to call several times. Service reps give all different answers to the same problem. I wanted to fix a problem with intermittent disconnects, with my Wifi, and I was told to try several different things, which none worked. I had two different service men come to my home to try to repair, with no luck. The second man was very rude. I asked him some questions and he made fun of my questions or did not answer at all but rolled his eyes or turned his head away.
He said Windows 7 was the problem. I asked why they bothered not to tell me that Windows 7 is not compatible with the new combination modem/router? He didn't have an answer as to why they did not tell me, so I called them back again. I told them what he said about Windows 7. They told me they never heard of such a thing. I don't know what to think. I had perfect internet connections with my own router. I am angry and sad and when I see all the other complaints I wonder how they can possibly stay in business?
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2014
I had an appointment with Comcast in Saturday for installation service. Waited from 3 to 7, called 5 times, was told the tech was on the way and still don't have service. Once again, service and have an appointment for tonight from 5 to 7. Called 3 times. Finally by 7:30, I call again. I'm told that it was closed. Then nobody can tell me why the ticket was closed, then I'm put on hold to wait for the supervisor because I requested one. After waiting for him for 35 minutes, he gets on the line. I say, "Hey you know, why did I have to wait for you so long." "It is my name is Byron, and I will customer service." And no apology for the time, with no apology for a bit, but I'm wasted. I'm waiting for an appointment. Just total disregard for anybody's time or just any kind of customer service. They are horrible.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2014
In 2013, a supervisor in the retention department issued a $20 credit for my account for a year because of an agent lying about what channels I would have with my service (he even said flatly that she lied). Dealing with another issue back in June 2014, after 2 weeks of waiting for callbacks (because there was never a supervisor available every day that I called) and finally getting a supervisor after I had to call them repeatedly. She explained that the $20 was going to expire in October but that she would flag the account so that she could reapply the credit herself. October bill comes in and the credit was not there. I called in and the agent I spoke to said she would reapply it but could only do it for 6 months since she wasn't a supervisor. I asked if my bill would remain the $41.81 that it has been and she said yes so that's what we paid.
Now in November we get a new bill stating we have a past due amount and the $20 was never applied. After 2 hours of calling, wrong transfers and being hung up on, a manager Allison stated she would reapply the credit for a year. I asked if she could do that and she said she wasn't supposed to but she would. She said she couldn't do anything about the past due amount but billing could. After talking to billing (being hung up on again and eventually getting a supervisor) she explained that Allison had not applied the year long credit, but instead just put on a one time credit which took out my past due amount so she could only remove the late fee I got from it. She sent me back to retention to get this resolved. The agent there tried to get additional information from the first retention agent only to inform me that there was no Allison working at that time. I was lied to about her name even! She then tells me they are not allowed to give credits at all because I have a bundle so no one (even apparently the supervisors who did it before) are allowed to do such. When I asked to speak to a supervisor, surprise, there was none available and I would get a callback in 24-48 hours.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2014
Dealing w/ service transfer for a week. Hrs of phone aggravation. Latest - was given somebody else's account then his user ID and password as temp. created for me. I only realized when I logged into the acct. Total disregard for customer privacy.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2014
Service down more than a couple times in the month. Terrible phone manners, long hold times and over 4 days to get it fixed. Now we have the same issue again and can get anyone on the phone who really seems to care much less rather put you on hold and then disconnect you... we are leaving them soon!
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2014
Signed up with Comcast cable and internet services in fall 2009 upon moving into a new property. Paid final bill in full, returned all equipment, disconnected service and moved out of property in December of 2010. November 2014 I receive a call from a collections agency stating that I owe them $447.24 for a Comcast account from 2010. I explained to the collections agency that the account was paid in full and closed in 2010 when I moved. They provided me with the account number and a phone number for the Comcast billing department. That number was disconnected.
Located a contact number on the Comcast website and was put in touch with a rep in Mexico. Big time communication breakdown due to accent. The rep was able to verify that my account was 511 days delinquent and that I owed them $447.24. (Mind you 511 days delinquent from today makes my original due date in June of 2013, almost 2 1/2 years after the account was closed.)
I requested an account statement to be e-mailed to me and the rep and supervisor refused. They explained that I need to talk to the collections agency that directed me to them in the first place to get specifics. Here is where the back and forth frustration begins. The rep nor her supervisor nor the collections agency could confirm what exactly the amount owed was actually for. I paid my bill to Comcast and returned their equipment and now I am stuck in a cat and mouse game between Comcast and a collections agency, that no one can give me specifics about. The debt is not being reported to the credit bureaus as a valid debt.
I believe that Comcast referred false information to a collections agency to embezzle money or possibly the agency knows the debt is invalid and assumes that if they pressure me enough I'll simply pay it to make it go away. I'm no lawyer but I believe this is embezzlement. Comcast is trying to collect money that is not owed to them for services that were never provided.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2014
Last week Comcast was showing an internet package price of $44.99/month for 105Mbps down and 50mbps up. I called in and ordered that package. Today it was installed and only 10mbps up. I have the screen shots from the site showing these speeds and prices. So far, I have had multiple people, including customer retention and a supervisor of another department call me a liar; multiple times. I've been on the phone for well over 3 hours, disconnected/hung up on 7 times; each time while "on hold being transferred to a supervisor". FINALLY got a "supervisor" on the phone, who again, insisted they never showed that price on their site and actually laughed and said, "I can give you that speed but it will cost you $1209/month". THIS COMPANY IS AN UNHOLY TURD.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2014
I have been with Comcast for several years, and only one other time noticed an odd charge on my bill that was removed when I called. I recently moved, did all the transfers and installations myself, and then got a bill that was $100 more than usual. I called, set up the new service with available promotions and new equipment, and was satisfied, although paying more than before, but I could see the value. Then I started looking through my bill, and saw that "someone" had downloaded an entire season of some show I've never seen, to my cable box. On an evening that neither my husband nor I were watching TV.
I asked to be transferred to the billing department. The CSR in billing, who had a nominal handle on the English language, simply answered that he couldn't remove the $39.99 charge. I assured him that I hadn't downloaded the show. He said he would like to offer me some free services, like 3 months of HBO and Stars. I said I didn't want those channels, I wanted the charge removed for what I didn't order. He said he couldn't remove it, but he would like me to take 3 months of free HBO. I said "This sounds like Comcast downloaded and charged me for a show I didn't order, so they could get me to try HBO." Forced laughter, "no, we wouldn't do that, but 90% of people who try HBO really like it. And when you buy a show on On Demand, it asks three times if you want to buy it, so you can't purchase it without knowing."
Both my husband and I are perfectly able to read, speak and comprehend English. We are careful with our money, especially what we spend on entertainment. We simply would not spend $40 on a show in which we have no interest. But my foreign friend obviously knew more about my own habits than I do, and just really thought I needed HBO. I advised him that I would be in the 10% that does not enjoy HBO, and to find me a supervisor who could remove the charge. He transferred me to a phone that rang for a full two minutes, with no answer or voicemail, but I am very patient. After spending 45 minutes on the phone with these people, I was able to get a supervisor to remove the charge (at least that's what she said she was doing), because it appears that I did not watch any of the entire season of shows that I ordered without my knowledge. Do ya think?
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2014
My cable went out on October 31, 2014. At that time, I made an appointment to have a technician come out. The technician never showed up. When I called Xfinity to follow up - I was informed that the original representative never put any notes in the system and therefore they wanted to troubleshoot the issue again. I spoke to a supervisor and insisted they check their call logs and the recorded conversations to ensure that a conversation was had and I had scheduled for a technician. She confirmed and scheduled me for a second appointment. Again, the technician did not show up. I called again and had to schedule for a third technician...who again DID NOT SHOW UP!
On my 4th attempt to have a technician show up - I was told my account was flagged as a high priority and promised a technician. He was scheduled to show up between 9-11AM and did not SHOW UP during that time. I received a phone call finally at noon, that they had sent someone but I had already left my house. 4 times Xfinity missed their appointment...and I have not had cable for almost 3 weeks! Today, I receive a bill with an increased rate for my cable...plus, I was not compensated for the Comcast guarantee on my service. When I looked at my bill also - looks like I was added for internet and DO NOT HAVE internet. It has been the worst possible experience and I don't understand how they are in business.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2014
I went to have internet service installed. I am deaf (Military incident) and cannot converse over the phone. I paid Comcast slightly over $100.00 and received a do-it yourself package in shrink wrap. At the designated time I was at my address waiting for installation. Two Comcast trucks showed up. I had the red Comcast bag with the equipment sitting on the hood. They passed within 10 feet. Five hours later they were still doing??? I walked up to one of them and pointed to my truck with the Comcast bag and asked what I could do to help. I got blank looks and later they just drove off. I took my receipt to the Comcast store and asked why I did not get installation. I was told "They (meaning someone in that same store in customer service) "should never have sold you that package."
We will need to charge you an extra $70.00 for the installation. I replied "all I need is the cable feed." FCC regulations will not allow us to do that. I knew that to be untrue. I went home, gathered up the bag and equipment still in shrink wrap. I received a returned equipment receipt. It has been three weeks and I have not yet received my money back. I took the receipt in yesterday. I still do not have my money back. At this point I suspect they have violated the American Disabilities Act. My ticket number is ** for the visit on 11/17/2014 at 2:19 p.m. The receipt for the returned equipment is ** on 10/30/14 10:32 a.m. cashier **.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2014
I have been a loyal customer of Comcast for over ten years, and I have never been so angry with the service I have received in the past few months. In June of 2014, a technician came to install the new Xfinity X One boxes on all five of my televisions, as well as a new router for the wireless internet service. There were many problems with the installation and in the span of three days four different technicians had to come to my house to fix whatever the problem was.
In September of 2014, I had many problems with the Red Zone channel I had requested and was paying for that. I was not able to view the channel, it took roughly around two weeks for Comcast to fix my problem. If that wasn't enough one of my boxes stopped working for three days. I talked to countless representatives in Comcast, until I finally was able to get a hold of the corporate number and talk to the highest supervisor, who was able to send out a technician to repair the box, and she upgraded my plan with no extra charges as a way to make up for all the troubles occurring.
When the technician came to my home, he asked for alcoholic beverages, which alarmed me greatly. Not only that but in his report he stated that he did a completely new installment of x one boxes. Now Comcast is charging me $279.95 as a new installment fee, when the technician only came for a repair. I pay a monthly maintenance fee for instances such as these, I should not be charged for anything at all. I had installed these new boxes in June so it would be common knowledge for them to understand that the report is simply not true. I have had an ongoing battle with customer support and no one has been able to give me the credit for the $279.95 charge on my account. It has been three weeks now and I am still waiting for an answer as to why the credit has not been posted on my account. I am hoping that this complaint will give some sort of speedy resolution to my problem.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2014
Comcast. They were to set-up services at my house on 11/8/14. They call me that day and they said they need to schedule for the next Saturday 11/15/14, I said ok. They come in on 11/15/14 and set-up the system. It work great until about 5:00 PM that day, then stop working so I call Comcast. I was on the phone with them on Saturday until 9:30 PM. They told me I would have my system up and running by Sunday morning. Sunday come and nothing. Got on the phone again. Finally, I had the system back up at 12:00 PM. I said ok. At 4:00 PM on Sunday, my system went down again so I call Comcast again. I was on the phone with them until 8:00 PM. They made an appointment for 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM for Monday. 12:30 on Monday, I call Comcast. Reason, nobody show up so they told me they would be over from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Again no one show up but my system started to work around 4:00 PM again. It only work until 7:00 PM so again I call Comcast. They told me someone would call me at 8:27 PM, still waiting. So today at 8:30 AM, I call Comcast again and I told them to cancel the contract. Lesson learn: Be careful when they offer you a shipper price. That is what you get, no services. That is why it's shipper.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2014
I tried calling Comcast to resolve an issue with my ON Demand, I waited almost an hour, was disconnected several times. Finally spoke to a Supervisor who had no idea why I no longer had my On Demand service. He said someone would call me back either way to let me know the service was restored, no one ever called me back. The service was finally restored several few hours later. I then called to get a certificate for my Alarm service with Comcast for my home owners insurance. Once again I was disconnected several times, transferred to several different areas and getting disconnected during the transfers. I was told by a rep. that they had no record of my Alarm service, they said it was a billing error. I then tried calling home to talk with my children, only to find out my land-line phone number was disconnected by Comcast. I finally got a customer service rep, who stated, I requested the phone to be disconnected. I explained I called about my Alarm system, and now I have now been on the phone for over 2 hours, being transferred from one department to another just trying to get my phone number back. Horrible service!
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2014
Some of the things Comcast has done to me:
I was calling various service providers to compare rates & options after my move. Comcast offered to set me up (phone, internet, voice bundle) for a monthly rate (no contract) that they guaranteed would not increase for 1 year. They told me there would be a one-time $35 installation fee if I chose to have them install the equipment for me that would cover any extra wiring, etc required. When they came out they had to add two new outlets & string some new cable. I was then billed the $35 & an additional $50 for the outlets added. After much complaining & ado, they waived the $50.
After a few months of service my monthly bill started creeping up ($10 here, $15 there..) When I called & told them the 1 year rate I was promised at signup (which is why I signed up with them to begin with) they said that I'm obviously confused because what I said differs with their records. When I told them I'm not confused as I recorded everything being said at the time (I keep notes of our phone conversations complete with names & dates) & asked, besides: "Since all your incoming calls are "recorded for quality assurance" could you not listen to that recording to verify what is said to me & solve this argument?" They refused saying it was not possible then changed their story.
They said I was given wrong information by that sales rep as the rates promised me were/are not possible or within policy to offer. I then ask them why they think it's appropriate to penalize the customer for believing wrong information being provided by a sales rep. They couldn't seem to answer this & transferred me to someone else. I have called them so many time over this issue with my bills going up unexpectedly. We argue back & forth until I threaten to cancel my service & then I get transferred to Loyalty who agrees I have every reason to be upset & works with me to get me a promo or a better rate. But when that promo expires or the rate begins to increase sooner than expected & I again call to ask why I get the same excuses & runaround over again. It's very frustrating.
A business should hold themselves accountable for the information/services they offer to customers. Blaming other employees within the SAME company for giving out false sales information & then expecting the customer to pay for those for mistakes is bar none the worst business protocol I have ever seen. As soon as AT&T U-Verse is installed in my area I will be switching to them.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2014
On 4/1/14 Comcast installed Internet and TV service under their 30 day satisfaction guarantee program. I was not happy with the service and canceled it on April 10. I returned all the equipment. Now Comcast has turned my account over to collections so it has ruined my credit saying that I owe them $143 and no one will tell me what that is for.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2014
I've been with Comcast since 2014. I've been happy with their services. This past September I received my bill and was very surprised when I saw the amount. They are charging me almost $1,000 for two old bills that are not mine. I explained to them that I did not live at the addresses that they stated. They told me that the last four digits of the social security did not match, only the name. I told them that I thought companies go by the social security number not the name. They have not removed these charges off my bill. Now they are threatening to cut off my services if I don't pay up $1200 by November 20. This is very inconvenient because I am a college student.
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2014
I tried to sign up with Comcast two years ago and had a technician come over for installation, but after spending two hours, the technician can't seem to get my desktop computer on the internet. He was so arrogant to tell me "you should call Dell and ask them why your computer isn't recognizing our internet". Such a fool for not knowing what to do then passing the responsibility to the customer because of his incompetency. I immediately cancelled and had him remove everything that same day. The office called me and asked why I cancelled. I told them about the arrogance and ignorance of their technician.
Two years after, I didn't seem to learn from my previous experience. I called Comcast again because they seem to have a good deal with internet and TV. I called and specifically asked if they have the International Channel I wanted, which is a requirement since my mom watches only that channel and nothing else. They said they do and I verified many times about that channel which they claim they have. They even sent me an invoice and summary of order and it does say they do have that channel. So I had a technician come and install. Again, they sent another idiotic and arrogant technician, who can't seem to answer any question I asked and always say I need to ask the sales office or agent since his "only" job was to install. He didn't even know what channel the International Channel I wanted was, contrary to other companies I had before whose technician knows exactly where to find what. Their channel guide was of no help either since it was not listed there.
So I called customer service. To my dismay, the equally arrogant agent told me there is no way I can find the international channel I wanted because its not available in my area! What the heck! I spent 20 min with a previous agent and received an order summary, both confirming that I have that channel. Now they are telling me they don't have it? I was even made to be at fault for not verifying it! Geez what a bunch of incompetent losers who don't even know their job. I lost my cool and got angry with the agent and hung up, and immediately told the technician to disconnect everything. The end of the story? This technician just took off after disconnecting the receivers without saying a word to us! NO COURTESY whatsoever. Dummy even left the remote control. Seriously I will never deal with Comcast again. Good thing I have not paid a single cent yet.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2014
They mistaken my address with a new customer address and messed my account up. Changed my plans, my deposit is gone. When I called them, it was nightmare. Nobody can solve your problem, untrained professionals, I was transferred to someone else 5 times. I was put on hold for 1 hour and 20 minutes, that is a complete disrespect with the client. Worst company that I've ever been client. Never again and telling my friends my experience.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2014
My internet connection is intermittently dropping and lagging. Speed test shows ok, then it will drop or lag. This happens throughout the day and night, and is causing issues trying to use our devices. I've wasted an hour with you all. I have actual work I need to do. I'll go ahead and shop around for internet service that actually works.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2014
I had Comcast service for less than a day, I was told that I won't be charge anything if I cancel in 30 days. Well, that's not truth. I have a bill for $112, they said I have an old balance of 53, and new charges for technician visits. We pick up and return the equipment with less than 3 days, so we shouldn't be charge for installation charges. There were issues when they send somebody to install cable under our driveway. They destroyed our grass because they made 2 huge holes each side of the driveway, I called several times with no luck, after speaking with several customer service rep they said someone in supervision will call us back but they never did. Very bad experience for us.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2014
This website should have negative stars available. I would give it negative 5. The only internet option for where we moved to was to use Comcast. We only wanted internet, no TV or phone. Upon trying to set up internet, we were trying to use a DOSIS 3.0 compatible modem we had used in the past. We called customer service who said they would have to send a technician out. I asked multiple times whether or not there would be a fee associated with the visit. I was told that the technician would let me know if there would be a fee associated with the work he would have to do. The technician came out and didn't make any mention of any fees that would be applied to my account. The only thing the technician did was use his modem to check that the connection was fine. This modem was apparently not compatible with Comcast, the technician recommended that we buy a new modem. So we bought a new modem as the technician said that was the only way to solve the problem.
Upon receiving the new modem and a few calls to Comcast, the internet worked. A month later, I looked at my account and saw that I was being charged 85 dollars for the month, which is 40 dollars more than my plan costs. Looking into the detailed statement, I received a 40 dollar charge titled Customer Trouble Call after being told that there would be no fees associated with my troubles.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2014
Comcast cable is BY FAR the worst company I have ever done business with in over 40 years, I will explain why. PROBLEM 1: I signed up for Comcast cable about 2 months ago. I asked a few specific questions, the first one being "IS ON DEMAND FREE" they answered "YES." If you call sales and ask that question today they will answer "YES TODAY." When I went to access "The Blacklist" which is on a free network. I could NOT access anything other than the current season. This was WEEK ONE of the second season. so I wanted to catch up with season 1. I have TO PAY FOR THAT! NOW my thinking IT'S EITHER FREE OR ITS NOT!!! IF you call sales today and ask "is on demand free" They will say yes. IT IS NOT FREE IT IS A LIE!!! The SHOULD say ONLY CURRENT SEASONS ARE FREE.. so for example if its week one of season 2. YOU ARE OUT OF LUCK! This is PROBLEM 1 of MANY with Comcast Cable.
PROBLEM 2: I asked if National GEO channel was included in my UPGRADED PACKAGE that I purchased. They said it was. After 30 days I couldn't access NAT GEO. I called and they said it was included BUT ONLY FOR 30 DAYS. I ASKED IF IT WAS INCLUDED! THEY SAID YES! They NEVER SAID for only 30 days! THAT IS AN OUTRIGHT LIE!
PROBLEM 3: I paid $50 for installation. I agreed to pay $50 for installation. When I received my bill it said $50 for installation AND AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR A technician VISIT. So they charge you for an technician and a ADDITIONAL FEE for a tech visit. UNLESS they have robots it should be ONE FEE. THIS IS A TOTAL RIPOFF! HOW can you charge an installation fee and the charge an ADDITIONAL FEE for a technician visit! IT IS INCLUDED!
PROBLEM 4: The hold time are in excess of 45 minutes most times! AND after holding for 45 minutes you are usually ticked off. If you get upset on the phone, THEY JUST HANG UP ON YOU! I read this in the reviews on GOOGLE REVIEWS so I know I am NOT they only person this has happened to. PLUS it has happened MORE THAN ONCE to me.
PROBLEM 5: There NEW X1 box is supposed to be the TOP OF THE LINE BOX. I had 3 that were defective, I have several pictures on my phone of the problems. this box NEEDS TO BE RESTARTED AT LEAST 2 times a day, PLEASE see google reviews. It freezes up ALL THE TIME. You can't change the channel without restarting WHICH TAKES ABOUT 10 minutes. THAT'S NOT FUN in the 4th Quarter when you are watching your favorite team. I have had many more problems with COMCAST cable but we can start with the top 5. LET'S see what they will do to resolve these. I URGE YOU TO CHECK the reviews on the Internet. MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS! THIS COMPANY JUST DOESN'T CARE. They are in my opinion THE WORST COMPANY ON THIS PLANET!
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2014
How can America and Americans can be soo STUPID to keep this Company in existence. No country in the world can SCAM its citizens like this. Each time I have to Call and fix the astronomically high bill. They say it's fixed but I know and they know that it will continue.
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2014
I have been without service for 3 days. First my T.V. service was not working, then the next day I had completely no service. I called Comcast on the second day and explained to them I have 13 year old son who comes home from school and checks in with me at work. I was told someone would be out to check my service. No one ever came out. This is HORRIBLE customer service.
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2014
I spent 5 hours on the phone yesterday and waited for a service technician for 4 hours this morning and he never showed up. Also, I spent another hour on the phone today. It started when 1 of 4 TVs did not have service. I called and when they sent a signal I lost all 4 TVs as well as my internet. After another 1.5 hrs on the phone, I had to leave for work as I was already an hour late. I called again when I returned home and after 50 min on the phone (getting signals) a supervisor finally came on and all service was returned in 10 min. After hanging up I realized that I didn't have the TV packages I paid for (including Thursday night football) so I had to call back again. The service rep I spoke with sent another signal and I again lost all 4 TVs and my internet, then got disconnected. This morning I waited 4 hours for a Technician who never came. I spoke with Leslie, a Customer Experience Executive, who said they couldn't the technician out today and that I didn't even need a technician as the problem was internal. Now I do not have any service, I missed 5 hours of work, I spent almost 6 hours on the phone with Comcast. Is this how Comcast treats its customers?
Updated on 11/14/2014: By the time I had service restored I spent a total of 10 hrs. on the phone and missed 2 mornings of work. Diane from the corporate office of "Bryan Roberts" called several days later to see if I was satisfied. She followed up 3 more times, gave me her phone number in case I need to reach her. I was offered NOTHING for my time (evidently Comcast doesn't believe anyone's time is important other then themselves).
I received my bill in December and the charges were doubled. I wanted to just ignore the charge but I know eventually they would just cut my service off. It must be good being the gorilla in the room without competition. (I thought the US broke up monopolies with the break-up of Bell Telephone). I called Diane, as she instructed me to, 5 times over the next week and never got a call back. So I called again through the normal number (experiencing a higher than normal amount of calls - hold 20 min). After another hour they removed the over charge and gave me a discount of $33, which comes out to under $3 hr. Oh yes, I earn approximately $200 per hour! I tried reaching Diane again but I guess they REALLY DON'T care about their customers.
I guess at this point I'll go through with switching to Verizon because they couldn't be any worse and I know Comcast couldn't care less. Comcast wants to buy Time Warner??? That's exactly what this country needs! Any other business in America would be out of business treating its customers as Comcast's does. Now I understand why Comcast has the most complaints against it, including the most complaints by it's own employees. It's disgusting!
One day I'll have the patience in telling the stories from my businesses. It's just about as frustrating except, even Verizon doesn't provide the services in my area I need. There is ONLY Comcast. Comcast doesn't care about their customers, employees or services. Just rake that money in because there is nowhere else for customers to go!
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2014
On April 15, 2014 I called Comcast because my bill had once again gone up. Similar increases had happened every six months since I had been doing business with Comcast and I to keep my bill down, I had to call and negotiate a new "special rate/deal." On the April 15th call I asked if there was a way to have an extended agreement rather than having to call every six months and re-negotiate. They gave me a fair deal and said it was good for two years! I asked specifically if that included EVERYTHING, INCLUDING EQUIPMENT. Their representative assured me that was the case and that my billed amount would not change for TWO YEARS.
Six months later my billing amount went up. I called to ask why and was told there was an increase in the lease for equipment of approximately $10 per month. (Note, this is the same equipment I have had since 2010.) They said only their SERVICE was included in my contract and not the equipment. I asked why their representative would tell me it was and they said it was a "miscommunication."
Today, November 14, I had a heated conversation with a person who tried to tell me the price of "leasing" changes like the price of gas. I replied that I DID NOT LEASE GAS and that was a foolish statement. The representative told me I could choose to "buy my own modem, get rid of HD service boxes to my TV's or not use their equipment." That were my only options to reduce my bill. After threatening to change to a different service I hung up in total frustration. It is certain that I will be charged an early disconnect fee if I dump Comcast? And it is obvious Comcast will find anyway they can to get more money out of their customers even when they enter into a contract with us.
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2014
On two different billing periods within the last two months I have been charged for pay per view ** charges. The last month billing the online customer service stated the charges were from one of three cable boxes. The charges were over $200.00. This month I was charged with over $64.00 in pay per view ** charges. Since the last months billing, I created a password and verified with paying for movies. The one affected cable box is connected to an Xbox. Comcast is adamant there could not be any way the box was hacked. I asked Comcast to identify the source of the issue. They state someone has access to my pass code and ordered the movies. I have sent Comcast, through what they say "Ask Tom" a formal complaint. I don't want other consumers to be charged for fraudulent charges.
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2014
Well it started with a few internet issues that was the result of a bad connection with the splitter. Like any reasonable person I called Comcast to have this issue taken care of. They sent me a cable technician to fix the problem which took him about 3 minutes to replace the splitter. After this he decided he was going to spend the rest of the hour at Wendy's on a "lunch break." Following this issue the next bill a mysterious 39.95 charge showed up for a technician visit (because they charge for faulty equipment). I decided not to worry about this and carry on with my life. The next months bill was normal. Then the next month (2 months later) I had a total of $100 in charges for "video/internet installation" and the installation of 4 outlets for my devices (none of which happened). After much debate with comcast representatives I was told that my original requests never made it to their supervisors to be waived. After waiting 48 hours I called back again. This time an american agent told me the first ticket I received was actually viewed by a supervisor and rejected with no reasoning given. For all I am concerned these are bogus charges.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2014
Sadly Comcast has some of the worst customer service I've experienced. The technician that come to the house did not have the correct information to complete our installation and was frighteningly unknowledgeable of his job. I would recommend going elsewhere if possible for service if at all possible.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2014
My experience with Comcast has been very frustrating and disastrous. It seems like left hand does not know what right hand is doing. I called Comcast Business class to upgrade my service. The account executive without full disclosure signed me for a 36 month Contract. The right way to conduct business would be full and transparent disclosure about the term of the contract. This did not happen. She seemed rather rude. Then, to take care of the simple service upgrade it is taking over 48 hours where there is no tech visits or equipment installation needed.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2014
Comcast is the worst provider of product in their market. I don't second guess that, after all that I've or might I say we've experienced. I want this company shut down immediately. They are robbing good people who have been loyal to them for years and was always looking for the change. Well, not anymore. I'm just another bad review and an example of regret in buying this service for years. In actuality, and keeping it real, it is not a service at all but a deceiving purse snatching, wallet grabbing, lying piece of recycled trash that is in your home which doesn't even work 90% of the time. Goodbye to comcast. Middle finger up.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2014
I relocated to Denver, CO 9 weeks ago, and signed up for TV, Internet, and Home Security with Comcast. I signed a 2-year contract through an agent who works with my apartment community. Two agents came for the installation. Immediately, I had problems with the home security and television not working properly (outages on TV, and sensors not being read so I could not set the alarm). Another agent came to "fix" the problem. He stated that the individuals doing the install "didn't know what they were doing." He claimed to fix the problem. Next, I continue to have TV outages, and internet outages. Within a few weeks, my internet service is just not working at all and going out several times per day. I work FT from home and rely on internet connectivity to do my job. This was a major inconvenience. I contact Ms. L again. I have another round of techs at my home. This time they try to work on fixing the internet. This new agent says that the first two sets of people in my home "did not know what they were doing." He believes he has fixed the problem.
Within a day or so, the same problems with my internet service continue. I still can't do my job. To add insult to injury, I have been charged $70 for a visit to my home. I was never notified of this charge by Ms. L or by any of the techs who were coming to my home. And, my service still does not work. I contact Ms. L yet again. She says that my modem should have been replaced. She drops off a new modem at my apartment complex. Provides me instructions on how to change it. So now, my internet seems to work better-- however, my televisions do not work, and my home security is no longer connected or functional.
I begin receiving voice-mails from Comcast that my home security is not being monitored because of this connectivity issue. My televisions are going out for at least an hour daily. Resetting the cable boxes prove to be futile attempts on my part. I made a number of attempts to contact Comcast's 800 number, but all I got was a recording saying that they were serving other customers. I contacted Ms. L again. I told her I was frustrated and that the issues needed to be resolved or I would be requested reimbursement of my money and out of my contract.
She stated that she was going to "white glove" the matter and take care of it. A week later, two techs are sent to my house (11/9/14). They claim to have resolved the issue and made sure that all devices are communicating with each other. Yet still, I have had outages everyday. I have had two outages today, impacting both my internet and television (which means my security system was also out). I have not seen the $70 refund for the visit to my home that was promised by Ms. L. I contacted her again. She blames the outage I experienced today on outages from Sunday night. This does not make sense. She says that she is working on a refund to my account, but that it won't show up for a while. Seems odd, since the service techs who were in my home on 11/9/14 applied a $20 credit to account that showed up immediately.
At this point, I am at a loss. I have been paying for services that do not work--whether it be equipment failure, failure of the techs setting it up, or a constant series of outages by Comcast. I cannot perform my job this way. I have been more than patient and understanding; however, this has really become more than I can handle. The only resolution I can see is to have permission to leave Comcast (with no penalty), and a full refund of the money I have paid thus far for their services. I have not managed to go a week with everything working--in the past month, I have not gone more than 24-36 hours without an outage or some kind of problem that adversely impacts my service.
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2014
I was supposed to have Comcast install internet and cable to my new house Nov 7th. They showed up over 2 hours late and told me its too dark to work. We reschedule for the next day, the 8th. No one shows up. I call and flip out on them and reschedule for the 9th. No one shows up. I call and flip out again and threaten switching to Verizon. I reschedule for the 10th. No one shows up. I call Verizon who agrees to come out the morning of the 12th. I call Comcast and tell them this. They reschedule for the 11th. Finally someone shows up. Everything looks good except I don't have my HBO channels. I call them again. They send a signal to my boxes and everything goes out. When it comes back on I only get 4 channels.
I call Comcast again. They tell me my account had been deactivated. I ask how this is possible when it was just activated only a few hours ago and I never deactivated it. They tell me I will need to call back in the morning to activate it. I call back again. After 1 hour and 20 minutes of being on hold and being transferred to 8 different people who have no idea how to simply reactivate my account, they hang up on me. Now I am calling them back and telling them to either reactivate this now or when Verizon gets here they are going to rip everything out that Comcast has just installed and I am dropping them right away. Comcast is a fraud company and extremely incompetent. I would never recommend them to anyone.
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2014
We had a Comcast "tech" guy come to our house 12 days ago to update our modem as recommended by Comcast. It has been an absolute disaster. Ever since he came, our wi-fi signal was too weak to reach an upstairs office. Everyone who we have called (and I have spoken to 13 people today alone), has been completely unknowledgeable about the Comcast system and given me the complete run-around. I have asked numerous times to speak to a supervisor, only to be put on hold for 20-30 minutes, then explained my situation. Have them tell me how sorry they are. Tell my why it isn't a problem or not their fault, then tell me it is not actually their department, and transfer me to another area, with another 20-30 minute wait. The last person I spoke with told me they would fix the wi-fi problem, which they did by disconnecting every device from our modem so that now it is an even bigger problem! ! They are the WORST company I have ever had to deal with! I have tried to get them come back out to fix the problem they created and they will only do it if I pay the technician fee again. We never wanted the update and it has only created a huge problem.
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2014
Number one - could not understand the representative. Number 2 - had it installed today, nothing is working. Can't change anything - tells me try later.
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2014
I woke up this morning perfectly content with the new service agreement I made with COMCAST last week. Then today, an agent called me, and promised me more service for less money. I don't care about "more service", but I like "less money", so I agreed. Then I noticed there were fewer channels, the service they added is something I don't even want, and the monthly price was higher!
Long story short... I ended up spending my afternoon on the phone with multiple reps (mostly on hold), just trying to get back what I had, when I woke up this morning. The result - I have to pay even MORE, and was called a complainer.... I was content this morning. THEY called ME. I have been a loyal customer of Comcast for years. They do not appreciate my business. I am not happy with COMCAST. I don't recommend using Comcast if you have another option... any other option.
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2014
I contacted Comcast to pay my bill and from that day forward, I experienced issues with my equipment and service. For about a week I was calling and sitting on the phone for hours trying to resolve the issues with my cable boxes, package details and inaccessible services. On Sunday October 2, 2014, my cable service was interrupted along with thousand of other customers due to Comcast downloading a new billing system. In the process of the download they prematurely erased the old billing information, equipment, services and package details.
I began to call to have the issue resolve and my cable reactivated. I was transferred from one unknowledgeable person to another. No one knew anything and kept blaming one thing after another. At one point I was disrespected and insulted by a customer service rep when he told me I was lying about my equipment because they had no access to it because it was erased. I was appalled! That language and treatment was totally unacceptable and unprofessional. I could not believe I was talked to in that manner. They even began to answer calls, tell you they were transferring you then hanging up on you over and over and over again.
Now, here it is just over a week later and still no service and the same lies and excuses about why services were shut off and still have yet to be reactivated. I was just told my services were suspended due to an outstanding bill. Yet i am looking at the cable guide and I just have no picture and no sound and of course my services are not activated because my package has to be rebuilt since it was erased by Comcast a week ago. I am now so tired of dealing with Comcast and being lied to, shuffled around, hung up on and essentially blamed for a problem they initiated on October 2, 2014. And they have the nerve to still be billing me for a service I have fully had since paying my bill and reactivating my account on October 24th, 2014. They dropped the ball and will not accept responsibility for their incompetent actions that caused this whole problem but they are trying to now blame the customer and I feel completely devalued and disrespected as a customer.
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2014
I was going to pay my past due bill of 258.00 so that I can get services reconnected, but a Comcast employee told me I also must pay a past due bill of a relative. I asked them why when it's not under my name, they went on to tell me, well since that person is related to me I also must pay that past due bill in order to get service under my name. I ask how is it possible to be billed for another person's past due bill, they said it's a policy of theirs that a relative must be charged with an unpaid bill. So in other words I have to be another's past due bill account even though it's clearly not under my name or social security number. I really don't know how that's possible.
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2014
Horrible! Horrible! Horrible! Comcast is awful!!! The cable goes in and out.. The guide will not load most of the time and Xfinity on demand never even works. EVERY person I have talked to about fixing the cable when it was going in and out was rude! When we moved and had to switch apartments they automatically assumed because my husband is Spanish that he wanted the Spanish package (I don't even speak Spanish so I couldn't watch half the channels) or maybe they got the orders mixed up. Either way it was Comcast's mistake. When he called and told them he never ordered that package or that specific box and he wanted the same thing he had before they finally agreed it was THEIR mistake and said they would send a tech. Out free of charge because it was THEIR fault. After the tech came the bill came and they had charged us and we called them, they said they had never said that because "there were no notes put into the computer". (whose fault is that? How convenient they just didn't put any notes.) We ended up paying for comcast's mistake. BS. I can't wait to switch back to Verizon FiOS!!!!
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2014
I called Comcast to complain about my slow internet which is supposed be 50 Mbps and I pay $120 a month. When I called I was on hold for 25 minutes to talk to someone... That someone and most Comcast employee don't wanna hear a complaint; so what they do? They simply hung up the phone.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2014
In 2013 Comcast upgraded their technology in California so that everyone must have at least a minimal "DTA" (Digital Transport Adapter) box in order to receive any channels on a television set. I had broadband and "Limited Basic". Comcast sent 3 DTA's, and they all failed to work. After numerous activation efforts over a few days, they said I needed a tech to make my house "Comcast ready". I'm an SBE Certified Professional Broadcast Engineer (CPBE), and I knew my house cabling had no issues. The tech came out and found no issues but discovers that I still have a filter on the pole which must be removed. The filter originally had been placed by Comcast to limit my TV channels to about 2 dozen basics. He said it was supposed to have been taken off by them in advance so that my DTAs would work. Fine - my TV reception was restored with all 3 DTA boxes.
Then I get a bill for $50 - "Failed Video Installation". I called customer service and explained that they had failed to prep their distribution plant properly for the new DTA devices and that the tech had merely completed that work. The offshore script reader said if a tech comes out, it's always $50 (at the time, now $99) period. That led to an explosive 40 minutes with the first rep and then his supervisor. The latter was poorly trained and had no real idea how the system works and clearly wasn't prepared for a knowledgeable person. This was my worst customer service experience ever. Note that Comcast is cheating the customer here since they are trying to bill for elective plant work on the far side of the customer demarcation point for their own benefit and evidently hoping few would notice. Likely a legal issue could be made of this, even a class action lawsuit. This is dishonest, if not illegal, business.
On the same day I drove to the store, a 25 mile round trip since they closed my local one. Those folks did reverse the $50 charge live, but I had to waste an hour-and-a-half and some gas. I thought this was a fluke, but a friend called and said the same thing happened to her, and she had to go to a lot of trouble to reverse the charge as I did. I wonder how many people weren't paying attention, perhaps on autopay, and just ignored this spurious charge. It appears to be illegal, again because they're charging for their own elective plant upgrade on the far side of the customer demarcation.
My friend reminded me that the "free" DTA boxes weren't going to stay that way. After a period of time, they would be billed at "market rate", which then appeared to be $1.99/month. That would be $6/month on my bill. Note that the Comcast CEO, Brian Roberts (Wharton School of Business graduate), received total compensation of $29.1 million in 2012 (Philadelphia Business Journal), and we have to make sure he gets fully paid. The DTA boxes provide very low resolution SD quality viewing, probably as a deliberate incentive to upgrade.
And upgrade I did - I put a UHF antenna on the hill behind my house and now get 28 channels over the air for my 3 TVs. Not only that, many are in 1080i/720i HDTV quality. For instance, PBS KQED is perfect 1080i, not the low res blurry SD quality from the Comcast DTA. I returned all 3 DTAs to the Comcast store and got a receipt. Now I only have Comcast broadband, which works well, except that it's too costly. I own the modem - they charge $84/year to rent one. Comcast is unfortunately a monopoly so there's no viable broadband competition. Every device that Comcast drops in your home is a miniature Trojan Horse filled with virtual elite robbers instead of armed soldiers.
I shudder to consider the proposed Comcast/Time Warner merger. Comcast's only interest appears to be short run profitability, speedy growth, and shareholder value. They appear to be betting that for at least a while they can get away with having myriad disgruntled customers. I wrote my senators strongly suggesting they must "kill it before it multiplies", as they say.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2014
I simply inquired whether or not the service was refundable. The agent ignored me on multiple occasions and kept trying to trick me into forgetting I asked the question. I informed the agent that this bothered me, and the agent stated "I'm sorry," then redirected me again to programs and services. I couldn't get one answer out of the agent. The call lasted at least 20 minutes. AT&T along with some small company here in Knoxville, TN easily listed the information I asked for within 5 minutes. This is entirely unsatisfactory. Please speak up if this has happened to you. Stand up for the working class.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2014
When I ordered Comcast for internet I had a modem that I had used previously and it was the latest and greatest. When the technician showed up he could not get the modem to work and tried 3 of the modems on his truck of the same model and could not get them to work. He then told me there was a problem with activating this type of modem... Four hours later he gave me a modem that had the phone/internet, etc. Two months later I got a bill for that modem and called up the company and activated my modem with no problem and had to pay the 8 dollars a month for the modem he installed. OK. So that sucked but I have no other high speed alternatives.
I moved to another apartment today and they told me just to plug in my modem and I would be fine. Nope! So, I told the guy on the phone I was done. He was a great guy and deserves to work for a better company. I have installed cable and satellite before so I found the line in my apartment and hooked it up and what do you know, it worked. Funny how easy it is to get something right yet they always get it wrong. By the way I asked for the 70 dollar fee to be credited to me because I did all the work. We'll see what happens on that one.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2014
My promotion was up so Comcast told called me start a new one. Spent over an hour on the phone with them to get it started. They missed 3 installation appointments without so much as a phone call. Spent 3 hours on the phone rescheduling the appointments. Missed a day of work and social events waiting for them. Then waited an hour on hold to try and cancel service only to find out they closed by the time I got an operator 1.5 hours later. Switch to fios!!
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2014
We signed up for Comcast a year ago and have had constant problems with their service. We have had to replace the router several times and have had to call and have so-called technicians attempt to repair inoperative boxes over the phone. We had installers break personal property and not care, trash our carpets, and not have components needed to complete the job. We was patient as long as we could be but after attempts to come to some compromise on the phone, now have to pay an additional 90 dollars to get out of the contract. Be advised; the product they promise and the one they deliver are completely different things. They are the absolute worst company I have ever dealt with.
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2014
Noticed charge on bill for equipment (modem/router). This is my own equipment. CALLED... They said they would remove. They did. Then charged me again the next month. They continue to charge me for my own equipment again and again!!!
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2014
Yesterday our cable went out and our residence. The Internet service continued to work but no cable TV in any of our rooms. We were receiving the dreaded "S0a00" error. So we called Comcast around 3:00 pm and they told us there was an outage in the area and that it would be fixed and working by 5:00 pm. Not working at 5:00 and for that matter the rest of the night. Awoke the next morning still to no cable tv. Again called Comcast customer service to see what was up and what could be done to fix the issue. After going round and round with the customer service agent (Robin), we got nowhere. So we asked for a supervisor. At this point, we were able to speak to the supervisor (Tianna).
After re-explaining the entire situation again to her, she was still unable to help me. And now she said that they could not even get a technician out to our address until at the earliest Monday. So after putting us off the day before we now would be out of service for an additional 3 more days. After asking what they would do to compensate us for the trouble and their miscommunication of timing and the actual facts, she told me that she would not charge me for the service dates that we were not receiving services for! How gracious of Comcast to not charge you for services not rendered. What a joke! To say that Mr. Charlie Herrin - new SVP Comcast Customer Service has his hands full is an understatement!
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2014
Ordered bundle deal from Comcast and bill continues to go up every month. Have been lied to, put on eternal hold with still no answers. Talk to foreign reps and can't completely understand them. Talk to manager with still no changes. Charges are added to bill if Comcast comes to your home. Fed up and have had enough of this!!!!!
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2014
I have lost 4 TVs because of sound loss due to Comcast cable boxes. I have always had the best boxes and it always is the TV in the same room. 3 of the 4 TVs were bought new and went bad within 3 months of use with Comcast box. I lost 2 Sharp TVs, RCA TV, and a Samsung. I was not sure if anyone else has had the same issue.
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2014
My boyfriend of 6 months has Comcast, so I offered to start paying the bill. I called up they told me it will be 200 dollars for everything... plus x 1 box. 17 days later I got a bill for 519.00. No way was I going to pay that! So I called up and canceled it.. They said it was before 30 day money back. They said it went from 519.00 to 130.00. I paid 40$ and it went to 90.00. I called to check my bill they said it was 61.00$. I was wow... then my bill went to 21.00. I couldn't believe I thought it was too good to be true. It was 2 days later when I was going to pay the rest. It was 192.00. I tried to find out what happen!
Shirley -- this woman was very rude. She said, "I know you were trying to change your service to try to get out of what you owe." She said, "I just recommend you pay 192.00 right now." I said stuff I regret but it was frustrating they always say something different and most of them are rude... and according to a bill I printed out I still have a bundle... w/ HD that I haven't had since a few days in Sept, this now Nov. I just paid 80.00. According to the system I still owe 112.00. I had a channel that my man got off the box. It stopped working 2 days later... that we are supposed to have for a month.
So I call to fix it and they charged me 2.99 to add it, which they don't tell you they do until a few times... but we already had. I should have never had to pay again for that month. Stay away from Comcast if you can... Newwave and DirecTV are better, polite, courtesy and caring. Unless you change too much, bill stay same! Through DirecTV and Newwave... Newwave doesn't have service here... and he live in apt so he has no choice. But if you do have a choice stay away... unless you want to pay high bills... and have disrespect. Go somewhere else. I can't make anyone but I can give advice. Take it or leave it.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2014
Them me start off by saying Comcast is a damn joke...my girlfriend and I just moved in to a house with our kids and was looking to get Comcast so we call and set everything up last wed and they said they will be out Nov 6 to hook everything up from the hours 11am to 1pm. So the 6th comes and no one comes or calls...so my girl calls Comcast to see why no one comes or calls and they ask for the account number and we gave it to them and they can't find an account with her name on it. If we didn't have an account then why in the world did the man on the Comcast line give us one. I really don't understand how can Comcast be SO DUMB. It's really unfair how they can tell you all lies but if you don't pay your bill they will shut you right off...so please anyone thinking about getting Comcast then think again...and the crazy thing is I went on this website and was reading all this, about how bad Comcast was and didn't listing now look I'm still with no cable.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2014
I moved out of my earlier house, gave Comcast a fair warning. They agreed to suspend service, wanted their equipment back. They give me locations to drop off the equipment, I was unable to do that because of the move. A couple of months later they come in collected their equipment. Then they send me refund check of $48.95 in Feb of this year. Account closed! Today I find out that my Comcast had reported me to a collections agency and the report is still open. I'm trying to buy a house & my credit score is badly affected!! I cannot buy!! All because Comcast has been callous and not reported to the agency that all debt is cleared! I have been on the phone for 3 hours right now being moved from Dept to Dept & country to country!!!
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2014
Called and set up an install with Comcast over a week ago. Called today due to the technician being late... Was told I didn't have a service scheduled. Even though I read back to order back to the customer service rep., they claim it's not in their system! I have sensitive medical equipment hooked up to the internet so thanks to Comcast, I will be spending time in the hospital. Thanks Comcast. You truly are the worst company I have ever dealt with!!!
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2014
Sorry, apparently there isn't a lower rating than 1, I meant to rate it a 0. My dad asked comcast if he could get the cable and internet hooked up into our new house the day before we moved in. They wouldn't even allow him to sign up on a waiting list for it until we moved into the house, because of some stupid comcast rule. Now we have to go an entire week without cable or internet in our new home because of this. I really hope Verizon comes to the area soon, because comcast is terrible.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2014
We decided to cancel our cable and go with Directv. So after calling Comcast and dropping the cable, they hiked our internet up to $90. At that point we decided to go with Century Link for our internet. On the same day that Directv and Century Link were coming out, my husband took ALL equipment back to Comcast. Now we are getting calls for us to return our equipment. Every time we've called them back, they say it does show we returned the equipment, and they are issuing us a refund check. But guess what- we keep getting calls about the equipment. So today when I spoke to them, all of a sudden they say it doesn't show any equipment being returned. They have to be the most unscrupulous company that we have ever had the misfortune of coming in contact with. I hope their karma catches up to them soon!!!
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2014
We changed over to it, thinking it would have less issues and we wouldn't be calling for service as often. WE were WRONG!! They had to change out a Brand new box the night they finally showed up for their install, after failing twice before to even call saying they weren't coming. We had confirmation for the service being requested and each time, Comcast said the number didn't exist. There was only a single time I called and got what I had asked for; the others resulted me either being transferred or just hung up on. We even had their TRIPLE play (the biggest program offered) as well as being told upon calling in for service that we were Xfinity insider, an exclusive club for only their best & most loyal customers.
"This is a JOKE". The last 6 times I called for service, the line was busy. I have now requested they reinstall my old HDDVR boxes, as the X1 Platform is far from ready for release plus the techs aren't even trained to fix these boxes. I have heard other cable or dish providers aren't much better, but I don't see how anyone could possibly be worse. Chances are we will know very shortly. The customer service folks aren't even in the same town, or sometimes even the same country as we are. Nothing but pitiful is Comcast. Go with them at your risk, but I promise, it will be your biggest mistake.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2014
Xfinity TV has been the worst thing that we have ever had. It consistently goes down, sometimes the DVR does not work or the TV does not work and one problem after another. We have spent almost 3 to 5 hours per week with their call center and they keep switching you around and every time you are switched around you have to go through the same security question and their call center is the worst call center that I have had to deal with. We are made to pay the bill for a month where 10 to 20% of the time the service is not available. Their internet has a lot of issues too, where it keeps breaking connections and losing service. There is no Customer service concept with this company. I hope no one else ever sign up with them as they are very frustrating to deal with and all it does is bring stress in your life.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2014
After being double billed for TV and Internet installation. Having numerous problems with billing, TV and Internet service problems, (outages, picture freeze and numerous DVR re-boots), i cancelled service and will never go back to Comquash again. I cannot understand why anyone can be happy with constant outages and excuses when there are other more reliable TV and Internet services our there. This was my first and last experience with Comcast. They are surely not going to get my recommendation in the future.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2014
My system is terrible. Got a new box for bedroom and can't get it to go on. Tried to call but will not let me speak to a live person. Went from Dish to Comcast for Internet and that is about all I'm satisfied with. I have never had half the problems with dish as I've had with Comcast. So in short, I pay a lot of money for internet. Thinking seriously about doing a buy out at this point. No, I don't want free hbo, they play the same crap I didn't want to see years ago. They can however make my bill 50 a month for Internet and I would be happy. My bill is never the same month to month as well. I don't like Comcast and want Dish back.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2014
I am beyond dissatisfied with this company. My husband and I have had them about a month now and have nothing but problems. Our internet doesn't work half the time and it tells me I have limited access. I have tried both WiFi and hard wire to connect. I have had three techs out to see what the issue is, and nothing has been resolved. We tried two different modems that we bought ourselves and they continuously told us that it was our modem. We now switched to their modem and still no success. I am sick of them making excuses as to why they cannot get their own products to work. I have been on the phone with them for hours and am five minutes away from switching to someone else. This is ridiculous. I would not recommend them to anyone.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2014
We have two problems with Comcast/Infinity.
1. The company is not sending us notification regarding our bills. Consequence is the company turns off our cable. The reason we are told is that it takes 2 months or more to set up a credit card automatic payment. We have had credit card automatic payments for years. We have tried to update card information due to credit card security breaches in other companies. They bill us three months at a time when this problem occurs.
2. Recently they have began demanding we upgrade our modem. They have told us that ours has outlived its usefulness. Results: no internet connection thru MSN, Juno or Infinity. Often the connection is disrupted when we are able to connect. We can still connect and have no problems with Google. When we called regarding the problem, we ended up with a high pressure salesperson who would not fix our internet service but continually repeated we had to buy or lease a new modem.
After half an hour I told her we were NOT buying a new modem, fix our internet or I would write the FCC. Our Internet began working immediately. We still have problems when we use Infinity, Juno or MSN. And now we are getting phone calls, and letters from Comcast regarding our need to upgrade to a new modem so we can use their higher speed internet. We are happy with our current speed, our current modem is paid for and a privately owned one, why do we have to pay for a higher speed and buy a new modem?
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2014
I have 25 documents showing Comcast coming to my previous location. They always stated once service is corrected they would then apply credits. They still owe me about 513.89 in credit and have shut off service at my new address. This is totally unacceptable and have been without TV & cable service over 2 months now. Can't I just have my off air antenna back? I really don't need the chaos in my life & they just don't understand or listen to the client. If they would just send a service tech to my old address they would clearly see poor line signal from the street to the post. They say I'm no longer at that address and there is nothing that can be done. So I guess I'll never see TV or cable service again.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2014
Comcast is the worst customer service in the world. Long wait times (15-30 minutes) just to get someone to speak with, then that person isn't trained well enough to be able to help. They often put you on hold to ask a manager, or you're transferred and put on hold for another wait period. When you finally get someone to speak with, they have zero information tracking capabilities, meaning they have no record of prior issues and changes made. It's always like starting at ground zero with each person that comes on the phone. When you ask to speak with a manager, they try and talk you out of it or flat out disconnect the line. There is no quality control over the process, and clearly Comcast management is asleep at the switch, as this has been a recurring problem that never gets better. In fact as of late they have gotten worse. My advice, stay away or switch from Comcast to another provider. What a terrible company that has no business being in business.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2014
I had the Xfinity bundle, with the phone, internet, and cable deal. I was very pleased with the internet. I had 60 Up and 30 down. It was very quality internet. The cable was good. We had all the HD channels, and the phone was good too. All around, I think that my experience was very satisfactory. Now, I just see all of these reviews about how people are angry at Comcast and how they were cheated and lied to, and their service is terrible. I guess I don't know what they went through, or where they are, but my experience was VERY good with Comcast/Xfinity and always has been. I just hope that other people have the same experience as I did.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2014
I've filed a formal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission regarding the blatant fraud that was perpetrated against me. Here is the story:
I had a Blast! package for which I was paying about $62 a month (although for some unknown reason, my last bill rose to nearly $65). This promotion expired, and I received a new bill for almost $88, or about $25 more a month. I went to my account online and clicked "Upgrade your service" (or something to that effect), and then selected "Internet". I found a Blast! package there for $65.95 a month. I added the package to my cart, but when I was at the "Submit Order" page, I saw that an additional $10 modem-rental charge had been added to the price. Since I have my own modem, I clicked the "Edit" link, assuming I would be able to remove the charge and continue with my order. But clicking the link simply kept returning me to the same page, which contained the modem-rental charge.
So, I called customer service and was told that I needed to chat instead. I initiated a chat session and explained the issue to the representative. I told her I wanted to know how to remove the modem-rental charge. She replied by saying that the package I saw online was not a valid one, and that the only promotional package available to me was for $69.99 a month. I ended that chat and started a new one. I was told the exact same thing. Despite my assertions that I was looking right at an online package for $65.95, I was told that my only option was one for $69.99! I ended that chat and called customer service once more. This time, I was transferred to a "loyalty specialist". Once again, I explained the situation: That I found a cheaper package online and needed to know how to remove the $10 modem-rental charge before I submitted my order.
This "specialist" merely repeated what the others told me -- that the package I found online was invalid, and that the only Blast! service available was $69.99 a month. I had no choice but to accept this package. I printed out all chat transcripts. I also made a copy of the order page, clearly showing the $65.95 monthly charge, the $10 modem-rental fee, and the "Edit" link. Since Comcast and all of its customer-service representatives seem to think that there is no need to honor any prices shown to customers online, I have reported this fraud to the FTC. Also filed a complaint with the Greater Mid-Atlantic Region BBB. Subsequently, I got a call from Tanisha at Comcast Executive Public Relations. And, although she resolved the issue by honoring the $65.95 monthly charge, she did nothing to help the public's negative perception of Comcast's customer service.
If anything, she furthered the perception by acting totally disinterested and detached. And, though I'm not at all surprised, it seemed to me that she was doing me a big favor just by talking to me. I know that if I had to talk to dissatisfied Comcast customers all day long, I probably would sound just like she did. But, it's her job, and if she doesn't like doing it, she should quit. If Comcast is using people like her as the "executive" face of the company, what does that say about them? I was contacted again by the executive office yesterday -- I suppose in response to the follow-up email I sent to voice my dissatisfaction with the way my case was initially handled. Although I complained about core problems with online ordering, inadequate and inefficient customer service, and misleading and contradictory rate discrepancies, I was merely told that "we'll look into it" and then was offered an even lower 12-month rate.
In addition, when I complained that while trying to order service online I was unable to remove the modem-rental charge that got tacked on to the order, the rep actually told me that I should have gone ahead and placed the order and then called customer service to get the charge removed!!!! LOL!!!! I laughed and told her that under no circumstances would I do that, and then mentioned to her that there were a multitude of customers posting to this forum who had been trying to get similar unwanted and erroneous charges removed from their bills for months, with no success. When I insisted that it was Comcast's responsibility for ensuring proper functionality of their ordering system, she (again) said, "I'll pass that information along".
Today, I got yet another email from Executive Customer Relations -- this one in response to the BBB complaint I filed. Here's what it said: "Thank you for contacting Comcast Executive Office via the BBB in regards to an advertising offer. My name is Charlotte and I will be in charge of managing your concern. According to our records, the online offer you were viewing is for Blast Plus (service that includes limited video channels). Our office was contacted on 10/31/14 and a representative was able to research this concern and applied an offer valid for 12 months for $xx.xx. Once the offer expires, standard retail rates will apply for Internet only with Blast speeds. If you have any questions, please contact our office or myself directly via email."
A canned reply, basically ignoring all of the customer-service and pricing-related concerns I've been expressing in each of my email responses, phone conversations, and chats. (Note that my complaint to the BBB had nothing to do with an "advertising offer".) It's readily apparent to me that Comcast's way of resolving issues is to offer the complainant a monetary settlement in order to shut them up for a year. Although I certainly appreciate the settlement, it's not going to shut me up.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2014
Comcast come out to "upgrade" our internet/phone/security system last week. Since then our internet has been almost useless. When you call to get service they are no help and just tell you to restart your internet or you can upgrade for $100+ more a month. I will be switching services for my home and offices asap!! What a joke!!! Last, this is about the third I have had Comcast and seems to be a re-occurring theme. I would not recommend to anyone.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2014
Infiniti not only charge you an arm and a leg but in my area we constantly have no service and when you call customer service is a ways the same line, "we are experiencing problems in your area." So not only are they charging you so much money for channels you don't even watch but they always have an excuse for everything. Comcast, start listening to your customers. Stop the bs. And every year the price keeps getting higher and when you ask is the same excuse. You should be charging customers for the channels they watch and stop lying to us and give us the truth, that you can charge us whatever you want whether you get good service or not. You people SUCK!!!!
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2014
If you're thinking of getting Comcast, run away while you still can. On top of being the most corrupt company on the face of the earth, Comcast systematically belittles their customers and gives absolutely 0 ** about their service. As someone whose put up with it for 15 years, I can finally and thankfully say I'm going to throw all of my cable boxes against the glass of their shiny new skyscraper downtown and tell them all what they can do with them.
I used to go to their branch on Northeast Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia, but they just put a sign outside saying the store has been permanently shut down. The sign encourages people to take their plethora of problems to the Langhorne branch near Oxford Valley Mall. Annoying, but whatever. I just waited an hour and a half in that line and, guess what? They can't help people who live in the city because their branch is in the suburbs. Are you serious?
8 months ago, when I went in to talk about my dismally slow "Power Boosted" internet, the consultant at the Northeast Branch told me Comcast has a special running where, if you purchase the $139.99/mo HBO-infused triple play, you do not have to pay ridiculous equipment fees. Sounded good to me, so I signed up. Sometime later, I get a letter from Comcast telling me that there was an error and my account and I can expect fee(s) up to $50 extra to show up, per month. I go back to the same guy and he swears on his mother that I "misheard" him. Yeah, enjoy your commission while screwing the neighborhood into services they don't want when all they're trying to do is make their bill competitive.
This entire corporation is a sham. The FCC lets them buy Time Warner and somehow it's not a monopoly. Lol. And yet, somehow, I, as a teacher, pay the same tax rate as Brian Roberts, the CEO who doesn't even live in the city his company apparently flagships as its headquarters. I'm switching to Verizon tonight and I seriously hope nobody reading this decides they'll get roped into Comcast's lies.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2014
I had Comcast connect cable and internet (with my own internet modem) in October of 2012. After weeks of terrible reception on both cable and internet I requested a technician to come to my home. They said it would be $150 service charge. I then asked them to cancel my services on both cable and internet. I obtained services from Directv and AT&T for internet. 2 years later I get a collection on my credit report for $223.23, 2 weeks of service and a modem charge. 1. I had my own modem and 2 weeks of services doesn't cost $178.23. I am tired of being transferred and hung up on just to call back and be transferred again to another person who CANNOT help me despite all of the documented notes in their system!
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2014
I called Comcast in late July of 2014 to install an internet service in my home. I bought a modern and called them to activate my service. I was told that some was going to come by my house to check out the line coming into my house. I called back after 3 days but could not get my service turn on. I called back again and was told again that someone was going to be there in the next 2 days and they never did. This ordeal lasted for two weeks and still did not get my service turn on so, I told them to forget about it and I contacted a different internet provider.
A month later, I received a bill from Comcast for $45.00 for internet usage. I called and told them that I never had their service but they continued to call me for past due bill. I called every possible departments in Comcast to complain about this bill but it never got resolved. At time, customer service person (Janice and Jose) will hang-up on me. Bottom line, I can't get this resolved and Comcast continued to harass me.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2014
1st day of dysfunctional cable service--today (no telephone and no Internet service with Comcast just cable TV) and none of the 3 boxes will establish a connection. After nearly 3 1/2 hours of attempting to establish a connection via comcast.com and a couple of phone calls overseas, I was eventually transferred to tech support and their tech support line was cutting in and out on me. Their poor line of communication was chiefly due to the fact that I was talking with someone overseas that required a VoIP phone line connection which is usually a spotty phone connection.
Nonetheless, after confirming my information and informing their tech support that I was transferred to their department in order to have one of the techs come out and diagnose the connectivity issues on all three cable boxes, she was adamant about transferring me back to their activation department before sending someone out despite spending three 1/2 hours between doing it myself via comcast.com, the robots at 888-634-4434, and ultimately having someone try and send the signal out, tech support thought it was a genius idea to redirect me back to someone in activation. I think Comcast has gotten too big to care about customer service. About 8 years ago, I can recall calling Comcast when service was required and receiving what appeared to be local support. I guess, this is what happens when shareholders set the precedence and nothing matters more but profits.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2014
The cable service provide by Comcast and including Xfinity is a NON FUNCTIONAL service. Many time I have endured their Customer service as I am currently on hold 65 minute and still on hold. The sever ice works at time if you don't change the channel. I was told the upgrade to the "X1" service would make a better experience and yet again "Mr. X all you need to do is reset the box" every day multiple times... After many calls with extreme patience and many time told the last guy bla bla bla last year 33 calls to customer service. How do they think this is acceptable.... Just rest... I will send a hit to the box.. Next day back to slow cable guide.... A GUIDE! Picture glitchy. Please, the Internet does work I will give credit to them... But really I can get internet thru my wireless phone. So providing me with a line to my house that allows me to access the Internet..... Bravo Comcast.... Filled out this while waiting for 1 person to answer my call... Hahahah.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2014
Comcast, you are robbing customers that made you to stay in business. Most horrified customer service experience. I hope you burn in Hell! It's shame shame shame. I am switching to RCN.
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2014
I had recently been having problems with slowdowns and tiling on TV and Internet. I contacted customer support who eventually transferred me to technical support. They told me I had an old modem which need to be upgraded. I was concerned about additional fees which I couldn't afford and was told there was no additional fees, nor did I need to pay more for the modem.
I went to their offices and asked for the modem. I asked if I would need to pay more for that and was told no. I was then offered a wireless modem, and again I asked if that would mean an increase in charges. I was told no. I was never given a contract to sign and I assumed that the modem was supplied with the service much as the converter boxes were supplied.
Even after a technician came out, I still have problems with slowdowns and I still have quite a bit of tiling on my television. When I got the bill I found out there was an additional rental fee for the modem of 10.00/month. In ten months I will have paid for the cost of an excellent modem from a retailer. In 5 months I will have paid for a decent workable modem from a retailer. I contacted customer service, they agreed to remove the rental fee for one month while they investigated. They then offered me a long time customer promotional offer of $39.99/month for a year. Later I returned to my bill. Although they did remove the modem fee for the following month, the promotional offer wasn't applied.
Further, customer service requests were cut off before I resolved the issue. I sent in a complaint to the FCC and also to my state office (which it turns out doesn't regulate Comcast!?). The state office representative replied and said they would forward my concerns to Comcast. I then got two email messages asking for a time they could contact me. I replied to both email messages and also left a message on the phone number they gave. No return call. This week I got two more email messages asking me to let them know when was a good time to call. I replied to both and forwarded my reply to the state office (which has a working relationship with Comcast, but no regulatory authority). Still no callback but the week is young. And still no promotional rate applied. Comcast is the only broadband service provider available, so changing is not an option, although I'm beginning to think sacrificing speed for better service and responsibility may be the way to go.
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2014
May the 25th of 2014 I accepted a trio offer from Comcast for $89.99 a month plus tax. My bill should be every 25th of the month. I've paying my bill every month. I've already paid 5 months. I supposed to be up to date. On October the 31st, they disrupted my service for a charge of $154. I do not know where it from, and they also try to change my billing date so they can get more money. Please do not sign up contract with Comcast. They are not honest, and the sale person who sign me up his name is Martin **. He is very dishonest. When I called him to tell him about my service is disconnected, he blocked my calls, that tells me he's part of what had happen. Do not let either Comcast or its sales representative sweet talk you. They don't keep their promise. All they do is robbed customers.
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2014
Called Customer Service for billing information. 40 minutes on phone. Representative could not adequately determine why amount shown was billed. She only read what was on her screen, and said I needed to pay my bill!
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2014
Comcast has so many call centers outside USA that suppose provide a customer service but is a scam. They take from you a personal information. Be aware if you dial the right customer services in USA.
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2014
Several times a week my tv service is interrupted because of problems comcast is having with their transmissions. No technical information is given and when I complain they send someone out but the problems still continue.. Yet my monthly bills remain the same and no consideration is given for the inconveniences that have occurred. Would I have a similar problem if I went with another provider?
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2014
We recently moved. We planned ahead and contacted Comcast prior to the move. We told them we wanted service cancelled and connected on the same day at the old and new locations. So far so good. When the day of the move came, our technician came to install our cable. Our internet transfer was not on the "ticket" and this is where one of many issues began. Our signal was 'too weak' according to the technician and he needed to return. Our technician left with incomplete cable service and no internet.
That evening, I called into customer service to potentially troubleshoot to see maybe it would get fixed. This customer service rep informed me that a technician is scheduled to come the following day, however I did not need to be present as it was outside work. The next day, the original technician did not return, however, I did receive a call informing me that a technician was knocking on my door. Remember, I was told that I was not needed to be present. So they rescheduled.
I call into customer service again and tell them what happened. Again I am informed that I do not need to be present. 4 days pass and a technician is scheduled to come between the hours of 8 am - 8 pm and that I would need to be present. When I called into Comcast at 8:05 to inform them that the tech was a no show, they said, a tech was at your home. "Uhh, what? No they were not." After it was escalated for a THIRD time, I was told that a tech would come on Sunday between 8 am - 8 pm. I called into Comcast just to double check. They informed me that no appointment was scheduled for Sunday but another appointment was scheduled for Monday. While I appreciate that every CSR has been apologetic for my experience, I have yet to see resolution. Own up to your mistake and do not lie to your customers as you have 3 times with this one.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2014
I received a letter earlier in the year that I needed to upgrade my modem as I was not getting the maximum speed from my existing modem. I shelled out $145 dollars for a new modem based on their recommendations. I did a speed test (speedtest.net) before and after the upgrade. There was no increase in speed. Long story short, after three chat sessions, lost time and undue stress, I got caught out by their switch and bait tactics whereby my monthly bill went up to rub salt into the wound. They told me I needed to switch to a new subscription to get faster download, but my bill would go down. Basically my bill went up. So, my latest bill was $73.62 vs. $66.95 before this whole debacle started. I'm demonstrably out of pocket thanks to Comcast along with no improvement in service.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2014
Comcast's customer service outside of the USA (such as Mexico) is much better than the service inside the USA (such as Atlanta, GA). My current bill is addressed without my apartment number in which leads to the bill being lost. This has only been a problem with this month's bill. Somewhere along the line, whomever addressed the bill made a typo in my address for some reason, and it wasn't delivered successfully to my home leading to a late fee on my bill. I thought no worries, I will contact the number on my bill and they'll fix it right away and will probably wave the late fee as an apology. Oh boy was I wrong.
I contacted Atlanta's Comcast Customer Service (404) 266-2278 and spoke with a passive aggressive female customer service representative who had an attitude the WHOLE time. Every time I would talk about the address being incorrect, justifying that it was not my fault and asking why I had a fee for something that I wasn't responsible for, she would challenge me/trying to make me look stupid even though I was completely reasonable and polite. She also had asked how come I hadn't called in before tonight (valid question, I'll give her that), and I told her it was because I usually receive emails of my bill, and I hadn't this time around in which I grew concerned so that's why I called tonight.
Eventually, after being talked down to and mocked, I told her "You have a really big attitude, and I will just have to call back to speak with someone else, good bye". I hung up and tried calling the 1-800 number in hopes to talk to the international customer service line who are fantastic, but they were closed. So, I will call tomorrow.
In my review, I would not describe myself as angry just very displeased with the Atlanta, GA's customer service line. Especially with this individual who disgraces the job title "Customer Service Representative". I wish you all the best of luck and next time, call the 1-800 number. Hopefully you'll receive someone from another country. They're so nice and helpful.
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2014
My parents have had Comcast because they are comfortable and familiar with the channels. I started paying the bill for them about 3 years ago. Within that time they've raised the price 5 TIMES! Each time, I'll call and ask why the price went up. And each time, the customer rep tells me, "Oh, that's because you're paying the regular price now. Your special price just ended." So I tell them “That's the same line you guys gave me 4 price hikes ago.” And each time, they tell me, "Oh, that previous customer rep was lying." It's been a battle trying to get my parents to switch to another provider but we will be switching once I get back from my business trip. For everyone out there, all I can say is BUYER BEWARE! Bad company and very bad service. I was required to give them at least 1 star, but that's 1 star too many.
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2014
We moved over two months ago. I can't tell you the number of times I've talked to Comcast on the phone, always me calling them. They never call back to make an appointment. They never call back when our call is dropped. Even though they require your number to get to the next prompt, they never do what they say they'll do. They pass you from department to department with no results. I stumbled on to this site looking for reviews for an Internet provider. I am going to stream my TV and be done with them. I hate doing it like that, but I can't spend any more time on something for which I pay almost $200/month and am treated so badly.
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2014
Back in September I had called Comcast and told them right now I cannot afford to pay them the money I was going to do. They tell me to do a stop payment with the bank for what they told me 268.30. 2 days later it goes through. I told them I needed that money back. They told me they would refund it. Well it's almost November and still fighting with them. Even though one tells me they will refund another one says no. Angry as heck with them.
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2014
Since the x1 was installed problems started with my recording being lost, shows being only partially recorded on demand. Next day only gave me the same shortened recording. It was extremely slow to respond, so I complained to Comcast and they sent the techs out. When they arrived they tried to do their job for over 2 hours and numerous phone calls back to Comcast. They told me it could not be fixed, that it was a national problem and they were working on it and it should be resolved soon. Nine months later it still does not work and Comcast told me on many occasions to be patient, keep paying my bill and they would give me a credit when it was fixed.
Well it still does not work and after doing what they asked, I called back again and told in all good conscience it was unfair to keep paying for service that was not working. They suspended all services after two months, told me I could not get another provider until the past due amount was paid, only make outgoing calls to them and 911. They did tell me I could disconnect service and get a new phone service if I bought new equipment from them and they would import my phone # to the new phone provider. I did that. The associate at Verizon did the switch and said it was all set. When I returned home I attempted to make an outgoing call and received the message from Comcast that the line was suspended. Deeply frustrated and do not know what to do.
Reviewed Oct. 29, 2014
I moved to new house and I scheduled transfer service and I was told that it will be done next day. Technician came and told me that there is no cable running from main switch to my home and I have to reschedule. I rescheduled and was told that technician will come next morning at 10 am and I called my office that I will be coming in late. Nobody showed up and when I called them back, they said that there is no appointment scheduled. They scheduled it for 2 days later and nobody showed up again. You guys won't believe that this happened daily for 3 weeks and nobody shows up for 3 weeks with me calling daily and customer service rep assuring me daily. I finally cancelled my service and I will never go back to Comcast again.
Reviewed Oct. 29, 2014
I'm going to make this short; this company isn't worth my time. I signed up for 79$ service. My first bill is 363. I call to ask why, she say it's a 40$ mistake. So I say, "the bill is still 320 for one month of service." She goes, "first bill is always higher."| I said I wanna cancel and send everything back. She told me to ** off and hung up on me. This company uses strong arm tactic when it comes to their customers. It's should be a crime what this company is doing to its customers.
Reviewed Oct. 29, 2014
Comcast Cable sucks and they don't care about their long term customers. They charge you way too much for their services despite we as consumers pay their franchise charges and their state and federal taxes..... Their profit is almost 100% because we pay all their **.
Reviewed Oct. 29, 2014
I have been a Comcast customer for 26 years. Beginning in early July, 2014, my Comcast Triple Play bundle (TV, Phone and internet) began experiencing intermittent complete freeze-ups (TV) and outages (internet and phone) anywhere between at least three and as many as 12 times a day. The outages would last anywhere from 5 minutes to over an hour, freezing the TV screen mid picture, cutting off the telephone for incoming or outgoing calls and dropping internet connectivity. Two service appointments were set (both of which were broken by Comcast -- with corresponding statement credit as promised in their customer satisfaction guarantee); when a technician arrived in late August, he worked inside the house but said the main problem was on the utility pole.
The system operated correctly for about three days then the problem came back. Although I had paid my July bill and my August bill, I now refused to pay any further bills until a) the problem was fixed and b) I was issued a credit for the time when service was not being provided. On Oct. 21, I was told by Comcast that they were prepared to cancel service for non-payment on Oct 26. Over the course of the next three days and several HOURS of being transferred, put on hold, etc. I was told that due to the amount involved a "supervisor" had to handle issuing the credit.
The next day, a "supervisor" called (the wrong phone number by the way -- I had told them to call my cell as no one would be home to take a call on the home number). His recording said that he had to escalate the situation to "management level". Having had no communication from any management level person, on Oct 24 I called Comcast again, was bounced to three departments (with each of which I had to start the story all over again taking over an hour of my time during the business day), finally to be put in contact with billing with whom I attempted to make sure that the service would not be cut off while the dispute in process. They assured me that while the dispute at "management level", there would be NO SERVICE INTERRUPTION and that a manager would address the problem within 48 hours and that I should check my online billing section to see if any credits had been issued or were pending.
Needless to say, the situation was NOT addressed (as of Monday evening, there was NO activity on the account). On Tuesday morning Oct 28 at approx. 10AM, all three of my services were suddenly cut off. I had to call them on my cell phone (another 20-minute wait); the person in billing told me that what she was seeing was that the account number had been assigned to another customer AS THE ORIGINAL CUSTOMER (that would be me) HAD DIED. (I am not making this up). I demanded to be switched to a supervisor (another 15 minutes on hold).
This "supervisor" didn't tell me I was dead but rather said that she saw all the notations on the account made by Comcast employees over the previous week. She then told me that once the situation was escalated to "management level", no one from Comcast would have called or contacted me to tell me of the final decision -- I suppose I was required to read their minds. In looking back on my account data usage for July, Aug, Sept and through Oct 19 (when a senior tech finally fixed the problem), she said she saw that we were using data (TV, etc) each day.
I pointed out that if the system kept freezing up and going out up to 10 times a day, I WAS NOT being provided with acceptable service on ANY DAY. (For example, how is it acceptable to watch a football game, have multiple interruptions totaling, say, an hour and then being told you were being charged for the 2 hours that the TV WASN'T frozen?). She offer me a $106 credit covering the three months, which I refused (since I was told by accepting it, I would be agreeing that would be full compensation). She then told me that she would, by looking at the data usage over that 3 months, ask "management" (here we go again!) for a credit of $305. She also set up their system to make sure that my service would not be turned off for 14 days from today (Oct 28) while the situation was being worked out. Oh, and again, no one from Comcast would contact me to say if and when the credit had been approved.
Needless to say, I have no intention of paying any past due amount resulting from the 3 1/2 months when continuous and acceptable service was not provided. The entire situation will be handed over to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, Office of Cable Television at 44 South Clinton Street, 2nd Floor, Trenton, NJ as well as to the Office of the Attorney General of New Jersey, Department of Consumer Affairs. And should my service be interrupted again, I informed Comcast that I would remove all of their equipment from my premises, put it in a cardboard box, leave it on the curb and that they better have a Comcast truck come by to pick it up before the trash collectors haul it away.
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2014
I have never dealt with a service provider like this ever. A simple thing as getting someone you can understand and who understands you. Recently moved to a new place and the 1st thing they do is turn off everything. The day you hang up the phone about the transfer, call them up and wait on the phone again a ridiculously amount of time, they turn the cable back on but now no internet service. Now we get our grown son to go to the new place and wait for them to come. They come finally and they see they got someone who cares nothing about what's going on... one of our future leader.
Now we move in and we only have cable in one room. Call them up again, wait on the phone again and again me and the rep speak two different language... Walk out in the backyard and they did not even bother to bury the cable. They just string it across my lawn and our future leader never even noticed... By the way the ONLY reason I have Comsad is because AT&T uverse is not in the area yet... As soon as they are, this sorry company is history. When my contract expires I will take a hard look at another provider until AT&T shows up in the area.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2014
I sign up with the Comcast double play and two days later they cut off my service stating I was 3 months past due on payments. I've never had them in the past. After about 1 hour I got it fixed. Then I got a bill a week later for over $200. I called them again an fixed it. I get my first bill and notice they're charging me over $200 and for the triple play. They refused to switch me to the double play or credit or even explain why my bill was so high. I can't cancel because I'm in a 2yr contract.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2014
On July 16th, 2014 I received a notice from a credit monitoring service that I had received a derogatory posting to my credit that I owed Comcast $1668. After several calls to the credit reporting company I found out that someone in Baltimore, Md. had opened an account in my name and failed to return 9 pcs of equipment. This account was opened in January, 2014. I have never lived in Maryland. I contacted the FTC, my local police department, the 3 credit bureaus and Comcast. I was told by Comcast to bring all of the reports and documentation to my local office. I did as I was instructed, they told me they don't accept the forms and that all claims of fraud must be faxed to a "Rose" at their Philadelphia location. I faxed all 11 pages to this Rose.
Now I find out that this debt was sent to a collection agency. I contacted them and was told I had to call Comcast again. Calling Comcast is a waste of time, it takes numerous calls just to speak with a human. I was transferred to several different people who kept telling me that they don't handle that problem. Finally on October 14th I spoke with someone who said "Rose" was not available but she would get back to me in 7 - 10 business days.
I never heard from them and still do not have a number for their fraud department. I have called them over and over and no one at Comcast seems to want to help. This problem goes back to last January when I was notifies that Comcast ran a credit check on me from the Baltimore office. I called their billing dept in Baltimore and questioned why a credit check was done on me, since I lived in New Jersey and did not authorize that office to do a credit check. I was told it was a mistake and for my troubles they would give me 6 months of Showtime for free. I have spent numerous hours trying to resolve this situation.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2014
I'm a new customer, and I have yet to be connected for service. Upon signing up, COMCAST never told me about any delays with installs, and that I would be subjected to wait almost (3) weeks for my service to be connected. It took (3) separate calls to COMCAST customer service for a rep to finally tell me about my actual scheduled service connection date. I asked for a phone number to the local COMCAST service installer who receives the work orders for my area in an attempt to possibly change the scheduled appointment date. I was given a number to call. I tried calling the number, and no luck, could not get through. So, I called COMCAST "customer service" back, and received another number. It was also bad. Both had voice messages stating this number is not receiving calls at this time.
Comcast service is poor!! This is what happens when a company gets too big! The service goes downhill!! The greedy owners need to stop their shady business practices - and fire their CEO!
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2014
I accepted an offer from a Comcast telemarketer in June to change my service and since then Comcast has been erroneously charging me to a modem rental for my own modem.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2014
This all started back in May. I transferred my account with Comcast to my in-laws b/c I was in the middle of moving out of my apartment & purchasing a house after I had my baby 2 months early. I went to pay my bill for June & was informed that Comcast was trying to charge me for non-returned equipment even though I was told I could hold on to it until I had everything installed in my new house (I had dropped from full service to just internet while at my in-laws but only for a month before I found out about this charge). I was told if I returned the equipment I would have credit for the whole month of June & at least part of July though since I had reduced my service from a dvr, regular box & internet to just internet.
So I did before the specified date, which was by July 9th I believe but definitely the first week of July. I remember because my son was born May 15th & was in the NICU for 3 weeks. I had an appointment that day for myself & no one to watch him & he had only been home about 2 weeks. I had to have a man carry my equipment in so I could manage the car seat & door at the Comcast building. I talked with my mother on the phone that day while waiting. I was on the phone with her when the lady at the front desk, who takes return equipment when the office is really busy, took mine & told me I was all set. Comcast didn’t send me a bill for July at first so I called them & they told me I didn’t owe them anything.
I assumed from the credit I was told I would get for returning the equipment in June also. But when I called about transferring my service to my new house starting the first week of august is when all of the problems started to rise to the surface. First they couldn’t get the service working at my new house (the WOW cable company later determined the issue), second they actually set up appointment for a technician to come out to my house that I never made, but I told them to just keep because of the issues.
3 separate people confirmed this appointment. The day before this appointment somehow it was (& this was never quite clear) scheduled but never confirmed & then cancelled? But never by me. They set up an appointment for that Saturday though & swore to me they would put in a ticket to the supervisor to have call & get someone out sooner because of all my problems. Saturday rolled around, no call & no technician. I call Comcast & it says on the recording they aren’t coming out until Sunday. The lady I spoke with flat out lied to me because I wrote down the information she gave, date, day & time.
This was also fighting with them because they were trying to charge me a $50 deposit as a new customer after I had been with them for a year & never paid my bill late once & I was told that they did that if your credit score was lower. But I didn’t have to pay a deposit when I got Comcast a year prior & I watch my credit score & I knew it was the same. So then they told me "well maybe the person who transferred it just didn’t run it but the "retention team" removed the charge after a previous agent told me it probably wasn’t possible & she would have to put in another ticket to a supervisor." So after all that, being lied to about, they say the technician is coming out after they made the appoint & cancelled, then rescheduled it.
I cancelled Comcast & am told I won't owe them anything because I never got service in my new house & since they opened my case there as a new client, I had a 30 day money back/satisfaction guarantee. Then in September I get a call (mind you no bill was ever sent from Comcast) from collections for 292, while I am at Children's Hospital with my Preemie in the ER, for the cost of the equipment I returned in JULY! After spending something like 3 hours on the phone with Comcast I was assured they would track down the equipment (by yet another supervisor) & figure out what was going on. After the issue was supposed to be cleared up I called Comcast & the billing recording said they owed me $32. Then this past Saturday I get a notice in the mail from the collection agency saying I owe them $292, so I call Comcast's automated system & it says I owe them $89!
I am so beside myself. I have no clue what to do. I returned my equipment. I always pay all my bills on time. The lady who took my equipment said I didn’t need anything from her & I could. I specifically asked. They are jacking up my credit score, trying to defraud me, causing me emotional turmoil & distress. I am actually considering contacting a lawyer at this point because now I am being harassed by a collection agency because of them and I don’t even have their equipment, they do!
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2014
I pay for "Blast" Internet service with speeds advertised as up to 105Mbps. Not only have I not come close to this speed (the Xfinity service technician ran the Xfinity Speed Test and I was at 13 Mbps), but for the past several weeks and currently, my internet speed is running at a blistering 0.21 Mbps. I called in to ask for a credit to my account for internet speed which is less than their basic internet package speed. I was told that as long as I get any internet service at all, I am not entitled to a credit. That is completely ridiculous as I am paying for speed that I rarely get.
Reviewed Oct. 26, 2014
I have called 6 times today to disconnect my internet services. Every time I called, they just transferred to a voicemail. They started calling me at 6 am on a Sunday morning for a past due balance after I set up an autopay to take care of it. They never charged me and continued to call me 5 times on Sunday morning starting at 6 am. The customer service rep told me they can call me whenever they want.
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2014
I received a new cable modem from Comcast. I noticed it required a back up battery in order to maintain a telephone connection in the event of a power outage. I ordered one through Comcast website. It has not been delivered. I went on chat line to check status of order. The rep told me the item had been shipped and gave me a tracking number (which was wrong). I went on chat two more times, got no resolution. The 3rd chat told me No record of the order and in fact the battery had to be purchased at a Comcast Service Store. I went to store and was told "we do not stock that item". I left the store with another dissatisfied customer who was also cursing them - extremely poor service.
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2014
I accepted an offer for 69$ a month then my first bill was 169$ including installation fees (I self installed my devices) and my monthly rate was upraised to 129 a month. I spent 2 days on the phone with them to solve the issue. They solved it. I went 3 times to customer center because the first 2 times they gave me wrong modem and cable box and I spent 3 hours on the phone with the technical support then they figured out that the modem and cable box were not working and that I had to go again to customer center and to the line and request a new one..TWICE!
After a month I then chose to cancel my service because all of these issues and they answered me that I am a VALUED CUSTOMER and that they wanted to offer me a better rate for $45 a month. I accepted it. I checked my account after 24 hours and I found again a bill for 129$ my monthly rate that was originally 69$ and that should have become $45 was instead $85! Then the balance was for installation (I already had everything installed as you can read on top) and other weird charges. I am still trying to figure out how to find a solution. DO NOT DO COMCAST.
Reviewed Oct. 24, 2014
On October 15, 2014 I went online to pay my Comcast bill as usual. I selected my pay amount tab and clicked enter. The Comcast website had an error. When my page re-booted I saw where they had taken two payments at once. I immediately got on the phone to call them. I was placed on hold for 44 minutes, and within this time, while I opened my Wells Fargo banking page, I saw that two payments of $103.21 had been taken while they had me on hold. I requested a refund then. I did not have another payment due until October 19, 2014. Comcast took it upon themselves to take the payment "since it was due only a few days ago" and since I would have a balance. At the time of the transaction, October 15, 2014, Comcast was only due one payment and had no right to keep my money. Days passed. I called each day to no avail. I was given bogus ticket numbers. CSRs gave me false and misleading information each day. I was placed at hold at lengths various times then the phone would finally disconnect. I would call back and have to explain the whole thing over again.
Each time I got to a CSR I asked to speak to a supervisor. They put me on hold, played music and then when they came back miraculously, there was no supervisor available anywhere. I was given bogus ticket numbers more than one time. In calling consecutive days, each day I was told 24 hrs and my money would be put back into my account. The next call, they would dispute me and said I wasn't getting anything back. Other times I was told the ticket number I was given was for customers whose service was disconnected and to expect 6 to 8 weeks for my money. I was told that there was nothing that could be done to help me. That it was Comcast's procedure. I had to fight that my account was not disconnected. I got another ticket number and was assured that my money would be debited back into my account in 24 hrs. That never happened. I kept calling. I kept being hung up on and lied to over and over. I got handed around from one CSR to the other. I called just today, October 23, 2014 after work when I checked my account...no deposit.
I was with the CSR 50 minutes, with her adamantly telling me that a committee decided I wouldn't get any money back because it was now the 23 of Oct and I had a payment due on the 19 of October, so they are keeping my money. I had to go through the whole thing again and tell her screamingly that I have been trying to get my money since October 15, 2014 and at that time I only owed for one month. They have been jerking me around all this time and stalling and lying to me and giving me bogus information so that they can now say I had another payment due. Nothing erases the clear facts here.
1. Comcast website had a glitch on October 15th, 2014. 2. My cell phone records will show that I was placed on hold to Comcast for 44 minutes. 3. My bank records will show that within that time of me being on hold, Comcast clearly debited two month payments from my acct....while I was on the phone on hold with them. 4. My cell phone records will show the many, many times I have placed calls to Comcast. 5. If people believe their "calls may be recorded for quality service purposes" message, then Comcast has a record of ALL of my LONG, LONG conversations beginning on October 15, 2014. 6. I have ticket numbers that are bogus. 7. On October 21, 2014 I had ATT come out an do an install. I have the installer as witness to me being on the phone with Comcast that day for about 2 hours. I was put on hold, hung up on, told they were getting a supervisor, given more lies about my money.
8. Once hung up on again on the 21st of October, I called and when I reached someone I stated that I would like to disconnect all services due to the theft and deception of Comcast Cable with my payment on October 15, 2014 with the glitch in their system. The phone went "click." The ATT installer looked at me and said "Did that just happen?" I had the phone on speaker the whole time because I was tired as hell of calling over and over during work after work, before work in order to get my money back. It took so long, my hands fell asleep so I put it on speaker phone. 9. This afternoon after my 50 minute talk to nothing I called and spoke to another CSR who told me straight out that Comcast wasn't going to give me my money back.
I explained how can they validate taking two payments on the 15th of October when only 1 payment was due? How can they say "well since you have one due in a few days we will just take this now." Comcast STOLE money from me, misrepresented themselves and committed an act of fraud and knowingly mislead me each day I called to ask about my money. I am contacting Charleston, SC news media and giving them my story. It needs to be heard. It is the truth. If this will not help me, then maybe it will serve as a beacon to anyone seriously considering letting this company have access to their bank accounts. Comcast sucks.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2014
I signed up for service in February and immediately there was an obvious problem with the service. After nine months of poor service and having 7 service techs (out of the 12 that were supposed to show up) come through that, all left me signed letters explaining the reason the service sucked and that they personally were not able to run a new line or fix the poor signal I give up. The billing dept. told me that I could not be credited until the problem was fixed. I called and told them that the last guy fixed it (they didn't) because I am moving and wanted some sort of credit after being told that if I cancelled the internet part I couldn't get a tech out to fix it. The snide woman (ID = she would only tell me **) told me that they could not credit me back to the start if the problem and that $100 was the company limit.
How, in a country that anyone can call the police on or sue anyone, can this company operate like this. I don't even want to start on how many calls it took being transferred around and hung up on to finally get to the horrible woman (I weep for her husband) who explained to me that they had already "awarded" me back $100 and that was their limit. This is my limit... I quit. There are other ways to watch tv nowadays. Comcast will never get another penny from me. No wonder why they don't have any place that we can reach out and touch someone.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2014
I received a promotion from Xfinity for 69 $ a month then it went up to 99$. I assumed it was because I had 3 TVs. Then I get told is going to be 113 $ with alarm system so I thought we need it so we got it. At that point I thought it is less than AT&T then they tell me is 130 $. Now I am getting upset because my husband and I are on disability so I start downsizing and I removed the alarm system, get Vonage for my phone service.
As I am doing that I am talking to several customers and they tell me is going to be more expensive without my phone line to keep it because is already in the package. I am going nuts here because I already have turn it to Vonage. To make the story short I get my third bill and is 237 $ for fees that they just added that make no sense. My bill is going to be 155$ a month and I even call corporate to solve this problem and I get the same treatment I received from two customer service and two supervisors. They were rude and wouldn't let me talk and worst they told me if I wanted to cancel to go ahead. They scam you. Once they have you, the bill starts cropping up on you and they don't care.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2014
This ordeal began when I moved my Comcast service from one location to another within a 2 mile radius. I ordered the service to be moved one week before the end of the month. Even though Comcast has TV ads about how easy they make moving, that is not the case. I ordered a self install package. On the phone the customer service rep (CSR) promised the line to my new apartment would be checked before moving in (the line to the node outside). Moved in on the first. No signal to the apartment. A tech came out, spent 3 1/2 hours trying to get a signal, left telling me "all my lines were fine and my cable and internet should work". One cable box came on, internet and the other 2 boxes did not. Was told there would be no charge, yet a $40 charge showed up on my bill. Tried to solve problem via chat. No results. A callback was promised within 2 hours. No call. Called customer service on or about the 6th. No results. A callback was promised within 2 hours. No call.
Ran my own line to second bedroom. Noticed previous tech had left the wall plates off, screws on the ground, and his testing unit behind the couch. Tried to activate 2nd of 3 boxes via internet. No results. Tried via chat. No results. Called customer service. No results. Was promised a callback within 2 hours. No call. Requested a tech come out to fix what the previous tech had done. Tech came and indicated to me the wrong lines were hooked up at the node. Tech indicated only one line was active at my apartment. Was told there would be no charge. Charged $40 on my bill. On the 6th called because half of my channels had been deactivated. Was told by retention department that I had been receiving those channels in error. Agreed to pay an additional $10 per month to get them back. My total should now be around $55 per month.
On October 13th ran my own line for 3rd box. Comcast phone, internet and chat activation down for entire day. Box unable to be activated. Tried again on the 14th with success. October 22nd received a bill for $242.96. Called customer service where they agreed to review the technician charges. Sent to customer loyalty department to discuss why my cable bill was now over $80. After 15 minutes on hold was told that the package I had agreed to last week was "not authorized" but would look into the matter. Came back with an offer of $77 per month. I asked to speak to a supervisor. Was RUDELY told that a supervisor would call me back within 24-48 hours. Told the CSR that I have never received a call back when promised. She began to argue with me that I was getting a great deal and no supervisor could do any better. CSR talked over me and did not allow me to voice my opinion. Agreed to a call back. The bottom line is this company does NOT KEEP ITS PROMISES and REGULARLY LIES.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2014
X1 Dvr service not syncing up properly causing sound/video breaking up, or recorded shows not showing up at all. This is a known system/nationwide problem affecting many thousands of customers. Problem has been going on for months. Comcast not telling their customers about it. No reasonable rebates. Fix not available. I bought X1 service so I could time shift programs. Not usable now. Comcast needs to go public on major issues like this, provide a reasonable rebate, and let us know when or if it can be fixed. Regular TV programming OK. Just DVR recording and playback is the problem. I record and time shift programs all the time so most of my service is not useful to me.
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2014
I was a customer for 5 or more years with the company. They told me in order to get the best deal on my internet, I should add the TV service. I don't like TV. But I paid for it anyway, because I thought it was a better deal. Once they gave me my dreaded TV equipment, I hooked it up, and that's when my internet connection took a turn for the worst. I'm not a techy, so I figured after numerous calls to them, that it must be my brand new computer. This was over a year ago mind you.
Last month, I signed up for Centurylink, because they had a package deal, with home phone, that was cheaper than the shotty service I was getting. After installing CL's equipment, my computer was just like new again! WEIRD! The connection is solid. I'm not paying extra for a service I despise. It's great. Meanwhile, after returning all my Comcast equipment, and closing my account, they managed to tack on another $9.50 late charge. ON A CLOSED ACCOUNT! It's been maybe 2 weeks since I closed it. Anyway,.....they suck eggs. Don't use 'em. Their CUSTOMER GUARANTEE? Doesn't exist. It's a lie. I never received any credit, when my connection problems weren't resolved. I feel like I should be sending them a bill.
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2014
6 months ago we moved and had no other options for internet other than Comcast so I called to set up service only for high-speed broadband. Well after many calls and over month of exchanges just to get the service set up I was still nowhere. I was trying to give them my money and it was a problem. This should have been a sign. I ended up going to the Comcast office in Oak Ridge, TN. In addition, explained my problem they were very helpful and spoke English I was impressed so I go home with my new modem and hook it up and call to activate the service.
Well Comcast tells me they have mailed me a modem that will be activated and the one I have I will need to take back that went over like a brick sandwich. Therefore, I drive back to the Comcast store and the one I have I will need to take back that went over like a brick sandwich. I drive back to the Comcast store and we get this straightened out. Other than having to take, the extra modem sent to me and returning at a later date.
Act Two: We decided to make the change from satellite TV to cable, big mistake. Comcast sends us our package for two TVs one of the boxes would not work. After a lengthy conversation with tech support I told them one of the boxes looked like it was from the cold war. They were going to send a tech out if I paid 40.00. I agreed if the box was not defective. Well guess what, the box was bad. The tech replaced this with a new box and we thought that was the end. We took the bad box to Comcast and they wanted to know how we got this box. I told them Comcast shipped this to me and showed them the packing slip. They did not even have this in their system.
Well little did we know when we ordered the service we asked for DVR recording capability. I am looking at the equipment and asked the wife where is the DVR. She said the tech installed everything we needed. Hmmmm, not. So we call and they ship a DVR that does not work. We call, they send a tech and again. I am threatened with the 40.00 if the equipment is not defective. Well again it's a bad box and the tech installs a new DVR. Well I ask the wife, "I thought you wanted to record in both rooms." She said, "Yes well you can not do that with one DVR." She calls Comcast again, and they send out a tech to correct this as they were supposed to install two DVRs.
Well I call the wife today and ask how did it go with Comcast, she said everything looks good and while I am on the phone with her the tech comes back to the house and says one of the boxes may be bad. I don't know what the story will be as the wife hung up very pissed off. I can't wait to go home and hear the latest Comcast drama. You could not make something like this up. What a joke, Comcast. I am praying for Charter cable/internet.
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2014
Rude employees - was told 3 different things by 3 different reps. Canceled service, will never deal with this company again. Over priced cable that barely works, employees that don't have a clue what they are doing. GET SOME ENGLISH SPEAKING REPS THAT CAN SPEAK CLEAR ENGLISH. CALLED UVERSE, MUCH CHEAPER AND MORE CHANNELS.
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2014
The company wanted me to obtain internet service in order for them to help me with accessing online services. I advised they were unable to successfully provide me with internet then so I do not want it now. Bill paid on time yet unable to provide me with help unless I spend more money. Why should I if your unable to help with an app?
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2014
The service has gone to the dogs. They charge too much money for little service. I would not recommend this service to anyone.
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2014
Over the period of a couple of weeks, my TV service deteriorated with several channels experiencing problems. I logged into the online chat and described the symptoms and the troubleshooting I had already done. Instead of making me go through a number of pointless gyrations, the service person actually listened to the symptoms I described and quickly and correctly determined that a service call was required. She scheduled a service call for two days later (on a Sunday, no less!). The serviceman arrived on time, listened to my description of the symptoms, and went directly to the curbside distro box to troubleshoot. He quickly identified the problem and said that someone would be by later in the day to install a new part. While he was here, he put in a new cable from the curbside box to the house, redid all the outside connections, and installed a weatherproof box around the outside splitter.
The need for a follow-on service call was almost immediately confirmed by phone call and I was told that I was not required to be home since corrective action would all be done outside. Within an hour or so a service truck arrived, the technician fixed the problem and left. Within a half an hour, I received another phone call confirming that repairs had been made. What I found completely different from my past experience with Comcast is that both the online service representative and the technician ACTUALLY LISTENED TO ME and did not waste time in pointless "turn your cable box off and turn it on again, check all your connections, etc. etc." I realize that not everyone who calls Comcast is tech savvy, but it's refreshing that they finally recognize when someone has already done some productive troubleshooting and has narrowed the problem down for the technician. This was a surprisingly positive experience--I hope it's indicative of an improving trend for Comcast service.
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2014
I called to add TV to my internet. Was quoted $167.99. Told bundling with phone was cheaper even though I would never use phone. OK. Picked up TV cable box. Given digital box instead of HD box. Called Comcast. Never indicated on my account that I wanted HD even though she asked and I said yes. Oh, if you want HD it's $10 a month more. Of course, she never told me that. Got suspicious. Asked: What does it say my monthly mount is? $180 and change. If I add HD: $190 plus change, Instead of answering the question: Why did your employee lie to me? They kept saying here's why it has to be that much. I cancelled the TV and am looking for a different way to get internet.
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2014
Two days ago, we came from a 3 weeks vacation to find out that we are no longer subscribed to HBO. After trying for a day, I succeeded to reach Comcast customer service and the agent re-activated the subscription but could not understand why and by whose authorization the HBO subscription was removed. Comcast has no log of the subscription removal event or who was involved with it. It seems like strange things happen in Comcast environment. No apology was offered. None was expected from Comcast!
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2014
I had this service for 20 years, but since it is Comcast I have had many problems. I've had phone calls & Live Chats on the Internet complaining that I have not had On-Demand for months, they will not fix it. I am not getting what I pay for.
Reviewed Oct. 16, 2014
On August 11 we accidentally made a payment to a non existent account because we forgot the account was under an old phone number. We paid to the real account on the same day and were told after going through several people that we would be refunded our double payment within 48 hours. This was three months ago. The only way I got a response was by writing a letter to the Better Business Bureau. After faxing a bank statement showing the double payment they still said they were unable to prove a payment was made. They said we had to supply a running statement to show it was never put back in. Still didn't get the money back. The man who contacted us after the BBB letter was written said even though he was putting his job in jeopardy he would credit our account. Yes we finally got the money back but they still made money off of it for holding it so long and never actually returning it to our personal bank account - they gave it right back to themselves.
Reviewed Oct. 16, 2014
Where do I begin with Comcast cable? First time I called to have service but it take a PA day what time came no one showed up. I called, find out it had been rescheduled. I get a text and an email stating that they would be there on a certain day and time again no one shows up. I'll go to the Comcast office and it's their screw up. What did they do - nothing. Called again to have installed. They told me they would be here on Thursday. Call to confirm, the appointment has been rescheduled for Sunday. Comcast scenes to get needs to get their act together. It is sad that the city of Florence Alabama only allow one cable company in the area. Comcast has a monopoly of the cable in Florence, Alabama.
Reviewed Oct. 16, 2014
I am a new customer to Comcast after moving recently to Florida. This is the worst company ever. Worst customer service. Worst internet connection. Don't even know where to start. I have been spending 3 hours every Sunday to try to fix something over the phone. It either one day the internet is working or the home phone... No one can help you! They send a technician to fix the problem, the next day something else goes wrong. We call another technician who tells us that the first technician did something wrong!!! We get a bill for $340!!!!! And here we go again, spending 3h on the phone to fight the charges. I really don't think they even deserve one star for rating. I am done with them. Looking for a new provider.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2014
Cable cuts in and out. Internet only works OK if you're in the same room as router. Junk. Dial up is faster. lol. Their solution, turn the power off and turn it back on. Comcast does not give a ** about their customers. Can't wait for Verizon. At least they care.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2014
In May of 2014 I contacted Comcast that I was moving my business to a new location down the street, I was one year into a two year contract. I had no problem with the other utility companies, they just transferred the service to the new store but not Comcast. I was informed that I had broken my contract with them, there would be a $200 fee and I had to sign a new two year contract at a higher rate. I explained that I was just moving the business, the location I moved to was already wired for Comcast and they just needed to transfer the service but they treated me like I was a criminal. I said I will not sign a new contract because I really did not want to use them anymore but I would fulfill my present one year deal. When they wouldn't talk to me regarding this I just cancelled the service and am being charged an early termination fee. I am harassed monthly, trying to talk to them is like talking to a wall. I just want to warn business owners that you do not want to use Comcast and if you want to move your business you have to get their permission first. I'll never use them again for personal or business services.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2014
I was a loyal customer with Comcast from 2007 till 2012/2013 AND HAVE PAID THE BILLS THRU ACH AND I LIKED THEIR SERVICES. I have to disconnect them as I traveled out of country in 2013. I came back in April and signed up for X1 and then the problem started. The guy who set up ac promised to give free installation and mail in credit which I never got. I paid my bills on time and I have to go out of country and kept ac on hold on June 4th and again on July 23rd from outside the country I called them to reconfirm the ac hold and they said different things. They were sending me huge bills and I was getting out of control and when I came back to US on Aug 16th I paid all the payments which I have to not even pay and on Aug 22nd I cancelled the services completely as they were charging me more and not keeping their word.
I returned the devices and confirmed there was no balance and I checked online it was 0 balance and now all of a sudden today I get a call from collection people saying Comcast reported them there was balance on my ac. I have to spend huge time on phone with their different departments and they never resolve it and also I referred many friends and family members in a good way about comcast and see what I am getting in return, they are charging me more and more. I already paid for more than 7 years and now they treat their loyal old customers this way. I want to talk to Comcast in charge manager and notify how their representatives and departments are misleading customers and simply affecting their reputation in the market. I want this to be resolved immediately or I want to talk to higher officials on the same and credit all the payments which were paid and for all the valuable time I spent which was promised by comcast guys.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2014
Service was okay until I got the Home Security System. First I got double billed for the installation and extra cameras, countless calls later and I still ended up paying twice. I would call customer service get a credit, and the following month the credit would be removed. Not to mention the HD box I was charged for, for months and I never had an extra box.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2014
TV shows and On demand shut off and reboot all the time. Horrible time consuming setup, please fix this. Thanks, I can't get anything except 3 rotating dots.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2014
The pricing is so high. We have only one cable co. That we can choose from... Versus DirecTV & Dish Network which both of those 2 companies are horrible! I don't understand why we can't have more than one cable company to choose from besides Comcast... We have many cell phone co. To chose from so why can't we have more than one CABLE CO.?
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2014
I had an appointment set for Saturday with Comcast to install their cable services and the day arrived I received a call from the technician around 9:00am that he was standing outside my home. When I went outside to greet him he wasn't there, then two minutes later I called him to ask him where he was. his response was that he left to do another job and that he wasn't coming back because according to him i took so long to greet him but in reality I took only 2 minutes. Afterwards I called comcast telling them about the incident that occurred. In addition the operator answer and my call was transfer to Omar and he was awfully rude and told me the same thing I was told by the technician and with a rude tone. Omar suggested me to cancel my order. also to everyone who reads this review I personally recommend you to not contact comcast for their services because they won't arrived the day of the installation.
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2014
Following is an extended email outlining a negative Comcast customer service experience. It continues and is not resolved.
Ms. Andrea **, I am disappointed that we did not talk today. I returned your phone call and left you a voicemail at approximately 1:00 PM today, advising you that I would be available until 5:00 PM today at my office and I left you that telephone number as the best way to reach me today. Our phones are now forwarded to an answering service and you will be unable to reach me at my office. I received your email yesterday with a timestamp of 6:33 PM advising me that you are in your office until 7:00 PM. I was driving in my car at the time you sent it and was unable to check my email until shortly before 9:00 PM last evening. The 27 minutes you gave me to respond was simply unrealistic.
I received a direct message on Twitter from Orlando at Comcast at 3:33 AM this morning, advising me that someone had left 2 voicemails yesterday as well as having sent an email to me. The 2 voicemails left yesterday at ** were left on our home phone during business hours when no one was home. As indicated, yes, I did receive your email but was not given a fair opportunity to respond. The frustration continues to mount. For a company that has a "team" dedicated to customer service complaints (and one wonders why a company needs a whole "team" to handle complaints), the last thing I would expect is when our chief complaint is an inability to communicate we continue to be met with an inability to communicate with the special "team."
As reflected in the email from my wife, **, please add her to my account. She is authorized to communicate with regard to this account. As is also reflected in her correspondence, we have dedicated literally hours to simply trying to have a person to talk to. We continue to be met with brick walls. Yes, we do have a past-due bill. I have been trying to modify our account for over a month now but cannot speak with anybody. Because of Comcast's lack of communication, we incurred another month of billing that we should not be responsible for. That is aside from what I feel is owed to us as recompense for the treatment, and lack thereof, that we have received from Comcast. It is frustrating enough to not be able to communicate with the company and it has taken this long, over one month, just to have a forum in the form of an email. While we appreciate that, that does not remedy our frustration.
On top of the hours now dedicated to just trying to talk to someone, the fact that Comcast insulted my wife and me because of my disability is extremely aggravating and hurtful. I am in a profession where I cannot let the emotions get the best of me but the comments from your customer service representative to my wife continue to gnaw at me. Just to reiterate, while my wife, in Comcast's eyes, was not worthy to be spoken to with regard to details on the account, the customer service representative did share with her that we were free to disconnect our cable boxes and bring them to the nearest service center. When my wife advised her that would be difficult for us as I am in a wheelchair, the customer service representative replied something to the effect of: "Well, his hands work, don't they?" Actually, I have one hand that works. I suffer from multiple sclerosis and spend the bulk of my days in a wheelchair and my right hand is affected by this disease as well. No, I cannot disconnect my cable boxes. I can't even get downstairs to get one of them. No customer should be treated in that fashion.
You may ask how, if this gentleman has only one operable hand, can he send me such an extended email? I do it by utilizing voice recognition software. I cannot type. And if I cannot type, I certainly do not have the manual dexterity to disconnect cable boxes. I bill at $350.00 per hour. I am keeping a tally of the time I dedicated to trying to resolve this issue. It is far more than the balance I owe Comcast. My wife shared how she works at a school and holds a high profile position at our parish with over 13,000 members. She shared how it is now her mission to share our story about Comcast with others to discourage utilizing its services. What she failed to mention, is what I can do.
I sometimes appear on a local radio show offering legal expertise when high-profile sports figures fall into trouble with the law. Sometimes on this radio show, the phone lines open up to anyone who's had negative customer service experience anywhere. I am slated to be on that radio show again soon and I am going to utilize part of this segment to voice my Comcast story. There will be nothing exaggerated. The plain facts are bad enough and will be publicity that Comcast does not want. I am not offering this as a threat. I am only offering this as my intention to educate the public as to the different, darker, and quite truthful side of your company. I think the public has a right to weigh all its options when considering purchasing services such as Comcast offers and I am merely going to outline the options the public has at its disposal.
Initially, we were only trying to contact Comcast to modify our services but after this experience I think we need to cancel them entirely. That is something that my wife did not want to do as it will result in changing the domain name of her email address but I don't know how we can continue to contract with a company that we cannot have meaningful communication with. As you are well aware, there are other options available to us through your competitors and we intend to exercise them. That being said, we do still need to talk, please give me a firm time to do so.
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2014
Chat room hung up while I was getting info on my bill. Never finished answering 3 questions. Only one. That's not satisfying answer. Kept changing statement. Could not sign on again.
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2014
We have had the same Comcast service and residence since 2000 maintaining only direct cable feed. In Mar 2013, Comcast altered its troubleshooting screen format, requiring a cable box serial number to create a troubleshooting repair request report. In short, we must reach the JAX, Florida directly and they will submit a request to repair staff in southeast Georgia to affect repairs. When we direct dial the JAX office, we routinely get routed to Illinois, rarely to Atlanta, mostly overseas. No office in Comcast can direct transfer calls to another office. Employees must use the same method... dial and hope JAX staff gets the call. The most common effect is to be routed to the toll free number line where calls land anywhere.
Yesterday, we lost two channels and were told our area provides both digital and analog signals, so we can get DTAs. Comcast has not informed us our area has been upgraded, however, on three previous attempts, our order was cancelled because digital was not available... yet every customer service representative continued to get us to order digital equipment. The closest service outlet is 11 miles away, but two months ago they verified they do not service my region and we are not digital yet. Today, we lost all channels. This representative purportedly claimed to have made an appointment, since they schedule appointments for both digital and analog equipment... even after I explained this never works because we do not have equipment or a serial number. I have made numerous requests for Comcast to issue faux serial numbers to customers with direct feed so troubleshooting can be scheduled, to no avail.
It is Saturday morning, and our outage occurred at 5:55. Now we must wait until Monday morning to attempt to reach the JAX office and schedule an appointment. Worse, because no valid troubleshooting ticket exists, our loss of service will be ignored, requiring us to vigorously pursue the matter. Comcast website has a bogus email address "info@comcastcom" where delivery failure is consistent. Their website states the nearest store serves and provides equipment to all customers in Camden County Ga, as opposed to their office staff at that location. Besides, they are closed on weekends and do not dispatch technicians for outages. Another weekend without Comcast because of their equipment failure, and designed failure to facilitate customer service.

Reviewed Oct. 10, 2014
We record some political commentary programs each evening. About once a week, recording of one commentary on MSNBC fails - it doesn't record. Last night the program seemed interesting so we went to the On Demand section to see the show after it completed. MSNBC was nowhere to be found. After some time on the phone with Comcast Xfinity service, we could not find MSNBC - concluded the Democratic leaning stations were omitted. This can't be true. What did we do wrong?
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2014
I cancelled my service on June 6, 2014 by dropping off my equipment and stating to the Comcast representative that I wanted to cancel my service completely. My account had been paid through May 26, 2014. I have on three occasions spoken to company representatives about my final bill which is through the 26th of June. I should be charged for services received through June 6th. To date they have refused to adjust the bill and have now sent it to collections.
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2014
I signed up for cable and internet in summer 2013. My total bill was $65.00 approx. After a year I received a letter from Comcast, informing me that they had made an error on many acct and that the package I had been paying for had a lot less channels than I was receiving and that they were removing many channels. I got another stating again they had made a error and my bill was going up by 20.00. Then believe it or not I received a third letter. This time they said that they had mistakenly not charge me for my extra box in the bedroom and that my bill would AGAIN increase by $10.00. So I was quoted $65.00 per month for a bunch of channels and a lil over a year later due to their mistake, I have half the channels and my bill is now $98.00 per month. FYI: our apt complex no longer allows satellite dishes, so we must use Comcast - isn't that ironic??
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2014
We signed up for the Double Play Cable Service with Comcast and I have never been so disappointed with a Company that I have been with this one. They tell us one thing and does something else. Our first bill was due on August 31st and soon after that there was another bill due September 10th and we never told that we would have to pay a month in advance and to top it off the installer brought the wrong cable box for our Living room television and it wasn't showing properly. The 1st time went to the office Susan told us she would waive the installation fee and also told us we had the wrong box for the Living room and said she would also accommodate us with a premium channel which never happened. We went back again and the 2nd gentleman gave us another deal at $20.00 off for 6 months but we still had a bill $160.00. Long story short, the installation fee never got waived.... Our bill was suppose to be $106.00 and was still $160.00 from July to October... Never seen a company so unorganized. We are done!
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2014
Been paying 44.00 per month for telephone service that I didn't need because we have cell phones. I was told four yrs ago I had to pay in order to have internet. Called today 1800 - Comcast lady told me no, I did not have to pay for telephone service to have it; so upset, this cost a lot of money.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2014
I have had Comcast for over a year and to be honest, I had no issues with them until I upgraded to the new X1 system. It was installed on Aug 26 and have had nothing but issues ever since. First my On Demand Quit working and now my DVR will not let me watch what I have recorded and will also not let me delete them either. The real problem however is the customer service. I called, was on hold for a human for 24 min and when I got someone, they put me on hold then dropped the call. This has happened three times.
When I do get someone to try to help, they can't fix it from there and must send someone out. Then when someone comes out they can not correct it and it must be fixed from office. Call office and it starts all over again. This has happened three times. Now my box has been switched three times and it still doesn't work. I have another tech coming tomorrow. Yes, it's the third tech in a week. Then to top it all off Comcast today offered me a protection plan for $50.00 so that I won't have to pay for the tech. I lost it. Why should I pay $39.00 for a tech to come fix your problem????? I pay well over one hundred dollars a month so they will provide me with a service and when they don't hold up their end they want me to pay extra so they can??? Just doesn't seem right or fair to me.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2014
Over the last 2 days I have spent around 3 hours trying to get anything out of Comcast. Comcast sent an email to "upgrade" my cable modem. I tried to log in with the link provided, but did not have the password as I hadn't logged in since it was Adelphia. Well an hour on the phone revealed that the Comcast login isn't working. Even they could not not log in to it. And they were not aware of the fact that their system is broken.
Now I had other issues. For example, being charged for two Digital Adapter boxes THAT WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE NEEDED when they switched over. They gave me the boxes initially and said there was no charge, but guess what? Now I am being charged for them. I was transferred to the "tech" {read retention specialist} person. I had to tell him that all I wanted was basic TV and 30MB Internet 4 times. I ended up telling "Joe" not to change anything. And said goodbye.
Neither one of these folks was fluent in English. I had difficulty understanding them, and they me. My bill has gone from $90 to $132 in just under 2 years. You cannot find pricing or information for current customers, only "New Suckers". There is really not place to complain to them (which is why I am here adding to the almost 3,000 complaints). Now I get to research Verizon (better rating, but still questionable operation), Century link (wondering what the $85 turns into later), Direct TV or Dish ( ratings and complaints not much better than Comcast). Comcast/Xfinity seems to be like Walmart, at the bottom of the barrel.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2014
I recently found out that someone fraudulently created a Comcast account in my name, never paid. They sent it to a collection service, and now it has ruined my credit score. I contacted the Comcast fraud department to try and clear this up, and they have the worst process for helping out. They will not give me any information or the name of anyone I can talk to. I have to get police reports, FTC affidavits, proof of residency, etc and fax it to a number and then just wait. No way to confirm that fax actually made it or they have what they need. Was told by the person on the phone that I just need to fax it and wait and someone will eventually call me back. Seriously!! He said on the phone that they've had several complaints about this before and management knows, but he would not transfer me to them to talk to and refused to let me speak to anyone else. Just rude and then hung up on me after I kept asking for more help. I'm not even a customer for Comcast, and I think they have the worst service ever!
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2014
Cable box failed. Called CC service. They could not get the unit to operate. Sent me a totally different unit after identifying the correct one needed. Sent that back. After another call to CC service, a correct one arrived which was inoperable. Called CC service again and set up a firm date for in-house service. Took time off from work to meet the service tech. CC did not show up. Called CC service which then advised me the service call was scheduled for another day than agreed to. Representative was foreign and communication was terrible. Rep was nasty to deal with and offered to change my service for a much higher monthly expense.
We purchase cable services and have to watch advertisements that also pay the cable service. Who are these companies and why do we put up with their greed and disrespect? When the tech does come out to service the inoperable equipment, I may simply hand off all the cable hardware to him/her. Too bad these techs have to deal with the customers the cable company abuses and the terrible phone reps that frustrate and anger. There should be reasonable cost to the services without having to 'bundle' and there should be competition in all regions. If there's any industry that requires government oversight, it is the cable industry and COMCAST is the worst violator of the public's trust.
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2014
I called to cancel service. Held for rep 25 min. I have an outstanding balance. They refused to cancel until I paid. I request final bill, they suspended services because account is past due yet are charging me for services until I pay balance. I request a supervisor, was told they will return my call in 48 hours.
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2014
On Saturday 4, 2014 I had an appointment with Comcast cable and internet to get my old service install in my new house. The appointment was scheduled for 5-7 pm. The technician arrived at 6:35 and decide that was too much work for him and called probably fake supervisor who authorize him to come next day, Sunday 5 between 8-10 am. At 9:35 am Sunday I called to ask about my service and after a long time waiting for someone to pick up the phone they told me that there was no service requested for me. I told the lady on the phone what had happened the day before and she said that she was going to do something to help me. After multiple call disconnections and all possible excuses and attitudes at (8 something already pm) I spoke to another supervisor and told me that they had no solution for my problem and the department was already closed and there was nothing he could do for me.
Today, Monday 6 - I am still without service and have not hope to get a better service. I feel frustrated, disappointed and angry. I hope someone finds the employee number of this person who was at home and called a "supervisor" to come next day and do the work. I hope someone finds the "supervisor" who promised me to send someone next day and never did, and someone able to improve the customer service of this company that is absolutely not customer friendly.
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2014
Comcast has not been able to fix my internet connection for 6 months. They have sent out three (soon to be 4) service people to look at the issue. All leave saying there is still a problem but they don't understand what it is. Now it is affecting my TV service. I don't get how they can operate like this. #Comcast
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2014
My husband passed away on August 8, 2014. I received my Comcast bill and the bill was more money than before. I contacted Comcast and found out my husband was the only name on the bill so they would not talk to me. They asked me if I had power of attorney and I said no and I do not need it. So they set me up with a new account and they offered me new equipment and said it would be cheaper.
We set the date for October 4th, 2014 for them to come out and exchange the equipment and start the account in my name. They told me nothing would change until then. Well on Friday September 26th, 2014 Comcast turned everything off. We did not even have a dial tone on the phone to call 911. I phoned them 5 times and they just gave me the runaround and would do nothing to help me. I am 83 years old and legally blind. I was very upset and afraid because I could not get any help if something happened to me. My husband's name is Dominic **.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2014
I used to pay my Comcast bill automatically every month with a credit card. Then my credit card got hacked, and Comcast's attempt to bill it failed. The bank got me a new credit card with a new account number, which I gave to Comcast. But the Comcast billing system seemed to have blacklisted me for the hacked credit card. From then on, whenever my bill was due, it refused to bill my new credit card--without notifying me. As a result, I would be watching TV and suddenly my service would go out.
I would call Comcast's service representative and be told that my service was canceled due to nonpayment. This happened twice. Each time, I would give Comcast my new credit card number. Each time, they assured me it would work. And each time, it failed silently and Comcast just cut off my TV service for alleged nonpayment. I told them that if it happened again, I was canceling my service. It did happen, and without further ado, I switched to DirecTV.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2014
Wow, I am out of words to even start! First off let me start off by saying these are the most "RIP-OFFS" blood sucking, money hungry, lying, deceitful, DISLOYAL customer services and by far are the worst cable company I've ever dealt with!!!! I want to start a "PETITION" to either SHUT DOWN or FILE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT against this company for the lies, and deceit that they dish out to loyal consumers! I am very tired of paying my hard earned money into a company to only get back rudeness and increased charges that I was unaware of to begin with!!!! It is so unfair and frustrating for us as consumers to have to experience this ludicrousness!!!! I am "FED" up and outraged to capacity, and as loyal consumers YOU SHOULD BE TOO. "LET'S PUT A STOP TO ALL OF THIS! Don't let Comcast/Xfinity get away with this corruptness any longer!" PLEASE help me to start and sign a petition on this company. E-mail me at **. Thank you for your support, every signature help!!!!
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2014
39.95 a charge of an alleged installation that never occurred. I received my invoice for payment and to my surprise had a rate of 39.95, a facility that supposedly never happened. Every month I am having a problem with Comcast, or service is not 100%, or has a Charging an extra fee, or I need to call because the internet is very slow but never asked the customer service to send someone here to install my cable box. Was prompted by a visit from an attendant technician because for years I've been paying for 25 Gbs internet and in fact I had only 2.5 Gbs. This was the reason why the technician came up to my house, not to install the cable box or install something else, but to try to get the service I got.
Today (09/10) called to complain about this charge, and I was told it would be an open petition to see if I was telling the truth or not. Honestly, any small child can install a cable box, and I do not need to pay 40.00 for one person come up to my house and connect 3 cables in a box. I decided to open this complaint because I'm sick of this crap service I got here.
I live at this address are eight, and eight years I have Comcast, and all week I have to call and ask for help, because I do not have internet or my TV not have a image. And the biggest problem is the monopoly that they do, or I use Comcast or AT&T, which is also another company that the service sucks. SO I do not have another company that I can choose for internet service this area. I spoke with an attendant tonight and after nearly 40 minutes on the phone he hung up. I called again and asked to speak to a supervisor, but the clerk did not want to pass the call to the supervisor.
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2014
TV cable was out as well as landline. Tony (Tech# **) was on time, professional, courteous and friendly. Briefly explained problems so I understood. All together it was a 5 star experience. (10-03-2014)
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2014
We built a new home and started the process of trying to get service run from the utility pole to the house. We started this process on 9/20 and each time we called, we were transferred to Boston because we have a 603 cell phone exchange. Our new home is in Florida. We finally had to go into a local office a town away, to get service. We were told we would hear from someone in 72 hours, which never happened. Called again, transferred to Boston, back to Florida, then disconnected. After several attempts I started using the chat feature on Comcast website. I just finished my third chat in 10 days. Each time I chatted the rep gave me a ticket number and said it would be resolved in 72 hours. Of course that never happened so I chatted after the deadline.
Today is 10/3 and we are moving in our home tomorrow. Still no Comcast service, and this last representative actually gave me a date/time of 10/8 and said someone would come out to the new location. My husband and I believe this will be a technician setting up service in the house, and not be able to run the service line from the utility pole to the house, so we won't get service on 10/8 but at least we will have a representative at our new home and hopefully they will be able to coordinate someone coming up to run the service line. Should NOT be this difficult to get service for a newly constructed home.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2014
My roommate and I moved to a new apartment complex on September 19. We were told that the only options for cable/Internet were Comcast or AT&T, since the complex doesn't allow visible gear from the outside, so that ruled out Dish and DirecTV. We decided to go with Comcast because I had always used them in previous residences and never had an issue. She set up the account under her name and selected to self-install because we didn't want to deal with technicians, and heard it was easy to do ourselves. Both the router and the cable box they sent us didn't work. We were told we couldn't take them to the office and return them and that someone would have to come install them, so we made an appointment for the following Monday. That was one week without Internet, and I was already cranky. I asked to switch the appointment to that Friday night from 5-7 because I had work I needed to do over the weekend that required Internet service. They didn't show up. I called and was told that my appointment was scheduled for Monday, even though my roommate had gotten the confirmation call saying they would be there on Friday. I was upset, but that was just the beginning.
They cancelled their appointment for Monday and pushed it back to Tuesday. Tuesday came and they cancelled it again and said they would be there on Thursday (today). They finally did show up this time, but didn't have all of the proper tools to install our service, so they said they'll have to come back NEXT Thursday, which will put us at 3 weeks without service. Needless to say, I'm livid.
While we aren't activated and paying for the account yet, it's very disheartening that we are actively trying to be customers of Comcast and aren't being accommodated. Each time I called after a missed appointment, I explained how frustrated I was and no one seemed to care. I demanded that I should get the first month free and free movie channels until the end of the year, and was told all we could get was a $20 credit on our next bill. That doesn't even begin to make up for all of the trouble we've gone through thus far. My roommate told one customer service rep that we were tired of dealing with this and that we were going to switch to Uverse, and their response was, "Sorry we're losing a customer, have a good day". They're obviously not working hard to keep us.
That's the best part, though. When I called AT&T to make the switch, I learned that they don't offer cable in our area, only Internet. So unless we want to forfeit cable, which we might end up doing if this continues, we have to stick with Comcast. They've basically monopolized the whole Nashville market to the point where we don't have any choice but to put up with their ** service. I basically cried to the rep on the phone today and asked what I had to do to get someone out there to just install my Internet and she just said, "They'll be there in 5 business days". But they probably won't be.
I don't know what to do at this point. I realize this seems like a small problem in comparison, but I do a lot of work and writing from home, and would prefer to not have to move into my office. I just can't get anyone there to help me out, or at least try and act like they care that I've been inconvenienced by them and offer to ease the pain just a little bit.
So I guess I'll end with this: If you have ANY kind of choice for different cable/Internet providers in your area, USE THEM. Do NOT use Comcast unless you absolutely have to. Trust me. Don't do it.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2014
When I try to load certain pages, especially those of businesses like restaurants or small magazines, I get redirected to "Comcast Customer Central" which in turn refuses to load. After calling Comcast, my housemates and I were informed that our service, despite being up-to-date paid for, is "clutching out", with no explanation or offer to change this. Essentially, a chunk of the internet is walled off (consistently), but we're paying for access to the whole internet. Now we're at that magical, Comcastic place of not wanting to give more precious time to their hold line but realizing we're settling for a bum deal.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2014
This company is not a good company. They charge you a month in advance so they will always stay in your pocket. And that's not fair. Some people get paid every month so they will always be behind in there bill. You cannot talk to an American person. It's always some person from another country.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2014
Was called by Comcast sales on 9/30/14 @ 4:00 pm. Was not impressed with the way this call started out. Already disrespectful voice kept talking over me and made me get very angry. Was told my discounts will fall off. I would like to sue them for calling me and ruining family dinner and rest of day.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2014
I downgraded my TV/ internet package to be able to pay the same amount that I had been paying the previous 6 months (they raise the price by about $20.00 every 6 months). The package "Digital Starter" included HBO - except that the HBO appears only on the main TV and not on the second TV in the house. I spoke with Customer Solutions a second time and this time they informed me that for HBO (part of the package) to appear on the second TV, I have to get a different box that costs $10.00/month. They proceeded to tell me, using all kinds of double talk, about packages with different names, different benefits, different temporary costs, different speeds. There is nothing credible about Comcast and never anyone in the know to talk to. They are a despicable company and really need to be replaced with a responsible, reputable and customer service oriented company. For seniors, they are the WORST.
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2014
I ordered Comcast service in February 2014 as I was told the AT&T did not service my area. I found out 2 weeks later when I was cancelling my former AT&T service that they did service my area, so I ordered the service. I called to cancel Comcast within the next week. Because they had a 30-day money back guarantee, the customer service tech said I would not owe them anything for the 3 weeks of service. I offered to take the equipment back to the store. She told me not to do that, but to take the equipment to the UPS store as they had the contract to ship equipment back to Comcast. I did this, but did not get a receipt.
A month later, I got a bill from Comcast for over $200 for service and $500 for a DVR box. I called and spoke to Customer Service and explained the situation. They insisted that I still owed them money and they did not get the box back. I argued, getting nowhere. They sent it to a collection agency who called me at least 3 times everyday. I explained to them - they would bump it up to another agency.
I called Comcast again, got a tech who seemed more intelligent. She wrote it all off and gave me a ticket number saying things were now straight. Next month I get another bill and the phone calls started again. I called again, and now the tech insists I owe them money. I am not paying for this. I do not owe the money. I would not keep equipment for a service that I do not use. I checked with the UPS store who said all had been shipped, so what is the problem? Needless to say, I tell anyone who would listen to never use Comcast. The ticket number I first got with the intelligent customer service person was **. Her name was Leomar. This meant nothing to anyone on subsequent calls.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2014
I used to pay 17.99 for the SAME EXACT cable I have right now, that is 89.99!!!!! I guess the guy put me on a year deal last year and I had no idea it was a year so it fell off and I was on an 89.99 double play bundle. The hidden fees they added in were: 10.00 for faster speed for internet, 8.00 for a modem to rent, 1.99 PER room for a dumb little box that I used to NEVER have to buy before they went digital and every kid has a TV so that's 5 boxes at 1.99, so right there we have over 30.00 in silly misc charges! Shouldn't cable come with boxes? Shouldn't internet come with a modem? ATT never charged me for a modem ever! I only changed because the gaming teens needed faster internet!
Anyways, my bill was 89.99 plus apx 30 for that junk and now my 120.00 bill is 160.00!! It went up 40.00 and they refuse to put me on a new plan till I asked for a supervisor then I got a guy who was RUDE, like normal and then he finally gave me a new deal but its 10.00 more per month! They could NOT do my same deal.. It seems it goes up every year higher and higher. Its ridiculous! I have the smallest package! I used to pay 17.99 for the SAME SERVICE! We need another service provider to come here locally so we can get away from being forced into this cruddy service. I hate paying this high rate for out of the country customer service anyways. I cant understand them and they cant understand me! I'm in America, paying American prices, give me an American agent please!
This is ridiculous and I will be finding some other place or give up TV! My bill is 160 a month now for BASIC CABLE only! I have no fancy stuff whatsoever and I'm done! The cable doesn't work half of the time and the signal is always one bar and cuts in and out all day every single day! Also for three years or more, ABC on channel 7 has not worked right and the digital squiggly's and lines go haywire and I cant see the dancers on dancing with the stars ever! Irritates me to no end but I get NO credit for it either and I cant see my show! Someone needs to start a class action and the government needs to shut them down or monitor them or something! This is stupid and terrible service all the way around!
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2014
Hello. Comcast agent are very dumb. Unable to resolve my issue and they removed the internet from my account when I was requesting to update my records to activate a personal modem that was purchased because the storm had damage my modem and had to get a replacement. Due to recent rain in the area, the service was down and still hasn't been fix. They all stated an authorize user is not on the account. This is complete bs with Comcast. I hope this merge get shut down and the company broken up.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2014
After being loyal customer for nearly 10 years, I was offered U-verse triple play for less money and chose to accept (200 channels, 200 minutes VoIP (turns out they lied telling me it was unlimited local and 200 long) and 18 mbps). The day after installation and porting my phone I called Comcast to disconnect, they made a counter offer with same channels (and better DVR), unlimited VoIP and 50 mbps for $0.95/month more. Gave it some thought over the weekend and decided to accept. Called Monday to do so and was disconnected multiple times before finally getting through only to be informed it would cost an additional $30 and even then only be 100 channels. Still decided to accept due to the speed and them telling me the 100 channels would include most of the ones I would actually watch anyway. Scheduled install between 3 and 5 Friday, they finally showed up after 6 and told me I needed a larger cable run from the pole so he could not install.
He scheduled them to do that first thing Saturday at 8. By 9:30 they had not even called so I chatted with them and they confirmed it was noted on my account to run the cable and complete the install that day. A few hours later, still no word so I chatted again and, after being transferred to second representative, was told it was not scheduled but they would escalate it and have someone call. A couple hours later someone did call who "ASSURED" me that they would escalate it, someone would call in 1 - 2 hours and it WOULD be installed that day. That was the LAST I heard from them so I cancelled Monday. Thursday my account was still showing connected when I logged in to check so I called and was informed there was some error and the disconnect had, lo & behold, NOT been processed!
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2014
On 8/22/14 I signed up for Comcast internet basic cable and HBO Go. At a rate of 39.99 a month for 12 months. On 9/7/14 someone came to hook up my service. They forgot to give me a tv box and remote (first red flag). Service was fine for about 2 weeks. One evening I tried to watch tv on the internet and it said I did not have service. Yet on my bill it clearly said that I did. I even took a picture of it for proof. And was paying for it. I called Comcast to ask them to fix the problem. They said I did not order tv on the internet (#2 red flag). Yet I was staring at my bill on the screen that said that I did while on the phone with the CS representative. She told me the problem would be fixed the following day.
The next day I checked the service and was working. I also checked my bill and it jumped 100 dollars (#3 red flag). I called Comcast again to ask what the deal was. They told me that I changed services the night before and that the rate had increased. They no longer offered the 39.99 rate. Which is total bs because I didn't change one thing! I just wanted their product to work. So the rate changed from 39.99 to 49.99. It had only been 3 weeks. Not even close to 12 months like they had promised. They said that they were sorry and nothing could be done. So within a three week period their service sucks, their customer service sucks, and all employees seem to be completely incompetent.
I never write these reviews on businesses. This is my first one in my entire life. But I'm completely irate. I canceled service today only after multiple hang ups on their end. They told me that all bills will be refunded because I'm in the 30 day money back window. I pray that this is true. Because all the company is full of liars. Thank God I have AT&T to fall back on. I would love to have an attorney contact me. Or someone to do something about this company. They can't just break their own contract and make me pay more for no reason. If I decide I don't want to pay the bill they can turn me over to collections. But they can do whatever they want because there are no consequences for them.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2014
Hello out there. I thought my irritation and anger would subside if I tried to calm down but that did not work and my anger is even worse now. Comcast customer service representatives and the young man, Mario, I spoke with at the corporate office really need to take a class in communication and every one at Comcast, from the corporate level down to the customer service level, need to take a class in customer appreciation so that they could try to understand that if Comcast did not have any customers their business would go belly up and shut down! Being told "stop trying to give Comcast the shaft and pay your bill, Ms. **" is not professional in any way!!!! REALLY, this is the way Comcast customer service talks to one of their customers, me, who is a Comcast "insider". How do they talk to their regular customers?
When you charge $200 plus a month for your triple play and, yes my bill is late a lot but I do pay it, and I pay it with the income I receive from social security disability in the amount of approximately $600 per month. I do everything in my power to pay my bill because I enjoy watching television that is more than just 6 or 7 channels that does not even include CBS which is a regular free network channel that I am watching through a digital box and an antenna. Don't get me wrong I am grateful for the digital box because I can see something.
Now I talked to Mario at the corporate after being insulted, a number of times, by customer service representatives only to be insulted by Mario. I have explained my situation to this young man and a number of representatives with them showing me no compassion and being told there is nothing that CORPORATE can do to help me out so I thought, maybe, contacting the Better Business Bureau and anyone else I can then maybe someone at the corporate office could do something to help me out. You maybe wondering what is my situation as well as why should Comcast help me out as well as so many other customers who are having issues due to financial hardships in this economy.
My situation is in late June I was in a horrific car accident and to help my body heal and stay alive I was put into a medically induced coma. After two and a half months of being in the hospital I was released on September 13, 2014 and came home to my Comcast service disconnected due to non-payment as well as payments that were made using my checking account that had no money in it. The returned checks and their fees jacked my bill up to approximately $1500 that's including $150 deposit to get my service back on. Now I was in a coma so there is no way that I made those payments so how much assistance have I received from Comcast? NONE, that's how much. Not only that but I paid $700 on Monday, September 22, 2014 and it is conveniently not in their system. REALLY COMCAST!!!!!!!!!
I keep going back to Comcast because DirecTV and AT&T are just as bad and if I don't have to talk to anyone at Comcast then everything is fine. Oh did I mention that I came back to Comcast when I moved in October of 2011 and my phone and internet have not worked properly since I came back and my modem has been switched out at least 7 times? Why do I keep coming back? Because I'm an idiot!! Comcast, is there anything you can do for me now? Or do I still have to pay $1500 to a corporation who is a monopoly and worth over $100 billion? I'm sure $1500 is not going to bankrupt you!!!!!!!!!!
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2014
I've been posting this around the internet. Today wanted to share it here. Let me begin by saying the company I work for a world wide company. My customers receive a survey and if I get a bad review my company takes money from my paycheck for NOT upholding our business standards. I think that makes me very qualified to rip apart your company in this review. With that being said... Xfinity, I hate you in all your entirely. This hate is driven by one bad experience after another. You are like the landlord who collects $ from tenants and never takes care of their housing issues.
I hate your "Customer Service" or LACK there of. I hung up on one of your "Customer Service" Reps. today (James, in billing). I needed help in figuring out why my bill was $135.36 because when I had called the first month for an explanation of the bill the "Customer Service" Rep. told me it wouldn't go up past 58.24. Well it went up because of a $9.50 late charge, which is on me. But then when you divide 135.36 by 2=67.68. Are you anticipating that my next bill will be late? Because obviously 58.24 isn't = 67.68.
The very first issue started before we even received service. We decided to get a self install kit which was going to save us $30. Thinking it wasn't that hard. So we went and picked up supplies and a dealer. Once we go home and tried to install it we couldn't figure it out even watched YouTube videos. So, then we had to call for a Tech. to come out and install it. Come to find out we were missing cords and the NECESSARY items we needed to set it up ourselves. When the bill arrived there was a $30 fee that was broken down into $15 & $15 for the self install. NO MATTER WHAT WE DID WE WERE GOING TO BE CHARGED THAT $30. Why stay with Xfinity when there are other options out there? There isn't for us, we live in an apartment and can't have Dish... 7 more months Xfinity.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2014
I had my identity stolen three years ago. Someone(s) in Atlanta, Georgia opened an account using my information and then abandoned the service. I received a bill for $1200. It took hours of my time to have this erroneous debt removed from my record. The following year, I received another bill for Comcast service, again in Atlanta, Georgia. This time, they left and had the bill sent to me. This time it was $1050.
On each occasion, I spent hours and days on the phone trying to find someone who could address the problem. How can a company continue to give service to someone using fraudulent information when that information was proven to be stolen the first time? After filing police reports, faxing information, mailing duplicate sets of information, and making another round of phone calls in an attempt to reach someone in Atlanta, Georgia, I was told by an individual in Georgia that they agreed it had been theft and I was not responsible for this debt.
So we are now on year three and yesterday, I received a call from a debt collection agency and guess what? According to Comcast Georgia, I still owe them $1005 from July 2013. Along the way, I discovered a number of interesting facts.
1. There are no supervisors with phones who can call you back. When all else fails and it is evident you are willing to hang on the phone, they simply disconnect you.
2. Comcast Georgia, Comcast Baltimore and Comcast Western Division have absolutely no way to contact each other. None of them have any access to any phone number or name of an individual in other Comcasts. They will give you any phone number, whether it is useful or not, just to get rid of you.
3. Comcast is a generous company that connects individuals to their service without any logical place for that service to go. One of the service locations I was in debt for was a building in a mini mall.
4. Comcast is happy to sell service to anyone as long as they have an address they can send the collection agency to (not any warnings of overdue bills) to scare them into paying someone else's debt (They have their own collection agency by the way!).
5. Service is a word unknown to Comcast individuals. They sell it, but don't actually service anyone.
Anyone who actually knows the Fraud department phone number for Comcast in Atlanta? Please let me know.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2014
I have Comcast cable internet bundle etc. After a year ago I was having weeks of intermittent bad service after many service calls and new equipment rate hikes I was feed up and tried to cancel. They offered me a 90 dollar credit. Now Comcast is a monopoly in my area so honestly I don't have a lot of options. Well guess what? After many months talking to managers promising they're going to adjust the account... nothing. Same outstanding balance, outright lying - deregulation at its finest. Don't believe Fox News. Deregulation helps no one but the fat cats. Live in Florida. Weather is getting bad and so is the service there. New lies - sched service calls, cancelling them and rescheduling at their own convenience and calling you the liar when confronted. Is it resolved? Hell no. The only company I have ever yelled at over the phone like an uncivilized baboon. Next time I move, the cable company that services the area will be the deal breaker.
Xfinity Cable TV Company Information
- Company Name:
- Xfinity Cable TV
- Formerly Named:
- Comcast Cable Service
- Website:
- www.xfinity.com