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AT&T Wireless is the cellular branch of AT&T services. The company offers a variety of plan options to suit every customer's needs. Choices include unlimited text, talk and data plans, shared data plans and prepaid options. Customers can get a new phone from AT&T when they purchase a plan or continue using their current one.
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- Includes streaming services
- Wide range of coverage
- Low limits before data throttling
- Not the cheapest plans
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Reviewed April 11, 2018
The last three times I have ordered the Intl Passport service, ATT has also charged me (overcharged) for Intl Day pass, they continue to do so; is ridiculous to talk to them about issue, or dispute resolution on erroneous billing. Terrible company, but we are stuck with them due to 15 years of email accounts and contacts. ATT needs to be broken up.
Reviewed April 10, 2018
I ordered the wireless hotspot device on 3/7/18. When I ordered the representative quoted that they offered an unlimited plan for $70 a month for data. That is what I wanted and signed up for it since I knew that I would be using a bunch of data. Well I received that device on 3/9/18. Upon receiving it I noticed that it was loaded with only 10GB. I called on 3/10/18 and was told that the reason it only had 10GB is because they had stopped offering unlimited on 3/1/18. I said, "Well why was I told about it and able to order it on 3/7/18 and put automatically on a higher plan that would not provide for my needs." I immediately canceled and spoke to the proper people who assured my any bill resulting from the transaction would be credited and I would not have to worry about it being that it was a mistake on their part.
Well of course this did not happen and I had to make subsequent calls on 3/22/18, 3/27/18, 3/30/18, and 4/2/18. As of today 4/10/18 my account was finally credited after it was supposed to have been a couple of weeks ago and they still left a .67 balance that I just paid because I was so tired of talking to them and them telling me that it will be taken care of within 48 hours. I would never do anything AT&T related ever again! I would not recommend this company to my worst enemy. Through all my issues with having to keep calling they had the audacity to try and sell me stuff when they could see that I was already aggravated with them. Such a dumb company!!! Never again!!!
Reviewed April 10, 2018
I canceled my DSL high speed Internet service within the first 30 days (grace period) after discovering that the service would not support my son's X-BOX gaming system. I called 1-800-288-2020 to inform them that I would like to end the service. The representative told me that there would be no charge after they received the device in the mail. I sent the package in the mail and tracked it, after it was received I called back to make sure that I would not be receiving a bill. Once again the representative told me just because it was received doesn’t mean it has been process. Once it’s been processed then my bill would be canceled.
I received a bill about three weeks later for $207.07. I called AT&T again to tell them that I received a bill in error. The representative told me that they would cancel the bill and this should be the last time I would have to deal with the issue. Two months later I got a notice from a collection agency stating that I had an unpaid balance of $196.02. I called the number again 1-800-288–2020, this time I was told that my bill would be reduced to $61.98 and this was the service charge of connecting the system. So the lesson learned is in reality there is no 30 day grace period for canceling your DSL high-speed Internet service without paying a penalty.
Reviewed April 10, 2018
I had cell phone service for 3 years with AT&T. I had a problem getting my voicemail to work. This just happened in the last few months of my service with them. When people will phone me they would get a message "The voicemail has not been set up" then the phone hangs up. I tried following the instructions to set up my voicemail and then it hangs up. I tried to get this resolved through customer service and they could not get the voicemail to work. I am a senior and need access to voicemail. I told them if they could not get my voicemail to work I would have to go with Verizon. They became very rude and said do what you have to do then hung up. So I switched.
3 months later I get a bill for early termination fee. I was out of my contract which ended a year ago. I have tried to talk to them and they would not even talk to me. I filed a written dispute and they are still harassing my to pay even while it is in dispute. I do not owe them a termination fee as I am out of my contract. They will not even address the dispute and keep saying they will report me to the credit agencies, in violation of the fair credit law. The also told me if I do not pay they will damage my credit. At all costs stay away from AT&T. I also had U-verse and have cancelled that because they went up on the rate so I could not afford it any longer. AT&T is not the reputable company they use to be. I was not in a contract and they still insist on my paying an early termination fee which I will continue to fight.
Reviewed April 9, 2018
I have been with AT&T for years and no complaints. I moved my service a few months ago and called it in. This was when their cable service is now DirecTv. A few months later we had a bad weather and lost our service. I asked a family member to skip work so that he can take care of the tech to fix our service. The tech never showed up. By later in the day I called AT&T where the tech is. Apparently they sent him to our old address. Therefore that whole day was a waste. My husband thought of switching the 2 boxes just so we have service until they can come out again. They sent us 2 replacement boxes via 2nd Day Air when they said Next Day Air. Service went out again and a tech came out.
I reviewed my bill the next month and they charged me partial for the some Protection Plan and another $99 for a Service Call! I called and kept getting disconnected when they ask for your cellphone at the beginning of the phone call so they can call me back if we get disconnected... NOT! I ended up calling them back 6 times since I never got a callback. Even spoke to a manager which was totally useless. Kept saying that $99 bill was valid. In the end, that manager told me there was nothing else noted in their system of what was done or what the problem was. When I spoke to the 6th customer service, I was told he made an escalation in their system about my issue and my bill will be extended thru end of April. I can go on but still result. I cannot wait till my contract with them is done!!!!
Reviewed April 9, 2018
Was NEAR the Mexican border (April 2. 2018) in California by the Imperial Sand Dunes on Interstate 8. Received a text message from AT&T, telling me my International Day Pass was in effect. Again, I was NEVER in Mexico, but about 1/4 mile north of the border! I did NOT use my phone for anything while in this area, other than to read THEIR text message. When I received my bill yesterday, I was charged 10 dollars for the "Day Pass"! I called AT&T and complained. Had to threaten to discontinue their service, for them to deduct the 10 bucks from my bill. This wasted 25 minutes of my life! They acted like they were doing ME a favor. This is nothing more than a SCAM/attempted FRAUD by AT&T! Be very diligent and review ANY bills you receive from AT&T. If it happens again, I will definitely terminate their service.
Reviewed April 8, 2018
When buying a new phone, I put a down payment of 400.00 dollars on it. When I received my bill, it didn't reflect the money I put on the new phone. When I went back to the store with my receipt, and showed them, they had me there for hours trying to track down what happened to my money. The store blamed corporate, and corporate blamed the store, but in the meantime, I have spent hour upon hour, trying to resolve this, and find my missing money. Every person I talk to, whether it is in person at the store, on the chat window, or on the phone, tells me that it is resolved and check back in 24 hrs for a resolution. In other words kicking it down the road to the next guy.
Finally went back to the store, and the manager told me that I should be grateful that he at least was trying to help me. GRATEFUL, that they stole my money??? All I am here to say is that you should always check your bills, line by line, because they are thieves, and if I hadn't saved my receipt, and checked my bill line by line, they would have stolen my money and gotten away with it.
Reviewed April 7, 2018
I just encountered the worst experience with AT&T. I've been a customer for 15+ years and never had an issues. I was planning on leaving AT&T because Verizon was able to offer a better deal, along with an upgrade. I then called AT&T to see if they would match the quote, to which they offered me an "accessory" but was unable to match the offer. So, I was switching. I then jumped on AT&T chat to inquire on how I go about cancelling my plan. I was transferred to Customer Relations, Mac ** was able to ensure me he COULD in fact match the Verizon quote. I repeatedly questioned why I was not offered what he was quoting before, and if he was sure I could switch to a new cheaper plan WITH an iPhone X upgrade.
After much reassurance that I received from Mac **, I switched my plan, and said thank you - you've kept a 15+ customer satisfied. I went into the store to collect my new iPhone X, to which I was denied. Mac told me to go to ANY store and they will see the notes on my account and reassured I would have "no issues". The store manager was actually mad at my situation, I brought in my chat so he could read the apparent misinformation. The store manager then referred me to Customer Loyalty Retention since he was unable to have the access and/or authorization to get me what was promised by Mac **. I called, was transferred to a Supervisor, and was somehow disconnected in the middle of sending him the Mac **chat that I saved via email. No call back for 10 mins, so I jump back on the phone, gave my entire story, again. I had to convince the new representative to just transfer me to the Supervisor because I knew it was out of her hands.
However, I had to give the whole story again, she "needed" more information. Then the transfer to the Supervisor happened. I was told "there is nothing I can do about this situation" by the CUSTOMER LOYALTY SUPERVISOR. He said there is no one who works at AT&T who has access to any overrides/deals/offers, and he's "sorry" this event had to take place. I got absolutely no where with an entire day of dealing with AT&T, not one person/supervisor even asked what the first chat representatives name was to offer some kind of education where this hopefully wouldn't happen again. I am very disappointed in AT&T and will be cancelling my 15+ years of service with them. In a world that relies so heavy on customer service and overall satisfaction ratings, AT&T, you really did a terrible job. I will do my very best to let everyone know what type of company this is.
Reviewed April 6, 2018
I looked for an email contact for this store so I would write the manager directly, but couldn't find it listed online so had to write a public review instead. Normally with AT&T service issues, I chalk it up to bad service operations. For instance, the rep may not be able to process your request themselves due to limited access, or the store may say to call the service team and the service team may say to go into the store. I've grown to expect a frustrating runaround and that my time will be wasted when in need of AT&T "support." Usually though, the reps are at least well trained on politeness. Today though, in the West Ashley store I was given different treatment.
The phone based service team sent me into the store to cancel my internet service because as not the original owner of the account, I needed to show documentation of our divorce and that I owned the house where the internet was set up. I was greeted promptly when entering the store, but when I said that the service team sent me in to cancel my internet, the rep just responded in a rushed manner with a phone number and "drop off your equipment at any UPS store." No "Oh I'm sorry, we actually don't process cancellations here. You'll need to call this number, let me write it down." He literally just rambled off the phone number at me. I had to ask him what he said because I just didn't expect that as the response.
When I responded that the service team had set me in, he adamantly told me they don't do service cancellations there. Then grabbed a few other associates to confirm. When I mentioned to them that the phone service team hadn't been helpful and neither had this in store experience, the female (possibly manager or seniored rep since she had been asked to confirm) laughed audibly in response - and for a while. Manager or not, snarky behavior is childish and shouldn't be tolerated. I took the higher road and didn't address it. As a customer, you shouldn't put me in that position.
I understand that as a large company - with several service outlets - wires can get crossed with workflows. But service reps should help navigate through those moments vs. shut down and be rude. Service teams should also work together in those moments to solve the problem for the customer. Customers should not be ping ponged back and forth between teams expected to navigate the troubleshooting themselves. Thankfully today, another rep stepped up and told the original one to reset the passcode so I could then call into the cancellation line and get it done. He also gave me the direct line so I didn't have to start all over again with the phone support lines. (Thank you sir, for that).
If it were me, I'd fire the female associate who laughed on the spot and I'd train up the associate who just rattled off a number - I wouldn't want those service interactions associated with my brand. But really AT&T, it's not about me. I've cancelled my internet service and plan to now cancel my phone service from what I experienced today, so I'll soon no longer be a customer. You've lost your chance to be better for me, but Just. Be. Better. Be better for everyone else who has ever had a frustrating customer service experience with your company. Don't just ask how service interactions are, actually improve them. At the very least, form relationships between phone, online and call service teams so a customer can be helped from any service location and in one setting.
Reviewed April 6, 2018
I should have know that AT&T cell service would be no better than U-Verse internet/cable... Lost my phone while hiking in a canyon over the weekend, I was out of town and T-Mobile was around where I was. I had been considering switching carriers anyway so I went ahead switched to AT&T so I didn't have to be without a phone for several days. I obviously purchased a new phone from them, with a payment plan, and my son's line and mine moved over to AT&T same day. I specifically asked what my bill would be with AT&T for the all unlimited plan... $140 for the services and $18 for the phone payment. (I was paying $120 with T-Mobile for two lines with unlimited everything, so $20 increase in the bill not including phone payment wasn't a big deal in my opinion.)
Just got my first bill... $272! I was charged nearly $40 in taxes & other fees (it was half that with T-mobile), because they bill each phone line SEPARATE for all fees, $60 in activation fees, plus the regular monthly fees and some other random crap. I wasn't prepared in any way for a nearly $300 bill! It wasn't mentioned in store to expect an activation fee or $40 in freaking 'fees & taxes' PER LINE. Freaking ridiculous. Someone actually found my phone and contacted me so I got my old phone in the mail yesterday and I'm switching back to T-Mobile. According to AT&T customer service, I can give the new phone back and won't be charged for terminating services within the first 14 days. Guess I'll find out if that's accurate. I don't trust this company. Over-priced & manipulative. Oh and it takes 2-3 billing cycles for military discounts to be applied, but have zero desire to retro the discount. Stay away from AT&T if you can!
Updated on 07/09/2018: I canceled my service with these idiots NINE DAYS after I switch to them. They wouldn't take the phone back from me because I did not have the box. So I have to eat the cost of that which is fine, but they refuse to prorate my bill for the 9 days I was with them and insist that I pay the $272. My first bill ended up being because of their ridiculous billing and how they set up my billing cycles. So with the cost of service and the phone itself I owed them about $800 at cancelation. I have made three payments to them since then, because I cannot afford to pay it all at once. I received a call from a collection company on behalf of ATT over the weekend.
I was livid and in tears of frustration because I have been making payments for what I can since I canceled with them. ATT will not remove my account from collections unless I pay the remaining $650 in full! If this is how they treat someone who is actively making an effort to pay off a balance, I am so glad I chose to leave them. This is the most deceptive, sneaky company I've ever dealt with. Their customer service department is run by idiots as well, and apparently they do not have a system in which notes can be left because of all the times I've called I have to walk them through everything again and again and my bill has never been prorated as I was told it would be numerous times.
Supervisors do not call back as I am told they will. I have gotten incorrect information multiple times from various departments. It's like they don't have guidelines to follow and just say whatever they THINK is accurate instead of taking the time to find out an answer for certain. Should have known better after dealing with them for internet and cable in the past. For the love of god, if you are thinking about using them DON'T do it!
Reviewed April 6, 2018
I never do reviews but ATT has awful customer service, They cannot take care of anything for you or give you a straight answer. Have spoken to them 6 times and they all seem to have a standard response and you end up getting No help. They are suppose to bill my DirecTV - They have screwed that all up- can't view my bill or pay my bill online and no one wants to fix it. BAD BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE!!
Reviewed April 5, 2018
We terminated our lines in January. Called to pay final bill and was charged for a line on a tablet that was not used for over 3 years due to a lock up. When asking why I was being charged for an inactive line they said it was still active. Not usage or data used but still AT&T rips me off. Beware of this company. They are willing to take your money but no help and no integrity!
Reviewed April 5, 2018
I run a small business and the credit card charges go through their internet line and it’s not working so does my neighbor told me what happened that AT&T has an outage so no network in their store because their regional manager called AT&T to find out what happened. Then AT&T said it will be down for a couple of days. So I called AT&T not wanting to know when the network is up but they told me that they have no outage.
As my neighbor claims btw her network still down so AT&T lies to all people and make people confused about their internet router by not telling people’s the truth. Very ** company. I was thrilled on the day I discontinued their service on my phone and no doubt I will take my business account to Comcast. Btw the network has been down for 4 days and they told my neighbor that they will not know when is on. OMG this company should be shut down. Hope AT&T going bankrupt soon. That will make me so happy so I called again and again so they finally admit AT&T has an outage.
Reviewed April 5, 2018
The whole AT&T buy one get one free phone is a super scam. I signed up for the BOGO iPhone 7 last April 2017, and ported two lines over from Verizon. Now -a full year later- they are billing me over $300 for my free phone!!! I spent over an hour on the phone with support, service and supervisors. They are willing to upgrade me or have me sign up for a TV service. (I don't own a TV) So sorry but there is "nothing we can do." BUYERS BEWARE. Stay clear of AT&T!!! The age-old bait & switch, They lie and will not release you from a contract but they will offer to let you sign a new one!!! Don't sign!!!
Reviewed April 3, 2018
I signed up for an account back in December 2018. They completely lied to me on the rate, discount and BOGO on the Iphone. The sad thing about it, I cannot do a damn thing to get out of the contract. I hope the entire companies burns in hell!!!
Reviewed April 3, 2018
I had AT&T at my current apartment for 4 months, then suddenly started receiving emails about service cancellation, that I did not intended to. Spoke numerous times on a phone with representatives from different departments. The issue on their end was that they had my apt number on file incorrect and someone was trying to activate new service with AT&T in that apt. When I explained them for the 100 times that my apt number is 3-33 and it has not changed since I started my services, they still could not locate the apartment number in their system and told me that they do not offer services in that area! Even though I already had the service for 4 months. I had wasted over 4 hours on a phone with many AT&T representatives explaining over and over the same thing and still did not get the issue resolved. It is extremely frustrating, when there will be a competitive service offered in my area I will waste no time to switch from AT&T to it!!!
Reviewed April 3, 2018
We were incorrectly billed for months but kept getting the runaround. They lost several of our EZpay payments and then turned off our service. We spent hours on the phone with customer service with no results. There are several companies within AT&T and none of them work together or can see the others information. No one will give you a straight answer and they make it so complicated that you have no idea if you're being overcharged or not.
Reviewed April 2, 2018
When I got internet service I was told my monthly payment would be 30.33 and really was 41.12. The rep told me that the issue would be resolved and never was. The rep also in time wouldn’t return my calls. AT&T never did correct the issue. This is pretty poor way to treat a customer of over 15 years. It’s a nice scam done by them. Will NEVER get service from them again and will make sure to let everyone know how shady they are.
Reviewed April 2, 2018
Always had insurance on my plan and have been a loyal customer for 11 years. My phone had broke twice within one year and went to do a claim again the second time. (Screen cracking and going black). This was for a refurbished Samsung 7. As I put in my claim at one of the stores, I have the employee activate an old phone of mine. I was not told by the employee that if you have two claims within one year, your insurance gets canceled. If I would have known, I would have just kept my old phone activated. I feel the employee set me up for failure. Now I have a $322.00 bill. When I contacted customer service, they were rude and basically had a suck it up attitude. Never been treated poorly by a company I've been with for this long. I'm very dissatisfied.
Reviewed March 31, 2018
This was supposed to be so easy and it was so important for a new job that I have worked so hard to acquire. It has been a nightmare. I have been an ATT customer for 20+ years and paid every bill on time. I tried to take advantage of a special online and instead of getting a phone in 2 days I have gone through 10 + security checks and the last one I failed. I don't know who my auto lender was in 2010. Probably my daughter's car that I paid off quickly. After over a week of struggling to get a new line added to my 20 year old account and 3 over 60 min phone conversations they are telling me to go to a store. My new employer is frustrated that I have continue to delay my business card printing and I am a week out of fruitful work. ATT sucks. I passed their damn security checks and then they demanded just one more. I am switching my entire family account. That is 9 lines.
Reviewed March 31, 2018
AT&T – charges for device (iPhone X) installment without you own it. 4th month now, every month I get bill for device (iPhone X) installment charges. Phone Service Commitment begins on the day we activate service – in my case device (iPhone X) was not activated. I have returned handsets next day when I received it, received on Jan 3rd 2018, and returned it on Jan 4th via USPS (didn’t open package, put it in return label & sent via USPS). I called AT&T billing department several times and explained, every time I call, I get answer saying that your billing issue will be resolved and credit will be issued for the charges.
What are my options? I am using AT&T almost 8 years. Option1 - Disconnect AT&T & get ported to other provider? I am interested go with Xfinity Mobile, I heard xfinity uses Virgin Mobile. Option 2 – keep calling customer care and explain? Note that I spent more than 12 hours calling AT&T customer care; it is real worst situation explaining every time when I call AT&T customer care, they don’t make notes, next customer care person doesn’t have patience to read previously noted history.
Reviewed March 31, 2018
My U-verse box keeps shutting down often in the middle of a streaming audio program and requires a reset. When I call out on my phone connected to that cumbersome U-verse box, it takes about 15 seconds for it to start ringing at the other end. What if my kitchen was on fire or a dirtbag breaking into my house and I'm calling 911? When you need tech support and call (and when you are shut out of your email account for no good reason because AT&T has decided not to recognize your password you have no choice!) you first have to carry on a MADDENING conversation with an Artificial (so-called) Intelligence robovoice that really DOESN'T understand that you want technical support.
When, after screaming yourself hoarse at the robovoice you finally DO get connected, the tech is over in far-off India, speaks too softly with a very strong accent and meanwhile, where she is sitting, there is a lot of clanging and banging in the background; she's hard to understand because of soft voice/accent/background noise, and sometimes not that helpful.
Sometimes the online chat is slightly better, but tonight I am STILL shut out of my AT&T/Yahoo email account for no good reason because suddenly their system has decided that it doesn't recognize my password. After spending almost an hour trying to solve it with an online chat-ster, she dumped me on a "password expert" who dumped me back into an automated hell where, after answering too many questions to yet another robovoice, I was informed that no one was available until tomorrow. I am currently looking for local internet providers who are NOT AT&T!
Reviewed March 31, 2018
I have been happy with AT&T for years. Apparently this was only until I had an actual problem. They sold me a defective phone which got worse and worse until I finally called to use my insurance that I have paid for years and never utilized. I was told there was no need... the phone was so new it was under warranty. After several mistakes on their part that delayed me actually getting a new phone, I finally got a functional device. Great, done... No! Two and a half weeks later they sent me back the old phone that did not work. There was a bright red arrow on it pointing to a crack so small on the back of the phone that I could barely see it. I had to pull out reading glasses even with the bright red arrow there! I had certainly never seen it before. It also had nothing to do with the fact that the phone didn't work. Wouldn't call certain numbers. Wouldn't link with my car.
And by the end started pulling up pornography websites live when I used it... and I have to use it at work... for calculations... to call the surgeons I work with... to check medication dosing... because I work in a children's hospital. And the defective AT&T phone opened live pornography in a children's hospital. But they sent it back to me saying the warranty didn't apply because there was a 2mm crack on the back case that I had never seen before so now I had to pay them for the new phone they had sent me. I called and said absolutely not. That crack has nothing to do with what is wrong with the phone. If it voids the warranty then use my insurance.
Many long holds later... “I'm sorry, we can't use your insurance because it's been too long since you got your new device.” "But I just got the old device and found out you were trying to charge me for the new one." “There's nothing we can do about that.” "But you are the ones who did it." They told me to use the warranty instead of the insurance. They decided the warranty was void. They sent the old device back too late so that I found out about all of this too late to change to using the insurance.
I explained that if they persisted in this course I would close my account and since I pay them $1000 a year and will live about 40 more years they can either figure out how to not inappropriately charge me $800 now or lose $40,000 in business. They just kept saying "well there is just no way to fix it." Of course there is. Don't be ridiculous. I was talking to automatons reading from a script. I hung up. Don't give them your time or business. I am disgusted. No company should treat a customer like that.
Reviewed March 30, 2018
My installation date was for March 29th 2018 between 11 and 1 p.m. I waited all day. No one showed up. Then when I call they say that a technician knocked on my door and then in the notes it also states that the technician said my address was wrong. Bad Company. Bad customer service. Very unacceptable. I'm a dissatisfied customer and I will not be working with AT&T. It was very confusing to me that they stated that he knocked on my door but yet my address was wrong so they are a company that does not care about their customers.
Reviewed March 29, 2018
Our landline, internet and cable all were down for 12 hours yesterday. My husband spoke with a rep - husband on cell - and nice kid tried to troubleshoot. He was unable to restore service. Said we probably needed a new modem and scheduled service. Hours later everything came back on. Husband called and rep said to keep 8:30 am appointment. At 10 am still no show. Husband calls and waits for 15-20 minutes and is on phone with a woman who says his appointment was canceled and that he is lying about speaking with woman about keeping appt.
I come in LR and listen to this woman calling my husband a liar. He asked her to apologize for saying he is lying. She says "Well of course you are upset but this appointment was canceled". WTH? Her name is Diane - or that is what she said when I told hubs to get her name. We scrambled around this morning and waited and then called liars? Just needed to vent. If anyone knows of a better company please let me know.
Reviewed March 29, 2018
I left AT&T for Sprint in January. I have never seen a company so completely disorganized as AT&T. I have now lost over $400 because of constant miscommunications, and dropped balls on their side. I have called over 20 times for a bill adjustment, as they had billed me for a month when I had no longer been with them. I have been told repeatedly NOT to pay my bill, as the adjustment would be on the next months bill. In that first month, they sent me to their collections department, after THEY asked me not to pay. I talked directly to their Collections department, who admitted it was a mistake, and again, told me not to pay until the adjustment went through.
I was AGAIN, promised my bill would not leave their collections department, and they sent it to a Law Firm Collections agency. All without the credit ever being processed. I was told by the Agency I could pay AT&T, just to have AT&T tell me I no longer could. I have spent countless days and hours of my time, fighting with this company, I have talked to countless people, getting shoved through at least 5 departments each time I called. I am ready to just give up, lose the money, just to never deal with this completely incompetent company. I have never seen such poor customer service and lack of communication in my life. AND I STILL DON’T HAVE MY $92 CREDIT. I highly suggest avoiding AT&T at all costs. I will never go back. Lost me for life.
Reviewed March 28, 2018
I left Verizon after 20 years because AT&T had a promotion I was interested in. I should have seen the red flag when my daughter and I went to the store and they only had one person working there. After receiving our huge bill I called and had them explain it to me. A lot of what the salesperson said wasn't true at all. So besides wasting two hours of our time we didn't get what we thought we were. One month after buying my expensive phone someone stole it from me in a doctor's office. After talking with several AT&T agents, one told me to go get a police report and bring it to my local store and they would give me a phone that day or mail one to me. After hearing my situation she said she would go through my warranty. She gave me a claim number. I go to the store and they had no idea what I was talking about. They did see that the lady told me to bring the police report there but they said that's against policy.
They put me on the phone with a supervisor and he started yelling at me. I go home after an exhausting day with AT&T and call another supervisor. We were on the phone for about 30 minutes when all of a sudden I'm transferred to Apple without any explanation to me or the person at Apple.. What kind of people work at AT&T. They are unprofessional and rude. And their service stinks, nothing like Verizon. If someone from their company told me something then they should honor it.
Reviewed March 27, 2018
AT&T seriously is THE WORST company that I had to deal with. I have services with them for a long time as they wouldn't allow any other phone company to exist in a particular area. They would sneak up charges on my bill without my notice and I had to call them several times for a refund. Now after I have canceled my services with them they have charged me for three months of services. Really, if at&t was a person I would have slapped, kicked in balls and spit on his face. I am calling every month for my refund and they are just putting me on line saying they are working on it and I need to check back next month. It's been six months after cancellation. I hope at&t gets bankrupt for stealing money from people.
Reviewed March 27, 2018
I have never in my life been treated as bad as AT&T treats its customers. We have been with AT&T for 20 years. I just hung up the phone because the representative didn't know her butt from a hole in the ground. Changed our account 3x while we were on hold and was never given permission. Was trying to find out about my order and got hung up on when I asked to speak to a manager. Shame on you AT&T for treating hard working people the way you do!!! Had to give 1 star...unfortunately.
Reviewed March 26, 2018
I went into an AT&T store to turn in a Galaxy S5 Active that I had upgraded a week or so earlier. It was not physically damaged, but had a line going down 1 side of the screen. The sales rep, Mr. C ** at the Lake Charles, LA (Moss Bluff) location then informed me that I only owed roughly $48 on the installment plan & that if I paid I would simply own the phone & not have to turn it in... owing nothing. 3 months later I see $198. Charge on my bill. I then called AT&T & after a half-hour was connected to AT&T "Customer Loyalty" Dept. I was then (after explaining the situation again) told that I would receive a credit for the $198. By the 22nd of the month (6 days or so later). The 22nd came & the credit was never issued.
I called AT&T back & after another hour + of talking & waiting on hold was told that they will not issue the credit. If AT&T would go back & listen to the conversations I had both in the store & on the phone with them it would easy to see that I was lied to. I pay AT&T over $4000/year. I had service with AT&T for over 15 years. I will be disconnecting service with them ASAP. I will be taking at least 2 other accounts with me. AT&T is a joke & you should record everything they tell you if you have to deal with them. Be careful. They are not the same company they were when Ralph De La Vega or Stan Sigman were the CEOs.
Reviewed March 26, 2018
Since day one, we have been overcharged. We were quoted one thing and have paid over $80 more every single month, with the promise that we would be paid back. We were promised Sunday ticket sports channel free for the entirety of our contract. We were promised so many things - beware. The person that comes to your home to encourage you join all services AT&T has to offer is a self contractor. We were given a phone with 260 gigs even though we only wanted the 60 gig phone. This company has screwed us. I have spoken to customer service 30 plus times to no avail. Today I drove to the address provided by a phone rep to get real help. Well, it was a training center that customers shouldn’t even know about! It took 4 locations- yes 4 different addresses I was given before I found the actual “headquarters” that could help with billing.
While the gentlemen was so friendly, all of the in person people are, he couldn’t do much except to tell me to call the original guy who quoted us wrong. Oh and that there is nothing they can do to help us. It was confirmed we overpaid, it was confirmed that an employee error put us in the wrong plan, and today was confirmed it was our responsibility.
I’m just sick that companies exist like this, or that these good people continue to work for it. Do some customer service training people! I have a baby at home and now, we are going straight into debt because they promised our bill would be cheaper. Well, that money they pay you back for cancelling your other contract with your current contractor - stay away. It cost us $700 to cancel Sprint in hopes of a cheaper bill and being paid back. They gave us $193 - and that’s it. Now we are counting down the days until our contract is over and paying way over what we were originally quoted. Please find a better company!!!
Reviewed March 26, 2018
First I asked to cancel my service for March 28th, instead the customer service agent cancelled it on March 25th itself. And they asked if I have reinstate the service I have to go through credit check. What a pathetic service and totally faking their feelings.
Reviewed March 26, 2018
HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE! How can 7 different chat agents and store representatives all waste my time? How come I've been on hold for 2 hours now? I have actually been a customer for 15+ years. For the most part, it's fine. I have cell signal wherever I go (and I travel internationally). BUT when something goes wrong and you have to deal with customer service, they are HORRIBLE. I've finally given up. I've had so many bad experiences but today's was the worst. 5 hours later and I'm still no closer to getting help. Say goodbye to my account and all 6 lines because we are cancelling as soon as possible!
Reviewed March 24, 2018
I recently spoke with your call center. Wanted to take off one of my devices. He told me that he could leave the device on and save me ten dollars so I did what he said and he also told me if there was any problem I could switch back to my old plan. Every bit of it was a total lie and my bill went up 20.00 DOLLARS. Could not switch back to old plan.
Reviewed March 24, 2018
I got internet service for my house, I opt-in to pay 33 dollars a month for 3 months for installation. They billed me anyway for the whole 100 bucks plus 40 the first month. I paid the whole 140 anyway before the next month bill came. Mind you, I am disabled and here in MS the max is 750 a month. So I went on here. It is March. They want to charge me a restoration fee from January. They claimed I paid on the first but my bill says I paid before the 1st through my debit card.
When I told them what my bill says and that I was recording them they hurried off the phone. I talked to 3 people plus a manager about 35 more dollars they charging me for January bill... 2 people told me they can do something about it to correct it and 2 said they can't do anything. My bill showing they suppose to have cut services the same day I paid. Therefore I am paying 175 for first month even though it's March 2 months going on 3 months later. On top of that my cell bill for unlimited is 107-115 it fluctuates. I AM SICK OF AT&T. RUN IF YOU CAN!
Reviewed March 23, 2018
We are moving to a smaller city and could not keep our cable company. Seems AT&T is the only one who offers cable TV and internet. Three weeks ago we called to make an appointment for services and was told we were all set. Since then we received three emails stating they canceled our appointment and three times we had to call and stay on hold for hours trying to work this out. We even had the old owner call and cancel his service so we can set up ours. Then 3 days before our appointment they emailed again now telling us that we cannot get service until one week past our original appointment. You can buy a Kodi box or any other cable type box and save your sanity! I am over this. After 3 hours of BS, we are over it! We are required to leave at least one star. They do not deserve it! I give that 0 stars.
Reviewed March 23, 2018
I picked this site as I feel it is the most credible to give a review on AT&T. I initially was with Verizon...figured I would support a Texas company. Staff was very knowledgeable and quick which was appreciated. Now for the review. Upon switching, lost everything from the cloud, phone would not pick up wifi reliably, and was lucky to get it at all and I never had that problem with Verizon. And the tower I get off was 20 yards away. When I had contacts and phone numbers transferred, majority were spaced with + signs in front of them. If I called a friend, it would go to MEXICO, Taiwan, Bulgaria, Budapest on and on. AND...I would get calls from those places!!! Wtf!
I went in to ask for help. Talked to the manager. He said, "It's a Verizon phone...nothing we can do BUT...you can order a new phone and make sure it is a AT&T PHONE." What??? I don't want a new phone. I said I want Asurion to replace it...he said NOTHING he could do as I wasn't on contract long enough. What? Why wasn't I told this...he didn't give me a logical response. I walked across the street and hooked back up with Verizon. AT&T charged me 267 dollars to get hooked up. What a rip off. Caution caution if you think you want to go AT&T. You WILL come out with the short straw.
Reviewed March 23, 2018
I used to be a loyal AT&T customer, once I moved back to Missouri I landed in a spot with awful service. I asked them what I could do to increase my signal, like most people nowadays this is the only phone line I have at home. I am unable to receive or make calls at my home altogether. On the occasion that my phone even rings or my outgoing call is connected, within seconds the coverage breaks and the call is dropped. Their solution was a microcell for our home, which costs approx $130. What an awful waste of junk. Total gimmick. No increase in service. We can't cancel our "contract" without paying a ridiculous fee, and they won't take back the microcell. The last time I went into the local store, the employee was more concerned with telling me how long he had been in sales and being a cocky, condescending pompous jerk then helping me. And I still have no frickin' service.
Reviewed March 23, 2018
U.S. based Customer Services has worked so far for me, but Customer Services in other countries is HORRIBLE! I have never been helped by these people - the language barrier presents a problem, and they are not trained on anything. I am beginning to believe they try to wear you down so that you will get off the line. Honestly, I do not understand why AT&T pay for this service as it is useless. The ROI must be horrible; or perhaps, this is what AT&T obviously desires. Give them your money, then go away and leave them alone.
Reviewed March 23, 2018
On March 14, 2018 I pre-ordered a Samsung Galaxy S9 and started the process of porting my phone from Sprint to AT&T. I received the phone on March 20th in which a new promotion of 50% off was advertised. I chatted with a customer service representative on March 20th as I received an incorrect bill. I was billed for 2 mobile plans instead of 1 mobile share plan. They told me the mistake (credit) would show up on my next bill. I asked the representative (Paula) since there was a new promotion on the Galaxy if I could return the phone in the store and activate a new phone under the new promotion. She stated "Yes" while having my account pulled up. I went to the store the next day and the associate said I can take advantage of a price match policy so I do not need to return the phone.
I spent over 2 1/2 hours at the store activating the new phone because the IMEI for the new phone was not on my Port reservation (all this time from March 14, 2018 - March 21, 2018 I was still with Sprint on one of my three lines). After activation the sales representative told me the only way to take advantage of the promotion was to port back to Sprint, return the phone and set up a new line.
I called customer service to verify since the Chat representative (I have the chat transcript) told me I didn't need to do that. The agent then told me I cannot take advantage of the promotion because I was with AT&T eight months prior and they consider me a "win back" customer. The Chat representative told me I could take advantage of this and AT&T is not standing by their employees' promises. I was also billed incorrectly for the first bill and was not offered a satisfactory resolution. All in all I spent over 8 hours trying to switch to a resolve issues and set up service with AT&T.
Reviewed March 22, 2018
AT&T raised my monthly bill for Cable TV, phone and internet by almost $100/month. When I called, I was told that "a special offer" had expired. I had no knowledge of any such "special offer". I spoke with a manager who said he would lower the bill to the previous rate or lower. He said he had to put me on a brief hold and then disconnected the call. I called back and was told that they had no record of this call and would not honor his quote. I gave my account number twice, was told the call may be recorded, spoke with 2 different people and was placed on hold multiple times. And they claim to have no record. This is fraudulent behavior. The third representative told me that they re-examine charges quarterly and can adjust the bill to "market pricing". No wonder so many people are cutting cable. Beware! Check your bill monthly.
Reviewed March 22, 2018
Every time I deal with AT&T I am in disbelief of lack of customer service. I have been a customer all my life including my mom. Loyalty means nothing to this company. If I am late for a payment they block everything phone, internet... etc. They expect you to pay even though they block the portal you pay. Recently due to financial hardship I lost my job and was forced to change banks. I had to input the account number, unfortunately I inputted by one digit the wrong account number for AT&T. They accepted my check because the third party that handles check disbursements from my bank said they already issued the money from my account. They have treated me like if I did not pay when I called for a password reset. The bank's third party bill pay said they were going to send me a copy of the check via email (they already sent AT&T a copy but they called me that they had not received it).
But naturally what AT&T does so well is block everything (internet) so that I cannot read my e-mail and find the check and send them proof of the check that I paid. So when I ask (after 2 hours dealing with regular personnel) for the customer technical service manager for a password reset or access to my e-mail to resolve the issue of no payment, he said he couldn't because I do not have the plan for u-verse technical support (even though I am paying for internet), for a simple password reset or access to my e-mail. Irrational company. It’s like saying a hospital that charges $10.00 for ** tab. It is better to give it free for the patient so they don't complain of the outrageous cost. The hospital can recoup that loss in other meds. It is better for AT&T to provide a simple service of password reset than to look ridiculous because I don't have u-verse plan even though I have internet service active.
Reviewed March 22, 2018
AT&T is the worst company in the world. Fraudulent with customers, never follow up calls, never take care of customers, and every worst services including outsourcing phone calls to worst country like India, Caribbean, and other Asian Countries. I bought two times Buy one get one (BOGO) with DirecTV and I paid off one phone and they said if you paid regular installment, other phone won't get any credits. They are stupid people. Actually I usually pay offs my phones in 10-11 months. But they are doing fraud. They were giving me but they said, I have paid off other phone very quickly, so I won't get any credits on other line (on installment), that is stupidity.
I was not denying that I won't pay line rent, but they are giving me hard time. I will never upgrade any phone from them which I did 27 phones in 5 years for my family and paid off 20 phones. Don't buy anything from them... They are fraud...in NEXT program and in DIRECTV services. I will disconnect DIRECTV in June 2018 after completing of my one year. I am in transition to disconnect all services at once in coming months with AT&T, I have already paid off my phone. Already paid off my phone...
Reviewed March 22, 2018
I've had At&t cell service for many years. Recently (in the last year) data speeds where I live have gotten slower and slower, and in the last 6 months have gone to where the data drops more often than it works. I've begun running speed tests and get regular speeds of 0.25 mbps when it is working with occasional speeds of 1 mbps. However on a regular basis (several times per day noticed, whenever data will not do the most basic function, such as download emails) when I do a speed test it shows an error due to the network being down.
At&t customer service says it is simply because too many people are connected to our tower. There is a very limited amount of housing within the radius of the tower, and the number has not changed significantly in over 20 years. However, data speeds have gotten so slow that it is essentially unusable. I've spend hours on the phone with At&t diagnostics, resetting various things on the phone...all to no avail, which is no surprise since the same problem happens for all 4 phones on my account. The best answer I get from them is "oh well." If there was a way to file a class action suit for issues such as this, I would join. I'm in a 2 year contract with $3,800 worth of new cell phones. Otherwise I would switch carriers. What a mess...
Reviewed March 21, 2018
AT&T was our service provider for 10+ years. We bought 4 new devices, one was supposed to be free in a promotional deal, it wasn’t. We filed a claim for the first time in 10 years for 2 broken devices following AT&T's instructions, they denied our claim, and customer service refused to help us. We have tried multiple times to get clarity on why our claim was denied and why we did not get the promotional deal we were told we were signing up for by an AT&T representative at an AT&T store, and nobody has been forthcoming with any of our questions.
We were then left with 2 broken new devices, a denied claim, and AT&T would not work with us in this matter. We were forced to change carriers, and AT&T would not work with us on our remaining bill and sent it to collections, which we have taken care of, and would have if AT&T would have worked with us. We have routinely been overcharged for years with this company, and whenever we tried to resolve the issues AT&T would not work with us. Terrible way to run a business.
Reviewed March 20, 2018
I have had 3 different LG G6 phones in the past 11 months and no one can hear the phone conversation. ATT wants me to get another phone and spending 20 hours trying to troubleshoot this phones is way too much. I want out of ATT but they want to troubleshoot.

Reviewed March 20, 2018
I was with Spectrum when they jacked my bill up higher. Upset I called a AT&T customer service representative to find out what AT&T could and would do for me. I was happy when she told me I could keep my current home phone number. AT&T hooked up my phone internet and TV last week. I have tried for 5 days to have my original phone number reinstated. I did everything all the people I talked with told me to do only to find out once I have cancelled everything with Spectrum that AT&T customer service lied and I do not get to keep my original #. This really screws my little home business up that I have and I do not know what to do now. Wish they would have been honest with me.
Reviewed March 19, 2018
I got double charged for a transaction, I wasn't angry because I understood that it happens. I have been on the phone for 4.5 hours being bounced around from one phone number to the next that I am finally going to put down the towel and call it a day. They can keep my 50 dollars. I literally cannot afford to be a customer of AT&T, not because of the monthly payments I make, but because they took double the amount one day and I don't have enough hours in my day to figure out who to talk to, to get my money back.
Reviewed March 19, 2018
A representative came to our house offering U-verse and Internet. Being that we weren't really happy with our cable service, we invited her in to learn the details. She offered free install, free equipment, $300 Visa card along with changing and bundling our phone service including a free upgrade for 2 of our phones. We mentioned that our phones weren't eligible for upgrade but she said it didn't matter. She said she was sent out with this sales package and was authorized to do the upgrade. As she was setting it up, they were having difficulties doing the upgrade. I said I wanted to hold off until they had it cleared up, but she called her supervisor and assured us that it was taken care of right then.
They hurried out the next day and hooked everything up and unhooked all of the cable boxes. I called the sales person right afterwards to find out where we were on the upgrades. She said she would have it by the next day. Two more days pass and I haven't heard from her and she hasn't returned my phone calls. After spending a couple hours on the phone being bounced around by AT&T, I finally asked for the cancellation department. The cancellation dept. told me it was all being straightened out. They would call me on Friday between 1-3pm for the details to ship out the phones. Guess what... No call.
I called them the following Monday to spend another hour on the phone. I let them know that if it weren't resolved today that I wanted service cancelled and equipment picked up the next day. They told me it could take up to two billing cycles to straighten things out. I told them that I wanted to cancel and would probably cancel my phone service after being a customer for nearly 20 years. They told me to hold on and they would call me back later today. They did call back and told me they would not be able to upgrade the phones and basically didn't care. They do not honor the offers they give to get you signed up. I will never recommend this company to anyone. This is truly the worst customer service I have ever experienced. I feel like I have been conned.
Reviewed March 18, 2018
We are with AT&T for many years, just to be excellent company years ago. I call customer service on 3/7/18 around 7:45 pm, someone by name Emilio start talking to me. After two min he stop talking to me. I wait in line for 17 minutes. Once he comes back again I ask to spoke to a supervisor. Waits for 37 minutes. No answer from anybody. Very disappointed, I will try a different company.
Reviewed March 16, 2018
I called to get internet service almost 4 weeks ago. The man I talked to got all my information and took my card information and money ($100) with no problem. Said I'd be receiving an email within 24 hours and if not to call back. I waited 48 and still no email. Come to find out service is not provided in my area and I had to cancel my order in order to receive my refund. It's been 4 weeks and I feel like a I'm a rat in a maze. I've talked to 6 different people in 4 weeks and no help. Then I received a letter in the mail that I'm signed up in auto pay and my card will be charged monthly. I just got off the phone with 2 different people to try to get my money back and try to find out why I'm enrolled in auto pay and still no answer then I got hung up on. Thinking about talking to my lawyer because I'm not getting anywhere and this is ridiculous. I do not recommend AT&T. Very unprofessional people.
Reviewed March 14, 2018
We (my family, 3 of us) signed up for AT&T and we were told our Sprint would be bought out and how much our bill would be a month, this was in November. It is now March and we have written letters to the CEO, Randall L. Stephenson, talked to the manager of the store, talked to Amee ** (social media specialist) plus many more which we have documented. Everyone says they will get back to us with a solution and they NEVER call back. I have everything documented. Something will happen with this even if there is no call back from anyone. I am prepared to hire a class action lawsuit attorney and go from there if there is no resolution. Thank you in advance.
Reviewed March 14, 2018
BOGO promotion is a false advertisement and a bait and switch technique. Using this unscrupulousness techniques is ripping thousands of customers out of their hard made money. Hoping they don't complain or are too busy to spend hours of talking to outsourced representatives. I have spend numerous hours trying to fix the excess of charges for a phone that was promise to be free by the AT&T representative that told me if I agreed to buy one get one free BOGO promotion and switch my TV carrier from Xfinity to DirecTV my total combined wireless services including all of my devices insurance and DirecTV together were going to cost me $313.00 a month. I have paid already 4 month after that $480.00. Next month they said is going to be $380.00 and the last representative told me I should not expect to get anything free in life.
Reviewed March 14, 2018
AT&T is a fraud and they need to be investigated by the government. They overcharged every month on my bill and disconnect my wireless service if I don't pay. My bill is $220.00 a month and I pay my bill monthly. All of a Sudden my bill in March 2018 is over a thousand dollars. What is this and they had me with no service for 3 days. Supposedly they are charging me for a defective phone I sent back in January and some unknown charges I don't know about. Please think about before you choose AT&T as your wireless service. They are a scam and they will try to milk your money!!!
Reviewed March 14, 2018
AT&T worse business ever. I will be filing a lawsuit against AT&T. I was told my bill would be $105 a month, auto pay, select pay with phone and internet, since November 14, my service have been interrupted 5 times. I have your customer service supervisor stating my name. Had a * at the end of my name so that is the reason my bill could not be combined together, that's not my problem, that is a error on your business behalf. I have called AT&T 7 times over a hour on the phone each time. This is unprofessional. I'm filing a lawsuit against this company.
Reviewed March 13, 2018
Thanks to AT&T in Tampa for poor sales support! We recently went into our local AT&T store on South Dale Mabry in Tampa Florida, to get information on getting new phones for my wife and myself. The person that tried to help us was very sluggish, mumbled into his chest all the time, and couldn't answer one of our main questions: Will the Samsung S8 series phones adapt to different voltages in other countries (not plug types, not cell standards, but the actual voltage)? He was too lazy to even get an S8 out of stock and look at the adapter that goes into the power outlet to answer our question! They eventually suggested that we go to Best Buy and ask their Samsung guy! Here's where the thanks comes in - Best Buy had a $200 per phone discount on these phones that AT&T didn't offer ('cause the S9s were coming very soon). So keep up the bad work AT&T - save us all some money!
Reviewed March 12, 2018
First of all, I have been a loyal customer for 10 years. Never a late payment with the highest data rate. Recently I switched to Verizon because my family member works there. So naturally I canceled and ported out my number. I been on the phone with them twice, spent over an hour with these people. Kept saying, "Sorry but we need your money still". Even though I already canceled and closed account. I'm being charged for 3 months bill for highest data rate after I canceled. I want everyone know they will sting you once you leave. Beware.
Reviewed March 11, 2018
I tried to take advantage of AT&T’s “Buy One – Gift One” policy last December 2017. So I bought one phone (upgraded a line) and I was supposed to get another one for “free”. However, AT&T sent me three phones (one was by accident), so I returned one. I had billing charges for three additional lines. I called several times to clear this up; however, they were sarcastically nice, saying they would take care of it, but their ploy was to delay clearing up their mistake and kept on charging me. They finally said I returned the wrong phone and could not take advantage of the “Buy One – Gift One” offer. This company is dishonest at best, has no integrity and is toxic. Do not give them your business and hard earned money. Typical bait and switch scheme.
Reviewed March 11, 2018
It seems no matter what I do I always owe an extra 40 each month. They always have a reason. Have you noticed that no matter what you're needing to speak with a customer service rep the calls ALWAYS and I mean ALWAYS OVER AN HOUR. I THOUGHT I WOULD TRY TO RESOLVE our issues through chat, in which there is not print option available, I was on chat for almost 2 hours ending with a supervisor where he signed off on me and the whole chat disappeared. Gone. No way to get it back. I just wasted another 2 hours jumping through crazy ATT crap.
Reviewed March 10, 2018
A representative at AT&T in Columbia, MD told me that if I switched to DIRECTV with a 2-year contract, I would receive Unlimited data on my cell phone for no additional cost. After visiting the store and speaking with the same sales rep three times, I did sign up for DIRECTV and let them install a dish on my roof (which I really didn't want to do) so that I could get Unlimited data. Truth, "Yes, you can get Unlimited DATA with DirecTV IF you pay $40 extra for it." Two full months, I visited the store and showed my bills to my rep. He fidgeted with my bill online and told me the next one would be correct. Today, I was told by a manager (the rep changed offices) that I would be paying the $40 for Unlimited going forward. I didn't sign a new contract, so now I'm looking for a new phone service.
Reviewed March 10, 2018
I have paid $34.99 a month since Dec. 2016 for insurance for the 2 iPads we got through AT&T. Almost $500 later, we have to pay more for the deductible on their damaged device than what we would spend going out and buying a whole new mini iPad. My husband says this is fraud and is thinking of hiring an attorney. Oh they sure saw us coming.
Reviewed March 9, 2018
Upgraded to include U-verse and was promised if I upgrade (buy one) I would get one free. Bill comes and they are charging me $26.34/month for 2nd phone contract. Several individuals complained (internet search) with same issue. AT&T should be investigated and class action should be initiated about this fraud. Spent several hours and several phone calls to their Customer service department with promise of “I will look into this and have someone call you”. The only “service” they provide is the same service a prostitute would provide. If I wanted to be screwed I would not go to AT&T. AT&T makes it difficult to change carriers without changing phones too. Why has the FCC put an end to this? This is criminal. How can the FCC allow AT&T to continue bilking their customers and not take steps to prevent this.
Reviewed March 9, 2018
I have been an AT&T wireless customer for over 12 years and it has been a love hate relationship for the most part, albeit manageable except for the last 12 months. I have 4 lines on my account and 2 phones on their next program and a tablet. My bill should never be more than $200-$240 a month. However, my bill each month has been $400-$700 each month. I have tried to resolve this each month and have spoke to customer support, live chat, billing etc with no success. I have had my service interrupted several times during the time I was trying to resolve the issue and each time that happened I was told that I had to pay the past due amounts, regardless if the bill was accurate or not in order to restore service and each time I paid the balance, I would start the process all over again.
Customer service reps would put me on hold for up to 4 hours, transfer me several times until their customer service department closed or I hung up. After six months of getting nowhere with customer support. I decided to start complaining on social media. I expressed my issues on their Twitter and Facebook pages, and within 48 hours I had Celeste **, AT&T Social Media Specialist contact me and said she would look into my account.
In August 2017, she responded to me through Twitter. She said, “I have started looking into your account and I can see why you are upset. I would be too.” "I went back to October of last year (2016) and your bills are $500 a month. I can see that you have 4 phones on the account and a tablet. Your bill should be at the most $233.50 plus tax so call it $250. I have gone through your account and itemized what your total bill should be each month see attached.” "I am only allowed to credit items for the last 90 days. I am going to have to sit with one of the Sr. managers to go over your history and see what they can do.”
At this point, I explained to her that my bill was due the following week and the amount once again was $550. She told me to log into my account and push the payment due date back until she had a chance to meet with her Sr. manager. A few days later, she did get back to me and told me that she was turning the case over to her manager. I received this Facebook messenger notification. “Hi **! I am Celeste's supervisor I was waiting until tonight to call once I have had a chance to review all of the information when there is less agents around. I have reviewed it as far as I can. If you would like you can give me a call at 877-929-5551 and my extension is **. My hours are 10 AM to 7 PM CST Tuesday-Saturday. Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you! - Zackary ** Social Media Specialist."
I called the following day and his response was, “There is nothing I can do until you pay the past due amount of the $550. Once this is paid, we can then discuss applying credits to your account.” I said, Why should I be paying this amount when you and Celeste have reviewed the account and agree that I have been paying 2x what I should have been for the past year.” He told me that there was nothing he could do until that was paid.
The following day my account was interrupted. Once again, I paid the amount to have the service turned on and fees etc. Immediately, I contacted Zachary. I left numerous voicemails with no response so I went back to the AT&T Twitter and Facebook page and filed a similar complaint to what is written above. The response I got was “here is the link for all of our arbitration information http://soc.att.com/2fz1qjd. If you have any further questions please reach out and we will be here to assist you. Thank you and have a great rest of your day! - Zackary ** Social Media Specialist”
In December, my service was interrupted again, however this time, I was not paying until I had this resolved. At this point, I have now paid six more months (August - December) at $500 + with documentation from their team stating that my bill should only be $250 max. It’s now March 2018 they still have refused to contact me and sent me the following “Regretfully, we have canceled your wireless service because your account remains unpaid. If your account remains unpaid, we may be left with no alternative but to refer your account to a collection agency."
The four accounts that are on this account were my two nieces who live in another state and in high school and my mother who is fighting breast cancer. I am now in the process of sending letters to the corporate office of AT&T, their board of directors and every social media outlet I can find in hopes that someone will assist.
Reviewed March 7, 2018
If it was possible to give a half star then I would only give a half. First of all I hardly ever had signal. Not at work, not at home, and not at any family member’s house. I also was sold a stolen phone at first by a sales representative when I added my mother to my service. And I was lied to by another sales representative and was "given" a hotspot I didn't ask for and then was charged for and when I tried to return it I had to pay an early termination fee for it. Then when I finally cancelled my service I was sent a bill for $58 as my last bill. Which jumped to $250 something and was told it was an early termination fee but I told them I had my phone before I got the service so I didn't have a contract and therefore should not be charged an early termination fee as there is nothing that is being terminated early. And then they switched it and said that it was an early termination fee for the same hotspot I had already paid the termination fee for months before.
On top of it all when I finally got to speak to an operator that could help I was told that it would be investigated and that I would get a call back within 7 days. Which never happened. Shocker. And then they send the bill to collections. As if I hadn't been trying to work things out with them. It was now been months since I have cancelled the service and I have yet to get some actual help. I will never spend another dollar on anything AT&T related.
Reviewed March 7, 2018
I gave up on AT&T wireless phone service 2 years ago because there was always an issue with my bill. Now, I am going to cancel my AT&T wireless home internet service. The phone cable has always, as long as I have lived here, gone through the crawlspace and right up through the carpeting in the living room. There is actually a hole in the carpet to get the cable into the house. Now that we are having new carpet installed, naturally we wanted a wall jack put on that wall. We were told that it would cost 150.00. We are already paying 47.00 per month for 3 mbps service. I thought that I would ask for manager or to talk to an English speaking person. {wrong} AT&T put me through the 1.5 hour switchboard shuffle. I have decided to go with Comcast. @ 24.99 per month for 15 mbps service.
I would just like to know, how AT&T thinks it is acceptable for a customer to have a phone cable through the carpeting? Maybe this is the way it is done in India or Pakistan or one of their remote island phone centers, but we just don't do it like this in the USA. I give AT&T a half of a star. They were rude and condescending. I do not recommend them to anyone. Did I mention that Comcast has 60.00 installation. I am thankful that we have other options.
Reviewed March 5, 2018
One of the lines on my wireless account called in to reset her voicemail password. Rep instead reset MY entire voicemail along with hers, rather than just the password. We both had to set up our voicemail again, even though I'd had mine set up for the last 8 years. When I called in to talk to a manager about it, the supervisor I talked to (Laurento) kept trying to sell me on DirecTV, ignored me when I said I wasn't interested in the service, and didn't even bother trying to resolve the issue I called in for. Instead, he lied about it and transferred me to another department. I've been a loyal AT&T customer for the last 8 years, but that ends this week. I expect better in a customer service line, particularly when the service I'm currently paying for is so absurdly overpriced. Your reps could easily work for Comcast, AT&T, and believe me, that's not what you should be shooting for.
Reviewed March 5, 2018
I was told 2 years ago when I bought a phone under the old contract when you could get them for $99 and sign a 2 year contract - which I’ve done for over 20 years, that when this last contract was up this past December there would be some fee that would come off my bill. That we were always paying full price for a phone was somewhat hidden in our bill. When apparently they lied cause when I called to see why it hadn’t come off they said there was no such thing. Guess I’ll be ending my relationship with ATT now! Maybe Verizon doesn’t lie to their people!
Reviewed March 5, 2018
Was being charged for data time when not using phone. Their story is background apps not being used are somehow using this data. Charges were at least $200.00. We had never gone over our limit ever. Could get nowhere with this problem. So switched phones to T-Mobile with unlimited data, now no problem and saved $20.00 a month on my bill.
Reviewed March 4, 2018
We were previously Verizon customers and after our phones were paid for we decided to search for a bundle offer through AT&T to include DirecTV, mobile service, and Nighthawk internet service. This service would have saved us $200 per month as we would canceled Mediacom. We wanted to avoid ALL issues of switching service so we asked many questions. In the past we were told erroneous information at a corporate Verizon store so to avoid issues I told the rep and manager at the Davenport Iowa corporate AT&T store we were going to record our discussions. Of course he thought that was ridiculous and said we could just write it down. Anybody can write anything down but doesn’t necessarily mean that’s what was said. Nonetheless we recorded.
I advised him we were previously told there might be a problem with the Samsung Galaxy S6 working properly on their system. I advised the manager of this and he laughed saying never heard of such a thing and guaranteed we would have no issues. They also gave an amount of our bill as $202 before taxes each month. After being assured we had the correct information we signed the contract. They unlocked the phone and said everything was fine. Problems began that day - after many phone calls with the AT&T Corporation, Verizon 3rd level techs, Samsung corporation and visits to the store the problem with the phone could not be fixed and would not operate on AT&T’s system.
After speaking with the manager again he refused to accept any responsibility and walked away. He had another rep help us and he called AT&T himself and immediately handed the phone to my husband. I said, "Aren’t you going to take care of this." He said, "You know what’s wrong," and refused to assist any further. More to the story but it is irrelevant at this point. As far as billing is concerned we asked AT&T Corporation what they showed our bill would be and was told it would be $40 more per month than what we were told in the store. Needless to say we canceled the contract with AT&T and went back to Verizon. I would not recommend AT&T to anyone who has a brain to think with.
Reviewed March 3, 2018
I was an AT&T phone & wireless customer for 3 years. I couldn't get a power point to load. The speeds were so slow. I called a few times & they said it was the area I live in. After a few years of this, I talked to some people on my street & found out that AT&T lied - other service providers had 250X speeds. So I got Comcast & it is 250X faster! I called AT&T to cancel my wireless - the first time I was on hold for an hour & they hung up. The second time I was on hold for over an hour but actually got someone & they said they cancelled my wireless. They did not. I am currently on hold again. You are not allowed to cancel your service online. DO NOT USE AT&T or you will never be able to get out of it.
Reviewed March 3, 2018
I have been a loyal AT&T customer for over 10 years now but you may not know it by the way AT&T handled my situation. When the Samsung Gear S3 watches were first introduced, my wife and I wanted one but they were sold out everywhere. At the time I still had an iPhone so I wanted to get the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, also. I called AT&T to place my order. At that time, there was a promotion for a $50.00 Gear S3 with the purchase of a Galaxy phone. I knew that I could get the promotion for one of the watches and I would pay full price for the other. When talking to the sales rep on the phone, I informed him of this and he said that he could do better than that promotion and give me both watches for "FREE". I said "really?" and he replied with "Yes". So, after a few minutes of being on hold he told me that my order was complete and that I would receive my new phone and to two Gear S3 watches in the mail in a couple of days.
When everything arrived, I had them activated and everything was great until I received my bill. The watches were NOT free. Not only was I being charged the monthly service fee for each watch (I knew I had to pay this), I was being charged $17.50 for each watch. When I called AT&T, I was transferred to several different people. I was told that a ticket was being created and someone would contact me (no one ever did). I called back and I was told that I supposed to get a credit on my account every month for the cost of the watches and usually takes 3 billing cycles to kick in. So I waited and received no credit. I called again and after speaking to several people again, I received the credit. I was told in order to receive the credit, I had to call every month. I liked that they finally gave me a credit on my account but I didn't like that I had to call them every month to receive it.
So, after a month or two of calling and getting this credit, I was told that they would fix it so that I didn't have to call every month. I thought "Great!" The next month I got my credit without calling. Then the credit disappeared again. Every time I'd call, they would look in the notes on my account and it pretty much explained everything. I am not sure which months I did or did not get the credit but I believe that I paid for at least half of my "FREE" watches. I've been calling AT&T for the last two weeks to try to get my credit for the last three months. Well, I was told this morning by AT&T that I could no longer receive this credit. Not only am I not receiving the "FREE" watches but I am not even getting the $50.00 Gear S3 promotion that I initially wanted before I was told that I could get the watches for free. I am sooo disappointed in AT&T right now. I am currently looking for a new wireless provider.
Reviewed March 2, 2018
Was told I was going to get a free phone and was screwed, they then told me that I would not get a free phone that they were signing me up for a new line of service when I told them from the start that I did not want or did not need that. Strongly suggest others service providers.
Reviewed March 1, 2018
Since AT&T took over DirecTV I tried to order a movie. After sitting on the phone with 3 different people for an hour I was told since I don't have their internet service I would be charged $5.00 extra to rent 1 movie. I should charge them for wasting an hour of my life!!! On principle I told them where they could shove their movie. I will be changing cable providers when I can find one that's less terrible. Seems they're all bad in my area.
I've had several bad experiences with AT&T over the years with home phone and cell service. I switched to Verizon for everything many many years ago. If only Verizon had cable service. Verizon may charge a little more, but they have excellent customer service. They wouldn't keep me on the phone for an hour to order 1 movie. AT&T and DirecTV both have had the worst customer service and policies I have ever encountered. If I can't find any better I believe I will cancel cable at this point and read more. I pay $150.00 a month for old garbage equipment and frustration. If I cancel cable I'll be smarter and richer.
Reviewed March 1, 2018
I'm very happy with and have no complaints as far as quality of U-verse, reliability, and customer service. Price and DirecTV is what will drive me away.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2018
I was looking to switch over to ATT. What a disaster. I was on online chats several times trying to place the order wasting hours of my time. I was told that there was no difference between their 2 unlimited plans except for the Plus plan coming with 10 GB of mobile hotspot that I didn't need. I found out later that this was not true. The one is 4G LTE while I don't know if the other is even 4G. I decided to place an order at one point. I was on a co-browse with the agent "Steve", and it took forever because he said they were having glitches on the site. But we finally were able to get it done, I put all my info in including card number, etc... only to get an email a couple of days later saying the order couldn't be verified and was canceled.
I go back online that night to try to place the order again, I was on with "Jessica" who was also on a co-browse with me, and I told her everything I wanted and she assured me of what my monthly bill would be. After several questions, because I didn't want to get any surprises after I was already locked in, she assured me once again. Amazingly, right before I was about to submit my order I asked again about every aspect of the order, she then realizes that she gave me pricing without insurance. I said this is what I was talking about and how did she not see how I wanted insurance when we were on a co-browse and she can clearly see my cart and I had said it too.
She then tries to tell me that the co-browse wasn't working, but earlier in the conversation she said, "As you can see in your cart..." so she was clearly lying. When I said something about that being why I ask so many questions, because I feel that wireless salespeople conveniently leave out info, and you don't find out until it is too late, she proceeds to tell me that I should then stay with Verizon!!! How do you have customer service people like that??? Then when I try to complain to ATT they do nothing to help except switch from person to person with no answers.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2018
I asked several questions about switching phones and was told it would be no problem for me to do that at home. I actually had to call and have them switch for me and after 50 minutes on hold I was told I would have to go to an AT&T store and buy a new SIM card for my husband to switch to my older iPhone. Lots of wrong information was given to me. They need to train all their employees.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2018
I have been waiting for 5 months for a refund, that they contacted me about. Each time a “check is mailed” I am told to allow 4 weeks for delivery. A check has been mailed three times now and on Friday I was told a check would be overnighted. Well to no one's surprise I was told they are still waiting for approval. I have decided to allow for our attorney to help get back our rightfully owed refund. Keep in mind if I were to be a day late on my bill my services would be ** off. Well it's been 5 months and still no refund from them. Horrible company and even worse customer service. Good luck to anyone who uses their services.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2018
Yesterday report that my cell has the screen broken, and lost 1 hour and a half between calls with ATT and ASURION the insurance company that works with ATT, and there is my bad communication on between both companies because while one asks me for information the other does not. He advises me about what the other one is going to ask me for and the calls are cut and every time is to be wasting time trying to identify you every time you call again. I just hope to finish my contract and change company.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2018
I was lied to at the store at Smyrna, Georgia (30080) when I went to get AT&T connection for having $80 for mobile connection, now that I see my bill I am charged $120; why is that so? Why are there frauds at AT&T? I spoke to customer care for more than 1 hour and I was just being beaten round the bush...
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2018
Annoyed that the bill is nickeled and dimed upwards every month. Luckily, have not had much down time with AT&T and that is a big plus. However, the bill alters every month, never the same. Too much garbage in the mail extolling the virtues of upgrading. Waste of trees.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2018
Three months ago, my wife got an offer from AT&T which is to get one iPhone and get the other one for free and we will pay monthly just $150. Since then we get two bills. One was $380 and the other was $280 and we contacted them many times to asking about this extra charges, we found that they’re charged us for the second phone which is supposed to be free and charged us again for switching to the unlimited plan in the middle of the billing cycle around $100 without any prior informing. We talked to them many times each time. We spend two to three hours explaining and switching from agent to another and no one solves the problem and at the end of any call we have been told that we have to pay this money first and they’ll see. And this is not acceptable at all.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2018
I have been a customer of AT&T for 4 years now and that is going to change today. I bought my prepaid phone on January 18 2018. From the time I left the store my phone kept giving me error code to restart it because it could not read the sim card. So for a month I would restart my phone as it asked and was planning on going to AT&T to get it fixed. Well today at work my phone completely quit working and so after work I go to AT&T to get a new sim card. Once the third sim card didn't work the sales rep calls the warranty department.
The warranty department not only tells me I have to pay for a new phone. I also have to wait in the mail for the new phone to arrive and then send them my old one to make sure there isn't any damage. It is February the 23! Just one month from when I bought the damn phone! So what is the warranty department for if there is no damn warranty? I would never buy from AT&T and I hope this reaches your eyes before you get screwed over like I have.
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2018
I am paying $350 a month for high-speed internet and phones and most of the time my internet is down and my phones can’t log into my Wi-Fi so I called customer service. Every single time they give me the runaround. I can’t always depend on my computers at home because you never know when you will have internet or not. Bottom line it’s a company that you can’t rely on.
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2018
After five billing cycles they keep charging me for two phones purchased under a buy one get one free. I was told after 3 billing cycles they would credit me the payments back. After a long on hold and two customer service reps they tell me we were supposed to get a new line to get the BOGO deal. That was never discussed and my spouse was present during the complete process. So they offer me a bunch of free data that I don't use admitting the mistake, but they won't stand behind the get one free deal. I was warned they were a bad company, now I'm living it.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2018
Simply wanted to reactivate my "vacation hold" account. Every agent said something like, "I can help you with that," and "Thank you for calling AT&T." 30 minutes and four agents later account was reactivated.
My frustration has lasted much longer than the anger of the moment. This apparent focus on training agents to say courteous things, rather than fixing things does not improve customer service. Several calls to AT&T in recent years, have all been essentially the same. Should you call Amazon, the person who answers typically solves the problem, happy customer. Call AT&T, 4 or more agents, with endless time "on hold", repetitive identity confirmation, extremely unhappy customer.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2018
Below lies the recounting of a roller coaster 5 days interacting with AT&T in an attempt to sign-up for a new internet-tv-phone bundle. Before reading, you should know the following: (1) This is my first internet review — I RARELY post anything, good or bad, because I am generally an easy-going, laid back individual and need to be moved significantly to take time to type about an experience on the internet (2) I am currently a medical student and don’t want to be spending time doing this, but was so compelled by my recent experience that writing became a necessity, a form of social and consumer responsibility (3) I don’t really watch TV, don’t participate in social media anymore, and generally have the technological IQ of someone born before in the 1700s.
SPOILER/TL;DR: Save yourself time, frustration, and money: choose Xfinity over AT&T. Wednesday, February 15: I call AT&T to inquire about internet-tv-mobile bundles and pricing. I’m met by a gregarious and enthusiastic sales representative who mentions that it’s raining in Phoenix and that he’s ready for a Jack-and-coke. I find this funny and a nice intro for what had been a long week. We get to talking, and eventually to negotiating, and end up settling on the following deal: 100 mbps internet and DirecTV including NFL Sunday Ticket plus a $200 Visa giftcard for $65 and change per month (with military discount), a new AT&T SIM card and $200 Visa giftcard for a new plan at $60 per month.
I hang up after about 70 minutes of negotiating, setting up a plan and account, and settling on times for the DirecTV and internet servicemen to visit. I’m feeling great, like I just came away with the deal of a lifetime. I’m told I’d receive an email to confirm this information, which never comes, but I’m not concerned since I received a text confirming DirecTV info.
Sunday, February 19: The day after my partner and I move into our new place and finish unpacking, we get a phone call informing us that the DirecTV servicemen are outside our home. I greet them and they immediately tell me they won’t be able to put a satellite dish on my roof. I stop them at satellite dish to ask — what satellite dish? Neither of those words were used in my wonderful conversation 4 nights prior, in sequence nor individually. I tell them that given this news, I need to speak to my landlord and to call AT&T U-Verse to discuss other options.
The servicemen reluctantly leave, and I eventually get a phone call from AT&T. I explain to them that I was never told anything about a satellite dish, and that it likely wouldn’t be possible. They’re generally understanding and eventually transfer me to another agent who was also quite helpful, but the call drops while I’m being transferred and I don’t get a call back.
After waiting 15 minutes, I call again, this time the line on which I ordered my services from and am connected with Michael. Michael starts explaining how he thinks that the salesmen from Wednesday night were able to quote me at such a price, but overall sounds perplexed at how his fellow associate was able to quote me at the aforementioned price. Nonetheless, he’s able to get me a quote on a non-satellite dish plan and lets me know that we’ll figure out the TV side of things after the internet has been installed later this day, between 12 and 4, as he needs to get some approvals on his end.
Soon the window during which the internet serviceman was supposed to come begins to close, 1, 2, and 3 o’clock tick by without text, email or phone call. At 3:30 I decide to call AT&T yet again to figure out what’s the hold up; I have studying to do for school and it’s getting late. The associate I speak to on the phone informs me that my order has been placed on hold because the internet plan I was sold is not actually available in my area. Perplexed, I ask how it’s possible that after speaking with 3 different representatives this was able to slip through the cracks.
He eventually obliges my wish to cancel the order, but can only cancel the internet part of the bundle. He then transfers me to the bundles department, another enthusiastic associate, but this time one who tells me that actually, the internet IS available in my area and that she’ll compensate me for their prior fumbling. I ask to simply cancel the services, but she persists and persists and eventually I listen, but soon realize the associate is confused and is still trying to sell me DirecTV. I tell her I can’t do a dish, and she cancels me to yet another associate.
I explain my situation to this associate in excruciating detail and provide the disclaimer that if this doesn’t work or if I need to be transferred again that I will be cancelling my service; after all, I’ve spent close to 2.5 hours on the phone with AT&T on my holiday and just want this solved. She begins researching options for me and again discovers that the 100mbps internet is not available in my area. A simple fix that could have been solved if the AT&T algorithm included a simple geographic search, but clearly their greedy priorities have them overlook this simple 1-second step. She transfers me to a cancel-representative who cancels the order for me. Immediately after, I go onto Comcast Xfinity, enter my zip code, am provided straight-forward bundles, select to have a self-assembly package delivered to my house, and am done in 5 minutes total. Done. Lesson learned. Skip the hassle and the Phoenix call center and leave AT&T behind.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2018
Hate this company and their employees. They are liars and huge scammers. I was promised $20 for my internet and wireless bundle and they keep fluctuating my charges... They never call back when line gets disconnected, they really don't give a **. I wish I can give them ZERO stars because that's what they are worth.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2018
I have AT&T customer from Nov 2017 and it haven't been a single month since then that I haven't had issues with my billing. Every single month I have to call to make changes with my bill which was initially agreed at the time of taking connection. Despite of me calling every time no action has been taken to rectify the issue. So very unhappy with it... Will never recommend AT&T to anyone ever.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2018
I have been with AT&T for 18 years. It has superior cell service at a specific price point that might not be as competitive as others.
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2018
Have been a customer of AT&T Wireless for over ten years. Also signed up for their DirecTV service almost one year ago. Have purchased over a dozen Apple phones and 2 iPads from them over the years. Have laid out over 300.00 a month over this time.That comes to 36000.00 dollars plus. Unbelievable to be treated so poorly. We usually don't purchase Insurance on Phones. But did purchase Insurance for a Teen on our program. The phone broke and wife called to get replacement. Spent 10 hours on phone during which she was disconnected 8 or 9 times during process. The records at AT&T are unreliable as she found out. As the insurance coverage had been changed to my phone since I was the person on the bill. First of all when you buy a product and get a warranty or insurance it is assigned to a serial number of that product. But BEWARE. AT&T some point redid their records on customers so my wife was told.
A couple of Service phone reps were rude and nasty. A couple admitted they made the error in their records and the last hour and a half call with supervisor resulted in conveniently disconnected phone when they used the excuse we have been victim of before from the companies by saying, "Let me put you on hold a minute." I don't buy it for one minute. I called today. Paid 303.00 for the broken useless phone. I have been paying insurance on. I dropped iPad service and also the fraudulent insurance.
I will go the Verizon this week, buy a new phone for Grandson and move my cell phone service to Verizon. My contract with DirecTV will be over in a month or two and I will also drop it and go back to Comcast. This is no way to treat a customer that has give you over 36000.00 dollars of business. I will convince every relative and friend I know to also drop this unappreciative disorganized company. I am mad enough to have attorney contact me but At&t contact me but I'm finished with this matter.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2018
It is the most disorganized business I have ever had to deal with. Every time I call I get a foreigner that can’t even speak clear enough English to help you with anything. I have been two months dealing with them merging another man account on my DirecTV account and just finally got a new account set up that calls me by my name and has my social security number on my account but it has been like pulling teeth to get done. I have been customer since 2013 and just because AT&T told me internet available in my area is how another man account got merged on my account. It is craziest fraud I have ever had to deal with and Get fixed. Luckily I got an American ID# ** that finally fixed and set me up a new account. I should have canceled and been done with this company cause I haven’t been under contract in years. I didn’t give 1 star cause AT&T don’t even deserve 1 star.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2018
This is the worst prepaid phone company on the face of this Earth. I have never had such a terribly slow phone in my entire life. My account to refill my phone decided to not work for no reason. Well I have things to do and things to buy so that is not very convenient. Also the prepaid part of the website is nearly impossible to find. You can also never talk to a live person when you get help. I have hated this phone service the entire time I have had it. I do not get any service in multiple buildings on my college campus. And I also get no service in rural areas. I will be going back to Verizon whenever I get a chance.
The first chance I get I will never ever give prepaid AT&T a good review ever ever ever. I hate Samsungs more than anything else on this Earth, maybe AT&T just picks out crappy phones. My phone is formatted terribly and as I said is the least favorite phone I have ever owned. AT&T prepaid is the worst company on the face of this Earth. I have no idea how they are still in business. They don't even know enough sense to have a prepaid installed app so that you can pay easily. I got this phone and I had to bookmark a webpage so that I could pay easily. I also get barely any data for the money that I pay!! Do not sign up for service with this company ever!! It ruined my day today, once again.. haha. Get Verizon prepaid or Straight Talk. Thank you :)
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2018
Nice coverage and excellent customer service. You can view the details of your current AT&T wireless plan anytime, anywhere, including data information, usage, minutes, text message.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2018
Not once but 3 time they leave me waiting for a tech to come and repair their services in my house. ATT tech are not reliable. Either the services I have to boot U-verse almost every day and after the hurricane I call to report the cables down. Not only they issue an appointment. They didn't show almost two month and I can get them to come and I don't trust them anymore. I have my wire hold down with truck strap so the wire don't hang low on the backyard.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2018
I had called customer service for a question with my new service. And long story short he said I was eligible for a promotion still on my phone to buy one get one free. I didn’t really need it but he talked me into it. Well month after month I’m waiting for this to be reversed on my bill each month I call, each time they say next month. Till now I find out NO it’s. It an eligible offer I was scammed. So no BOGO AND THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. BOGUS!!
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2018
The week of Thanksgiving I went to my local USPS to drop off two iPhone 7 Plus one for myself one for my husband. I had done my job and returned the two phones under the ATT Next program. Little did I know lightning would strike twice. I say twice because the same headache I've been dealing with this year happened Last year. In late December I get my att bill and I see that I was charged for a phone $398.00. They stated it was never received by the warehouse. I was in disbelief. I called att and notified them that I had lndeed sent both phones and that they would have to look in their warehouse. I think what upsets me the most is that they are so quick to charge the account instead of first looking into it.
I spoke to my CSR everyone more useless than the other, bounced around like a ball for department to department. Why may you ask am I so upset because last year the same damn crap happen with ATT. We got a letter saying one of the phones was never received and after almost 3 months of hours on the phone with a number of reps guess what they find? The phone that they claimed was never mailed in. After it was found it took them 3 months to take the fee off my account. I had to continue to call on an everyday basis for att to finally removed the falsely charge.
So rewind to this year same situation. Only this time they are even more useless. I spoke to a CSR who claimed she had found the phone and allow 2-4 business days to reflect on my account. Well been a month so I decided to call. The reps are claiming no such thing was listed in my account and I would have to pay. I told them to listen to the call recorded long and the so call manager at the time had no control over that. He asked me do I know who I spoke to. How would I know. I was only bounced around 13 times!! Att needs to get their act together. If I did not care so much about my credit I would of just never went back. Waiting for this contract to finish to change to T-Mobile. At least I'll pay less than 302 a month!!
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2018
Retail store in South Portland Maine - When the DirecTV was unable to be installed in my rental home the salesman gave me an option of buy one get one free iPhone when I agreed to sign up for streaming DirecTV. When I saw I was getting charged for the “free” phone the store manager told me they never offered the deal. It felt as if they lied to get me to purchase an extra iPhone. It felt like really bad business. They are anything but transparent in the way they conduct business.
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2018
I signed up for service in December 2017. During that time my plan was $20 per month for unlimited internet which included the hotspot. I went to connect the hotspot (February 2018) and it was not listed. When I called customer service the lady said they changed my plan because I only had one device on the account. I asked why would they not send me notification that my account had changed and I was told that they are not required to send any. It is funny to me how they waited until after I paid the bill to change the service. She went on to tell me that if I wanted to be able to use the hotspot on the iPad, I needed to change to the $70 plan. I have both my iPhone and iPad on AT&T service so I asked her if she suggested that I disconnect both my iPhone and iPad since I could not get the service that I wanted and she said “yes”.
I get from this that customers are not important. I asked the lady if I could have a refund on the services that had just paid for and she said no because the services work, even though they do not work the way they were working when I got the contract. After getting off the phone with her, I had no internet service at all!!! To make matters worse, the stores are closed so I was left with work deadlines that I could not meet due to lack of a service that I had paid for. After a while I called back and got a guy and he stayed silent when I told him the issue, when I asked if he was there he said “I was waiting for you to stop talking” but I was not talking. He said he was going to speak with a manager, but he hung up on me. I called back and the phone was disconnected again. I called from a different phone and got another lady but had no resolution there either. AT&T SUCKS!!! Yeah... it's been a few minutes to think about it and AT&T STILL SUCKS!!!
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2018
On Jan 1 of 2018, I went to their store in Woodbury to change my account from an old grandfathered rollover minutes account to a pay per minute account. After paying off the final bill of my old account and buying one year of minutes for my new account, I was assured that the old account was paid in full and closed. Two months later I received a letter from their collection department that I still owed them for several months back billing from the old account that had not been shut down. During that time I never received any bills to indicate that the old account was still active. When I called, I was told that it was a different account and I had to go back to the store I changed the account with to fill out a form to correct the problem. Due to the massive size of AT&T, the left hand doesn't seem to know what the right hand does and it forces customers to jump through their rings to correct a simple problem.
Updated on 2/10/2018: After losing three hours of chasing their billing department and visiting one of their stores and speaking to 5 different people, I was back to square one. On the information given to me in one of their stores, I called the billing department to ask for the date of my last bill paid. They refused to give me that information, when I was told that I needed to give them the email and code number I started the account within 1978, but haven't used since. Needless to say, I could not remember that far back.
No matter what information I offered, they would not budge and I wound up having to pay what amounted to an extra month, all due to their error when I first changed my account. This mega giant company has now found numerous ways to overcharge customers for every little infraction of their rules that customers are not aware of. Thus joining thousands of very dissatisfied AT&T users. What used to be an excellent phone company has been reduced to the equivalent of "Big Pharma" tactics.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2018
After months of having dropped call when I moved into my new home I decided to get an AT&T MicroCell to cure their poor service which cost me additional money to buy. It last a while then quit working. AT&T sent me another one. It too quit working so I just quit using it. In the 3 years I have lived here the reception is no better. This whole area has lousy reception. Yet they tout their coverage is the best.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2018
I got U-verse for 2 years. They promised that I was going to pay 120 every month so I ended paying more!!! Then two years later I finish my contract and I cancel my account and return the boxes to UPS and I kept the receipt for two months later. They said I never return anything and that I never cancel my account and they were still charging each month for service and boxes that I didn’t have for several months. I have shown Them proofs I have the receipt from UPS date and tracking # of boxes being return same week when I had cancel my service. I was paying for boxes and service that I didn’t have.
After 3 months I notice a charge of $269 on my bank account and notice that AT&T have charge my account with no approval from me. I went into the nearest AT&T. Talked to manager. All they could do is give me credit to my new service that is DirecTV. AT&T bought DirecTV so and still in the same situation. First they take money off my account and all I get is a sorry and credit when the best thing they should of done is to put my money back in my bank account... This will be worst service to get. You’ll regret it. I did!
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2018
Poor coverage period, especially inside your house and AT&T could care less. All they want is your money, as much as they can get from you regardless of the quality of services they provide. They will hit you with additional fees any chance they get. Change anything on your account and you get an additional fee. They have lost lawsuits for false charges on people's bill. Furthermore, there are no longer 2 year contracts making people think that they can switch providers at any time but this is false. AT&T will sell you a phone that is not compatible with other carriers requiring you to purchase ANOTHER smartphone. Horrible morals in my opinion.
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2018
I have a business account with numerous lines for wireless. They cut off the billing period on the 1st of the month, mail me a paper bill on about the 14th, I receive it after it is due. Switched to paperless bill and never received a bill. Spent an hour on the phone and 2 hours at store and still no bill. I log into my AT&T Premier account and cannot get a copy of my bill. I can find no way to contact them by e-mail and am considering a direct complaint to the FCC. They would not/could not e-mail me, or fax me a bill! Worst billing and customer service ever. I pay my bills when I receive them.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2018
I received a package deal with AT&T & DirecTV but the TV service was "the pits". I canceled because of poor service & got a $655.50 bill - $500 was the cancellation fee. I tried to get a settlement but to no avail. It is sad when customers are penalized for their poor service & to think they left their installed equipment on my premises. They begged me to work it out, but I gave them a resounding no! Yes, it was that bad. Their product is whack so go elsewhere folks!
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2018
I’ve had the worst experience with this company everrrrrrr... My entire family is truly going through hell with surprise bills and worst customer communications. Every month our bills were higher and higher. I was gonna travel for two weeks so I called to get an international package so I don’t get charged thousands but of course your representatives don’t give a damn about customers and I was told that all I have to pay is extra $40 for that month but for only two weeks of travel. I was getting three months of almost $2000 bill.
I tried for entire month calling customer service but every time I would get different kind of assistance. Finally I was told that they will be able to waive $600 from my bill and I don’t need to worry about a payment till February 10. But on the first of February my phone was disconnected without any warning and the $600 was never waived. Anyways my complain can go on and on. It’s not just one disappointment. It’s like a hell to have AT&T.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2018
I got engaged and wanted to pair my phone with my fiancé therefore switching to Sprint. ATT has been and still is giving me a headache making it very difficult for me to get my choice. Dealing with them with a simple request to close my account is a really difficult experience. I will never ever go back to ATT which does not respect my wish to close my account. ATT blocked my phone which was paid in full and basically hold me hostage for 48 hours without the use of my phone. They asked me to pay a month ahead in full before they could close the account and told me that eventually I would get a refund for what I overpay!!! What a rip off! They proceeded with not unlocking my phone for 48 hours which blocked Sprint from getting me in my fiancé's plan. I think that this should be illegal and I am ready to file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. ATT suck at what they do!
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2018
I spoke to a young woman in Alabama. It sounded like she was eating her dinner while explaining what AT&T sells. I said to her (very nicely)... "I'm very sorry, I'm really having a hard time understanding you. I'm having to ask you to repeat everything that you're telling me." She then started to answer one last questions and then simply moved my call over to the customer service for Spanish speaking customers. I told this person that I don't speak Spanish so I prefer to go back to the woman I was speaking to. He said ok and sent me back to "HOLD for the next available agent to help you... the wait will be at least 5 minutes". That's terrible. I'm not a customer and this is going to entice me to move to AT&T? Wow!!! Ma Bell hasn't changed much in all these years...

Reviewed Feb. 3, 2018
Failure to communicate between layers of management/sales. Tried two times to set up service - both times amounts of both data and cost changed by triple of what I was quoted. AT&T needs to stick to phone service only. They are not ready to compete on a competent level.
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2018
I have never seen a company with such horrible customer service and billing skills. I started receiving 2 bills to my address for DSL. I didn't look at the account numbers at first. I just paid the bill, after the 2nd bill my service was disconnected. I called customer service and they asked for the account number. The system could not find so I looked at the bill and I tell the rep, "OMG. I have 2 accounts." He had no clue why. After the hassle of try to rectify the problem it was resolved but I was still getting collection fee notices and collection calls about the bill. Next weeks maybe a month goes by I get another bill with a reconnect fee. I call customer service, no one could explain why. I call the retention department and the woman tells me this, "We pay your bill a month in advance because we can't stop the system from billing you the reconnect fee."
I ask, "Why would you not tell me that?" She say, "We don't have to tell that, that is our right. We have the right to bill up to a certain amount for reconnect fees." "I ask because it's your right you would not grant your paying customer the courtesy?" I have dealt with this terrible hassle for so many years. It's time to move on. The typical person's life is busy. Who has the time. They never know policy. It's like pulling teeth to get information from them and they don't care about the consumer. They get angry when you tell them that they have worst customer service. They should be boycotted until they have a desire to provide better service. Good riddance.
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2018
AT&T customer service are liars. They tell you things and when you get involved with them and you are not satisfied with their service they don't try to help you. They say, "There is nothing we can do." I was offered a special deal buy one & get one free phones for been a long time customer. I end up paying two phones and when I called them why they says something that is not true and they told me is a way to get customer to pay for phones. I didn't have no choice to stays with them for almost 2 years because I couldn't even return the phones. I will have to pay for them without having the phones, they said, "That's our policy. That's how we work and we make sure customer stays with us." In other words robbing them.
So after all time I decided to stop this abused and I end up paying two phones so I can get out of them. So the special deal that they gave me for been a loyalty customer service was not true. It was a lie. I regret them. I WILL NEVER GET A PHONE FROM AT&T THE WORST PROVIDER EVER. They don't appreciate their clients. They don't care if you are with them for 10 years. They will still ** you over. You know what deals they offered me to stop me from leaving them? Unlimited talk and text with one gb for $70 dollars a month and that's why I decided to pay the two phones instead. They were robbing me. OMG the worst of the worst???
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2018
I changed my data plan back in March 2017 and AT&T kept billing me at the higher data plan. Then in June 2017 I had AT&T change my wireless number and they never updated my statements to reflect the correct phone number. Every monthly statement was wrong which meant I spent over an hour in the phone with them to correct. I was told that it would be corrected by the following month. The next month came and it was still wrong. So back on the phone. I had to contact AT&T every month about their errors every month so in December 2017 I switched carriers. I got the final bill and believe it or not it was still wrong. Customer service is totally horrible and they always lie that they fixed it. This is a horrible company and I will never have anything to do with them ever again. Even when you contact the office of the President of AT&T they just put you off. Terrible company.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2018
I have been a AT&T customer for many years. They have the worse customer service. I ordered DirecTV for 2 years at $50.00 a month. As soon as I switched my cell phones to another company my DirecTV bill went up to $88.00 a month. I have made many calls to get my bill lowered to the contract price and I am told if I get off AT&T I have to pay a penalty. I still have 10 months on my contract that they will not honor. When you call AT&T you are on the phone for a few hours and they shift you around to many people, or they disconnect you. Yesterday a supervisor named Hazel was suppose to call me back in a few minutes. I never heard from her.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2018
I have been a AT&T customer for many years. They have the worse customer service. I ordered DirecTV for 2 years at $50.00 a month. As soon as I switched my cell phones to another company my DirecTV bill went up to $88.00 a month. I have made many calls to get my bill lowered to the contract price and I am told if I get off AT&T I have to pay a penalty. I still have 10 months on my contract that they will not honor. When you call AT&T you are on the phone for a few hours and they shift you around to many people, or they disconnect you. Yesterday a supervisor named Hazel was suppose to call me back in a few minutes. I never heard from her.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2018
I was charged an international call in my bill for $126 for 36 minutes which I didn't make. I called customer service to remove that, she said she couldn't and that I have to pay it. I switched to Metro PCS. I am paying just $80 for 2 lines with better services as compared to AT&T, to whom I was paying almost double. Will not recommend AT&T to anyone. Dont get fall into their promotional tricks and offers.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2018
Short story ordered a 10X they told me it would be $38.00 a month including insurance. First 2 months they bill me correctly. Then this month I see they're charging $8.95 for insurance, while telling me it wasn't included. They are very expensive but I've been with them for almost 10 years. I was paying $144.00 for 3 line with 3 gigs of data for all phones. Now they want $196.00. Also sent them a 5C back for $200 credit. They want to give me $20 credit. I want the phone back they say they can't send it back.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2018
The worst customer service company out there. They sell you the product and the service and they are very nice but the moment one of the employees make a mistake they do not take ownership. I went through months of nightmare because a fee that was charged on my wireless account and I had to involve the office of the president for it to be fixed. Now they are coming up with another funny fee, they renewed or created a new contract on my services without my authorization and what they tell me? Makes no sense.
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2018
We were misinformed by an AT&T representative about the BOGO offer and are now being told that they apologize that we were misinformed but that there is nothing they can do to correct their mistake. How can you make a customer pay for the mistakes of AT&T employees? Worst customer service ever! Regret ever switching to AT&T.
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2018
I had AT&T internet for years and I always paid my bill on time. My internet quit working. In a 2 or 3 week period we had 4 to 5 senior technicians out to try to fix it but could not. They still charged me for the month even though I was told I would not be. I have called 4 times to get my money refund. Each person gives a different story and says I will be refunded by the end of the week. I'm very disappointed that this is how you treat long time customers. My brother, mother and my wife friend all have similar stories that took place in the last 6 months so it's not just me.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2018
I had AT&T wireless for long time, they are greedy. Every year rising their calling plans without the customers' knowledge. Beware of the AT&T, they claim their services are better than others, not true. We have eight lines which we are canceling soon and getting other wireless company with better rates. I wish some consumer advocate looks into it and save the consumers than getting ripped off by AT&T.

Reviewed Jan. 26, 2018
I would give 0 stars if I could. My fiancé and I went to AT&T because I needed to be added to his account. I picked out a cell phone (knowing we would pay monthly installments with contract). We were told that we get a free iPad if we also purchased a screen protector. I was wow, cool. NP. So our next month bill came in and it was $270.00. So to break it down, we have unlimited service which for 2 phones should be with AT&T expensive rates $168.00. $19.99 a month phone for one more month for my fiancés phone.
Expires on Valentine Feb. 14th. Mine is approx. $28.00 and of course we have a new phone line for the iPad and a fee of $20.00 per month. The rest was new activation fees. When I called AT&T customer service, I just wanted to cancel out of everything because 270.00 is a lot. I was never told about additional fees and if I cancel, they told me I have to pay for iPad in full because its over 14 days when the guy at the store told me it was free. The rest of the amount up to $270.00 was a one-time activation which we were never told.
Don't be fooled by good deals. They really do not have good deals. I should have went to Apple and just paid for a phone and iPad in full and connect the iPad on my wireless internet at home. Anyway, not sure if this helps. Our contract is over in year 2021 when my phone is paid off and we will make a decision to go with T-Mobile. T-Mobile has the add a line for data 20.00 and phone 10.00 unlimited. Some friends and family plan. We are now paying 235.00 a month now.
I always never like AT&T. They really do not have good coverage and they rip people off. A friend of mine had everything with AT&T, phone, internet, TV and her bill was $600.00 a month from them. She passed out. Believe me I made a fast decision without thinking clearly and now I'm paying for it. Please think before you go to AT&T and listen to what they have to say. They will sugar coat everything and make it look good and it's really not a deal. Oh well, my fault for listening to them.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2018
For switching mobile phone service providers to AT&T I was given a free tablet as a new customer. I was told a mobile share plan was cheaper than a single line so a phone number was made for that tablet and added onto my account. I was told this was strictly to get a better plan and I asked all data use to be shut off to the tablet. A few years later I called in to cancel my account and switch to the pre-pay plan through AT&T as was half the price for the same mobile plan. A few months go by and I receive a bill from AT&T for 182$ and I call to ask. They stated this was a recurring charge for a data plan to a tablet. I explain I called in to cancel all services months ago and that no data had EVER been used on that tablet. After being transferred about 7 times for over an hour I spoke with someone who said it will be reimbursed and I will receive email confirmation. That never happened.
2 weeks later I went into the AT&T store seeking help. A representative called into customer service and we were again transferred 5 times. Placed on hold for over an hour in the process. I spoke again to someone who said it should be reimbursed and my claim was denied but she will resubmit. I asked that she send me an email confirmation immediately as was promised one previously and never received. She refused to wait on the phone to see if I received the email, and I never did. Here we are again a week later and nothing. No reimbursement and no email. Am I expected to pay for services NEVER rendered? The balance continues and now accrues late fees. I'm sure they are reporting me to credit agencies while NOT providing me any resolution.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2018
AT&T had been sending mailers of all these great things they would do to get me to switch from 20 years with Verizon to their service. I want to say I was very happy with Verizon and will be going back. Since I have had Directv for 18 years if I would switch to AT&T wireless they would give me a discount for $25.00 per month off of my Directv Bill. Guess what ? That has never happen despite no less than 5 Customer Service agents with AT&T and Directv telling me yes I should be getting it and assuring me I would. They don't care. I'm just one of a 100 pissed off people they each talk to everyday. Plus there is no way they have the coverage Verizon does. Nothing unusual to drop calls in areas Verizon never did. I could live with that but them not honoring the promotions you see them advertise everyday and to me when I walk into their Smyrna, TN store really pisses me off.
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2018
Each month my bill is a higher amount. I call but they wont adjust or credit my bill. I have had them since 2001 and my landline bill is 133.00 for local service and internet. The internet is 84 per month and basic phone is 49... So how does this charge me 133.00 a month? They say I don't pay - but I do, they charge for reconnect - but it has never ever been shut off!
They are a bunch of frauds and there is no reason to keep this service. I call. Have items taken off my service, and the next month my bill is higher! I call and give them the confirmation number from the last call - she says that will do no good, there is not one there!!! So why do you give me a confirmation number> "Well, we are told to..." AT&T is the absolute worst business for landline phone. I wish we could do something to them - but nothing ever happens to these big companies.
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2018
ATT customer service deserves no stars...unfortunately you cannot give them 0 stars. My parents got ATT when they came to the US 15 years ago. They have been ripping them off for 15 years and today when they called to attempt to apply a work discount (their company is partners with ATT) the person on the other end asked them for a 4 digit pin that they set up 15 years ago. They asked if they can provide them with something else, a social or drivers license or just about anything else because they can't remember what they put down for the PIN. They were told no. They were instructed to drive to the nearest ATT location (35 minutes away) and talk to a representative in person. They asked if they could talk to a manager and after spending 10 minutes on hold a "manager" answered.
When they told the manager what happened he told them to get in the car and go for a drive. They asked for the manager’s name and I am 100% sure they were provided a fake name because I googled and searched that person on LinkedIn and came up with no results. They asked if they could speak to his manager or get his email address at which point they were hung up on. When they drove to the location they were told that pins can be reset over the phone by simply providing their social security. When asked if they would like to file a complaint they decided it wasn't worth it. I am pissed off thus I am writing it here. We have cancelled the plan and moved on to better places. If you can get another service PLEASE DO IT FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2018
Since I can no longer get wireless service from my home to changes at AT&T's end, I decided I needed to change carriers. I called AT&T and asked if I get a refund if I left in the middle of my billing cycle. I was told that I would and moved forward in changing carriers. I then followed up to find out how I would get my refund and then was told that their employee gave incorrect information and essentially it was my tough luck. I asked to speak w/ a manager and was told me they would call me w/in an hour. That never happened. I called back and was put on perpetual hold. I called a third time and did finally get a manager who said that his employee gave me incorrect information. It was my tough luck as the fine print of the contract says there is no refund. The good thing is I am no longer a customer of AT&T. If you are looking for a company w/ reliable service and good customer service, look elsewhere, as you won't get it from AT&T!
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2018
AT&T is horrible. DO NOT GET CELL SERVICE WITH THEM!!! Constantly overcharge my account. I set up paperless online billing and they keep pulling me off. My service should be $200 and charge me $395. They are often unhelpful. Never refund. Again, DO NOT GO WITH THEM! Bad service all over the states. I'd go with Verizon or T-Mobile.
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2018
I walked out and went to sign up for Sprint because AT&T charges company BYOD customers IN FULL for 2-3 billing cycles while the 'get around to auditing you.' T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon all kick in your discount IMMEDIATELY or REIMBURSE you if it doesn't kick in on the first billing cycle. AT&T didn't care to honor my discount from the first billing cycle, offer a reimbursement and tried to get me committed to a contract where I was liable for up to $80 extra per bill because of their poor auditing process. They let me walk out, didn't care and I called customer service and they didn't care to help. Poor customer service, not competitive, ripoff, deception.
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2018
Beware of buying phones from AT&T with insurance. They replace new phones with refurbished phones that don't work and that's exactly what happened to me. They give me a 300$ second hand phone to replace my new 1000$ phone. When I was explaining this to the AT&T person on the phone they couldn't even understand what I was saying because the replacement phone was so bad. When I told them I wanted a new phone to replace my new phone they told me they only had 2nd hand phones to replace the phone. What they're actually doing is taking recycle phones to replace phones that are covered under the insurance.
ATT is not an honest people to do business with and the people who cover the insurance (ASURION) for them are total crooks using defective phones instead of new ones. The only option they gave me was for me to send the defective phone back so they can send me another refurbished phone. I decided to go with another cell provider. Be careful with your phones because the insurance will only send you a used phone for replacement of your new phone plus charge you for a deductible of 300$ for it!
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2018
This company does not deserve my 5 stars. My grandma bought this company for me and my mom. My mom pays for the company and then other days, my grandma pays. It's like sharing a pie. Now, we were always using our phones. Texting, Playing Games, using the hotspot. The 1st billed gave us a message saying you've been charged (This amount), And, another amount. Now, one day grandma got the bill. (In the mail) And, called us said "Have you been using the hotspot a lot? ‘Cause they have been asking us to pay 1,000 dollars.” I fell off my chair. 1,000?!?!
She also says, “If they're charging that much cancel my plan with the company, and change the company. I am not paying 1,000 dollars!” However, they did an agreement and she paid 100 instead of 1,000. So, now we have another company called "Metro PCS." They’re, way better than AT&T when we were choosing plans, at&t sent us a letter. We threw it away.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2018
We switch cell service providers to attempt to save money by bundling our cell service and cable service. What a mistake!!! AT&T promised us a rate lock on DirecTV of $25 per month if we bundled our services and we quoted a monthly charge with was $50 a month lower than our current service. This sounded great... Now the fun begins. We had problems with our service, one of our devices wasn't working correctly. We were told it wasn't added to the data plan so AT&T said, "Sorry but it is going to increase your Bill $10 per month. That's not so bad, haha." They never said that change would also negate the promotional deal with DirecTV, because we made changes to our service. DirecTV up $25 per month.
The device still wasn't working. We were advised to call customer service. Customer service said we were enrolled in the wrong plan. We need to switch from the unlimited plus to unlimited choice plan to make the device work, Bill goes up another $30 per month... Again no one tells you that if you switch out of unlimited plus you lose another $25 per month on DirecTV... Now DirecTV is $75 per month. So now we are paying $90 more than we were quoted. Device still doesn't work. Countless hours on the phone and 9 months fighting with them. The device was a watch that was supposed to function as a phone.
Asked them to remove it from account. They said removing it would result in early termination fees. They will not refund the charges associated with the watch for the past 8 months. We ended up cancelling our service with both AT&T and DIRECTV AND going with another provider. They won't honor our original agreement but that our charging us early termination fees for us not honoring our service agreement. Wow what a joke. FYI when you call in they ask you to confirm your identity by giving your account passcode. This now gives the employee authorization to make changes to your account which you'll find out on your next bill. DO NOT USE AT&T. They are criminals.
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2018
We got a great offer in the mail to add DirecTV to our service line up with AT&T. We called and got the service at said price 19.99 1-12 months 43.99 13-24 months. Offer code **. We got our first bill. It was not the discussed price. No biggie just an oops, right. I called and spent over 4 hours on the phone being tossed around. I was told that DirecTV would have to be the ones to fix the price. DirecTV said they did not even have a record of me being a current customer. I finally gave up and had my service disconnected. This is not what I wanted but felt as if I was left with no other option after 4 plus hours on the phone. We are now out all of the time spent getting it set up and the time I have wasted trying to get anyone to help me. Plus a 100$ for the wireless Genie that we only used for a month. I am so upset that this is the way you treat someone that has been a good customer for over 10 years.
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2018
Worse internet Reception. They don't want to send technician. Many times that I call the customer service and technical to solve our internet problem but still they can't fix. They said they refresh our internet blah blah but still problem for internet occurs. Very very poor customer satisfaction.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2018
I actually called DirecTV because I moved and wanted to use them at my new address. They talked me into upgrading my husband's phone. Evidently they added a line when they did that so now they expect me to pay for the other line. My account was available for upgrade, I have 4 family members currently paying for 4 lines so why would I want another. To make a long story short I called to get this extra line taken off and they are wanting me to mail his phone, he is currently using and mail it back with an upgrade.
I don't think I should be inconvenienced by their mistake. I even questioned the CSR when putting on a new phone number to the new phone and she reassured me that this was because she did not want my husband to be without a phone. Be very careful when dealing with this company, I believe this was a sale tactic. Apparently I did sign through email for another line which I thought was for the upgrade. Just be very careful when dealing with DirecTV or AT&T. Make sure you do not listen to what they tell you but read through anything that you sign. They are not to be trusted AT ALL.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2018
We called on the 2nd. of January 2018 because our phone bill for number was getting way too high!!! This phone is only a wrecker line for emergency wrecker call for the city of Memphis police department. We have this phone line for over 47 years. We don't make calls on this line. We don't use long distance. We only take incoming calls and roll the number over at night. So when the bill kept going up for $77.00 to over $134.75 we called to try to get the phone bill lowered so they said if we put the number through U-verse the bill could be lower so we thought, “Okay they know what they are talking about.” So we had an Installation set up for 01/08/18. The technician shows up and starts working then around noon he said he was going to lunch. Okay no problem. But we had no idea that our phone was not working until we check it because we haven't received any calls on it. No dial tone.
And the technician called us at 5:15 Monday evening and said that his supervisor put him on another job and that someone would be here in the am on the 9th. His name was Reggie. Well on the 9th. nobody shows up so we call again and they tell us no one was here. Spent all day on phone with AT&T and finally get date for repairs for something that was working fine before tech came, So on Thursday the 11th. Sylvester ** comes. Another tech. He works all day and makes things even worse. No he has made two of other phone not work in the office that had nothing to do with what he was working on so now we only have one phone working in our business. Makes it impossible to run a business not to mentation all the money we are losing because we can’t answer phones. Sylvester work all on the phones.
Could not bring up the other phones or the one he was here for then he told us that on Friday the 12th. that a new tech would be here that has more experience. He gave us a Service promise and the name and email of his supervisor Adam ** that someone would be here to fix the phone. Well you know the answer to that. No one comes so we call again all day to try to get someone to get our phones up and working. We don't hear anything and get the runaround for the people we are talking to. Then on Sunday we get a call from yet another tech. Said he was outside in the back of our building working but he could not do anything because it was Sunday and the back end office were closed. So he left. Still no phones so on Monday the 15th. I email Adam ** and he tells me that a tech will be here.
Today that's Monday the 15th. We waited all day for someone to show and again no show. We email him several more times asking him to please respond to our email. He still doesn't. I have email him again today and have heard nothing so called yet again to try and get someone to get our phones back and I want to state again that they were working fine until they came out. Need phones to operate. Please help!!!! No one wants to get us up and running. Aging who do you call to get help. I have tried everything. I call every day. We just want them to finish the job that they started or take us back to the way we were before they started. Need help.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2018
I ordered watch with special offer. Never opened box. Soon as received watch I took it straight to USPS. Told I would receive full refund. They refused to issue a refund saying the watch had been in my possession. Suppose to have 13 days return. They lie and cheat at every opportunity.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2018
After spending hours on the phone trying to set up online access to my account I finally made it, only to find out that unlike any other business in the world AT&T does not offer the option to go paperless without giving them your checking account information and allowing them to auto-bill your account. Now I know why Archie Bunker called AT&T Arrogant Thugs and Thieves!!
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2018
This Netgear device had issues from the beginning. Devices could not find it, when they finally did, it was super slow. Now it does not work at all. I have made several calls about the device that I had purchased. The first call was within a week of purchase. The Netgear Nighthawk device has never worked properly and now it does not work at all. I am using my cellphone as a wifi hotspot. On one of the calls about 2 weeks ago, I was promised that a new unit was being sent out. This was because after the other calls and countless time with tech support, the issue was unable to be resolved. Then I followed up because I had not received the replacement and was told that there never was a replacement ordered. I spent another half hour or longer with the customer service chat line and was told that I needed to take the unit back to the store to have them diagnose the problem.
So let me get this straight, after being lied to, & wasting hours on the issue already, AT&T will not send me a new unit that cost them a hundred bucks at most and expects me to pay for the one that never worked. To top it all off, Sprint has the same plan and it will cost me $50 less, and I think they will pay me back for the AT&T device that I am being charged for. What kind of geniuses are in charge over there?
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2018
We were sold our service for fiber optic internet. We paid for our service for over a year before fiber optic was actually available; then we were told we would have to pay even more to receive the service we were told we would get when we switched to AT&T. Our internet service with AT&T was extremely inferior to our previous service.
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2018
Stay away from this company! Very deceitful! They will lie to you, charge your account, tell you that they are sorry and after hours and hours, do nothing to solve the problem. Leaving you more angry than when you started. Not same AT&T. Even the people who work at the AT&T store say something is weird and not right! When everyone is saying the same thing please listen. Save yourself a lot of frustration and money. This company is now a scam!!! Do not give your credit card number and do believe anything they say when trying to get you to sign up for DirecTV now. They are liars.
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2018
I got the BOGO deal. I was told I could pay off the phones early instead of 24 months. I did so I could go to a new service because I can't get service at work. They will not release my phone number for the remainder of the 24 months which is 13 or I will be charged for my free phone.
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2018
I switched from Sprint to AT&T due to rumor Sprint merging with T-mobile which who I don't like. I've been with sprint for 12 yrs. Anyway I had remaining balance of 257 dollars on the phone installment. I paid my last normal bill with Sprint. I walked into AT&T and was told that I can get up to 650 dollars credit for switching from Sprint to AT&T. I was reel into a deal I can't refuse.
I got me an iPhone 8 and was told that to bring in my last bill of Sprint so they can do the $650 dollars credit promotion. I did that and after a week waiting, e-mail from AT&T deny me. I was so upset and felt like a fool. I try to see what AT&T can do and they weren't helpful at all. They kept telling me different offer be make it right and I didn't take those offer. I wanted the offer that I was told that I would get for doing the switch carrier promotion. Sadly to say, I went back to Sprint after 2 and a half months only with AT&T. Don't fall for their saying about the switch promotion program. They saying that so you buy their phone and spend your hard earn money for a provider who don't care about customer care.
Reviewed Jan. 12, 2018
By far, and I do mean BY FAR the worst of the WORST experience I have ever dealt with!!! I tried signing up for DirecTV and DSL internet since SUNDAY!!! I have been LIED to (telling me someone is on their way to install DSL, when no one was coming (for 2 days)) and I have been giving the runaround, I've been transferred to EVERY single department. No one could help me. After checking my credit and credit card information on Sunday, today they are telling me I don’t have an account with them??? And now I am waiting for a supervisor to call me back which has been since 9 am this morning! VERY UNPROFESSIONAL, BY FAR THE WORST OF THE WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE. -5 STARS. STAY AWAY!!!
Reviewed Jan. 12, 2018
We ordered a plan for our business and been charged for another one, however, they will not send you a receipt confirmation with the plan and price whatsoever. I am here all morning trying to get a hold of a manager, but they pass you along like a ping pong ball without resolving anything, then suddenly the line disconnects (in the US, right?) and I start all over the process in reaching out to them. This company doesn't deserve our business America!
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2018
Many loyal customers of AT&T are experiencing the same issues. If not for others sharing I still would have their old internet service/modem and be unable to use their wi-fi on my iPhone. When their home internet service, wi-fi, does not work you automatically have to up your cell service plan to a higher amount of gs. I originally had 1g for $50/a mo. That plan was discontinued so I had to switch to 2g for $60 a mo. + tax. When my husband was in the hospital dying my home internet wi-fi would not work on my iPhone 7+ so I went over my allowed usage and had to up the gs on my cell plan. Because of the high price I attempted to switch back to my original service and was told I could not do it until my next billing cycle. I was told I must call back on 1-11-2018 to return my bill to the original 2g ($50 per mo. plan???).
At that same time I was told my combined bill for the upcoming months would be $129. + tax. In the interim I request a service tech to replace my modem because I had been told by numerous other customers that would resolve my issue with my iPhone not being able to use my AT&T wi-fi. Thanks to those people it did resolve the issue. Next I did as the service rep instructed. I called back on my service plan date only to find that plan was no longer available. The plan available for $50 + was 1g. Ok no problem since my wi-fi now worked. But wait I had been paying $122. + for the higher gs plus $42.+ for internet/wi-fi not even including my tv service. My question is why an adjustment to my bill couldn't be made since I basically was forced to add service because the service I paid for did not work. Is this beginning to sound like a "bait and switch"?
After talking to a supervisor I was told basically a credit could not be issued and my monthly bill would not be the $128 + tax as I was told but it would be $169. + tax. No one at AT&T customer service seems to know what the facts are. They all use the same script, continue to put you on hold and apologize for the incorrect information you were given previously. Still the dollars keep coming out of our pockets. We get the bill and either pay or get disconnected. By the way my bill issued on 12-10-2017 showed a big circle with a due date of Dec. 31, 2018. Hummmm... I wonder what would have happened if I waited until the end of this year to pay that bill. Just goes to prove my point. Is anyone held responsible for what you are told verbally or in writing by AT&T?
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2018
The service is Horrible at my home (as soon as I pull into my driveway) and does not work better with a microcell. They prefer you use wireless service even though I have an unlimited data plan. My 1st bill for 2 cell phones for days was 269.00. The 2nd bill I added on my 2 children 416.00. The 3rd bill was 325.00. They claim it as because the bills are prorated and it takes 3 months for credits to be applied to the account. In the meanwhile they told me the phones were buy 1 get 1 free but charged.
I have a 200 phone balance on my free phone because they say it is was not included in the promotion which is contrary to what the manager told me. Finally, when they tell you they pay off your previous phone when you switch from another company LIES! They take up to 90 days to give you a VISA gift card for the difference of the previous phone you were required to trade in and subtract that amount from the balance off the phone. In my case, my phone balance with T-Mobile was 167. They gave me an AT&T bill credit for my Samsung S7 of 95.00 and a 73.00 Visa card to pay off my 167.00 equipment balance at T-mobile. A bill credit can't pay off an equipment balance.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2018
AT&T is the WORST company to partner with. I have been with them for YEARS and recently have come across some hard times. I had thought I set up a payment arrangement when I made a partial payment but per a rep it did not go through. Mind you I have paid anywhere from $400-900 a month for ONE phone and DirecTV. They shut my service off on 01/09/2018 and REFUSE to offer any assistance even though I have been a loyal customer in its entirety. I have offered to allow them to EFT the funds on my payday and they still will not do anything to help. I am currently switching to Verizon as my contract is OVER and I am DONE with ATT!! I'd advise you take your business ELSEWHERE, you will thank me later.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2018
We have been a loyal customer for over 13 years and decided to walk away due to TERRIBLE customer service and EXTREMELY high rates. It has been over 48 hours and I’m trying to receive my unlock code for the cell phone that is entirely paid for. Every call the customer service is hitting new lows from telling us off to hanging up on our faces.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2018
Order AT&T internet service and offer 75mps speed. The tech came to install the service which took two days to complete. Even after the two days, my speed never reach over 30mps. My son could not even use his Xbox or I could not download files needed for work. I call AT&T to cancel the service and even spoke to a supervisor. The supervisor just explained how sorry AT&T is for not being able to provide me with the speed I needed and I would still be charged for the setup fee of $99 and two days of internet service that I didn't even have. Do not go with AT&T. They are not a stand up company and the whole deal was a scam.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2018
I wanted to upgrade to a smartphone. I talked with the team in retention and they told me that due to the fact that AT&T had upgraded the plans it offered consumers and that I had not renewed my contract in a number of years, I would be able to get a new plan for myself and my family at a lower cost than my old plan. Unbeknownst to me, retention will tell you anything to get you to renew your contract. AT&T told me they sent the new iPhone which I was very excited to be receiving. Over ten days later no iPhone.
AT&T told me they checked with their shipping company who was I believe FedEx and that the phone was delivered. They told me they needed to complete a theft investigation which would take some time. I told them there was an AT&T owned AT&T store (not all AT&T stores are owned by AT&T) in the mall and asked if they on the corporate side could instruct the store to give me the new phone. They told me that was not AT&T policy. I asked if they could allow me to escalate so somebody with the authority to make an exception.
They told me allowing such an escalation was not AT&T policy. I wrote a letter to the Office of the President. While waiting over a month for my letter to be answered, I spoke to a supervisor in retention. He told me I needed to go to an AT&T store to set a pin number and there was nobody who could make an exception to that policy. I went to the AT&T store set the pin number and the supervisor in retention told me he would give me a $75 credit. The credit took several months to get on the bill. In the meantime the bills were not lower than they had been as the woman in retention promised.
I got a call from Diane ** in the Office of the President who explained to me that the failure to instruct the store to give me the iPhone I had ordered and to require I got into the store to set a pin was AT&T policy, that that was the way it was, and that there was nobody I could talk to with the authority to waive the policy. I wrote a letter complaining about Ms. ** who was assigned by the Office of the President to investigate a complaint about herself.
I emailed Ms. ** and asked if the situation could be resolved by her supervisor and if it was AT&T's practice to allow employees to investigate complaints about an employee's own conduct. I received a phone message from Amanda **. After returning my one phone call with a message Ms. ** chose not to call me back. I escalated to her supervisor Jason **. Mr. ** called me once on December 27th. It is now January 5th and he has not returned my many phone calls. This matter has been pending since July. AT&T's Office of the President is impertinent and incompetent. I am embarrassed to be an AT&T shareholder.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2018
I have 6 lines with AT&T, not because I love what they do, but because everything else is roughly of the same quality (I used to have Sprint). At least AT&T has technology compatible with the rest of the world. Now I needed to remove one line and leave 5. It turned out that it was not possible to do this complicated task from UI either on desktop or mobile (which I think is a feature, although I doubt that it brings any extra money to AT&T but a lot of grief to customers and additional work for their customer support). Not only it doesn't have this option, the help page that is supposed to explain how to do cancel service/remove line talks about everything but not how to this (a cruel joke, one would say).
After spending 30 minutes trying to unsuccessfully find a way, I connected to AT&T customer service and was assured that my problem was a temporary glitch and they would solve all my problems in a minute. A representative was really quick and completed a task in meager 20 minutes because she could not connect, and a system was too slow and AT&T has unusual call volume. When I noticed that the line was still available was assured that it takes 30 minutes and things would be resolved. Obviously, in the morning this line was still active and another call and another 20 minutes finally brought this to completion.
Next task, change caller ID. No success, for the last 4 days, the system comes back with a very informative message: "We apologize for the inconvenience, but we are currently experiencing a temporary system issue that prevents us from retrieving your account information. You may contact our Customer Care department at 1-800-331-0500 or dial 611 from your wireless phone. (GUP901)." And this is after the assurance of the service person that my case was sent was a speedy resolution. Not to mention the obvious which is secondary to the broken functionality: slow, non-intuitive, looks very old.
My question: how long we consumers should tolerate this horror for a service that we pay a lot of money for a long time. When those behemoths would die and someone modern, agile and efficient would come to replace them. Meanwhile, I guess I would have to tolerate it because unfortunately, I don't know how to live without cell service
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2018
I was an AT&T Wireless for about 10 years, starting with my first cell phone. I only switched because my husband got a significant work discount with another carrier. In 2016, AT&T's switching promo seemed too good to be true, so we came back. Turns out, it really was too good to be true. From day one, I've had constant billing issues. AT&T has a terrible habit of changing prices and fees without warning, forcing its customers to jump through hoops to get answers and fix problems. Your promotions are also quite misleading. No matter how many questions are asked up front, unsavory surprises seem to pop up once the bills come in.
The lack of transparency and pricing change-ups are now a part of our DirecTV experience, now that AT&T has taken that over. It's unfortunate, because we truly enjoy DirecTV. But my family is done accepting this unscrupulous, disrespectful treatment. We've already switched to a different wireless carrier for our phones. And we will change our TV service in the near future.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2018
I had AT&T for about 6 months. After 6 months, we decided to transfer to Verizon due to bad reception at my house. After I cancelled, I was expecting a bill but I never received a bill by mail or by email. However, today I received a past due fee for a bill (for $1200) that was never sent to me. I called and asked if I paid the bill immediately if they would remove the fee, they said no. Verizon has much better service and is cheaper BTW!
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2018
I've been a loyal Wireless customer for 5+ years and a DirecTV customer for a year. Yesterday I spoke with multiple people at AT&T for roughly 4 hours wanting to upgrade my phone. After getting transferred around I finally connected with a supervisor in loyalty who offered me a promotion that I accepted. After speaking with her for longer I actually decided to switch my cable TV, fiber internet, upgrade my phone, and add a second line onto my account. While she was processing my order, we disconnected.
She left me a voicemail back letting me know she had annotated my account notes and that I could call back Loyalty at any time and they would see those notes / honor our agreement. Unfortunately, it's been the exact opposite. I've wasted hours being transferred around different departments, put on hold, lied to, misled, and treated poorly by various representatives. Just now I got off a 45 minute call where I was actually able to speak with a rep in Loyalty, who was actually helping me process my order! After roughly 40 minutes she said a manager would join the call to "complete my order", but he did the exact opposite and told me the offer was off the table, was "only available at that time", and that he would not honor it.
A complete and utter waste of my time trying to give these guys more businesses. If this is what trying to upgrade services is like, I can't imagine what cancelling is like, but I'm about to find out. I will be taking the entirety of my business elsewhere and I will never use AT&T for anything again. Just the worst overall customer service experience I have ever had.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2018
I was a customer of AT&T Wireless for 11 years, going all the way back to the Cingular Wireless days. Multiple times I had encountered unsatisfactory customer service that nearly caused me to switch providers, but I opted to stay with AT&T out of convenience. The final straw was when my iPhone stopped working after nearly two years of use, so I went to the AT&T store to replace it. The employee at the location was extremely rude and completely dismissive. He refused to offer any assistance at aside from telling me the price of a brand new iPhone. I was so upset that I told him I was going to switch to Verizon. He laughed and said, "Okay. Bye." Within one hour I was a Verizon customer.
Now I am dealing with harassing phone calls from debt collectors claiming I owe a debt to Cingular Wireless. The only plausible explanation is that AT&T has charged a cancellation fee, despite having been a customer for over 11 years and being at least 23 months into a 24 month lease for the phone that stopped working (which insurance would not cover for reasons that the employee would not elaborate on and they would not give me any money back for a turn-in). Of course, the collectors cannot prove I owe the debt, so they keep selling it to other collectors every time I dispute the debt. Nonetheless, the harassing phone calls are irritating and would have never occurred if AT&T would have actually notified me that I owed a cancellation fee. The cancellation fee for a customer of over 11 years was the icing on the cake of over a decade's worth of horrible experiences dealing with AT&T customer services.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2018
I won't go into many details, but after 20+ years without ever having a problem that wasn't solved with one phone call, I've been over billed, lied to, and generally treated like I'm an idiot! I've tried customer service and been hung up on, their forum and been told to do what I have to do (I've decided to cancel everything and pay the fees), and finally private messaging to ATTCares, which has gone unanswered now for 10 days. I have wireless, internet, and DirecTV bundled and was promised a $300 gift card. Promised a credit for what I assumed was over billing because I complained! Haven't heard from anybody. Haven't got the gift card or the credit. After reading all the complaints, I don't think I have any choice but to bite the bullet and cancel all services and pay the early termination fee. I believe that, in the long run, I will save a small fortune!
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2018
The program documentation is ironclad. All one must do to make an informed decision to avoid being baited and switched is read the 10,000 or so words of fine print. Fair enough. My problem is that the program was misrepresented by the salesperson at our local AT&T corporate store. Her name is Lisa. Lisa said, "We take your phones and pay off your balance at Verizon." The first part was true. She did take our phones. The second part was not true. We paid our $1K+ balance at Verizon with little help from AT&T.
A truthful representation by Lisa would have sounded like this: We will charge you full price for new phones, less a "trade-in value" for your old ones. After copious paperwork which you must do online (we can't do it in the store), you may after 2-3 months (if you are lucky enough to submit your paperwork properly) get a debit card that will be equal in value to the amounts you owe Verizon for each phone (which amounts she thoughtfully extracted from us) minus the trade-in value we have placed on each. Of course, if Lisa had given this truthful representation, we would not have been baited and switched. No one is his or her right mind would be knowingly bamboozled. Right? We will make our way back to Verizon soonest.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2018
This is the 2nd time we have upgraded our phones with AT&T and both times have been an utter disaster. Their staff members are so unqualified that it took almost 2 hours to upgrade 2 phones, and then they did not even provide us with the proper supplies to return the phone. The first time they KEPT the phone at the store! So I had to go back and get it when the threatening text messages and emails started showing up. The next time they never provided the return slip or padded envelope that was needed. Even though they told us it was in the bag. We had to go back 2 more times to get everything we needed. Now a month after we sent the phone back, they still have not processed it, and it is still showing on our bill.
Contacting customer service is useless!!! I spent almost an hour with them, before they told me that they were the WRONG DEPARTMENT and couldn't help me. Why waste an hour before knowing you can't help? ? No one wants to help you, now they blame it on the holidays, they want you to pay your bill that is blatantly incorrect and say that they will credit it later! I don't think so. I have yet to deal with a single competent employee with AT&T. I didn't think that customer service could get worse than Comcast but AT&T is sure trying their best to be worse.
Updated review: Jan. 10, 2018
Surprisingly AT&T resolved this issue. I received a call from a gentleman who works in the office of the president of the company. He offered to credit my account. I should have to complain to get my problem resolved but I was impressed with how it was handled after I complained formally. So kudos to AT&T for stepping up for me.
Original Review: Jan. 4, 2018
They allegedly offer to pay your phone off if you switch carriers. What they actually do is tell you your paperwork is invalid when you submit it and you get nothing but a rip off price on your trade in phone and you are stuck paying your early termination fees, your lease, plus your new phone. They are as bad as everyone says.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2018
I was absolutely disgusted with the overall customer service with AT&T. About 2 weeks ago I upgraded my internet with them after 8 years of service with them. Home phone, home security, internet, and 5 cell phones. The actual purchase of the upgrade was fast. After that it was downhill. They told me a technician would be out the next day between 12-4 to install a new modem and router. So we took the day off to wait which was acceptable. Until he never showed up to install the new equipment. So we had to talk to several AT&T representatives that day to get the upgrade. So after about 2 hours on the phone they said it took 24 hours for the upgrade to actually take place. So then we waited the 24 hours for the upgrade to take place... it didn't.
So once again we called, placed on hold for 52 minutes to be hung up on. So we called back once again. Upon contact with a representative we were told they left our account open so it would take another 24 hours. So once again we wait 24 hours to call again. So after another wait period we called again, then they scheduled an appointment for another technician to come out 4 days later, until that technician also did not show up. So once again several phone calls to AT&T long wait times on the phone they scheduled another appointment. At that point in time the AT&T representative came 2 hours past the window that we were told and we still did not receive the internet speed we requested. Which then led to us leaving AT&T.
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2018
My phone was working last night and this morning it woke up to it had leaked the ink on the inside of the phone and nothing happened to it. Went to store. Said only thing they could do is make me pay off the phone and buy another. Yeah how ridiculous is that. Not my fault. The phone did what did. So I can even see the screen but can hear everything but I have to continue to pay for a broken phone monthly that I can't use or pay it off of 250 and still won't be able to use it then pay for new phone. Hell no. Not my fault what had happen to it. I can get it fix but be about 100 to 200 to fix. And they only take phones back after 14 of first signing up and don't care about that their customers have no working phones as long they get their money. They are getting as bad as Verizon. Getting too big headed and all about the money so no one should ever use them and go to a different company. I will be.
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2018
WOW! In October a little gal called "from AT&T". Asked if I was happy with service and was there anything AT&T could do. I told her it would be handy if I got just one bill for DSL and Cell phone. "No problem," she says... "Let me just pull up your account..." She says they are running a special and she says she can really rev up my internet speed and if I add U-verse TV I'd pay $10 LESS on my bill. What a deal! What a special! Well no... Still have no combined bill. She more than doubled my Cell bill...
The U-verse has no channels I'd watch that I don't get free on my HD tv antenna for free. The DSL is triple what it was... And to turn off the U-verse TV box I have to pay an additional $150 fee to break a contract I never heard I had. I asked the operator today if the AT&T telemarketer who originally call was on commission... I still don't know. In November I called and asked the U-verse be cut off. I assumed it was done. Until I got the December bill. Since that operator did not follow thru it triggered the $150 cancellation fee as today the 30 day grace had passed. HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS DOWN THE DRAIN! AT&T after 30 years you are soon history in this household. MY WARNING TO MY FREINDS AT&T IS NO LONGER TRUSTWORTHY.
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2018
I have been with AT&T for 5 years. Within the last few months something changed and I cannot receive service for 95% of the time yet they won't provide a solution to the problem while I'm paying my $100 bill monthly. It seems like I am paying for a service I am not getting. Tech support couldn't provide any answers and the online chat people were just rude. Tech support told me to update my phone, which I can't do because I don't get a signal. Drove 40 miles into town and sat at Truckstop for a hour to do the update which didn't help at all. My husband is paying half the amount through a reliable local carrier. My contract is up in March 2018 and I'll be switching the day it's up. I have stage 4 cancer and phone service is a necessity. I can't even dial out on the phone without 4 or 5 tries. Totally fed up with AT&T.
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2018
Absolutely ridiculous what I have gone through with switching over from Verizon to ATT. Don’t do it. Stay with whoever you are with. The switcher program has so many loopholes. There absolutely no way you will get reimbursed what they say they will do for you. As soon as these phones are paid for I’m getting off ATT. I’ve talked to so many different departments. It’s not funny. I don’t think anyone knows what each department really takes care of what. I’ve had to be switched between 3 different people before I spoke to someone that actually helped me. And from the get go I talked to a guy that told me I wasn’t going to have to trade in my phones cause I wanted to keep them for backups but no. The last person I finally talked to said I was going to have to in order to get reimbursed the almost 400 that Verizon debited from my account that ATT said they were going to take care of.
What a shock that was when Verizon debited my account. Then I traded I. The 2 phones that att said I wouldn’t have to only to call the switcher program people to get confirmation that they have seen my phones traded in for them to tell me that I don’t qualify because my phones were already worth too much!? Wtf. So ATT doesn’t ever pay off your old account. They have some loophole to get around reimbursing you your money that they promised and no one really explains anything completely to you. Oh yea the first person that sold me this plan said there was a 150 dollar Visa rewards for starting a new wireless plan and I have still yet to see that. So don’t do it ppl. Don’t believe the switcher program. It doesn’t pay for anything!! Switching back to Verizon as soon as these phones are paid for. ATT is bogus. Worst experience in my life having to have to spend so much damn time on the phone with ppl that don’t even know what’s going on.
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2018
When I signed up for high speed, ATT did not cancel my DSL or dial up. They continued to deduct about $50/month for 18 months. I tried calling into customer service. Got no satisfaction. Tried going into center. No satisfaction. Finally went to bank. Bank representative called att DSL. Finally someone said I had TWO ACCOUNTS. And YES, att had been taking out of my bank for DSL & high speed for 18 months. AT&T has agreed to refund 8 months only at $50/month. What about other 10 months? That was in Oct. I have yet to see check. I want all 18 months at $50/month NOW! Since then I have talked with two others who had two accounts like me & had to fight to get one account dropped.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2017
I wanted to buy my son a new phone for Christmas. On at least three separate occasions I contacted AT&T to find out how the plan worked since I have the older Unlimited plan. I was always told the same - the $40 line access would drop to $20 and the additional charge on the bill would be $3.34 after the $20 line access discount. I finally decided to do it and even ordered the new phone through the Customer Loyalty Department to avoid the $25 "Upgrade Fee".
Well my bill finally arrived and to my surprise I was still charged the "upgrade fee" and the full $40 line access charge. I contacted the loyalty department and did get the $25 removed. Now the $40 line access charge? Well I am being told "the prior representatives misinformed you and there is nothing we can do about it unless you change your plan". Sure feels like a bait and switch. Now I'm stuck paying the additional $600 that I was assured would be discounted. ($20 for 30 months). I have nothing positive to say about AT&T. This was my worst experience from any company I've dealt with.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2017
After ordering a phone and it being back ordered for 2 months (after an agent told me it had shipped) it was cancelled. What does AT&T do? Be rude to me and tell me the $50 credit is all they can do for me. So over 6 hours of my time trying to figure out what’s going on and still no phone is worth $50? No way. I’ll be going elsewhere.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2017
When trying to switch our business account to AT&T we found the staff at the local store to be far less than knowledge. After speaking 3 times on the phone to arrange the purchase I arrive at the store, 30 min away, walk in and am told the CEO has to be there to sign. They had only spoken to me and never mentioned his prior to my arrival but it was the first comment out of her mouth when we exchanged greetings. This was following my having to call the business customer support after speaking with the store twice because they could not/or would not (I am unsure) answer the questions regarding a business account. The business customer care is another level of rude that I have never experienced when dealing with customer service.
When verifying information to ensure I was hearing her correctly or understood properly I received responses such as "that's what I said" "that's what I'm trying to tell you" in extremely rude and condescending tones. If we handled business and treated our customers, or potential customers, in the manner in which AT&T treats theirs we would not be in business long. Needless to say, we started the day as a company that was going to use AT&T wireless and ended the day as a company that will never consider them as a possibility in the present or the future.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2017
We ordered 2 new iPhone 8’s 4 months ago online. One of the offers AT&T offers is to buy back your old phones for $200 credit per phone. When we received the phones, I went down to a AT&T store to have my phone programmed; at this time I asked one of the associates how to return the old phone to get the $200 credit? I was informed to send it back in the same box the new phone came in and use the label inside... AT&T MISTAKE NUMBER 1! I received the correct packaging in the mail after I had already sent the item using the info I was given at the store.
We then sent the 2nd phone back using the correct packaging, in addition they tracked down the first phone because we had the tracking number. So now both phones have been in their possession and verified for over 4 MONTHS!!! I have spent over 40 hours explaining this story to sales representatives, managers, loyalty department managers, chat agents and the list goes on! Not one of them can explain why we have not been credited for our phones, they all tell you they are sorry but none can come up with a good answer why we have still not been credited.
They even tried to convince me at one point this buyback program does not exist! Thankfully I kept the second package that shows this department exists; in addition I have recorded all conversations and all chat sessions. When we originally signed up for service they had an offer to buy out our existing contract with Verizon which was $400/line, unknowing to their criminal practices we thought this was a good deal. However they did not disclose that you had to wait 90 days, well understanding that we needed to show our commitment we waited the 90 days, then 120, then 6 months had gone by... after persistence on our part (because they will NOT call you).
We were finally reimbursed for $900 of the $1200 (are you seeing a pattern?). This company tells you the deal, then recantation the offer once you are on the hook. The legal term is “BAIT AND SWITCH”. We continue to pay our bill because we are honest consumers; AT&T trains its employees in the art of deception, if you get too close to the truth they will either transfer you to someone else and then start from scratch, this is to wear you down and why not they have enough employees!
The final insult to injury was to hear they were giving all the employees Christmas bonuses but yet they can’t take care of the credits. They are 4 MONTHS OVERDUE! If decided not to pay for 4 MONTHS, we would incur late fees, collections and they would report it to the credit agencies. I’ve been complaining for 4 MONTHS and been told they are sorry but still no action and NO ONE will call you back. I have chat session records, phone records, taped sessions, receipts, tracking numbers and other evidence... does anyone know how to resolve this and expose this company? Very frustrated!!!
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2017
After wasting more than two hours of my time to ask what my options are to join AT&T I was mislead when the agent sold me a package that he says I would only pay $145 and one time $50 activation fee and that was it. When I get the first bill of $234.00 I almost fell off my seat. I call customer service and they say I was enrolled for $165.00 and I may have to pay additional taxes. I didn't even bother to waste any more time. $234.00 down the drain I could have used it for Christmas gifts for my daughter. I had no choice but to cancel my service.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2017
I purchased a second phone with an online offer for free and I was in the AT&T store when the salesman helped me through all of it. I was told that I might be charged a couple of installment payments then it would stop and I would get those payments credited back to me so that would make the phone free. After 4 months of paying installments I called to tell them the situation but they have no idea what I was talking about. After an hour and two operators they told me they found the promotion and was applying it to my account and it would reflect next month plus he gave me a confirmation code.
Well here is next month and I am on the phone again for an hour and still waiting currently to have someone figure this out. And of course there are no notes and the confirmation number I was given means nothing. I have been transferred five times and no solution still! Promises promises with horrible customer service! Don't believe deals, offers or promotions with this company!
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2017
I have been a long time cell phone customer with At&t for several years and have never had a problem until the last order I placed. I ordered their promotion of BOGO on the note 8 and added a line, I also chose to switch to DirecTV and was assured the phones would be here by Christmas. After 3 chat sessions (which I have transcripts of) and 5 phone calls I learned they would not be here by Christmas, that was disappointing but I let that go. On Christmas eve I got an email saying my phone had shipped, phone singular. I called them and was told that one of the phones I ordered was back ordered but it should be shipping soon. On the 26th I started a chat sessions to see if they had a ship date on the second phone because the first was due to arrive on the 27th. I was told that the second one should arrive by the end of the month.
When the phone arrived today I called again to inquire about the second phone to be told I never ordered a second phone! I informed them I had at least 5 chat transcripts saying I did and that I would be receiving it but all I got was I am sorry but they all basically lied to me because they did not want to do their job and would be wrote up.
At this point the agent was documenting all the names of the people I talked to and she had 10 names! AT&T retention department told me sorry but there was nothing they could do so I said I wanted to send the phone back and cancel the new line and after I paid the bill I would be cancelling all my lines and switching to Verizon. She told me that she would hate for me to do that because I had two phones on the installment plan and that she would not want to see me overcharged or made to pay them all in full or be in breach of contract! Not only did they lie to me repeatedly. They did not do anything to rectify the issue and basically threatened me if I leave! I am beyond frustrated and do not recommend anyone ever use At&t.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2017
Read the negatives and then... believe them. I spent months on end dealing with AT&T, literally, months. Everyone there is incompetent it seems. I have a written chat log going on about my issues with AT&T, simply reiterating my issues. Ridiculous! If you have a chance to leave, do so. If you have an alternative option, take it!
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2017
I had a sales rep knock on my door on 12/19 - caught me at a weak moment so I agreed to switch service from Spectrum to AT&T for internet & DirecTV for television. Technicians from both companies came out to install on 12/21 so I'd had internet for all of 5 days and then, midway through the day yesterday, my internet account was CANCELLED. Despite talking to 4 different people (Jem, Patrick, Omar, Mark), spending 1.5+ hours on the phone, and being hung up on by Omar (**), NOBODY could seem to tell me why or how this happened.
Omar PROMISED me that my service would be turned back on within 'minutes'. I refused to terminate the call until the internet was back up, since (again), it was only going to take a few minutes. He refused to stay on the line with me until my issue was resolved so I asked to speak with his manager - he told me the manager's name was Eduardo and then the call was immediately terminated (translation: I got hung up on).
When I called back 30 minutes later, which should have been long enough for the internet issue to be resolved and wasn't, I got someone named Mark who FIRST told me there was no indication that internet should be working, only that the account was cancelled. After I demanded to speak with a manager, he put me on hold, came back and said "Oh, my mistake, I see notes from Omar that your service should be turned back on TOMORROW".
After much back-and-forth, and again demanding to speak with a manager, Mark told me that he'd go ahead and 'expedite' getting my internet turned back on since this 'wasn't my fault', and that it should be turned back on by EOD (this was at 6 pm last night). I then, for a THIRD TIME on this particular call, asked to speak with a manager. He said his manager, Chota, was wrapping up a call and would call me back in 5 minutes. I offered to stay on the line and he said no, she would call me back IN 5 MINUTES.
DOES ANYONE THINK I'VE GOTTEN A FOLLOW UP CALL? For all of those reading this post, do yourself a favor and AVOID AT&T at all cost. Again, after having internet service for ONLY 5 days, AT&T somehow managed to cancel my account and then could provide ZERO explanation as to why or how this happened.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2017
I've been with AT&T for over 8 years, my average bills & payments are $350 a month for three lines. This month, I had a insurance claim on my bill which made my $550. I call in for service issues. The rep took it up herself to set me up with a payment date I didn't ask her to do. She set me up to pay $554 on Dec 30, I didn't find that out until I went online to set up a payment for Jan 4. That's when I called in. Three reps bounced me around claiming to be a manager or in higher customer support. They send the call to a friend next to your name. I found that out because after Her Slick fast talking She said, "Sir I can't do it on my end. I'll have see if a manager can do it." Which that's who she said you was. Totally liars. So I played along. Then she comes back to the phone. "I sent my manager a text and send said we can't extend it." I've paid this people every 4 - 5 of the month. This is how they treat a long time customer.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2017
Been with this co. For a while due to military obligations missed a payment arrangement but don't RATE a 72 hr extension on payment. What in the damn Tarnation... And was giving false info by the representative. All they care about is your monies no matter if your reasoning makes sense, guess they all about the cents. Cancel services fast and avoid like a bad rash. Semper fi.
Updated review: Dec. 30, 2017
I received support after getting my issue escalated. Still not happy it had to come to this, but at least my issue was resolved.
Original Review: Dec. 27, 2017
I received as a gift an AT&T Prepaid iPhone SE, that when purchased from AT&T online, included the first month's payment in the purchase price, as stated on the site. I, however, did not receive the first-month payment in the form of a refill code, or as an account credit. My mother and I have been trying to get the issue resolved. I called support and got an overseas rep who could not help me. My mom called and got another overseas rep, while she was very nice, she tried telling us the $45 first month payment was for a postpaid, or contract account, and that to activate the phone on prepaid we would need to pay another $45. What?
I will include, quoted from the site, "Get a new iPhone SE - AT&T PREPAID and $45 payment for service for only $194.99." This is taken directly from the site used to purchase the device. I did not receive the first-month payment that was supposed to be included in the device purchase and I have gotten nowhere with their Twitter support team. I would like the amount credited to my account.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2017
Decided to buy my son Wi-Fi for Christmas, can't be installed for another week because of "difficulties in the facility". Reschedules the appointment with the lady, Wi-Fi people don't come. Apparently she messed up the order and gave the wrong number to the technicians. We call them and get it rescheduled AGAIN for the 28th and we finally receive our internet. My son was very upset, as this was what he really wanted for Christmas.
Reviewed Dec. 24, 2017
Was a customer of AT&T in the past as well as several of my family members. I was a cell phone customer years ago. This experience was not too bad until I wanted to end my contract which I had met all their requirements and was all paid up and did not want to renew. Their reception was not all that great compared to others and I needed better reception for my job purposes. So when I went to close my account they tried to get me to sign back on and I refused. They also were going to make me change my plan if I got a new phone which I also needed. I made it clear I was not interested. And wanted to close my account. I paid my last bill and my phone was disconnected. My plan was a $25.00 a month and came to about 30 plus dollars a month with taxes and any overage charges.
I had no money due. My contract was fulfilled. My phone did connected and a month later I got a phone bill for $25.00. How can I owe a phone bill for a phone that’s not connected, not used and not under contract any longer? I also noticed they charged no taxes. How can you charge anyone for something and not charge taxes? Like it or not we have to pay taxes but they can’t charge you taxes in a service that is not provided but apparently they can charge you for not wanting to be their customer any longer! My parents had AT&T for their cable and home phone and internet and paid well over $250.00 a month. Whenever there was a storm the reception on the home phone was horrid! You could not make out hardly any words. Their “Customer Service” insisted it was our phone even though they had 4 different phones in the house and it didn’t matter which phone they used.
I also had 2 friends who also had AT&T and the same problem. Mysteriously whenever an AT&T service truck showed up on the street which was not anywhere near often enough the noise and interference disappeared until the next electrical storm. Why they continued with their device I don’t know. A while later my parents' health took a very serious turn for the worse. Both were hospitalized and only my father returned home after being in the hospital and rehab for a little longer than 10 MONTHS. Since no one was home to watch TV there is obviously no reason to pay so much money a month so we cancelled all services. My father was in no condition to talk with anyone about bills and services and so forth and we needed to return their equipment. I called and inquired how they wanted this done. They said they needed to speak to my father.
I explained NOT 1 NOT 2 NOT 3 but 4 FOUR times he could not talk to them due to his condition and being hospitalized. They finally told me they needed me to ship their equipment back to them via FedEx. But they needed the passwords. I don’t know his passwords! AGAIN I had to explain he is in the hospital and NOT ABLE to speak to them or give me any passwords. He was SERIOUSLY ILL AND INCAPACITATED. NOT able to speak. I am aware there are privacy issues but also keep in mind we were trying to RETURN their property! Then whatever agent I was speaking to had the audacious nerve to ask me what was wrong with my father! Privacy issues go both ways you know! I got so frustrated with him I told him I’m just going to sell their equipment and they can go do something sexually inappropriate and anatomically incorrect!
My fathers power of attorney also had almost the same experience with them. As far as their new advertising campaign goes it's pretty much accurate. For I would much rather pour scalding lava hot coffee in my eyes, get pinned up against a subway door by poisoned sharp rusty spearheads, or sit on a flaming white hot iron serrated spike than do any sort of business with AT&T again! AT&T has the most abysmal quality services and decrepit so called customer service to match!!! Save your money and your sanity by patronizing ANY OTHER SERVICE PROVIDER ANYWHERE!!!
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2017
I have to give AT&T 1 star because that’s the minimum requirement. This company is a fraud. There are too many problems with this company... but the main problem is unacceptable is keep sending the bill even though I already canceled the service and returned all the items couple months back. Please don’t walk but RUN away from this company.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2017
I signed a bundle with AT&T on 12/11 (Phone, Internet, Cable). AT&T made the appointment for cable installation on 12/14 from 8 AM-12. The technician showed up at 12:30 and did not have the proper equipment. He had to come back and showed up at 4 PM. I had to burn a whole vacation day to twiddle my thumbs waiting for them. AT&T scheduled the internet installation on 12/19 from 8 AM-12. They even sent me an email the night before confirming the appointment time. They did not show up at all. I called AT&T at 2 PM to get info as to why. The customer service team told me they were sorry but the best they could do on the install was 12/29 (10 days after they missed the appointment they made). I asked to speak to a manager whom told me that someone would come to install my internet on 12/19 from 6-8 PM. Nobody showed up!
The manager contacted me at 7:30 PM to tell me the 2nd appointment they made that day could not be made. I burned another vacation day waiting for the install. On 12/20, I contacted the loyalty group. They told me a technician would be there to install my internet from 1-3. I called AT&T at 3 because nobody showed up yet again. The customer service team told me my appointment could not happen until the next day (12/21) even though their records showed they told me 1-3 same day (12/20). Spoke to the loyalty group and threatened to end services. They assured me a technician would be at my house between 3-4 PM on 12/20. The technician showed up at 5 PM (1 Hour Late). He installed my internet. On 12/21, I went to work and when I came home, I did not have internet connection at all. Didn't even have it for 1 day... Once again, AT&T put me at an inconvenience to come out and repair my internet on 12/22.
In summary, I burned 2 vacation days to be stood up by AT&T. I spoke to 15+ people in a matter of 3 days. Very few reps were helpful. Through all my troubles, I only was able to get an installation fee waived ($100) value. AT&T says that is all they can do for me after all the trouble they put me through. What's sad is I want to do business with AT&T but they don't seem to care to have mine. They made false promises on multiple occasions that damaged the image I had of the company. AT&T has competition that is cheaper (Sprint - $60/unlimited text and data and Xfinity - 140+ channel/internet package for $80). I pay AT&T $220 for my plan yet their competition is $140. I still don't have internet and am pondering how I made such an idiotic decision to go with AT&T in the first place. I would never recommend AT&T to anyone.
I used their phone service for 5+ years and tried to give them more business only to be treated like dirt. My internet doesn't work and it is not buried. To say I am pissed would be an understatement. I would expect better customer service and more incentives from such a bigwig company. Never do business with these guys unless you like circle jerks, lies, and being stood up. Still waiting for the resolution...
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2017
This is got to be the worst cell provider ever! AT&T is so manipulative and deceitful about everything they try to sell you! Every store I have gone to has had the worst customer service and they have not helped me with the problem I had! My daughter's tablet was due for an upgrade and it's like pulling teeth to get this accomplished with AT&T because they want to upsell you as much as they can! We have even reached out to the ICO of AT&T, Katrina **, only to be met with horrible customer service and a sickening attitude! We've been playing phone tag with her for over a week now only for her to regurgitate everything the employees at the store have already told us! They will not bend over backwards for you, they will not do anything for you without taking everything they can from you! This is a horrible company so beware...
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2017
Several times I've called been told one thing but they end up doing another. This last time was the last straw. They straight out lied to me, I had called about my bill because I was getting charged for stuff that I wasn't told about. After being on the phone with a customer service rep he told me he was able to get my phone bill down from $317 to $209. I was good with that. A few days later I checked my bill it was still at $317 so I called back. They tell me that the rep I had talk to was wrong and they couldn't do anything with my bill. I told them I was never told about the extra changes and told them exact same thing I told the other, they said they would open an investigation, but that was all they could do. But my bill is $317 so I said I wanted to return the one phone but was told I couldn't, so I asked why I was lied to and they just beat around the bush.
So I'm going to see what happens with this investigation they are going to do since they say they record all calls. If it doesn't pan out I'm changing companies, actually I do believe I'm going to change companies as it is. This will just determine how soon, if they continue to lie I will just bite the bullet pay off the remaining 4 months that I have on this tablet I have and switch companies. I've been an AT&T customer for over 15 years and they have not gotten better, in fact my service has gotten worse, they tell me to use wifi calling since I get a low signal at home, when they were Cingular I use to get a great signal but they stopped using those towers.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2017
I've been having a terrible nightmare since I hired AT&T. The bills are always a surprise. It never meets what we agreed. When the salesperson sells you the service, the bill will never be like he promised. It is disappointing. I would never recommend AT&T to my neighbors and friends. Now I have to be stucked to this expensive plan which I did not hire, otherwise I have to pay a cancellation fee. If you are choosing a company, do not hire AT&T. Both cellphones and home TV and internet service bills are mysterious.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2017
Being charged for phones I returned. The customer service team has been telling me different things. Some are saying that my returned devices have been received and a credit is being issued and others are saying it’s in process. It’s like this for over a month. I have spoken with 5-7 people and they can’t tell me a straight answer about my credit.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2017
Tried buying 2 new Samsung J7 phones last night. My wife has a 7 year old Samsung Evergreen. It completely died last night. She is in a wheelchair and needs to keep an operating phone at all times. She was wanting to get a smartphone but the Samsung J7 was the best for our budget. We are both retired. She is disabled. I went on live chat to get her a phone also. Thought maybe could a deal by getting 2 phones. First agent I was talking to was going to let me have 2 j7 with no activation fee and free shipping and my monthly bill would go up $8 for my wife's phone since I was on next already. He wouldn't charge me anything for my phone.
He looked at all of our account info to ensure this deal. l was checking with my wife if we could do this. Go back a little I wanted a phone like hers so if I was out somewhere I could look at my phone solve her problem. She was ok with doing this. While we were discussing I lost the agent. So I got another agent that stated she couldn't get that offer for me but She someone in the promo department could get it done for me. She was going to stay online till this third person joined and left.
I waited forty minutes to get promo agent online. She did offer me a deal with the 2 J7 but I would have to add a third line. There is 2 of us we don't need a third line but I kept feeling like I was being called a liar by this person that they FIRST DIDN'T offer me this. Today I called AT&T. Didn't do much better. I did compromise not AT&T. I did get my wife a free J7 for doing a free trial to DirecTV for 7 days then I will have to back online to get rid of Directv so total time with being on hold, live chat with 3 agents and on phone with another agent, didn't get what I wanted. Had to settle for less. I have been with ATT FOR GOING ON 50 Years and to be treated like dirt. When I can get my phone paid off I will be going somewhere else. I HOPE this DOES back to ATT.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2017
Manager would refuse to acknowledge me in the store when I continually asked to speak with a manager. After multiple requests to see the manager, she rudely came over to me not saying one word or making eye contact. Then when the problem was resolved, not by her, she walked away not saying one word. It was very rude and blatantly offensive. Store location: 9310 S Eastern Ave #112, Las Vegas, NV 89123.
Reviewed Dec. 17, 2017
I have been an AT&T customer for over 10 years. I recently traveled to Ethiopia to serve on a humanitarian aid trip. I incurred international roaming charges that were inaccurate. I was given a credit on my account to correct my bill only for AT&T to take the credit back and not honor the correction. What business gives a customer something and then takes it back? Where is the integrity? I would not expect this from any business, but certainly not from one the size and experience of AT&T. That is simply: Bad Business!
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2017
I had a weak moment and decided in order to leave Comcast I would sign up for AT&T Uverse & Internet. I talked to customer service and chat online with AT&T as well. They encouraged me to do it online. I started the process of doing so and for some reason my order changed to DirecTV in the midst of the order (I did not select it). I changed it back and started over again. I went through the all of the steps and submitted the order after getting reassurance from the person I am chatting with that all we end up correct.
After submitting, It had changed my selection again to DirecTV instead of Uverse. I was extremely frustrated with their system, chat and customer service. I called several times to change my order before they send someone, but they kept giving me the runaround. Customer service was incompetent and could not help even after hours of communication.
After many attempts I decided to cancel the order and customer service assured me it was cancelled. Couple days later I received text and email notifications that my DirecTV install will be happening soon. I was very annoyed. I called customer service but more frustration, I called their loyalty department and worked with someone from the States on cancelation. He assured me it was cancelled and cancelled correctly this time. Days later more emails on my installation taking place soon for DirecTV. AT&T has the very worst customer service and I truly believe they do it on purpose. They have unethical tactics they use and people are getting sick of it. NO ONE WANTS YOUR RIP OFF DIRECTV service.
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2017
Paid off my device 7 days ago. "The only way to unlock the phone is through the online portal," they say. I call after 3 days of trying to unlock my device. Get a case number, then on the "resolution date" they tell me it will be done by end of day. I wait a completely other day and try again, no dice. Call to get my device unlocked yet again. They close the old ticket with no resolution, and create a new case, extending the process out another 4 days! I have chatted them for 3 days in a row, and called for 7 days in a row. The "manager" just reverts to regurgitating the same information over and over and tells me they cannot communicate with that department because they don't have a phone number to reach them.
I then ask, aren't you guys a communications business? You sell cell phones, satellite TV/internet, Internet, etc...? And you are telling me that you cannot communicate with the tech department that can unlock my phone? Barf, barf comes out the same answer over and over. The entire reason I am leaving them is due to them constantly adding things to my bill I never agreed to purchase, or they have messed up the billing on their end. I am a fair person and paid things that I have ordered, always on time, and even ate a bill or two due to misunderstandings. I should not have to jump through hoops to get something done for me that I outright own.
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2017
Don't use AT&T and I had very bad experience from them. I canceled the service and I ask them don't ship the device but they shipped back. They did not refund full initial payments and charged first month $290. After vacation got this bill very bad and called customer care and keep following up. Note - my order was cancelled before ship the device but they ship the device even cancel asking me pay for services. I don't know number and account not even open the box.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2017
I called three times and no result. I am just tired of ATT their customer service. Everything they do is a scam. I called for my phone warranty. They sold me U-verse TV. They told me I am getting the phone in four days. And I called this morning they said they have nothing in their system for my phone warranty.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2017
AT&T is by far the worst phone company ever. I would not recommended it to anyone. They are the most expensive place and they don't know how to treat their customers. They don't help you in any sort of way. They’re all about their money. I been with them for 5 years and never once was my bill not high. They overcharge you for everything and they don't let you know there are hidden charges with this company.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2017
Last December I opened an account with Sprint because I wasn’t happy with AT&T. I was not able to port my number from AT&T because Sprint was not in the area that the number was from wish I could have. I called later that month then have my AT&T service shut off. Was told I would receive a last bill for December. I did and I called to make sure in January that the service was shut off because the phone was still working. It had not been so I argued with the customer service tech and it was to be shut off.
February came and it still was not shut off. Called again. They said that I only requested to shut off my iPad and not the phone. I was angry and said go back and listen the conversation and they told me they couldn’t. That was only for internal use. I argued and was told the charges would be reversed. They weren’t. Called again. Was told it was rejected. All I wanted was to cancel my service and now they have sent me to collections for about $250 that I should not owe. This is a bad company. I will never do business with them ever again.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2017
I have 2 years DirecTV contract, and when I signed up I was told my price was locked for 24 months. Like a month ago I received an email saying that my DirecTV price will go up so I called to find out why and the agent told me because I have to add 2nd service to keep the same price and then she offered me switching from Verizon to AT&T. Her offer was iPhone 10 and get 8 Plus for free and my DirecTV bill will be 35$ instead of 55$, and my total monthly bill will be 130$. I said, "Let me think about it." I went the AT&T store and they said this offer is not exist. I called customer service and the agent was so rude so I requested to talk to Supervisor and while I’m talking to the Supervisor she hung up on me.
I called back and talked to an agent name Jio and his badge number is ** that’s if he is saying the truth, I asked him to transfer me to complaint department to file a complaint about the previous call and he did, agent name Mel said he is from complaint department and his attitude was even worse than all of them. He was yelling at me so I asked him to speak to his supervisor he said, "Ok I will transfer you" with very bad tone and instead of transferring me he hung up on me. Called again and asked agent name Alex ** to transfer me to complaint department.
Guess what complaint department is not exist, isn’t that funny? He said. "I can file a complaint for you." I said, "Ok." I told him the whole story and he said, "Someone will contact you within 7 business days" and it’s been 12 business since and no one contacted me. Very rude and unprofessional customer service, Wrong information. I’m writing my experience with AT&T in here because I couldn’t get a hold of anybody, no complaints, no corporate number. Super not recommended.
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2017
I have been on the phone with ATT for 2 hrs and still on the phone trying to modify my order from being shipped to my house to being able to pick it up at a store. I have been transferred to 10 people. Horrible experience. I would honestly like to just cancel my service. Every time I call them the customer service reps are not trained to handle anything and you will be on the phone over a hour...
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2017
God forbid you ever have any issues with your service...every time you call someone will answer the phone that knows almost no English. Called about 22 times for help, each time no one could help me because they don't know any English words beyond their prompted script. I did not know my pin or favorite restaurant which was "Fuji Sushi". The one time someone with decent English answered he told me it was "sushi". Not only did they put in my security answer wrong, but they couldn't even use common sense to figure out I was saying basically the same thing. I have been without internet for a week now, and I'm going to be charged for it. Every time I call I want to just hang up.
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2017
I have been with AT&T since they were Cingular Wireless and have been paying several hundred dollars a month in a phone bill. The customer service department don’t care about the common customer. All they care about is getting a paycheck and trying to see how sarcastic they can be with the customer. They pass the buck to the next department and no one takes ownership of any issues. The more frustrated you get that seems to fuel them to become more argumentative. They offer service and don’t stand by what they offer. More concerned about getting a customer more than trying to care of existing customers.
I hope that every AT&T employee that gives the customer a hard I pray that when you need something from another company you get treated the same way you treat customer. Just maybe then they will change and be about the consumer whom is paying the salaries of the att employee. As soon as my contract is up I’M GONE to a competitor that doesn’t have the range of service and I will pay for that instead of the smart ass sarcastic employees that think they own AT&T. Good luck and hope some company can come along and put AT&T under.
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2017
I have had AT&T for as long as I can remember, and I wish I had never used their services at all. My internet at home is a whole other problem, but my cellphone internet is horrible. No matter where I am, home, work, school, outside in the middle of an open field... I never have internet service. When I am working, I need my phone so that I can research on the spot and it has become impossible for me to do so. Same problem with the one other person who uses AT&T. However, the people around the my work who use Sprint and Verizon never experience any problems. They research, they share pictures... all within a few seconds. But me with AT&T I am constantly hitting the resend button and getting met with a message saying my data will be sent when I have service.
I will save my rant about my home internet service some other time and place because there is a lot I have to say about that too, unfortunately. Once I am able to leave AT&T, I am never going back. I would not doubt that I am one of the customers they were caught throttling bandwidth from. Yeah. Learning about that made me hate AT&T more.
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2017
We switched to AT&T during a "free phone" promotion in November of 2016 with promise of 650$ prepaid VISA card per phone relinquished to AT&T. We had three (3) qualifying phones. We never received the prepaid VISA cards. AT&T still has the equipment. I started making monthly calls in January 2017. When I got my first full bill I was being charged 20$ per line for free phones. I paid the amount due with a promise of seeing the discount on the next bill. February my bill was even higher so I called again only to be told that it was due to proration of my internet and DirecTV with the combined billing. Still getting charged 20$ per line for phones. This process has repeated every month since switching.
In September I went through the process for my ex husband to take billing responsibility of his two lines. On October 2, 2017 I received confirmation from my ex that he had completed the process and his phone lines should be off my bill. November and December have had to call multiple times and have spoken with many representatives. On December 6 I called and spoke with an agent for over an hour going over every detail, begging him to help me get this bill down, get my husband off this account and get an extension on my payment so my phone wouldn't get cut off. I was assured I had until December 18.
December 8 I wake up to my phone being suspended AND I have a text message saying I had a payment arrangement for Dec 12th??? I was also informed that I have NEVER gotten my employer discount since day one because the plan I am on doesn't qualify??? I have asked EVERY time and been assured that I was getting the 24% discount for my company. Yes I have it in writing. And after all this frustration I spent another lovely hour on the phone with a representative who then cold transferred me to billing and did not even document the conversation. I WANT OUT OF THIS SHADY CONTRACT.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2017
2 months ago paid to upgrade phone and have been charged with another and line I do not have. Have spoken with 42 people and over 70 hours on phone with them trying to straighten out the problem and have been lied to every time. Then service was cut off when they promised me 2 days ago it would not be. I've had it with these people.
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