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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 Sept. 17, 2018
Signed up for BOGO 10 months ago. ATT still charging us for both phones. Nobody is willing to help. When I called the customer service people said they will submit a case but no one is trying to fix the problems. Stating we did not qualify for promo, which is we did. We upgraded 2 lines and even added a new one. But ATT keeps coming up with new excuses for why both phone installments are still showing on my bill. I've been a loyal customer for years, never late on the payments. But nobody is fixing anything. Be aware. They are just trying to make sale. Gonna forward everything to my legal team and let them deal with those crooks.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2018
Wasn't AT&T part of the original Ma Bell? Those people who founded phone service? I have had AT&T cell service in some form (was Cingular) for almost 20 years. We lost cell service during tornado warnings in the middle of the night during Florence and did not realize we were getting no warning for a tornado headed our way because our cell service was out. Been without cell service for over 36 hours now. Our neighbors with Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint all have cell service. We lost AT&T internet on Thursday before the effects of Florence really even hit us. I am so unhappy with them and just incredulous!! Have had no internet for over four days.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2018
I am thoroughly frustrated with ATCT's customer service or the lack thereof. This past Saturday, I spent 5 hours on the phone with them getting passed around the world, hung up on, on hold for over an hour, and then told in a recorded message that the office was closed. Now, it is Monday, and I'm trying to get the courage to start in again with them.
In August, I cancelled my home phone, and took insurance off my cell phones. First, I want to say that the insurance is a waste of money. My daughter had her iPhone 6 accidentally knocked off a table by a friend. I had bought them new from AT&T, so was paying monthly for them. I called about the insurance, and was asked to mail her phone to them. They sent her back a refurbished phone while I continued to pay for the new one. I was not happy, and told them so. Of course, they didn't care about that. The refurbished phone quit working last spring, so I just bought her an iPhone 8 outright --$700. My iPhone 6 is still working fine. So much for refurbished phones!
Of course, when you don't have a land line, your internet pricing goes up. I asked for a loyalty promo on the internet and the cost went from $61 to $50. My new bill for August came to $79 and change. I was told it should stay at that price. I get my bill for September -- $161.20. There were fees from June/July and July/August for internet making it almost $69. They had added almost $8.00 to each of our cell phones without explanation. That is when my 5 hour pass around began because I wanted an explanation. Of course, no one had any explanation.
The wireless people told me it was actually a decrease in cost. What? Do you think I'm stupid? My phone went from $50 to $58 from August to September. That is an increase! Now, the internet people said they would take the June/July and July/August fees off. I'm holding my breath that they actually have done that. The person who put me on hold for over an hour kept coming back on telling me that she was trying to find the right person to send me to. What I think she did was keep me on hold until her work shift was over. Then, she didn't have to deal with me.
I was sent to San Diego, U-verse -- we don't have U-verse in our area, combined billing, internet services, wireless phone, and then back to the original line I had called. I finally gave up on Saturday. The internet is not worth what we pay for it -- constant drop offs, slow speeds, and I have extreme! My bill has been rising each month. July was $192, and my cell phones have been paid off for some time now.
I have been with AT&T for very long time, and I don't understand why loyalty doesn't mean anything to this company. You get better deals as a new customer. I am a retired widow on a fixed income -- and it's a nice one. I don't know how people make it who didn't plan for retirement. It is shameful that this is happening in the United States of America. The greed of large companies like AT&T is unbelievable. I would get rid of internet and wireless altogether with AT&T if my daughter was not in college. I need to be able to communicate with her. I'm looking at other options, but honestly, I really don't see anything better right now. So, now, I guess I will get back on the phone with AT&T for another 5 hour run around.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2018
I had an awful experience in the store and company in general. I was told I was going to received a bill and it was a lot more. I returned both of my phones within the 7 days of the purchase and the company is charging me the entire month 290$ for 2 phones I only used 7 days. I had to call 3 times to cancel the service, they don’t do any of this at the stores. The experience has been an absolute nightmare. After this, I am also canceling my internet service with AT&T. Very disappointed. Very unprofessional.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2018
Your disconnect fee is waived 3 times, after disconnect, your bank account is pilfered for the same and an extra month's billing. Returned as a credit with no way to recover, no reps, no AT&T office lie.
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2018
The sales person give untruthful information, trick customer sign on the sales. When I called the customer service people said they will submit a case but no one is trying to fix the problems. Until now we still have phone did not connect when people calling.
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2018
There is no honesty and integrity. I call customer service to add a line to my wireless plan. Customer service did not explain fee on upgrade also they told me that will remove activation fee but they did not. This is not way to do business. I am with them over 6 years. I am planning to move to different company.
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2018
I have international roaming charges from going overseas. I arrived back in the US and called AT&T customer service. They transferred me to their international billing department. The customer service representative promised me he would note an "adjustment" to the bill. After a month later, I received a bill close to $600. I contacted their customer service department and found out he forgot to type in an adjustment number and that I have to pay in full. The charges are valid, but after promising me an adjustment, I had no idea they were going to charge me in full. An AT&T customer service representative typo just cost me hundreds of dollars. I am looking for another service provider and also get as many people to join me and do the same. Look for a better phone service provider.
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2018
I was going to switch to AT&T, I ordered the phones, then the same day-actually a couple hours later decided to cancel the order. They said the order had not shipped so we could do that. A few days later the phones came!! We tried to take them to 3 different stores, they wouldn't take them, said we had to mail them. So I did. I took them to the USPS and put them in the dropbox. So now they are trying to say that they didn't receive them and charge us $2200!!! I am livid right now!!! This same same happened to me with Comcast a few years back. What is up with these companies?!? They can track the phone itself any other time, but when it comes to ripping a consumer off, they aren't going to do no such thing. So how do I prove I sent these back? This has been an ordeal trying to get these damn things back! What can I do? Does anyone have any suggestions?
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2018
If you are reading this review, do not use their services. I enlisted in their mobile phone service and it came with a free tablet, only had to pay an extra 10 dollars so I can share data with the tab from the mobile phone. I did automated payment but my bill would increase indiscriminately, I called them and they claimed that I made an international call, which I did not, this happened multiple times. I switched to a better provider 2 months ago, after paying off my phone, but they are still billing me monthly. PLEASE, DO NOT PATRONISE THEM, THEY WILL STEAL YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2018
This is a very frustrated customer who have had a bad experience with this services along with bad experiences with customer service and technicians. At this point the only thing I can do is to contact the corporate office to file a complaint and to contact the Consumer Affairs division to put this company on blast. How I am being treated for services I am paying for is totally unacceptable and would like for someone in their corporate office to reach out to me to further discuss. Totally frustrated customer at this point. Thank you.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2018
We've been with AT&T for so long. And we signed up for auto pay and paperless statements. "Don't ever do that". You don't know what they would charged you if don't pay close attention to your bill. So today I Spend almost 2 hours on the phone with the customer service. Find out that I was paying for phone insurance for over 4 years that I never signed up for at the first. Long story short I won't be with AT&T for too long.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2018
I have been getting ridiculous bills from AT&T every month since I got a phone from them in May 2018. I had enough and decided to pay off the phone on Monday 09/03/2018 and was told I can unlock the phone once the system gets updated within 24/48 hours. The system was updated and I confirmed with the customer service of AT&T and they confirmed I have paid off my phone. My AT&T app also confirms that my contract has been fulfilled. This is the 10th day since I have paid off my phone and I cannot still unlock my phone, I cannot switch to another network, I am being forced to stay with AT&T and keep paying their outrageous bills even though I have paid off the phone. I have been to the AT&T store 3 times. In both Austin and San Marcos.
I have called customer care at least 50 times. I have spoken to supervisors of these customer care agents. Everybody keeps shifting blame to other departments. One customer care agent told me to go to a store and I went in. The store manager and the customer care agent together could not solve the problem. They have filed multiple cases and given me multiple references numbers but to no avail. I feel deeply dissatisfied and I feel helpless and I feel like because AT&T is such a big company they are doing this on purpose and purposely extorting money from me against my will. What they are doing is criminal and Illegal.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2018
Got an unlimited plan. Was told I was to have a personal hotspot with my phone. Later called to ask why I did not have a hotspot, and was told I had to get a different plan in order to get my hotspot. Next was told if I got DirecTV would get a 100 dollar reward, NEVER GOT IT! Another disappointment was when they raised my bill $20 more and was told, If I enroll in paperless billing they would give me a discount... That was a bunch of lies! Just to save you money and time. Do NOT GET AT&T! The worst customer service experience!

Reviewed Sept. 13, 2018
Allows my account to be compromise by allowing someone who received a text who didn't text that person. It's a breach of confidentiality. It's not fair to the consumer. No one should be able to receive text from one who didn't text them and this type of system shouldn't be set up if I didn't do it.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2018
If I can give no stars I would l. Very frustrated with this service. I called to start a new plan and was approved and paid only phone taxes. When I went to find order status of the phone being shipped out it was canceled and I was not notified. Went to store, they ran my credit 6 times and then it said pay in full. No one knows what they are doing. The stores and customer services are on 2 different pages and contradict each other. Absolutely worst. I would never recommend to anyone.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2018
It all started when the internet went down. Red light on the service box. I followed the steps with tech support to no avail so they scheduled an appointment for the following day. I sit and wait from 4-8pm never hearing a word from AT&T. I go on to the live chat for instant service after the appointment time had come and gone. An agent told me that the technician was running behind but that I was next. I agreed to wait and I did by 10 pm with no word from AT&T I gave up. I called the next morning and a technician was dispatched right away between 8-12. When he arrived he was far more fascinated with my movie collection than with checking the modem. When he found it was not, as originally diagnosed, the modem but the lines outside.
However he told me his ladder wasnt tall enough to reach. He then told me it was someone else's department and left. Later indeed a different truck was tending to the lines on the other sides of the street. ALL FIXED RIGHT? 3 weeks later the internet goes down again I repeat my steps and go to live chat. They tell me I need a new modem. It will be sent to me by the next day. Three days later I still dont have it. I go to live chat and am almost immediately sent to a supervisor (without notice the supervisor just appeared in the chat). He tells me that my order was delayed and I should have received a notice. But a technician can come to me tomorrow or I can wait until... he doesnt know. Also I should know for the future orders take several days to arrive. So still without internet. I bet they'll still want their money for the whole month and without delay.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2018
I travel to Thailand and when I am there do not answer my phone. I get many telemarketing, robo-calls even though I have blocked, no call list, etc. Nothing works. Every time the phone rings when I am out of the country even though I do not answer it I am charged $3.00. This month the charge was $96.00. Every time I go I am charged for these calls. They tell me that I am to take out a $10 plan per day or $60 per month for international roaming. They do not understand I do not want these calls. I use the phone to text only at 50 cents per text. This time they gave me $25 back on the unwanted calls to nobody.
I have left AT&T for another company. AT&T truly doesn't understand that I should not have to pay for unwanted calls. I make sure I never answer while out of the country. The company I was with before did not charge me anything for the same situation. Heads up to all you International travelers... find another carrier which I did today for only $50 per month unlimited talk, text, data and international calls.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2018
We had the worst customer service experience we've ever had in our entire lives simply trying to get internet installed at our new apartment. We ordered the service a week in advance and the day came for the order and nobody came. We were not contacted. I had to call customer service to figure out what was going on. After a lengthy conversation I found that the technician had seen that a service was already active (the last tenant had not canceled) and just left it at that. The customer service rep then told me I had to verify my address by going to addressver.att.com. That website doesn't exist. It's actually an e-mail address, but we'll get there. I called customer service a 2nd time and this rep told me I didn't need to verify my address. She would just reach out to the existing account and try to cancel it. If that owner could not be reached, she said she would reach out to my landlord and confirm. So I waited for that to happen.
The next day, I was contacted by a third rep, acting like none of that had happened and telling me I needed to verify my address. I asked why the landlord hadn't been called and she had no idea what I was talking about. I gave her all the necessary info again and she said she would call. She never called back, so the next day I reached out to customer service again (a 4th time now, a full day after we were supposed to have internet installed already). This person confirmed I needed to verify my address to the e-mail address "addressver". So I waited on the phone for an hour while this was done. This customer service rep assured me the previous account was canceled and that a new service order had been placed for the coming Monday. Monday (yesterday) arrived and we got an unintelligible call from an AT&T rep. Couldn't understand what he was saying or the call back number which he said very fast and in a heavy accent.
So I called customer service the 5th time to see what was going on where they told me there was no order scheduled. My wife and I then spent the next 5 hours hearing ridiculous claims and excuses for non-existent problems. The "supervisor" we were put in touch with claimed there were several contradictory issues, like that our account had been canceled instead of the previous owner, or that we gave the wrong address, or most ludicrous of all, that it was our responsibility to contact the last tenant and make sure he canceled his service.
We started to request a discount or something to make up for the numberless inconveniences (my wife works from home, so it seriously hurt her business) and the supervisor had the audacity to offer us the quote we were given in the first place as a "discount." After the most infuriating customer service experience of our lives, we canceled AT&T and got Spectrum internet installed in our apartment the same day, nearly a full week after AT&T was supposed to have done it, and at a cheaper price too. Truly, utterly astonishing incompetent customer service.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2018
AT&T is not the company it used to be. Whatever changes have occurred internally has transformed them into pure garbage. Their services for TV, internet and digital phone are sporadic at best and their advanced technical service division known as - 'last chance repair' (can't make this stuff up) is a joke. I even experienced their internal in-fighting about how to fix the problem. It didn't matter because the problem was never fixed. The only other technical service they provide comes from foreign countries like China, Philippines and Mexico. If you can understand broken English from a voice synthesizer (to make it sound like an American) then AT&T is the service provider for you.
Their promotional jargon claims the services are great and the customer is most important? It doesn't take very long before you learn this is a bunch of crap. They expect you to honor the contract and pay the monthly bill however, when it comes to delivering their services, it's a different story. They consider you the problem when you speak up and complain about not getting the contracted services. All this behavior are acts of a company that is grossly mismanaged and very desperate. You may want to think twice before doing business with them. I know I made this mistake.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2018
AT&T recently offered me a new plan -- reduce my data from 6 to 5GB and credited me for a month, then starting to bill me more. I contacted AT&T on their website and chatted with 6-7 different people & got 1 call. Each of them ended with "I am on the wrong department, let me transfer you to another person", I wasted 2 hours but at the end, nothing is resolved. Crazy!!! Unreliable! I want to straighten out my bill and credit me for the overcharged.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2018
I went into the store to ask if they can repair my phone, mostly for help. They said “yeah file a claim. We don’t fix in store." They really made me feel inferior and like I was being judged being that the lady said it with a very snobby attitude. Will be switching to Verizon. Save yourself.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2018
I have been with AT&T Wireless for a lot of years. I currently have 5 lines on my plan for which I was supposed to pay $276 a month. Do yourself a favor, keep the number of phones down to as few as possible on your contract. We kept on having one person or another breaking their phone, and we had to keep on expanding our 2 year contract. I am currently paying $480 a month to AT&T and you want to know something. Their customer service does not give a damn that I am paying over $5000 a year for my phone service. I used to have AT&T internet and DirecTV. Their internet was horrible. I was never able to do work from home, which is one of the main reasons for me to have the internet. The speeds were horrible if you wanted to download things.
DirecTV was just as bad. They hooked me up. We lost service every time there was a storm, and finally when the service got so bad we called them in, and their service persons suggestion was that we needed to cut down the trees not only on my property, but my neighbor's. We got rid of DirecTV and went with cable. When they were installing cable, the guy that was installing the cable showed me a wire that was sticking up out of the ground and looked like it was cut almost all the way through. When I asked him what it was, he said it was the wire that DirecTV had used to connect the service to my house. He also said that they are notorious for not taking care of their lines, and that was probably what was causing the problems I had with DirecTV. In summary, AT&T never sticks to what they promise, their customer service and repair departments are horrible. Try someone else first!
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2018
I recently signed up for a phone, TV and internet bundle with ATT. I was told that I am getting a FREE Samsung Tablet to keep just for signing up. I still was concerned if this statement was legit so I called ATT a few days later to make sure that I was not going to pay a penny on it since I did not ask for it in the first place. The rep assured that I was not going to pay anything on it. Now I receive this bill with $19.70 in wireless charges for using the tablet and a 24 month contract on it. I have not used this tablet in a Month and if my kids did, it was using the internet at home.
I called ATT complaining about the additional charges. I told them I don’t want to keep the tablet and they can have it. They said it would be a $150 to get out of the contract on the tablet. A $150 to get out of contract on a $199 tablet that you did not sign up for in the first place!! I have been on hold with a rep to talk with the supervisor for an hour and Was told that he is still busy and will call back. They shove a free tablet on you in the beginning. They don’t talk about any contract on it. Then you are stuck for 24 months making payment on a wireless charge that you did not opt in for. BE CAREFUL. For me this matter is still unresolved.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2018
AT&T is a terrible company to deal with. I talked to a customer rep 2 months ago to cancel my internet service because they raised the rate while offering deals to new customers. I got a confirmation number and thought the matter was settled. Still I got a bill in each of the last 2 months since canceling. When I called the customer service number I was put on hold multiple times for a combined 1 and 3/4 hrs. Each time the rep said it was a matter they couldn't help me with and they need to transfer me. In addition they said there were notes that there was no cancellation. Finally the last representative was able to help me but said I had to return the modem although the rep from 2 months ago assured me I didn't need to return anything.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2018
Around April 2018 I called AT&T to see how much for an unlimited data. They said they will transfer me to loyalty department for best deal since I am using AT&T for 8 years, loyalty department said they will offer me a plan for $160 for unlimited data every month plus tax. I was like, "Okay how much tax gonna be like $30 more." So I said yes to the offer. The next month I saw the bill was of $465. Crazy, so I called AT&T again. They apologize for, said, "You will get credit next bill," so I was like, "Okay let's give them another chance." So I paid $465 and waited for credit, but no credit next month and the bill was of $365 now at this point. I again called AT&T. They said something went wrong but they promise to be fixed this issue in next billing period so I paid $365 and waited next bill and the next bill was of $378. I was like, "Damn," so I called AT&T again.
Now I was been calling them every billing cycle for the same issue and they been promising me of fixing next month every time but nothing was fixed and I ended up paying crazy prices. Now I have changed from AT&T to T-Mobile. Also my other family members and friends have changed from AT&T to T-Mobile and very happy with the service. AT&T have lost business of 7 accounts of almost 26 lines.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2018
From my second bill (2 years ago) to now (9/8/18) my experience has been nothing but STRESSFUL. FOR A PHONE!! I am 26 years old, with student loans, rent, not the best job, car payment, car insurance, I don't need a $500.00 phone bill every month... FOR TWO PHONES! Every bill was different, every customer service rep told me different things when I spoke to them about the SAME issues. Every month my bill went higher and higher. Nothing was done for me! I recently closed my AT&T account and I am still paying $936.00.
Please, it's a phone. Go with a better company, somewhere that doesn't drop your calls, or disconnect you with your wifi. I should not be worrying this much about a cell phone. I am so happy I switched. Since the move, I have NOT had any surprises. My bill is the same every month. I haven't dropped a single call AND I always have wifi. Not to mention, I have extra money in my own pocket (my own hard earned money) that doesn't have to go to a crappy phone. Stay away from AT&T.
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2018
When calling to have the company stop drafting my account for a contract the previous owners signed, not only did they refuse to credit back my account but threatened to charge me the early termination fees. Needless to say, my bank will be handling it now, congratulations AT&T on your being blocked from my account!
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2018
I had service with AT&T in 2017 for Internet/TV. In November 2017, I moved to a different home which had TV Cable included with the rent. So I decided to cancel the TV service with AT&T and only keep the Internet. I understood that by doing so, I would have to pay off the rest of the TV contract. (Which I was okay with, and willing to pay.). However, when I received my bill, there was a $300 “TV Service Install” on my bill. Why was I getting an extra charged for a “TV Service Install” when I had cancelled my TV service? I called AT&T literally DOZENS of times. Every time I called, I was transferred to multiple departments, multiple “managers”, and just when I think I’m about to find a solution or someone who could help me… I get hung up on over the phone.
There was even one gentleman who claimed that it was all a mistake and that AT&T actually owed me money… and then when I asked for a his name and some sort of proof for that to be true, he hangs up on me. I had no problem with paying AT&T what I owed them, but I wanted to be charged the fair amount of what I owe and not be charged for something I shouldn’t be charged. It’s robbery. By this point, I’m calling the company very frustrated to the point of tears and I just kept getting transferred from person to person with no solution. So I gave up, and they sent me to collections. I am disgusted with AT&T’s service and will never be one of their customers again.
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2018
Do not sign up for ATT Wireless unless you like surprise price increases. My 10GB plan changed to 20GB, $10 increase. I called, the customer rep who said my 10GB plan was no longer offered. I asked for a supervisor who said my 10GB plan was available at $4 more per month. I asked why I was not notified and he pointed me a prior bill due on 22Jun page 3 in tiny print "Starting with your July 2018 bill, your current Mobile Share Advantage Plan will increase $10/month. In addition your plan will include double the data..." I did not see the tiny printed message and called when I received my bill increase. After 1 hour 30 minutes, I was offered a credit and put back on a 10GB plan. I will be leaving ATT. If this is the way they treat customers, I will vote with my feet and try another carrier, a prepaid plan at $45 less for per month for two lines and more service. Explore other plans before choosing ATT.
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2018
Their customer service was amazing back when they bought Cingular Wireless. I couldn't go on enough about them. Now, they are by far the worst company I've ever dealt with in regards to "customer service." I spent 90 minutes on the phone with one of their sales reps (I called to see if I could lower my bill and get new phones). The rep assured me I could do it. That my wife & I both had equity in our phones and we could trade in and take advantage of the current BOGO program without even having to add a new line.
I go into a store (Monroeville, PA) to do the deal. I wait for 25 minutes before the first person even says "hello" to me. After explaining the situation the assistant tells me, "You cannot do anything without adding a new line and you do not have any equity in one of the phones. You have to trade it and you get nothing for it (an iPhone 6 in perfect condition).
We walk out. Then I go to the store's Facebook page and tell this story. An "agent" says "Message us right now and let's see what we can do for you." 13 hours later I get a response saying "Here's our latest promotion! I hope this helps!" Literally the exact same thing I said I didn't want. NO ONE AT THIS COMPANY CARES ABOUT THE CUSTOMER. If you are thinking of signing up - stop now and pay more for Verizon or deal with T-Mobile / Sprint coverage. Stay away from AT&T!!!
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2018
10+ year customer. Cell coverage is spotty and data is slow. Always. Services periodically fall off of my account and on average I have to call three times for 40 minutes each to get them fixed. Last issue was calling to Canada, that normally works, billed me per hour. 13 phone calls over 2 months and I just saw a credit on my bill today. The first call, they told me that I had to wait until the bill was created to get a refund. So I let them bill me and they took the money out of my account ($290 extra).
After that I would call, somebody would agree, they would try to credit my account but the amount was too large, they would open a case and promise that somebody would call back in a few days. I wait a week to call and the case was mysteriously closed. We repeated that process for two months and nobody EVER called me back. They were quick to take money from my account, but sure took their time putting it back. I have 5 lines that I am taking to another carrier today.
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2018
As I am still on hold with a representative 57 minutes and counting all to just cancel my service. I am leaving for military active training and needing to cancel service for the end of next month. My family will be moving at that time and be going to a different company. I leave in four days and they tell me I have to call back in about a week or so to cancel that far out. I informed the lady that I will not have access or means to do so after I leave. She suggest I share my four digit security # to someone else who can call and cancel closer to when services is needing to end!
Holding for a supervisor/someone from management team to further discuss. What's the purpose of having a passcode if they want you to share this information with someone else. I am just trying to take care of prior to leaving due to being the only person noted on account and will not have any way of communication if they do not accept someone else calling to cancel. This company is ridiculous! I feel that they are willing to put my privacy at risk and are not really here to service their members. If you go with this company good luck, but not recommended.
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2018
AT&T gave me the wrong delivery and installation date for an additional cable box for my kitchen TV. When I called the next day, I find out they were only delivering the equipment for me to install myself. I specifically asked when ordering about the installation and the guy told me they would install. Cancelled the order and will drop AT&T soon.
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2018
Just got off of the phone with AT&T. Took 45 minutes, a bot, and 3 associates to get me connected to someone that could help. I am being charged for 2 months of internet that I have not used. The "nice" lady was able to knock it down to one month of charges. However, they still haven't received their modem from UPS somehow after a month. So, they will be charging me 150 for the modem that the AT&T storefront cant accept from you. Yes, the storefront sends you to a UPS to send them their own equipment. I will never again be using AT&T services.
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2018
We had nothing but unhelpful reps. Service is terrible!! I explained to AT&T if they didn't correct the problem I would cancel ALL services and we were paying 600+. Well they didn't listen, so we cancelled. I don't miss their long hold time to call and never get a resolve. They still owe me money. $88.40. AT&T turned me into collections. I sent my statements to the collector and that ended that situation. Very dissatisfied customer.
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2018
Son's phone was stolen. Insurance on the phone. Upgraded to new phone and now paying monthly insurance on both new and old phone (yeah, I know, never should have gotten insurance, but with kids...) Incompetent sales associate never said anything about insurance claim. When I called AT&T cust service, after 1 hr and 20 minutes, was told to go back to store. Are you kidding me? Finally, transferred without my consent to some 3rd party insurance rep. Why is filing a claim my responsibility and why is it not handled by/at the store? No one ever said a thing about it being MY responsibility. So, canceled insurance going forward and would love to cancel service. Worst cust service experience ever at AT&T. A total of 90 minutes that I can ever get back.
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2018
Overpriced for the service and is the worst, customer service is total liars so don't believe any of their sales Or deals. They also push you to get DirecTV which also Suck. I'm definitely getting rid of these Suckers.
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2018
No service for a month, stealing my returned phone, no credit, after 2 months, have everything saved from their chat text. No credit for lost service, I was told to send back the phone, have a RMA number, they sent a mailing label. They sent a phone I did not order. Worst people I ever seen, court date pending. Fraud over and over again.
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2018
So I’m not pleased at all. So last week I ordered phones online and it went through. I paid a 100$ fee... And I woke up the next day and they canceled it because “they couldn’t verify it was me." They refunded me the money. So I got on chat and a representative helped me created the cart for me and even offered and signed me up for DirectTV now! And gave me a 7 day trial!!! And I checked out. I went to work, got off and checked my account and my money was in there AGAIN!
I checked my email and they canceled it AGAIN!!! Because they couldn’t verify it was me!!! AGAIN! So I got on chat again they gave me a number to call. I called and they told me because of too many failed attempts at placing an order that they CANCELED TWICE! I have to go to an actual store!!! I live in the country... The closest store is 2 HOURS from me!!! When asked if I could just email or fax a copy of my info they told me no! And that they couldn’t help me any further... So I took my money and went elsewhere! Was really excited to do business with them.
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2018
I called AT&T's 800 # on 8/23 to inquire about what it would cost to add a phone line for my mother to my plan. The first salesperson who answered told me that if I upgraded to an iPhone X, they'd give me a free iPhone 7 SE, then add a $20 charge per month for my mom's line. I hesitated, then called back later that day to take advantage of the deal. When I said I wanted that deal, the sales rep said I actually qualified for a free iPhone 8 if I upgraded my existing phone to the iPhone X. It was a fantastic deal that they guaranteed me I qualified for, so I signed all of the agreements and paperwork online while on the phone with the sales rep.
Ultimately, when I received both phones 7 days later, there was a bill in the box that clearly stated I'd financed $1699.98 in phones – making it clear that I had to pay for the iPhone 8. It was RIDICULOUS, so I called their 800# only to be told that I never qualified for that offer. They spent ample time putting me on hold, and kept coming back saying I didn't qualify and that I must have misunderstood. However, the rep said I did qualify for a different sale – a free iPhone 7 SE if I kept my upgrade to the iPhone X. They told me they'd call me back the next day to discuss the incorrect iPhone 8 offer. When I NEVER received a callback, I called in, and here's where I just lost it...
They told me there are NO iPhone offers I'm eligible for! I am shocked not only by the FALSE OFFERS, but even more so by their poor customer service. They literally told me there was nothing they could do for me and were unwilling to help me or make an offer at all. I was so furious I returned both phones and canceled the new line. If you're thinking about upgrading or taking a sale with AT&T, get it in writing or do it live in person in a store so you have someone to hold accountable. This is by far the worst cellular support and customer service I've ever experienced. Verizon may be more expensive, but I am seriously considering switching back to them after this debacle.
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2018
We spent a couple of days on the phone to get an appointment set. 8/14 we made appointment for 8/21. On 8/21 we called and they said our appointment was canceled. No one called us to reset or anything. If we had not called they would have just not shown up. Promised me a reschedule for that afternoon. Again no one showed up. This was frustrating since I have to schedule days off at least a week in advance. After hours on the phone got a new appointment for Saturday, but come to find out they do not do Saturday appointments. Thanks to my neighbor for letting me know. So I called back after being lied to. Got an appointment for 8/28 instead of 8/29. Again No one showed and no calls either way from anyone. We have spent hours on the phone only to be hung up on and lied to again and again.
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2018
One month ago we discontinued our landline but kept the internet service. Immediately we began having major problems with the internet. Two technicians came to my house but did not fix it. Shortly after I found out that they had put us on the slowest speed which I never requested. When I called them on it they tried to claim that I requested the slower speed. Since then I have had nothing but problems. Technicians have been to my house again and again yet the same issues persist. I would not recommend this outfit to anyone.
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2018
I was promised a $230 monthly bill for our 4 phones. My first bill was $528 and the second is $301. After much lip service from their billing team, they said I may be around $250 after the first four bills. In addition, their reception is horrible compared to Verizon. I am very sorry I moved and my family is frustrated with my choice as they struggle with a crappy phone signal.
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2018
Have spent hours on an automated service that keeps going around and around. When you do get someone, they can only go to a certain point and then they switch to another tech. Then you start all over. Sometimes you are on the phone for hours. Have talked with people in four different countries and seven different States in USA. Corporate Headquarters in Dallas, Texas does not respond to letters. Head honcho reportedly makes $23,000,000 yearly. What recourse does a consumer have other than a lawsuit? But guess what, you have to go through arbitration first. Read the contract that is many, many pages long. I wonder if the lousy system is the cause of so many hacking problems that people are having?
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2018
I have been given the runaround with AT&T for the past three days. I opted into Verizon to change carrier because I feel their customer service is so much better. I was offered a slightly better deal from AT&T and decided why not since I've been with them for 7 plus years. I am fed up and ready to cancel after being told my phone was in "limbo" after being told my phone would be delivered in 1-2 business days. I ordered an iPhone X 256 g that costs 1,150 dollars. Disgusted to the point I can't even stomach this service anymore.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2018
I was told I wasn't on a contract. My bill changes every month. Very dirty business to deal with. Constantly ripping people off lying about what monthly bill we choose. I hope one day someone will investigate this dirty company. I can't wait until I finish with these lying people. They are connected with DirecTv and a very, very dirty business to deal with. Please don't deal with this shady company.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2018
I told the agent at store what I needed and I bought the better plan for a hot spot box but he failed to tell me that the service was not good streaming. Then I get a bill for almost four hundred dollars with 10 dollars a month for box. I think AT&T are trying to price themselves out of the business. I agree with all the people complaints. I had the same problem trying to resolve the problem. Every one I talked to gave me a different answer.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2018
I was advised by 3 different reps that my activation fees would be waived and it never happened. I was also advised by two reps they would call me back and it never happened. They promised to call me back. They took my money but never followed through on transactions. Multiple days and several hours and they still never did as they promised. This company has the worst customer service I have ever witnessed, and according to them, I have been a “loyal customer”. If they treat “loyal customers” like this imagine how they freak everyone else. I can’t even begin to explain the frustration I have had with this company. I never even go on sites and give reviews.
This is by far the worst company ever. They outsource out of the country. You can get one story from one rep and another story from another and still not get anything in the long run. I can’t believe this organization is still in business. I really feel a class action law suit should be brought against them for all the failed promises that have been made by their reps. It’s a ploy and a sick tactic. I want out!
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2018
I wanted to change my prepaid plan to postpaid family plan, so I was been directed by customer service to visit corporate store. On visiting the corporate store, I was told they cannot do it since it is out of market number. The corporate store directed me to call customer care. I called up customer care again and they told me to visit corporate store as they cannot it over the phone. Till now I have not received a solution to my problem.
Today AT&T has lost one customer because of their poor service and lack of professionalism.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2018
Was charged $31+ extra on my cell phone bill for an emergency 5 minutes international phone call. $10 was for one time charge for international day pass, and $3 a minute for 5 min. call, plus tax, so that's $31+ charge. $10 was removed, after rep. put me on hold and even manager did not know why was the $10 charge, and I am thankful, but they would not reduce $15 charge in a good faith because it's a lot for 5 min. call to pay. That's what you get for being ATT customer for many years, 20+ at least, and having an Internet, 3 cell phones and local phone with them. It maybe time to start looking elsewhere!
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2018
I have had two occasions to contact customer service with AT&T. Both times I have gotten the most inept people I have ever encountered. I had one tell me I would have to do something that I knew good and well I didn't have to do. We have been without phone service the last two days, and it has been ridiculous talking to their customer service. Numerous people have said what needed to be done, but it has not worked. My husband finally told them to send a technician, and they said it would cost $150. I am totally fed up with them.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2018
We got a Samsung S7 Active about a year ago, paying a lot of money each month to AT&T, only to have it go completely out. The battery port is burnt & melted, and had I not been home this could’ve started a fire, seeing as there was smoke coming from the port. This is a known issue online & in the ATT Forums, i.e. overheating, burnt ports, constantly going black & shutting down on its own (which has also been a constant issue with our phone). This is a safety issue, among the phone not working in general. In the past few months we have had to do a hard reset a time or ten, and we still have two years of payments on a phone that is not working. This is the only means of communication for personal & work use, and this is not something taken lightly.
I was informed that AT&T will not remedy the situation and stated I would have to pay full price again, as well as continue my monthly payments seeing as the phone is damaged at "fault of customer." Original phone charger was being used the whole time, and this is NOT an issue caused by myself or the user of the phone (on my ATT account). I am also addressing with Samsung, but AT&T should remedy this situation as they are the ones getting my hefty monthly payments, and they are the only provider to issue this phone.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2018
I switched to AT&T after Sprint increased my bill by 30%. AT&T promised me a plan for $55 per month. The first bill came and it was $122. It was a classic "bait and switch" tactic. The salesperson lied to get me to sign up. I did it on the phone so when I complained they said there was nothing they could do about it - that I had no proof. The plan they really signed me up for was $45 per month PLUS a $35 per month "customer fee" making it $80 per month PLUS all the other fees and taxes. My first bill included a "sign up fee" of another $30. I cancelled the whole thing after I got the first summary. Exactly 18 days.
They still charged me for the whole month. When I got online to chat with somebody, they didn't speak very good English and kept saying different things in broken English and bad grammar. They contradicted themselves several times. Another example of AT&T training their employees to lie and tell the customer anything to get them to buy or accept their fraudulent activity. I am going to pay the bill because if I don't they start charging me late fees as I fight it. I have to accept that they just ripped me off. I would never recommend their services to anybody. Run.
Reviewed Aug. 28, 2018
I have been lived and worked in Europe for two years and last month had bought an AT&T prepaid wireless plan for one month when I visited back to US. In one month, before I left the country, I called AT&T to cancel the plan. After I explicitly told the guy on the phone to cancel the plan, he charged my credit card for one more month. It took me another more than half of hour to deal with AT&T's billing supervisor to refund my credit card. AT&T is getting extremely greedy nowadays. In addition, AT&T charges $60 for international data roaming per 30 days. I will never use their service.
Reviewed Aug. 28, 2018
AT&T will not provide us with a copy of a contract that they claim we signed. They claim that we owe more than $300 for a $10 a month data plan to a tablet because we canceled in month 21. Customer Care is refusing to send us proof of a contract and continually hang up on me for asking too many questions. They started billing us $100 a month for the remaining 3 months of our apparent service agreement. I am not even sure how that is possible as our monthly service fee for the tablet was $10 a month for the first 21 month. I have asked over and over for a copy of this supposed agreement but they refuse because they know that I never signed one.
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2018
Was told I had 30 days to decide if I wanted to keep any of the services I purchased. Was told my old phones would work. Was told a specific price for bundled services. 3 days in, had to buy new phones because old ones did not work. 2 weeks in got a preview of first bill, no promotional pricing applied. Called multiple times and was told it would be fixed. 3 weeks in, still no resolve and attempted to cancel all services. Couldn't cancel because DirecTV is a 24 hour to leave the contract scenario, not 30 days (=$20 x 24 months). Phones just fell out of 14 day period also not aware of ($900+900+500). Plus initial bill is $553. So now I'm on the hook for over $3000.
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2018
My problem started way over a week ago, I would try to make a voice phone call and either I would go on and off the other person could not hear but I could clearly hear them or vice versa. Or at times it would work if I moved around or went outside... After going through a wraparound automated system that was clearly made to make people not call back for assistance, very frustrating and then being transferred several times, so finally today I called several times of getting disconnected that I was at the point of just asking automatically to be transferred to the escalated technical support and get this sweet lady that read all the notes and asked a couple of questions which were, "Are you on wifi? Do you have at wifi? Do you have problems with text or data?"
Also, I told her resetting the network settings does not work, she says ok click to settings, click on cellular, then click cellular data options, then click enable LTE, then she ask is there a check mark on voice & data; I said yes, then she said click off then try making a call & it FINALLY WORKED! She explained that the tower near me that is down is having problems with the HD (high definition; suppose to make a clearer voice and block our background noise) part of it. She said I could leave it off until the tower is back up and gave an eta. She was great and deserves a raise after all the high blood pressure I endured. Clearly the worst experience dealing with customer service I have ever had until that last tech, they need more of her. Good luck everyone. Hope this helps!
Reviewed Aug. 26, 2018
I have been calling sometimes three times a month about my bill since I've had service with these people. No one could ever seem to find any information discussed prior to the present conversation. NEVER AGAIN.
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2018
After being a Verizon customer for a decade I decided to switch to AT&T, motivated by AT&Thieves promotion for a sizable credit. Once I agreed I was sent sim cards to transfer my carrier to AT&Thieves from Verizon. That prompted several phone calls to navigate AT&Thieves' vague instruction resulting in poor signal strength; I have to go outside to make a phone call.
After this I get my bill which has doubled my cost and after several hours on the phone getting transferred from department to department I have not been able to get AT&Thieves to honor their promotion. Finally, I was told they (AT&Thieves) were very sorry for the inconvenience and they would speak to the AT&T rep and make sure he/she would be reprimanded but I would still be responsible for the bill. Word to the wise STAY AWAY FROM AT&Thieves THEY WILL LITERALLY STEAL YOUR MONEY... I have filed complaints with the FCC. I urge everyone to use the link and make your voice heard.
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2018
I came to AT&T after having Metro PCS. I was more satisfied with the coverage range but I should have researched first. They are not helpful to any issues that you have. Mario and Carol were of no assistance. Mario was actually on the phone copying me as I was trying to get my issue handled. I know that people can be rude but this should never happen in a company. This was the worst experience ever and my issue was not handled. I paid for service that I did not get to use. Carol was a little better. Mario needs to have better manners and learn to treat people with respect. Take your money and run in the opposite direction.
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2018
Disappointed with LG B470 flip phone. Works ok as phone and text messages but otherwise lacking. Web access very dicey. My AT&T still doesn't work. Can't get email to work. Keep getting "Secure connection failed." Support not much help.
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2018
I was told I would be paying a certain amount - My account was overcharged and I discovered that the salesperson had multiple times guaranteed me a promotion that was not the price she quoted me. I spent over 1 hour trying to resolve my issue, trying to be refunded the money that I was overcharged, and have been disconnected and transferred to 4 separate departments. I have found customer service to be dishonest and the AT&T accounts very difficult to find what I should be paying and why my bills are what they are.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2018
I’ve had all of the major carriers before, the last time I had AT&T was in the mid 2000s and I left with the impression that they had superior service over T-Mobile and Sprint, but apparently with the adaptation of LTE, they cannot keep up with the times. I left T-Mobile last year after being fed up with extremely poor service at my new apartment, and decided to switch to AT&T because (1) I would get a discount for bundling my phone/tv/internet, (2) I thought the service couldn’t be worse than T-Mobile. For the first 4 months, the service was a little better than T-Mobile, nothing great, but I would definitely get signal in places where T-Mobile/Sprint never did.
The honeymoon didn’t last long, because it’s been a year since and I regularly have no service, at any time of day, within a 60 mile radius of where I work/shop/live, and if I do get service, it’s only 4G. Probably haven’t gotten an LTE signal for weeks now. At home and work, I rely on wifi otherwise my phone would be an ornate paperweight. To make calls not on wifi (especially anything to do with android users whether it be text or call) I have to drive three city blocks just to get a 1 bar LTE signal so I can catch 40% of a phone conversation or finally send a text message to an android user that has been sending for over 20 minutes.
According to my battery app, 30% of my battery is spent looking for service, and 20% is spent on apps that can’t refresh because no service. If I lived in a backwater town in the middle of nowhere, I could easily understand my predicament. But a city with over 200k pop in California should at least give me full 4G, right? Apparently not on AT&T. I regret switching from T--Mobile (has anyone ever said that before?) because AT&T Wireless is the biggest waste of time, money, energy and economic resources. I’d have better luck sending smoke signals for communication than use this 1000 dollar phone that I pay 220 a month for.
At first, I thought I was going crazy, and being dramatic, but I have two other people on my plan, and each phone is rendered useless 99.9% of the day, and I’ve heard similar complaints lately from my coworkers. I don’t expect any carrier to have perfect signal, but I don’t think I’m being unreasonable to want at least 5 daily minutes of LTE signal that I pay for. If you do plan on getting AT&T Wireless in California at least, make sure you have great internet at home or WiFi available at all times if you want to do anything besides use it as an extremely expensive way to tell time.
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2018
I signed up with ATT phone service in Dec 2017, I wanted to a family plan with 2 lines, on one account. I was talking with a reps for about an hour or so, to make sure all the information was correct. When I got my first bill, they charged me to two separate accounts, that was my first month calling. Then in March I signed up with their U-verse, I had an scheduled appointment with them to come hook up my TV, in my new apartment, and it was the last day I had off from work. I was told someone would be at my apartment between 12-2 pm. Near 2 pm, I had to call to see if someone was on the way, a tech said they were on the way, and would be at my place in 10 mins, 20 mins later nothing, I called again, the tech said they couldn't find me.
When he gave me the address of the place he was at, he was in MIAMI, freaking MIAMI. Remind you I live in ORLANDO, so I don't understand, to this day, how in the world they got a MIAMI address. When the tech told me the address he was at, it was nothing near my address, it wasn't even an apartment address. So I had to reschedule my hookup date to the following day, and had to have a friend stay and wait for them to come. After that every single month, I had to contact ATT because my bill is not what was promised to me, it's always more.
Once I even called and asked for an extension, on my bill because I got paid 3 days after the due date, they said, "not a problem, I won't be charged a late fee, since I called." The following month, BOOM late fee. Then they on my wireless bill it went up $8 and when I asked about it, they told me they upped my GB from 6 to 12, without my permission, without notices. They said they sent out notices, but I never got one. Then I was supposed to have credit on my bill for one month, wasn't there. I contacted someone AGAIN, twice I was told next month, next month, YEA, we'll see.
Oh, and on top of this, the services sucks, every time it rains outside my box goes out, then finally one week, my main HD box was completely done for, I lost all my recording, and I had to call three times in one week, to have my box troubleshooted, it's worked the first two times, but the third time nothing works and the lady on the phone even said, "I'm don't understand why the first two people, didn't put in an order for a new box." yea, I don't understand it either. Unfortunately I have to wait two more months before I can switch companies, and where I live, I only have the option of ATT or Spectrum, I've have Spectrum before and they weren't all that great, but definitely better than ATT. And I'm looking into switch phones as well.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2018
WORST company. I'm Rudy ** owner of Edible Arrangements. Every July I get a renovation letter to which I respond to as soon as possible so my lines won't be affected. We agree to pay a certain amount. Every month I was getting my bills higher than usual. I called and went to the store a couple of times. They told me yes it was a mistake and that in the new bill I was going to get a credit, next month got a new bill again with a higher amount than the past one. Called again and went to store again and they told me again it was a mistake and not to pay bill until next month while they fixed.
I haven't received a bill yet and they cut my lines which is not just one line but 6 lines in my business. I just went to the store again and now they seem not to find the notes. I was willing to pay the amount they are charging me because my business had been badly affected. I had lost customers today. I got to store at 4.45 and by the time I got called up it was 5 already and they come and tell me I can't pay the bill because they close their system already. I am beyond pissed with their service and customer service. I had suffered losses today. I can't completely run my business without phones.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2018
My son left the country for four months, and I asked AT&T what we could do to save money (and his number while he wasn't using the account.) They said, no problem, he could pay ten bucks instead of twenty on our family plan. But it was a lie. They didn't tell me that invalidated the installment plan he had on his phone, so in actuality their little savings cost us 5+ bucks a month extra. I called, certain they'd fix that as they have in the past for their mistakes, but I was told no way. That they were sorry that they made a mistake, but they wouldn't fix it. It's the last straw for us with other issues we've overlooked. All seven of us on the family plan are leaving now. If that's the way they run their business, they can do it without us.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2018
I have been a long time ATT wireless customer registered with autopay. My autopay is the 12th of each month. Some genius at ATT decided that autopay dates should happen at the end of the calendar month and unilaterally changed the date. Apparently an email was sent to that effect, which I could not find in my email. Even then, one email??? From ATT who regularly bombard both my email and regular mail with suggestions to increase my service (and hence their revenue?). In any case, I was not aware of the change.
Around beginning of July, I look at my Credit Card statement and notice ATT did their autopay on June 29, instead of July 12. I online chat with ATT and the saga begins (I have scripts of all chats) July 10 – I question why my autopay was collected early. The agent (Riley **) apologizes and says there have been problems with the autopay system and he will reverse the charge and autopay should happen, as per usual, on July 12. He lied as (1) there was no glitch in the autopay system, it was an intentional change and (2) the autopay did not occur on July 12.
July 26 – While I was travelling abroad, I receive texts and VM from ATT threatening to cancel my service for non-payment. A different agent (Stuart) apologizes for the previous agent and says he will mark the account as fine and the next autopay on Aug 12 would collect both July and August and all should be fine and I should not worry. He lied as (1) he did not inform me of the change of autopay date and (2) the account was still maintained as delinquent since the very next day, I got more threats of service cancellation.
July 27 – responding to the threats, and still while abroad, I chat with a third agent (Lina). Lina is the first to inform me of the change in autopay policy and reverses some late payment penalties (which I did not even know were there since neither of the previous two agents mentioned them and assures me that I need not worry about service cancellation and autopay on Aug 12 should clear everything. She lied as on Aug 7, I received a suspension notice from ATT.
Aug 7 – this time I demand to chat with a supervisor. After much delay and “looking at the file”, the supervisor informs me that to avoid service suspension, I need to pay the bill that should have been collected July 12. I tell her to go ahead and charge the card on file. She apparently can’t so I go through a rigmarole of reentering the exact same card that was already there for autopay before ATT started this merry dance... and apparently now, all is good. So three ATT agents lied to me while ATT continued to threaten me with service suspension while I was traveling abroad, costing me easily 2 hours of my time to straighten out the mess they created and their agent’s incompetence. 2 hours of my time is worth $700... Is ATT prepared to compensate me for this?
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2018
I was unclear about associated fees for my “eligible upgrade.” I called AT&T Wireless after I upgraded in the Apple store to an iPhone X and was basically dismissed when I asked about any fees. I was told there’s nothing on my bill and the person allegedly called an Apple Store to learn what they might have been referring to. After about 20 minutes of back and forth and being told there was no fee by a clearly frustrated and rude customer service person, I hung up. SURPRISE. $30 upgrade fee on my next wireless bill. So I call again. Apparently there was a record of my previous call and this customer service person acknowledged that I was told there was no fee BUT that it is a legitimate fee and I’m responsible for it!
My issue is that I was not misinformed previously, I was misled and rudely dismissed. I asked that I be credited the $30+ tax. After being on and off hold for about 20 minutes I was offered $10 which, to me, means that they are admitting to their poor customer service. I rejected it and asked for the $30+ tax. Then I was transferred to the laughable “Loyalty Department.” After 48 minutes on the phone I was told I’d get a $25 credit on my next bill. 2 hours on the phone. Misinformation (misleading information in my opinion). Dismissive treatment and still can’t get the full amount of the upgrade fee credited to me. I’m disgusted by AT&T's customer service. Lack of professionalism and inefficiency. After many years of being with them I’m exploring other options.
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2018
Does this make ANY sense to ANYBODY?? AT&T took my money through automatic draft on August 18th, 2018. My plan RENEWS on August 19th, 2018 (it is now Sunday the 19th) BUT it does NOT return my "high speed internet" service UNTIL one minute before midnight on August 19th in which case one minute later it is then August 20th, 2018. AT&T just screwed me out of one day of service! Think twice before using AT&T for your cell provider!
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2018
"Once you submit your final bill (online or by mail) from your current carrier (within 60 days of porting your number to AT&T) the AT&T Visa® Promotion Card will be mailed within 4-6 weeks after you've completed all eligibility requirements, including keeping your account in good standing for 30 days." I quoted above their actual print from their website.
I submitted my final bill, ported 4 numbers over to them, purchased new phones, and paid over $350.00 for their services each month. It has been since the middle of April 2018 that I did these things and they have yet to give me my promo cards. I called them several times and got the runaround. They first said I did not port all my numbers over - once that was proven wrong they said I did not have the correct business plan. I called over to the store I purchased it and they said my plan was not important for which business plan I had selected. I am still waiting for my promotional cards over 4 months later. I have paid 4 consistent high bills and I would not recommend their services because they do not honor their initial signing agreement.
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2018
The worse company to deal with. They will tell you they will credit your account, and they don't, meantime you have to pay the bill or they will charge you late fee. I will never deal with them again. I traveled abroad, I kept my phone on airplane mode, I did have local internet, so I used the WIFI, when I came back to US, AT&T charged me for all the data on my WIFI. I call this highway robbery. Have called them many times, someone in another country with an accent you can't understand tells me they will credit my account, and they never do. I am gathering my bill to take them to our Attorney General, the company should be fined and put in their place. I am glad I don't have any of their services any longer. Every month my bill was a different amount without using anything outside my services. I know they are too big to fight with, but I think people should know.
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2018
They lie! They promised a 194 credit to our account because of another AT&T employee lied to get us to switch. Spoke to 4 separate people in the loyalty department and 4 different occasion all of whom said it would credited within a day. Of course we never received the credit and decided to record the conversation of the employee. Who put in her notes that it was subject to management review. That was never said. Now there is 400 bill you expect me to pay. Good hustle AT&T. I will buy out these phones at 1500 and pay for 1 month of service. You will never get our business again and will also cancel DirecTV.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2018
My wife and I had two phones, two bills. On my bill, I covered my cell phone, the internet, and U-verse. AT&T advertised the "Unlimited with 2 phones plan." I should have know better because they had a shark in a barrel in the TV ad. Anyway, we called and after about an hour on the phone, discussing the combination to one bill and lowering our costs, we made the switch. We were paying about $400 a month total for everything before the switch. The bill came in for a prorate on one month of $229 and then the next month bill was $522. I was on the phone for over 1 hour and was told the best they could do would be fill out a ticket and let me know in about 10 days. We went to the store and took a detailed printout of our bill. One hour later, we were told to call 611 and talk to retention. After another hour on the phone, we ended up going back to our old plans and losing around $130-150 for our troubles. This is no way to run a business.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2018
at&t.com - I went online to order an iPhone. The advertisement for the iPhone X said "If ordered before 7pm free same day delivery." I ordered the iPhone X at 12:22 pm and after I placed the order - it said item to be shipped in 2 -3 business days. FALSE ADVERTISEMENT AND I'VE BEEN A CUSTOMER FOR MANY MANY YEARS NOT EVEN SURE HOW MANY. OVER 20 I THINK!
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2018
If you are a business, avoid setting up an account here. Because of a mistake by Spencer **, Justin **, and Todd the manager, it cost my business $50,000 in fees. Instead of owning up to their mistake (setting up my business account wrong to benefit them) they’ve done nothing to clean up the mess they made. Because of their mistake, opening up 60 new lines instead of adding it to my existing business account, it triggered the fraud department and without no warning, they shut every phone, employee and personal, off in the middle of a business day and refused to turn them back on. Our account was overpaid by $5,000 because we pay ahead and they refuse to give me our money back, kept our phone numbers we had for 20 years, and cost our business tens of thousands in loss.
We were also promised by Spencer and Justin $200 per line, as a corporate deal, to switch all our lines from Sprint. That would have been a $12,000 credit. Do you think AT&T was going to follow through, nope. They shut our account down. I’m still paying $10,000 in early termination fees from Sprint and had to turn around and go back to them. Because of their negligence I am paying thousands of dollars for nothing. Avoid doing business with these people at all cost, (it’s cost our business $50,000) even if they transfer to another location. FYI: We’ve contacted the Missouri Attorney General, FCC, FTC, BBC, 5 on your side, and my attorney. If you want to spend months fighting issues like I have, by all means, deal with these dishonest people.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2018
My phone broke and I decided to order new through AT&T, the ad on the site was "Want it fast? Get FREE same-day delivery if you order by 7pm". I placed an order at 4pm on Friday, August 10, 2018. Did not have access to the internet until next day Saturday, August 11, had long conversation with the customer service rep, she told me it will be shipped on Monday overnight as was promised!!! I am a customer for more than 10 years and had to call on Monday, August 13, 2018 again.
Was told there is NO RECORDS OF MY CONVERSATIONS WITH ANYBODY! I have my phone bill which shows very lengthy communications with AT&T! But who cares! I was told it will be shipped August 13-15 and not overnight! Very disappointed with AT&T, especially when I am paying almost $300 for 2 phones! It became very expensive and I got VERY CHEAP TREATMENT! I will try to get out of this as soon as I can! I have following records for my conversations: August 10 - 40 min, August 11 - 8 min, August 13 - 9 min and August 14 - 14 min - and I guess AT&T does not have any notes and records at all!!!! Huge disappointment and I agree with other customers, I wish there was a "negative" number in ratings! I will give it "MINUS 5"!
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2018
Phone contact people are polite & do their job. But length of time to get internet & phones repaired is excessive. Elderly & blind does not need to be cut off for multiple days. Going on 4 days now while our location is Central Houston not rural middle of nowhere. Everyone is pleasant & nice but why so few repair people? Shame on stingy management. Hire & train adequate personnel to repair services within 24 hours. Do it right. You certainly charge enough. Poor poor management.
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2018
My daughter took a trip to Europe a month ago and we paid AT&T 10.00 a day that included data usage. They charged use 120.00 which is what we asked for but then they added 100.00 on our data rollover usage and I have spoken to 3 different agents and a manager and no one can explain where this 100.00 charge came from. I was promised a 40.00 reduction in our bill which they never took off. The call centers are located out of the country which provides a difficult language barrier and “I don’t care attitude.” Will be looking for another carrier as we are good customers to them and we always pay our bill on time.
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2018
They placed installment charges on the wrong account which should have been cancelled before the charged accrued and kept sending me 2 bills. When I inquired about the extra bills I had been getting to AT&T representatives several times, all of them told me to ignore the extra bills. I relied on them. Now they charged late fees on me for the bills they told me to ignore. Customer service doesn't know what they're doing. Totally stupid and irresponsible - they just keep saying there's nothing they can do. AT&T sucks and all they can do is scam customers. I wish I could give 0 star. Use Verizon.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2018
Just signed up to be a new customer with AT&T’s on Friday, they said everything was approved, I paid what was needed, and that the phones would ship that following Monday and take 2 business days to arrive. I called and checked the process of everything, everything was still processing, and no emails were send regarding the tracking information, I called and asked why I couldn’t access anything on the online acct and the lady said it was because they haven’t been activated. Completely rude and continually interrupted me and didn’t answer any questions I asked. I called again to check the progress the next day and it still said processing.
I connected with another rude customer service rep again and she said something went wrong with our current carrier, gave her the info she needed AGAIN and she said, "Ok. It was approved." When I asked why it didn’t work before when the first person I talked to said it worked she avoided the question so she could get off the line. When I asked when the phones would be there she said 3-5 business days. Why would one person say 2 days and another 3-5. Get your crap together and figure your crap out. I can’t understand 95% of these reps and they are all absolutely rude. I’m starting to regret switching to AT&T and haven’t even received our phones yet.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2018
This company is straight garbage. We were told we'd have our services (cable and internet) transferred when we moved, because we were you know, moving from one house to another. Only cable showed. They didn't know we wanted both. Are you serious? We called and after us explaining we work during the week 8-4 they said they can only come between 12-4. After an extremely difficult search to find someone to be at our house between 12-4 on a Monday, AT&T never showed. AGAIN. We called at 3, spent a half hour on the phone, were told something was wrong with the order, and someone would be there before the end of the night. By 7:30pm no one had showed. We called AGAIN, spent an hour and 35 minutes on the phone with them, appalled at how TERRIBLE their "customer service" was and demanded someone be at our house ASAP.
We had gone 2 weeks with no internet and therefore went over our data usage with Verizon. During this hour and 35 excruciatingly painful minutes, I was told many different things: the tech is on his way, they are locating the tech, this is actually self-service and no tech is needed, we're finding a new tech to come ASAP. After the extreme lack of service, actually a disservice, we'd received, I explained in order to make up for this, the three times someone was supposed to install internet, they'd HAVE to come when it was convenient for us. There was no one that could come on a weekday, between 12-4. I explained any time after 4 the next two days, or on Saturday first thing in the morning are what we would accept or we're leaving the company.
I was basically told I need to quit my job so that I can be there for whenever their tech guy can show up, if anyone ever showed up at this point. How do we pay for the service then? Not sure. I don't understand how a company would ever think that is a smart thing to say. Lol. I spoke with a manager, named Ed, he assured me someone would come Saturday morning between 8-12. He promised he'd call me personally to see someone arrived. Well, SURPRISE, Saturday comes, no call from Ed, no one shows. I am irate. How can this be your business, how you make money, and you be this astonishingly awful at it? My husband was assured at 10:30 am, we were next on this list.
At noon, when I called, I was told there was an error on the order. We had no appointment for Saturday, but for Monday between 12-4. I went off on these people. This is the absolute, BY FAR, WORST service I have ever experienced. These people have no idea what they're doing. They will use every excuse in the book to put off dealing with their customers. They CHARGED us for internet that they never came to install. This company doesn't care about their customers in the least, we're dollar signs, they'll secretly up your bill to make money off you, and then do everything to avoid you or help you. They're a scam.
I called WOW on Monday, after telling AT&T they can suck it, and within TWELVE MINUTES, I had been told the appropriate package we would need, gone through all the fine print, and had an appointment set up for the next day! Imagine that. And the best part, their techs actually show up when they say they will! I would go with WOW or Cox Communications ALLL the way. These companies actually care and respond to their customers, and do everything they can to help you or right any mistake. AT&T wants your money that is all. Stay FAR AWAY.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2018
First off, I’ve been a loyal AT&T customer for 7 years. I have a wireless account and even had a home phone and U-Verse account. However, they are getting real expensive lately, and the services and pricing doesn’t even make sense. For example, internet by itself is around $75 a month for 100 Mbps, but if you add local channels it brings the bill down to around $65 a month. And that’s not even including all the taxes and fees they charge. That really doesn’t make any sense to me considering I never watch any of those local channels... So why even have it? Also, $75 for only 100 Mbps is ridiculous to me. I can go get faster speed at another company for much lower even after taxes and fees. Also, my wireless bill has gotten more expensive over the years. They increased the fees somehow turning my supposed $103 wireless bill into $114.
A rep told me herself that my bill would definitely be $103 a month. I knew it was going to be a little high to begin with because of the $28 NEXT installment on my phone, but not that high. After I finished paying all my installments, they were able to finally lower my bill to $65 (only because I told the rep I was wanting to cancel my account). Which $65 plus fees and taxes isn’t really all that bad for an unlimited plan, however, it doesn’t come with mobile hotspot (and even if it did they cap you at 128 Kbps after using 15 GB of hotspot data which is basically nothing). Overall, I can find less expensive service that offers more elsewhere. I’m tired of having to pay inflated fees and dealing with unhelpful reps who I can barely understand sometimes. I’m switching to another carrier.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2018
Shireen **, this location's authorized AT&T retailer and AT&T expert deliberately attempted to screw me over on a mobile plan in order to make a sale. If you want to purchase a phone at this Best Buy, heed my warning and simply go to one of your desired carrier's stores instead. All I wanted was to be removed from my parents' AT&T account onto a new account, and was told by Shireen that this could not be done. Instead, according to her, a new number/line must be created and must be 'merged' with the old line.
After several hours on the phone with AT&T across 3 days, being transferred through countless representatives and departments, and visiting 2 separate AT&T stores to attempt to 'merge' the lines, everyone I spoke with agreed that Shireen was in the wrong and the lines could not be merged, leaving me paying for 2 lines on my account. The only solution, as told by AT&T employees on the phone and in person, would be to return the phone to this Best Buy as buyer's remorse, rendering the entire transaction pointless. I have never dealt with such incompetent customer service in my life. Do NOT buy a phone from this location, ESPECIALLY not through AT&T.
Reviewed Aug. 13, 2018
Took my 81 yr old mother in for a phone. She wanted a basic low-end iPhone and ended up walking out with a higher priced phone and a FREE TABLET. Bill came that free tablet sure wasn't free. I called several time and she calls to complain about this and how she was taken advantage of. They call her to threaten her now about paying on the tablet and they get darn right nasty. I've called and told them about the "trainee" who waited on my mom and I heard her myself say FREE. WE SHOULD NOT PAY FOR YOUR EMPLOYEE'S MISTAKE!! I wouldn't use ATT for anything. Rude, ignorant, and takes advantage of people and they don't support their customers.
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2018
Customer service is horrible. Very hard to understand and very rude. I have asked to speak with a supervisor and was told the first time one name then the second person I talked to gave me a different name. They do not listen to what you are telling them and they cut you off and do not let you speak. If I could give them less stars I would. I have been a customer for over 10 years and this is the worst experience I have ever had with them. I am looking at using a different provider or going to internet based. Thank you ATT&T for a horrible experience.
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2018
I was a customer for AT&T since 2006 and for the past months I notice an increase on my bill, I called AT&T to ask and to check other offers. The person that I talked to transferred me to a loyalty department, the person who answered from that department offered me a worst plan where I was going to pay more and get less, I told her that I was going to have to switch to T-Mobile and she didn’t care. I spoke to someone about my bill and the person assured me that I was going to pay only a partial amount since I switch in the middle of the month and just found out that was a lie, I have to pay for the whole month. Even if I am not happy with T-Mobile service I will never go back to AT&T because even though I was loyal to the company for 12 years they didn’t do anything to help me. I don’t recommend AT&T to anyone.
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2018
No stars at all, the hidden $ 20.00 fee, the lies about lowering the monthly cost of your bill, the buy one and get one free BS. The question is how do they get away with it? Nasty disgusting thefts, I personally went through all of this. They don't even deserve any of my time, I'm done.
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2018
Well I guess I will start at the beginning Dec 2016 I signed up with AT&T I accepted the offer buy 1 Galaxy get 1 free. Gold for me black for my husband. Phones arrived colors switched went into store and spoke with rep that stated both phones needed to switch husband is a truck driver it would be hard to do. So we just kept them. The rep then asked if I had DirecTV, home phone and internet. Advised I did, he said, "Great you qualify for a free iPhone." Explained I didn't need one. My daughter just got a new one a few months ago. He said, "This is the latest version it's free get it for Christmas." I checked with store manager and was assured It was free! Came home and called to double check was reassured that it was free.
I get my first bill and am being charged for both free phones. Well this went on each month I received my bill I had to call and advise them I was being charged for all the phones. I spoke with numerous supervisors. I had to go purchase a monthly planner to keep track of all my calls. Every time I was assured it was taken care of. Well it never was. Then in the beginning of Dec 2017 I started having issues with the internet, home phone and DirecTV. After 7 techs came out they couldn't figure out the problem supervisor advised me to cancel the home services because they couldn't fix the problem. So I canceled and went to Spectrum. After calling 3 times a month to dispute the cell phone charges and getting disconnected after speaking with numerous reps.
I contacted the CEO's office and was told I owe the full amount balance on all phones because I didn't keep up with the contract terms. That I should have kept DirecTV, home phone and internet. I am not the one that broke the contract. They did because they couldn't provide me service. Now they want over 1100 dollars or are sending me to collections. I have an excellent credit score over 850 and now they are going to ruin it. Because I am not paying the bill. So now I have to send them a notice of dispute and if that doesn't work I will have to go for arbitration. You would think that a big company would provide better customer service. They broke the contract not me. They can have both Galaxies back. They are in perfect condition. And in actuality they owe me money for all the monthly payments I made already. The end.
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2018
AT&T and would not release my number until 3 days into the new billing cycle and now are charging me for a whole month of service I do not have! After years of being with them!! Like so many here - phone companies/cable companies are the worst! Policies at AT&T are ultimate worst!!!
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2018
I switched from Verizon to AT&T in April of 2018. I was combining my girlfriend’s phone service with mine and was trying to save some money in the meanwhile. I went to an AT&T store and was given the sales pitch. My girlfriend’s Verizon bill (with two of her kids) was $210 with Verizon and mine (with one of my kids) was $235 (I leaded a phone recently). The guy at the AT&T store quoted me at $230 for all 5 of us and talked me into new phones which I was told would bring my monthly bill to (he breaks out the calculator) just under $300. He sold me.
A few weeks later I get a bill for $520. I was floored. I called AT&T and was told that the “free” phones I got would be charged $28 a piece for two months and then I would be credited. The rest of the bill was just start-up costs and would be only this one time. Now, my son who lives with his mom in a separate town from me, reports no signal at all at his house. He doesn’t get calls and when he is talking, they drop calls consistently. Texts are delayed and internet is very slow! The rest of us also have service that was nowhere near as good as Verizon’s but that’s the price you pay for saving money, right?
A month later my bill reads $460. The rebates we got for turning in our old phones are ridiculously hard to get and we never got full value. Fine print and all. Ok AT&T. You got me there. Next bill is again in the high $400’s and now I call again. The lady I spoke to (Vanessa) was great and she ended up bringing my monthly bills down to $330 (plus tax) and gave me an $85 credit for the last high bill. I even got an email reporting the fix and credit. Loved her and gave her a great review in the survey they sent me.
Next month... $460 and no credit. I call again and speak to (Katie?). I explained the last phone conversation and she makes some fixes and says my bill will be $330 a month from now BUT she can’t give me the fruit because there was nothing in the notes about a credit being promised. When I read her the email, her supervisor gets on and requests I send the email to her. I did. A week later I sent a follow-up email asking if the bill was fixed and if I could expect to see the credit that was promised me. No reply at all.
I just got my most recent bill a few days ago. $463 and still no credit!!! I have explained to them that I’m going back to Verizon and they said they understand... “that’ll be $3,543 please.” Our phone service is still crappy and I am receiving death threats under my pillow that I better get the phone situation fixed because the internet connectivity is horrible. I was pretty sure the kids were leaving the notes but I’ve caught my girlfriend staring at me while I sleep so I trust no one at this point. Not only has this switch cost me more money than was promised.... not only am I dropping emergency calls from work... not only are my kids not able to play Fortnight at every stinking minute of the day... but now AT&T is endangering my life!!!
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2018
I switched from Sprint over to ATT last summer. I didn’t have terrible service with Sprint but had read that “you get what you pay for” and that ATT was one of the best for cellular and customer service. I figured it would be worth to pay a little extra if it meant that I would have all around better services. I have one phone with an unlimited plan and I rent to own an iPhone 7 Plus. Fast forward 12 months later and my phone bill has increased by $20. They have added new “service fees” for the last 3-4 months making my phone bill steadily increase. Whatever.
I know a lot of phone companies jump through hoops to make a few extra bucks when and where they can. I recently started a new job, one of the perks of working with this company is big name brand companies offer employee discounts. I went into an ATT store to apply said discount and they do not offer any discounts on unlimited plans. On top of that I get little to no service in the city my job is located in. I will actually be standing next to a Sprint user and they have full service while I have “No Service”. I have 19 months left until my phone installments are paid off. I am counting down the days until I can drop this sorry excuse of a company! ATT IS NOT RECOMMENDED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES! Take your business elsewhere.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2018
Not sure where to start. My wife holds the AT&T phone account, which she has had for almost two decades. I have a DirecTV account. Back in Dec 2017 I went to renew my DirecTV account for the next year and the person over the phone combined my wife's account with my account causing 5 months of lies and issues. Countless phone calls, transferred to multiple places and never resolving any issues. Lied to for four months stating the accounts were not merged, YES, finally in April found out by a customer service rep in the states that YES the accounts were merged. All of the previous weekly contacts with the other phone reps located in the Philippines would always tell us lies when we called and were transferred from person to person.
We lost countless hours of our precious time with these individuals. Needless to say, it took another 10 calls or so to find out not only were the accounts merged, we were now placed on upfront billing and we are supposed to get used to it. This was mind blowing. Mind you, they had neither of our permission to change us over to a merged account that costs 45.00 dollars more a month to be merged. This place should be investigated and all business should cease. I'm looking into finding out if this company has any ongoing class action lawsuits. When we quit AT&T they billed me erroneously and sent me to collections. They sent a perfect paying individual to collections! This company has no common sense - I will never pay this company money I do not owe them. This can and will remain on my credit - I could care less. They are a despicable company.
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2018
I am agrado. I don't have enough space to describe my disappointment and frustration but I was a member for over 20 years. One day I received a phone call from a sky phone and not knowing I called back because I was waiting for a phone call from my family in Puerto Rico due to the terrible hurricane that devastated the island. I got a bill of almost 900 dollars. I tried to dispute it and they simply said no. So the money I was going to use for help the victims ended paying AT&T. I decided to cancel and a day later I received a phone call from a person who wanted me to stay with AT&T and can give me a good deal because I could've been paying less of what I paid for 20 years.
I was even more disappointed. In spite of several phone calls and checks 3 months later I was still paying hidden fees. At the point they never cancelled a service for one of my tablet that anyway I never used. After five phone calls they blamed it on me that I didn't ask for that to be cancelled and they ended up sending me to a collection agency. I've never been treated so poorly. I tried multiple times to talk to a supervisor but I could never passed from that first person that answers the phone.
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2018
Where to start! I have been using AT&T for sometime now and have decided to ditch them... why? Hidden fees on their plans and dishonest sales reps-- sales reps never tell you the full service charges you will get. For example, if you choose a $100 plan there will be an additional $20 charge added to connect your phone or device to the ATT network... so now you are paying $120 +. I chose the 10GB, $100.75/mo.per month for 2 devices -- my current bill is $154.65... I'm on the phone now for an explanation of the extra $54. They are thieves.
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2018
Where to begin, first off, I really do think they deserve a 1 star from me but since I can’t give 0, I guess this will have to do. I called AT&T to order a hotspot, which I was told came at an extra $20 a month, not bad, what really happened though was. The customer service rep opened up multiple ghost accounts each with their own data plans in both my mother and my name, our $200 monthly bill was now $750!! When I call AT&T back, they refused to help and even hung up on me multiple times, when I went to the stores, I was told they could do nothing and that my plan looked perfectly normal! What a joke company, now they are threatening collection for the fake accounts they opened without my permission. I would rather go back to using only a landline than ever deal with these crooks again.
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2018
To say that I have recently received the worst service from AT&T is an understatement. Our install service was canceled twice for our internet and not by me. It took two weeks to have someone out to install my internet. I work from home and that costed me money because I had to take time off work without pay. When I signed up for this so called “promotion” I was told the cost for three TVs (3 receivers) and one Genie two main wireless box with DirecTV including internet 50 mbps would be $122.46. I took down notes while speaking to the sales representative.
This was also including a $100 visa gift card. Now I’m being told the cost is $143 and there is no evidence of the price I was supposedly suppose to get when I signed up. So now I guess AT&T is lying to their customers? What kind of business they running now? I’m beyond furious and disappointed. I thought AT&T used to be a great company. I just called and spoke with a representative that was laughing over the phone at me when I asked to speak with a manager. I want nothing to do with AT&T anymore. I will be looking to cancel my cell service thru you including internet and DirecTV.
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2018
Just got off the phone with AT&T and I've never been more irritated. I switched over to Verizon about 3 months ago and I get a bill from AT&T for $85.00 in July. Let's not forget that I just paid them $130 some dollars in June. So you can see why I'm freaking. Apparently when I switched over to Verizon the second line I had with AT&T wasn't taken care of so it wasn't cancelled. Let's not mention I haven't used the second line since 2016. It has been suspended since 2016. I couldn't cancel the line because I was still paying for 2 cell phones.
So to make this short AT&T will not waive $85 charge even though I've been paying on a line for over 2 years that has not been used. Not to mention I was a great customer. Always paid my bill, always on time, purchased many cell phones from them. They are awful. I will never use AT&T. And I will make sure I let people know my experience with AT&T and will definitely urge them not to use AT&T.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2018
My monthly bill has increased every month for hidden fees, they took it upon their self to change my account, so then I change it myself and for some reason my plan fee is still coming out to be what it use to be. They won't send me a paper copy of my bill unless I pay 5 per copy. When you ask them for breakdown they place you in hold and avoid directly answering your questions.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2018
I’ve been blown away at AT&T blatant lies and scamming with deceptive practices. You will be on the phone for hours on end and YOU THINK IT’S SOLVED, it’s NOT. I bundled my wireless, cable and internet to save money monthly. I was on the phone for 1 1/2 hours to get signed up and a supervisor recorded my call to confirm I’m agreeing to a $400 visa gift card, HBO for life, half off Galaxy 9 and all of this for $146 a month for switching all my services to AT&T. First bill is $250, I call and 1 hour later they say I’ll be credited. Next bill $216, I call, 1 hour later they say I’ll be credited. I ask about my visa gift card, I’m told to check my email, I do and follow the link but it’s only for $200. I call, 1 hour later they say I have to call a different number which is the rewards center. I do with an hour wait time and I’m told another $200 link will come in my email to claim. It never comes, I call and then told that they see I’m only suppose to get $200.
The customer service reps are annoying to say the least. “Thank you for your patience, Can I put you on a brief hold”, they say this over and over and rarely accomplishing anything for you. After 6 hours of many calls and 2 supervisors suppose to call me which never happened. Basically, I told the last rep I will never call again, keep my $200 gift card and I will spread the word that I never got what was promised me and when my contract is up I’m out.
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2018
Our family has been a loyal AT&T customer for over a decade, and new customers should heed my words. Avoid being lured in by deals made to scam you, because once you're a customer, you are as unimportant to them as the litter in a New York City subway station. Twice we have been lied to in the face and twice our bills were raised due to misinformation and lack of transparency from service representatives (using that term very loosely).
The first occurred in Flushing where a representative told us that we earned a free tablet, with no apparent catches because we asked three times before accepting. It was fun for the first month to have something free, but long behold we would have to pay for the device in monthly installments for two years (only the first month being free)! No matter how much we complained, they would not take the device back. So two years later, we paid it off... And oh look! Another fee :D! Turns out the device required another line to be added to our bill to be used actually. It now sits in my kitchen drawer turned off.
We had a new debacle yesterday with another store. We went to a store in Floral Park with optimism that what transpired in Queens, would not occur to us again. Spoiler alert: It did. My son was looking to upgrade from an iPhone 6 to an iPhone 8. A normal request you would think. We were then told of a BOGO offer with the iPhone 8. BOGO means Buy One, Get One free in case you didn't know. My other son has an iPhone 7 that we were currently financing, but we thought maybe he could use the upgrade as well. Our representative told us, "Yes do that, it would be a smart move." Easy to follow I hope. We again asked, "What's the catch?" Again we were told, there's no catch except to pay $10 for a month of DirecTV Now. Not bad, so we went with it. Again we trusted them, and yet again we would be failed.
My sons are happy with their new phones the next day until one of the sons was wondering why his phone was asking him to be associated with two numbers instead of one. Remember when we asked for any catches? We were not told that another line would be added as a result of the transaction. Turns out, that was the catch! Looks like it was a deal tailored for new customers. So if you are a new customer looking for two lines instead of one, that's a great deal right?
Not so much when you're a current customer with three lines for three people. Why do we need four lines for 3 people? That's what I would like to know. I mean, it makes sense that three people only need three individual phone numbers. It's simple math am I right? Three equals three. Four does not equal three. Four is an extra one unit greater than three. Why does my youngest son need an extra phone number? Maybe the teen is running a business from his room. I don't know, but AT&T would have to know something I don't in order for this to be a logical move. I mean what other motivation could they have?
Oh that's right. Money. Ladies and gentlemen, if you have read this throughout, let me finish by telling you that AT&T does not care about you if you are a current customer. And if you are thinking about opening a line with AT&T as a new customer, then don't. Because all they care about is your money. They have been stealing money from me from day one, and their support staff will say it's my fault or that is was miscommunication. Don't trust those greedy people. They will say whatever they have to say to scam you and squeeze every cent that they can get from you. That's all I have to say. My family will be looking to switch elsewhere soon.
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2018
Last month I was praising AT&T for having great customer service. I take it all back! I purchased a new phone about 2 months ago because my 5s was old and just not working properly anymore, I was trying to hold off on upgrading until they came out with a similar size iPhone (I hate big phones). My only option was to buy the SE which was fine. The day I bought my phone the salesman at AT&T, said that it was approximately $14 a month for the phone for 24 months. We also switched plans that day because we were on a 15 Gb a month plan and they had unlimited data plans for less than we were paying. So to our surprise the salesman said my bill would be approximately $140 a month with the monthly payment plan on the new phone. Wow! I thought I’m saving about $20 dollars a month. Eric asked "Is this including my employee discount?" The AT&T sales rep in Rio Grande, NJ said "yes." So the next months bill comes it’s $300!
Now I was prepared for the bill to be a little more for the first month in the new plan, because of prorated charges, activation fee, etc. But double??? So I called and spoke to a nice service rep, she explained everything down to every little detail so that I understood where all the charges were coming from. She also explained that the salesman should have told me to wait 5 more days until my billing cycle was over so that I wouldn’t have the prorated charges. She also said that at the time I purchased my phone, the SE was having a sale for $5 a month. So she changed my monthly payment to $5 instead of the $14. She was super nice that I didn’t even mind paying the $300 because she took her time to breakdown everything.
Fast forward to yesterday... I look at my bill and it’s $235. Why the hell is it still high??? So Eric calls, they tell him that there is no way we could have been sold an unlimited data plan for $140 for 3 lines. Eric gets a 24% discount for being an employee of the hospital. It does show on the bill every month 24% gets deducted from each line. On our bill it says they only deducted $10! If I do my math right it should be approximately $50. Anyways, they tell my husband they have to take away the hotspot but that we can still have the unlimited, on the second best unlimited plan for $165. The rep says she will fix the employee discount. I look at the bill after sometime to see if it’s fixed and it is not. I call, I spoke to Carlos, he proceeds to tell me this
- the employee discount does not apply to unlimited plans. (Then why is it showing on my bill but for an incorrect amount.)- There is no way we could have been sold the unlimited plan for 3 lines for $140.
- My phone payment of $5 a month cannot be applied because in order to get that promotional discount I would have to open a new line.
- Lastly, to have the unlimited plan for 3 lines, the monthly cost is now $205, and $180 for the second best, even though the women Eric called on before we called back and got Carlos, already switched my plan for $165?! (They no longer have the plan I was originally sold.) How the hell am I hearing something different from the sales rep and 2 different customer service reps???
AT&T you better get your crap together. Either they are not training their employees correctly on the products or they have a bunch of shady ** people working for them that tell customers what they want to hear. I would have never agreed to the unlimited plan for $205 if that was the actual price when we decided to make the switch. I was paying about $160, before we switched plans, that’s why we decide to go unlimited because we were told the bill would be $140. We recorded the whole conversation. So today we are calling them back, I want to see if a new rep will have something different to say, and yes from now on I will be recording every conversation when I go into AT&T and when I am speaking to them on the phone. I’m tired of being lied to and I hate my time and money being wasted.
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2018
My employer had a different carrier as the preferred carrier. I switched my number to that company and closed my account paid off my iPhone. I have been trying to sell my phone for two months and AT&T can’t seem to unlock the phone or give me a statement that says the asset is paid for. Terrible ethics.
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2018
I was a subscriber for 5 years and was told that if I upgrade to a new phone my monthly service would not increase. The minute I purchased the new phone my bill went up $13 per month and when I returned the phone I still had to pay the $45 restocking fee even though I would not have upgraded had I known about the increase. I was very specific about the process before making the purchase. They lied to me.
Then when I asked for a final bill they refused to credit me for the period of time after I cancelled the service. After calling various numbers and talking with different departments, all of whom said, "Don't worry. I will take care of this for you, you can count on me," it was never refunded and they even charged me a late fee when I was told that I could wait for a final bill and would not be charge a late fee. I am paying the bill and putting principle to the side so I am not referred to collection. Basically an awful experience. I will never use AT&T again and don't like their practices. They are not honorable in doing what they say they will do. Don't use them!
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2018
Relocated could not get wireless service installed for 6 weeks although we tried multiple dates/stuck with AT&T because we are loyal - bad move! Stressful job situation needed our computers ended up getting $200 in cellular overages to manage our jobs, AND customer no- service confused the WiFi between the two homes and didn’t get their mistake so still we had no connection for our jobs. On the phone with customer no service for at least 3 hours- All they would offer were MORE PACK OF STUFF WE DONT WANT TO GIVE THEM MORE OF OUR MONEY. Waited on hold for 45 minutes to talk to a customer service manager - I was nothing but polite- he insisted “I don’t what happened in those customer service situations,” and HUNG UP ON ME. After years of loyalty- FORGET IT. They’re only about strategies to RIP YOU OFF!
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2018
Please do no go for never AT&T. NO business ethics and no policies, I took mobile phone service with monthly fixed payment of about 37-38$ inclusive taxes and all. I confirmed with the sales rep in store 3 times because I have been burned by AT&T in past as well. First bill I received for 82$, called in and they did adjustments and lowered to 44$. The sales rep on phone told me I should be happy as it is lowered but did not understand that it is not what I sign-up to pay. The second bill was 76$, called in again and lowered the bill to 53$. I was super frustrated so I cancelled my service and they within 40 days. Since AT&T charge in one month advance, I was suppose to get refund for rest of days I was on service for. But I never received it. Please do not go with these guys. All people work for AT&T answer different because company motto is not to provide good service but how to LOOT people. WORST ever.
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2018
This company is a rip off. Trying to charge me for months of service that I didn't even have. I will be getting a lawyer. Then the manager Terell hung up on me. He wouldn't give his full name stating that AT&T staff either goes by first or last name but not both. What a joke. I'm getting a lawyer ASAP. Although Tim from Charlotte was very helpful as he made me understand how my bill got so high in the first place. Thanks Tim. I wish everyone had your patience.
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2018
Me and my family have been using AT&T from 2008-Late 2016. Switching over to Verizon Network and Xfinity Wi-Fi was honestly the best feeling I've ever had in my life. I felt like I was finally freed from a disgusting prison and I could move on to true life. First off, let me tell you about the network. The network is slow. My parents have been using the iPhone 3, iPhone 4, then Galaxy Note 2, then Galaxy Note 4.
When the Galaxy Note 4 released, I was also given an iPhone 4s by my aunt, which satisfied me. At least, the phone itself. The service on all of these phones were crap. The signal was super off. I would most of the time see only 1 or 2 bars on top. I would rarely see 4. 5 would be extremely rare. Don't even get me started with the mobile data. It took like 10 minutes just to load a simple 3 minute video on YouTube, ON 144p, and sending messages didn't kick ** at all. That was also slow, and about half of them failed to send. Rating AT&T Network from 1-10, I'd say 3.
Now let me tell you about the Wi-Fi. The Wi-Fi was better than the mobile data. The Wi-Fi was okay, but it wasn't perfect. I'd say from a rating of 1-10, I'd give the Wi-Fi a 6.5. Videos were still kind of low-quality and slow to process, but not as bad as the mobile data. Opening websites would take around 10 seconds to fully load. It was sort of a disappointing experience, but not until mid-2016 when this all changed. My dad recently installed a new camera system to the house, and that made the Wi-Fi the s-word. Videos were extremely slow and extremely poor quality. Websites would either take about 2 minutes to fully load, or just end up with like "Ah dang it. It took too long to load, we had to stop it."
But the 1 thing that really pissed me off was that at the time, Clash Royale was a really popular game, and I was a player, playing with my friends. This dumb Wi-Fi wouldn't even let me play properly. The game would always freeze or quit itself. I tried helping it by playing close to the router, yet the Wi-Fi would still cut off sometimes. Oh, and your guys' commercials are fake, just letting you know that. This got me so mad I just wanted to take that router and throw it outside the window! After that experience, I'd move my 6.5 rating down to 2.
Now, DirecTV. It wasn't great either. Storage to keep recordings was really low, the signal would crap-out sometimes, causing glitches on the TV and making the program silent. At least this wasn't normal, and it kind of happened rarely. But the biggest problem was our remote. Most of the time, we'd have to press that AT&T button on top to re-program it. And replacing the batteries didn't really help. It was the same problem over and over again. From a 1-10 scale, I'd give it a 6. But I wasn't really caring about TV anyway.
Lastly, I'd like to talk about something that I'm going through right now (2018). That's unlocking an iPhone 6. The iPhone 6 I had was my cousin's old iPhone. She gave it to me because she upgraded to an iPhone 8 Plus back in 2017. Because as of now I have Verizon, I wanted to unlock the phone from AT&T. So I took it to their website, and I put the IMEI number in and it said that it wasn't an AT&T device. Are you freaking kidding me? She's been using that phone with AT&T for the last 3 years.
I looked over the terms and conditions with unlocking your phone. Was it a stolen phone? Obviously not. Was it blacklisted? No. Was it a replacement? No. Did she pay the phone fully? Yes, she did. I called AT&T but they couldn't help me with it. :( I even brought this phone's IMEI to a 3rd-Party unlock service and they had trouble unlocking it too, so they gave us a refund. I tried solving this problem for a week now and tonight I just decided to give up and stick with the Galaxy J3 I have now after switching to Verizon.
When I switched to Verizon in 2016, it was fantastic. I started seeing 4 or 5 bars a lot on my Samsung. That made me really confident to make calls and to use data. The 4G LTE was legit. It would load a video in about 10-15 seconds on high quality (usually around 720p). And going through websites was effortless. Each loading time went by like a flash. Sending messages was also no problem. It would send in about half a second to SMS users. For those who used Apple, I did have to turn on the data because I was using an Android, but it was still fast.
When I switched to Xfinity, it was also similar to Verizon. Loading time for videos was even better than Verizon. In a snap, I could skip anywhere throughout the YouTube video. The quality was again, around 720p. Websites would load in a snap, and sending messages on Snapchat would load in a "snap". Although it wasn't 100% perfect. Sometimes, the Wi-Fi can blackout for about a minute before going back on again. But this encounter to me is very rare. To Verizon and Xfinity, I give both of you a 9.5/10.
Now for my conclusion: AT&T is the s-word. I hated having it with all my heart. Those 8 years have been tough for me to handle, but I am so thankful I have moved out of that terrible service, and that terrible life. My advice to you; if you don't have AT&T, good for you. Do not make the mistake to switch. I do not recommend having this service. If you have this service right now, I highly recommend you switch as soon as possible. Trust me, you're gonna love switching out of this nightmare... Anyway, if you've actually read this review this far, thanks for reading! :D
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2018
Negative 5 stars. We've been experiencing very bad wireless connection since last year. The internet is on and off all the time, it is impossible to work from home for me. Every time I called AT&T, they kept me on hold for more than one hour to speak to someone who truly understand the process. Every single time the technicians confirmed that there are some technical issues from AT&T side. It will take another one hour to speak to their billing department to get the credit adjustment. I feel so drained talking to them every single time! AT&T U-verse never really fixed the issues and they only credit a few $ back to my account for this ongoing problem.
Their excuse is that I didn't report the problem every time, I said that I was trying to, but nobody wanted to waste hours on hold. As your technicians already confirmed that there are issues from AT&T side every single time and the problem never been really fixed, why do we have to pay the monthly fees for nothing? Well, they transferred my call to someone else, after waiting online for another 40 minutes, no one answered, I had to drop. What a joke.
Reviewed July 31, 2018
I found that AT&T plans were high price compare to T-Mobile so I switch to T-Mobile thinking I should get a refund for the two weeks of service left on my plan. I found out that AT&T do not refund for the unused weeks that you do no use. I NEVER LET A COMPANY SCREW ME MORE THAN ONCE, STAY AWAY FROM THIS CROOKED COMPANY.
Reviewed July 31, 2018
Here is what you will experience with AT&T. They will take up to 2-3 weeks to install internet/TV. They will force you to switch from DirecTV to U-verse and bill you for both. They will not set up your modem correctly and will have to send multiple technicians to you. They will constantly bill you extra services that will not have been approved by you. You will be with tech support or customer service at least once a month. Your internet will go down due to a *system outage* and you will not receive any help from technicians/customer service and will sometimes be from 2 days to 2 weeks without internet. You will be lied to multiple times.
If you want to get these issues solved you must call their customer service and say "Loyalty Department." These are the people you want to talk to. They will "most" of the time help you out because they think they will lose you as a customer if they don't. DO NOT GO WITH AT&T. They perform illegal services and will steal from you. Just don't. My internet has been down for 4 days now with no end in sight. Go somewhere else.
Reviewed July 31, 2018
Ok let's see where do I start... We bought our Galaxy S7s in December of 2016. I was told we were getting a buy one get one free deal and that sounded great. The agent at the Owasso Ok store told me my first bill would be a little wonky (whatever that is suppose to mean) but then it would straighten out and it might look like I was paying for both phones but one was canceling the other out. Well after 18 payments AT&T changed their bill to reflect that I have been paying for both phones all along. So I called and after several harassing phone calls of people with such heavy accents you could not understand anything that is being said. I got one agent who spoke English.
Cynthia ** told me she would take care of the issue and assured me that I was eligible for the BOGO deal. I called back a week later and the next un English speaking person told me my case was closed and I have been advised that I would not be getting the BOGO deal. Fast forward to today July 31 2018 I received an email stating my AT&T bill was ready for viewing. The bill has gone up $8.50. Our plan was for 10GB for 2 lines. Evidently they no longer have this plan and I am now on a 20GB plan that I did not ask to be on. I will be paying to early terminate my account with AT&T. My advice is to anyone looking to start a cell service with AT&T JUST DON'T. If I could have given 0 stars I would have. Thieves and liars.
Updated on 08/25/2018: Well this is my second review of AT&T. Let me say they still stuck. I have paid off the contract on our phones in the amount of approximately 460.00. It has been almost 24 hours and they will not let me unlock one of our phones so we can move our service. They are telling me it will be the 28th before we can unlock. The funny thing is our monthly service will end on the 27th. Does this mean we will have to pay another month bill if we cancel service then?
Not sure what the answer is but I have learned not to believe anything I am told by their customer service. Keith was very rude but that is to be expected it's AT&T. I wanted to be done with them this weekend but doesn't look like this is going to happen. I give AT&T -5 stars. Not sure if any of the mobile phone companies deserve 5 stars but I know for sure AT&T doesn't. Wish me luck.
Reviewed July 31, 2018
I respect Jesus for living a sinless life and all, but to be fair, he never had to deal with AT&T's website. On a great day, it only takes a few minutes to get logged in. Very frequently, it will just give me the endless "Please give us a moment, you're almost there" spinning wheel. It's maddening. Sometimes it will spin for several minutes and then warn me that I'm about to be logged out for inactivity, even though the website hasn't even loaded yet. On the rare occasions that I log on successfully, the website is counter-intuitive to manage, in my opinion. It is a constant and shocking disgrace that a company this successful cares so little about their customers as to put them through this nightmare.
Reviewed July 30, 2018
Dealing with AT&T in any manner is an absolute nightmare. Anywhere from being overcharged by 100 dollars when your internet plan was supposed to be 30 dollars a month and having to wait up to 3 months to have all your overcharged money refunded. Contacting customer service is horrible, when will at&t figure out their automated machine is broken and never works. By the way we get double charged for internet services. One account for phone service and other for U-verse. I’ve spent hours on the phone trying to resolve issues. We will be cutting ties with AT&T once our contract is up. I wouldn’t recommend AT&T to my worst enemy.
Reviewed July 30, 2018
I have tried accessing the website many times. Each time I have problems with the ID and password working. Sometimes I get locked out. Today I changed the ID and password, got into my account. I needed to make late payment arrangements and thought I had done this. But when I tried to cancel automatic payments it would not let me, forced me to log out which would not work and then I was forced to exit without logging out. I do not know whether my late payment arrangements were kept. I immediately took money from my account so they could not take it using the info I gave them. Disturbing big brother techniques, I think.
Reviewed July 28, 2018
Worse customer service! In the last two months, I had to contact AT&T 3 different times. First time, contacted via chat because I was overseas. After trying for 8 HOURS to solve/understand why my bill was almost 50 dollars more, I gave up. The chat kept getting disconnected and the next representative would not have access to the previous chat, so I had to explain the issue over and over again, and never get to a concrete answer. I heard something different every time I tried to talk to them. I tried to complain about it and even that chat got disconnected.
Second day I contacted AT&T, I called and the automatic service pushed me to resolve it via chat, but it didn’t work. Decided it had to be by phone. I waited 30 minutes in line to speak with an agent. I wanted to know why I was charged twice in June. The representative told me that it was because the company changed the date to post payment in the account, but that my next payment would be only in August.
Well, I was charged again in July. So I called on the third day. Another 30 minutes wait to speak with a representative. I wanted to know why I was being charged in July again but also wanted to express how unhappy I was with the company on the 8-hour chat incident. This representative told me the charge in July was correct, which was the opposite of what I was told before. She was being sarcastic and the experience was awful. She actually hung up on me. My next step: Pay off my phone, and switch to another company, and never EVER AGAIN do business with AT&T.
Reviewed July 27, 2018
I switched to AT&T cell phone service over 2 years ago because I moved and AT&T is the only service that will work where I live. I do get excellent reception here and I opted for the prepaid plan. Well everything has been working fine until my phone decided to fry itself a few weeks ago. Went to my AT&T store and had to purchase a new phone. What was really disappointing is that I have been a paying customer for over 2 years and do you think I could get any of the special prices or discounts offered to all other customers except prepaid customers?? I have 3 phones on my account and it is set up on automatic draft through my checking account so in my case the bill has been paid every month on time since I started using them.
I had to pay super full rip you off prices that are designed to make you want to switch your service to them so you can get the phones cheap or for some of them free. I was angry about this and had been told that Cricket Wireless would also work where I live. I went to their store and found a phone that I wanted that was $19.99 if I switched to them. Otherwise it was $99.00. I decided to make the switch and get my family all new phones but guess what??? When I told them that I was currently with AT&T I was informed that I could not have the discounted prices because they were leasing tower space from AT&T. WHAT??? So a different company can't even give me a deal because of AT&T.
I ended up having to return to the AT&T store and purchase my phone at full price. Not only that but the one employee that was working told me that none of my information or pictures or anything could be retrieved from my old phone since it did would not come on. Is there really NO WAY to get my information??? I just wanted to let others know that AT&T does NOTHING for their current prepaid customers. Not even if you have paid every single bill on time for over 2 years. Thanks again AT&T!!! You sure do know how to treat ALL of your customers with respect and gratitude.
Reviewed July 27, 2018
They will take your money out of your account without you giving them permission! The company is ** evil! Sign you up for some cable t.v tell you it’s going to be 10$, on your bill charges your debit card or checking account without your knowledge, they made my account negative several times charging me 100’s in NSF. They will rip you off.
Reviewed July 27, 2018
I can't believe it. They can take your money out as a mistake and then they can't put it back at the bank account because ATT regulation and rules. Worse company ever. Please don't let this company take the payments from the bank directly. They play with your money and no feeling at all. Now our lawyer will take over.
Reviewed July 26, 2018
Because we weren't using it, my wife cancelled the "consumer protection" $9.95 add-on for our DirectTV account, and guess what? Within days our satellite receiver box magically "broke". After waiting for 50 minutes to speak to an AT&T customer service rep, she told us because we are no longer covered we needed to pay $49.95 for them to come and replace the box, and sign a new two-year commitment.
As CBS News reported in May, AT&T has received thousands of calls from customers reporting they had been overcharged. When they called to complain, customers were fed a canned response: "You must have signed up for that service by mistake," "That promotion has expired," or worse: the credit they were promised somehow never showed up on their bill. I would happily join a class-action lawsuit, but when you sign their agreement you forego that possibility - and even the opportunity to file against them personally. Thanks to this convenient arrangement, AT&T's extortion continues with impunity. One thing for sure: they won't get another dime from me.
Reviewed July 26, 2018
I have been a customer for 6 years on my business account and personal account, also a customer with U-verse and Directv. So recently I decided to add another line to my plan, so I went to the AT&T store and they gave me another SIM card, that simple. Today I get a text message that I’m losing my HBO for life because I changed my plan. The only reason why I moved my personal line to an unlimited was to get the free HBO and now, without any notice, they are removing it and saying that it’s because I requested to change. I want my plan back and my HBO back, this is your mistake. Not mine.
Reviewed July 26, 2018
I have had billing problems since adding lines to my account and getting into to a two + years contract. Some months they overcharged me and didn’t give me the half off deal as promised. My bill should be around $230 for 4 lines. For my August 2018 due date I was billed $60 something dollars, when my bill should be around $230. When I questioned this I got one answer that was ludicrous and when my friend called, she got another answer stating that I would get an additional bill for the upcoming due date. That has yet to happen!!! If I don’t budget for this terrible service, I won’t have phone service in the upcoming months.
I have been with AT&T for over 2 years and my due date and automatic payment has always been on the 4th. My payday is once a month, and on the third. For the last 2 months they have been taking it on the 2nd, which has forced me to pay an additional amount because of having to cancel auto draft. This has got to stop or I want out off the contract and to be free to use my new phones with a more reliable provider.
Reviewed July 25, 2018
I have been a long time customer since before AT&T took over Cingular. I decided to switch to another provider and take all 5 of my lines to another provider. I never intended to stick AT&T with an unpaid bill. I started to pay off all of my phones that still had installments on left. I made a payment of $110.00 to pay off a Samsung J7 phone. The only phone that was left on the account was my Samsung Galaxy 8S that needed to be paid.
However since I paid off the Samsung J7 I tried to unlock the phone and it was dinged FRAUD. So I called in and an agent Maurice I think told me it was dinged fraud because there was a balance still left on the that phone. I advised him no. I paid that off. He was able to locate my payment and was going to submit a claim to have the Fraud taken off. He advised me it would take 24/48 hrs for a response. That still has not happened. I have gone 3 weeks with no cell phone. This is how AT&T treats their customers. I need this fix NOW!
Reviewed July 23, 2018
I chose to have a paper bill. I just received my bill today, July 23. The due date is July 25. If I am late, they will charge a $9.00 late fee, I asked when they sent out their bills. Supposedly it is on the 7th of the month so that it gives 16 days to be delivered. Guess the post office takes a very long time or they AT&T is not telling the truth. Makes it easier for them to collect late fees.
Reviewed July 23, 2018
I have had AT&T for many years, I'm getting more and more frustrated and unhappy. Our AT&T store has the worst employees have ever dealt with. Nine times out of ten they don't know how to help with a problem, if it's 15 minutes to closing time they don't want to help you, especially if you want to purchase something using cash. Have a problem with an iPhone they said it's because the person I'm talking to doesn't have an iPhone. Really like that makes sense.
Reviewed July 23, 2018
I have had AT&T cell service for years. When I went in earlier this year to get a new phone, I ended up also getting their wireless internet service and DirecTV Now. Biggest mistake ever! The internet is SLOW and if you want stream for TV and also work on your computer using internet, forget it. The TV will cut out and your internet takes forever on the computer to open anything on the web. I decided to call customer service to see if they could fix it. It was a nightmare. No one could find my account (but I sure was paying that account), I got bounced around to about 6 different people, and the issue was never resolved. This occurred on multiple days, spending about an hour each day trying to get to someone who could help.
I decided to go back to my old provider, so I called AT&T to buy out my contract and cancel service. Guess what? They can tell you what you owe them for the buy out, BUT you have call back on the last day of your service and cancel. I was told you cannot call them and cancel, have it go into effect immediately, and be done. No, you have to engage in their crazy customer service again on the last day of your contract and cancel. I even told the rep that I didn't care about a refund, I just wanted it cancelled. Nope. Gotta call back on the last day. Avoid AT&T at all costs. Service is terrible and customer service is even worse. As soon as I can I will be switching my phone to another service as well.
Reviewed July 21, 2018
I had called AT&T customer service to find out about the BOGO deal. I was told that I was talking in promotions department. They told me that to be eligible for this deal I need to add a new line to my account which I did not want to, so they offered me a solution and told that I can add a new line at the time of placing the order and after I receive my new phone I can cancel the new line. I was happy with this solution and so I placed the order. After I received my new phone I called up customer service and told them what I was told and asked them to cancel the new line. I was told that the person who gave me the initial information did was wrong and did not know what she was saying and it happens, sometimes customer care representatives don’t know about promotions. I requested if AT&T can do something since they gave me the wrong information. I talked with 5 different people and nothing happened.
So I wrote on their community forum. AT&T sent a reply on the community forum asking about the details. I sent the details and they just told me this is a feedback so they can improve their customer service but no one contact me to tell me what to do. After few weeks when nothing happened I called them to cancel my new line and return the phone and they denied that too saying it wasn’t already past 14 days and AT&T won’t accept my phone (these phone were not used at all). Again they transferred me to different departments and finally a lady told that I can go to the store and they can accept it. I tried that but the store manager told me that they can’t but the customer service can do it since this mess started with AT&T giving wrong information.
So I called back and after being transferred to 3 different people finally someone helped me to solve this and now I can refund my phone and I hope I won’t be charged for it. I spent at least 24 hours talking with 12 different people before I could talk to someone who was willing to help me. People were rude and some even talked in a way like they make decision for AT&T. I had asked if anyone in AT&T can help me and one lady told me that she is the management/manager and no one in AT&T will help me and it was my mistake.
Reviewed July 21, 2018
My business account with AT&T was for 6-7 lines over a period of many years...probably 15-20 years. I recently moved to a rural area where AT&T is the worst option, so we switched to Verizon just before Christmas. All my lines were ported over. AT&T continued to bill me for service and every month when the statement arrived, I would call them to ask them to remove the fees for that month and when the overcharges reached over $500, they credited an autopayment back to me. The charges continued to accumulate and they finally closed my account. Several times, they told me they were creating a case for a supervisor to review and that I’d receive a call back within a week. No one ever called me, and now I’m being told this is the “back office team” and that there is no way to call them to speak with them. Next thing I know, I receive a letter from a collection agency!
I was told this week that they won’t create a case for me because the previous one was denied. I am not allowed to speak to a supervisor. This is the WORST customer service ever!!!! Now the collection agency is calling me twice a day. I told them that when AT&T can prove that a single call was made on the lines they say were not ported over, I’ll pay. AT&T already told me they cannot, because the account is closed. They lie, and their supervisors hide behind closed doors and call themselves the “back office team” that no one is allowed to talk to. I’m taking my story to a consumer advocate news reporter to see if they can sort this out and do a news story at the same time.
Reviewed July 21, 2018
AT&T Wireless is too expensive. Data finish so quick. I don't know is it even real that I am spending that amount. The only thing is that coverage is big and quality of reception is too.
Reviewed July 20, 2018
AT&T was instructed to put insurance on my son’s new iPhone 7 when we bought it. It’s all over their notes! When the phone had water damage 3 weeks later they tell me they forgot to add insurance and I’m out the cost of a new phone. 8 years of my service with these crooks amounts to **. I hate Verizon but I guess it’s time we switch. I’ve spent 6 hours getting the run around with customer loyalty and they just don’t care.
Reviewed July 20, 2018
25 year customer just paid 900 to walk away! Claimed buy one get one free a year ago and always got bill wrong. Had to call every month. This month they claimed that I’m not eligible for the get one free cause I canceled DirecTV 10 months ago and they apparently just figured that out of the other end. I call BS and paid 900 for remaining balance on two phones. Went down to Verizon and they bought them for 500 total so I’m out 400 but have better service and cheaper monthly bill. Can’t stand AT&T. They lost me FOREVER!
Reviewed July 20, 2018
I received a new iPad from AT&T for purchasing a new cell phone. I only took it because it was FREE. For over l year they have been charging me for that iPad. The iPad has been in the drawer since I received it for FREE. I have no use for it. Don't know how to use it and don't want to use it. I called AT&T and told them to stop charging me for something I don't want or use. They claim I signed a 2 year contract for the iPad. I would never knowingly sign a 2 year contract for something I knew I would never use. They want to charge me over $100.00 to take the iPad off my cell phone bill. I told them I am 76 years old and had no idea I was going to be charged for something they were giving me for free.
The salesman also put TELEVISION on my cell phone when I purchased it Without my knowledge. Someone told me I had it on my phone. I had no idea. I brought the phone back into the store and he removed the television from the phone. Now, I want the iPad account closed as I don't use it. It is still brand new in the box. I spoke with AT&T Loyalty dept. and they would not help me. I explained the salesman did not explain anything to me. He saw he was dealing with a 76 year old woman and tried to get as much commission from the sale that he could get. Can you help me get the iPad account closed without paying over $100.00? Thank You.
Reviewed July 18, 2018
I was with AT&T for over 7 years. Paid for my phones in full, my bills every month and didn't have much issues. Until my phone broke and I needed a new phone. I called AT&T to get pricing on the phone and got 3 - 4 different prices, when I requested to speak to the supervisor I was routed to 5-6 different departments. Finally I got a supervisor on the phone, she was supposed to put me on hold but she transferred me to a different department; I couldn't get a hold of her at all (no one knew her name or employee number). My whole day was being transferred from one person to another and no one could track the previous person. It was a Nightmare!!!
I left/closed AT&T the very next day and went to Verizon. I called multiple times to request a final bill/payment. Spoke to three representative which confirmed I will only wind up paying about $9 for my final bill (due to paying a month in advance in the beginning credit) but they couldn't take a payment until the final bill was generated. Two months passed, no final bill! I called AT&T and they kept insisting that I pay the full balance of about $80 plus late fee. They denied the month in advance payment credit and insisted to pay the full amount. So my month in advance payment credit of $72 Vanished!!! I have been very stressed over how AT&T handles business. I really hope they are shut down one day. The worst customer service, almost everyone there lies and the company covers up for them by not tracking/finding the person. I DO NOT recommend AT&T at all. Save yourself ton of stress and headaches, go with a better company.
Reviewed July 18, 2018
Signed up with company and have watched monthly bill increase slowly each month. Company took over DirecTV and watch channel availability decrease and monthly fee increase. No way to email them and repeated request to have someone call have been ignored. Been customer of DirecTV for twenty years and am totally disgusted. Have unlimited data plan but when it reaches 11GB everything slows down. This is pure BS. One pays for unlimited and should get such. This company is dishonest and needs investigation for monopoly and/or mob-like behavior.
Reviewed July 17, 2018
I’ve been on the phone with these people for 5 days. Every representative has different information. We filed an insurance claim on a new phone that wasn’t working. They sent us a box for us to return the old phone. We did that. They are saying they didn’t receive it and now put 940$ on my bill. This is the second time in 6 months we have had to pay a big amount for something they scam up. I’ve been a good customer and this makes me sick. The last representative I talk to was rude and snippy. I told him, "How do I know someone in their warehouse didn’t steal the phone and not log it in"! They do absolutely nothing to help you resolve any issues. I hear Verizon calling my name. I’m just fed up with this. They don’t even act like they care about customer service at all! Rip offs is all I can say!!
Reviewed July 17, 2018
AT&T had been charging me for a phone line I called to close for 9 months. Representatives wouldn’t officially close line after calling numerous times and now they won’t credit my account. They state there’s no comments of my 9+ phone calls. Every time I call I get wrong information and they say they will submit refund for review. Terrible customer service. For $270 a month 3 lines, I should be getting excellent customer service. I’ll be changing phone service, and I don’t think I’ll get my credit. I’m tired of waiting. I’ve been a customer of theirs for 13 years. It’s like they don’t want me to stay with company, when I say I’m switching they don’t even comment anything. Other companies usually try to get you to stay and might give you incentives. Not AT&T, very disappointed with them.
Reviewed July 17, 2018
My cellphone phone wireless company had the audacity to tell me that a payment I made in March 2018 that they cashed was requested to be returned by my bank. I called my back and they stated that is not true as we don’t ask for money to be returned. I asked ATT to provide this proof in which I got the runaround and contact calls to suspend my service. I do not recommend ATT for any service as they do not want to help and are very dishonest! Worst company ever.
Reviewed July 17, 2018
Don't speak to anyone at ATT Customer Service when connected to a live person!!! Immediately ask to speak to someone from the United States. The representatives are from the Philippines and in my humble opinion anyone from this country cannot relate to someone in the United States or has common knowledge on how society prevails here in the USA. It is a constant innuendo type conversation and you are immediately flagged as low class no matter how humble or considerate you are.
If you are considering to activate new service. Have in mind, you will be speaking to a person from a 3rd world country with substandard living where there are no rules with anti social aspects and common human emotion with a general attitude against anyone who is not from that race etc... Yes they are racist. I spoke to Mary ** and she could not give me information on how or why my call forwarding was not working Monday morning. I had to call ATT and ask to place my number back to call forward my calls etc... She call tested etc... It was also a general rude conversation, even with a person from the United States. ATT is a very bad company, Very Very Very Very baddd. I want an attorney to contact me about my complaint.
Reviewed July 17, 2018
Recently I received my wireless bill with an increase of $9.83. When I called customer service to inquire about the increase I was told my plan was changed. I did not request this plan change, but I was told my old plan was discontinued (without my knowledge) and they had increased my data usage to 20g for a $10.00 increase. Well, I don't need 20g of data. I was then told I could lower my plan to $85.00 to get 10g of data. Since when is it ok for a company to randomly change a customer's account without the customer's permission or notification?
Reviewed July 16, 2018
I had the unfortunate experience of switching my phone service to AT&T and buying new phones. I asked my salesman (at Westmoreland Mall Sales office in Greensburg, PA) at least 10 times what my monthly charge would be, the total cost per month. Mike ** responded all 10 times that I would be paying only $253 per month. He said this over and over. He so conveniently just never added in the cost of the four new phones in that total. So I was shocked at my third bill was now $335 per month because he only calculated the phone service charge as the total price. So I have to pay $85 per month more forever!!!
Reviewed July 15, 2018
AT&T internet access is terrible. All residents at our building in Hollywood FL are complaining about AT&T internet. We did a speed test and PING is 76, DOWNLOAD Mbps is 0.28, and UPLOAD Mbps is 0.31. That means "click and wait, wait, and ... wait"; terrible internet connection and speed services by AT&T. AT&T outsource their customer service calls to Philippines; and those Filipino can't do nothing to help you. Do yourself a favor; Do NOT have AT&T for internet or any services!
Reviewed July 14, 2018
If you want horrible reception, all of your phone calls to drop, only get half of your text messages, with old school "dial -up" data speeds then ATT is the plan for you... Almost forgot they also bill you for services not given years after you come to your senses and fire them. If you are reading this then you are thinking about joining the ATT family... JUST DON'T.
Reviewed July 14, 2018
Where to begin? First, they pretty much stole our old smartphones when we switched to AT&T. They said we'd get credit for them on our bill, took them out of our hands, and we never saw the credit. Found out later that we were supposed to apply for the credit by a deadline, but no one told us that. They said that's our problem, not theirs. Since then, our cell reception has always been at only 1 or 2 bars, no matter where we are. And the latest and most annoying problems occur with every forced update our phones must go through. With every update comes more problems with certain apps not working anymore, popups that say other apps have stopped working, etc.
Specifically, the last update a few weeks ago has created these problems: Multiple times a day, I receive a popup that says Photos has stopped working, even when Photos isn't open on my phone. I can be in the middle of a text, an internet browsing session, a game, etc., and I'm constantly interrupted by barrages of popups saying Photos has stopped. I have the option to leave feedback on the popup window, so I often do. It's been 3 weeks since the last update, I've left multiple feedback messages, and it's still not resolved. Same with Device Maintenance. I need to use Device Maintenance to get to my Storage so that I can eject my micro SD card safely. But since the last update, I haven't been able to eject my SD card, because I can't even get to that screen. When I try, I get a popup that says Device Maintenance has stopped working and I can't go any further.
I've left multiple feedback descriptions of this problem, but it's still a problem. I've restarted my phone many times (off and back on again) but nothing has changed. I'd physically walk into my local store to get help, but all the times I've tried before have been fruitless. No one can help me. The kids working there don't know how to fix anything, and that's if they even have time to see me. If I don't make an appointment, I am required to be put on a lengthy walk-in list, with priority given to those who've made appointments. Once, I waited two hours to be seen for a problem with my phone being unrecognized by devices when I'd try to plug it into them, such as my laptop, and they ultimately couldn't help me. They told me to go to an unrelated computer fix-it place in town, where I would be charged.
When I've tried to call to make an appointment, the phone rings and rings, no matter how many times a day I try to call. There is no voicemail at my local store. When I try to make an appointment online, it sends me into a loop of links and I still can't make an appointment. I am not exaggerating a single one of my statements in this review. I have so much more to say, but I'll stop now. As soon as we can, we are getting away from AT&T. We would have stayed with US Cellular (which we'd used for 18+ years) but they closed our local store a few years ago and it became very hard to get our usual good customer service after that. So we switched. And we now have a serious case of buyer's remorse. STAY AWAY FROM AT&T if you can help it.
Reviewed July 13, 2018
I had AT&T from January 2017 till now. My auto pay service was being shut off automatically last month and today they did it twice. I called last month to renew my auto pay service and they did nothing to help me. I was being transferred to another person and I'm now fed up with them. I dropped them today. I now have T-Mobile. I'm tired of AT&T and their crap. My card was declined on the auto pay service the beginning of last month and my new debit card was declined as well online. I'm happy with T-Mobile. I'm no longer going back to AT&T Wireless and deal with their crappy customer service who won't help me.
Reviewed July 12, 2018
AT&T evidently put fiber cable in our neighborhood and did not tell anyone that they would be doing it or tearing up your yard and not fixing it. When I tired to talk to the workers doing the work, none of them could speak English. I have tired calling, emailing, feedback surveys, and a AT&T community forum and have yet to hear anything from them. This is going on 4 months since the work was done.
Reviewed July 10, 2018
I don't even know where to start to be honest. My experience as of late with AT&T have been pathetic. Service goes down and I call and have a technician come to "fix" it, he tells me the wires down the road in the box were bare and corroded and he was surprised I saw service at all. The tech says he's taken care of that and now he's gonna put me on a better channel for my wifi to run more smoothly. It's been 2 weeks of the same old BS, runs slow, (if it works at all). I've been using my Verizon unlimited mobile hotspot to get anything done. STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY! THEY ARE TRASH! if you look up a down detector/outage map and see AT&T's pathetic coverage problems it'll make you wonder how the ever living hell they're even still in business.
Reviewed July 10, 2018
I have been a customer of AT&T since 2004. Customer service was why I stayed with them as every rep I ever spoke to was awesome and if something was incorrect in my billing, they corrected it and gave me a credit. They now give you absolutely nothing all while they charge you for every little detail and then some! They now charge you $800 for a new phone that doesn't last 2 years and tell you that Apple charges them the same price they charge us. Apple charges for 1 phone $800 but AT&T who buys thousands of phones supposedly pays the same price? You have to think I'm really ignorant to believe that lie!
I asked today about changing my number because of all the fake calls I am getting (23 per day, every single day) and I am told it is a $36 charge? Otherwise I can download their 'free' app, AT&T Call Protect. Well, I can't even find that app in the play store and see the reviews are 1* anyways because of the popup ads asking you to buy up to premium to get full access. I am soooo looking forward to next April so that I can cancel our 5 lines from this feckless company!
Reviewed July 10, 2018
There should be a negative rating. Internet was mind-numbingly slow, even after someone coming over and installing a new modem (which took a couple of tries in itself before he declared it to be working, yeah right). I got absolutely no response in spite of calling their "customer care 24x7" number multiple times. Each time they were getting multitudes of calls, putting me on hold for 20-30 minutes at a time. I can only assume there are tons of other furious customers out there. Also, no representative informed me about the whopping cancellation fee that would be charged. Apparently, you sign a year long contract with them, and if you wish to cancel it any time before that, beware because you will be charged a substantial sum. I got fed up of the service in two months, wherein I was charged a $150 fee. You basically get punished for not using their service for at least a year.
I called up their customer service number on a weekday at 6:30 pm and a Christina told me that I could cancel the service by visiting a store, because the retention department was closed (yayy 24x7 services). So I went. And the store of course told me that they are not authorized to cancel accounts and I would have to call the customer care number again. Naturally, I was pissed. However, they called on my behalf there and cancelled it for me, thankfully. But then, I also had to take the equipment and deposit it at the UPS store. Because why would the AT&T store accept AT&T equipment. Ridiculous. It was just an extremely frustrating experience, and I still curse the lady who talked me into opting for AT&T. Never do it. They are looking for chances to eat up your money everywhere.
Reviewed July 9, 2018
ZERO stars if possible. This company has a bunch of crooks with a license to steal. Close to 100 bucks for a 10-minute installation. I used their service for a couple of days before canceling, and then the bill for the month came out to be over $108! Ridiculous. This is the last mistake I will ever make, and I will most definitely EVER consider any of their services ever again.
Reviewed July 8, 2018
Ongoing dispute for AT&T wireless MiFi services. I have and continue to be charged for services that were never used. Incorrect information was given to me on the internet services. AT&T provided me with the device that I did not need or want. The device was sent right back to them and was told for months this would be taken care of. Nine months later I am now receiving an invoice from a collection agency asking for money. I now in return decided I will not have a phone conversation with them. I will now put everything in writing. The recorded phone calls stated this would be taken care of and still have not. I have a cell phone and cable from AT&T and DirecTV which both bills are paid monthly with no issues. I feel I have been a more than loyal customer to AT&T and to be sent to a collection agency for services that were not provided is unfair.
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