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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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Reviewed Jan. 4, 2016
AT&T has been stealing money from me by charging me with data that I have not used. For example I used 30 gb in one month and they said and charged me with 70. And they said I have a outstanding bill and I went over all my bills and I actually overpaid by 467 dollars. They won't credit me and told me it's my problem that I went over so much. And I have never been treated so rude in my life by all the people I have talked to on the customer service department. All they do is deny what is been done. I have went through over 8 gb of data coverages. In less than 10 hours and got charged 4.1 gb when the phone was completely shut off and I was asleep. And they claim that one line used 55 gb when I had it disconnected for two weeks through them.
And my data has never matched with what they say. What can I do cause their data is not regulated. I also explained to them it's kind of like going to the gas station and buying 10 gallons of gas and only getting 6. You would never know unless it'd watched and that why weight and measure does this. And because I argued with them they shut my phone off and will not unlock my devices that I just bought on Christmas from private owners. I have proof of this and proof of their fraud. I also caught them in many lies. I can't get corporate numbers or find any information on how to contact them and the ones I do have are disconnected. Wth is up with this? AT&T are nothing but bully criminals.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2016
I called AT&T to obtain an unlock code for a device that I own free and clear. I was transferred several times over 9 to be exact and was told that I couldn't have the information I was requesting. Then after reaching a supervisor Sherry ID#**, she began to talk over me and laugh hysterically. She began to act like she couldn't hear me and hung up on me. This is the worst of several bad customer service calls I have had with AT&T.
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2016
I set up my account by phone with AT&T. It was 1 month contract. I did it for my Russian friend who came to USA for 3 weeks. I was told that amount of payment for one month (for 2 cell phones and 1 IPAD) will be USD 70. I asked person from AT&T a few times if it will be no additional charges for me and he said "no". After that (one month later) I got a bill for USD 210. I was pretty upset about it and called to AT&T to try solve this problem. It took me 4 hours of talking by phone with AT&T representative before I could reduce my amount to USD 125.
And different representatives told me different story. One told that they cannot decrease amount, another told me that they can decrease amount, and another told something else. Anyway I settled my amount for USD 125 and paid it. And of course I was told that it is going to be final amount. But two months later I got another bill for USD 170. It took me again about 4 hours to reduce it to USD 105. So... This is my experience with AT&T.
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2016
AT&T base their data plans off some people and do not provide for all people. I have went up on my data plan 4 times and I'm still not accommodated. AT&T are crooks. I pay close to $200 a month for one line and still get overages. AT&T is crap.
Updated on 1/3/2016: Today on 1/3/16 I called AT&T to talk about overages on a already $1600 data plan, in mid-sentence, the rep cut me off and transferred me. Call back to speak to a Sup, got transferred back into waiting on the phone. 15 mins go by, no one picked up. CS is awful.
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2016
I bought an unlocked fully paid phone from a store. I came home and added that phone as a new line to my family shared plan through att.com website. The process of adding a new line was very confusing and had to move back and forth several times to figure out what to do. My intention was not to enter the new phone as a 2-year contract because I fully paid for it. However, since the instructions were very confusing and apparently the website defaults to 2-year contract the phone was entered as a 2-year contract. I did not realize it the time. 1.5 months later I received the bill and I realized not only it was being charged $40 a month for the phone instead of $15 charged to other phones but it was also on 2-year contract. When I called AT&T to have this fixed, they told me it was my mistake to enter into 2-year contract, I should have read instructions carefully and I had 14 days to cancel it.
I did not even realize the phone was added as a 2-year contract phone; therefore I did not feel the need to check the contract terms. They refused to fix the problem. They said if I canceled the line I had to pay $315 to terminate the contract and I needed to send the phone back even though it is my own fully paid phone. I believe AT&T has the worst customer center. I have paid more than $10,000 to them over the last 8 years, and they are willing to let me switch to another career instead of fixing this error. They also told me that same error were done by other customers as well because the website defaults to 2-year contract for new lines even though existing lines do not have 2-year contract. I am now looking to switch to Verizon or T-Mobile even it would cost me $315 to cancel the contract on the new phone. However, it is now a matter of principle for me at this point.
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2016
I have tried for the last six months to cancel my AT&T home internet and phone service. I have replaced AT&T with another carrier due to service issues. I have called AT&T's service department to cancel the service when I changed carriers, and yet I continue to get a bill from them. Every time I get a bill, I call to re-confirm that my service has been cancelled. They confirm that the charges will be reversed. And then I get a new bill the following month. I am starting to believe that they are continually billing me in hopes that I will pay them to end the harassment. I am wondering if other customers are having the same issues, and if so, can we band together in some way to put a stop to this with AT&T?
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2015
We went oversea for 3 weeks so we suspended our lines to save us little money. We did save it. Normally, we pay $105 to $110 for two lines. After saving we only paid about $20. It was a great deal and we were so happy with AT&T. However, the bill came and they almost double the price. It jumped from $105 to $190. They said it was pro-rate. If I do my math $20 plus $190 divide my two (months) it end $110/ a month (everything included taxes). There was no saving. We ended up paying the same thing every month but just that one month was very low and the other month was so high.
I called the Billing Department but they tried to explain to me that it was a pro-rate. They ripped us off. It sucks that I was with this company for so long (8+ years) but never get any appreciation. Every two years we change phones and have to pay activation fee. It is time to look for a different phone company and I would never commend anyone to go with AT&T. Stay away from this company. Thank you.
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2015
Customer service representative ordered incorrect phone and then company refused to correct the order, although they were informed immediately. On the evening of Dec 30, I decided to upgrade the phone on my line of a family-share plan. I was upgrading from a Note 4 to the iPhone 6s Plus. We first tried to order online. However, at the payment stage we got a message that said AT&T servers couldn't process the order and to try again. We immediately tried again, and the penalty for an early upgrade was no longer showing. We called to inquire about the issue.
A representative informed us that the payment actually completed and we were able to choose the phone at that time. He said that it would be more convenient to just allow him to order the phone for us. We went through that whole process and assumed we had an iPhone 6s Plus ordered. He told us to accept the "terms and conditions" once they came in an email, and that if we did that immediately, the phone would be able to ship out this morning. We did as he said, but, we noticed that the next screen showing us our product only listed an iPhone 6 Plus.
We immediately called customer service back (literally around 10 minutes after the order was placed) and informed them of the incorrect order placed by the representative. We assumed it would be an easy fix, as the phone hadn't even begun the shipping process. We discovered that at&t was anything but accommodating to fixing the issue, even though it was an issue caused by their representative. Instead, they said our only option was to wait on the phone to arrive, call and tell them it was the wrong phone (like I was doing), send the phone back to them, and then wait on the correct phone to be sent.
I am scheduled for a business trip to begin in exactly 7 days, and it is all but impossible for that whole process to run its course in that amount of time. After 55 minutes on the phone with customer service, and no resolution, we disconnected the call. If this was an error caused by us ordering the phone I could easily understand having to go through the process outlined; however, the error was caused by an at&t employee and yet they will not correct their mistake???
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2015
So, where do I start? I hate AT&T! I decided in November to get their internet because they were the cheapest in the area. I got a promotion for combining them with my DIRECTV which I had for two years. It took a month for me to get them to get the package right because after I set it up, it confirmed for the wrong price (higher). After a few weeks of issues I sent an email to a person at the president's office. He didn't respond but someone from his office did. She advised she would handle it for me. Then I was sent to speak with other individuals.
Two days before installation I get the confirmation email which... SURPRISE... was the wrong price. I email my contact at the president's office. No response. Send another email the next day and SHE'S ON VACATION! After threatening to cancel they finally fix it (or so they say). I wait around all day Saturday for NO ONE to show. Yep, that's right, no one came. Later I find out that the order was in but no ticket was ever created on the technician side. So, a week later someone comes out. Meanwhile, in that week I get a high bill from DIRECTV. I call and guess what, I'm being charged for the first month of service WITHOUT it even being installed. RIDICULOUS!!!
So, the install happens. Very nice person. Flash forward to Christmas week and I get an email about my internet bill and AGAIN I'm being charged the higher price. Right now I'm sitting on hold (an hour at this point) to have them "fix" if they can even do so. Now, they are going to call me back. This doesn't ever happen. In the meantime, I'm trying to pay my DIRECTV bill but I can't. The website can't recognize my information. How is this possible? I call the number to try and figure it out and explain EVERYTHING, and them she tells me to call DIRECTV. Hello, that's the number I called. Now they can't figure it out. It's the impossible task!!! How difficult is it really? I am ready to cancel everything associated with AT&T. DIRECTV was fine until AT&T took it over!
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2015
My $350 cell phone began to fail after only five months. I tried to get it replaced through AT&T. As usual, they were difficult - making me hold, cutting me off, asking questions, questions, questions, which I always answered, but never getting any answer to a simple question. After 18 years with them, we are through - we are going to the number ONE mobile carrier - VERIZON.
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2015
I was being proactive and went to the AT&T store to find out information about using my cell phone, and was given incorrect information which resulted in a $52.95 charge. After many many many phones and many many many broken promises, I am one VERY unhappy consumer and I would never recommend a company that doesn't stand by their employees.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2015
The ATT Wireless retail store on Richmond Road, through one of their agents, provided in store, inaccurate information, regarding total payoffs that would be incurred with my account when switching from ATT to Verizon. The error was in the range of $350.00 in excess of what I was quoted. Another reason to switch from ATT to Verizon other than significantly better customer service as well as mobile coverage in the Central Kentucky area.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2015
I recently changed my UVerse TV package with AT&T and used the Chat Line to do such. They actually set me up with a nice package and contract price. As we went through the negotiations, I verified each step along the way so there was no confusion. Well, 2 months later and my bill has not yet reflected the new agreed upon contract price and it managed to go up around $100 a month instead! I have contacted Customer Service, went to a corporate location, spoke to two retention agents and even though they have a copy of the chat transcript and agree with me but they refuse to honor the contract price and services. This is fraud in my opinion. I have never dealt with such a business in my life as AT&T in such matters. I have opened a case with the BBB (Atlanta, GA) to pursue this but wanted to let other consumers be aware that you need to watch your bills based on my experience with AT&T.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2015
Demetrious ** from combined billing was to contact me at 3:30 est on Tuesday Dec 29 as part of a resolution to a very important issue that I have with DIRECTV. The latter offered one price then sent me a preliminary bill for another price. According to DIRECTV all discussions are recorded to prove my bait and switch concern. ** was to review issue with DIRECTV and get back to me. This on 2 counts is very poor customer service. Understand AT&T is not the only supplier and we have no obligation to AT&T. So far I have cancelled my LG G4 order and unless this issue is resolved we will seek out another carrier.
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2015
My bill was constantly incorrect, I have called in almost every month to have it fixed. I can't even have my account on auto bill because I do not trust them. They lie to me and tell me they can't help me. When they tell me they will call they do not. They do not how to read notes on an account and tell me what exactly is even going on. THEY ARE A JOKE!!! I WANT THIS SERVICE CANCELLED AND I CAN'T EVEN DO THAT. WHAT DO I DO??? THIS IS CRAZY. Now they have another "promotion" for me, just cancel me out!!!
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2015
Went to get a new phone and add my son to my account. I wanted to buy the phones outright but the AT&T employee told me that it would be cheaper to do the next plan. My son's iPhone 5c would have cost 99 cents but plan would be more expensive. With the next, the phone cost $449.00. The phone malfunction at month 15 and I call AT&T. They were rude and gave me the runaround and told me I had to file a claim with assurance. The phone is not damaged, it would not reset to factory setting. Before I called AT&T, Apple helped me troubleshoot and told me that I need to get the phone replaced.
The AT&T personnel were rude not knowledgeable and sounded ghetto on the phone. Assurance is charging me $99 deductible to replace the phone. Why am I paying $99 for damaged, thief or lost phone when the phone is neither damaged nor lost. What a rip-off. AT&T IS THE WORST CELLPHONE COMPANY, their service is horrible and staff are rude and unprofessional. I ask to speak with a manager and was told that none was available at the moment, and when I insisted that I would wait I was told that it was their policy to not keep me on hold for more than 2 minutes and the manager would call me the next day. No one called. So they also tell you lies. JUST HORRIBLE.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2015
Hands down the worst company I have ever had the displeasure of working with, congratulations! So glad that every time I have an issue, which is about every 2 weeks, I have to sit on hold for over an hour to talk to someone about it, who then doesn't fix it. I opened a case back in October because AT&T is trying to collect money on a number I removed from my account back in August. I was reassured repeatedly that this number was no longer my billing responsibility, but SURPRISE!! Now they're threatening to send it to collections and refuse to admit they're the ones who dropped the ball. This has resulted in two total shutdowns of my current account, which of course results in fees I then have to call and argue about.
I was told someone would call me on my case in 3-7 days and we are now at almost 3 months, and when I call I can't get anyone who can discuss it with me. Even now I'm on endless hold because there are AGAIN issues with my bill-- according to AT&T, I terminated and re-instated my contract, and added services and none of this ever happened. The employees are just absolutely incompetent. I would not recommend this company to anyone. Ever.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2015
Billed for late payments on same day. Billed for items never received. Third world company now can bill whatever they want with no consequences. Time Warner does the same thing. Corrupt utilities just like Europe and proof history repeats itself.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2015
We signed up for DirecTV with ATT internet. The billing has been confusing. The DirecTV and ATT bills are separate. We receive no email or paper bill from ATT. Our monthly fees to ATT are $47 per month. I discovered today that we are paying an additional $49 per month for a reconnect fee because of late payment because of the confusion.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2015
I was moving to a new address and called AT&T for pricing of a landline with internet. The pricing seemed good along with a $99.00 installation fee so I decided to go with them. After the installation, they were never able to get the toll free number ported over. After several weeks and several phone calls, I was finally told that I could not have an 800 number on U-verse. Of course, I had been assured when I ordered the service that this would not be a problem or this would have been a deal breaker. I cancelled the service and went back to my previous provider with no issues.
After paying the first month and installation fees, I then got another bill for additional installation of $193.00. After 4 phone calls over 4 months and 3 lies about issuing credit, I finally paid the bill to keep it from affecting my credit rating. Because I signed up with AT&T instead of staying with my current provider, it cost me over $400.00 and an experience I will never forget! AT&T will never have any of my business again and I highly recommend staying away from AT&T.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2015
I think we should all be aware of the sales reps at the store. I read the same problem happening to someone else, so this is a trend. The sales rep promised me to lower my monthly bill & offered me a free iPad. I was assured that is completely free, then discovered a monthly installments over 20 months & an added line, giving me a charge of $36.00 per month. I complained to the customer service, they said go back & complain, the manager threatened to kick my family out of the store although we had our little ones. We did not cuss or threaten or raise our voice. This is how they deceive people to get the business & run away. No way they can stay in business. Going down.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2015
Over the past 24-48 hours, I've been trying to return an iPhone I bought my mom as a Christmas gift. I went to the store where I bought the phone and was told that I'd be charged a restocking fee. I was completely confused because the Sales Rep that sold it to me told me that I wouldn't have to pay a restocking fee as long as the product remains unopened. The manager at the store, named Walter, told me that it didn't matter what he said and the restocking fee is something that must be charged. I told him I wasn't paying a restocking and decided to go to another location. After doing further research, I found that AT&T's Returns & Exchange policy clearly states that as long as the iPhone is within the 0-14 days "return period" and the box is unopened there is no restocking fee.
I went to a different location and they sent me back to the original location I bought the phone at. I went back and told the same manager (Walter) the information I researched and he told me, "I don't need to look at that bro, we have to charge a $35 restocking fee." After I refused to pay the restocking fee and called him a lousy manager, he and another Sales Rep came up to my face and asked me to leave the store. I ended up having to return it at a different location and still get charged a restocking fee! AT&T ended up crediting me back $35 to my account. At this point, I don't care about the $35. It's more about the principle and the treatment that I received from that AT&T company store.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2015
What is the point of having insurance? We lost our cell phone one month ago. Paid the $100.00 deductible to replace our iPhone 5s, only to get a replacement phone with speakers that did not work. The phone did not ring when you got a call, and the only way to talk was to use a headset. We called to replace it, got another phone with the same exact issue! We called to replace that and were told we could not get a replacement until the other phone was sent back. It was only been a day since we got the replacement phone. We needed something to use as we run our own busy and needed a way to communicate with our customers even if it was only by text or call messages returned via headset. We were upset and while complaining, hung up by a rude representative. We were told that this was AT&T standards!!
Now let me tell you that after a month and on our 3rd phone, we have the same freaking issue again! What are the odds that 3 refurbished phones have speaker issues!? Is it a coincidence that our contract is up and every person with AT&T tells us the best resolution is to just get a new contract or use their next program? Highway robbery! To anyone with insurance, you are better off canceling! We were told although the fine print says "new" or "refurbished phone replacement", you will only get refurbished; and there is no point to that as they don't work! Money down the drain! Go to Verizon!
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2015
I have had my phone since May 2015. Every bill I have got has been 180 each month. They said I go over my data. How when I use wifi all day everyday call. So I was at work, couldn't pay my bill until I got off at 3. They charge you 40 dollars to reconnect your phone which is crazy and when I ask, "well how much is it to get out this contract," only to know I don't have one which wasn't what they told me when I got the phone. I refuse to pay 180 dollars for one line. AT&T is the worst cell phone carrier ever. They suck.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2015
I recently 12/2/15 switched to AT&T wireless. When I called the sales department at AT&T I was told that they would do the following: 1. Buy out my contract from my other company. 2. I would get a 100.00 credit if I used my old number (ported in). They called it per line/per phone. I have 5 lines/phones. 3. I would be able to trade in my old phones because I had to purchase new phones (5) with AT&T and get a 200.00 credit per phone trade in. NOT ONE OF THOSE 3 is true!! I received an astronomical first bill from AT&T AND a astronomical bill from my old wireless company. So now I have to pay over 1000.00 between the 2 companies. I sold a bill of goods to get me to sign up and now I am stuck with a 2 year contract with AT&T wireless!! Beyond furious!!
Reviewed Dec. 26, 2015
I recently signed up for AT&T DirecTV, but cancelled the installation as I realized I didn't want to enter into another 24 mo. contract. When I signed up I was informed that there would be a $1.00 deducted from my bank account just to make sure it was an active account. I just found out there was $8.50 taken. I contacted the company about this and was told that in some areas it's a $1.00 and more in others, but the later statement is not told initially.
I also stated to the rep that if the money is not refunded to my account, I would file a formal complaint with my bank. He apologized for taking more than stated and also said that the installation wasn't cancelled, which I do not believe. Always check your bank statement for unauthorized withdrawals. Small amounts are more likely taken because they are unnoticeable. It's the world we live in today.
Reviewed Dec. 25, 2015
I have tried to talk to customer service about changing my plan because it is too expensive for our budget. I asked for a reduced plan but they keep on telling me that I can only use the plan I am on to get the service I am using or go to a reduced plan and use up the time quicker. I asked them how they knew how much time I used. They could not answer. Then, behind my back and without warning, they went ahead and whined to the president's office of ATT and they contacted me via email. I have them blocked and my husband is now dealing with them as he is the acct holder.
We are considering going to a different carrier and paying ATT only what we can afford for a breakage fee. I tried to warn them several times about the overwhelming expense but they did not listen. They asked me to repeat and repeat. Finally I told them to go listen to their tape or tape record the conversation on a tape recorder and play it back when we are on the phone. They told me that takes one week! Give me a break! We need a different carrier and the FTC filing charges against ATT as well as others I am not concerned. ATT also NEVER gave me a copy of the contract even though they said they would. I called and called for it. Finally I quit. So I can hold that one over their heads if they decide to be cute about this!
Reviewed Dec. 24, 2015
12/21/15. I went into the Three Rivers Mall to the AT&T. I had a few questions about my bill and why it had been more than my previous bill. A gentleman, Andrew, welcomed me as I walked in but then was quickly approached by another employee, Jake **. I talked with him for a minute until I recognized his face from earlier as I was walking into the parking lot. I had seen him bent over smoking something off aluminum foil in a white car. At that point, I hadn't noticed he worked at AT&T. As I was standing there talking, I could smell the stench of marijuana heavily coming off of Jake. It's obvious AT&T will hire anyone and they don't go through the proper drug screening before hire. I would like to see something done about this. Until then, I'll travel to another AT&T.
Reviewed Dec. 24, 2015
In November 2015, we switched our cell phone service to AT&T and also signed up for AT&T internet and Uverse Cable TV. AT&T had a promotion that gives you credit towards your bill if you combined the billing for the cell service and the Uverse Cable TV. Today (12/23/15), we get more than one computer generated phone call stating it was from AT&T and stating that we had an overdue balance on our AT&T account and that immediate payment was required to prevent an interruption in service and prevent bill collection efforts against us. On November 30, 2015, I paid our first bill online. The balance due was then listed as $0.
Thinking this could be a prank call, I hung up and called AT&T and once again heard the same thing. I tried to transfer (through repeatedly stating "customer service" and pressing 0) to a live person to find out what was going on but the computer generated voice stated that we would have to immediately pay the overdue balance before I could be transferred to customer service. This infuriated me. The automated system finally transferred me to a live person but not before I had to answer a whole series of questions. The first live person told me that we had an overdue balance that needed to be immediately paid. I asked to be transferred to the billing office.
I was finally connected with the AT&T billing office at which point I told the 2nd lady on the line the whole story of what happened. She immediately apologized and told me that AT&T had new software that they were having trouble with. She checked and told me that we were not delinquent in our amount due. She said the bill was due by January 9th.
In that AT&T knows that they have a problem with their software, they should not threaten people online with cutting off service and collection efforts. They are obnoxious. I have had similar experiences with talking to AT&T regarding my phone service at my company. I should have figured that AT&T cell service would be as bad as my experience at my business. Buyer beware!!!
They should NOT threaten people online with service being cut off and bill collection efforts. I will not sign up for any AT&T service in the future. When we signed up for the service, it took 3.5 hours because, per the third party contractor at the Costco kiosk, they were having trouble signing up people for AT&T cell service because of the new software that AT&T had recently installed.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2015
Our business Low Budget Muffler has been with AT&T for quite some time without any problems. Then one day we decided to switch to a business mobile device to bring the bill lower because we are a small family owned business. Representatives were nice and tried to be supportive but as for the company overall I don't respect them that much because when you give your word to someone you're suppose to keep it.
They said that we were getting a shipment in 1 to 2 business days which came on time but only 1/2 our order was there... not good for business! Then I tried to see about getting it from a store here and there was nothing they could do even though it was their mistake that only half the order came. And I assume in one of the many stores here that one of them have it in stock. So now the other half of the order will not arrive for 3 weeks and it was suppose to be both phones in one shipping box. Hope this company shapes up or they will lose some customers.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2015
I have been with AT&T for more than 30 years. We moved to Buckeye, AZ 8 years ago and have had limited coverage due to repeater that was installed about one mile away keeps going down. The service techs have no clue and keep wanting us to reboot. We were forced to buy a micro tower in order to have coverage. My son on our plan has no coverage and lives 2 miles away. He can't afford a tower and has no coverage for his family in case of emergency. Looks like I will have to take our family plan to Verizon where all my neighbors have gone. AT&T is too big to care about a community that is growing with over 4,000 residence and build out of over 20,000. SAD.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2015
I've had a mobile share plan since December of 2014 and my two year contract is done in December 2015. When I spoke to the representative over the online chat, she told me that I had to pay my full balance in order to restore my service. I told her that I had a certain amount that I could pay because I had other bills to pay like car note & etc. I asked if the rep can speak to her manager about waiving some of the fees on my account. She said, "Let me go ask my manager."
Keep in mind this conversation is through online chat and they don't have a number set up on your phone to connect you to a rep, to speak to when your service is turned off. When the rep came back to the online chat, so she claimed she spoke to a manager, in which I don't believe because those reps can tell you anything and can do anything on your account. Once they hang up the phone with you and then when you receive a bill in the mail, you'll be wondering how it got that high.
To make a long story short, I had to keep going back and forth negotiating what price I could only pay at that moment, and trying to make an arrangement to pay out the additional balance, but they did not care and I was stuck paying out my whole bill. Then as they restored my service within that same day, I told the rep that I'm not paying the $40 fee to restore service. I did not have to pay that fee especially after I paid $50 the day before and then turned around and had to pay $280 the next day.
Then the rep told me to shut my phone off and turn it back on, so that they can turn my service back on from their end. I did this about 4 times and my service was not back on, and I kept telling the rep that my phone is still not on. The rep told me she can see that it say's "active" on her end, but she forgot to do her part and then told me, "Let me send it over to activation and have them look at it." As soon as she did that on the fifth try, my service was restored.
I don't like how the reps as well as some of the managers try to give you a hard way to go when you're trying to get your bill straight. Then I believe at times they lie and word things in their own little words to get you to pay more on your account. There also been times when I spoke to a rep over the phone about increasing my data or concerning payments. They don't always note your account, so when you call in the next time and you give them the last person in which you spoke to last, the new rep would say, "Well they did not note this or that in your records" and that makes it difficult for another rep to prove it. I could go on and on, but I'm not.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2015
I'm absolutely disgusted with this company! Don't not get your phone service unless you want to be constantly lied to, and charged for fees for their lies. From the beginning it had been nothing but problems. I got the service July 2015. I was switching from Verizon because I unfortunately didn't get service when I moved. And even though I was leaving Verizon and was supposed to pay $150 cancellation fee they waived it. So I got a S6 active and a tablet. Which I was told the tablet would be $.99 and I could cancel it anytime without any deactivation fees and I even questioned it and the salesman said "nope it won't cost you a thing". So 2 months later I go to cancel it and it's going to cost me over $100. So that was one lie. Then I went on vacation out of the country and I went in and was told to just put the phone on airplane mode.
Which I did with Verizon and no issues. But ATT, I had a $800+ phone bill. Because even though I had it on airplane mode, I had the International data on so when I told it off airplane mode everything from the time it was off came flooding it. So basically it was like I had the phone the whole vacation. Then I called them and after a hour on the phone they made it $450. And I was told that I could make payments over a 3 month period without any issues and without interest charges. So I paid the first month payment on Nov 3rd. and then had a balance of $237 that was supposed to be split between December and January 2016.
However they couldn't split that amount into January 2016 because their system wouldn't do that and call in a few weeks to split it. So Nov 24th I called because I received an email stating they would cut my service because of the balance due. During that phone call I was told they couldn't split it because then it would make the balance due on 12/10 instead of 12/17. Well I work for the post office and this is the busiest time of the year. And I didn't get a chance to call until 12/20 to try and sort this mess out. So I call and I'm told that the whole amount of $383 (my monthly charge plus $237 which was supposed to be split) is due immediately or I will have service cut and there is nothing they can or will do because I'm past 12/17. I explained that I work for the post office and I'm a single mother of 2 kids.
I barely have time right now but I'm calling now to sort it out and they did not care and wouldn't help. So I went ahead and made a payment on 12/20 of $250. Only to have my service cut off on 12/21. So I call back and told I'm going to be charged $40 to turn the phone back on and I have to pay the new balance of $123 before it can be turned back on. I explained I talk to a supervisor on 11/3 about the payment plan and they told me "oh well that was untrue" and I never talked to a supervisor just an agent. I was in tears and told them I can call in tomorrow after I return my kids Christmas gifts to free up some credit to make the payment but could they please waived the $40 fee because of the lie I was told original. They said "nope" they are justified in charging me the $40 and will not reverse it.
I said "it's 4 days before Christmas and I'm going to return my kids gifts and call tomorrow because I don't have it right now. Can you please waive the $40" and I was told by 2 supervisors "no". To me that is absolutely disgusting. They lie about being about being able to split the payments which I set my bills up around and even made a payment the day before and they won't. I'm a struggling single mother who works to try to make ends meet but the more I work the more I have to pay for daycare and they are a multimillion dollar company who can't waive a $40 fee 4 days before Christmas. Needless to say my phone is still off and will be off until I find a new phone service because that is not how you treat your customers who are paying the bills as much as they can.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2015
I placed an order online for 2 iPhones before Christmas. I was denied and received an email stating my order had been cancelled. It's before Christmas and there is still a hold for 214 dollars. I think that this is outrageous that this company can hold your money even though they cancelled the order. I will never attempt to purchase a phone from them again.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2015
My phone contract with AT&T was ending earlier so I decided to cancel it. No big deal. When communicating with AT&T they intentionally misled me into believing I would receive credits on my final bill. So I get the final bill and sure enough there are charges. I call back and a girl responds that she cannot see my account since it was closed but would see about the credit. Nothing occurs. Next Bill - late charge. Then this is sent to collections. I've been with AT&T for years as well as DirecTV. Time for a change. These people are paid to lie to you. Others have shown over inflated bills from AT&T and when the company is questioned, they are more than willing to reduce the amount. Con job.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2015
Ok so I just started a new job a month ago and on December 21, 2015 my job closed up until January 4, 2016 so I asked them to set me up for a reschedule payment date and they refuse to. Since I started this new job I have more problems with AT & T. They are very unfriendly and always ready to hang up. They never want to see other options. I'm really considering leaving AT&T and hope a lot of other people do also.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2015
I recently had my service suspended with AT&T after I made a payment arrangement, like I always do!!! Upon me finding out my service was suspended I called and spoke with two people, I was told that they see my arrangement but were unable to help me because the phone had already been suspended! I've been with AT&T for nearly 10 years and today I've canceled my services with them because of this! The bills are already ridiculous and then you suspend my phone without warning. Oh not to mention you're penalizing for a bill that's due January 7 of 2016!!! I'd rather blow smoke signals than do business with AT&T ever again.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2015
GO with another company! They are liars, they make you hold for at least 20 mins in general, and when they are "reviewing" your account, another 20 mins. Today, Dec 2015, my dispute was regarding: Jul 2015 opened an account [switch cell carriers], was told I qualified for $100 credit per line (no mention of NEXT), Aug 2015 called to upgrade DATA again, told "oh wow you qualified for $200 credit [which you're suppose to see in 2-3 months] which means extra $ for Christmas!" Yeah right! Called last Nov 2015 after receiving bill, the gentleman "reviewed" my account. "Oh no sir, too soon, next month". Again, LIED to! Called today, same **! They LIE, LIE, LIE!!! DECEITFUL!!!
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2015
I bought an iPhone and an iPad mini in Sept. I was told, in response to my specific question, that I could pay off the balance on the iPad online after my first bill. I did so with a credit card in October. The following month, the installment plan was "reestablished" and my account balance was credited with the amount of the iPad payoff. I have been on the phone with AT&T over 2 months for a total of nearly 6 hours. They will not stop the installment plan and apply the money I sent in October to pay off the iPad mini. They lied and their customer service is the worst I have encountered in all my 61 years.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2015
My last grandmother passed away earlier in this month so I incurred unexpected expenses. I called AT&T on 12/11 to make a maybe arrangement for the past due $285.01 and they agreed. I made the promised payment on 12/16 however my service was terminated on 12/18 due to failed payment arrangement. I contacted AT&T and was informed that the arrangement was for $521.88 that included the $285.01 past due and $236.87 current. I informed the agent that was incorrect so she apologized and restored my service.
I go online to make arrangements to pay $236.87 and find that the other 2 lines on the account have not been restored. I contact AT&T again and a really rude young lady in Finance tell me that the arrangement was for $521.88 not $285.01 so there is nothing they can do for me and that the agent should have not restored my service so within the hour it will be disconnected again. At this time I'm in tears pleading and begging to have an extension for the 24th and she just says "no, sorry". I asked to speak with a manager and again I explained the situation and he too said "no." I am so hurt, stunned and feel like my business means nothing to the company. This is really bad timing. My grandmother died and it's the holiday season. I feel like AT&T could have allowed me to make a payment arrangement since obviously there was miscommunication.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2015
Company is refusing to provide services as agreed. I established services with AT&T in October 2015. I made a $100.00 payment as a required deposit to initiate services. I had scheduled the installation and confirmed my order. I had issues from day one with the installation and had to call to get things taken care of. Since October my services have failed to work properly and I have had to call and get a technician out to my home on 3 different occasions between October and Dec 2015. I have had equipment switched out and still having the same issues. I am paying for a particular service and expect to receive what I am paying for. In addition to this I have requested an adjustment to my account to compensate for the days I was unable to use my services and the company has refused.
Additionally, I was a victim of identity theft. I reported this to AT&T as the situation resulted in payments being returned due to stolen and compromised banking information. As a result of the payment situation my services were suspended. Despite my calling and making arrangements with their customer services reps to ensure my services were not interrupted, the company chose to dishonor the agreement and suspended services anyways. The company has shown no interest in receiving verifying documentation. They have shown no interest in verifying prior conversations with agents. And they have shown no interest in protecting my account from further identify theft.
Additionally I provided my payment in full via my new debit card on 12/18/2015. I was told once my payment was made in full my services would be restored. I have written verification of this from their online service of the restoral. However, my services are still not restored and the agent I spoke with today tells me I will need to wait several more days with no credits and no services even though they have my money. Their agents have been rude, condescending and disrespectful. They have shown no interest in resolving this matter or complying with our contract.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2015
I have been to Merrillville store (Indiana) and I hate to say this but the customer service is very poor and they are not even caring about customers. I have waited 3 hours for to get a person to help me and I believe that nobody even care in this place. I would rather not buy a phone than going to this place again. Worst service I ever faced in my life.
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2015
10/22/2015 week. Store associate and manager promised to redo our plan and monthly cost would be $260 per month, unless exceed data in plan. Offered three free tablets and promised no charge to use over wifi as we do our iPads. I asked again if they are truly free and they said "yes". Received the first bill around 12/1 to see $150 extra and monthly charges. Called AT&T and was told monthly charge, cellular usage are valid. Told to cancel tablets and then they said there is an early termination charge.
Manager also refused despite sharing the facts with my son, as a witness that no charge for the tablets use and bill should be about $260/ month. No way could bill be $260/month and incur these extra charges. Support said a manager would call me Monday, the 14th. No one called. At 8:26 pm, I was told by the auto attendant that the office closes at 9 PM local time. Called after hours phone number that the auto attendant gave, and it was no longer in service. AT&T is misrepresenting and fraudulent.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2015
I received an alert on my credit report that I didn't recognize. I called the appropriate reporting agency who told me I had to call the servicer. I called and explained what was going on, her response was "someone opened an account using your identity online and by the way THEY HAVE RACKED UP A LARGE BILL", she then said "I think it is someone close to you or family." I asked "ok, what do I do now?" She said "I already told you GET A LAWYER!" I asked "how can someone use my identity, I dispute the info with the proper reporting agency weeks ago and yet you leave the account open and in use?"
She repeated "there is NOTHING I am going to do. This is not fraud and we are going to leave this account open!" I asked "so the bills are being sent to an address that is not mine? I didn't authorize anyone to get an account in my name, that is not FRAUD?" Her answer again was "get an ATTORNEY!" Or do I want to be transferred to customer service to get the amount I owe on MY ACCOUNT! I have never nor will I ever do business with AT&T now!
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2015
I took an AT&T connection for my phone. I went to the Meacham Road, Schaumburg shop--the head office here, and they convincingly sold me the GoPhone connection. Being new to the US, here for only 2.5 months this time, I was hoping for a hassle-free phone connection, going with AT&T, and they confirmed on that. I paid 80$ for 2 months connection. They did not tell me of any AT&T policy or clauses. They gave me a sim card and two months validity (surprisingly which had to be renewed later with more payment). The data services never worked well on the network, and suddenly one day the mobile network started vanishing. No mobile network at apartment, on the road, in PA, in Chicago, some mobile network in office--12th floor, in Nashville, on some roads.
After 4 hours with customer care, they said I should take a new sim from store. The store made me wait for an hour and said the new sim will not work as the problem is my handset. She said that their policy clearly states that the sim only supports AT&T phones--OMG, rubbish. Why didn't anybody say that to me the first day!!! This is the worst experience ever. They cheated on me since day one and kept lying to me, and they said they could not refund any money at the store. I talk to customer care--are you out of your mind... Horrible experience...
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2015
I was an AT&T customer for 5 years. Wanted to continue but they cancelled my unlimited data and offered terrible replacement plans. I changed carriers and they charged me for an extra 20 days after I ended my contract.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2015
The combination of AT&T online customer care as well as automated service and Asurion are a complete nightmare. I was sent the wrong phone by AT&T Asurion after filing a claim in July for a phone that stopped working. We had trouble activating that phone, a phone for my son, until someone at AT&T activated it over the phone using the data from the phone itself. It turned out the IMEI number Asurion provided and recorded was different from the one in the phone. So I never received the phone they have recorded as being sent, but received the same model with a different IMEI number.
We thought the problem was solved but then AT&T started shutting off his phone randomly. I was told it was because that IMEI number had been reported lost or stolen and blacklisted (of course, since they sent us one that didn't match their records and probably meant to send it to someone else). Every time it happened, I chatted with customer service, they put his phone back on, and thought it was resolved, only to have service cut again within a day.
I spend hours and days on the phone with them, each time supposedly having resolved, only to lose service on his phone again. When I understood the full story about the IMEI number, I spoke with Asurion who said they could do nothing since it was past 30 days and also accused me of having switched phones which I did not. They sent it to me! AT&T has tried to help and each time service was cut again.
Supposedly the phone was removed from blacked list, only to find it was on it again. I AM SWITCHING CARRIERS AND I WILL RECOMMEND EVERYONE AVOID AT&T CELLULAR. I have had to pay for a phone and service since July that AT&T and Asurion prevented service for. Ridiculous. By the way, the IMEI number Asurion says they sent to me has never been actively used because they did not send that one to me.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2015
After waiting for 5 minutes, I got disconnected when AT&T customer service was looking into my situation. No call back of course. I called again and after 5 minutes wait, the customer rep. could not find my account (yes, I do get bill every month!) or help me set one up. At this point I ask to speak to a manager. Again, disconnected.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2015
I am being charged for services that I do not have and have spent 2 months and hours on the phone with several different agents who agree with me and tell me it is being corrected, but it is yet to be resolved. You deal with sales staff in the store who appear to be your best friend and then you are thrown to the wolves to deal with people on the phone all over the country to resolve the issues and clearly they don't have the power to fix anything.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2015
I have logged 82.5 hours on the phone with AT&T over a phone the iPhone 6 Plus that did not work and a local store tried to force me to keep it. I took it to the always competent Apple store and they confirmed. I was promised by Jesse in Customer Relations that a credit of $275.00 for two months of faulty products, service upgrade charges and harassment by the lovely team at the Carmel Mtn. Store in San Diego provided. Horrible and disgraceful people. Held my phone for ransom and copied all of my password information. Had me stay at their store for 8 hours while they "troubleshooted" the issue. Here's the issue "robots." It was bad software confirmed legitimately by the team at Apple.
I returned the phones, ask for the upgrade to be credited and called the police to witness the frightening ordeal in the store. I am so thankful that I carry another phone which the service is provided by Verizon. They are always out to take care of their clients. That is why I will be moving our 82 locations from AT&T wifi and the 2,500 employees over to Verizon come Monday. I have also hopped onto a class action lawsuit regarding the issues. I have everything in writing and every single person's name listed with their department. I have talked with 61 people to date. Most just robotic answers. What a horrible way to have to live. Who would want to go to work every day and repeat a script over and over again.
There is obviously a great penalty to AT&T employees if they have to escalate or have a phone returned. They are laying down their morals just over a few hundred dollars. Extreme tactics and unethical. This message and all documentation will be copied over to the Public Utilities Commission and go viral on the internet. I will give AT&T 2 hours to respond or the items listed above that not already in action will move forward. My favorite answer is that they do not have a legal department or a supervisor! Ha! That is no longer an entertaining answer.
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2015
I have spent over 7 hours, trying to resolve a long distance charge for the month of November, and today December. AT&T is a mess, transmitting to the Philippines, dealing with persons who speak sporadic English, getting disconnected, promised completion, and the month bill showing no change. There must be someone out in the Corporate world of AT&T that you can get to resolve the issues. In the meantime, the bills will not be paid, and if necessary, AT&T can disconnect my 88 year old Mother's account. I am very tired of trying, never have I not been successful in resolving matters, but with AT&T, I feel defeated by their lack of Customer Service for a landline service.
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2015
Initially I had a AT&T prepaid account that had a phone that I had purchased from Blackberry directly. A friend put my line on her account and again I used my own unlocked phone. The Problem started after She purchased another Blackberry directly from Blackberry unlocked and put it on the same line. AT&T without telling us treated the phone as a early replacement or upgrade phone and began charging 144 dollars a month. Totally Fraudulent and incompetent. The Irony of this is the fact the Passport I have was purchased from Blackberry before AT&T's came to market. Customers beware. AT&T has a highly incompetent billing process workers that lie and leadership that is destructive to customers.
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2015
First, I called to terminate my tablet service since my phone was already ported over to Verizon. They said I would get a refund check. Two weeks later I logged on to AT&T website to check my refund status. I found out they continued to charge my account. I asked them to stop charging and recalculate the balance. They said they would do that. Two months go by and no refund check. I called to inquire about my balance. To my surprise there is no record of my termination request and now two months worth of extra charges. I asked them to remove those two month worth of charges, the agent (Dan) said he would do me a favor by removing one of two months.
I asked Dan to remove both months, but he said since there is call record but no termination record, he could not take off the charges. I was getting more and more mad at their attitude (I will do you a favor by only partially removing erroneous charges). When I asked to speak to his supervisor he said all his offer was void now since I went above his head. I then talked to his supervisor (Steven **). He would not back off, when I asked to speak to his supervisor, he did the same. He said (although it's their fault) he could not remove any overcharges because I asked to speak to his supervisor. He would arrange his supervisor to call me. Surprise Surprise... No call.
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2015
I've been with AT&T for many years and have recommended them to my family and friends. They WERE always very helpful and always tried to work with the customer. NOW, all they want to do is take your money!!! I blocked international calling a long time ago but they told me that since I moved to a new plan it was unblocked... They never told me this. My sister accidentally butt dialed an international number and now they wouldn't take it off the account. I explained that all international charges should have been blocked in the first place but rules and policy state it changes when you move plans. They NEVER told me this. It always seems like they change rules/policies to make it harder for the customers and just go get more money! I don't recommend this company anymore... I will be looking around.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2015
I was recently in the AT&T store in downtown Portland, Oregon and encountered 4 bored sales reps, with only one willing to help. This was my second visit in a week. I have gone in that same store several times previously and each time there are always new faces. During this visit I wanted to know two things. First, whether I was eligible for a phone upgrade and secondly if the iPhone 6s plus 128gb in rose gold was in stock. He told me it was not and that no stores nearby had it in stock.
Two days later, I returned and asked where the above phone was available for immediate pick-up. This time there were 4 sales reps standing around glued to their phones with seemingly no interest in helping anyone. Eyeing each other as if to say, "who's going to take this customer", one rep stepped forward. He actually gave me different and more information than the previous rep. At least he was helpful. The others stayed glued to their phones. The store was virtually empty except the security guard. My complaint is that they could find work to do or the company should not have that many reps on duty. This is wasteful and does not encourage a friendly environment. The company should also provide training and evaluation in customer service.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2015
My two years contract with AT&T Wireless ended on 10/8/2015. On 10/17/2015, I ended with AT&T service and switched to Verizon Wireless. My main reason to switch is that there is no AT&T cellular signal in my home while Verizon still has 2-bar. When I talked to one AT&T Wireless support person on (800) 331-0500, I was told I will have another bill from AT&T and will be billed proportionally from the days stayed in services (in this case 10/10-10/17/2015). But instead I am still charged for entire billing cycle 10/10-11/9/2015 rather pro-ratedly. I have talked to AT&T again and the AT&T manager changed the stand and said they will still charge entire month despite I ended the service earlier.
It seems AT&T intends to make profit of extra few weeks even I didn't use their service. I was a model AT&T wireless customer more than two years as I consumed very little their resources. Each month in more than two years with AT&T wireless service, I only made 10-20 short calls and only used 1.5 GB data solely browsing internet. AT&T has already made big profit from customers like me and they still want extra few weeks profit when they terminated their service (outside contract already), gee. That is unfair to customers and a cheating behavior. Other companies don't do that way such as my local cable and phone provider Frontier when I also switched to a different cable provider around the same time and Frontier only charged pro-ratedly in the actual days I used the service in last billing cycle.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2015
What is with AT&T? The format of their bills - they put the amount due in the top middle of the return stub. They put the late payment amount in the commonly used area top right side of the bill. I do not know how many times I have paid the "Amount Due After ... date" amount instead of the real amount due. I think it is an immoral format! I think AT&T is collecting extra money from thousand of customers on a monthly basis. I have complained many time and of course no one listens. How much money are they collecting each month with this tricky formatted bill? Is there any way to get someone to listen?
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2015
I have been DirecTV customer for years. I love my DirecTV! However, once they were acquired by AT&T I decided to get my wireless service with them. They had a promotion that I will receive $900 in Visa Gift Card for establishing 3 new iPhone lines with them. It's going on 3 months. All I get is the run around, switching from number to number to get answers about the gift cards. The sales rep had all the information on the gift card when I signed up, but not one rep can give me any info now! They will say anything to get you to sign up and not follow up on their promotions.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2015
Due to an unforeseen urgent matter, I asked for an arrangement. I said charge $220 to my credit card on file this past 12/4/15 and $240 to the same credit card this coming 12/12/15. I trusted the alleged experienced rep to do this for me. They disconnected my service. I called them and a very, very rude witch told me that no such thing happened. Yes, she saw a promise to pay, but that I would call back to pay for it. I refused to argue and instead I pleaded to consider it a mistake and still honor the arrangement. She refused and said either pay the entire thing or NO CELL PHONE! It is Christmas and things happen beyond our control sometimes.
Why can this monopoly attempt to be nice and consider WE ARE NOT numbers? I am not so disgusted with their expensive, but lousy service and the bad thing is that I am stuck for now because of a stupid contract. I am leaving this crappy company as soon as I can. I am not going to accept it just because I don't matter to them. I matter to Him and me and my family. I am DONE with AT&T Wireless. I tried to contact their corporate offices and of course no such thing is available to US!
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2015
AT&T/DirectTV promise a $300 move/transfer reward. I moved after only being at my previous address for 9 months and I got the run around from both AT&T & Direct TV customer service departments. During my first move I was supposed to receive $250 and received nothing! Now again, I only received $100.00 reward card but it took me calling in 10 times and be transferred numerous times to several different representatives. I was also hung up on and treated unfairly. The customer service department at AT&T is poor! I would never recommend them or DirectTV. Next year we are definitely finding another service. Worst service Ever!
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2015
During June – August I tried to update my AT&T account to include Passport Plus plans for my two sons. Despite at least 10 attempts utilizing my AT&T account, AT&T chat, AT&T Customer Service and AT&T International Customer Care, I was unable to activate the Passport plans (AT&T online system not working) or completely resolve the billing charges. We were billed over $1,500 in international services, most it from not having the plans activated.
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2015
I have been with AT&T since they bought out CellOne here in Billings, Montana over 10 years and my cell phone bill is never under $300 a month. I had unlimited data messages and phone for 79 per month until my son who was not on my account but had a buddy working there changed my plan without my permission in order for him to get a new phone. I called AT&T and explained to them and they told me sorry about my bad luck, in words similar to that. So I bit my tongue, cursed at my son because they told me I could not get my 79 unlimited back.
After a few months my own phone stopped working. This phone I pay 6.99 per month insurance on stopped working. I went in to get a new phone under the insurance. They took my old phone and I am on payment 16 of 25 for a 679-dollar phone which was only supposed to be 299 because I extended my contract. Again I called AT&T and brought this to their attention, that it should have been covered under insurance and got the reply sorry about my bad luck again. I HATE ATT. I was so disappointed to see them merge with DIRECTV whom I love. So now my phone is not charging even after new battery, new charger. So what to do?? I called Sprint and unfortunately they do not have service here. Any ideas???
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2015
We have been loyal and responsible customers of AT&T for many years, subscribing the home phone, cell phone, internet, and TV services. Previously, when we had serious billing issues, we literally spent HOURS on the telephone, on hold, speaking to several different Customer Service Representatives, and finally being transferred to supposedly the Retention Department.
Recently, AT&T radically raised the cost of our cell phone, internet and TV service, without warning. We are now being charged a TOTAL OF $401 PER MONTH! They raised our cell phone billing for 2 phones, (free 3GB rollover service -- we barely use 1GB each, mobile WiFi) to $178.23 per month! We have terrible reception at our home. We rarely are able to achieve more than 2 bars, and experience frequent disconnects because of the poor reception. They raised our internet service, and our TV service (450 channel and basic additional sports package service and 2 receivers) to $223 per month! I have contacted AT&T through their forum for each of their individual service types, and have not received a single response.
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2015
I had been an AT&T customer for about a little over six months. I bought a cell phone from them but after a while with it, I decided to buy a new one because the one I had was starting to look a bit rough. So I went on the internet and bought a new phone from AT&T and for whatever reason, the dummy that processed my order sent me an inactive cell phone. When I got it in the mail, I didn't know it wasn't activated so I just simply did what the mailed in instructions said. I installed my old sim card into my new cell phone. The new cell phone didn't work and I didn't know why at the time. So I reinstalled the sim card into my old cell phone to call customer service to solve my problem and then... my old cell phone was locked. I couldn't make any calls or access the internet.
I used my friends phone to call the 800 number and I tried to explain the situation with the representative that answered the phone. And immediately he started giving me condescending attitude and was very disrespectful towards me. I confronted him about that and he wouldn't even let me talk as he was talking over my own voice. I asked him for his name and refused to give me his name. I asked for his supervisor and refused to comply with my request. I was already angry by this point in time so I just hanged up. So I just did what I had to do. I returned the new phone to the store and got my money back. My current phone service was cancelled even though I had already paid for the service. I mean seriously, AT&T makes the mistake of sending me an inactive phone and tries to treat me as if I stole it when I have the customer order that was mailed to me under my name and to my address? How stupid is that!?!
And on top of that, they cancel my current service! This is the only bad experience I have had with AT&T but then again... I never did have to talk to customer service from AT&T. This is the reason why I will never do business with AT&T. This type action against customers like me is uncalled for. Unfortunately I'm just a regular man living from pay check to pay check and I can't afford to file a lawsuit against AT&T. But I can assure you that if I had the money, I would. Best I can do is take my business elsewhere and I have. Now I'm a T-mobile customer.
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2015
When I signed up for the service, I was told that its internet and voice would be $50/mo. I was also told there would be a $19.99 installation fee, and I had the option of purchasing the needed fiber optic modem/router for $100 or I could pay an ongoing $7/mo. for the equipment (I opted to pay the flat $100). Upon getting my 1st bill, I was charged $99 for installation (instead of the quoted $19.99) and the $100 equipment purchase is NOT allowed (forcing the consumer to pay an ongoing $7/mo).
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2015
Credit denied after the rep confirmed and promised that the credit check had gone thru and was approved. Who knows what AT&T did to my score or put on my report. They must train their reps to say ANYTHING to get the customer to place an order. I am so glad I actually cancelled my order before 24 hours and went with a different carrier. When you have many lawyers, you can do just about anything you want to customers. But not this one. AT&T... Say goodbye to my money, to the tune of about $2,000 just over the next two years.
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2015
My relatives came for a week and they mistakenly called India from cell, these AT&T people charged way expensively. Immediately we disconnected the international roaming services for that cell number. We talked over the phone to customer services. They took around 2 hrs to resolve the issue. That's fine, but that one week was 3 days was under one billing cycle and 3 days was under next billing cycle.
They initially charged international roaming, other extra expenses and billed us, 800 dollars and reduced to 250 $. But in the next cycle when we see, other 3 days was under next billing cycle, we talked over the phone, that you applied only for 3 days under first billing cycle and not for 2nd cycle. And the bill was 700 $ for next billing cycle. Customer service initially said THEY WILL REDUCE FOR THAT WEEK AND NOW THEY ARE SAYING "WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING." In general it cost not more than $20 using card or any other services. Now we paid $250 for first billing cycle and $700 for second billing cycle. They are hopeless. These business people will eat out our common man's hard earned money.
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2015
My husband and I called acquiring internet service on Tuesday, Dec 1 and was told that our modem would arrive on Thursday Dec 3. Thursday came and still no modem so we called concerning why. The first representative said that they had a problem with the charges going through but that wasn't the case because the charges reflected immediately on our account along with a confirmation email immediately. The next representative stated that they changed the date to Dec 7 because they didn't have an activation available for that date (which didn't make sense since we opted to install it ourselves).
We asked to speak to a manager which resulted in us repeatedly being "disconnected" after ridiculous amount of hold time a total of ten times. (The number we were given to call and was having a problem receiving assistance with was 1-866-862-1708.) Frustrated and rightly upset within the time frame of the calls we started thinking we should go with a different company and wanted to cancel our order altogether. Finally I looked up online another customer service number for AT&T 1-800-288-2020. This representative was the most helpful and was finally able to assist us. Their recording say they value us as a customer, but if this is true then the quality of their customer service definitely need to improve.
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2015
Having been a customer for over a decade, knowing how plans work, I tried to help my 80 year old parents upgrade my mom's (out of contract for 2 years) phone to a new iPhone 6s. Apple store said they could not keep her in her grandfathered contract, so I called AT&T. After talking to 5 reps and chatting live online with two, I was told to purchase the phone online, keep her plan and change her text plan (she was on pay per text which is no longer offered). They said she could pick up her newly purchased phone at the nearest AT&T company store and gave me their location. I did all this online, paid with my dad's credit card as instructed, got confirmation from AT&T, forwarded the receipt to my parents so they could show the transaction had gone through and been accepted.
My parents went to AT&T company store the next day and were told they could not do this. The order did not go through. I have a receipt of confirmation stating this order was processed, I have names of reps who confirmed this was how to do it and talked me through the process. Yet, AT&T refuses to honor this. On their website they offer keeping your existing contract, yet when you go to the store to complete the purchase, they refuse to honor that (in writing on their website!!!).
My parents have been customers as long as I have at AT&T. I have spoken to numerous supervisors with no resolution. They misrepresent and falsely advertise in order to get business and collect money. After decades of being a loyal and supportive customer at AT&T, I am planning on leaving them for another carrier. Since I'm on a next plan, I don't have to worry about breaking any contract. I can buy my phone right out or my new carrier will cover those costs to obtain me as a new customer. Shame on AT&T.
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2015
Bought my iPhone on AT&T store in Winter Garden on 06/18/2015. Two weeks ago the iPhone stopped charging until the battery died and did not work anymore. I took my iPhone to the Apple store in the Millenia Mall, the unit was to repair a few days and when I went to pick, I was informed that Apple would not repair because the device is tampered with inside: cables are cut and some parts adulterated within the iPhone. Apple told me that I am to take the appliance to AT&T, because I bought the device with AT&T.
I took my iPhone to the AT&T store where I bought, the assistant told me what equipment I bought was not registered in the system, as the unit is not registered in the system, if bought at the store and have the invoice? After the wizard called the manager to talk to me, and the manager told me I do not have insurance on the device, then the AT&T cannot do anything. I am not obliged to pay the insurance, if I had paid the manager informed me that I would still have to pay $ 200 then the AT&T would give me a new iPhone, and advised me to send the iPhone to fix elsewhere, that is for me to have my rights guaranteed. I am required to pay for insurance and then pay another $ 200 for I have a new device running. I did not take and I will not take my phone to arrange elsewhere, because I bought new and have warranty by Apple since the iPhone was not tampered with.
I bought an iPhone or a problem? Use the iPhone for work, and always bought my iPhone directly from Apple store, never had any problems. Now for the first time, I bought a unit outside of Apple with this problem. Apple's report shows that the equipment is tampered with inside. How can a machine be that way if it only has 5 months of use and never went to repair? I am sending herewith a document where Apple shows the possibility of AT&T have sold me a refurbished unit. I demand an immediate solution because I feel aggrieved in my consumer rights.
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2015
I was told I would receive a bill credit for switching my husband's phone from Verizon to ATT and NEVER received the credit. Then, they charged us 100 dollars OVER what we were quoted for our monthly payment. When I called, they offered me a 10 dollar bill credit. What a joke this company is. The coverage doesn't ever work, they lie about bill credits and they do not provide good customer service. Switching carriers tomorrow.
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2015
I was a AT&T customer for literally over 22 years and have the bill from when I opened my first cell phone account in the early 1990's to prove it. They were Cellular One then I think and when purchased by AT&T shortly after. I stayed with them and at times had as many as three phones with them, before they had any type of sharing plans. I had one for myself, one for business and my ex wife had one. I her go to AT&T. I have also owned the iPhone 3, 4, 5, 5S, two 6 Pluses and now 2 6S Pluses, so you would have to say I am an expert with these phones and with the value of them as well. The reason I bring that up will come up shortly. About 8 months ago, I was going to the mall to the AT&T store for my upgrades (I was out of contract) on my iPhone 5S. I have bad eyes and I can't see well anymore, so having a bigger phone was a huge advantage to me.
I also got a second phone because I am a disabled and have been waiting for well over two years for my trial. I have 11 disabilities, so I am not worried about winning. However, I had some inventions in my head that I felt could work, so I got the second line to try and actually still work, even though I am very ill. My friend has loaned me a lot of money to help me survive or I would be dead by now. I will be able to start paying him back when I get my disability back pay. I won a disability case 5 years ago but tried to work and had a car accident. Anyway, back to my story. I was in the mall looking for AT&T and I walked by T-Mobile where they had 3 salesmen standing outside and I was lured in and they gave me a great deal on two iPhone 6 Pluses. One was a 128 and one was a 64. I got home and was very unhappy with the service and was calls all the time.
I gave them about 3 times to remedy this and they couldn't so I decided to go back to AT&T. Now I brought my 2 phones with me and I knew the value of the phones. I could have gone on Ebay and made a profit if I unlocked them. Instead though, l brought them in in good faith and said I wanted to come back to AT&T who I was with for over 22 years. The salesman was there on his second day but said he knew what he was doing. He said he could give me 2 iPhone 6s Pluses (I had to finance both), and I would be free and clear of any money owed on my phones. It made sense since I owed 1075 all together and I could easily get close to 1300-1400 selling them myself. Well, two weeks ago I got a bill from T-Mobile for 1072.48 for the two phones I gave to AT&T. I was furious and called AT&T and spoke to a woman who agreed it had to be a mistake.
She kept me on the phone a long time and finally came back and said I have some bad news. She said that her supervisor said that the money was my responsibility and she didn't agree with it either and was going to escalate the problem (whatever the hell that means). I meanwhile went to see my son for the first time in 8 months for 4 days. I come back and I look at my bank account and T-Mobile withdrew their total amount from My account. That is my rent money for next month. I am not kidding. I called AT&T and was ballistic asking for a Supervisor immediately. It still took a half hour before I got some jerk who told me I signed a deal for 240 a phone with them. I said to him I was told that they would pay off the phones and why the hell would I want to come back to AT&T for 1000 dollars plus? I said he is calling me a moron and he said he's not.
He said I should be calling T-Mobile and I told him they are owed the money but not by me. Why would you even tell me that? He said I made a deal for 240 a phone again and I said I owned the iPhones 3, 4, 5, 5s, etc. Do you really think I have no idea what a iPhone 6 Plus in mint condition unlocked is worth? I asked him why wouldn't I just walk in and get two lines without my "trade ins" if they were only giving me 240 a phone. He just would not budge. I have a heart condition and I am very ill. I served in the US ARMY reserve and I was in sales for 26 years and NEVER took advantage of a customer. I also said that this is not the first time AT&T has gotten in trouble. I brought up the 3rd party lawsuit they lost a couple of years ago ripping consumers off. Still no budging from this creep. I feel like I have been robbed literally. I could have gone in with no phones and sold mine for a profit and paid T-Mobile but instead, I am in the hole.
I don't recall and 240 per phone money anyway and NEVER would have switched if it would have cost me 100, yet 1000. I said it's not that much of a privilege to have AT&T. I then cursed him out and hung up because we were at 90 minutes. I told him I would get the news and write all the consumer reporting agencies. I wrote my local news station last night and I pray they come to my home. I need help here. Anyone who goes to AT&T beware. If they can do this to a 22 plus year customer (I can provide the documentation), what do you think they can do to you?
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2015
I have spent an hour and a half on the phone with AT&T today. I thought I had ordered cable tv and when the people arrived it was a dish. I sent them away. I called, started with billing, went to dish and then their sales support and manager Israel from TX. Apparently they have no record of a bill for 62.38 yet I am being billed from Diversified Consultants, a collection company. Now I want someone from AT&T Dish or whatever to fix this problem but nobody there can help me. I want a direct number for some manager there that can assist with this issue. I am not going to stop until I get this resolved. I have never been exposed to a customer service as terrible as this in my life!
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2015
I signed up for cable service with DirecTV with a $21.67 setup fee and was offered AT&T internet with a $50 deposit. After a credit check, due to the placement of my unit, I was unable to obtain DirecTV services thus was given a refund by Direct TV. When it came time for my refund from AT&T that is where the nightmare began. I was on the phone literally 8 hrs with no resolution. I was transferred multiple times to different departments. No matter what I told them I was put on hold, hung up on, lied to, just plain ridiculous. When I asked for a supervisor, that was unheard of from several workers since no matter what number I called there was no supervisor available which is plain crazy. And if I thought that I would be given the corporate number that would have been foolish on my behalf.
I was told by one worker that I need to check with my bank because they already submitted for a refund but the question is if you don't have any information on me how on earth could you have already sent in a request for the refund? And when I ask how is that possible under the circumstance, I was hung up on. Do not do BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMPLAINTS THEY'RE BASICALLY THE SAME WHICH INDICATES A SERIOUS PROBLEM that has not been address and must not be that important.
Updated on 12/31/2015: Well this is an update on the service received from AT&T. As I stated before DirecTV was the link to AT&T, received a refund immediately as stated, now the funds were debited out of my bank account from AT&T on 11/25/2015. My order sent to my house stated the installation completion date will be 12/05/2015 by 8:00pm. (Remember when I was given the run around after you took my money out my bank, there was no record of any of my information, but I did receive a letter, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE). I called to say that I had no dial tone and was told that someone will physically come out on 12/11/2015 to address the issue. Although I was wronged I waited to see if anyone would call me. Well as you can imagine and what is historically proven at this point YOU WILL BE TOLD ANYTHING if not HUNG UP ON or TRANSFERRED unlimited.
Today is 12/31/2015 and cycle repeats. They were unable to locate my information for over an hour, tried to offer more services, in which I was not interested. When it came time to deal with the issue of my $50.00 that is when I started to get the unlimited transfers. Now it was confirmed that my order was cancelled so what is the problem with giving me my money back and yet still once made aware of my problem they want to go into offering products in which I made very clear I'm not interested. I was also told they do not have managers so I asked if a rep was unable to handle a situation who would then deal with the escalation. I was was hung up on.
At this point I am giving up on dealing with these people. It makes absolutely no sense and will just let my bank deal with it because the way I look at it maybe they have more manpower and will be forced to deal with the issue rather than sweep me and others under the rug. Very disappointed. There are powers in numbers and maybe we will eventually get somewhere.
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2015
I have been a 10 year AT&T wireless customer. I have received many payment extensions. On a recent request, the representative assured me with a text that arrangement was made. It was not. So I called back and a different representative apologized and said she "corrected" the problem and she sent text stating arrangement was now in place. IT WAS NOT. I called again, explained I was lied to and have proof (texts). I was told essentially there was NOTHING they could do and sorry you were lied to. Not sure I will give them 10 more years of customer loyalty.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2015
On 11/27/2015, I called AT&T to check if there were any black Friday deals going on as I wanted to upgrade to iPhone 6S. I was informed that if I upgrade to iPhone 6S, I will be offered an Ipad mini 2 16 GB for 99.98$. I felt it was a good deal to get an iPad for that price and I placed an order for iPhone 6S as well as iPad. Later, I wanted to purchase 2 more iPads and while placing the order, the shipping was mentioned incorrect and the agent cancelled the order for 2 iPads to correct the shipping information.
Even though the order was canceled 218.98$ dollars had been deducted from my account and the call got disconnected in middle. When I called them back and spoke for more than an hour, they were still unable to help me in getting back my money. Also, I came to know that there was a 2-year contract for 10$ each month if I purchase the iPad. Seems like this offer was there for more than a month, but I was lied that its just a Black Friday promotional deal for that week. Have never experienced such a poor service with lot of misinterpretations from AT&T.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2015
Incompetent and no way to address system-wide customer service issues. I recently had a very simple question regarding my new "unified bill" (in AT&T's terminology). I called them on the Friday after Thanksgiving and after about 20 minutes getting through their system an automated response stated the office was closed. So I thought I'd try the online chat. To make an extremely long story short, I was forwarded to 3 different reps and after 1.5 hours was told that I need to call the phone number I originally tried. When I complained that the 1st rep should have been able to determine this within the first 5 minutes of our chat, I asked to speak with a manager. I was told I would receive a call back "shortly". But, I was never called.
So, since my original question had not been answered, I called the number again on Monday. After about 45 minutes (half on-hold, half speaking with a rep), the rep said I needed to speak with "unified billing" and she would forward me. Keep in mind that I told her this at the very start of our conversation based upon my chat the previous Friday, but she still insisted on trying to resolve it herself before connecting me with unified billing. I was then put on hold for 58 minutes with the incessant "your call is very important to us" message only to be disconnected. Needless to say, I was incensed. I called back and immediately asked to speak with a manager. The rep first needed an input on why I wanted to speak with her manager and I gave a shortened version of the above story. She apologized and said she would connect me. I was then put on hold AGAIN for nearly 50 minutes only to be disconnected AGAIN!
I called one last time while I drove to a AT&T store to speak directly with a manager. The rep who answered was finally able to answer my initial question about the bill. He was not with the unified billing department (as I would not let him put me on hold to forward me) but was able to figure it out himself (note, I have NO IDEA why none of the previous reps couldn't have done the same). He also stated he had taken copious notes regarding the difficulty I had and would have a customer service manager call me back "shortly".
Well it is now 2 days later and no call. So, I called AT&T once again and asked to immediately speak with a manager. After about 20 minutes waiting, a manager finally answers. While polite, she stated she could do nothing about the issues I described - she was responsible only for the people in her immediate call center. She had no way of escalating the issue or helping me and told me to go to ATT.com to get the address for the corporate HQ.
So, not only are the AT&T customer service reps incompetent beyond belief, the "managers" can and will do nothing to address the incompetence or wider system issues. All-in-all, I spent nearly 3.5 hours on the phone and 1.5 hours online to get a VERY simple billing question answered. And AT&T's response to the level of effort required is equivalent to saying "well, that's just our system - too bad - deal with it".
Incompetent beyond belief. I am now looking for a different wireless carrier and am looking into options for other cable/internet providers. If I hadn't just updated my service with a new 12-month contract, I would cancel immediately. Unfortunately, canceling has some significant costs associated with it, so I need to do my homework to find the lowest cost option to cancel and NEVER USE AT&T AGAIN.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2015
I have now been on the phone with AT&T for about 20 minutes with the customer service rep, because we got another charge. She said the Bill for November is already here and she's trying to tell me that we have four more cycle days left. I said I just changed my data cycle for Dec 2nd. How do we still have four more cycle days, if I changed it and our November bill is already here. Then what the ** are we being charged extra for. Also she told me we get charged a month in advance. So if December's bill didn't even start generating yet and November's done but has a mysterious 4 days left, where is the 5th me fee of $15 each come on.
I should not be over if November bill was already done. And December just started today. I was not rude, I just didn't understand how it makes any sense, she got huffy with me and hung up. I called back to speak to a supervisor and they said she will call me in 1 hour yeah okay.... I will be calling back. I never had this problem before. I've had At&T for just under 5 years.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2015
My account was charged 4800 hundred dollars fraudulently and AT&T has the worst security features and follow up procedures to go with it. After 11 plus hours on the phone over a 12 day span nothing is solved, and I get an 1100 dollar bill for my thanks. The most unhelpful rude service reps who realize you only have their fake first name, and no recourse to follow up on them. Do yourself a favor, switch to another carrier as soon as you can people. AT&T is so big they do not care about the individual.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2015
I could not log into my personal account for the past 12 months. I called or "chatted" at least 14 times. The reason I could not is that I finally changed my original phone number ** that I had since 1984 - 30 years by my calculation - a year ago. Then there was "no owner of account". I was locked out of an account for which I was paying $500/month for many phone lines. My credit card was ok during that period so the fact that I could not get a bill or log in or do anything was fine (well it was not fine, but I lived with it.). Today, after two hours of wasted billable time, and on my 15th call/chat, I finally got so I could log in.
I ordered a new phone and line on my account (once again - I've had the account 30 years). Paid via credit card. I won't even get into how faulty their site is regarding changes. Then I get an email saying I need to contact them regarding the order. I'm put on hold for 20 minutes to hear that they are awaiting a credit check for me - 30 years of paying $500/month or more and they want a credit check for the $25/month for my new line.
AT&T, like many national companies, cutting costs and using overseas call centers, believes they are invincible (could be true). I was the CPA in charge of all the tax work for McCaw Communications, which merged into AT&T and for which my friends became executives, such as CFO, etc. They have gone downhill and no longer care. One customer lost doesn't matter, so me threatening them doesn't make sense. It will do no good. Until millions leave at once, it won't matter. They got a new line out of me ($25/month) and the margin on a $900 phone. They don't care - THEY DON'T CARE.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2015
I canceled my service on 9/30/15. However, a payment was already scheduled and paid on 10/1/15, which I assumed was for the month of October. I was told when I signed up that payments were made in advance for the following month. So since I made a payment on 10/1 ($90) after canceling on 9/30, I expected a refund (since payments are in advance).
I did not receive a refund and when I called - I was told that the billing period for the Oct 1 payment was for 9/9-10/8. If that is true and the due date was 10/1, I was paying for the PREVIOUS month, not the following month. That is the direct opposite of what I was told when I signed up. I feel misled and ripped off. Oh, and if what they say IS true, I am due at least a refund for Oct 1-8. Nope. Nothing refunded at all. Terrible company, misleading information and extremely poor customer service. I know they don't give a crap about me, but $90 is a lot of money to a fixed income retiree! I will never return to AT&T, nor will I ever recommend them. They hurt and take advantage of people.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2015
On Oct 20, 2015 I purchased a $30 phone holder that mounts on a car air vent. It didn't work well and kept falling out of the vent. I only used the mount for 3 weeks. It was in perfect condition, the packaging was not damaged, and I had the original receipt. I have been a customer since 1997 with both personal and business accounts in very good standing. I have never returned anything to AT&T prior to this mount. The store manager, Seth, at the Richmond Road location in Lexington KY refused to return the mount because the receipt date was a few days past the policy! I asked for an exception and after much debate, his best offer was for me to exchange it for other products! I reluctantly accepted and left a VERY UNHAPPY CUSTOMER over $30!! AT&T, where is your customer service? I could have left a happy customer - we are talking about a one time $30 charge. Never mind it was a defective product!
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2015
I called in to discuss a bill I had received that was incorrect -- incorrect in what I had talk to their representative in their online chat and what we had agreed. To make story short they charged me for what they promised not to charge me, if I came back to their service. They ended with telling me that they couldn't do anything because whoever I talk to didn't put it on the notes. "So you're telling me that I have to pay for someone else mistake -- one of your employees," their response was "YES"!!! This is not right! Now that we have another contract with them they don't care! I will tell everyone I know and everyone I can possibly help and tell to not get this service!!
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2015
We have AT&T wireless internet only. Unfortunately, we live in an area where they are the only internet provider available. Be very careful!!! These guys are SNAKES and it's quite disgusting. Best advice if you have to deal with them... Do not miss a payment or else they will not only charge you a late fee, but you'll also be hit with an extra "restoral fee" of $50 or more. This means they turned off your internet for a few hours and rebooted it using an automated system and charged you BECAUSE THEY CAN! No way around it.
Reviewed Nov. 28, 2015
On 11/11/15 I switched my family plan (son and I) from Verizon to AT&T and was told that I had 14 days to return and cancel my phone service and we would only be charged a restocking fee of $35.00 per phone. I got to work the next day and discovered, I had no service in the building so I went back to Verizon to start that service back. Spoke to an AT&T rep while at Verizon to verify I wanted to switch and port my number. Went back to AT&T to return phone only to be told that I should have returned phone first and I would have to pay for my phone.
I did everything according to the Return Policy AT&T gave me, actually returned my phone after having to get approval from another AT&T person outside the store, got a refund receipt from the store and two days later get a bill from AT&T for the phone that I returned according to their policy. I've been to the store 4 times now and was told after calling their number listed on the bill they couldn't help me I would have to go to the store yet again so they can fix the mistake they made. My son has since returned his phone before the 14 day policy was up. I guess I'll have to go thru this mess all over again once they process his return. Awful, awful service. Apparently the offices are closed on the weekends too. I would not recommend AT&T to anyone.
Reviewed Nov. 28, 2015
I bought Apple 6s phone online from AT&T on 10/22/2015 they deliver. I went AT&T office to activate. Whenever I open phone use my password it comes dead few minutes and one time about 13 minutes. So I decided to return. I called AT&T and they told me I can return and can use my old phone till they get back. I mailed on 10/28/2015 and they received on 11/4/2015.
I want to buy new from Apple Store and waiting for AT&T to credit my account the down payment I paid and let me upgrade again. I kept calling maybe more than 10 times. Some employees say it is under review and one told me, "We cannot give your money back and I must be pay $15 a month as per payment plan." I asked, "Why?" She told me I did not turn off my phone. I asked, "If you do not want pay me back then please give my phone back so I can use and keep paying." She told, "We will not give you mother your down payment neither your phone." So I told her it is not right so she transfer me other department.
The lady from AT&T Premier Support center talk to me that it takes time give us 15 business days from the date they received phone. It was 11/12/2015. I believed her. I did not stop keep calling talk to more than 10 employees have different answers. Even one person I talked on 11/24/2015 was Jabari and he told he already credit my account and it will show in your bank after 48 hours. I said thanks but I can feel it was not true.
On 11/27/2015 I again called to get out from this nightmare. It was Jorgan he took seriously let me hold many times then brought me back Yesenia and she told it is under review and AT&T asking me to pay so she told me now you reference or case number ** and when I will call just mention that. I was not satisfied. I shouted myself if there anyone can help me. Finally she called her Supervisor Mr. **. He told me give few minutes to see what is going on. Then he told me the problem is my SIM need to be off so I told him how I can do it. Phone is already with you people. He told me better call Apple Support and they will help you.
It is one month already when I return the phone, if they have problem they must send me e-mail/text message or phone call so I will understand and we mutually can solve the problem. Talk to more than 10/15 employees. All have different stories. I am sure they are not professionals. Why they create mess for me? When I told them or went AT&T office they can guide me properly. Big name AT&T how they treat customers. I am with them for the last ten years.

Reviewed Nov. 28, 2015
AT&T's advertising says Samsung Galaxy S5 is free at AT&T. Shop now! When I called, I found out that there is no such a thing. First condition was I have to go online and, when I did, I discovered that I have to pay an extra $25 monthly fee. When, I inquired about the situation, the AT&T agents couldn't explain why if I purchase a telephone from anywhere else, there will be no extra changes added to my line; but if I purchase the Samsung Galaxy S5, which is supposed to be free, I have to pay an extra $25 monthly. They call it Access Fee; but for some reason, it applies only to such a telephone that's supposed to be free. How would this make sense?
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2015
Hello my name is Brian **. I am contacting you today about AT&T trying to bill for services not rendered. I had brought in to the Wood River IL store a Straight Talk phone in attempt to switch services to AT&T. They put a sim card in the phone. The next day I returned to AT&T and cancelled my services with them because the phone wouldn't work. It was locked by Straight Talk. A couple weeks later I received a bill from AT&T. I took the bill in to the Wood River store I set up service with. They contacted the main office and supposedly resolved the bill and said I didn't owe anything. Now I am receiving collection notices about the account claiming I owe $330.38 claiming that I owe for 3 months. I contacted Credit Collection Services the collection agency. They told me they couldn't resolve the dispute that I needed to resolve it with AT&T.
I contacted AT&T - they told me I needed to resolve it with the collection agency and that after they wrote it off and sent it to collections that there was nothing they could do to resolve the dispute. It was their policy. I contacted the collection agency again and attempted several three way calls with them and AT&T. Credit Collection Services was very willing to cooperate in the three way calls but as soon as AT&T learned they were on the line with me they would redirect my call and disconnect me. After a few attempts they even acted as if they couldn't hear me and hung up when they recognized my name and complaint. Eventually after several attempts and the collection agency hanging up too, the collection department at AT&T verified that I had never used the phone by their records and said that they could help but had to transfer me to "special billing".
When connected to them and after explaining the situation I got the same old story that they couldn't help and that I had to resolve it with the collection agency. I explained that the collection department said they could resolve this. They then offered for me to talk to their supervisor. I agreed to speak with them and requested the collection agency be on the line too. As soon as I added the collection agency to the call AT&T dropped my call again. I've spent several hours today on the phone with both AT&T and Credit Collection Services to get nowhere. I don't have the money to pay for services I never received and don't believe that I should have to pay just to prevent it from going against my credit. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you for your time.
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2015
I am disgusted with how poor AT&T's customer service experience has been. I ordered a new phone over a month ago as an upgrade. Now I have spent easily over 3 hours of my life talking on the phone with well over 10 different customer service representatives, and I still don't have the phone. First I received a broken phone. It is unfortunate, but sometimes hardware fails. No big deal if the company providing the hardware is willing to fix the problem. After getting wrong information from multiple customer service agents and being transferred multiple times, I found out that I had to send the broken phone back to AT&T, then call back into them to get a replacement sent out. There was no way to get the replacement automatically sent out and there was no way to speed up the process.
After waiting for the postal service to send the phone back and dealing with their broken processes, I called back into AT&T. After spending more time on the phone I was finally able to get the original charges undone, and get a replacement sent out. I originally ordered a Galaxy S6 Edge, so I wanted to get the same phone sent out. After confirming with the customer representative twice that I wanted the S6 Edge, and not the S6 Edge+, I figured we were good to go (he even did free two day shipping for me).
Nope. When I received the phone, they sent out the regular S6. So I spent more time on the phone talking with more people and getting transferred around to find out that I need to repeat the process of ordering. They flat out refused to give me a faster shipping label for the phone return, and they said there was no way to override the system and send out the new phone until they had received and processed the old one. Apparently they used to be able, but AT&T has had this problem (which is at&t's fault) so much that they removed the ability to override and send a new phone immediately.
Now I call back in to get the correct phone sent out. I am informed now (though I was never told this before) that since two phones have already been sent to my address, I need to send the phone to an AT&T store. They will not send it to my address. Not only has all of this been at&t's fault, they now have procedures in place to cause even more inconvenience. I speak with a supervisor, and they say they have no way to override this ridiculous policy. There is nothing that they can do.
Of the 10+ people I have talked to on the phone, 3 of them have been helpful and knowledgeable. I consistently received inaccurate information, I was constantly transferred out of departments that were later able to solve my problems, and I have spent over a month now trying to solve this, and the problem is still not resolved. I'm done waiting, AT&T has lost a customer and I will never recommend that anyone ever use their services. Stay as far away from this company as you can.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2015
AT&T continues to overcharge my mother and there is absolutely no help when calling and talking to someone. I have never gotten the same person twice or even anyone in my state. She just was moved to a different room at her assisted living and AT&T overcharged her again to switch on her phone in her new room. My mother has NO money and has been a lifelong customer. Shameful business practice.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2015
I have been using AT&T for almost a year. At certain times of the time my connection speed was dropping down but this happens with almost any provider so I didn't make a big deal out of it and then this happened. 2 weeks ago my connection start dropping random times of the day. 1st it was 2 times a day then it went up to 6, and today and yesterday it went down 20 times in 2 hours. 20 times! I called the customer service then they sent a IT to renew the modem. It was okay for couple hours then it happened again. I called AT&T to tell them the problem is still going on. They will send another IT to fix the problem. I pay my bills and they are never late. If I miss my payment just for couple days you'd cut my internet in the blink of an eye so AT&T can you remind me why I keep paying $60.00 for your poor internet service? I'm going to switch to Comcast. They upgraded their cables. I am sure I will be more happy and satisfied with them.
Reviewed Nov. 24, 2015
I have received the AT&T Mobility bill and the cover page says that it will double my data for no cost. When I checked my account online the promotion had not been applied to it. So I called in to check. All they gave me was an additional 5gb instead of 15gb that was promised. Plus a $25 bill credit. I want my double plan.
Reviewed Nov. 24, 2015
I received an email stating we qualified for high speed internet at a price of $15 for 12 months ("high speed" was underlined). I called AT&T to inquire about it and the lady explained what they mean by high speed internet is actually slow speed internet. I began to inform her the email did not specify slow internet and this was false advertisement. She began to raise her voice and when I informed her I did not appreciate her tone, she disconnected the call. This is not the first unpleasant experience I've had with ATT customer service over the phone. They are truly the worst. I'm shocked they're still in business. The Internet is full of BAD reviews. Their CEO should really look into spending more money on better training for their employees so they can serve their bread and butter with the respectful and professional service they deserve!
Reviewed Nov. 22, 2015
August 30, 2015 turned in 2 iPhones from another carrier and bought 2 new iPhones, an iPad and tablet along with new DirecTV subscription and was promised $900.00 in credits and a merged bill within 4-6 weeks or 1 billing cycle... It has been 2 billed cycles and close to 90 days and it still hasn't happened. I have called dozens of times for updates and spent over 35 hours on hold and talking with representatives to no avail. This is not an exaggeration. They are completely overwhelmed with this merger and can't keep up with the call volume and the problems that it has caused.
I have 2 calls that were over 2 hours long and still nothing was resolved. Transferring back and forth from departments from Wireless, DirecTV and merged billing that none of the 3 can view each other's notes or billing. They immediately tell you there is at least a 10 minute wait that usually is 18 to 24 minutes with my experiences the past 3 months. The store reps will tell you anything to get the sale but the policy they use is misleading and the website and call center is completely broken. I advise to stay as far away as possible from this merger between AT&T/DirecTV.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2015
Called in 11-21-15 regarding service issues. Phone says emergency calls only, takes forever to connect to network, no internet half of time. My T-Mobile device does better yet AT&T claims they have better service. Do your job and provide cell service.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2015
Why do I have to call to get promo pricing every 12 months? The sales people tell me to call and request it and they (Customer Service) will reinstate the promo pricing. I've been on hold 17 min 45 sec at current.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2015
I have had DirecTV and ATT for over 10 years. I recently has combined the two accounts as part of the new merger which was supposed to save me $5.00 per month. Unfortunately, the two billing systems were not ready for prime time and now all my billing is a mess. I have "activity" charges being added to my ATT bill and when I go the DirecTV to pay my bill my password throws me over to ATT which is not yet able to allow me to pay my bill. I call DirecTV/ATT or whatever it is now and the person says she would be glad to take a payment over the phone for $5.00!!! I just want to pay my bill! Check's in the mail at this point.
ATT cannot get my balance correct on my wireless. I normally pay $326.00 per month for 5 phones. Last month my bill jumped to over $500.00 and I got an alert that I was past due and I needed to pay immediately or lose service. We spent over 3 hours on the phone trying to figure out why last month when I paid my bill ON TIME, how in two weeks I am getting another bill for $500.00 with a portion of that amount being past due!!! They told me that there must be a problem with the accounting and they set up a case and somebody would get back to me in a few days. A week later we called back wondering what was going on (we apparently owed money) and we were told the "request for credit on amount" was denied. What?
Back on the phone with another CS agent who told me that the billing date was changed and the activity fee we saw as a prorated amount from the partial month and the next amount due, which when paid would get me up to date on the new billing cycle and we would then be back to normal. Guess what... 2 weeks later I am due $326.00. I need to be able to pay my DirecTV bill on time as I have for years. I need to be able to reliably receive accurate billing statements with the accurate amount, and be able to pay that on time as I have for years. They need to fix this or I will move on...
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2015
I have a phone that is out of contract I wanted to unlock. I went through an elaborate process online to unlock the phone. After about 10 tries, and each time being told my info didn't match what they had on my account, but never being told WHAT PART of my info did not match, I called AT&T customer service. After being on hold for 30 minutes, the customer service rep did exactly what I did and GOT THE EXACT SAME RESULT. She could not tell me what was wrong and told me to go to my local AT&T store. I went there and they tried twice and were able to unlock it. This entire process wasted about three hours of my time. I think it is by design by AT&T to try to keep people from unlocking their phones. This is yet another reason why I absolutely hate AT&T.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2015
AT&T stalked me for months to turn my AT&T DSL internet line into U-verse internet line. I could not agree to do it because I have (had) a security system that was directly hooked up to my land line and wouldn't work through a voice over line. They finally agreed that they could put in the internet line without disturbing the land line. When the tech arrived he was confused by these instructions. I tried to send him away because I had a sinking feeling. He promised he would do as instructed. When he left I had my U-verse internet but my phone was dead. Turned out they disconnected my phone to set it up voice over. They did it anyway, even though I made myself crystal clear.
Now, I'm without phone. My security system is mute. I have elderly, sick parents who can't reach me on my AT&T cell phone (now Verizon) inside my house because the signal is so weak. I'm on my cell phone (in my front yard) for 2 hours straight trying to find out what just happened. I was then without telephone or security system for 5 weeks straight with constant excuses from AT&T as to why they couldn't straighten this out. Amazing that they can install in the next 2 days when they hook you up but when they need to repair something it takes 5 weeks.
There was no one to reach out to at AT&T. No one could care less. There's been no way to dispute charges. They will tell you, you can go to their home page and file a complaint. It's a lie. There is nowhere to file a complaint on the AT&T website. You CAN sit on the phone for hours and talk to people who have no record of anything you've gone through. You have no rights as a customer with AT&T. They don't care how badly they mess you up or the consequences of their actions. It's just sell, sell, sell, and screw you while they are at it.
The icing on the cake: The stalking salesman assured me this would change nothing for me as an AT&T customer to change over from DSL to U-verse. It would actually lessen my bill -- HA -- and yet when I canceled my service, I had to pay a $150 early disconnection fee from a "contract" I agreed to -- never happened. And, by the way, the quote for the newer, faster (joke) internet connection didn't match the first bill -- didn't even come close. Get your quote in writing -- not that it would do you any good. There would never be anyone to dispute it with. I never heard from anyone from AT&T ever to apologize or make things right. Unbelievable. Worst company ever. Don't do business with AT&T. They don't care about their customers.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2015
I'll make this brief... AT&T is literally the worst company I've ever been with. I had WOW (Way Out West) in Chicagoland for over 10 years and they were fabulous to work with. Anything we needed, they were there to help. A human always answered the phone within less than 5 rings every time. A+ rating from me. AT&T receives an F-. Still in limbo with my services. Hate the company. I've been struggling with them since I've had them and it's only gotten worse. Living nightmare the last 4 days trying to get my services bundled. Had two techs out and then find out it has to go through another company. It was my understanding DirecTV and AT&T are one company now. Not at all and you'll waste your life trying to deal with them on the phone. F-.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2015
I was an AT&T uVerse customer for 3 years before I moved on 11/15/14. Before my move, I called AT&T and was offered a moving promotion to take my equipment with me and reduce my rate for a 1 year period to $140 + tax each month for bundled television/internet/wireless service. There was also a promotional AT&T gift card offered. I accepted the offer and moved. My next bill time came around, and AT&T billed the expected rate close to $140... no problem. In the months that followed, they began deducting approximately $250 a month from my checking account. I immediately contacted customer service and was told that the promotion was not applied to my account. The agent had trouble issuing the promotion and it never went through. Customer service was horrible. The manager refused to apply the discounted rate and ultimately said he didn't "owe me anything."
I would never have agreed to keep AT&T after my move unless they had reduced the rate. Nobody can afford $250 a month in this day and age. The next month, I called and spoke to another agent who issued a refund for the overpayments and told me the issue would be corrected. He said it was being sent to another department, and they would apply the promotion for the future. This call took place on 1/31/15, at which time I spoke to Joseph (a supervisor). They continued to take $250 a month from my account in the months that followed.
Again, on April 27, 2-15, I called again and spoke to a representative named Ramon who applied a $344 credit for the previous months I was overcharged. Again I was promised the issue would be corrected, and this would not occur again. It was being sent to a manager to ensure the discount would be permanently applied. This did not happened. From April until November, AT&T continued to over-bill me and removed $250 from my checking account, up until the time that I removed my credit card from the account.
I called again in November to try to resolve this one more time. Again, service was absolutely horrific. The first representative I spoke to (named Eloi) threatened me. He said there was no way he would issue a credit for the overpayments. Then he said, I'll issue you a credit for ONE MONTH depending on your decision on whether you stay with AT&T and sign another 1 year contract or disconnect your service. I said, are you giving me an ultimatum? You're telling me that you won't issue a credit for the overcharges you've taken from my account over the past several months unless I agree to sign a one-year contract with you? That's very sketchy and bordering on illegal and morally corrupt.
I hung up and called back to speak to another representative named Alex. He apologized for my previous experience. He looked at the history and said everything I've been through shouldn't have happened. He admitted AT&T was in the wrong. They should have resolved the discount/moving contract issue a year ago; it was their failure. He said the system wouldn't let him apply a credit greater than 1 month, but he would zero out my current balance, which was around $260, and I wouldn't owe AT&T any more money. I had decided to cancel my service and move to Comcast. He set up the disconnection date, apologized, said I wouldn't owe any further money.
It didn't end there because now I'm getting daily collection calls and collection texts for the final $500+. Mr. Alex didn't do as he promised and he never zeroed out the final bill and issued a credit for the final month. I can't imagine a worse customer experience with a company. I can't even say the service was good because I had daily television/service interruptions and had constant problems with the AT&T uVerse system. Now that I'm with Comcast/Xfinity, I couldn't be happier. I refuse to pay this final AT&T bill. As far as I'm concerned, they owe me over $1000, a huge apology, and much more that they can't give me back. There is no excuse in this level of service. No customer deserves this, especially one paying $250 a month.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2015
I have an AT&T go phone on the $45 a month plan. Was working fine for several months, then this month it would not renew. Called AT&T, they told me my bank refused the withdrawal. Called my bank, they were supplying my bank the wrong expiration date on my card, after it's been working for months. I call back AT&T, they tell me they are not at fault, but will "fix" it.
My auto renew was $5 less than the $45 since it was auto renewed. Since they could not get it due to a data error on AT&T, they killed it and made me pay $45 to reset it all up again. It's a scam to be watched out for. I can assume everyone will start to have this problem so they can beat you out another $5. They will not admit they messed it up, they just blew me off and deducted $45 from me. I hate AT&T. They are the worst at customer service since you're talking to some Indian or someone that can barely understand english.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2015
AT&T reps constantly gave misinformation, miscommunication and each one of their department reps had a different story to tell me. I found that none of their department reps had the proper authority to provide me with accurate information. Basically, I was lied to and it cost me $45 for go phone service which I was not able to use with my existing mobile number. I was forced to open a regular mobile account in order to keep my mobile number.
Recently, I switched to another carrier. When I cancelled my AT&T Account, I was told I would be charged because I cancelled 2 days before the end of AT&T billing cycle. This was an additional RIP OFF, since I had already prepaid for a full month's service. I would not recommend AT&T service to anyone, because of the way they deceive you at every turn, and force you to use multiple passwords.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2015
They overcharge for their service and on top of it they have poor customer service. There are some exemptions of course. Some of the people I dealt with were good but overall I am very unhappy and will never consider services with them. The only time I had great customer service was when I got into the contract. After that it was bad service. I never paid what was promised. After calling so many times I just gave up. I'm glad I have no business with them anymore. No cell, TV or Internet with AT&T ever!!
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2015
Every month that I have been a customer of AT&T my phone service is shut off before the bill is due. The response that I receive each time I call is shocking at the least. I'm told that they're sorry and understand the inconvenience but in order for service to be reconnected, I will have to make a payment. They state that once service is disconnected due to non payment, they can not proceed without payment. Company policy. I have provided all receipts of payments made and still get disconnected 2 to 3 days early each month. Once my contract ends, I will not be renewing it. Very poor service!
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2015
I have been an AT&T customer for over 4 years. When I switched to AT&T the salesperson used very high pressure sales tactics to sell my husband and I on a road service package. She told us stories of how the roadside service came in handy for her. Afterwards my husband was sold. He was thinking of me and our children. I wasn't quite so convinced. We ended up accepting the roadside package and shortly after my husband ended up needing a jumpstart having the roadside plan worked great for him so we kept it.
Fast forward 4 + years and we found ourselves in a situation where we needed another jumpstart. We called #Help and explained that we needed a jumpstart. The battery was dead and we were in a car with our baby in the freezing cold with 2 phones that were about to also go dead. At first we were told that no tow companies were coming up in our area. We live in a very built up township. We were near a mall in a large shopping center with several tow companies close by. The service agent asked us for the name of a towing company seems to how she wasn't finding any. Next we were told that we would have to pay for the jumpstart because we had already used the service once!!!
I have been paying AT&T every month for over 4 years for road service. 4 YEARS! The charges are per phone! I have never used the roadside and my husband used it one time over 4 years ago! AT&T failed us. They were leaving us in a car in the freezing cold unable to use the heat with a baby in the car. Luckily AAA came to our rescue and in approximately 10 minutes! They will gain a new customer as a result of their prompt and professional customer service. I contacted AT&T to tell them how dissatisfied I am with their service. The customer service representative was very nice but he was unable to authorize a credit for the services that we were not receiving despite our money being accepted every month.
I asked for a supervisor but the supervisor did not get on the phone. Instead he offered, through the agent, a 90-day credit, or $9.00. Not acceptable! After 45+ minutes on the phone with them, their supervisor, Eli ** finally got on the phone but then only offered me a $3.00 credit! Yes, $3.00! He was offering a 1 month credit for the service they charged me for despite not providing the services. When he offered 30 days I responded by saying that $6 was not acceptable to which he replied, "it's actually $3!" I've paid for this service on 2 phones, not 1 and again... for over 4 years. He thought I should be happy with a $3 refund.
I was told to call a third party, the company they contract out to, and dispute the charges with them. I do not send a payment to them. My payment is to AT&T so I do not see how Eli believes this should be my problem. After 45 minutes of getting nowhere I asked to speak with his manager. I was told that a manager would call me in 48-72 hours. When I asked for his manager's name a first name only was given and Eli refused to give me a last name. AT&T lost a customer tonight. I am in total shock at how terribly Eli handled this situation.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2015
We use Bank of America's e-bill system for paying our bills. AT&T responded to our e-bill request but the account number is incorrect. The e-bills we receive from them are for $0 balance but online, show a different account number and the correct balance. Payment was sent, bank documents show the payment was processed but AT&T claim they never received the payment. I have spent at least 4 hours with customer service trying to resolve this and they are unable to. On top of this, U-verse picture freezes every few seconds for up to 5 seconds, making watching it impossible. Salesmen lied about our service being fiber for which we did receive a credit. Finally, service goes out on a regular basis. We have had to reboot multiple times per day.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2015
I have a received a bill for over $300 dollars for a first month of service. The lady on the phone told me my dsl/home phone bundle would cost $40 a month. It was $72 not including taxes and fees which are many. She asked me if I wanted long distance. I say "No" that "I just needed local". I got put for "all distance" service. Then she said I would not get charged for the technician coming over and the modem. I got charged for both totaling over $200. Basically everything she said she was going to do she did the opposite. Plus I was on the line for an hour while she supposedly arranged for all these fees to not be put into my account and to get the lowest price possible for monthly service. The way they lie is amazing!
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2015
If you ever relocate with AT&T be aware of the false promises, that the installation fee will be waived. In my case the AT&T did not deliver on the promise. 85% of the time you don't need a technician, just hook up the router and everything works. I tried to explain that to representative, but he insisted that they still need to send someone one out. For what??? Had he cleaned off the dust from my router that is another matter. Oh, and by the way I have been with them for over 3 years and my monthly bill miraculously has been increased from $30-$59. And they keep trying to sell me staff I don't need every time I call, when my bill is messed up. Time to switch!!!! AT&T had enough of my dollars.
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2015
I started my service with them in August of 2014. My service wasn't up and going until September of 2014. When I first called in to set up my service, I had to pay a $450 deposit because of my credit. When I asked about the deposit being returned, they told me it would be. I called about a month ago and spoke to somebody who said that my contract was not up yet because I took part in a promotion to keep my bill low. I called back today to see why my bill was $70 more than what I agreed to. They informed me that my contract was up in August and that I was receiving no more promotional deals. I told them about the guy that I talk to and told them that he said my contract was up in December. They did not touch base on that. I've been asked them that since my contract is up and I am apparently on a month to month basis now, how I can get my deposit back and cancel my service?
They inform me that the $450 that I gave her, the deposit, was non refundable! How is that possible? In normal times when I give a deposit and give back the equipment, when I'm done with it, I get my money back. Not in this case. I spoke with 4 different people today and asked them all the same general question. Why? None of them could tell me why the money was not going to be given back to me. Instead, I was given the runaround about how it was used as a fee for me having not so great of credit. Granted this is true, my credit is not top notch but at the same time, why do I have to pay $450 to obtain service?
Next, I find out that AT&T is the only provider in my area. Coincidence? I don't think so. Looks like a monopoly is screwing me out of my money and with no reason. I will be filing complaints about this wherever I can and hope that the next consumer does not get suckered. What really burns me is that if this is the only provider, then that would imply that the other companies who have more affordable plans are being shut out which does not really give them a fair chance. When the consumer is given the option to go with different companies in a different area, the companies will compete with prices but since AT&T is the only provider, then that means that AT&T's free to charge as much as they want to. That is not fair at all.
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2015
Folks please share this, AT&T SUCKS. Ever since they bought Directv, I have had to wait over 2 hours (I'm not kidding) for customer service. With our move to transfer and or disconnect, it's been a nightmare to get through. Then you get through only to find out your bill is $1200 because of a computer glitch and then someone is supposed to call back, yeah right. Then you ask for a supervisor and they keep you on hold for another 2 hours. I finally hung up. OMG, I've never in my lifetime seen terrible, terrible service! Please share to pass this around. A class action suit should be started!!!
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2015
Today 11/13/2015 received a bill for internet service that was installed 10/14/2015 for $359.16. Tried for the first time to get answers for 58 minutes and 4 people later, after being on hold hung up and called back 2 and 1/2 hours later of being on hold when they told me they would find a Sr account manager I hung up. When I signed up for internet was told there would be no additional charges. Seems they want to charge me for installation and connection fees but it doesn't even add up to what they say I owe. Seems to be the norm with ATT from what I am reading online. Monday I will file complaint with Ohio consumer affairs. Ohio fined them a few years back for the same thing. Poor customer service.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2015
The company did not send my initial bill until 2-3 months into service, when I did finally get it my bill was close to 250.00 when my bill was supposed to be 35.00 a month. 6 months later I am no longer in the "promotional" period, and my bill is 57 dollars a month when I was never told I was only on a 6 month promotional plan. Finally I talk to customer service again and they have me on another "promotional plan". I go to pay my bill today and I be dang, If it's not the same 57 a month they didn't fix anything!!! I call customer service today, and they now want to inform me it takes 1-2 billing cycles for the plan to go into effect. I was never informed that it would take 1-2 billing cycles to go into effect. I was under the assumption as if it was immediately.
I work in customer service so I completely get that some customers are never happy, but as long as I am told the TRUTH I have no problem with paying my bill... Lying or not disclosing all of the information to me is very deceiving and leaves irate customers such as myself. I would much rather tell the truth initially to avoid angry customers in the long run. The whole time I have been with this company it has been nothing but deceiving and LIES!!! Very, VERY unsatisfied customer, and the customer service line will do nothing to help. The worst part is they gave a customer service "code" over the line that I overheard, if you would avoid the customer disconnect, you wouldn't have to "code" your customers as a problem.
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2015
I bought the brand new Apple Phone November 7th from the AT&T wireless corporate store in Lewisville, Texas. I opened the box and connected the charger overnight Nov 9th, 2015. The phone did not charge. Took the phone back to the store and was told its not their problem, they just sold the phone as a dealer. Went to Apple Store in Stonebriar Mall, Plano Texas. Was told that I cannot just get an exchange for the phone. I have to have an appointment to see them. So I got an appointment Nov 11th to see the Tech before doing anything about my phone. Shame on Apple and AT&T, multi billion dollar companies treating their customers like that.
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2015
Here is review for my switch from Verizon to AT&T (Sorry for my poor English. I've been learning for 7 mos. now). Had VZ and cancel my service due to poor quality service on 10/29/15. I switched to AT&T, and the first min. I had it, ** service, ** call quality, and when I called to fix, God, so ** rude cs. I switch back to VZ. I found it was just sim card issue.
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2015
Back in 2012 when I moved out on my own for the first time in Sacramento, all I needed was internet and AT&T provided me with that for only $20/month except it had to be DSL and I had to buy my own equipment. I figured it was worth it since I was only paying $20/month. Then in 2013, we had to move to Yuba City and figured I could take my equipment with me. But they told me I cannot use my DSL equipment, that they don't "do those any more". So I figured, it shouldn't be THAT bad since I've already been a customer for 1 year, they might help me out.
Just to have internet for the next year I ended up $45/month, more than double the previous year. When I tried to find a different company to switch over to, I found out AT&T and Comcast were the only two companies in Yuba City who provide internet. I decided to give up and and just stick with them. Then I bought a TV and decided to add just U-verse Family. Now, I am constantly having problems with our TV connection, staying on the phone with customer service for hours on end, and taking up to a week to resolve my issue. A week??? Seriously??? And when I "renew" my yearly contract with them, the price every year goes up every year. And now after being a customer for nearly 4 years, I am paying close to $100/month for the slowest speed and the fewest number of channels.
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2015
I can't believe AT&T is playing me again. 2 years ago I got 2 phones, 10 days later I returned them knowing I wasn't going to be able to afford it. They put me in collection for over $200, that was 2012. Then in 2013-2014 we signed up for Internet. We received a bill 45 days later double the amount we were quoted, $185.00. We spoke with 6 representatives. My husband paid 85.00 and it was a deal. The payment was made Saturday night, by Tuesday we had no Internet. We called them yet again. They insisted that we needed to call another department to notify about the payment but that we owed additional 49.00. I got my money back from Bank of America. They took that money back from AT&T and permanently credit our account. We returned the equipment and canceled the service. Again we ended up in collection for 185.00.
Last Monday I called again for U-verse and DIRECTV. DIRECTV was a bit late but never lost communication with me, very professional. AT&T called me last Tuesday and told me they had technical difficulties, that they would call me back in 48 hours. I called them at the 35th hour, they had no response yet. I called back at the 56th hour because they didn't call me. They had already rescheduled me for Monday the 9th. I pleaded that they come last Friday but they could not. So I asked for a shorter window, 11am-1pm. The technician showed up at 3pm, in the pouring rain. He was unable to connect me, again technical issues.
I called them yesterday at 5:30ish pm. They promised to call me back, by a supervisor, and that they would come back today (11/10). They never called back and did not come back. I called again this evening. They are now saying they will come to connect me Friday the 13th. What can I say? I have limited options. But I hate you AT&T. I truly believe you have by far the worst customer care, not that your representatives are not friendly, they really are however nothing gets done. I am so upset right now!
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2015
My parents have used ATT for the past 30+ years and have always had problems with them. Not only do they overcharge and have all kinds of hidden fees they will also switch from paper mail to email without notice! Then you're stuck with a large bill! After calling them to let them know we never authorized them to send my bill via email... they just asked how much I wanted to pay! DO NOT GO WITH ATT!!! Horrible service you will regret it later! And who knows where their call centers are... You will not understand a word they are saying!!! STAY AWAY FROM ATT!!!
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2015
On Oct 5th I finally received the new Microsoft Surface... I was excited to have it because I'm an artist and I really needed something bigger than my note and with some features like my laptop. It was perfect for my business. Just a couple days into having it the thing froze constantly... certain parts of the screen wouldn't respond. So, I contacted AT&T for a replacement. Forget being within 14 days, I was within 7. I was given the runaround for a couple weeks. I was not going to send the defective one back before I got a replacement because over the years I've lost a lot of faith in their service. I'm one of those customers that had been paying $300+ a month for several years just to have two lines with data.
On Oct 16th or 17th I finally got a rep who told me the first replacement order was on hold because UPS was holding it and they would have to place a whole new order and charge my card again. So, the day after I received my replacement I went to UPS and mailed off the defective one. I already had the defective one wiped clean, boxed up, and ready to go. So, it's been 3 weeks, no word on if it was received from them or anything. I get an unexpected package this past Saturday Oct 7. It's the defective unit, with a big gash and broken screen at the bottom right corner with a red arrow, missing parts of the box (I assume the part of the box it was dropped with) and a letter, stating that I sent them a broken device and have to get it replaced with insurance.
I called today and was even more disappointed. There was no help. They basically told me their returns department has no proof, no video, nothing to show me that it was like that when it got there. That I'm more than responsible for the damage. Basically, as a customer that I don't matter anymore. Just give me the money. That's my opinion. I own up to any mistake I make and I'm really irritated for being blamed for ones I didn't. I'm leaving them as soon as possible. Unfortunately I will be having to shell out a car down payment to do so.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2015
This has got to be the most expensive phone company on the planet. I signed up with AT&T because they made me promises which I thought they were going to keep. In the whole 7 months I was with the company, my phone bill was never below $200.00. I kept asking them what would cause such an outrageous bill (one bill was $900.00), and I could never get a straight answer. I got answers everywhere from "That is the monthly bill for you" or "There are one time charges on this bill, your bill should be normal next month". My bill was never normal.
According my contract, I was suppose to be paying $80.00 a month (still a little high in my opinion). I always connect my phone to my WIFI so I can avoid the cost if my internet goes over. I still received bills that said I was over my internet usage. I didn't understand how that was possible so I called customer service and the lady told me that I still get charged for using internet even if it is over WIFI. HOW RIDICULOUS. My final straw was when I received a $3000.00 bill. Please keep in mind that I have no one on my phone plan except for myself. I inquired how much it would be to terminate service. The girl told me $400.00 and I wouldn't be responsible for the $3000.00 bill. Unbelievable. I went over to Cricket (which is the same thing) and now pay only $35.00 for my phone bill.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2015
The nightmare started on October 24, 2015 when my husband and I upgraded our iPhone 4 to an iPhone 6S - making the mistake of staying with AT&T instead of going to Verizon as was our initial intention. Due to the recommendation of the salesman, we also opted for a wireless box instead of having our landline. We were told this would save us $20/month and was only $40 to buy. Sounded good, we went for it.
On October 27, I was online working, and my internet went out. When I called AT&T to see what was going on, they informed me that my number was disconnected - so both my landline and my internet were not cancelled. I said that's not what was supposed to happen; only my landline was supposed to be switched over but it didn't matter. It would take 24-48 hours to restore service. On October 28th I called back to see what was going on with my phone. Spent 1 1/2 hours on the phone with a rep - DJ - who guaranteed me that an AT&T technician would call me back in the next 2-4 hours. When I called back in four hours, there was no record of that call ever happening.
After spending another 1 1/2 hours on the phone with Diana, and being told numerous times that my connection would not be reestablished until 11/2/15, she finally talked to the right people to get my internet fixed on 11/29. I was going out of town for a week and could not wait an entire week to get my service back. My husband was still at home and he could not take off work to wait for the technician. Sure enough on the 29th, the technician came over and put in a "dry loop" line, supposedly canceling my landline and taking me from 6 Mbps to 3 Mbps for speed, and for that I was to pay $52/month instead of the $40/month I was paying. On the 29th, my wireless landline was working fine.
Today, after being out of town for a week and getting back to working from home, my landline does not work at all. There is a dial tone, but it does nothing. After talking to five different AT&T reps, none of whom knew what was going on, I was told that I still have a landline, and my wireless box is also "working." I was told I had to cancel the landline or else I'll receive two bills.
My internet connection is almost non-existent. Going from 6 Mbps to less than 3 Mbps is almost unusable. When I called to get my speed back - the same speed I have had since 1996 - I was told that the "fastest" speed in my area was 3 Mbps and there was no way for me to go back to 6. This is the most horrible, frustrating customer service triangle I have ever dealt with. I am leaving AT&T for WOW today. Keeping my fingers crossed for WOW. Please do NOT give AT&T your business. They are just terrible.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2015
for 15 min, they offer no solutions & make no notes on your account when you call. I spent good money to buy their equipment which is of no good to me now. I will share my experience with everyone, so they don't get taken too.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2015
When I switched from another company to at&t two months ago they charged my credit card twice for the same thing. When I noticed the charge I called the company. But as usual no answer only automated system. I went back to the store and they emailed the company. And they said that they would use the extra charges for the following month's bill. But this month they charged my card again. I went back to the store and they are giving me the same crap that they will not charge me the next month. How will I believe them if they already robbed me? They don't want to return the money. They are a bunch of thieves.
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2015
Been an AT&T customer for over 1 year. Paid all bills on time. Went to sign up for service at a 2nd location and they wanted a background check on me. Refused and told them to turn off the primary account service. They are scheduling 12 hour appointments and not showing up (happened 3 times=36 hours wasted of my time waiting for their install tech). They are continuously lying on the phone, not sending service confirmation emails are the tip-off that they have no intention of showing up to scheduled appointments (leave no paper trail philosophy).
At AT&T, here's what to expect: Fraudulent billing practices, tell you didn’t receive payment on time forcing consumer to call them whereby they want to sell other services. Scheduling appointments they have no intention of showing up to. Hazing customers, reneging on commitments, "deals" and contracts. Throttling service, forcing consumers to speeds so slow that internet is virtually so slow it's not possible to conduct business, not communicate effectively. Watch them ruin your business. Complaints to BBB & FCC go completely ignored = corrupt balance of power.
Recommendations: File lawsuits, keep evidence on AT&T's practices. Get every appointment, conversation, change on account in writing, give them no warning and file civil complaints no matter how small their mistake, oversight or error. Join consumer class actions to force the govt. to change AT&T's total practices and open up home internet and phone service to additional providers to create competition to this dinosaur which is ruining American businesses by slowing speeds so slow that people begin to lose money, time and life.
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2015
My fiancé and I, after paying a bill in full at the beginning of September, we decided to try to get DirecTV and combine it with our wireless, since there was a discount by doing so and already being an AT&T customer. On September 12th, we put in the order and on September 15th, DirecTV came out to try and install. When they arrived, the installation couldn't happen because of a tree in the way and we live in a trailer, which meant our roof wasn't at the right angle that was needed for the installation. We didn't even sign a equipment lease agreement since they couldn't install it. We had no equipment. Before they came out, I went into my fiancé's account (since I have access to the information on my AT&T app) and combined the two bills (wireless & DirecTV) as suggested. We didn't know this was gonna cause us issue in the long run.
Because they couldn't hook anything up, they said we wouldn't be charged. And we shouldn't have been charged anyway since we were told while putting in the order that the installation would be free. The guy said he'd cancel the service for us. He didn't. So we called customer service and we're on the phone for about an hour trying to figure out what was going on. My fiancé doesn't have a whole lot of patience when it comes to the runaround. Neither do I. They kept transferring us to different departments, first saying it was DirecTV's issue so they transferred us to AT&T Uverse. Then back to wireless, saying there was nothing they could do, or that they didn't know what was going on.
Our AT&T app was clearly showing us our unified bill (the combined bills). So in the process of talking to customer service for an hour, we were on hold for 45 minutes of that hour, and got nowhere. We then decided to go into the AT&T store and see what they could help us with...and in the past they'd normally tell us to call customer service, because the AT&T store usually only deals with phones and sales. That one time the guy was more than happy to call customer service for us. He got a hold of the unified billing department and explained our situation to them. They needed my fiancé's authorization to un-unify our account, so my fiancé got on the phone and gave them the information they needed. They said un-unifying it would take at least 2 billing cycles and then we should see a change on our account.
Not too long after, maybe a few days later, we noticed on our unified account that we were being billed $173.44 (which is a normal bill for us) due on October 29th., with $55.70 being past due, when our bills aren't usually due until the 1st. of the month. Without realizing it, we thought this was our normal wireless bill and paid $90.00 on it within a two week period and then only owed $83.44 to finish it off. We paid the $90.00 before the due date, and then we got another bill for $102.00 due on November 6th, which was just yesterday. We paid $50.00 on that last weekend to catch that up a bit, but in the process of this, knowing we had 2 bills through AT&T alone, due one week apart, we called customer service again, and it was way more than we pay for one billing cycle. Overall, $275, and our bill is only supposed to email $173 per month.
On the phone with customer service, they were only seeing the $102 and said our account wasn't unified anymore, and that we shouldn't owe anything other than the $102. On our end, on the other hand, we weren't seeing the $102, ONLY the remaining balance of the bill that was due on October 29th. for $83.44. We still kept getting the runaround for this. So we decided, even though money was and IS tight, we were gonna pay up the $83.44 AND the $52 of the $102 that we still owed for the wireless (due Nov. 6) and be done with it so we wouldn't owe anything again until the next month. We just did this since we had the money and it's ridiculous. Our AT&T app still shows the unified bill but now says $0.00 and still says, "Account is cancelled."
My advice to all of you. NO MATTER HOW MUCH AT&T SAYS YOU'LL SAVE, DON'T COMBINE YOUR BILLS WITH OTHER SERVICES. You'll end up paying out more a month than you can afford. It's not worth it.
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2015
I moved to the Atlanta area in 2013 and, of course, continued my business with AT&T. In addition to bundling with DirecTV, I ordered online an AT&T smart phone because the ad said it came with GPS capabilities. It did not. They didn't tell me that GPS requires an extra connection and charge. Besides that disappointment, I couldn't get the hang of using the phone. I'm in my 80s and there's just so much technology I can understand. I paid for a phone I couldn't use for a whole year, and then tried to get out of the second year since I'm on a fixed income. The PR person at AT&T HQ said, "Absolutely not." So I had to pay another $250 to get it out of my life. A year at $40 a month ($480), plus $250, and that was $730 for a phone I never could use.
Then there was my landline. Because my income is fixed I asked for a amount I could count on being stable and not jump around as it had been doing for a year. A customer service person said, "Sure, no problem." Well, there was a problem because the amount bill every month jumped higher and higher. Each and every month I had to call Billing and argue and plead for a figure I could put into my limited budget, and each time the customer service person would assure me that it would be done. It wasn't.
I finally cut myself loose from AT&T. The connection was off on August 8 at 8 AM. I had just paid $160 in advance for September, but only used their service for one week. I was assured on chat and on the phone to Billing that I would get a refund for the time not used. Instead, I got another bill which I refuse to pay. I'll probably keep getting AT&T bills and am at a loss to know how to make them stop, although I haven't been an AT&T customer for three months.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2015
I bought a smart watch from the AT&T store online. When I got the shipping notification, it said it'd ship in A MONTH. When I called them, I was told they could not cancel the order since it was already being processed, but nor could they tell me anything about that status of the order or why the shipping time was so far out. Three more calls and over the next 2 weeks and an hour of phone time later and I didn't get any further. I eventually ordered the watch somewhere else, and when the AT&T order did arrive, I returned it. Now they wouldn't credit my credit card. I called with information showing them they'd accepted the return shipment, but they would not credit my account. 2 months after receiving the return they still wouldn't credit. I eventually had to dispute the charge. No problem there, since I had all the evidence that I'd returned the item and that they'd accepted it.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2015
We had a $45 prepaid plan which included unlimited talk, text and 300MB fast internet but unlimited after that. My daughter decided to have a new handset so we went to the shop and we were told that WE HAVE to change to a contract before we are allowed to purchase a handset on monthly basis. We were told that $50 will cover all the previous services exactly the same. What lies... The contract has 300MB data and after that it charged $20 for each extra 300MB!!! We were never informed of that in the shop. The phone was set to 4G LTE which auto uses data regardless (we were never told about that). The 300MB was used up in 1 day and we were charged 2 lots of $20.
I rang AT&T and was told it was our own fault and we should have known better! I upgraded to 2GB data at extra $10 a month. Later I found they charged me a one-off $15 for the upgrade!!! As well as $40 service charge. I returned the phone after 5 days on 29-Oct-2015 and out of the $58 tax we paid, we were given $17 back and we were charged $35 re-stocking fee for handset. We were told that a prorated bill will be produced for the rubbish service that we received in 5 days (poor connections, no SMS at times). I just checked the online bill at still $148. And customer services said they cannot prorate the monthly fees and that I have to pay for full month even though I cancelled the poor service after 5 days. All the one-off charges almost $60 for service connection still apply!
I told them I am not paying any of it and they have to take me to court. They should be apologizing and giving customers like me a compensation rather than stealing money from me by the hidden charges that they think are valid. The store guy shows you an iPad with little detail and asks you to sign and agree. But the devil is in the 100 page detail which they never print for you and you never have time to read. AVOID AT&T at all costs... I see MANY people moving to T-Mobile, including me.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2015
Sooo disappointed with AT&T! After over 15 years using their service, I ported my number to Verizon to a phone provided my employer. I realized AT&T bills in advance, but I figured I will pay my bill on time and they would prorate the month, and refund the balance, based on canceling my service 7 days into the cycle. I was WRONG. After speaking with customer service and a manager we went round and round as they explained to me "I could have used my full service in those 7 days". No consideration given to my decade of historic low usage. It was essentially - Thank you for donating your extra money to AT&T. There's absolutely nothing we can do. I should have not paid my final bill and let them bill me for service used after the fact. So much for trying to be an honorable bill-payer!
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2015
Today I decided to cut off all of my AT&T services. I was told that just because I had paid my past due bill and my current bill that they were still justified in shutting my service off and charging me $40. I explained to them that I had been using them as a home phone company for 28 years, as a credit card company for 31 years, as a cell phone provider for 25 years and as an internet service provider for 21 years and had been paying their company faithfully every month. I said it was not right, which it isn't, to shut off my service when my account was paid up.
After a long time on hold, the customer service representative came back and told me the $40 reconnection fee was "valid". Well switching companies for all four services I have paid them for for decades is extremely valid. I'm sure I will also save a lot of money doing so. If you own AT&T stock, I'd say sell right away. I'm sure I am not the only customer they have treated badly and I'm sure their stock will drop as a result.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2015
I have a old flip phone and are subscribed in a $39.99A monthly minimum plan since I'm retired. According to the AT&T bill I had one 1 hour and 3 minutes intl. phone call to Australia and was charged for it $229!! Plus $43 in taxes. This was a full mistake. I have Skype and other prefix numbers where the call is free or might have cost $2. After several calls to AT&T supervisors they never adjusted it, or returned the $ amount charged in automatic payment.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2015
Unfortunately, Internet Service costs have to be shopped every year. AT&T, like their recent acquisition, DirecTV, slip in fees and add costs arbitrarily throughout the life of an agreement. I have a combined internet (45 mbps) and Land Line phone with AT&T and the once attractive monthly bill had grown to $127 per month. A call to Bright house revealed a similar plan (35 mbps) for $89 per month. I called AT&T, selected "cancel my service" and was redirected to a sales agent. The agent offered to beat the Bright House offer by $10. My bill went from $127 to $79 during a two minute phone call. I should have called months ago.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2015
So I decide to switch wireless carriers and save $100 per month. I have a 6 yr-old phone, not under contract, and owe nothing on my service. Problem is that it is still locked into AT&T. I call customer service and answer 20 questions then they tell me to go online and fill out request form. I do that and then had to wait for a test message. I get the test message and have to click to verify that I made the request to unlock. Was told I would have to wait for the code. Got a message that the account holder information I provided didn't match their records. Geeeeeez. I was a customer for over 20 yrs before they decided to rape me. #AT&Twirelesssucks.
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2015
We had an account with At&T for 12 years. In the store not long ago they offered to consolidate the AT&T bill with DirecTV bill. (BIG MISTAKE). To save $10 a month we have been through a month of hell. For no reason the phone service to three phones got cut off. We got the phones back on and the next week all the phones and the DirecTV got cut off for no obvious reason. We got passed from office to office and no one could figure out what happened. Finally the account holder was told she owed $271 (she didn't), but paid the money to get the account reinstated. She was told that we had to go to a store to reconnect. When we went to the store they said the account was cancelled and although they tried to help us, they called "tech support" and after an hour the person at tech support hung up on their own co-worker at the store.
The next night we went to another store and the manager called tech support and finally spoke to someone who knew what they were doing. That person discovered that instead of consolidating the account, the person cancelled our account. They were finally able to reconnect the phones (after 5 days, and we use the phones for a business). After receiving numerous bills from direcTV, they have cut off the direcTV again, saying we owe $250?? We already switched to T-Mobile for the phones and the next step is call Verizon for the cable. AT&T is the most inept company I have ever seen. The billing dept. can't explain where payments have gone and sends out bills that no one can explain what they are for. I don't know how AT&T stays in business and believe me I am telling everyone I know not to go with AT&T. Most of them seem to already know how bad AT&T is. If I could give them a rating of less than zero, believe me I would give them -10.
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2015
Long story short - my phone was not charging. Called to get it replaced. They sent it to me. I sent broken one back. They told me that they didn't receive and could not track. I called everyday for a week solid. They put a charge of $485 for device on bill. I called again today. Told yes they received. Its in their possession but will not take the charge off my bill of 485.00 because it was late getting returned. I got email of a 14 day return policy on 9/8. The old phone was properly returned on 9/9/15 and it was scanned in by ups and AT&T. Received that alert also on 9/9 as the warranty dept gentleman told us it would be ok. (AT&T the supervisor now saying have to pay the 485.00 and no we do not get the device back. Why should I have to pay for a phone I DO NOT HAVE? If don't pay phone service will be disconnected. Poor business practices. I will be filing a complaint on live tv news in RE to this matter tomorrow and will make sure it gets cleared up ASAP.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2015
AT&T sucks. I just called customer service to let them know I sent in my payment. Then it's not enough and said I would still be canceled. They are jerks there. The owner is a very greedy person. My service was so high I was told a different price when I set up my service then I got my bill and it was almost $300. Crazy! ** AT&T. My family is canceling their service with them too and moving our service to Dish. AT&T does not keep up good customer service or work with customers. They rip people off. They should be sued.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2015
After a one year commitment with AT&T U-Verse, I renegotiated a new contract. The new price for the upcoming month had ballooned so much after the first year promotion had ended. I seriously thought about dropping AT&T U-verse to go with another carrier. But I decided to stay after the representative talk me out of it by saying that I had been a loyal customer and that he would work to get me to the nearest price that would work for me, after negotiating the final price after taxes. I told him to send me confirmation and I never received it. I received a bill and it was more than what the agent had quoted.
When I call to complain. The billing department sent me to the loyalty department and the loyalty department told me for what I was receiving that was the best promotion that they could do for me at that price. I told the loyalty representative that I was not happy and that I wanted to speak to her manager. I am waiting for that call from the manager. AT&T quotes you one price but after they feel that have you as a customer somehow the price changes and goes higher. I have also experienced this on my wireless bill. Watch your pockets.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2015
I have been with AT&T for 7 years. I bought the iPhone 5S at full price so I can unlock it and use it for my business when I go overseas. They only offer insurance after unlocking. My phone was dropped off my hand. I had to send it back and get another phone from the only insurance company they offer. 5 month later that screen came out. Went to Apple store. They cannot touch it because the phone that I got have aftermarket screen. Now after paying nearly $700 and 20% on my new device 6s and being with AT&T as a loyalty customer for 7 years, they want to charge me another $ 549 so I can unlock. I also spoke with Apple and they said all the phones comes unlock. Thank AT&T for keeping the loyal customer. I am going with Verizon. Their phone is already unlocked.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2015
We recently inherited a home in metro Denver. We cannot make a phone call, send a text message or call 911 from anywhere inside our home. I contacted AT&T and they said it was our problem and the only way to fix it was to purchase a special piece of equipment from them and pay a monthly fee to use it. We have to pay more money to use our cell phones? Our monthly bill is already outrageous. We have 2 lines, with very low data use and pay $150.00 + monthly. The Denver Police Department said AT&T has to provide us with 911 service. AT&T said the DPD did not know what they were talking about.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2015
My mother and I have had a family plan since 1999. I lost my phone one year ago. I was told on several occasions that in November 2015 I would be eligible for a new phone. I was in town the last week of October and called AT&T to see if I could get it a couple of weeks early and the rep said not without paying for it out of pocket or having it added to our bill to pay over time. So I decided to just keep waiting until mid-November. My mother had a problem with her phone after that call and took it to AT&T store. The sales rep told her that in November I would not be getting a new phone because they do not offer that program anymore. She paid $1,200 for two phones. Later that day I came in town and said there is no way we are doing business with them anymore. They have been telling me on several occasions that I will get a free upgrade in November. We have also been paying $130 per month.
AT&T said they have changed their policy to be more competitive with the industry and I will not be getting my new iPhone without paying $600. I refuse to do business with liars. We switched to Verizon which gave us an iPhone for 99 cents and we are paying $50 less per month for two-year agreement. Apparently AT&T is not doing a good job keeping up with the Industry. Thanks AT&T for giving me a reason to shop my business somewhere else. AT&T is now added to my list of companies which I will NEVER do business with again. Before shopping I called AT&T directly and gave them an opportunity to make this right. I had my complaint transferred to a Manager, the results were the same. So if AT&T will not stand behind their word, you have lost my business forever. I pray to God AT&T suffers the same fate as Circuit City. They too were on my list!!! I HATE LIARS!!!
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2015
I detest you the most of any AT&T. Your lack of drive, your lack of skills in customer relation have torn to shreds one of the past's greatest communications company. The generation of "I don't knows" or "I can't" have made retail transactions a horrid experience. You are paving the way to a future of automation. Killing jobs for not just yourself but for many others as well. Management holds a stake in this as well. Either stop trying to excel in technology so quickly or create better job training so your employees have an actual clue to what they are doing. I do not use the word hate often but I have been let down more and more each time. It is completely inexcusable for you to destroy faith in your consumers. You tear at the foundation your predecessors worked so hard to build. I am not exaggerating when I say you disgust me. Employees have become ignorant in what value means, not only to potential consumers but most importantly to your current ones.
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2015
AT&T is a HUGE joke, it seems like every month they are making changes to what they are doing, not notifying customers of bill date changes and when making payment arrangements and cancelling it because you've paid a week prior you are still required to pay whatever balance remains plus whatever else is due. The company only wants money, money, money! My bill is never the same rate monthly, it's always fluctuating because of "changes" made last month, and then the reception is poor, I can never get a signal, U-verse is a joke!! If you are considering switching to AT&T, PLEASE DON'T! The customer service reps can never help you either, they always refer to online access and make you figure things out yourself. Whose bill goes from 350 one month to 455 the next???
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2015
I am fuming... I've been a loyal customer of AT&T for over 15 years. I chose to upgrade to an iPhone 6, but didn't want to go through the NEXT Plan. I attempted to pay the upfront fee of ($200.00) for a 2 year agreement via online but couldn't process the order. I telephoned AT&T and processed the order with a customer service rep with the understanding I had a two year agreement and my bill would remain the same. Well, I received my bill and on it was a fee for an installment of 28 payments for 16.25 to be added to my monthly bill. When I inquired about my bill, I was told I was placed on the next plan and am responsible for the remaining balance ($456.92) for the device. This is not what I was told when I upgraded my device. After being one the telephone with AT&T CSR trying to resolve this issue, I was told, "I'm sorry you were not told this when you upgraded and it is over 14 days so you can't cancel your agreement".
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2015
After 10 years of being a loyal customer of AT&T I am completely frustrated with the service I am NOT RECEIVING!!! And the run around from Customer Service!!! I am self-employed and use AT&T as my service carrier. I am not able to use my data while I am at work, nor am I able to access my voice mail messages. I have constant dropped calls and it is difficult for people to talk with me or for them to hear me while on a phone conversation. I have lost business because of this lack of service from AT&T. I have contacted the AT&T Service department numerous times, spent HOURS with them, have reset my phone over and over... Have purchased a new phone which reset my contract (Cost me more $$$) I have talked to technicians which have told me that they can't do anything for me and they set me up with a case worker and engineer...
The Caseworker left a message for me saying "The service in my area was limited and this is unfortunate!!!" (I did not sign up for limited service nor do I agree that this is acceptable). My Case #**. The Caseworker name I was given is Adam ** his number is **. I have called and left several messages, but have not received a returned call. I have been paying for a service I am not receiving and the service department will not let me out of my contract because they say that is the case worker's job. The caseworker will not return my calls. Does anyone have any suggestions for me??? Or is anyone having similar problems with AT&T??? PLEASE POST resolutions. I've lost time and money and also a lost confidence with AT&T'S lack service and commitment!!!
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2015
I received three bills within one month. Which caused burden my back and I terrified swallowing or accepting three bills in one month. AT&T billed me first month $224.00 + $56.56 taxes. Also I get billed this month $80.17 and then also this $97.00.
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2015
Awful service! I am sure the store owner would like to know what type of employees are servicing his customers, thus my review below. Firstly, customers are barely acknowledged upon arrival and once you are helped, the customer service acts as if he is doing you a favor by taking your order. I was "helped" by Alfonso R., two days ago on 10/27/15. I placed my order that day, but couldn't ignore the rep.'s critical comments about how it bothered him "customers who show up to pickup their phone orders first thing in the morning at 9 AM". Despite this, I ordered an Iphone 6S 64GB for my wife with him that day. Today, 10/29/15, I received the tracking confirmation e-mail that it was delivered at the store.
My wife called at 7:40 pm to ask about closing time and she was told at 8:00 pm. I come in the store at 7:50 and Alfonso, again, makes an annoying and rude comment that "Had I come in 5 min. later, I would not have found the store open". I asked him if "he needed me to return at another time" and told him to save his attitude. He accused me of having an attitude, abruptly locked the store door and almost unwillingly offered to activate the phone, to which I replied I no longer wanted it. It is evident that this employee does not have a clue as to what customer service entails, let alone, does he care.
He seems to have a problem with customers who, based on the tracking store receipt confirmation, come in soon to pickup their orders. Based on his previous comments and after the lack of service I received tonight, it is evident that this employee expects for customers to wait around for his phone call, at his convenience - and not - the store's hours of operations, before they are able to pickup their orders.....Amazing!! I hope management takes more care on their Customer Service training program. As an action, I will come in tomorrow and CANCEL my order. I will definitely be placing it elsewhere and will certainly warn everyone I know to avoid this store, based on this experience.
Reviewed Oct. 29, 2015
We purchased a contract with AT&T for TV and internet. We had no service about as often as we had service. I complained and received a couple free months, but the trend never changed. It simply did not work reliably. After one year we dropped AT&T and went with Dish network, which has provided uninterrupted service and excellent customer service. In comparison, we still have AT&T for internet and it is constantly slow or unavailable. When we call for assistance we get put thru to some place in India with people we cannot understand and who do not have a working knowledge of the system. The man I spoke with assured me he was personally going to call someone (I couldn’t understand) and make sure that our service was back online by a certain date. He promised he would call me when he got everything taken care of.
He did not call, nor did he do anything he said he was going to do. He also said he was sending someone to my house after telling me they had a very large outage in the Dallas area. I asked him why he would do that. Obviously the problem is not at my house if half of Dallas is out. I also continuously reminded him I was flying out on a business trip and would not be home for a tech to come out, but he kept insisting he was sending a tech. It was pretty obvious to me that they have a memorized script to tell people things to get them to shut up. They don’t appear to know anything about the AT&T subsystem. But my biggest complaint is American companies like this who outsource hundreds of jobs for American people and give them to another country. As bad as our economy is, why wouldn’t you do your part to help the people of America instead of creating such a graceless age.
Reviewed Oct. 29, 2015
AT&T has a way of making everything work in their favor. Had a cell phone, bill 43$. Was told I had to drive to a store to pay the bill. I said I would mail it. By the time I went and got money order they shut my phone down. Was told I broke contract and bill went to 459.00. They broke contract, not me. Now my DSL service, started out at 14.95 a month for high-speed internet, unlimited. All of a sudden I start getting bills for using too many megabits. Bill was never what it was suppose to be, over charged constantly. Phone call after phone call with promises but nothing ever happened. Told them to shut it down after more than five years of **. Paid my bill at that time, already received another bill for over 100$. These people and this company needs to be investigated for fraud. They do anything they want. Who regulates what they can do? They live to ruin people's credit.
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2015
I have been a customer for nearly 20 years and today's experience is exactly why AT&T can no longer even have my phone service! I have been complaining about not receiving my bill for three months only to return home to learn that the service has been interrupted. I held for 32 minutes and then went online for a resolve and received confirmation that the service would be restored "shortly." That was three days ago so then I called today I was told that wasn't the case, it must have been a mistake online. I asked for a manager and was told that they're all in a meeting but one will call you back in two hours. I called back after three, and canceled the service and was told goodbye. Done.
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2015
When my husband renewed a new contract, our TV connection started to get disconnected many times. It's really frustrating since this is the only time that we've experienced this type of poor service ever!! Calling with customer service is time consuming and I am very very disappointed with their service.
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