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About AT&T Wireless

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.

Pros
  • Several plan options
  • Includes streaming services
  • Wide range of coverage
Cons
  • Low limits before data throttling
  • Not the cheapest plans

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Aug. 17, 2023

    This is a review of AT&T in general, not of this particular store. But as this is in AT&T location, I feel the need to warn people about what they have ahead of them if they are getting ready to do business here! I have been a loyal AT&T Customer since 2009 and haven't had problems for a long time, but this year has been very different. My brother and I are on a family plan and both received emails saying we could turn in our iPhone12Pros for a $1,000 credit on new 14pros. He turned his in at a store in CA before moving to MO, and I sent mine in the box AT&T sent me in the mail. For 8 months, everything was fine. Then suddenly they stopped giving us credit on my brothers line.

    Since that time, I have had 10 different conversations with AT&T customer support each lasting at least 2 hours. I have gotten 6 different stories about what happened. The most consistent story was that they never received one of our phones (though it was always a different story as to which one was not received). Then I got confirmation from a manager in customer loyalty via the IMEI numbers that AT&T did indeed receive both of our phones. I asked him if he could please make sure I got the credit. After an hour on hold talking to his managers, he was unable to secure the credit for me.

    He said his back office said that something was done wrong at the store in California and the proper procedure (11 months later) was to go back to the store and talk to them. I explained that it was a 36 hour drive to the store (because of course I was talking to someone from outside of the USA) or a $500 RT plane ticket. He said that there was nothing he could do and that the only other thing would be to check with the trade in office (done multiple times). AT&T literally stole our phone and there is "nothing they can do." Even though their manager is confirming that they have both of them. How is this not theft? How does AT&T get away with stuff like this? Please, people, read the comments on AT&T before deciding to do business with them. This company is criminal!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingOnline & App

    Reviewed Aug. 15, 2023

    Their website advertises a $10/mo discount if you sign up online, except you won't be able to add a new Phone service if you have an existing Internet service. The website will keep bugging out and say that the account does not have phone service (duh, that's what I'm signing up for). If you try to call in to their customer service, you won't get the discount because it is online only. And if you're like me, you'll go through a lengthy discussion with customer service and set up a new phone line only for them to send you an empty box. No sim card, just a packing slip (trust me, I tore the box apart looking, no sim card at all).

    Then you'll have to call back to customer service and find out that they have no record of sending you a sim card, except the second customer service person says they found it but it's been canceled... Then you get to go through the ENTIRE sign-up process all over again. It's taken me 5 hours, no joke, for this entire process and as I type this, I'm STILL on the phone trying to finalize my AT&T phone sign-up hoping next time they won't send me an empty box again.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Aug. 15, 2023

    Assistant Store Manager NOT knowledgeable at all to bring solutions to our situation. Not sure how she got her job but she came across as a know-it-all and turned out she didn't know crap. WE brought solutions to the table and when asked why she didn't suggest the solution "OH I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THAT." She can take her rolling of the eyes and false eyelashes somewhere else.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 14, 2023

    Could not call 611 or 911. Text was offered, no help whatsoever. Kept timing out, then was disrespectful. Cell service out, my Mom is disabled and homebound, unable to even text her to make sure she is ok. Since Hurricane Sally, cell service has been terrible in our area. AT&T has stated they will not be replacing/repairing the tower that services us. Would not recommend.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 9, 2023

    Recurring account detail issues since the inception of my account. AT&T has been the worst cell service I've ever experienced and I do not recommend their services for any consumer. I've had to purchase 2 replacement phones b/c they are unable to locate my account. I've visited multiple locations and received the same ineffective information. There hasn't been any notation on my account so all the reps state they are not familiar with the concern and we have to do this round and round every time. It's ridiculous and very poor service

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    StaffHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Aug. 9, 2023

    This company refuses to provide me with account credit. They’ve taken my money and are happy to be thieves. There is no value with this company. Their service is terrible. Their employees constantly lie. Run away.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageTechPriceStaffBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Aug. 8, 2023

    Awful unprofessional company. Salesman lied and disappeared when we had questions about the 2 phones we signed up for. Activated one and discovered the coverage was NOT the same as Verizon and had no coverage in the areas we frequent. Immediately canceled the contract and sent the phones back. Then started getting huge bills from AT&T and called over 5 times to get an itemization. Finally they figured out we DID send the phones back and struck that off the bill. At last we get a past due letter for around $95 so we called to find out what that charge was for. At no point could we get an itemized invoice. Some charge for "restocking" and 1 activation fee. But finally to get them off our back we paid it. I hope I never hear from that company again!

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    Customer ServiceStaffBilling

    Reviewed Aug. 7, 2023

    My wireless plan is an old one and I have had 300 daytime minutes on it and 1000 night and weekend minutes. All of a sudden, my account (when I logged in to check it) said that I now had 600 daytime and 2000 night and weekend minutes. I called a ATT rep and they assured me that I did and that was correct. But when my bill came it billed me giving me only 300 daytime minutes, so I had lots of overage minutes because I went over the normal 300 minutes for that billing period believing them that I had the 600. Now the account is mysteriously back to the 300 minutes. VERY unfair and deceitful on ATT's part. I would not believe anything they say about the "Lead Problem" either. NO WAY NO HOW JUDGE! Their customer service acts like they understand but they do not, and they barely understand English. Time and Time again.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 5, 2023

    Due to poor training of AT&T customer service representatives I have lost at least 20 hours of my time. I was trying to get a replacement of a lost phone. AT&T representative forgot to lock a lost device. Due to this fact I have had to do a claim three time. Each time the claim has been denied. Finally I figured out the problem, and called ATT instead of insurance company ATT transfer you if you make a claim. Very long story. I even don't want to get into details. My son can't get a replacement phone for more that two weeks already. It's like a joke. Very poor training of representatives. Probably minimum wage paid people. AT&T management or whatever people who gets a profit from this company should spend more finances on training and employee's benefits.

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    Customer ServiceTechSales & MarketingPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Aug. 4, 2023

    Do not trade your phones for credit, it’s a big scam. Your phone will be locked until the end of your contract and if you are trying to pay it off early your trade is next to nothing! Ask any possible scenarios before you do your trade-in and ask them to have those answers in the writing/email.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageTechPricePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsMaintenanceStaffBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Aug. 4, 2023

    I have a Samsung Z flip 4. I opened it, and it would not close, it seemed stuck. After multiple attempts to close it, it finally did close. I did not put any force into it, just doing it constantly. When it did close it felt like something broken in it. I opened it again, in hopes that it would not do the same thing again, just to feel a rough feeling during that process. A day or 2 later the screen went black, never to return. I honestly had no idea what to do through any of this. I ended up calling AT&T about it, I asked what I should be doing about this. It was told to me to take it into an AT&T store for a physical look at it so I can know if I am am to do a warranty claim or an insurance claim.

    Mind you, the fold phone had an issue at the same time, the left side of the screen would go black then return to normal. It did that for a few days until it finally stayed black on the left side of it. Taking both devices in for review and recommendations from the AT&T rep in person. I was told to do a warranty exchange for the flip, and that this is a known problem, but due to some paint rubbed off of the fold I had to do an insurance claim. As a user I'm just not happy with the situation period. Either way I did their recommendations. Knowing I cause, nor did, nor did I allow any physical damage to happen to either device.

    I do the process, a few weeks later I get the flip returned to me. Scratching my head puzzled, claim is that I did physical damage to the phone. Pissed knowing I did not, I called in. While on hold, I'm looking at the device and in the middle where the screen flips open, it appears that the screen was coming off, but just in the flip part. So now I'm like what is the claim, that I sat here a picked the screen off. What kind of nonsense is this. I am not a phone tech, and this is the reason I seemed help on what to do. Only to be screwed over & charged $1000 on the bill.

    Talking to the at&t rep, he worked it out to be done as an insurance claim instead of warranty due to the fact that I was told to do it by an AT&T rep in person. I was also promised that they would remove the charge for the deductible. So here now a month later I'm charge an addition $150, then a $250 charge as well as $1000. With the reps giving misleading info to cause this direction is foul in itself. So now they claim they can take these charges off. All the money I pay for service alone since 2003 and this is how I'm done. What makes it worst is that both phone issues that I had are known issues. The telecommunications company doesn't value our loyalty at all, considering 20 years of service to them. Now I and looking for a new service provider. Both devices are not even a year old.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceStaffBillingTransparencyHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Aug. 3, 2023

    Does anyone have any contact AT&T or AT&T Business or Costco Wholesale at a decision making level? AT&T is has been overcharging me every month for 6 months!! I traded in two old phones for two new lines and two new "free" devices. But I am still being charged for the new devices!! This is a new AT&T connection through their partnership with Costco. First, the AT&T sales rep at Costco misled us with wrong information from the start (e.g. handwriting a different monthly amount of $80 vs the current $166 that we're being charged) and ordered the wrong device on one line!!

    When I went back to her, she ordered the correct device as an "exchange format" with the incorrect one whilst also charging me a downpayment of $584 completely unbeknownst to me!! And this despite trading in both old phones that held excellent trade in value such that the new phones should have been free (except taxes). But currently I'm paying a lot more for my monthly bills and being charged for both devices!! Suddenly I get a mail after 6 months that they will additionally charge me $777 for a device I returned 5 months ago!! They lose courier tracking numbers generated by their own systems and cannot locate return devices with warehouse because the different departments in AT&T don't communicate with each other. The warehouse team doesn't update the billing team which is why they keep charging us.

    As on this date, AT&T have confirmed that they have received all our devices but yet no resolution on being overcharged for 6 months!! The AT&T sales rep at the stores, their customer service for Costco VIP members based in South Africa, and their US customer service are all giving different stories, and interpretations of the amounts charged. Their sales rep at the costco stores also keep rotating so there's no way to get back to the original salesperson! When one dept agrees to the wrongdoing and gives a credit, another revokes/reverses without any intimation to the customer! The departments are acting in their own right and in silos while the customer is left clueless, frustrated, and robbed of hard earned money and trapped with these crooks. Please help if you can and spread the word against these thieves.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed July 30, 2023

    AT&T... Trade your phone and you get a upgrade free one. A lie... They give you a discount every month... After a year of paying $126.00 for 4 phones bill jumped To $180.00... so no more discount for one phone because I paid one off. $80 more a month because I paid off phone? Now, since I want to leave ATT I had to pay off 3 other phones... $1500.00 but wait I lose all my $2000 credits. ATT got you coming and going. BYE BYE ATT. Thanks for baiting and keeping you locked in... Be aware of what's going to happen.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 29, 2023

    I am in the process of switching from AT&T. I have moved all of the lines except one. This one device is paid off and been in service for more than one year. They tell me there was a technical issue with a device replacement a month back. I have spent many hours on the phone with Back-office team just for them to tell me to give them more time. It has been more than a week. At this point I feel like they are not willing to unlock this phone. I have started researching how to report this "Theft" and will be pursuing any outlets I can find. I have contacted the Attorney General to file a claim. I do not recommend ever purchasing a phone from At&T or using their service.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePriceRefunds & PayoutsBillingFollow-Through

    Reviewed July 17, 2023

    My husband and I encountered an AT&T salesman in our local Sam's Club in Concord, NH and listened to his spiel. He assured us that AT&T would provide us with better service and coverage than our current plan and also upgraded our phones. My husband's phone was old but mine was only a year and half old. I was told I would get $500 from my trade in towards the new phone which cost $700. Well long story short my bill is $30 more than my previous plan and the coverage less. I didn't have an issue with the higher cost since I was going to get better service. Now I have the inconvenience of having to switch back or sign on with someone else but live and learn I guess.

    What has really upset me is that I have been duped out of $500! I got online and paid off both phones in full a few days after getting them so they would be ours then when I was able to get my account up on- line I saw that the SIM card is locked. We want to keep our phone numbers and need these phones unlocked which should be able to be done as there is no balance on the phones BUT apparently we have to retain service with them for 60 days even if we bought the phones outright.

    I called AT&T twice today as well as contacted the salesman at Sams Club who sold us into this mess and all I received for replies was, "Oh well there is nothing we can do." I explained that they basically stole from me but again oh well! I paid $500 for my iPhone 11 a year and a half ago then traded it for the iPhone 14 which was leaving me with a $200 balance on the new phone after my trade but here's what they don't tell you......your trade allowance is divided over 36 months and you will receive a monthly credit on your bill that will total the $500 at the end of the 36 months and that's the ONLY way you will get paid for your trade.

    I should have known they weren't being upfront with me because I wanted to pay for the phones in full the night we signed on because I don't do payments and was told I couldn't pay them off until the third month of service which was a falsehood because as soon as my account was in their system and I was able to access it and I paid the phones off in full only 2 weeks after signing on with them.

    So let's do the math here...I buy a phone for $700, I have a trade-in worth $500 leaving me $200 to pay. I go on and pay the entire $700 and send in my trade only to be told I'm not getting the $500 for my trade or getting my trade back. If I want my $500 as promised for my trade then I have to stay with them and have poor cell coverage for 3 years. That's the only way so I have paid a total of $1200 for their $700 iPhone and they are insulted when I tell them what they are doing is theft pure and simple. The salesman at Sam's club in Concord, NH that we dealt with sent me a text a short time ago stating he has never had one person unsatisfied with AT&T service but from I have been reading on the reviews there have been MANY unsatisfied customers. Buyer BEWARE!

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    Customer ServiceStaffTransparency

    Reviewed July 12, 2023

    I spent over 3 hours with 4 different AT&T reps trying to set up access on a new iPad for my employer. One person turned off the owner's phone when asking for a PIN. The online system doesn't update when new info is given to reps or they don't update it. AT&T processes are not integrated and are a mess! You waste lots of time trying to accomplish a simple task.

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    Sales & MarketingOnline & AppBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed July 8, 2023

    We already had a line on our bill for a tablet that we were upgrading and the store told us we had to add additional number in order to “upgrade” the tablet and could not use the existing number and was told NOTHING on the bill would change and ALL our discounts would be the same! Not true!! They effectively changed the bill to paperless billing and then the new number “ungrouped” the existing number from the correct grouping which in turn changed the discounts on our bill and made the bill HIGHER! They also didn’t mention that our current plan is no longer an option and the new line would affect that as a “change in service”! They have misrepresented everything about this transaction that I will be taking further action against them!

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    Reviewed July 8, 2023

    Avoid at all cost, I went to the store and got a deal for a family plan starter for 105 dollars, my first bill comes as 260 and the one after as 328, When I spoke with customer service it turn out the store had put me on the highest plan without my consent and I will be heavily overcharged because of that, also there are hidden fees (services and taxes). Even with the original plan the bill would be 187, So I canceled after using for 4 days and I still got charged 187 dollars for a full month when they have a policy of charging only per days used if canceled within 14 days, I challenged that many times but it is a waste of time. Must avoid due to the lack of clarity on hidden charges and store workers placing you on plans without your consent then you are having to pay the price. Is this because of Incentive per selling plans in store? I had to pay activation fees 35 dollars per line on 3 lines without any refund.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsTechSales & MarketingPriceBillingTransparency

    Reviewed June 29, 2023

    THE AT&T SCAM. Spoke with AT&T today because I wanted to port my number out to another carrier because they were cheaper and with me being unemployed, I need to save every penny I can and AT&T was too expensive. I was eligible for an upgrade to a newer phone at no cost (with my trade-in), so I upgraded. But then when I tried to go with another carrier, here is what they said:

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    Upon checking here you process an upgrade order date 06/13 and receive the device date 06/15. The installment charges cost $22.23 for 36 months it will be start on your next billing cycle of 05/27-06/26. I can see here the old device is on shipped to warehouse and the trade in credits of $800 will be apply 2-3 billing cycle, Just to share the trade in value of $800 will be apply monthly basis, the $800 will be divided for 36 months $22.23/mo.

    When it comes to the promotional credit, the billing system applies it on a monthly basis, however when the bill is generated and if you check the installment agreement, it will show you the the remaining balance of the installment. What happens is that every month, you will get charge for the installment, then the billing system will apply a credit of $22.23/mo. This is offset the charge in your installment plan.

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    This is AT&T's scam - they will offer you a phone upgrade (the one I chose was no cost because I traded mine in), but if you try to port your number out because you want to go with another carrier, they trick you into another 2 years of their service because of their explanation above. This type of business conduct by tricking the customer into another 2 years of service should be illegal - they blame the billing system because it (the promotion) is applied to only a monthly basis for $22.30/month?! THEY are the ones who created the billing system and will NOT change it because it forces me to stay with them another 2 years. I am unable to port my number out for this reason.

    I seriously believe that is illegal in tricking customer to be forced into another 2 years of service with AT&T (no contract) because I traded my phone in for an upgrade which was $0. This act is considered a total scam - not sure if I want to consult with a lawyer on this one or not, but I'm thinking about it. Please be careful if you plan to upgrade with AT&T on a phone that has no cost to you (with your trade-in)...

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    Customer ServiceTechPricePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed June 22, 2023

    I received a device that I was trying to return it on June 20th. I called and spoke to A young lady named Amya. She stated to come into the Douglasville location and that location could take the device and return it. I spoke to a nice young man I think he was new to AT&T. He tried to help but he needed help. He ask Amya his coworker. I said to Amya, "You sound like the lady I spoke to before I came here." She stated, "Yes, I was." Amya begin to pull up my account then said, "It's been 14 days. Your buyer's remorse time is up." I begin to explain this wasn't a buyer's remorse. Amya said have a good day. I ask to speak to management and was told at 2:30est. She was at lunch and would return after 4est.

    I contacted the 800 customer service and Ivan spoke with me. He tried to help. He asks to speak with a rep that wasn't busy. The call didn't go well. This gentleman said to Ivan, "I can't help." A lady walks into the store. I said, "Hello. Are you the store manager." She replied yes. I said, "I am on the phone with customer service. Can you speak with him?" Bernadette said, "I am on lunch," and walked away. The guy who she walked in the store with got on phone went to back to ask her another question. This guy came back and said, "Bernadette said she gonna tell you the same thing I'm telling Ivan but she will be off lunch at 4:30 est. if you would like to wait." The customer service rep I had on the phone could not believe the disrespect. He even said, "Did she say she was the manager". Bernadette's management style also impacts overall employee engagement. Which has adversely impact employees.

    Amya should have never thought it was ok to dismiss a customer the way she dismiss me. The gentleman who came inside the store with Bernadette should have never said "she gonna tell you the same thing I said". To them it's ok because that's the lead they follow. Douglasville Ga Hwy 5 location just because you are a private own store does not excuse you from the AT&T quality of service provided. AT&T needs to buy this location because their low standards will be the reason I say Hello to T-Mobile after 20yrs of business with AT&T. I recommend everyone look up the Corporate AT&T Store locations in your area. It will be worth your time. I give Bernadette and her store a F for customer service.

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    Customer ServiceTechPunctuality & SpeedBilling

    Reviewed June 17, 2023

    I recently paid off my phone to go to another provider. It took seconds for AT&T to process my payment but they refused to unlock my phone. When I called they told me I had to wait 48 hours. It had already been 30 hours then I was placed on hold indefinitely. I was left without phone service in a new city that I am unfamiliar with. I am a senior and this was very unnerving. This company is horrible to work with and I would not recommend them.

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    Reviewed June 14, 2023

    Ran through an order on phone and decided not to continue and canceled moving forward but took $577 from my bank account anyway without completing order!!! Called and said too bad. Nothing they can do. Have to wait 3-5 days to get stolen money back! STAY AWAY‼️

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    Reviewed June 11, 2023

    I had ATT for many years and was satisfied. Then in approx 2017, my bill were always off and I was always overbilled for something I did not use, understand, order, etc.. I went with another carrier and never had this problem again. However, while shopping at Costco last month, I was looking at the new IPhones. The rep at Costco said he worked for ATT and I said forget it. The rep told me the company had changed, gave me a some lies that I found out now are not true. However, I believed him at the time and let him order the 3 new phones for me and my children.

    Received 1 phone, billed for 3. Paid activation on 3 phones. No one there knew where my other 2 phones were. Could not get money I paid back, even though I shipped the 1 phone back. Please ask around to others before going with ATT and do not believe anyone that works for this company. You will find so many angry and upset people with charges on their bills they cannot get rectified. Beware, you have been warned, their "great" deals will end up costing SOOO much more!

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    Reviewed June 3, 2023

    On two occasions, AT&T have withheld promotions I was promised. The first time was a few years back when I first switched to AT&T. They promised me promotions on old devices I turned in to them. I never received the promotions and after calling and arguing for 6 months I finally received them. On the most recent occasion, I upgraded four of my phones and was promised promotional discounts on my bill for all four as long as I sent them my old devices within 30 days. I brought all 4 of my old devices to the AT&T store on the same day, well within the 30 day window. This was in January of 2023. First I was told that they were waving the $35 trade in fee for each phone but that was never waived, so I called and they waived it. Then I never received my promised promotions so I called several times and spent countless hours on the phone.

    I was told it takes 1-3 billing cycles to get the credit for my promotions but it would be retroactive. I called monthly and was assured that it would just take 1-3 months. On April 23, 2023 I called again and was told to call after May 23, 2023 and that I should get my promotions by then. On June 1, 2023 I called and was told that unfortunately they did not received two of my four phones within the 30 day window (even though I dropped them at the AT&T store well within that timeframe). I gave them to the AT&T store manager in a box per their request. Each phone was processed. It seems that this particular supervisor was not efficient and two of my four phones never got to the AT&T warehouse in time (through no fault of my own).

    After several attempts on the phone and actually just having spent 2.5 hours in the AT&T store in Morris Plains, NJ, I was told that despite escalation and after speaking to a supervisor that I am no longer eligible to get my promised promotions. The supervisor I spoke to said that her supervisor does not take phone calls. I asked who else I could speak to about this and she told me to write a letter. NO EMAIL, NO PHONE NUMBER???? This is AT&T and they told me to write a snail mail letter. So not only did I not get the promotions they promised me, but they still have my old devices. I asked for those to be sent back to me and she said that this was not a possibility. I was totally screwed by AT&T.

    I am calling Verizon wireless on Monday morning and attempting to switch providers. I would never recommend AT&T Wireless to anyone. Nor would I recommend any AT&T product as this company is corrupt. They have proved it time and time again. They promise promos and then withhold them hoping that the customer will just give up or not notice. In addition, the representative I spoke to on the phone was rude and neither apologetic nor did she make any attempt to do right by me.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaffBilling

    Reviewed May 30, 2023

    Recently switched to AT&T Wireless. Service is par, but their billing is freaking horrible. Customer service is non-existent - wait times are atrocious and if you sign up through Sam's Club you will be told your activation fee will be waived. But it WILL NOT BE WAIVED. I've been told by many to not go with AT&T specifically because of their horrible customer service, but I figured try them for myself and make a decision. They were right...Don't do it, promises will not be kept and our 1st month bill for two wireless lines that WE brought the phones to is $235.54 - insane. Chatting with incompetent representatives, and was told to wait for a manager. Well it has been 45 minutes to "chat" with a manager so far and counting...Be wary people, be very wary. I made a horrible decision switching to AT&T and will be leaving as soon as possible.

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    Customer ServiceMaintenance

    Reviewed May 27, 2023

    If I could give zero stars I would. AT&T offers deals on phone trade-in but what they don't disclose is that the only way to turn in your trade-in is thru the mail. I turned in my 4 year old phone for the new iphone 14 and was given a $800 credit towards the new phone. After mailing in old phone and 4 months had passed they take away the monthly credit that totaling the $800 credit claiming that my phone had been received damaged and not working. This is not possible because I was able to wipe my data off the old phone before mailing it to them. Now there is no way to prove that my phone was in working condition and they refused to sent it back or give me trade in value for it. Bottom line, don't fall for their "trade-in" programs. I am going to switch to Verizon.

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    Reviewed May 24, 2023

    The ATT cellular store in Rita Ranch near Tucson. We switched to this company from T-Mobile because of better reception in our area. We brought a current bill from T Mobile into their store and asked if they could provide us a similar plan for close to what we were already paying. They said yes, got us signed up. First bill had all kinds of 'prorations', so it was higher. We did get some ticky tacky fees waived, and then we were told our next bill would be what was originally promised. They failed to get our auto pay set up correctly. We went into another store to verify what was going on. Got the auto pay set up correctly. Then we found out that they had plugged us in to the most expensive plan, and our monthly bill would be $90 higher than what we were paying to T Mobile. They apparently thought we would just blindly pay our credit card bill without looking thru the charges. Wrong. Just another Tucson business that preys on senior citizens.

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    Reviewed May 23, 2023

    This company deserves 0 Stars. AT&T has been lying to me for a month straight just to get money. They disconnected my service due to nonpayment, but check the move… everyone knows as long as you pay the past due balance your service is supposed to be restored. I paid a past due balance 3 times and set an arrangement for my current bill which was not due until yesterday. After paying the past due amount twice of over $300, they told me I had yet another past due of $26 that was from a unified Uverse account in which I have not had since 2019!

    I had my cell phone with them since before then. I've even added lines since 2019! They told me because of my account being a unified account there was nothing they could do. My current bill for the month of May, I arranged to be paid in June because I refused to pay any more money to them only for them to continue to lie and not restore my services. My account is currently cancelled but again May's bill was not due until May 22nd which was yesterday. Why is my account cancelled? My phones have not been off for 30 days. They said if I pay the rest they will restore my services but they been telling me that for 2 weeks and I've paid almost 1000. I have been a faithful customer for years.

    Several of AT&T's representatives told me my account shouldn't even be cancelled because it was brought to current before the actual due date. I have 7 lines. 2 of the 7 do not work and have not worked since I had them but they continue to charge me for them and I've called several times about this. I work for T-Mobile and the worst thing I've done this year was stay with AT&T and let them rob my entire family of money and their phones. My devices aren't even paid for and they cancelled my account before the due date actually arrived and took 2 so called past due balances from me telling me my services would restore but they did not. The loyalty department is extremely disloyal to long-time faithful customers.

    I've been fighting for 2 weeks to have my services restored and I keep having to pay more than my bill actually states. If I'm able to restore my services which I highly doubt since they have canceled me, I am porting out to the company I actually work for. I broke down crying to the loyalty department and they even saw my payments and didn't understand why my account was canceled but still did not fix it! I will never purchase anything from this company ever again. I don't care if it's a piece of lint, this company is not worth the time of day and all they want is to take money from you even when your bill isn't not past. They told me I had an outstanding on balance May 19, but how if the bill wasn't cut until May 22nd? Make it make sense. Top tier Horrible customer service.

    At&t count your days with me literally! T-mobile, here come me and my family of 7 lines! I hate AT&T with a passion and their customer service sucks. I have gotten so many of their customers in my store porting over from them in the past week and I definitely understand why now! I ABSOLUTELY Cannot wait to port my family over from this money-hungry, deceitful, lying, way too expensive, trash customer service company! I posted pictures of my 2 separate accounts that they did not separate properly… they told me so themselves but still did not restore me. Do not, I repeat DO NOT get services with this company! Please come over to the pink side with T-Mobile or Metro by T-mobile. We got options and we do everything we can for our customers! AT&T is the bottom-shelf Trash!

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    Reviewed May 19, 2023

    We have had our wireless service with ATT back when they were Bellsouth, over 20 years. About 2 years ago I purchased my wife an Apple watch from the ATT store and told them we did not want an active line on it and my wife was never able to use the watch away from her phone. I also cancelled an iPad line about a year ago and the cell service went inactive on the device. About a week ago, I was on the phone with a customer service rep and she stated that I had active lines on these 2 devices. I told her that the watch had never had service and that the iPad had not had service for almost a year.

    The total charges for the 2 devices exceeded $500. Customer service refused to provide a refund. Apparently, this is common and something to watch out for if you have wireless with ATT. They offered me a $100 credit and blamed me for not checking my bill more often. Why would I need to check my bill if the devices had no cellular line services? I will never be an ATT customer again, I also cancelled my ATT internet plan.

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    Reviewed May 12, 2023

    I have had AT&T Wireless for as long as I can remember.... Years and years. A year ago I upgraded 4 lines, traded in 4. Paid for Apple phones. I was guaranteed no increase in my bill. It would stay the same. Well that was a lie. It went from $232 to $490 to $600 to $800 and I kid you not $1000 this last one. I have called every month and get made promises that are never kept. I am a business owner and this is my business line. I have been weeks without a phone. I called supervisor, waited over 2 hours for him to get on phone only for him to put me on hold in the middle of my sentence for another two hours, and then he hung up. Over 4 hours to get hung up on. I can't get help and I need it. It is a mistake on ATT and they are trying to make me responsible for it.

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    Reviewed May 11, 2023

    I am an elderly gentleman whose flip phone finally gave out. I ordered a new one by telephone. I thought that all I would have to do would be to slip the new battery in, follow a few simple instruction, and it would be ready to go. What I got was a do-it-yourself kit full of instructions not appropriate for my age group and a whole box full of little gadgets to do this and that to the new phone. My eyes glazed over. I actually had a nosebleed. A young (65 y.o) friend looked it over and he too didn't understand any of it. So off we went to The AT&T Store on Washington Road in Evans, GA, where a nice young lady, Connie **, had it ready to roll in 10 minutes. What wonderful service from a small town AT&T store and Connie.

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    Reviewed May 2, 2023

    My husband passed away on January 12th of 2023. On March the 17th my husband’s ATT Apple iPhone Pro Max was stolen from a car. On April 3rd, I came to an ATT location to report a stolen phone to get it replaced and I produced a Death Certificate to change ATT account from my deceased husband’s name into my name. I provided a statement that showed that there was up to date insurance to cover the loss of my husband’s phone.

    The customer server’s name was Charles. It was not what I asked for, but Charles had closed my husband’s account ** and opened a brand-new account in my name only # **. Then Charles instructed me to give it a couple of days and to contact an insurance website www.Asurion.com (protectadvantage.att.com), he wrote on a copy of the bill, in order to create a claim to replace my husband’s phone. What I had no way of knowing at that time is the fact that Charles did not transfer the insurance coverage for a stolen phone from my husband’s account to the new one he created for me. Several days later, when I tried to file a case for a stolen phone, I was told that the lost phone was not covered by insurance.

    It took several additional calls and explanations of this situation before we were told to go back to the store in order to resolve this problem. I came back to the same store again on April 11th (one week later) and with the help of a customer service rep. explaining the situation on the phone for several hours, we were finally able to create a claim #** to replace a stolen phone. When we called the insurance company to check the status of the claim when after several days we have not heard back, we were told that our claim has been denied because we did not provide proof of insurance coverage when the account was transferred in my name. After several more phone calls we were told that in order to get the proof of insurance ATT needs to log in to my husband’s account.

    When I told them I had no password for my deceased husband’s account, I was told to go back to the ATT store to resolve that. Finally, I was told by ATT that my husband’s account was deleted (only a couple of weeks after it had been closed) and there was no way to check if the phone was ever insured and therefore it cannot be replaced. According to ATT, the copy of the paid bill showing insurance coverage was not acceptable proof. I believe all this was done intentionally to prevent the stolen phone from being replaced. All the time and aggravation in trying to get ATT to honor their insurance coverage had been for nothing. To add insult to my injury, I am still paying for the stolen phone and for its service. ATT is intentionally stealing from their customers.

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    Reviewed April 14, 2023

    I became customer with ATT since Nov 2022. Today it is April 13, 2023. Since I became customer with them, I am calling them every month couple of times to fix billing issues. They have habit of inflating the bill and if you don't call them, they will keep the difference! After 5 months, my bill is still not stabilized, it is dancing every month up and down. Most of the time missing agreed promotions. Very lousy service, lot of time gets wasted. I never had to call my previous carrier for billing issues. But ATT wants me to call twice a month minimum if I don't want to pay them extra bonus!! Beware of the billing issue before you sign up with them!

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    Reviewed April 12, 2023

    I was promised by a rep on April 10th that my payment arrangement could be extended to the 18th. Lie #1, they shut my service off anyways on the 12th. So I live chatted them again to remind them of what previous rep stated - they would not honor her commitments to me even though it was in writing. Told me to pay 100.24 so I did. They posted it to my internet account instead of my phone bill and would not switch it over and wanted another 100.24 to turn on my phone. I told them I did as Nicolas stated today and paid what he said to pay to get my phone on and you guys aren't honoring that rep either. Just a bunch of liars! I was with T Mobile 13 years and should have never switched.

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    Reviewed April 12, 2023

    Unclear status of my wireless cancellation after more than a month. I contacted this company many times to get the status, and after an hour ** digital customer service, no result. I still don't know what is going on and if my money has been refunded or not. The customer service is only helpful if they want to sell. Anyways they are not worth to waste your time; and you always have disconnection, for instance no connection in a elevated area, even in the city. Stay away from AT&T!

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    Reviewed April 11, 2023

    Set up my bill which is close to 500.00 a month for 3 phones on a payment agreement. I received text and email stating that the service was going to be suspended. I called customer service provided the info on the agreement. I explained that due to the tornado we had to move and needed to have the arrangements honored. They informed me that because I missed the arrangements on the 6th it won’t be happening. I explained that I also have internet and they took that payment and couldn’t transfer to wireless.

    I was told that it was my fault and that they wouldn’t keep service on. I asked them how was it my fault when I clicked in each separate account number and entered the info on each account number. So the call ended with it being my fault it wasn’t, and they weren’t helping anyone out that got displaced by the tornado. This company only knows 2 statements 1. "It’s not our fault, it is the customers." 2. "We can’t do anything to help you." Needless to say, I will be searching out other providers.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPricePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaffBilling

    Reviewed April 10, 2023

    ATT charged me over $1500.00 for a 3rd line (Promo) I didn’t know that I had and never used. When I changed carriers on 02/22/23, I called customer service at ATT to make sure the mystery line was canceled. ATT customer service didn’t know how it got there or what it was. They were sorry for the inconvenience and will make sure it it taken out of service. But, no refund of the money that I didn’t owe!! But, no balance due, all done. Not happy. Oh, Direct TV next. They said all done, no balance due. On March 15th I received an email that said that my online bill was ready and that an auto pay was scheduled for $140.39 on March 1st. Went online at ATT. Said I owe $140.39. Clicked on view bill. Sent me to Direct TV website where it said no balance due. Clicked view bill. It said, "Sorry. No bill." Called Customer Service. They said that I should pay it to Direct TV (which showed no balance due and no bill).

    “Two customer service reps already checked and told me I didn’t owe anything else and that everything was taken care of. They assured me that I’m all done even though they charged me over $1500 for an unknown mystery line that they couldn’t even explain what it was for or how it got there. I was not happy! But, they assured me I’m all set. No more problems! Now after all of the assurances, you say that I owe $140.39 for something that I never received a bill for, and both ATT and Direct TV sites say there is no bill. Direct TV’s site says no balance due and ATT’s website has only a scheduled auto pay $140.39 on March 1st.” They said sorry for the inconvenience.

    Customer service was calm and polite as they basically told me “Sorry you got ripped off for over $1500 dollars that we can’t explain. And now sorry you were told everything was taken care and now you owe us money with no bill, but we can send you a bill.” Customer service is polite, but there is no customer service. ATT, never again! And, I told them so. They said “Have a nice day.”

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    Reviewed April 8, 2023

    Reps will promise savings if you switch, but when all is said and done, you will be paying more than other carriers. They promise device trade in and discount amounts that are not accurate or greatly inflated. Then when trying address these issues it will be a nightmare dealing with customer service.

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    Reviewed March 31, 2023

    AT&T is hands down the worst service I have ever had. DO NOT USE. I got their service on February 11, 2023. I was charged almost $200 for the slightly over two weeks of February I had their (garbage) service. On March 11 I got another bill for $130.48, but was not aware of it cause their app never seems to want to work. After getting frustrated with their service never working when I needed it to (explained below), I called on March 16 to cancel. My services with AT&T were stopped immediately. So, I have had NO cell service from them from March 16 to this very day (March 31), yet I am still being billed for it. I still had to pay it. And even after paying IN FULL, I still have no service. Though it has been paid for.

    I will NEVER use them again. EVER. I don't care if they were the last cell phone service in the world, I would never use them again. Not only does their service not work most of the time, but they charge you even when you cancel for service not provided. I was billed on March 11 (which, again, I didn't know cause their app is garbage and whenever I tried to log in I was stuck on an eternal buffer screen).

    I called them to cancel AT&T entirely on the 16th of March, after only having 5 days of service and STILL had to pay the full $130.48 amount. For service I did not receive. The useless customer service rep I spoke with told me that the woman who I had spoken with about cancelling should not have terminated the services rendered until the next billing cycle because I was on the hook for the full amount, from March 11 until April 11. So, even though I had absolutely no service from March 16 until this very day, March 31. And even after paying their ** price (for a service they did not provide), the phone still has no service even though I ALREADY PAID FOR IT. AT&T is, to me, nothing but a scam, filled with nothing but crooks.

    And I should mention that even when I HAD service on the phone, it almost never worked. Which is why I cancelled them in the first place. At the grocery shop? Nope, no service. Had to step outside in the freezing cold to get a signal. In my own home? Nope, sorry, no can do. Still had to step outside to get a single bar. AT&T is absolute trash. I cannot say this strongly enough: DO NOT USE THEM. Literally ANYWHERE else would be better.

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    Reviewed March 29, 2023

    AT&T has a program for returning a problem device that has caused me a great deal of trouble. After sending my problem device to them using their method of return, the returned device was stolen. Then AT&T accused me of foul play. The office of the president got involved after I opened a BBB complaint against them. The representative failed to do a complete and unbiased investigation into the missing device, and sided with the false report that I had returned a device that was not the specific device I was supposed to return to them.

    For nearly a year now I have been plagued with issues with my credit report, false accusations, suspension of service forcing me to go to another company, locking my account so I couldn't go to another wireless company... the list goes on. Now any job that does a credit background check won't hire me because of the false accusation that I owe AT&T $998 (for the stolen device). It is their return method that is flawed, and I'm suffering for their mistake. Stay far far away from AT&T!! Thieves!!

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    Reviewed March 25, 2023

    I canceled my service with ATT because their customer service was terrible, and I could get a better plan for less with T-Mobile. I had a phone and tablet. They canceled the phone, because I had the number ported out. Since the tablet was old and barely working I didn't need the number, yet att continued charging, on auto pay, for that line, even after I was assured the service was canceled. Att refuses to refund their charges.

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    Reviewed March 24, 2023

    I went to the ATT store and traded in my old iPhone 12pro max for a new iPhone 14 pro max. This transaction took place in November 2, 2022. Within a few hours of signing the contract, I received an email a return label which I will attach as proof. I waited about a week until my new phone came in. I then activated my new phone, followed all instructions and mailed everything at the post office on November 10, 2022.

    It has been 5 months since I have been waiting for the rebates as credits on my phone bill but ATT refused to make good on the rebates. In other words, ATT failed to provide legal consideration. It is important to note that ATT acknowledged having received my old iPhone 12 pro max but it went to the newest warehouse based on the label that was provided to me. This is not my fault. I have made a total of 27 calls to customer service only to be given the run around each time.. ATT CUSTOMER SERVICE created a total of 7 tickets only to send me messages stating that the ticket has been solved and closed. It appears to me this is a common problem with this company.

    Today, I finally had enough of bad customer service with ATT. This is wrong. ATT had no intention of keeping its end of the bargain. I asked to get my phone back only to be told that “it was final". My old phone can't be sent back. This is by far the worst customer service I've ever experienced. I should not be held liable for mistakes that I did not make. Clearly, the mistake is from their end. ATT needs to stop treating its customer like sub human. I will never do business with ATT. I will make sure I post plenty of reviews discouraging others from doing business with ATT. I am sure this has happened to thousand of ATT customers. It is wrong and unethical, this unfair and predatory business practices must be stopped.

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    Reviewed March 22, 2023

    Promised by Rep:

    A) $1000 credit for 1st trade in and $350 for 2nd trade in. Questioned evaluation several times in disbelief. Rep assured us we'd get $1,000 & $350. Rep told us we didn't have to hand over phones for 30 days and encouraged us to take them home to make sure everything transferred. When we returned, they told us not trade-in eligible.

    B) Rep told us the 3 line Unlimited plan would be less than the 2 line Unlimited plan and that after those promised trade-in credits, our monthly bill would only increase from $132 to $164. Again, questioned Rep MULTIPLE times in disbelief and he assured us accuracy. Even heard him pitch the same "savings" to the lady he starting helping after us while we waited for phones to transfer data.... Received 1st monthly bill and it is $300.73. Store told us to call Loyalty Dept to dispute. Loyalty Dept told us we had to go to store to dispute.

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    After a positive interaction with AT&T Wireless, John increased their star rating on March 23, 2023.

    Updated review: March 23, 2023

    Edit 3/23/23: I put in an official dispute through the AT&T website. I received a call from the office of the president today. They are honoring our promotion and talking to all groups concerned to address my type of issue going forward. The Lady also gave me her phone information to correspond about this issue if needed. I couldn't have asked for a quicker or more honorable response.

    Original Review: March 21, 2023

    We got a new phone as per a promotion and they were supposed to be free as per said promotion upon receipt of our old phone. We sent in a perfectly good phone but did not receive the credit because they stated that the screen does not turn on and they can't send us the phone back as proof that it does not work. What is to stop them from doing this with everyone.

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    Reviewed March 21, 2023

    AT&T at Costco gave us a written quote to move from T-Mobile at price 'x' a month and when real monthly bill comes, neither the monthly recurring charge, nor promos to move from T-Mobile to AT&T match the promised written quote. As a consumer, I have made at least 10 calls to AT&T, have visited Costco booth 3 times and none of them are able to standby what was promised - they all keep apologizing and agree that it was a mistake and yet no solution. I feel this is a clear theft and scam to attract customers to move from other telecom company and worst thing is we cannot complain to any legal entity. We as customers are suffering with service provider monopoly and they are doing these scams without any fear of law. They are simply thieves who should be behind bars like any other criminal.

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    Reviewed March 17, 2023

    I have been an AT&T customer for over 22 years. I was approached at a retail store by an AT&T salesman. I told him we’re already a customer but lately thinking about changing to another carrier. He quickly promised to give me a great deal, new phones for all 3 lines we currently have. He proceeded to sign me up for 2 free phones, unlimited data and calls, my bill will be lower. Seemed like it’s too good to be true and I asked him what’s the catch. He said, "No catch, you’re a VIP customer and we want to keep you." I told him I will speak with my husband and call him in an hour. He said, "Just sign now and you can call me to cancel," and gave me his number.

    After signing he then proceeded to give me a form to return my current phones for the new one which I didn’t want to do since we bought and paid for our phones in full a year ago. again he said, "Call me and will work it work. I promise." Of course the number he gave me was fake. I went home and read the emails that came after signing at the store, I found out were that the offer comes with 3 year contract and to accept the offer I can’t keep my phones, I have to accept the new phones and trade my own which are a year old phones that we paid full price for. Also my new bill was $32 more. Called the VIP line 2 hours after I signed to cancel everything, they didn’t want to cancel and said the escalation department will be calling me within 24 hours and they will move mountains for me.

    Five days later, no calls from escalation dept. We received the new phones but will not even open the box. Finally after several calls over 5 days, they gave me the number and ext. for the escalation dept. But of course I keep getting a messages that the person at that ext. is not in the office. Spoke with another person and they said, "We will reassign and you will be getting a call within 24 hours." No calls came through, called again to just cancel and get me a return label for the phones then I was told the supervisor called me but it showed my number is bad. I’m calling from that number which is an AT&T number, I haven’t received any calls. I feel defrauded and now I’m angry

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    Reviewed March 16, 2023

    AT&T are criminals. Was told if I left T-Mobile for AT&T they would lower my bill to $115 and I would get two free phones. All I had to do is trade my old phones in. But they don't let you just hand them in right then and there. You have to wait for a kit that comes in the mail. But the kit never comes. Even after you call twice and have video recordings of their agents say, "We're resending them." Then you call again and they tell you, "We can't take them now 'cause it's past 30 days," even though they didn't send the necessary kit to return them. Have a recording from their agent telling me I can't just FedEx the phones. They have to come in the kit that they never provide then try to hold you responsible. So I go from a promise of $115 a month and two free phones to now having to pay full price for the phones and getting bills for $220 a month. But hey, they offered me a $10 discount.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceStaffBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed March 13, 2023

    They send in-home experts to your home to give you a great deal, and then you realize that you were scammed pretty bad. I was a very happy T-Mobile customer for 6 years with $140 for 5 lines. When I get ATT Internet, an ATT agent came and gave me $132 (total after all the taxes and charges) for 4 lines deal. I switched it, but it turns out he was lying. The monthly bill is indeed about $200. When I called call center, they say I "misunderstand" the deal. How convenient. Good scam. Very rude and terrible customer service, too. STAY AWAY!!!

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    Reviewed March 12, 2023

    I have been a customer with AT&T for years but fell prey to their shady business practices that and was charged hundreds of dollars unnecessarily. I was looking to add a line for one of my children. I contacted them via phone and they stated that I was eligible for an upgrade. (As their business commercials say everyone gets the same deals.) They had direct access to my account and knew of the current phones that I had on my account. I was quoted that to upgrade 4 phones with them for our current lines would only cost me about $5 per phone. Verbally I verified that this was with my current phones I would trade-in. They verified this several times during the call.

    When my first bill arrived I was charged 600% increase per line at $30 a piece ($120 total). I figured this was due to the overlap for my phones to arrive and for me to send in the phones. Thought it was a simple error. I took the trade-in-phones to the store to drop them off and then was informed that the credit was not what I was told over the phone and that the trade in value was much lower and that the month cost of the phones would continue to be 500% above what I was told originally.

    I tried to resolve the issue several times via phone and spent hours talking with agents only to repeatedly be lied to about the issue and push it down the road. In order to not be tied into a company with shady business practices I sent the phones back to them with in 30 days of receiving them. Here they screwed me a gain and charged $55 per phone restocking fee -- wouldn't waive it despite the initial misrepresentation of the costs of the new phones.

    Two months later I'm still waiting for many of the billing issues to resolved that occurred with the activation fees of new phones, return, etc. The agent that I spoke with originally had blatantly lied to get a sale. They chose not to honor it. Charged me exorbitantly for it all. These are all shady business practices and I'm sure to not have been the first and won't be the last to fall to this predatory business practice. I couldn't switch fast enough after the fiasco of this whole thing and will not do business with them again.

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    Reviewed March 6, 2023

    Bunch of criminals working at the AT&T warehouse. I sent back my trade in phone, a Note 10 in mint condition, and months after I never see the credit on my bill, they tell me they didn't receive my phone, instead the received some old flip phone. And now I lose on $800. Case #** was created and final outcome was that I lose on on $800 because AT&T has criminals working in their warehouse.

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    Reviewed March 4, 2023

    I have bad hearing and purchased ear buds upon recommendation of the sales person. Did not help at all. I tried to return them and they refused because it was more than 2 weeks. I have used them for over 20 years and pay $300 per month and they did nothing to help. I am switching services tomorrow. I recommend never use AT&T.

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    Reviewed March 2, 2023

    I purchased a Apple watch in Nov 22. Upon receiving the watch, the watch had many errors setting it up. I called AT&T support for the Apple watch and they attempted to correct the problem and failed. AT&T then referred me to Apple support and Apple support attempted to correct the issues and failed, Apple support then stated that the Apple watch would have to be replaced by AT&T under warranty and contacted AT&T support and told AT&T to replace the watch under warranty.

    I then paid a tax of around $49.00 to have the watch replaced. I then received a new replacement Apple watch with no instruction on how or where to return the broken Apple watch. I called AT&T support to assisted me in setting the replacement watch up successfully. I waited several months (3) for AT&T to tell me how and where to return the broken Apple watch. I received an email from AT&T stating that they were going charge me $777.00 for the broken Apple watch because I failed to return the broken Apple watch. I then called AT&T to see where was I to return to and I was told, "Well 30 days went by so you're stuck with the broken watch and we are going to charge you for it." I have been a loyal AT&T customer for over 20 years and they screwed me over with no regards to my loyalty. Be very careful on purchasing products from AT&T as they will screw you over every time if given the opportunity.

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    Reviewed March 1, 2023

    In late December 2022, someone went into an AT&T "Authorized Retailer" store 100 miles from where I live, and was able to open a new wireless account, and get a brand new Apple iPhone, using my personal information. The personal information was probably obtained from one of those big, recent, corporate data breaches. AT&T won't share what kind of identification was presented (probably a fake driver's license).

    But here's the thing..... AT&T has known this kind of identity theft/account fraud is a big problem since at least 2011. There are very simple security measures that can be used to prevent it. In my case, the perpetrator put his (fake?) name in front of mine [Juan **]... that should have been a red flag. The store didn't ask for a second form of identification (something AT&T's Asset Protection department recommends). AT&T got my credit reports before the fraudulent account was opened... "Juan **" isn't listed on my credit reports, and the stolen credit card number that was used isn't associated with my credit history.

    I'm almost 70 years old... my birth date is on my credit report. Yet they let a 20/30 year old use my information without questioning the age discrepancy. The perpetrator was unable to access my email account. Yet AT&T allowed my email address to be used with the fraudulent account without requiring that the perpetrator prove that he had access to my email account. [Getting approved to post on this forum involved significantly more security hurdles (including 2-step verification of my email address) than what the perpetrator was required to do to open the fraudulent wireless account using my personal information... now that's REALLY frightening and sad]

    And like many others in a similar situation, I went through the AT&T "Global Fraud Management" process (what a ** joke), and got told the claim was denied and I was responsible for the charges (over $750 as of March 1, 2023). So I elevated the matter to AT&T's CEO. They supposedly (under threat of (Edited per community guidelines)) have cancelled the account, and expunged my liability (we'll see).

    I did AT&T Global Fraud Management's job for them (locked the perpetrator out of the account; blocked use of the device; locked the transfer PIN; disconnected the autopay credit card). Now I want to be compensated for my time, and all the stress, anxiety, and aggravation involved with protecting my credit from damage, and resolving the mess caused by AT&T's gross negligence. Stay tuned - a class action lawsuit may be in the making.

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    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2023

    At BJ's in New York, They offered me to transfer the carrier from T-Mobile to AT&T. They offered a trade-in promotion of three lines and three new iPhone 14 for my business account. I had three devices for trade-in: an iPhone12 pro 128gbt, an iPhone11 65gbt, and a Samsung old fashion phone. AT&T sent me an email; rebel for trad-in. I packed devices individually in three boxes and sent them from USPS. I have a tracking record.

    That month, they sent me a bill for over $600, including the activation fees. I called AT&T; they said they don't have a record of receiving the devices. I waited. The following month and this month, they sent me a bill of $300 more each, which the promotion said would be around $200 monthly. I called At&T, and they sent me a strange picture of the Samsung device. It's been opened, the cover at the back, and removed a battery. They said the machine had no battery. Therefore, they cannot give me credit. They also stated they had not received my other devices, so there is no credit for my service.

    I took a picture of the devices from the screen. I took the images of the device to capture the serial number, IME #, and other information before I shipped them to AT&T, which is only possible to take photos with storing the battery. I also have a tracking number for the shipping. I assume they have stolen the money from the clients in that way. I even canceled the service with them, at least I paid over 1200 during the period for AT&T and also purchased devices. This is entirely A Fraud promotion. I spoked everyone to be cautious with their advertising.

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    Sales & MarketingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Feb. 24, 2023

    They lie to get your service with false things then when you tell them what was said they tell you they don't see any promotion then stuck for 3 years... Don't ever get any services from them. Find a better service.

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    Customer ServiceTechPricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Feb. 23, 2023

    This is the most expensive of all wireless phone plan by a large margin. Many times I make a call and it simply says, "We cannot complete your call at this time" and to call you back later. After doing that a couple of times I just use another phone and the call goes through just fine. I'm stuck with them for another two years because I had to sign a contract with them and it will cost $2000 to get out of it. Stay away from these guys.

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    Reviewed Feb. 23, 2023

    I traded in my iPhone 11 for an iPhone 12 Mini around November 23, 2020 using AT&T's Trade-in program by mail/email (not by going into a store), which gave something like $700 off for an eligible trade in. My iPhone 11 met criteria without a doubt so I went for it. The initial online trade in process was easy and I received the new phone immediately. But I never received the return shipping label for the 11 and that's where it all went awry.

    I was out of town for several weeks at the time (held mail), and received the new phone while away, but did not receive the return label either by regular mail at the same location I received the new phone or by email. Got home, no label in my held mail. On Dec. 9, 2020, I contacted AT&T through the Trade-in site to re/send the label and got an immediate auto-reply telling me I would receive the label in 5-7 days, but I did not receive by mail or email. Contacted again on Dec. 16, 2020, same thing- auto-reply but no label.

    Called AT&T on Jan 5, 2021, and spoke with someone who finally emailed me a return shipping label. I return shipped the phone immediately. My original understanding was that I had 45 days to return, which is why I was scrambling by Jan 5 (close to the 45-day window from initiating the trade-in). I tracked the phone but it stalled at a warehouse and I started to be charged for monthly installments for the full price of the iPhone 12 mini.

    I began calling in early April 2021 to get to the bottom of it (I have a busy day job so not a lot of time to devote to this). Since then, I have called on at least 12 different occasions being told variously that it was taken care of and I should start seeing credits back to my account for the monthly installments (I'd see one or 2 and then it would stop so I'd call again), that a "bot would apply credits randomly" which of course never happened, or that the customer service person didn't understand why this was happening over and over.

    Finally yesterday, Feb 22, 2023, after speaking with an AT&T customer who was clueless but gave me an 877 number to call and then the 877 person telling me I had to file a case at a different 800 number, the 800 number person actually told me that he could see that my trade-in had registered in the AT&T system back in Jan 2021 and he couldn't understand why it was showing up on my bill. After being on the phone with AT&T for 1.5hrs already yesterday, I had to hop off to lead my own work call which effectively set me back.

    Today, Feb 23, I called that 800 number again to re-explain the whole saga. By the end of the hour, I'd been told that a) AT&T has record of sending me the shipping label back in Nov 2020 (the one I never received); b) AT&T would not have resent me the label following my 2 follow up contacts in Dec. 2020 since they'd (apparently) sent it already, nevermind that their system generated auto-replies telling me I'd receive a label; and c) AT&T's records show that I sent my phone back outside of the now 30-day window and so I couldn't get the credit and that was that. They hung up.

    So, I realize I've spent at least my supposed $700 trade-in savings in my time and effort to chase this thing down; but if I had wanted to buy the iPhone 12 full price so soon after buying an 11 full price and not take advantage of the trade-in, I would have just done that. Instead, I purposely opted to trade-in based on all of the trade-in criteria and my good faith effort to do my part. I'm angry that AT&T just threw their hands up and didn't honor their trade in. A convenient he said/she said to get me to pay for the phone in the end. I'll never do an AT&T trade-in again and I'll never recommend that anyone else do it either.

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    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2023

    After 15 years being AT&T customer, I realized AT&T is not a reliable provider. I did a trade in within Christmas as a Christmas gift to my husband. On the required condition, AT&T said required to turn in the old devices within 30 DAYS OF ACTIVATION. My husband did not activate the phone right away until I could convince him to use the new phone on 01/20/2023. Upon talking to AT&T's rep on the same day, he confirmed that I was qualified for the full promotion, he asked me to go ahead to activate the phone and turned in my old phones. I activated the new phone on 01/20/23 (the same day) and turned in the old phone on 01/23/23. To be more careful, I got the reference number for this conversation. Upon turning in my old phones, they then today told me that I am not qualified for the full promotion at $1,000/device, my phone is now only worth of $280/device Iphone 12 Pro Max 128 GB while Apple trade in for a similar type is at $400.

    AT&T is not honest on the paper of 30 DAYS OF ACTIVATION for their promotion, all the reps talked in different ways and gave you faulty different information that you ended up being the victim after all as they do not honest anything at all. I finally feel like being robbed!!! AT&T definitely does not have a good business manner and practice!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & SpeedBillingRates

    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2023

    They have a sneaky phone payment plan. Say the phone price is $700 and you trade your phone in and they give you $500. Well you would think hey. I can pay that off easy. Nope you will make payments for 3 years, or you will pay the full amount. The sales people are so quick to get you they don't tell you this.

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    Reviewed Feb. 20, 2023

    Wonderful company - I have had AT&T Prepaid for a couple weeks, going on month and the company has been great! The service is reliable, and the customer care team has been nothing short of amazing. I remember when I was activating my phone and I was short by a couple dollars, the rep who was awesome did a credit, helped me and had my service up and running with no issues. The plans are great, the website works like a charm. However, I do wish a mobile app was offered for the prepaid side, but that's okay. I will give this company a solid 10/10. I have never encountered issues with signal, customer care, or being dramatically congested and slowed down. Truly unlimited for $65.00 is a deal. That's for sure! I highly recommend AT&T Prepaid!!!!

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    Customer ServiceTechPriceBilling

    Reviewed Feb. 19, 2023

    At the end of last year, I got a new deal from AT&T that there is no any charge when I trade -in my iPhone 13 to iPhone 14. I had returned my iPhone 13 in the November last year, and they also issued one receipt to recognize that the shop had received my iphone13. In January this year, I found AT&T add the $999 equipment fee to my account for my new iphone 14. Then I called in to the customer service, one guy said I no need to pay the $999 since they had received my iphone13. But now in February, I have received the $999 bill again! What the poor service quality is in the customer service department? The customer service is nothing!!! They just want you to sign up the new contract, otherwise it is nothing and nothing!!! I rather than giving zero star review!

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    Reviewed Feb. 19, 2023

    I have been a customer for over 2 years and our family has 3 lines (mine is the primary). We use QuickPay, so when invoices are ready, AT&T is supposed to send me an email alert to my inbox. In order to open the invoice link, AT&T sends a security code. However, they keep sending the code to the wrong lines (i.e., the other two lines, not mine).

    Over the past two years, I have been fighting with AT&T to add mine line to receive the code. I have spoken to numerous billing employees, supervisors, and IT, who keep saying they'll "make the substitute" to add my line, but they have failed to do so over these two years, no matter how many times I can and how many times they assure me the change has been made. One of the IT techs even said "this is a yahoo problem." How in the world is my email carrier responsible for AT&T not adding or changing my number on MY account??? They even told me I needed to speak to the digital team...for which they then gave me an erroneous phone number. So much for customer "service."

    Eventually, I got through to someone and, at my insistence, they agreed to send me a hard copy of the invoice and NOT bill me, since this error was clearly AT&T's fault. They acknowledged the issue was theirs and agreed to my suggestion. Guess who just got billed for the paper invoice. But at least, finally, after two years, can now apparently get the access code to view the invoices.

    Although I am quite satisfied with the mobile service itself, it seems that correcting what appears to be a very simple problem may be beyond customer service's abilities. Anyone thinking about using AT&T mobile service should keep this experience in mind. (To save myself from possible retribution from AT&T, the preceding statement is strictly my opinion based on my experiences.)

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePriceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 12, 2023

    I purchased a brand new phone from a local store here and got home only to find out it has no service at all. I get zero signal bars. Walked a few blocks in both directions and still the same. When placing a call to 611 it just says "call ended" instantly. I also get a "No Service" message. I never even got a chance to activate the phone, nor would I now want to knowing there is no service. I bought the phone after researching the coverage map on the ATT website which states very clearly complete 4G coverage. The store where I purchased is unable to help with the matter, and I don't think it's their problem anyway.

    After all, ATT stated service when no service. In order to not be stuck with an expensive paperweight I would like to have it unlocked so I can use one of the carriers who do have good signals here. PaolaL Social Media Specialist left me on hold for 2 hours and never answered me. According to the TOS I should be able to unlock it under these circumstances. I don't think it's legal to sell a product I can't use, that's actual theft.

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    Reviewed Feb. 12, 2023

    Worst customer service ever! I did a wireless trade-in on July 4, 2022, the phones were supposed to be shipped to us, but only 1 was ever received. I called Loyalty several times to tell them that we hadn't received the phones and their only response was to check the tracking, which didn't show ANYTHING. Finally, 5 weeks later we went to a bigger store and told them what was going on to see if they could help or get us new phones. They couldn't see anything in the tracking either, and couldn't cancel it, but instead of filing a report for a stolen phone, they just created new records to sell us new phones. We thought everything was fine until November when we were billed $800 for those missing phones.

    I have called and complained numerous times. I've complained in the store. I've complained to the Area Manager Mike **. I've had them create stolen phone reports, and reimbursement incidents in my behalf and everything keeps getting rejected because it's been over 90 days since the initial shipment. I know that! AT&T waited 4 months to bill me for it, and now they want to blame me for waiting too long to report it stolen. And despite all the notes on my account about this, and all the times I've spoken to "Loyalty" they STILL turned out phones off and forced me to pay $700 to turn them back on! AND they have me running all over town talking to UPS trying to track down proof that it wasn't delivered, like their errand boy. As a customer I should NOT have to do AT&T's job for them, and I should NOT be charged for something I have been telling them since July that I did not receive!

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    Customer ServiceTechSales & MarketingPriceBillingRatesTransparencyHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Feb. 8, 2023

    I had a trade-in in 10/2021 with $0 installment after trade-in. After a year I still get billed in the full price and I made a complain. I got case number in 08/2022 and the decision was to activate the discount and give me rebate for the amount paid. Now it's 2/2023 and the change never happened. I call again and now the explanation is that I failed to qualify because activation lock was not unlocked (which I strongly believed it's not the case because I followed the instruction to do it). When I check the trade-in status until now, it still said "Trade Completed and Payment Sent". So now, I never get the promo and I lost my iPhone XR that was in a good working condition because of their lies. Customer loyalty program can't do anything for other than "I can feel your disappointment". Time to change providers.

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    Customer ServicePriceRefunds & PayoutsMaintenanceStaffResolution

    Reviewed Feb. 5, 2023

    Started new cellphone service with AT&T at their store at Sam's Club in Brooksville, FL and it took a couple weeks to get our new cellphones mailed to us. With a week after receiving them, my Pixel 6a came with someone else’s name and number in it. Within another week it stopped charging then cut off on its own and so I went back in to let them know my phone needed to be switched to another and why. They said they would try to figure out what to do. They did not contact me back. Started making calls to AT&T and nothing done. About the 4th call, they gave me a case number and said the escalation department would call me. 3 weeks went by and no resolution.

    More complaints and calls made and 3 more trips to Sams club with no help. Went to a local store and they took the SIM card out and put it in an old phone of mine so I would have reliable service. The store explained that Sams Club is not a store therefore they can’t help with sending my phone back as no store number which it must have for a return. Here I am 8 weeks out denied by the escalation department twice. I have a broken Pixel 6 A which is total junk and am using my old phone and having to pay for the junk. I am planning on filing a lawsuit against AT&T. I hope to inconvenience them as much as they have me.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsBillingLoan Process

    Reviewed Jan. 29, 2023

    I have been a LONG-TERM customer with AT&T over many years and through ALL of their 'name changes'.. But over recent years, if I forget to pay my bill (I mean by less than a day-sometimes even hours ) they hit me (US) with a RIDICULOUSLY HIGH 'late fee' that amounts to 17% of my total monthly phone bill! NOBODY else does that (unless it's a 'LOAN SHARK' on the streets!!) They don't even have the decency to give say 24 to 72 hours (one to 4 days!!) when every 'CIVILIZED' company (like credit cards, loans etc) give 7 to 10 days!! I'm disabled and living on a fixed income and ALWAYS pay my bill. I'm a few hours to a couple days late maybe 2 to 3 times a year.. Mainly from forgetting because it's a Holiday or some like occurrence!! I see that AT&T has NO LOYALTY to their customers of MANY years..even decades so I think I will finally (like everyone else I know) find a NEW and BETTER phone company!!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceStaffBillingRates

    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2023

    We have had a this account before AT&T owned the company, it was called X-Cingular, 20 tears ago. This past summer, my mother wanted a new phone and saw an ad for a Samsung Galaxy Flip Z, FREE with qualifying trade in. I called August 16th 2022, was told my trade-ins qualified...received a phone that was broke on arrival and no boxes or labels to return. Called in September and October, spend over 20 hours cumulative with AT&T customer service, got cussed at by Tech support, wound up culminating in getting credits applied and assured mailing labels and boxes would arrive with my replacement phone imminently. Most all of November passed before I called. Was told that no record of the calls in October existed.

    Called back in December and finally reached an American who sent a replacement phone and boxes/shipping labels...but the warranty replacement was the wrong phone. I called back...and was told that it had been too long and I had to pay full price for my phones. I said I just got the boxes in December and didn't even have the correct phone yet. My mother, who is older and has cognitive issues called and they told her that it was MY fault for not returning the devices!! So I left AT&T, went to a competitor and they gave me an AMAZING deal and with the FCC credits they told me about, I actually won't even have a phone bill for a year, so in the end that worked out okay. My mother and I aren't talking anymore over it though, and that sucks.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Jan. 18, 2023

    If the CS department's goal is to irritate you then they are providing a great service. Tried to track down an issue with a credit that I was owed through, first, chat then call AND I was disconnected a total of 5 times. Wasted over an hour of my time and got nowhere. It appears that anything that requires more than 5-minutes of their time and you are disconnected. As soon as my phone is paid off OR I find another solution I am switching to another carrier.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingOnline & AppStaffBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 14, 2023

    AT&T had a promotion that if you bring your phone and port your number they will give you $250 credit per line so my husband and I left Verizon to go to AT&T. We took two of our own phones, got two new phones, and added two iPads. We started service online but their system wouldn’t accept my husband’s driver’s license for some reason so he had to go in to the store. He went to a corporate store and was told the promo would apply in 1-2 billing cycles. It did NOT. We called them, told them what happened, told them we have proof, and they refused to honor the promotion, saying that we started service in a store, even though we had several screenshots showing that we did start it online. We spoke to managers, had it escalated… and they refuse to honor it. On top of them being crooked liars, their service is crappy and glitchy. We are going back to Verizon and will tell everyone how slimy AT&T is.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsCoverageTechPriceRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2023

    I have been a customer of AT&T Wireless since 1999. I I have had a iPhone since they came out. When upgrading in the past they use to give you credit instantly for your old phone and help with the purchase of your new phone. Well as we all know the cost of new phones is crazy high. I had a iPhone 12 Pro Max and upgraded to the iPhone 13 Promax, I did it on the monthly plan and traded in my 12, got a $1000.00 credit but AT&T spreads the credit out over 36 months. I wanted the iPhone 14, but still owed a balance so I paid it off. I was told my credit would continue by AT&T rep, so I ordered the 14 and sent my 13 in as a trade, btw ATT still owed me $583.00 for credit on the 12. Now they are tell me that since I upgraded they are going to keep my $583. I fulfilled my agreement and paid my phone off, they should fulfill their agreement and pay my $583.00. Seems like they do not want you to upgrade.

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    Customer ServiceTechSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaffBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2023

    Their salespeople are sweet talkers and full of lies! I left my previous and now current phone service provider because I was promised a cheaper bill for the same features. I gave my phone as a trade in for a newer one. A week later, I get a phone bill for $135 with charges I wasn't aware of and wasn't told I would be paying for the phone for 3 months and added services I didn't approve. I immediately called to try and get my phone back and cancel service. The salesperson would not answer and I was told it's at the warehouse. So I had to pay a restocking fee when I gave the phone back and I'm still without my phone.

    I had to buy another phone and restore my previous service. I sent a dispute letter and it took them weeks to send a letter stating the charges are valid. How??? When, I turned the phone in and canceled services within 14 days?? This is pure greed! You can't charge someone for future services when the services are no longer active. A complete waste of money, time and energy. Their customer service can't provide a valid reason.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Jan. 10, 2023

    I closed my account with AT&T Wireless the last week in September 2022. I have called customer service 6-7 times and they continue to give me excuses. They continue to give me phone numbers that are dead ends.

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    Customer ServiceStaffTransparency

    Reviewed Jan. 9, 2023

    So much to write. Thought I wanted to switch to AT&T from Verizon. They completely botched the whole transaction. I subsequently canceled all services and AT&T cut off my service without notifying me. I made several calls to ensure that I had indeed canceled everything and their phones have been received. I had to go into a store to contact them as I had no service. While in the store, I was on the phone for over an hour before I was transferred to fraud where they left me on hold without one word of any update for another HOUR! The store associates couldn’t believe it as well. Sadly, the store associates could do nothing to help move this along. Long story short, AT&T will never be an option for any type of service for my family.

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    Customer ServiceMaintenanceStaffBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2023

    Our family has been with AT&T for several years and I was an AT&T customer before that for some time. Sold their service and worked in the cellular support industry. I have witnessed the withering network maintenance and expansion. Fraudulent device payment plan renewals on phone already 3/4 through the plan. Incompetent support staff and call flow. There is nothing any more special about AT&T over the rest. Hence why I'm still with them. My point is they shouldn't be highly reviewed. They all should be called out for overcharging and underproviding. Like right now. No bulletin of service degradation but this post took an HR to get posted in the Dallas area.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaffBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2023

    Went to the local ATT store to have my watch added to our account. After 45 min of two employees working with it.. they gave me a card with a scan code to do it myself online. I asked if I would be charged before I did this or if it would start after I added my watch. They said there would be no charges until I added my Watch online. I have not added my watch yet and got a bill for an added device for $80 today. Now... trying to call helpline, due to a 7 min wait, I take the "we will call you back in 7 min" option. Two min later I get called back with a message..."A representative will be with you in 9 min". After being on hold for 15 min... they hang up on me!!! They are in the communications business and can't figure out their own system to make it work!!!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2023

    If I could rate AT&T a 0, I would!!! They are rude, not responsive and helpful and they always add extra charges on your account if you don't pay attention! The customer service is the nightmare to deal with! I just left AT & T and that was the best decision I made, I love T-Mobile so far!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2023

    Great service but living in a rural area the service is spotty in some areas, the towers need upgrading, otherwise it's a great phone company .. They treat you like a human and tell you what is wrong w your service.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageTechPriceStaffBilling

    Reviewed Dec. 27, 2022

    I have been an AT&T customer for almost 12 yrs. now and up until four months ago and other than occasional issues with my bill, all was ok. Since August '22 to date (12/28/22) I have called EVERY MONTH to dispute charges for services that are not included in my plan, like insurance, "AT&T Up Next, Unlimited Service, etc. (The outrageous thing happened when I broke my iPhone 14 screen and they denied the claim thru the insurance, because "it was cancelled" and yet, being charged!!!!) Every time I called the Rep stated that it won´t happen again... I´m tired of this game and lack of quality service. Any suggestions other than have to switch wireless provider?

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    Customer ServiceTimeliness

    Reviewed Dec. 25, 2022

    I should have stayed with T-Mobile. Same day phone replacement turned into a week, to many issues to type, and I haven't even been with them for 60 days. I will be filing a complaint with the BBB and FCC.

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    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2022

    I switched to AT&T with the promise of better coverage and savings on monthly service. Service: terrible. Cost: same speed: slower. 2 of 4 lines have constant issues unable to receive/make calls, texts. Constant calls to customer service to complain and fix the issue. Frustrating because you are transferred to the wrong department several time before actually talking to the correct department. I tried to file a complaint within AT&T. When I finally arrived at the right person, a few minutes into the call she went silent and hung up on me. I heard background noise and kept saying hello, hello. She never even tried to call back. I pay my bill. I'm not looking for free service. I just want the service I pay over 300.00 a month for. Not to mention I also have internet and t.v service I pay to AT&T as well. So I am a loyal customer, but I don't receive loyal wireless service.

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2022

    I have been with this company over 6 years and they broke their contract with me this summer. They forced me to change plans. The price of my plan is different every month. I have called 4 different times to get this corrected and never get a resolution. I will be switching carriers. Stay away from this company. They will cheat you. It’s sad they can just break the contract when they choose to.

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    Customer ServiceBilling

    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2022

    @ATTWireless Never received service. Called 13+ times, went to store, and spent HOURS talking to 100% incompetent people yet still made to pay 3 months of bill when SERVICE WAS NEVER ACTIVATED. #worstcompanyever

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    CoverageBilling

    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2022

    I didn't know that AT&T continued auto pay after a customer stopped using it months ago. Therefore, AT&T has received two payments one on 12/7/22 for $166.34 auto pay that I'm NOT signed up for. Another one on 12/8/22 for $168.00 paid cash in the store at the kiosk. I feel that the kiosk should have known that AT&T already received payment the day before. Therefore, the balance should have been zero. I really need AT&T to stop this unauthorized autoplay! I have never had issues like this before with any other merchant. Fix it asap!

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    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2022

    I switched to AT&T due to an ad detailing their prices. Went to the AT&T store and they were very helpful, however, once everything was paid for and we left, everything changed. The new phones were sent with instructions to set them up ourselves. Called the store and told them they told me they would do it, they said that was optional. Had them do the set up. They gave us the labels and boxes to return the old phones. Cleaned all the data and mailed them back in July.

    First bill comes and it is nothing like what the store told us, much more. Went again to the store and they attempted to fix it. Next month, still same and still no credit for the returned phones. The store said it takes 4-5 months to get the credit - really? 4 months later, still no discounts as promised and still no credit on phones. Call them and they say they never received the phones. I have the receipt documents from UPS with signatures from the person who took the packages, sent them over with the phone serial numbers and all the labels, everything. Said they had to investigate, still waiting for a response. 4 months later, nothing is resolved, I should have stayed with T-Mobile. Regret switching to AT&T. I will open a complaint if I do not receive credit for my 2 phones returned.

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    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2022

    In February 2022 during an online chat with a representative of AT&T I was approached with an offer for an iPhone 12 with the total price being $180 paid at $5 a month. During this conversation I specifically asked, "If I decided to leave AT&T I would only have to pay the 180$ minus the $5 monthly payments I had already made." I was told, "Yes that is correct." I went a step further and said, "If the iPhone 12 is only $180 total and I only have to pay the remainder of that total if I leave AT&T before the phone is paid in full, I will take one." Again, I was told, "Yes that is correct." I went online today to pay off the device and it shows I owe $547.47.

    After speaking to numerous employees, I was told by a manager named Aaron that they do not have to honor what was told to me on the chat because the employee made a mistake. I however before agreeing to the upgrade proceeded with due diligence and relied on what I was told by the AT&T employee, and I agreed to the upgrade based completely on what I was told by the employee. I am more than happy to pay the amount for the device that I was quoted, however I should not have to pay for a mistake or even worse deceptive sales practices by an AT&T employee. I have a copy of the chat transcript from AT&T showing exactly what I was told to get me to purchase the device that they now will not honor.

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    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2022

    I had issue with my husband's phone and called customer service feeling frustrated but was greeted with this wonderful young man named Torron! He had such great energy and positive attitude that it just made my day better! I think everyone at customer service could learn from Torron and he deserve stars or medals for putting great ratings for At&t. Torron thank you!

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    Reviewed Nov. 30, 2022

    Supervisor "Nadia **", who refused to provide her ID number, admitted to me that the AT&T store where I bought my phone messed up when they sold me the phone. She said they dropped the ball in recording the proper IMEI number for the phone onto my account and put it under the wrong phone number, even though my daughter has been using another phone number (also listed on the account) for her phone. This has caused an issue with me getting her broken phone repaired through insurance. She said the phone call was being recorded and when I later called her out on admitting the mistake, she said she didn't say that. She is a liar and is willing to lose a cell phone, TV and internet customer over it.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaffHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2022

    Moved 8 phone lines over, well still trying to move them over. Would never do this again. Feel totally misled by the sales rep. 100 % lied to by the sales rep, Can't properly describe the disgust I feel with this company.

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    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2022

    Been with AT&T for over a decade. They used to be a good company but not anymore. One thing is for certain, you will pay much more than they tell you you'll pay. They are very crafty on how they do it. They provide "promotions" that will lock you into a particular amount of time and/or product. The bill they say you will pay seems reasonable, maybe even cheap compared to the service you are getting. The first few months, they explain, will be a little higher until the promotion rate kicks in. This is a strategy called "conditioning". They are conditioning you to realize your plan really costs that much. So when the promotion kicks in, you are relieved to be paying the amount you expected from the beginning. Everything is fine for a while (12-18 months). Then promotions start wearing off. Overnight your bill can jump astronomically.

    For me, I have 5 lines for my entire family. Each line was given a loyalty promotion of $10 - $15 dollars off. This is a promotion that AT&T use to make the plan affordable. This loyalty program is designed to make the plan affordable at the beginning and then after you are well into your contract/installment plan, the loyalty program expires. Now, your plan goes up $50-$75 dollars a month, every month. So now you're paying a lot more for the same product. But there is good news, if you renew, they can offer you the loyalty plan again on a new contract. Starting the cycle all over again. The only way out, pay the extra $50-$75 a month for the next 6-12 months or pay a one time buyout of $200- $450. It's a great system if you own stock in AT&T but not if you are a customer.

    To summarize, their loyalty program just means that you will have to be loyal to them or pay hefty for your freedom. Just sad really, there was a time that I used to praise AT&T. I believed they were the best. Even convinced my wife and her extended family to switch. Most have since paid their way out but we stuck around until AT&T pulled another bait and switch. We are now officially looking (for another option) and willing to pay most anything to stop the bleeding here with AT&T. I miss the good old days when AT&T was a customer centered business.

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    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2022

    I have been a customer of AT&T for decades - and I also have a good portion of stock in this company I have been invested in. I am completely disappointed and frustrated with the experience I have had with AT&T in the last few months. I went in and traded my iPhone in for a new phone. While I was at the store, the salesperson talked me into switching my plan to their new "unlimited" plan. It has been a nightmare since. The amount I was told I would pay is not what I pay now - I pay MUCH more. I tried to return the new phone and end my business - but the store had already sent my phone out - despite it being against company policy. After much frustration and hours of talking with both store and agents on the 611 AT&T "customer service" line - they claimed to have solved the problem and quoted me (again) a fair cost. Yet, when it came time for the bill - it was (again) way over what I was told.

    This has gone on and on - with a new excuse each time. Their phone agents tell me not to trust that the store employees know what they are talking about - and the store employees tell me not to trust what the phone agents tell me. At this point, I agree with both of them - as neither seem to get things right. Recently, I dropped my plan down several notches - as I was told that was the only way I could get the rate I was promised originally (at their store) - the reason I was given was that the store employee that quoted me the price did not know what he was doing. But - AT&T does not honor their deals apparently if their agents promise incorrect pricing. Next, I was told I could get a "Teacher Appreciation" discount now. I have been a teacher for more than two decades in the second largest district in our state. The phone agent that set this up said I had to go to an AT&T store to upload my teaching badge to keep the deal.

    I drove up to a nearby store to do this. The store told me they could not upload my badge because of the way the phone agent set it up in the system. I called the AT&T 611 number - while at the store - and the store employee and I spent almost an hour trying to simply upload my badge and finalize the "appreciation" discount with the phone agent. The agent on the phone clearly struggled with English - which both the store employee and I noticed. I now ask the AT&T phone agents to send me e-mail confirmations while I am still on the phone with them - as they consistently give me misinformation, wrong prices - and before when I asked them to please be sure items were noted in my file (and was told they were) - the next time I called the new agent claimed nothing was recorded.

    Anyhow, when I got the e-mail at the store - I noticed immediately that the name of my school district was completely wrong. Both the store employee helping me and I attempted multiple times to have the phone agent find/fix the name of the school. I was never sent confirmation that it was fixed - but was told by both the store employee (that did his best I must say) and the phone agent that it was all set and no need to worry about the wrong name. Well, I got an e-mail a day or so later saying that my teaching badge didn't match the school name and therefore my "appreciation" discount could not be verified - with a link to upload my badge again. I tried calling 611 (AT&T) to explain this (tonight) - but the agent said their system was down and he could not access my account.

    Instead of uploading my badge (again) - I uploaded a PDF with a plea for someone, just one competent employee in this business - to please note the actual spelling of my school district (shared many, many, many times with both the store employee - who graduated from the district and was working in a store located within the boundaries of the district - and the phone agent that struggled to fluently communicate). I included the full title of my employer (school district) - again. I have less than 1% confidence anything will be done correctly by this company.

    I will likely sell my holdings in the company (I have it in my retirement account as it paid a nice dividend) and, as soon as I am able (they locked me into a new plan which I'm stuck with until the new phone is paid off - since they "accidentally" got rid of my trade in before it was supposed to be removed from the store) will move my business to a better provider. Bottom line - if you are not a cell customer with AT&T - I advise you STRONGLY consider this tale before signing up with them. If this is how they treat a customer of decades - imagine how they just might treat you as a new customer...

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    Reviewed Nov. 10, 2022

    I don't even know where to start. This company is a joke. They make promises they can't keep. They change your plan without informing you. They can't get your bill right. EVER! I have only been with AT&T for 6 months and I have to call them at least 3 times a month take the correct something on my bill. I have had to file two warranty claims because of faulty phones. When I filed the claims I was told I would rather new phones within 24 to 48 hours of the phone call. One phone took 6 days to get to me. On day 4 I was told by a technical support manager that I can track down the phone, find the UPS truck and go get the phone myself two states away. Now today I'm dealing with the same issue, today is day 2 and the phone hasn't even been shipped, after I paid the extra money to make sure I received it within 24 to 48 hours. As of right now, they are telling me they can't do anything to help me. Date of experience: November 08, 2022.

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    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2022

    Was told they had 5G in my area and even confirmed on their map that they had it in my area. Turns out that they plan to have it because when I connected my 13 Pro Max to their service there was zero 5G in my area. Tried to cancel service and they lost my trade in phone and I was told to pound sand. Do not fall for their gimmicks, they are not as good as Verizon. Stay away from AT&T.

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    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2022

    I had an issue with the mobile phone and since I had the insurance (Asurion) I decided to make a claim. During the claim the customer service person gave an advice to make sure I return the device with the envelope they are providing. So I received the new device on 7/5/2022 and return the old device in the envelope they provided on 7/7/22.

    When I was dropping off the device in the outgoing drop off mailbox at my condo, I was a little worried how I am going to prove that I sent out the device??!! So I took the video and the picture which the package was going into the outgoing mailbox completely. I kept this video as an evidence of sending the old device back to AT&T. And about 2 months later phone bill came in with $725 penalty for not returning old device. So I told them how I sent it back and I have a video as an evidence. Then they say I need to give them tracking number so they can remove the penalty. How am I going to receive the tracking number when I dropped it off at the outgoing mailbox.

    I have talked about 5 different customer service person to take care of this matter, they asked me to go to the AT&T corporate store and show the video so I did showed the video to the manager and he called customer service that he witness the video which was showing that the package was dropped fully in the outgoing mailbox. And then next day when I called they said it is useless, and asked me to go to the post office and give my name and the address because USPS is their partner courier and initiate the label on the envelope so they should have the tracking number.

    I went in 2 times to the USPS and they were saying they do not keep billions of people's information to track, AT&T should have the copy when they sent out the package which I agreed. I even gave RMA number to AT&T and they say they do not have any information on the package. This was not making sense at all to me. They should have the information which envelope has been sent out to the customer so they can track. But they said they do not have them.

    First of all, why didn't AT&T customer service told me that the barcode on the envelope is the tracking number and I should have kept it. Until I called them 3 times AT&T did not mentioned that the barcode was the tracking number!! Who knows? the packaged might have been delivered to the AT&T facility and they might have lost it or misplaced it?? As a customer I have done what I was told and I even took the picture and the video. I wanted to send in the video but they said they cannot receive them by email and because they can't see it they do not know if it was sent!! So there is no way for me to send in the video. Actually they are not trying to receive the evidence of sending package and keep asking for the tracking number.

    No advice was given for tracking number. The device was sent in the envelope AT&T provided. And it is all customer's fault for not having tracking number and pay $725 for the device. I wanted to pay and get over with this matter but this is so wrong how they handle it. AT&T customer service should do their work right before putting all the responsibility to the customer. Because the customer can only follow their instruction. Last three days, I was on the phone with AT&T for an hour or more. Stressful!! I am going to make another call now to tell them USPS does not have any information.

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    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2022

    AT&T makes false promises and refuses to stand behind them. This time I purchased a new phone and was told if I changed to the upgraded plan, which I didn't need but they said would ultimately be cheaper, they made the absolute promise that I would not lose my discounts. Losing my discounts would cost me MORE for a plan I don't need! I waited for the discount to show up, when it didn't I called. I was told I would have to wait for 2 months bills before it would show up, and would be prorated. So I waited. By then, roughly 3 months had passed (waiting for the first bill, then for 2 months bills, to be sure).

    On June 10, no discount. I called again. I was told first, that she would give me the AARP discount, then she said how about a 25% discount. I said sure! That would take care of it. Again I waited the required 2 months for this latest change to show up. By then it was mid August. Now, I've had the pile of correspondence notes, and bills, held together, waiting for a chance to spend an hour on the phone trying to reach someone and go through the long explanation yet again. Life goes on.

    Then Hurricane Ian hit last week, so more delays getting prepared and cleaning up (somewhat). My bill is due on the 6th and when I sat down to pay it I saw they had charged me a late charge for a bill that was literally paid 2 weeks early, by electronic payment. I had to call. I explained the whole situation and was told they would refund the late charge, which is fine, but that TOO MUCH TIME had gone by to do anything about my discount!!! TOO MUCH TIME WAITING ON THEM TO PROCESS THE CHANGE!!!

    I am livid and after having AT&T for my wireless carrier since my very first cell phone, the only carrier I've ever had, I HAVE HAD ENOUGH! EVERY time I make a change with them, I get screwed with their false promises! I'll be checking out T-Mobile or one of the many other companies that are cheaper anyway! Thanks AT&T for your customer loyalty.

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    Reviewed Oct. 3, 2022

    AT&T requires customers to provide a social security just to open an account, no matter what customers buy. The exception is prepaid accounts, but many options are not available on prepaid accounts. The fact that we have to give our social security number to a person is actually putting us at risk of leaks. A customer service person can sell that information on the black market and cause a huge amount of hardship to people for the rest of their lives. Internet transactions can be breached, employees of AT&T who have access to customer account data like social security numbers can mishandle that information which in turn can be leaked, or they can just sell it, especially employees who are about to leave the company.

    People cannot change social security number, so once there is a breach, people will be at risk for the rest their lives. And as much as AT&T says that they take the protection of personal information seriously, they cannot guarantee that they will not be breached, nor that employees will not sell that information, and if that happens, AT&T takes ZERO responsibility for the financial hardship it causes its customers. AT&T is being EXTREMELY disrespectful towards users by failing to offer an alternate option to providing a social security number.

    AT&T should understand that social security numbers should not be collected unless there is an absolute need AND no other option is possible. Sensitive information should not be handled by a customer service rep on the phone, nor be accessible by employees, except very few, who handle devices purchased on installment plans. In fact, if those installment plan loans are handled by a 3rd party financial institution, then users should be redirected to them to handle the sensitive information without AT&T as an intermediary, because financial institutions are regulated much more strictly when it comes to handling sensitive information like social security number.

    I am trying to activate an eSIM for an Apple Watch in family setting for my child, it costs about $14 per month, and AT&T is asking me for my social security number. I am not buying a device, and I am willing to pre-pay 12 months worth of service in order to avoid giving my social security number, but AT&T wireless has ZERO option to activate an Apple Watch without giving our social security number. There is no prepaid plan for Apple Watches, their product management team completely failed to see the market for prepaid watch plans in Family settings. The Apple Watch can be set up as a stand alone watch (Family Setting) for a child, an elderly person who doesn't have an iPhone or cannot afford one, and has a family member set up the watch.

    The plan for the Apple Watch is only $14 per month, it does not justify in any way putting customers' financial livelihood at risk by asking for a social security number. There are many people who can afford to buy their device without monthly installments, they buy it unlocked then activate the device on a wireless network, why should those people be forced to put themselves at risk by giving their social security number? I got my iPhone activated on a pre-paid plan specifically to avoid giving my social security number, but now that I want to activate a watch on a $14/mo plan, I'm supposed to give my social security number?

    Come on, AT&T, you can do better than this.

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    Reviewed Oct. 1, 2022

    AT&T gave my area no warning they would be down for 10 days. When you call they say there is no problem, but everyone in town with that service is down. They won't give you any credit and they say they have no idea when the problem will be fixed. Then they make it difficult to unlock the phone and want to charge fees to leave. I have been a customer for 5 years. They don't care, don't use them!

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2022

    Starting with my most recent disappointment with AT&T, here are the facts: I upgraded my mobile service to take advantage of a better package. A representative came to my house with the new phones for my kids, set up the new phones and left. There was no mention of the old phones, either to give them to the representative or to mail them in. My phone was part of the FirstNet program, so I had to go to the store to set it up. Apparently, it was older and did not need to be returned.

    Later that week a representative came to set up our new DirecTV. We were informed to return the old DirecTV equipment to UPS. We did as instructed. I later received a text message to return devices. I called and said the devices had been returned (DirecTV). None of the representatives could tell me what devices they were asking for. Eventually, I was charged for devices they said I hadn't returned. I called and after speaking to several representatives, someone told me the devices were phones. AT&T sent me a label to return the first phone and I did.

    After the phone was in the mail, I was told that it was too late to return the phone and that I had to pay for it or lose my service. Hence I paid for a phone I was never told to return, AND I also returned the phone. I spoke to a manager, who said there was no way to give me credit for the phone that I paid for and returned. I was on the phone with AT&T reps for over FIVE 5 hours AND I went into the store for at least half that time, and that was my final resolve. I, the customer, was misinformed, frustrated, wasted half the day, I am out of a phone and out of $374. To boot, the manager had an attitude :(.... No good.

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    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2022

    I recently traveled to the Dominican Republic from 8/31-9/2/22. Sometime after I arrived, I received a text message from AT&T opting me into international for AT&T. I declined the service and elected to turn off cellular and roaming on my device. Fast forward, I receive the bill only to be charged over $60 for 1 hr of data and then over $60 for text service. I called customer support on 9/26/22 to discuss the bill, and the representative was really of no help. I inquired as to how I used so much data within an hour and all she can say is that, "You used the data and I can't give a credit." It's not all about the credit, I would like some type of explanation. Then when I inquired about the text message charged she said, "Well you used them and even if you turned the cellular off that company billed us so we billed you."

    I was frustrated that the rep wasn't actively listening so I hung up. I proceeded to call back on 9/27/22, I was on the phone for almost an hour with Stephen and he was astonished as to why my data bill was so high for an hour and only for one day, he also said he can see why I was frustrated and also apologized for the service I previously received by saying that she was probably frustrated because they receive a lot of these calls. I told him I understand but I also have valid concerns. Even to the fact that even if I have on wifi, if the app permission isn't turned off, if you go into an area with weak wifi they pull from your data, never heard of this.

    He offered me a suggestion of rerating my bill for the $10 a day for international for the text and providing some type of credit for the data, after being on hold for so long he came back and said his manager disapproved the credit and that I was responsible. I am not neglecting the fact that I am responsible for the text messages, even though it's very misleading but I do need some type of explanation for this data charge.

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    Reviewed Sept. 28, 2022

    After five years of miserable signal strength, we finally cut the cord on AT&T yesterday. Went through an hour-long process of deactivating and requesting a pin #. But after the call, at the new phone store, it was discovered that AT&T had put a hold on our account. Never was informed of this and there was no reason. We own our two phones and also we were on auto-pay system with our credit card. So we couldn't use our new sim card. After an hour-long call with AT&T (again) we were informed that it would take 3-5 days to release our hold. Meanwhile we had no phones. And this is the night before Hurricane Ian hit us in Florida.

    Next day spent another hour on phone with "Carmen" in Philippines and she started case #**. Then she PROMISED she would stay on the line as she transferred us to her Port Activation Center. But she DISCONNECTED us and the new CSR had no idea of what was going on. And his system wasn't able to get any information on our case. He asked us for a phone # to call us back but since we had no phones, this was obviously a stupid request. We finally gave him neighbor's #. He finally called us back after 30 minutes, said our service was now with T-Mobile and he could “not expedite our ticket”. We were told to wait for a “call-back” but no ETA. Carmen had said it would take 3-5 days. Meanwhile the hurricane is bearing down on us! Five hours wasted now, and still no phone use. THIS IS WHY AT&T IS LOSING CUSTOMERS AND REVENUE!!!!

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    Reviewed Sept. 20, 2022

    Left Sprint for better service with AT&T, well that’s what the salesman told me anyway. I have dropped calls, pixelated FaceTime and from time to time no signal at all. In my opinion, this is worse than Sprint.

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    Reviewed Sept. 18, 2022

    Buch of lies. Traded in my phones and we were going to be credited $250 for our phones we traded. Don't see credit in the bill. Our monthly bill should be $115 to &120 month consistently. Calling at&t to fix my bill. They really like ripping people off. Supposedly we were not in a contract. Last minute we find out we can't move to another carrier because we're stuck with them till the phones get paid off. Not a good provider. They promise you lots of thing but don't believe them. They're liars.

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    Reviewed Sept. 17, 2022

    Sleazeball company! RUN don't walk away, run away! This company will lie and cheat and tell you anything to get you to sign up and then tell you that you don't qualify for the promotion that they signed you up for 5 months ago so now you have to pay $1000.00 instead of $200.00! I am selling my stock in this company, and I will blast what a sleazeball company it is for the rest of my life!

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    Reviewed Sept. 16, 2022

    I am waiting over 5 months to receive trade in credit for a phone. Still no credit. I turned the phone into the store and the store didn't process my phone trade in. ATT is keeping $22 per month from our agreed upon contract.

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    Reviewed Sept. 6, 2022

    I have a confirmation of an arrangement set on Aug 29 @ 8:56am. I have the actual picture confirmation from the website yet services were turned off while I was in the middle of nowhere. Lost without navigation and AT&T still did nothing even though it’s their error.

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    Reviewed Sept. 1, 2022

    AT&T is TERRIBLE!!! I used to have T-Mobile and they were great, I was approached by a AT&T salesperson in a Target and they convinced me to switch because they offer a good discount to law enforcement agencies (which I work at), they said they would pay my phones off with T-mobile, they told me I would get a $250 Target gift card for switching because I already had AT&T for internet and the representative told me I could get an AARP discount if I signed up for it. So I switched. I paid $12 to get an AARP membership just for the discount.

    I called about a week later after I got my new phones and they told me I could not get both the AARP discount and the law enforcement discount (so I wasted that $12). They had my bill in the system without any discounts so I had to reset that up. About 3 weeks in I got a $1077 bill from T-mobile and asked AT&T if they were going to cover it like I had been told and they said no they can't. They just apply a credit to my bill which is not helpful for me. I was upset and wanted to cancel my plan altogether and they sent me to a "higher up" rep and he told me he was sorry about all of this but unfortunately there was nothing he could do. Then about 4 weeks into it I noticed a bill had not been generated so I reached out to AT&T and asked when my bill would be due. She told me 9/17 (which I screenshot that chat for confirmation), I received a bill on 8/23 that said it was due the next day 8/24.

    When I reached out and asked about it the rep said that he was sorry I was misinformed but that I needed to pay that bill on that day because it was my first bill with them and he couldn't change it! I am now 1300 in debt and I have not received the $250 Target gift card!! AT&T is just a bunch of liars and now I am stuck with them as my provider because I will owe them the money for 3 iPhone 13s if I cancel with them. PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP WITH THEM FOR YOUR OWN PEACE OF MIND!!!

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    Reviewed Aug. 27, 2022

    I join At&t from T-mobile but I regret it this move because their customer service is zero star and their service is worst than Sprint. My business was down for 3 days and again 7 days and nobody from them and still lying from your face. Please don't join to this suck company. I have proof of pictures saying no internet. I screenshot it inside of downtown of Ann Arbor Michigan and I have proof of voice. I record it from their customer service by the phone. Anyone who need contact me.

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    Reviewed Aug. 18, 2022

    About 4 months after I purchased an AT&T Turbo hotspot 2 the device stopped working. The device has a 2 year warranty as stated on the box and ATT's website. The device has been confirmed dead by an ATT rep at an AT&T store as requested by one of the many support phone calls requesting a warranty return. Further support phone contacts resulted in many transfers, hang ups and people who had no idea what to do.

    Frustrated I posted a complaint on ATT's website. I was contacted by a "community specialist". I requested a return shipping label be emailed to me for an exchange/replacement of the device. This is the usual return method for all retailers I have done business with in the past. After TWO weeks of back and forth chat, I was told I must pay/deposit $70 to enable the return. This is ridiculous and unacceptable. ATT should deposit the purchase price with me until I receive a replacement device. Me thinks ATT just wants you to just give up and go away.

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    Reviewed Aug. 10, 2022

    So my husband and I switched plans to AT&T almost 3 months ago. We signed up in our local Sam’s Club in Delaware with John who is the manager. We were told with signing up our activation fees for our 4 lines would be waived, we would be getting a discount for being Sam’s Club members, we would be getting the nurses discount, and a $1100 credit for trading in 2 of our phones.

    We were told our bill would be $115-120 for all 4 of our lines, needless to say that has not happened. We have been charged our activation fees as well as auto pay and paperless billing which we were enrolled in from the beginning of our term and the list goes on from other bogus charges that have been slipped into our bill. Needless to say, we have been having problems with our bill since we switched. Our first bill was around $480, our second bill was $185 and now after checking yesterday my third bill due is going to be over $900! I have been talking with customer service, the escalations team, and multiple managers from this department since July (3 weeks now). I have still not gotten a resolution to my problem and I have talked to between 6-10 different people.

    Every time I talk to Sony they have to put a request in and it takes 1-3 business days for it to be answered or for someone to get back to me. But it didn’t take those 1-3 business days for you to take my money. I have been given the runaround and have not gotten any answers from anyone as to why my bill is so expensive, when will I be getting my discount and credit and how can I can my credit for the overpayment of my first 2 bills that have been paid. If you want to switch your service, please don’t switch to AT&T, they are a complete joke and you never get the same answer twice. I will never recommend this company! Please to save yourself time, money and the headache, switch to anyone but them!

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    Customer ServiceMaintenance

    Reviewed Aug. 9, 2022

    We're located in Waltham, MA. Since August 8th, our phones suddenly stopped working for outgoing calls or receiving calls. Initially thought it was a phone problem until we realize there was an outage, and the outage reported on the AT&T website, which said that the outage will continue until Aug 10th. There was no text alert to let us know. We pay hundreds of dollars for 3 lines, my elderly mother couldn't reach me, I couldn't reach our businesses. And no apologies, no alert to let us know what's going on, their online chat is a bot that doesn't can only suggest how to troubleshoot your phone, but it's not a phone issue. Terrible service.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Aug. 5, 2022

    We have been with AT&T for about 1 year. The service was decent. We decided to switch to Google Fi because it is cheaper and we don't like the company getting involved in politics. It took 4 hours on the phone and 8 transfer codes and talking to customer service, transporting numbers and fraud department, each department at least twice, to get this done. What a mess and waste of time.

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    Reviewed July 30, 2022

    Last Friday on 7/22/22 I called AT&T to ask some questions about automated messages I had received. “Destiny”, the agent offered for me to try a new data plan for my phone at no extra cost. She said if I didn’t like it, I could switch back to the old plan within 30 days. After 1 week of much slower data speeds for my wife and my phones. I called ATT back. I spent 90 minutes on the phone with multiple agents, and they are claiming that Destiny lied and we can’t go back to our old plan. This is a breach of the contract I agreed to on 7/22/22. I pay my ATT bill every month, so I fulfill my obligations, now it’s time for ATT to follow through with their part of the agreement.

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    Customer ServiceTechPriceStaff

    Reviewed July 22, 2022

    I have been an AT&T customer for over a decade and it is an absolute nightmare to deal with them. I am moving to a different service provider and would recommend others do the same. There is no consistency in their responses. Every time you call, you are routed to a different representative who gives a different response. The plans are expensive and they overcharge you consistently. It is sad that their service standards is so poor.

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    Reviewed July 19, 2022

    Over 22 hours on the phone with them and my account is all screwed up. They lied to me telling me my devices qualified for trade in, then a month later said no I will owe for the 3rd phone. I gave all the info for the phone before trading and it was accepted. Now they claim it won't work and I owe the full price for the phone. Horrible customer service with no results after days on the phone. Website is not user friendly and they have the worst customer service I've ever had to deal with.

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    Reviewed July 17, 2022

    I was perfectly happy with T-Mobile who I have been with for years. I was trapped in a high-pressure sales situation while attempting to grocery shop and despite that I said no and that I wasn't interested, he continued to bother me. The deal sounded great as I was supposed to get 2 brand new Samsung Galaxy 22s for free and pay less monthly than I am paying now. This was TOTAL **. I was told my bill would be $120 with all the service fees and taxes "out the door" he said. I was told about the one-time activation fees and that I would get discounts on by bill for trading in my old phones, which I did.

    This person was intrusive, showing me with ingenuine compliments, literally like, “I like your watch, I like your tattoo, I like your this..” Seriously asking me a million questions that were none of his business to build rapport. It was over the top and frankly, creepy. I just wanted it to be over so I went with it to make it end faster rather than just walking away, which is what I should have done. My first bill came and it was $360! There is so much crap on your bill it's difficult to understand and when I called to ask for explanation, I didn't get a whole lot of clarity. The customer service rep did credit the activation charges to drop it by $60.

    By the way, the phones are NOT free. You are paying installments each month and they give you a small credit back, but they are discounted, not free. Also, my monthly bill going forward would have been $140 not $120 out the door. Those trade-ins - yep, you might get somewhere between $4 to $20 for your old phone and I had a nice S10 Edge Plus and S9. A company that uses deceit to lure you in is not a company that will be trustworthy at any point in the process because clearly your best interests as the client aren't even on the radar. This is profit-seeking, greed, exploitation and abuse of power. I will be posting this on every forum I can find to help educate the public about these shady tactics. If you are happy with your company, don't jump ship. I will be looking at how to switch back to TMobile.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaffBillingRates

    Reviewed July 2, 2022

    On 5/25/2022, I contacted AT&T to remove excess features/charges from my bill for "upgrade next" and insurance. It was not done as requested. On 6/11/2022, I called AT&T to remove the features again, as they were still on my May bill and showing active on my online account. This was the second attempt to remove these features. The representative removed the features and asked if I would be interested in upgrading to a different phone plan. I declined as I had been grandfathered into the shared 20GB shared plan for $80/month, which they no longer offered. I have been on this plan for many years. The representative said that was fine and I did not have to change plans.

    My June bill showed a plan change to the new plan of 20GB for $92/month. I did not authorize this plan change. I contacted AT&T on July 1, 2022 and spoke with a representative about this unauthorized plan change. They refused to reinstate the former plan or provide any indication as to who changed the plan or why it was changed.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 2, 2022

    I've been with AT&T for years and I will go out of my way to not interact with them. Regardless of what the concern is you'll get passed down from one person to another until you just give up. I spend 1.5 hours just now between 3 different people, each of which asked me details of my account, including the phone number. The whole interaction was basically me giving them information, and them taking a while to tell me that yes, they now have accessed my account but it's not in their purview to help, so they need to transfer me forward. The last person referred me to another department and got back to me after some time to tell me the department he mentioned isn't available today. I asked for a feedback form and they stalled for 20 minutes until I just eventually capitulated with no answers or an opportunity to review.

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    Customer ServiceBilling

    Reviewed June 30, 2022

    I left another phone company, that I've been with to sign up with AT&T, because I was given false information on how much my phone bill would be. After speaking to 2 different managers on, maybe a week or so apart, they researched, I was told twice, that I was right about Ben telling me that my total bill will be $48.75 each month, for 36 months, and they will adjust it to just that amount, but, yet and stilI am being overcharged almost double of what I was promised. $85.39 was taken from my account.

    After filing a complaint against them, I received a call from a lady from corporate by the name of Marcia ** and even though she read the notes, she still told me that my bill was SUPPOSE to be around $60 and some instead of the $48.75, and that the $60 and some is what I had to pay or I can return the phone and cancel my service with them, instead of just adjusting it to the $48.75 of what the 2 managers that already told me from customer service and also what was initially promised me during signing up. She was very nonchalant about the situation. She had a "it's my way or the highway" type attitude.

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    StaffBilling

    Reviewed June 28, 2022

    First of all I was not given the option of giving no stars is why I chose one. They deserve no stars. I was told by the person at the AT&T counter that I was being put on a prepaid account of $50 a month. Now I have a bill of $270 and they have suspended my account. They will not help me at all give me time to pay it nothing. I do not recommend AT&T to anyone. My account will be canceled and I will be going back to good old Verizon.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedStaffBilling

    Reviewed June 25, 2022

    So I did read a lot of reviews from people who experienced issues with AT&T customer service and problems with their phone trade in process specifically and shame on me I still went with them and regret it. I started service over a month ago because they were offering to allow me to trade in my iPhone. It's been a nightmare. Late billing and massive 1st bill (included 2 months- No proration). I called 6 times to find out where my trade in shipping materials were to mail back my iPhone for a promotion of $800 back toward my bill (allocated as a credit over the next 150 years). On the 7th call we figured out the Einstein who inputted my address put in the wrong number (is this not an automated process to pull my address of record from my account??? Really AT&T.) Still haven't received the shipping materials.

    Tried to return to phone to the store but only 14 day return policy (too soon for you to realize how terrible they are). Also tried to bring the cellphone I wanted to trade-in into the store but they said it has already been issued as a mail back and they can't except in person. AT&T is terrible. When I call and reach a customer service rep each time they literally put you on hold to call someone else or email someone to ask your question then come back on the line with an answer, you then ask another question and they call someone again/or email your question/comment and then come back with another response. The worst and most unbelievable ** show I've ever experiences. What a headache.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 16, 2022

    If I could give this negative stars, I would. Never have I ever experienced a more corrupt company than this. They have the WORST customer service, you have to call in no less than 12 times (because that’s what I’ve done so far) in 6 months to resolve 1 issue, every time you call in you’ll get a completely different story. If you’re considering them for service, save yourself the time and headaches.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed June 14, 2022

    ATT customer service representatives are liars. I had fraudulent charges on my account. I filed a claim. I was told that my service would remain active during the investigation. My service was suspended about every other day. I had restoration charges added. There was no investigation. I was forced to pay all fees. When I requested a refund of the money spent on the restoration fees and the fraudulent charges ($400+) I was told it would be refunded to me in 5-7 days. That did not happen. Instead a credit was placed on my account. This time I called instead of chatting with a representative. Again I am to wait another 7 days to see if I will get MY money returned to me. No one should be treated like this.

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    Contract & TermsPunctuality & SpeedStaffBilling

    Reviewed June 7, 2022

    Made payment agreement, AT&T sent me a confirmation text! Service shut off a few days later. Chatted with agent on AT&T chat, made payment & agreement (again) for remaining balance... service shut off 3 days later before the agreed date! I have all the confirmation & #'s. I went back to chat with an agent, was told payment was returned which it was clearly not! Then she tried to tell me it "backed out on their end" & she was getting the manager, chat screen went blank! I went back on 2 more times last night, wasted several hours! I have been an AT&T customer for over 20 years! Will not be a customer of theirs EVER again! They also like to hit your bank account when they see fit, over & over. I should've dropped them a LONG time ago. I also just recommended a friend switch service to AT&T, luckily I caught her before she did... Phew.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 6, 2022

    AT&T is heartless and they couldn't care less about first responders. We need a little additional help this month since my husband was hurt on a fire call back in Feb. They are completely unwilling to help us at all! We now have no phone service!

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    Customer ServiceStaffBillingRatesTimeliness

    Reviewed June 4, 2022

    Yesterday I wrote a scathing review about T-Mobile. And when they texted to ask for a rating I gave them all zeroes. They called me today, I suppose, to rectify the matter. I should have known better. I have an internet account with AT&T so i gave them a call and asked if they would like to add wireless to the current account. I don’t mean to sound prejudiced, but even today, while I spoke to two of T-Mobile’s “Indian Experts”, I needed to ask them to repeat themselves and speak slowly several times. And when I asked for details, I really believe they did not have enough American English language skills to reply. Can you believe that the person who answered my call is a Bona-Fide American? YES! Her name was ASHLEY. She was totally wonderful. It took time to go through it all, but she was a real Champ. She knew her job inside and out and was totally professional, patient, and resourceful.

    When I spoke with T-Mobile the “Indian Expert” did a credit check and told me I failed. I happen to have a “Very Good” credit rating, so that was the last straw. Ashley checked my credit and within minutes she was transferring my phone number and everything else to my AT&T account. So, I think Ashley should get a raise and I can say AT&T is the BEST! Plus, my bill is less too!

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed June 3, 2022

    So, not only is my expensive service bad at home (at best 2 bars and sometimes doesn't work at all) and by the way it's the only company that works here so I don't have any others to choose from... But I just got an email today on June 3rd that my service will increase by $12 starting on June 1st. Really? No advance notification??? You tell me after the fact?

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    Punctuality & SpeedOnline & AppRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed June 1, 2022

    Cancelled account in Feb. They didn't cancel tablet & now 3 months later are only getting back for 1 month and it will take 2 months to get it back. Will never use them again. I have to wait 2 months to get money back and they are sending on a prepaid visa. What a **. They took it out of my checking account.

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    PriceBillingRatesHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed June 1, 2022

    Trained liars, and I thought maybe the first time was just a bad experience so I worked with them holding my services with them for many more years even with a rate increase until I actually was manipulated into thinking I was getting a better deal on my cellphone bill until I got 300$ bill without being aware of any charges. I don't see how they are able to charge whatever they want without getting you to sign for it first but they do. This is the 2nd experience I had where they tell me a bunch of reasonable prices and then when I get the bill everything is way more than what I was told... And after reading other reviews, it seems I am not the only one who they deceived. Honestly this week may be my last week dealing with them.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed May 22, 2022

    I upgrade my iPhone 10xr to the new iPhone 13 pro max for the $800 rebate. They told me I didn't need to be on a particular plan. She checked my phone, and after checking it, told me my phone qualified for an upgrade rebate. It was only about if the trade in phone qualified or not. They took my old phone and 2 weeks later, I get a letter saying my phone didn't qualify because I wasn't on an unlimited plan. So, that upset me of course and I went back and showed the letter to the AT&T store person who helped me. She said she was sorry and there wasn't anything she could do unless I upgraded to an unlimited plan. It was $10 more per month so I did upgrade. I was told the rebate will start to show in my monthly statement in 2 months.

    Well, 2 months have passed and no rebate. I called and discussed this with AT&T and now I am being told I have to be on a New Mexico and Canada unlimited plan to get that $800 rebate. Funny how they take your property for something that say you qualified for and then don't give it to you. Isn't that theft? I would have never bought a $1100 phone without the $800 rebate. They can't reverse the transaction so what options do I have? None except to stop doing business with AT&T. Buyer be warn, watch what you trade in and get it in writing before you walk out of that store. I trusted the woman who helped me. They click a few buttons on their tablet and tell you what you want and then screw you over afterwards.

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    Reviewed May 20, 2022

    On May 8th late in the evening I arrived at my home in WV after being in FL over the winter. Monday I have no internet or cell service. I’m recuperating from trip so don't bother with it. Tuesday while cleaning I noticed the surge protector is unplugged. Internet works but still no cell service. I reset microcell. Turn my phone off and on. Still nothing. Wednesday May 11th I do online chat with Kelly at AT&T. She informs me the microcell was disabled due to the new 5G. Not to worry they would replace it “FREE OF CHARGE”. She recommended I go to the store rather than wait for it to be mailed as it would be faster.

    That evening I went to the store to pick up my microcell. No notes on my account. Show store my chat. State they can’t give it to me based off that. Call AT & T customer service from the store. Spoke to rep and a manager. Both state there are no notes regarding microcell on my account. (Which I told them was why I was calling), said they could not access the chat history (why can’t customer service view this doesn’t make sense to me), that the only note on my account was that I called in earlier in the day and some with Kaya regarding my bill (never called anyone, my cell wouldn’t work without microcell, never discussed my bill or even mentioned it and the girl on the chat clearly documented was Kelly).

    Lastly, I had until March to bring my old one in and since it was past March so sorry but they were unable to help me. I had to purchase a new one. I then reached out via chat and spoke with victor. This now makes my 3rd contact. I went through everything that happened with him. He advised me to rest assured he would get it taken care of and have me a new one mailed out within 24 hours. I downloaded the chat. Why I’m not sure because AT & T clearly does not believe in honoring what their customer service representatives tell their customers. I waited several days -nothing. I initiated another chat. Advised them of what was going on and told them I was just wondering if it had been mailed out yet. No it hasn’t but she assured me she would take care of it.

    After chatting with 7, yes seven, different reps over a period of almost 2 hours I was basically told it would cost me close to $300 for a new one as I should have gotten it before now. I’m in my late 60’s but fairly tech Davy. I saw a lot of Indy saying the 3 G phones would no longer be working. I NEVER was notified my microcell would be disabled and to be honest would had no reason to believe my microcell was 3g as I bought after buying my 4g phones. I bought because my old microcell got fried in a storm.

    However, to me the bottom line is, AT&T had 2 separate customer service reps promise me a free replacement. I have it in black and white. A decent company would honor that even if their rep was mistaken. Then educate their reps. Not this company. I have probably been with AT&T for 20 yrs but I’m done. This is the last straw for me. I’ve been unhappy at other times with their customer service and their lack of valuing the customer but this is the proverbial straw that broke the camels back.

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    Customer ServiceTechPriceRates

    Reviewed May 18, 2022

    In March 2022, I was offered a new phone by AT&T wireless in exchange for my old off-contract phone (btw $600 and $800). I reported the true condition of the phone online and was told I would receive full credit. I received the new phone and sent in the old phone. I was told that I would get only $5 for the phone because they reported a condition that was not true of the phone when it was sent. ALL functions of the phone worked when it was sent in. I was told I could not have my old phone returned but would have to take the $5 (this feels like theft, I did NOT agree and WOULD NOT have agreed to trade in my old phone for $5. It worked very well), I was told I would also need to pay full price for the new phone.

    I sought resolution 2 times and was denied any resolution. So, I was told I would get a phone for $6-8 a month. I am being forced to pay $26. I was told I would be paid $600-$800 for a phone that I traded in and was told that I had no option but to accept the $5 they offered me because I could not have my phone back. The phone was in working condition and valued at much higher than $5.

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    Reviewed May 15, 2022

    Before signing up for the service you should really try out their customer support. It's nonexistent. Over 100 hours over two weeks trying to fix account problems and triple charges on 7 prepaid lines from a supposed computer glitch with complete loss of each account and payment made me switch companies in the end. They haven't offered any returns of charges so far either. The corporate store was zero help. I would be more understanding if the customer support were better. What a terrible experience. Even prepaid accounts aren't safe from extra charges and fees. As we suffered weeks with no service even after paying triple upfront on each of the 7 lines. Hundreds lost and time lost. If you value your money and time look elsewhere for cellular service.

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    Billing

    Reviewed May 8, 2022

    If I could give AT & T one star I would! Too many issues with billing. They will send you down a rabbit hole when you try to straighten out any issues. I have switched to Metro. No muss no fuss. You pay your bill in advance once a month, real simple.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePunctuality & SpeedStaffTimeliness

    Reviewed May 5, 2022

    My phone was stolen in January but was returned many hours later the same day. My husband ordered a new phone thinking that my phone was gone forever. When I came home from work, he saw that I had my phone so we returned the new cell phone when we received it a couple days later back to AT&T. A couple weeks later my phone shut off in the middle of the workday. I could not even call at&t because it was blacklisted from service. The person on the phone assured me that they would turn it right back on they just wanted to make sure that I did in fact have my original cell phone back in hand. A couple days later my phone shut off again, again in the middle of a workday. I called AT&T back and this went on several times where they would fix it and my phone would shut back off again. At one point it shut off while I was using my GPS to get somewhere.

    Each time the associate told me they were making sure that it was fixed for good. Seemingly that’s what happened back on January 24. Fast forward to me second, my phone shut off in the middle of the day while I am at work. AT&T said that they have to put a ticket in to their back office and they do not have a phone number for the back office. They just have to open a ticket. They told me it would take 24 to 48 hours. We are now at the 48 hour mark and still no one knows anything about my phone. I just spent 35 minutes on the phone with them having to repeat myself for the 800th time as to what is going on. She gave me the phone number for Assyrian which is the insurance company who continues to blacklist my phone. No one cares about the customer. Why am I doing all the foot work for the cell phone. They’re such a huge company they don’t care whether they lose a customer. It’s the worst customer service and terrible business practice that I have experienced. I will be leaving AT&T.

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    Reviewed April 29, 2022

    I have moved to AT&T wireless from T-Mobile expecting better coverage. But my early experience with the service was network coverage which was even worst than T-mobile. Then the next comes, I started receiving more than 100 junk calls a day. When I moved, I traded my old phone (iPhone 11Pro Max) which if I had traded that in the Apple store for the new one, they were about to give me $500 back on new phone.

    However, I traded in the Apple for new phone, now since I wanted to move back to T-mobile again, the At&t made me to pay the phone's full balance because I am not staying with them for 36 months. Since I am paying full, I asked them where my old phone trade-in value went. They answered me this is what it is, I won't be getting that phone's value. So this is literally looting the customer in the name of trade-in. Do not trade your old phone in for whatever reason, rather trade it in the Apple store. I have traded my old phones with T-mobile previously when I was with them, they always honored me how Apple store honored with outright discount on the new phone. I am never going to come back to AT&T, never in my life.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageTechPriceStaffBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed April 29, 2022

    In November 2021, I subscribed to AT&T broadband service. While the rep was at my home assisting me with the setup he sold me on a deal for wireless phone service and a new iPhone 13. My previous phone provider was T-Mobile, and I'm sorry I left them. The whole experience with AT&T has been miserable from the start. First of all, they screwed up the account parameters at the start, adding features and services I did not request. I was very specific at the outset about my requirements and monthly payment limits, and the rep assured me all was good.

    For the first three months of service I had to keep calling customer service to have them correct my bill because I was placed onto their highest tier plan and billed for additional services I didn't request (phone insurance, "upgrade insurance"). Each time I was assured that the issue was resolved, and the following month the charges again appeared on my bill. After the third round of calls to customer service, those issues were finally resolved.

    Another problem I had was that the rep who sold me the phone and service lied to me. One of the perks promised was a voucher for a new case for my new phone. He stated this would be sent to me via text. It never arrived. I called him twice and was promised it would be sent. It never arrived, and then he stopped responding to me. But the biggest issue is with the wireless service itself. It is AWFUL. I've had service in the past with Virgin Mobile, Boost, and T-Mobile, and every one of them was far better.

    My connections are constantly throttled, streaming quality is awful, websites load very slowly or not at all, apps are laggy and unresponsive, text messages transmit very slowly or not at all, and calls sometimes drop. The coverage is not as good as they claim it is, and their supposed "5G" is no better. I live in Raleigh, NC, not far from downtown, so I'm not in a rural area. Their usual solution for problems is to reset your phone or network. The problems are never on their end.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 21, 2022

    I was able to used my cell phone home because they got me a micro cell tower, they stop the support for it know I can’t make phones but they take my money every month, and T-Mobile is AT&T same thing. My Wi-Fi only 2 bars sometimes. :(

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    Customer ServicePriceHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed April 19, 2022

    I have been a long time customer for many years. Was lied to about a $602.83 credit. Was then charged the same amount. Called multiple times to dispute. I have been on hold with this company for hours. Was promised multiple solutions just to have my service shut off and back on 3 times in a week. The “back office” no one can put me in touch with. Overall horrible overseas customer service. I will be canceling my plan and taking my loyalty to another company. Buyer beware.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed April 12, 2022

    A nearby construction company cut a nearby Internet line by accident. We contacted AT&T immediately. Tomorrow will be the 5th day, and it’s still not fixed. Also, they will not tell me when it will be fixed. If you ever need AT&T to repair an Internet cable, good luck getting them to come out and fix it in a timely manner. I’ve called AT&T multiple times, and spent most of my weekend on the phone with them. It’s all been a huge waste of time. They do not care.

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    Reviewed April 8, 2022

    I switched from Sprint/T-Mobile when Sprint was being changed to T-Mobile. I checked with AT&T Wireless and was told that I would get a work discount if I switched. Well come to find out after being told at the store when switching, and over the phone after the discount was not on my bill so I called a few months in to see what was going on and was assured that I would get the discount on the next few billing cycles. Called today and now they are saying I did not sign up for the correct account to receive the discount and offered me a one-time 21% off, this is a trap do not fall for it-checking other companies- just don't like to be lied to.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed April 7, 2022

    After being a customer for over 15 years I have had the worse experience. I was upgraded to a plan without my knowledge. It cost 150 more monthly. Said to turn in my old phone for credit. Then won’t provide the 800 dollar credit or return my old device that has not wrong with it. 50 dollar credit was provided not the return of my phone or 800 for the plan like I was told.

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    Customer ServiceTechSales & MarketingStaffBilling

    Reviewed April 6, 2022

    After 20 years I am glad to switch to a different provider. Paid $160 for 4 lines and a watch. Called to remove 1 line, confirmed the new payment will be $135, just to learn that I was transferred to the new plan and new plan is $190 for the same service. Now I am paying more for less service?! IN the transition they also "lost" the phone payment discount?! Numerous calls, one unprofessional rep after another. With all the @@@ service, there is no mystery why so many switch the provider!

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    Customer ServiceCoverageBilling

    Reviewed March 31, 2022

    I had service for several years. I called AT&T to get technical support and they advised me that there was a problem with my zip code for my service address even though they had the correct address for my billing address. They advised me they had to open a move order to get that fixed before a tech could fix my issue with service. Ok well they do that and shut off my service, closed my account, and told me service was not available at the location that's had service for nearly 5 years. Horrible service!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaffFollow-Through

    Reviewed March 31, 2022

    Re: Constant internet connection issues, etc. An AT&T representative, Taylor ** ph.** came in to my business on 3/4/22. She told me that the problem was my modem was outdated. She promised to send a tech with a new one in a few days. She also took pictures of a dangling AT&T cable hanging outside that is a danger to everyone especially children. I called her a week later since she hadn't called with the promised appointment date. She verified that she had turned in the work orders and would get right back to me with an appointment.

    I have called repeatedly since March 10 and she has blocked my phone calls but I leave a message begging her to follow through with her promises. As a foot note...if my modem is "outdated" why didn't AT&T bring or send me a new one. I have told them for years of my loss of internet service. I can't change to Comcast or another company because my town isn't served by any other reliable service such as Comcast.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageRefunds & PayoutsMaintenanceStaffBilling

    Reviewed March 31, 2022

    I've been an AT&T customer for over 20 years and have grown to absolutely HATE them over the past 3 or 4 years. They used to be the best company as far as coverage and they were at least somewhat efficient as far as billing. I would get a text reminding me that my bill was due and it would give me the amount as well. I could then text my reply to pay my bill and be done with it. Now, I have to remember when my bill is due, then go to the website to get the amount, and then make arraignments to pay it - just CRAZY if you had any experience with how things were before.

    Their self-admitted solution is to go on "auto-pay" in which you give them direct access to your bank account so they can go in and remove money any time they feel you owe them - that's something I will NEVER do. Just try to get money back from a corporation the size of AT&T when they already have it before you've ever seen it. I'm finally done and I'm going to use whatever phone service I can find that is run by human beings. It's WAY past time for a little anti-trust action again to break up this monopoly.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaffBilling

    Reviewed March 30, 2022

    On February 25th 2022 I went to AT&T store and did a trade in with my Samsung S10e for Samsung S22 and also took AT&T $75 package with number **. Within 7 days I took back the S22 and asked to deactivate the plan package that I took because the service was very poor on my job site and my home. The girl at AT&T store took back the Samsung S22 and told me I have to call AT&T customer service to resolve getting back my Samsung S10e. They also charge my credit card $71.00 plus $134.90 Within the seven days time. Since then I have been calling AT&T customer service for help and no one seems to care in helping me. It's been over a month I've been calling every day and I haven't get my credit back on my card and never received back my trade in Samsung s10e to this day. I am left without my $800 phone and my credit card charges $205.90. AT&T robbed me without a mask. I lost over $1000 and no one can help me.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageTechMaintenanceStaffBillingResolution

    Reviewed March 28, 2022

    I purchased a Google Pixel phone/ contract with ATT. Two months into the contract you could not hear on the phone. After 6 attempts to resolve the problem the representatives were rude and could not do anything to fix the phone. They passed off the issue and said that we would have to contact Google. When contacting Google they said we would have to send them the phone so they could diagnose the issue and decide if they were going to fix or replace the phone. During this time I would be without a phone. I still have to pay att the payment for the phone.. I still pay att for an additional warranty and I pay att for the contract, while they attempt to make a decision. I purchased straight from att but yet I have to go thru someone else for a problem. Remember, I have had the phone less than 60 days.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaffBilling

    Reviewed March 25, 2022

    I received an email saying that I had signed up for paperless billing with AT&T. So like I have done many other times I tried to login to my AT&T account and again could not. So I started the chat and to make this review not as lengthy as it should be I ended up speaking with three people in chat and one person on the phone, none of which could help me. So I took myself down to the AT&T store where I spent an hour and a half to find out that I had two accounts, one’s closed, the closed one has my correct sign-on information, my current account they could not get my email address in so that I could sign on because it was in the original account which they can’t take it out of even though it’s closed and they can’t delete the account.

    So after about two hours on the phone and an hour and a half at the store, I still can’t log into my account. I have no idea who signed me up for paperless billing because they said that I had to have done it not them, but I can’t do it if I can’t sign into my account. So all in all almost 4 hours of AT&T and they can’t fix my account so that I can login to the online site. So there is nothing more than can do. What????

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed March 22, 2022

    ATT has been the worst wireless company I had service with. They make up charges I do not understand ever since I joined them back in March 2021. I have been calling every month to have those charges removed. Each time it is the same song "we will make sure it never happens again" but it always does. If feels like their representative do not know how to do their jobs and it is outrageous. And mind you, managers avoid getting on the line to speak to customers because they know they have wronged you. They disconnect you without prior notice. They do not return calls they promise either. AVOID THEM AT ALL COST IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO DEAL WITH UNNECESSARY MIGRAINES!!!!

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    Customer ServiceTechSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed March 18, 2022

    I had a DirecTV appointment and within 10 minutes into the appointment an AT&T Wireless field salesman showed up to sell me wireless and offered some discounts in order to sign me up which I did. I was supposed to receive $500 gift card to pay off my previous provider. I had good rapport with Nick until he couldn't deliver what he said and then he ghosted me. Chatted with supervisor (Hubert) and was told they could not honor this deal and then closed the chat even though I had more questions. The customer service representative Marlon couldn't help me and transferred me to his supervisor Hubert. So far disappointed at company representatives. I am in Fort Mohave Arizona. The silver lining is that my wireless service is better. If Nick comes to your door to sell at&t service I would make sure that what he's offering is real. Beware Bullhead City and surrounding areas.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingOnline & AppRefunds & PayoutsStaffBilling

    Reviewed March 11, 2022

    I've been a customer with At&t for 20 years! Always paid my bill on time and never received a cut off notice, they even call me a honored customer giving me discounts on the wifi service. But when my at&t email account, email that I use for my username for all me devices became invalid from other websites saying that it was. I found out that it wasn't a real email but was given to me as a user name and a email, in which I didn't know because I didn't normally use the at&t online account to pay my bills I used the app on my phone. 

    When At&t found out that my At&t user name and email was the same they turn off my At&t email and blocked my username so I couldn't use my email that's connected to all my devices! When I called they gave me the run around passing the buck trying to give me temporary password and username that wouldn't work. And still to this day it still doesn't work. They finally give me a made up a At&t username starts with my full name but ends with the word dum as my username. My grandkids and my feeling was so hurt they cried when seeing such disrespectful email and username created by a supposed to be a professional  company that I bragged to my grandkids about how long this company has been around, to see how they really feel about a honored customer that always pays their bill on time really gave a mixed message to a would have been future customer. Just sad.

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    Customer ServiceHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed March 11, 2022

    I got the Ultra 22 and got told 30 month plan. Now I found out it's 36. Also they didn't give me the correct amount for my trade in. Never got straight answer. Felt bunch lies after I made my purchase. In time I will be switching to phone company that don't lie.

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    Customer ServicePriceRefunds & PayoutsRates

    Reviewed March 7, 2022

    I traded my iPhone X in October 2021 for iPhone 13 pro Max, when I received the 13 pro max it was too big so decided to exchange for 13 pro. Now they sent me 2 rerun labels. One for trade-in device and another one for exchange device. I shipped both the phone X and 13 pro max on Oct 30th from USPS junction blvd in Queens, New York. AT&T claims they just received trade-in device which was X. And they charged me 1144.42 for iPhone 13 pro Max saying it was never received. I had to call them 20 times or more for them to resolve partially. I had to pay for 1/2 price for a phone that I returned back to AT&T in October 2021. I wish I can give them -* for being incompetent solving this issue. And I have been with AT&T for more than 14 years. I think I am switching it to Verizon or T-Mobile now. I am tired of them not being able to solve an issue and passing me around.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsTechPunctuality & SpeedMaintenanceStaffBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed March 7, 2022

    I was recently unemployed and my phone bill lapsed. I reached out to AT&T to explain my situation and apparently they wanted me to pay 641.00 upfront or services would be disconnected. I tried to talk with customer service about making a payment arrangement and they continued to not work with me, I even tried to pay half later during the week because my daughter need the phone due to her school assignments are on the device. AT&T has disconnected services and they say, "If you're having trouble paying we are here to help." That was a lie. One of the worst Providers I've seen. Please beware.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaffBilling

    Reviewed March 3, 2022

    Now my cable has been going in and out for the last two months. I just canceled my phone. I was getting 25 spam calls. The only scam here is ATT. They could block these calls if they wanted. They're getting paid not to. My bill keeps going up and service is the worst in my 30 years with ATT Ameritech.net. I call customer service I get someone I don't know what country. I can't understand them they can't understand me. There's screaming and believe it or not chickens in the background. ATT you leave me no choice but to call Comcast.

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    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2022

    I purchased a mobile router with ATT internet package. Limited service with plenty of brownout periods. Inclement Weather adds to the problem. It didn't matter much if I moved the router around. I would only receive 2 bars. So after much research I am finally ditching this option for StarLink. Orders confirmed and now awaiting shipping. Finally data caps and the ** restrictions can go suck it!

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    Customer ServicePriceBillingTransparencyHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Feb. 25, 2022

    I signed up with AT&T and was promised a monthly bill of $142. After 3 months of arguing on the phone and false promises I have paid 353 one month and being charged 190 this month and apparently after going into the store and submitting a request 4 times for the first responders plan that credit still has not been applied. I called again today and a supervisor promised to call me back in 3 to 5 mins said her name was Jane. She never called. I have spend countless hours on my days off from work on the phone begging for a resolution and being lied to. I've spent hours in the at&t stores just to be told my account is update and it will be correct in next bill just to find it's not. This has been the most horrible experience with any company ever.

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    Customer ServicePriceRates

    Reviewed Feb. 20, 2022

    Just recently At&T shut my network data off because they don't recognize my rugged Ulefone as compatible with their system. So after 12 years of being a paying customer I am leaving. Not to mention cell companies are charging full price for cellphones. Like these companies aren't making enough money off the service itself. I'm not happy a cell company is trying to dictate what type of phone I can use. Screw em.

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    Customer ServiceTechPunctuality & SpeedStaffTransparency

    Reviewed Feb. 11, 2022

    I was just told by AT&T, that I have to wait 2 or more days for them to reset the password for my email, as well as, the password for the MYATT app. Even the tech rep that delivered this news could not explain WHY it takes more than 2 days to update my password. I work as an independent contractor, so I am dead in the water for the next few days until AT&T gets around to sending me a code to begin the process of updating my password. If you rely on your email to conduct any important matters, AVOID AT&T!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & MarketingPriceRefunds & PayoutsStaffBillingRatesHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Feb. 10, 2022

    This store is a joke, they lie to you period. Went in this store back in March of 2021. Bought 2 new iPhone 12, said for any reason that I don't like the phones that I could trade them in for a different ones. Well ok I did just that, but I paid in full $1731.99 total. I asked before trading in for our Samsung phones if the price would go towards our trade ins. I was told yes that there wouldn't be a price difference. What a lie that was, after 9 months and finally understanding why our phone bills were so high, they are charging me for the 2 new Samsung phones. So if you buy out right on 2 iPhone. Then you are screwed out the money, because they refuse to refund your money on the 2 iPhones. That is **, if I pay you cash and then return them. Then I expect a refund for both period. AT&T is a scam period. I will be taken this to small claims court.

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    Customer ServiceTechSales & MarketingPriceRates

    Reviewed Feb. 10, 2022

    Jumped my basic package up $50. Claimed I was on an entertainment package now and my promotion ran out and I have a contract. Cancelled the service even though they are making me pay a cancellation fee..Worth paying to get rid of them. Will be putting Dish network on the RV and getting rid of DirecTV altogether. It has gone downhill and doubled in price since AT&T bought them anyways! Thank goodness I didn't switch the cell phones over to them!

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePriceMaintenanceStaffBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Feb. 7, 2022

    Worst company ever! They lie and lie and lie, every month they screw up the bill (landline) after speaking to a dozen of agents, who know nothing and promise to fix their mistakes, they don't do it, been a customer for 30 years, and they can't fix a simple bill issue they cause multi times. Dropped cell phones because of constant cost increase, dropped my cable, because of all the issues, and now the incompetent agents still can't resolve issues. Sick of spending hours on hold with them daily. DO NOT GET SERVICE FROM AT&T, they treat customers like crap!!! I am about to drop this service, also as I'm sitting on hold again.

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    Customer ServiceTechRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 4, 2022

    November of 2021, I called to get an upgrade. I was never told I couldn’t since I had not paid off the iPhone 11 yet. Rep told me I would get $1000 upgrade and I could return the 11 for the 13. I never received the return envelope to send back the 11, so I called AT&T. I was then informed that I couldn’t return it and that I would have to pay for two phones plus the service. Management did file a case against the rep who sold me the 13, but told me nothing else could be done and I was responsible for the 11 & 13. I have since cancelled service with AT&T and went with another phone provider. Worst company I have ever had dealings with.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & SpeedStaffBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2022

    I switched from sprint to AT&T in 2012 been with them ever since. I added home internet service in 2020 which I’m also very satisfied with. Both my wireless and internet service are fast, reliable, affordable, account management everything from bill pay, upgrading, changing plans, are simple and convenient. Customer service is excellent, sales, technical support... I honestly never once had a bad experience with a customer service rep. They’re 100% helpful, friendly, reliable, knowledgeable, go above and beyond to give me whatever I need. That says a lot Coming from someone who’s called customer service A LOT for all types of situations over the years, several being out of the ordinary and difficult to figure out. This is also coming from someone who’s Had wireless and internet with many other companies. I doubt I will ever switch to another company. And I highly recommend AT&T to anyone who needs fast reliable affordable service.

    Sincerely

    Lisa M

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    Billing

    Reviewed Jan. 23, 2022

    WE have been members with this company for 5+ years and have never had a problem with them. Always on time with our bills, but if we need to miss a month we aren’t penalized for missing a month Which makes this service even better.

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    Customer ServicePriceRates

    Reviewed Jan. 23, 2022

    Been with AT&T cellular service for years. Always works, reasonably price, customer service has been decent since up until Covid issues. My phone service is good everywhere I travel to so far. NorCal to socal.

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    Customer ServiceStaffBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Jan. 21, 2022

    My husband and I had AT&T's prepaid service for many years and were happy with our $25. a mo. each service. When he passed, I decided to buy a new phone and use his easier number, put it in my name and cancel my #. Sounds simple huh? AT&T said "no problem" but there has been nothing but problems! Every time I try to get help from them, of course I get transferred to different people, put on hold a LONG time, cut off, etc. like everyone else. But the worse thing is - they can never find my service. I have to give them all my information and phone #, they call me back with a pin # which never works, then they lie to me and say my problem is solved!

    After 2 months, I finally went to my local store because I was promised a 5G upgrade for free which I never got. The person there said my number was still listed under my husband's name that is why they couldn't find it and I would have to bring his DEATH CERTIFICATE in order to keep his #!!! Can you believe that? I've been paying the bill in my name and his number for months. Also, I can't get 5G as I was told I could without buying another new phone and paying more for the service! I am so sick of their lies and bad service I'm complaining online to every place I can! I wish I could give them a - one star!

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    Refunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 18, 2022

    $100 refund was supposed to be available when I clicked the link because I’m overcharged all the time. It keeps telling me I’m going to be reimbursed and I haven’t seen a red cent! Someone please help me get my money back.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaffBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 17, 2022

    I am 75 yrs old. I had tv, landline phone and wireless with ATT. A year ago I called to cancel my phone service since the phone was old and no longer worked. The ATT representative said it would be cancelled. A few months later called to make sure the landline was cancelled because there was no decrease in the bill. Again was assured that the landline cancelled. A year later I moved to be near my son and cancelled service entirely. At that time the rep said I had been charged for landline phone for the entire previous year. He said it was $36 every month. The final bill listed $49 a month. I really could not afford this but ATT didn't care.

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    Customer ServicePriceMaintenanceStaffBillingRates

    Reviewed Jan. 17, 2022

    My bill keeps going up and up and up and I’m on a fixed income. About rate of change from AT&T Phone company I don’t know why they got kind of plan they have me on but it’s not working for us. It’s way too expensive and my husband has a flip phone. I have an iPhone. I don’t know why my bill can be $165 a month.

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    PricePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Jan. 16, 2022

    For quality and dependency, I do not recommended AT&T for home internet. I was paying for unlimited data, however there isn't unlimited data. I was paying over $500/month for glitches and slow internet access.

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    Customer ServiceBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 16, 2022

    Hi. I love AT&T service ever since, but now I got $4000 phone bill. I haven’t paid yet since started on pandemic cuz I’m struggling financial hardship. I wish you have a program for me to keep my account active.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageTechSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaffBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Jan. 15, 2022

    Can you imagine a billion-dollar company stealing from the average American? You may think that’s absurd, but it is actually truth! Take my case for example. We’ve been ATT customers since 2012. And not because their service is great, but for the simple reason that they were the only ones who had better coverage in our area. For the most part their service was good, with the occasional hiccups. I hated calling their customer service line, not so much because of their agents, but because it takes at least an hour before you can actually speak to a human. And then you get transferred from one agent to another and you have to re-tell your issue over and over again. It drains you!

    When we moved to CA, I decided to avail of the “move with ATT” service. It was great! Not having to redo your passwords, etc. everything worked as it was from the previous state we lived in. Because of a discount, I enrolled in their auto-pay. After a year in CA, we moved to FL. This time, I did not avail of the “move with ATT” because I wasn’t sure which provider had better services in FL. Our account in CA, which was under my husband’s name was cancelled/terminated in July of 2020. When we arrived in FL in Aug of 2020, based on the reviews, it seemed like Xfinity had the upper hand in our area, but I decided to go with ATT again because they were familiar to me, and I once again availed of their auto-pay incentive.

    In November of 2020, a glitch or something must have happened to ATT systems, and unbeknownst to us, our account in CA that was terminated got reactivated. ATT started charging us $79.99/month for the CA account that was cancelled. We had no idea that our old account got reactivated and started charging $79.99/month because when I checked my ATT accounts online, it only showed the active accounts we have, which are now under my name. The $79.99 charge was nowhere to be found. ATT kept charging us $79.99 up until August of 2021, almost a year after, when I noticed on my bank statement that our ATT charge went up to $121. I then checked my ATT online account to see what the charge increase was all about, only to find that there was no charge of $121 on my account.

    I called ATT multiple times (within a few months) as we tried to resolve where the charges were coming from, and the solution that most of the agents gave me was to call my bank and ask them what the charge was. My bank statement clearly says that it is an ATT charge, and I filed for fraud charges with the bank. The bank issued a new card to stop the fraud charges, but not until after three $121 charges on my old credit card. I then checked my bank statement for all ATT charges and that’s when I noticed that ATT had been charging me $79.99 a month since November of 2020, 9 charges for $79.99 and three charges of $121. I tried to settle it with my bank but I was told that these were legitimate charges since I provided my card number to ATT.

    It took more calls to ATT to try and figure out where the charges were coming from until one agent from India asked if I had a previous ATT account. I informed her that we had one in CA, but she was not able to locate that account. And that’s when I remembered that our CA account was under my husband’s name. She did a search and she found the reactivated account under my husband’s name. So, she cancelled it and gave me credit of one $79.99 and one $121.

    About this time, with the multiple calls to my bank and ATT and the very long wait just to be able to speak to a human, you can probably imagine my frustration! Sure, the total charges are only a little over $1000 and may be pocket change for a billion dollar company, but that is my hard-earned money!! I was told that she could not credit back all the charges because it had been more than 90 days that the charges were incurred. She did say however that she would escalate it to her superiors so they can check if they can credit back all the money that ATT stole from us! It’s been two months and I still haven’t heard from them.

    I have called ATT a few times after that, but it’s just frustrating that I have to retell my issue again and again, and going back to the fact that they can’t find the $79.99 charges on my account. I was told that the Indian agent who discovered my account and terminated it had a note on there of the charges, but she did not note the account number of the terminated CA account, so now there is no way to track that account because I was told they could not search terminated accounts by name. What a bunch of bull crap! Obvious to say, we switched to Xfinity.

    Honestly, I have given up hope that ATT will return our money back. How many other ATT customers were affected during that “system glitch” which reactivated terminated accounts? Also, think of other billion- or million-dollar companies that do auto-charge, such as Amazon. Think of the older people who now have dementia and can no longer track the auto-charges on their accounts. Think of the folks who died but their credit cards are still being auto-charged. And that is the harsh reality of how billion-dollar companies steal from you and me!

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    PricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2022

    This company is laughable and not worth $10 a month. I've had their 5G service on my pixel 5 for about a year now. I have never gotten speeds over 4G. In fact the 5G network is 100% slower on average. My average download speeds are 93.64kbps and my average up is 20kbps. This is absolutely garbage! Do not buy AT&T in Michigan.

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    After a positive interaction with AT&T Wireless, Daniel increased their star rating on Jan. 13, 2022.

    Updated review: Jan. 13, 2022

    Here a review update. I posted my initial review on AT&T's Facebook page. AT&T Social Media Manager Rasheedat H. contacted me and expressed a willingness to review my complaint. After doing so he was able to resolve my issue. This is the type of service and professionalism that customers past and present appreciate. If only his colleague Amy from the Loyalty Department had shown a willingness to help instead of being condescending, all this could have been avoided.

    Original Review: Jan. 13, 2022

    I have been an AT&T customer for over two decades. As such, I have witnessed the consistent increase costs for their cellular service contracts. So much so that I decided to switch to a lower cost service provider. My AT&T account consisted of 3 phones and 3 smart watches. My billing cycle with AT&T ended on the 4th of each month. So, on January 4th I had my cell phone numbers ported to a new carrier, effectively closing my account with AT&T, or so I thought.

    Today, I received a bill from AT&T for a the next billing cycle ending on February 4th. I called AT&T twice. The first time, I explained my desire to dispute the bill and was placed on hold for over 45 minutes until the call disconnected. My second call went through and I was able to explain that I closed this account effective January 4th. I was informed that the account was not closed because there were 3 lines still assigned to the account. Upon review of those lines I realized that they were the numbers assigned to the smart watches. Therefore, the account was still open and a new billing cycle was charged.

    I disputed this assertion by informing that my 3 cell phones and 3 smart watches were all activated at the same time and the smart watches were assigned new numbers. I also requested that they verify that "NO" data had been used by any of my devices since January 4th. The representative informed me that he was only able to cancel the service effective immediately but would not be able to make any modifications to the billed service. In essence, charging me for a service that I never used.

    I requested to speak to a supervisor, After an estimated 10 minute wait Supervisor Amy ID ** from the "Loyalty Department" came on the line. I explained the circumstances of the transaction. I explained that at worst I should only be billed a prorated amount from January 5th to the 12th, the date of this conversation. However, she too told me that the bill could not be modified in any way, and that it was my responsibility to have cancelled the smart watch lines. Additionally, she stated that policy prevented any modification to the bill.

    As a long time AT&T customer I have first hand experience with having adjustments made to my bill on several prior occasion. So, this Supervisor's unwillingness to budge seems like a lie, is completely unreasonable and nothing short of Hard Ball because I left their company. I found their position to be vindictive and reprehensible. Based on this experience, I would not and could not ever recommend AT&T to anyone, and seize any opportunity to dissuade potential customers from them. Their prices are high and service is extremely poor.

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    Customer ServiceTechPriceStaffBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 12, 2022

    We switched from another carrier due to high bills and bad customer service. When we started with AT&T, we notice no dropped calls, better customer service and easier bills to understand. The plans were much cheaper than our previous provider. We got some additional incentives for being military, and we sure do appreciate the recognizing our military. I’m not sure if we’ll upgrade anything but I’m glad we’re with this company. Thanks for great service. Keep up the good work.

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    Customer ServiceTechSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & SpeedStaffBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 11, 2022

    I have been a customer of AT&T for about 3 years, after being a lifetime customer of Verizon. Reason for the switch, it occurred during the pandemic, on a few occasions, I could not reach a customer service representative for a good length of time. Left on hold for 30-minutes or longer, and still, no one would answer. I get it, I understand these are difficult times, but it was definitely was not typical of Verizon to lapse so far into the fog, but it opened up the door where AT&T was able to pull ahead of Verizon, under these special circumstances, They had the staff to maintain a level of acceptable customer service agents to assist. At least on the very front end, but sadly, the benefit ended there too. Overall, Verizon is just a much better service provider. I can’t wait to go back!

    I had enough, so I switched. I know better, as I’ve tried to switch to T-Mobile to save a bit of money. A nightmare to say the least. Every time I had to phone customer service, I dreaded it. So back to Verizon, I went. Until this Covid virus did its workplace damage. Believe me when I tell you, I wanted to like AT&T, they’ve been around for a long time and for years, AT&T was the only iPhone carrier in the beginning. That gave them a leg up to perfect their service with Apple.. Not the case. They’re just as unorganised and inconsistent as T- Mobile but cost top dollar! I don’t know why it’s so difficult for AT&T to get their act together in terms of consistency in competency and a genuine desire to want to help their customers but they don’t, they don’t get it!

    Verizon, is light years ahead of any of the other carriers including AT&T! You may pay more but, it’s well worth it. Professionalism, sincerity, integrity and a consistent message can be had by each and every experience. I don’t ever remember getting a felling of anxiety when I called Verizon’s customer care department for various reasons, absolutely sparse though. Can’t say the same for the other major carriers including AT&T. I will be switching back to the big V soon. My phone w/ AT&T still had some discounted payment instalments I had to stick around in order to continue getting the discount. That time is almost up!! I need peace of mind again with the a group of true professionals and company that’s proven time and time again, like Mercedes Benz sales catch phrase, “the best, or nothing“.

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed Jan. 11, 2022

    Their coverage in Las Vegas, NV is horrible. Dead spots all over the metro area. Phones won't even work in lots of densely populated parts of city like North Las Vegas & Chinatown. My company had to get rid of ATT because we couldnt do installs in Vegas.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaffBillingRatesHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2022

    I did weeks of research to find the exact phone that I wanted--reading specs, watching reviews and even having multiple live chats w/ multiple carriers. I was told by AT&T both over the phone and via chat, that said phone would survive the 3G shutdown. Activation was confusing because of conflicting sets of instructions. Phone support always has "higher than normal call volume" and no option for a callback. Trying to bypass the automated messages I've already heard by pressing 0 disconnects. There are separate numbers for prepaid and wireless and I never knew which to call because I was using a prepaid plan for a wireless phone. The barrage of prerecorded ads loop endlessly when on hold, like they want you to hang up.

    I began receiving marketing spam about setting up auto-pay (which I already had) and 3g support going away. I had to opt-out multiple times, even after calling and talking to a rep who claimed the messages had been turned off. Ultimately my service began getting hijacked, and any number I dialed was re-directed to a rep at AT&T who tried to get me to "upgrade" even though the 3G shutdown was 7 months away at the time. When this happened I had to explain that my phone supported 4G and I wasn't interested in "upgrading." This happened multiple times over multiple months, and at least once after the rep claimed my phone was back in service it got hijacked again right away and I had to call again and spoke to someone who barely spoke English.

    Finally I ended up speaking to a supervisor who confirmed once and for all that my phone would not survive the 3G shutdown. All the time I spent researching and the money I spent on the phone was for nothing because AT&T misinformed me on multiple occasions. They gave me a one time $10 credit out of their infinite generosity and remorse. Since I needed to "upgrade" I was offered a free phone but nobody made it clear what the restrictions were until I pulled some teeth. Couldn't get a straight answer about whether accepting a new phone but not activating it would further interrupt my current phone service which was already having connectivity issues 5 months prior to the 3G shutdown and dropping calls.

    Also had issues with texting and got "network out of order" errors. When I finally ditched the phone and moved to another carrier I was told that I'd have to call separately to cancel payment even after I cancelled service. Then I was told that I wouldn't. I needed a 2nd phone for business purposes and basically the same thing happened. I bought an AT&T Cingular Flip IV and was lied to about its longevity re: 3G. The AT&T Cingular Flip IV might be the worst phone I've ever used:

    Receives calls when it's off. Every day I have to pull out the battery when I want to turn the damn thing off.
    No provision for blocking numbers received via text.
    Random messages on boot-up telling me "screenshot saved to gallery" then in the gallery there's nothing.
    Can't report a text message as spam until opening it and scrolling up. Reporting as spam does nothing to stop it.
    There are Icons on the home screen but it's not a touchscreen so why are they there?
    Numbers displayed when dialing aren't separated by dashes which make them difficult to read.
    Numbers dialed frequently register more than once.

    Can't check old/deleted messages unless you have a current message.

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    Customer ServiceTechStaffBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2022

    We have been with AT&T for over twenty years. When we went to get new phones our bill wound up being more than double what the rep told us it would be. She told us items would be free, but the items just added to our monthly bill. The store manager would do nothing to help and customer service will do nothing to correct it. As soon as our contract is up, we are gone FOREVER!

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    PricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2022

    They ripped up my yard to run fiber so my neighbor 3 doors down can have fiber, but still refuse to offer fiber at my house. Instead they are offering 1/6 the speed for 2x the cost on copper just because they are too lazy to run the optical 30' from my curb to my house.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePriceMaintenanceTransparencyHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Jan. 1, 2022

    Signed up at a Sam's club and was told phones came free with the service. We did not need phones. Had our own but they insisted we take a free phone. They sat and we're never used. Another phone was sent to replace the one because of updates from 3g to 5g. Again called and wanted to send phone back. Was told it was free and to keep it. Cancelled service and account keeps getting charged for phones and services never used. Hours on the phone. Disconnected start all over. They lied about the phones. They didn't record my phone conversations accurately or in detail with service members. They are crooks!!

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    Customer ServicePriceRefunds & PayoutsStaffBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 1, 2022

    I have dealt with this store for many years. Always got great service. I was very sad to see Barry leave but thought I would hope for the best as I had 2 people who wanted to join my plan. Though they lived in DE agent suggested I take new phone to them. I knew it would help him out so I said fine. I paid the 59.30 tax knowing I would be reimbursed by DE person. When I finally drove down to them in DE on 18th, 1 1/2 hours away and went to get phone activated and get them on acct found out neither agent I had dealt with was not available. I had no choice but to try after Christmas. When my bill was available on 30th saw that it was $375 higher than normal. I found out that agents had put perspective new people on my plan with fictitious #'s and added a 3rd plan to my bill.

    I panicked. Called and was told I needed to drive to DE and get the phone that day or would be stuck with the $225 plan for months to come. My other plan had increased over $100 and I was being charged for things I never agreed to. I NEVER signed a document saying I would add the 2 Verizon people in a certain amount of time. This was all done without my knowledge. I drove to DE and got the phone, drove to this store. I was told by agent that I needed to contact AT&T direct to get any satisfaction and I should do it not in their store, go home. I stayed there and called at&t off in corner as I wanted to be sure people added were removed. The 2 people wanting to come to at&t were removed, thank heavens. Once they knew what had been done to me they said, "No way do we want to go to at&t now. We will stay with Verizon." Store told me the tax I had paid for their phone in amount of 59.30 would not be refunded. I was stuck with that also.

    Agents totally screwed me over. Bill was reduced 30 dollars by at&t agent on phone, I am out $345 for plan changes done without my knowledge and $60 agents at this store kept. I am working at getting everyone off my plan. My husband died 4 weeks ago. I am heartbroken though I had him 55 years. I owed 60 bucks on his phone & was leaving him on another 6 months to avoid paying $190. I paid the $190. Notified others with remaining phone payments to pay off as I need to leave this horrible phone company. I am done with at&t. I have heard that T-Mobile is good. The 10 of us are out of at&t, all going to T-Mobile.

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    Customer ServiceStaffResolution

    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2021

    How can I sue this company for wasting my time and loss due to AT&T's worst ordering system and all staff is not responsible but transfer to other people without knowing how to resolve their mistakes. It's been 3 months doing everything they asked me to do (check online/call for status/escalation department/supervisors). I had to redo order almost 7 times. WORST! WORST! WORST!

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaffRatesHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2021

    20 years ago, when I switched from Verizon to ATT because Verizon Customer service was lousy, ATT had good Customer service. Since then, I have had few issues until the last couple years when suddenly Customer service has nose-dived to worst Customer service ever. I was lied to about 5G availability for 1.5 years after I bought my 5G phone. The whole time I was given a 4G sim card without my knowledge. After this and other issues including the most expensive phone and internet prices around with the worst download speeds I finally switched to T-Mobile. Much faster internet speeds and 5G service with free Samsung fold phone and Internet box that I didn't have to buy and all for $70 dollars a month less than ATT. It took 2 days and 20 some hours to get an ATT customer support person that could give me a port transfer so I could cancel my account and get my phone number to T-Mobile. They seem to like holding customers prisoner that want to leave them.

    T-Mobile was good enough to help me through the multiple holds, transfers, hang-ups and several other issues that the incompetent ATT customer service and technical support people were putting me through for a simple transfer of service. Now I still can't find a customer support person at ATT who can help me pay off my phone so I can unlock it and sell it. You would think it would be easy to pay them money, but again due to incompetence they can't handle the easiest transactions. One way to start would be to hire some Americans in their American customer support line so American customers can communicate effectively. I don't know how many times I had to have the Incompetent Customer support people repeat what they said because the accent they had was as close as you get to another language or dialect. I don't have space to write all of my recently bad experiences, so I just highlighted the most recent.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaffTimelinessHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2021

    I been happy with AT&T until now. I went to AT&T store and 2 sale person offer me the promotion buy one get one free Apple Watch 7. I accepted the promotion. The next day I find out it was not a true promotion. I called the store. Talk to the sale person. He admitted his mistake. I talk to the manager of the store and he said it was my word against the sale person. I called customer service and there nothing they can do. The sale person lie to a customer and he knew it. He sold me the Apple Watch 7 buy one get one free and I should be able to keep the promotion because they offer it to me and did the whole transaction. It was their mistakes. The manager of that store did not care that their sale person is lying to the customers. Sale person represent AT&T.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaffRates

    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2021

    I love the service and prices but there are times when the service is spotty in areas that others have perfect reception but customer service is always helpful and friendly. Thank you for being so great.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & SpeedBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2021

    At Best Buy earlier this year, I was offered a new iPhone 12 with a $350 discount from ATT which was my current wire service. I bought the phone and was told I needed to turn in my old phone to receive the discount. I proceeded to an ATT store and surrendered my phone and received a receipt stating that I would receive the discount. Several days later, I received an email from ATT saying that I had to purchase an Unlimited Data Plan in order to receive the discount. At no point, either at Best Buy, or at the ATT store when I turned in my old phone, was I told that I needed to buy a new plan.

    After 10 calls and even more hours on the phone, I have been promised over an over that adjustments would be made to my account and I would only be paying another $30 more than I was previously paying, which is approximately what the new phone would have cost if had I just bought it with a credit card. However, my bill is over $60 more per month, meaning I am paying double for the phone. I have been assured many times that this will be resolved to no avail. I am leaving bad reviews wherever I can and will be changing phone services. I have been lied to and scammed!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2021

    I purchased my phone last year, when the promo was going on to receive $800 for your trade in. I confirmed that the phone that I was purchasing and the phone I was trading in were both included in the promotion. Both customer service and the promotion department said that they were. After purchasing the new phone, I traded in my old phone.

    After a three month wait I was given $100.00 for my trade in. I called customer service and was told that the phone that I purchased was not included in the promotion. They claimed they would put in a ticket to see if they can get the outcome changed. I had to call back in since no one ever returns a call. I was then told that something was missing from the ticket so the ticket was rejected, "but don't worry I will put in a new ticket with all the information". This has been my experience for the past year! I have been a loyal customer for over 20 years and this is how I have been treated. At&t sucks! I have searched the internet and found out that I am not the only one going through this. One star is definitely too many stars to give in my opinion!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2021

    I get a lot of text messages that need to be downloaded, but they won't download. A signal needs to be sent, but it's not being sent. I called in twice, but the problem remains. I get otherwise good service.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & SpeedStaffRatesHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2021

    False, fraudulent advertising is happening and complete disrespect towards customers (I suspect also bigotry, being treated like a 2nd class person due to my accent might be involved), they lie about low pricing and then they attempt to overcharge customer, after luring them into the store under false promises of pricing they don't plan to honor (I'm filing with state and Federal authorities on them). AT&T store in Cookeville, TN, specifically "manager" Keith is actively involved in deceptive practices. I had contacted this AT&T store and asked about specific phone model, price and conditions. "Keith"/"manager" lied to me about the pricing; after I told him I live far and it's 40 minute drive to the store he promised me the pricing, matching what's on AT&T website.

    When I arrived, there was also false advertisement "promotions" under phones, offering even better pricing than promised. However, "Keith"/"manager" was offering me only much higher price for the same phone I inquired before driving there. When confronted about his verbal promise about the price being same as on AT&T website (I told him the conversation had been recorded, later) he denied, and tried to charge me almost twice of promised price. He gave me other misinformation over the phone, in bait and switch tactics to lure me to the store to sell overpriced products twice more than what was advertised online and verbally promised.

    I also made a photo of false advertising promotion that they do not honor, I have a picture of this. They laughed in my face when I asked why they do not honor their posted promotions. They collect customer's personal information (he saw my driver's license and I'm concerned that this can lead to criminal situation now has all the info on me and can conduct identity theft,, they collected my personal info, while I conducted no transaction with them - I gave them my personal info only under the false info that I'd be given the promised price which turned out to be a lie). I had to leave the store without purchase as I was defrauded/lied to/subjected to false advertising. I have the picture of their false ad. What happened, the lies and deception appears to be habitual tactics there.

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    TechRefunds & PayoutsMaintenanceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2021

    If I could give them a 0, I would!! My daughter wanted ATT internet service so I told her I would get it for her. In October, a ATT Technician came out to dig to install the wiring and cut her "private water line." He told her ATT would pay for the repairs. She got the runaround from them and no one ever sent out a plumber but thankfully I was able to pay the $500 to have it repaired or their water line would still be damaged. It is now December and they still haven't reimbursed her!! We are planning to take them to small claims court if it's not received by December 31st!

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2021

    Got in touch trying to get ATT wireless. The guy asked me whether I want TV with it. To this, I said no. I just need basic internet. The guy said: "Okay, hold on." I was hanging for 25 minutes and then they hang up on me. I guess they do not want cheap clients. :)

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    Sales & MarketingStaffHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2021

    I tried reaching out to AT&T about my new account and verifying my identity. I was bounced between 2 automated systems and 6 departments all to be sent to yet another automated systems. The people I did speak with could not understand what I was saying. English nor Spanish was anyone's first language that I spoke to. An hour of my time wasted!!!! As a first time customer of AT&T, this is not a good impression to be giving customers. Honestly if it was not for the good promotion, I wouldn't have gone to AT&T. TERRIBLE.

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    Customer ServicePriceRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 13, 2021

    Went in to buy a phone, didn't have the one I wanted. Opted for base S21. They indicated I qualified for a plan, then I got emails saying I don't qualify, threaten to shutdown account and make me pay for phone upon demand. When I bought the phone, they gave me phone box, threw away the case box. Then AT&T starts adding services I did not sign up for and without my consent or knowledge.

    Go to cancel the service since I couldn't log into the account; says the phone number is not valid. They charge $55 restocking fee and then refuse to refund for the case as I don't have the original box. When I complained previous days threatening emails, the manager was willing to photoshop my name onto a cop's business card...impersonating a police officer is a felony. Will never do business with AT&T AGAIN.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceBilling

    Reviewed Nov. 12, 2021

    Solicited me for a multi-line wireless plan then after the second bill (3x quote) told me I wasn't eligible for it. I even had an email from a tier 2 CSR detailing what I had signed up for and the top manager on duty when I called refused to honor it. Two months cost me about $600. Switched both internet and wireless immediately.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePriceRefunds & PayoutsStaffRates

    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2021

    ATT refused to port my number, and insisted my account could only be closed by a live ATT representative. After four of them promised my account was closed and I was clearly using another carrier, they kept charging me every month. Then they made up about 8 completely unrelated excuses for why they kept charging me every month even after my account was closed. Then ATT gave me a runaround for 3 months to refuse refunding the money. One excuse was that I hadn't turned off BillPay--even after my account was closed. But the next second they claimed my account was not actually closed. Even though I had case numbers, screenshots of ATT agents promising me it was closed and they wouldn't charge me after that date, handwritten notes about who I had spoken to and all their employee numbers.

    They then accused me of fraud even though ATT employees had forgotten to enter the accurate IMEI numbers of phones *that ATT sold me* (on a buy one-get one offer). They told me everything would be taken care of and the money would be refunded to my bank account in 4 days--and then sent me an email to say my "case was closed because they could not refund the money to your bank account". As if the problem were my bank.

    But after yet another call, they said it wasn't a problem with the bank account and promised that the money would be refunded. But they claimed they weren't authorized to send me a confirmation email, letter, text, anything about any of their promises and confirmations--because my account was closed. Ironically, they also refused, when my account was still open. And then they accidentally let slip that in fact, I would have to call a fifth time to open the case again, after some arbitrary date.

    It was the most bizarre runaround of their numerous errors for which they earned hundreds more dollars. I would never use them again for any of their services, and will certainly let everyone know of how awful they have become. I cannot imagine them surviving more than a few more years. There are too many other alternatives--some of which literally cost 1/5 the price. Use MintMobile which has far better coverage anyway and doesn't cut out like ATT does. I've used other internet services which are SO MUCH FASTER AND MORE RELIABLE.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & SpeedMaintenanceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 16, 2021

    I have been an AT&T customer longer than many of the customer Service reps I spoke to have been alive. I recently upgraded my iPhone XS Max & my wife iPhone XS for 2 iPhone 13 Pro Max's. I didn't need to upgrade, but when they said they would give me $1,000 for my XS Max & $700 for my wife's phone, I said why not... I ordered the 2 new iPhones on the ATT website & they both arrived within a few days of each other (Love the new iPhones!). I received an email a couple of days later stating that ATT would be sending me a box along with instructions on returning the 2 "old" iPhones. The boxes came a few days later & I carefully placed each iPhone into the padded envelope enclosed, then into the box; Note: Each of our iPhone were in A+++ condition, You would think they were both brand new phones!

    About a week later I receive a notice that they received the phones & to check on the status of the rebate. To my surprise, they claim I sent them the wrong phone & that the screen was broken & that my "new" trade-In value is $127.00! To me this seems to me like a bait & switch operation... Promise a good rebate on a returned iPhone & then with no proof, say "Sorry, you sent us a broken phone". I have never even dropped a phone. As a long time AT&T customer I hope they make good on this, otherwise it may be time to move my cell, home internet, streaming TV, to another company.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & SpeedBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2021

    I value the phone service I'm with. I had been with T-mobile literally since before smartphones until they had their merger with Sprint. Then things went downhill. So I sought out a new carrier. One that I could have as much faith in as I did the previous one. I chose att and at the time it was a good decision. Earlier this year I had upgrade option from a Samsung galaxy s10 plus to a s21 plus. The s10 plus had a value of $800 based on the upgrade promotion. Ok cool so I went with the trade in upgrade. The phone sent to a local Att store. I go there pick up the new upgrade. Now for this upgrade I was told that I'd be sent a return kit and emailed a shipping label for the return of the s10 plus. About a week goes by I have neither item. So I contact customer service and they say just give it a little more time. Ok no biggie.

    Time goes on and I contact them again, but no kit no label. I repeatedly contact them regarding the return of this phone as there is a specific time frame of when you can return a trade in. The associate tells me that they see they sent the label in error and make sure I receive in email while I'm on the phone with you. Mind you I've NEVER had a remotely bad experience with att up until this point. So I finally get the shipping label, I print it and go to uses and I have it shipped.

    A week later I receive the phone in the mail from att stating that it's beyond trade in term and it is mine to have. For three months plus I attempted to return the phone but never received a shipping label until it was too late. They then attach a $300 fee to my account. I tell them and prove to them that it isn't my fault that the phone was returned late and to remove this fee from my account. Several associates then tell to not pay the amount and that it will cycle off on the upcoming billing cycle. It comes and the fee is still there. Now I'm livid.

    One manager calls and asks who told me not to pay the fee and I tell them several of your associates did over the past 2 months. I tell them to go in and review every call I've had with them over the past 4-5 months. All while I've been with att they treated me more than exceptional and I appreciated that fully until this incident. So they ask me where is the old phone and to sell it. I say no because that's not fair because not only did this company send the phone back but many associates told me not to pay the bill.

    Finally at roughly 6 months I speak with a manager that removes the bill in seconds and supposedly waives the balance of the new sense it was a major error on there end. My installment fee shouldn't be any more than $200, but instead they're charging a full $800 for my phone is not fair for me to be paying. Now I see that even their most loyal customers they will lie and steal from. Absolutely horrible wireless service department. I wouldn't wish for the most hated and vile person on this planet to have any dealings with this company.

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    Customer ServiceTechSales & MarketingPriceBillingHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2021

    They told me I would get 800$ off my new iPhone trade in promotion. Only got 75$ for it. Straight scammers just lie to reel you in a hook you with contracts expensive monthly bills with so many other things extra to do to get 10$ more off bill monthly. Like showing employment/paperless billing 10$ off for each. Phone I received suppose to be brand new. Only had a 2 weeks and speaker and microphone wouldn’t work every now and then. Lies once again. Promotional trade ins no bueno. Don’t do it.

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