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Reviewed April 15, 2019
For years I have a monthly plan with Bell Mobility which included in the price 1 GB of data but in February 2019 Bell started to charge data as extra without letting me know in advance. I contacted Bell Mobility, disputed the charge and cancelled my phone service. They agreed to credit the data charge but then on April 10 they billed me for $30 plus tax for the approximately 130 MB of data that they claimed I used from February 1 to Feb 16? Why do they charge me for this data when my monthly plan with them for years included 1 GB of data is beyond me. I spoke with a supervisor at Bell Mobility today and he agreed to give me a discount of 50%, means that I now have to pay only $16.95 (tax included). I will pay for this amount but I still think Bell should have not charge me for the data in the first place. I am hoping that the Canadian Government will be able to do something to protect the consumers from being ripped off as in my case.
Reviewed April 14, 2019
I terminated my contract with Bell internet back in August 2018, and in November 2018, I get a notification that I owe them $227. Turns out they lost my modem that I returned, and I had to pay for it.
Reviewed April 14, 2019
I really find fraudulent hiding the bill breakdown. The little + is very hard to find ... especially at tax time. And what are "additional charges"? Where do you find them. Bell is right up there with Boeing, Volkswagen, and Trump. Dishonest is a bar too high for Bell.
Reviewed April 11, 2019
I want my bill corrected. It should be 76.60. This has happened many times. This has happened many times in the last year. On this attempt to correct, Nell from Bell in the loyalty department hung up on me. This was after been transferred 4 times in 2 hours trying to resolve this error on Bell's part. The call was dropped on the Bell end. She had all the info but never called me back. I am certain she knows that she can contact me and not me with her. She said I had made changes to my account and not Bell.
I denied this again as in another a previous time when Bell had to make a correction and told her so. Twice she put me on hold and I waited more than 20 minutes. The current problems seem to stem from increases made without my knowledge or permission to the contract I made for one year's service back in May 2018. The corrections have always been with patches and never correcting the problem. I have and will continued to e-pay a total of 76.60 HST included, which was the amount I originally contracted with Bell.
A secondary issue is the end of my 1 year bundle. I only require phone with caller ID and internet. I would like to negotiate the next billing terms. I mentioned that MNSI has a monthly phone and internet fiber package of $80.00 which never changes or needs correction. What I would like is a two-year Bell contract same as my neighbor.
Reviewed April 11, 2019
It was a terrible experience! After 3 days from the contract, Bell disconnected my phone when I was on a family trip in Jasper. I did not have any access to them to ask the reason. After 4 days when I back, I went to the store and they told me that the disconnection was to verify the identity!! They connected after I phoned them! They do not have any customer loyalty plan, and in addition, it is very difficult (and sometimes impossible) to reach the customer service department through the phone. I won't extend my contract to this company anymore, and I terribly regret to have not disconnected my plan sooner.
Reviewed April 10, 2019
Every month I have to waste my time and call Bell Canada accounting department to complain that my payment still shows on my monthly bill as balance forward, despite it's paid 3 weeks earlier via web banking. They always assign the payments to the wrong account. Now, I have decided to call my payment with credit card to make sure it's applied to the right account. So frustrating. I wonder how this company survived for so long.
Reviewed April 9, 2019
$890.00 cancellation fee for terminating my ridiculously expensive land line for my business. What a joke, no wonder everybody hates Bell. I am waiting to celebrate the day this thieving company goes under, good riddance you buncha bums.
Reviewed April 6, 2019
I am ice road trucker and 31 January 2019 I arrived at Yellowknife, NT for 2 months season. I bought phone and sim card and call to Bell to book pay as you go mobile service for 2 months but Bell representative advises me month plan 35. I was agreed but suddenly I got first bill for 84.35$....48.97 for January, 48.97 for February (nice business charge customer month fee for one day only in January). Both two month bill included data service 10.50$ what I didn't order. I made call Bell right away and I explained first I didn't use any data service at all and I don't need it....
When I get another bill for March there was still 10.50 fee for data. I made call March, 15 to Bell and cancelled service (I have paid all three bills by the way). Took off sim card from my phone and start use another sim card...And today I got another bill for Aprill for 10.50$ data service fee. I have never ordered and used data service but how many months or even years I have to pay Bell? So for several local calls in Yellowknife about 10-15 minutes total I paid 133.32$ and I have to pay 10.50$ every month. I don't know how long....Nice company and service. People be careful with Bell
Reviewed April 1, 2019
This is a bit of an older situation but their poor service continues to amaze me. My husband died. He had Bell, I had Virgin phone. I decided to move all to his because mine was for emergency only. Virgin was awesome, understanding it was because of a death, no additional charges. Then the saga with Bell began, and sadly ALL of this is true: I call, they say I need to send a scan of his death certificate within so many days or they will cancel ALL service. I scan and send right away. Then they phone to threaten me that I hadn't scanned and said they were cutting off my phone. I call and it is sorted out because they already had the scan.
Knowing the situation to change the name, (i.e. my husband died) they charge me a fee (I think $50) to change to my name. They subsequently say they will reverse it. They do not. The argument goes on for so long, I contact the Toronto Star's ombudsman to help. I promise to (and do) give the money to the Star's charity. It was not about the money. They finally reverse it, and two months later they put it back on my bill! When I contact them they refuse to take it off. I again contact the ombudsman and it gets reversed again, but, they actually call me to say "we had every right to charge you."
This is just one example but they have overcharged and then refused to fix things several times. Last time their excuse was "we can't reverse a charge if it is already on your bill." I said "how can I know what you're charging me until I see it?" It took 3 hours to get this fixed. They overcharged me $50 for a service I said in writing I did not want, and they finally offered to take $25 off. After the 3 hours they took off the $50.
Reviewed March 29, 2019
On Jan. I move to new location so I cancelled the service and return the modem as requested. Bell received the parcel on Jan. 29. But recently I received $218.86 bill to pay. Because I had very bad experience with Bell 15 years ago. So I collect each useful information, like parcel returning tracking number. Otherwise if you can't approve you do your part very well you will spent a lot of time to solve the problem. My suggestion is "if it's possible, don't touch Bell, leave them far away". My previous location had no option, only Bell supply service.
Reviewed March 29, 2019
My father has a pay as you go plan with Bell, as of the beginning of the year (2019) they started taking $5.75 off a month, which they told him about via text messages. There was no explanation in the text-messages why they were taking the money out each month, and after it occurred for a few months in a row I went with him to the Bell store to speak to a representative (previous attempts to speak to a 'real human being' on Bell's customer service line took much too long to make calling them about the issue a viable option).
The representatives at the Bell store did their jobs properly and explained to us why Bell was taking money off each month when his previous plan was to pay $100 for the year and pay for each phone call and text message as he needed it (the phone is only used for emergencies). I do not blame the Bell store representatives for being the messenger in this situation, just the policies of the Bell company. The representatives told us that at the beginning of the year they changed the pay as you go plans and that they were now automatically taking $5 off plus tax a month and that in exchange he would receive 10 min of free calling a month.
I am not impressed that Bell decided to make a change to this plan without giving us any forewarning, and that they just decided to start taking money off of the prepaid account. They did not give us an option to opt out of this change in plan, nor did they offer to give us the money back that they had already taken out even though they had been taking it away without our knowledge, agreement, or consent as we do not have a signed contract for that plan with Bell. Overall we are going to continue with Bell until the money we have already paid for the plan runs out, and then we're switching to a different company that is more transparent in how they treat their paying customers.
Reviewed March 29, 2019
Moved into new place 1st of March ... They have made 3 appointments. Confirmed them with me.. and no one showed up. Then when I called customer service only to get attitude from someone I could not understand. I then asked to speak to a manager and they went off on me I think asking me why do I want to talk to a manager. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!! Oh I think she gave me a Direct Number as well.. feel free to use it. **
Reviewed March 27, 2019
The biggest run around from Bell. I have been a loyal customer for years: mobile phone, satellite tv, internet hub (very expensive). A new internet service came to my area, when I called to get it I was told it wasn't available in my area. Yet it was available to my neighbor who lives two doors away on the same street, when I checked my address online it didn't exist in Bell's check your availability system, yet my neighbor's address was on the Bell system. When I tried to explain this to the Bell customer service worker I just got handed off to different Bell employees with promises of return phone calls that never get returned... And to add insult to injury the new internet service was offered to customers that were not Bell customers first. If you were an existing (loyal) Bell customer you had to go on a waiting list to get this new service... so much for being rewarded as a loyal customer.
Reviewed March 26, 2019
The worst customer service, the way they talk is respectfulness, I explain ** to them and the supervisor told me, "You can talk 10 times a day." And she is not even answer my question. I think the company have to put more attention for hiring people. I cut my service and I am telling you guys, never go to this company otherwise you gonna regret.
Reviewed March 26, 2019
I have never been spoken to so rudely by customer service at Bell in my life. I have been cut off, asked for a callback by the Loyalty Department twice. Unacceptable. I was crying and shaking from the the rudeness. No one should be treated this way. His name was James from Bell.
Reviewed March 26, 2019
We have tried three times to get a family line added to a cell contract, and have had zero success with them. Our last attempt was yesterday, after being transferred to FIVE different people, then ultimately hung up on, we gave up. I am cancelling my contract today. (That is, if I can...if they 'let' me.)
Reviewed March 26, 2019
I have been tying to contact Bell since Feb 2019 to explain why I am still be charged a monthly fee for a cellphone that is not under any contract that I requested to suspend since Jan 2019. 3 attempts to make contact and all I get is this ("All our agents are currently assisting other customers" etc). Rate this company is going, they soon won't have any customers.
Reviewed March 26, 2019
I've been a Bell/Aliant customer for over 9 years, and have nothing good to say about them whatsoever. Over the course of my stay with this company, I was lied to multiple times by their so-called accounts receivable department, which is incidentally operated in a 3rd world country, by people with no accountability whatsoever. Nevertheless, I was relieved to end my 9 year association with this company when an alternate service provider came to our small community in Newfoundland. To which I'd add, I would rather die than have to do enter into a business agreement with this horror of a company again. Consumer beware, if you're in need of internet of cellular services, do yourself a huge favor, and steer away from this dreadful company. PS. Bell Aliant is owned by BCE Inc. who also own; Bell Mobility, Virgin Mobile, Lucky Mobile.
Reviewed March 26, 2019
This is the worst company I’ve ever come across. They think they own the Canada. Please stay away. Let’s together make them to bankruptcy. They deserve this. They can not handle single conversation. They don’t have a people to answer phones and questions. Stay away.
Reviewed March 25, 2019
This is the worst company I have dealt with, very frustrating dealing with Bell. I have a contract and every month my bill keeps increasing, all they have to say they are upgrading. Every person you spoke with has a different story.
Reviewed March 23, 2019
They lie, cheat and lose your service tickets. Service sucks, though a couple of technicians tried to be helpful once they were here. Almost everyone I talked to had heavy accents and they just shovel you off until you're either frustrated or their office hours are closed. They pretend to care, but do nothing to help. Any arrangements you make with them are not honoured as they will lose the ticket where that agreement has been made. They have no emergency department, so no matter what your concerns are in the off hours, no one is there to help.
I honestly believe they have deep systemic problems and are a major source of poor mental health. I have a brother who is schizophrenic and his bill is routinely paid by a trustee, yet Bell sends him messages every time he turns on the TV threatening him of disconnection due to an unpaid bill, even though it is dutifully paid. My problems with them are so long and unbelievably horrible. If you can avoid doing business with them you'll have a better life. Bell Canada is the Evil Empire!
Reviewed March 23, 2019
I am a new home owner and choosing a service provider for our internet and tv was something I never had to do before. I had to take into consideration my other finances and work with a budget that will fit me. I just moved to Milton and for those of you that do not know, the service providers are limited here. The only companies that I knew of were Bell Canada and a few others that I never heard of before. Because Bell is such a popular company I decided to go with them thinking that I'd rather go with a service provider that I knew of and is well known. BAD DECISION!
I am only 6 months into my contract and I already tried to cancel with them within the first 2 months. Why? Because they are straight up liars. They hide information without telling you what you're truly paying for in order to make a sale. I'm not too sure how their system works but being in a customer service industry that deals with clients on a daily basis, in my profession we always TAKE NOTES on clients in order to avoid any negative interactions and provide the best customer service possible.
From Day one they should of put notes on my file showing that I was already frustrated due to the fact that I felt lied to and wanted to cancel my contract. But no. Dealing with everything new person who picks up the customer service line they just continued doing what they were doing to make me so upset. First off, from the beginning I wanted a contract that would include NBA. First of all I do not care for TV because there is so much other things you can watch now with just internet (Netflix, Youtube etc) that TV these days is NOT NECESSARY. But because I was looking for a good deal, they offered me TV and internet in a package. Now once again, I STRESSED THAT I WANTED TO WATCH NBA GAMES.
This incompetent person failed to tell me that it was only a 1 month promo and after that it would cost extra money to add it to my contract. I have already worked a set price as part of my budget and surprise surprise when a month passes and I try to watch the game-I am unable to do so. Calling in frustrated I had to fight 3 times before being escalated to a higher up customer service and they finally worked out a package and offered me something cheaper than what I was originally paying for per month and it included NBA channels. The trick was I had to get a HOME PHONE. Who the hell (excuse my language) in this day and age uses a home phone but whatever.
I agreed and took down the customer information (Alan employee #**) to ensure I do not have problems in the future because at this point this company lost my trust already. First month goes by, the bill doesn't match. It ends up being cheaper (I agreed to $120.74 taxes in and my bill was $104.00). I called in and it was because I didn't activate my home phone yet - fair. I got a home phone. Within the next month my husband gets a phone call offering us 2 months free on movies on demand and in order to avoid the charge after that we need to cancel before the 2 months are up. He says ok - we agree.
The next month's bill comes up and the $120.74 (taxes in) that I agreed on went to $149.99. Called in again, FURIOUS. Not frustrated, FURIOUS. He said that I got charged for movies on demand but how it works is that they give me a credit 2 MONTHS LATER. Such B.S! Why the hell don't these stupid people just SAY THAT so we can politely say NO THANKS! Like all it really is here is communication and providing facts that match the service you choose. I got so upset and after multiple attempts (Cherry employee #** hung up on me) Louise (employee #**) reduced my bill to $121.74 taxes in which is 1$ above what I was originally promised. Please note, the 1$ difference isn't the point.
The point is I had to fight for what I was promised to be charged for and it still wasn't the same as what I was promised. Like holy crap I want a simple contract with monthly charges that are the SAME EVERY MONTH for what I agreed to pay for. I paid the $121.74 and 1 week later I get an email saying that if I do not pay the remaining balance of $28.25 I will get charged a late fee. I haven't called them yet because I'm trying to calm down or I will lose all professional demeanor I have left to give to these people. You guys are plain stupid. No one messes up this much and if you do then you should seriously get fired. I'm so over it with BELL. I love Milton but it's such a shame that other well known companies do not service here like Rogers.
Reviewed March 22, 2019
I was told the phone/internet plan service was free by an agent who approached my small business with a $500 'credit' lure applied to my phone/internet bundle plan. After 5 months, I receive a call from the billing department chasing outstanding bills. I ask them to pull up my account details, and they apologize that they can see the $500 credit and that I do not have to pay for another 10 months.
In another 3 months, I call to change my business address and just out of curiosity, ask how much balance I had left, only to be told I was already owing $299. They say the $500 was only applied to my phone but not the internet account. So I ask them to transfer the remaining credit to the internet plan, and close it immediately since it was nothing like I expected, only to be told that I would have to pay $500 early cancellation fees (on each account). How do you expect small businesses to thrive with scammers out there like you, BELL? Scam Scam Scam all round. Their customer service would say they would transfer you, only to cut the line on you. Truly a terrible company, don't deserve one star.
Reviewed March 21, 2019
Don’t be scammed by this provider.
Reviewed March 20, 2019
Out of all of the different mobility services I've had in my life this has been the worst. I asked for a decrease in my monthly bill while I was away overseas for 4-months. The manager over the phone agreed. Later on, she tells me that I was making calls overseas which I have not. She agreed to change my plan until I was back in Canada. I found out later that she had canceled my phone completely. But I was still getting charged for phone usage and overdue fees which I had originally tried to pay for using my credit call in the initial call.
The bill kept increasing back home, with overdue fees, hurting my credit with no way of me finding out because the mail is getting sent to my house while I am overseas. I now had no phone to call Bell. I had originally called to change my phone plan and pay and pay the difference, not cut off my phone, so I was left without a phone, and I couldn't even call the company to pay because my phone line was cut off, which cut off my online login.
I had to borrow a phone to even reach Bell mobility, which they told me the initial bill had multiplied x3. I've been a loyal customer for over 3-years. I had never even called my mother for her birthday while I was overseas. No calls and data were used at all. Then I was getting charged more now for trying to pay. Bell will scam you and if you try to fix your services with them they will not help you at all and just charge you more if they believe you are going to decrease your plan. Worst provider available.
Reviewed March 18, 2019
I went online to chat with service to find out if I could change the font size as was possible in the past. I was jerked around for about 20 minutes asking my account number, Bell One bill account, last balance paid etc etc. There was no need for this, I wasn’t adding or changes services, it was a simple question. I had my previous TV thru Shaw, only changed to get a better internet speed. I will be cancelling my Bell Fibe TV.
Reviewed March 18, 2019
I hate Bell and the only reason I use it is because I am basically forced to. I moved into a new building that only allows for Bell Fibe. They keep raising the prices and the customer service is very unhelpful. They lie to me all the time telling me I will be paying x amount and I end up having to pay more. They lie also by selling packages that they claim to be "free" and then I am charged for the service. When I ask them to remove it they say they cannot because then I will have to pay more money. I wish I could use a different internet provider.
Reviewed March 18, 2019
I just canceled Rogers and ordered Bell Fibe TV about 2 months ago. Everything worked great for about 2 weeks and then I lost my signal for Fibe. I've had 3 different technicians come in and give me the run around about what the problem was, then I had 2 technicians not show up. I have been without cable for 4 weeks now, and they dont seem to want to fix it but they still charged me 208.00 dollars for something I can't even watch. So I canceled their services today and now they want to try and charge me a cancellation fee, when they're the problem.
Reviewed March 17, 2019
They are scamming me. They are charging me for internet but it says that I have not set it up yet but I have and it is acting like I'm a new customer but I have been with Bell for a very long time and it says I cant connect to my internet.
Reviewed March 15, 2019
Bell Canada, increases bill every 3 months without providing actual reason for the that. They say that they improve their system and it is underground. I don't buy that. Most of the time after 12 am I had hard time to open any pages for 30 to 50 minutes. When I called to cancel the service, they left me on the phone and agent disappeared. This happened me more than one time. Whenever we do speed test they don't pass 96Mbps and the package they have sold us is 300Mbps. They tried to keep us with them and they reduced the bill and they said they did not change anything regarding the service and it turned out they removed most of the TV channels. They told also there will be no contract and it was not true. Their customer service is not in Canada anymore. I will never ever buy any service from them again. Bell Canada is my nightmare. Bell Canada is a dishonest company with overpriced service.
Reviewed March 15, 2019
In September I sign up with Bell Canada cable tv. They told that anything you don’t like you can cancel it and you'll not get charge. For over 2 months and half kept calling them telling them that every 5 minute of my watching tv it disrupt 5-6 seconds. Kept calling Bell technical support. And they did not resolve the problems. They left an appointment with a technician to come and see the problem 10am. They make me wait like a yo-yo home 5-6 hours.
I called Bell to ask why the technician is not here yet and they told me technician came 8:30am. Even though the appointment was at 10am. And they’re the one to set it up the appointment. Today Bell Canada sends me another bill (deactivation fee). For canceling the service that I never had. A terrible customer service. I called Bell today and I spoke with a manager and he told me, "You are right but unfortunately you still have to pay the deactivation fee" They admitted their fault but they want to steal my money. Huh huh disgrace company uneducated people thiefs etc.
Reviewed March 13, 2019
I was upgrading my 3 phone lines. I was told by their outbound or outboard department my monthly cost would be a certain price. When I went to upgrade the phones I was told my monthly plan was more than what I was told and if I didn’t like it. TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE. I will be searching for another provider.
Reviewed March 10, 2019
Bell stole my money for 8 months. I had a second line that I canceled early in a contract because my ex took stole the phone and I already had a line. That line was 80 bucks a month and not connected. I called randomly and asked “when is this line’s contract over?” They said “8 months ago.” I asked politely why I was not told or sent an email asking if I would like to re-sign a new contract instead. You said nothing and took my money for 8 months? The guy who doesn’t speak English, (shocker there) went right off on me.
Apparently, it is in the contract saying you are responsible to ask them to stop taking your money when your contract is up! I'm not a ride or angry person. I was calm and polite, this guy was not. This went on for 45 mins. He hung up on me, then called me back and said “hello, I called you back to tell you, I am not giving you any money back.” Well... Not today bud... I made them give me half of that money back and paid the other half which was 300 bucks. I overpaid and had a credit last month of 50 bucks. Now I only pay for one line that is 70 dollars.
So I’m waiting for a 20 dollar bill right? Nope, in comes a 300 dollar bill, I’m still paying for that other line, I have overage charges and I have late payment fees out the **. I don’t even live in a cell reception area I don’t call, text or use data. Once a week I go into service, for a few hours. Save your money, they are a bunch of thief’s. How else do big corporations make money? They take yours. Disgusting company and will never be with them again.
Reviewed March 10, 2019
I see a lot of bad reviews about Bell Canada and in my experience if you're rude and demand things over the phone you will usually get free credits but they will take their time reconnecting you. If you are respectful and polite on the phone and understand that it isn't the technician's fault that your services aren't working then 9 times out of 10 they will do everything in their power to get you hooked up again. After getting connected to a 2nd tier Bell technician we realized it was my fault the services weren't working, I had the wrong power adapter plugged in but all was good. We laughed and life went on. So to anyone having problems with Bell services, just remember that it goes a long way to be nice and calm. If I could give more than 5 stars I would.
Reviewed March 7, 2019
1 Star is too much to give this company. I have been trying to get support for a service that was not delivered in a timely fashion and I cannot reach anyone within Bell. Customer service is nonexistent. I have been told that Bell is short staffed and this is why they cannot carry out my request in a timely fashion. I was also talked down to and spoke to rudely by my sales manager and other staff within the customer service team. Meanwhile my company is losing money and I have no outright now. How do I get some customer support???
Reviewed March 6, 2019
I had 2 Bell salespeople come to my door offering a bundle package for $115 taxes included. The bill was never that price. It was $180. I called to correct it and the reps were always rude and unhappy to help. Bell hurt my credit numerous times because they could not competently add my credit card for pre authorization payments so my bill would always appear as a late payment. I'm actually surprised that such a well known company can commit such fraud against its customers and not be legally held accountable. I believe the Canadian government should step in to keep this company honest. I cancelled the service and I'll never go back. This company is dishonest and cannot be trusted. Stay away!
Reviewed March 4, 2019
This was going on our 3rd year of being a Bell customer. Before that we had always been Rogers but when we moved, we thought we would try Bell as FIBE was just on the rise. Initially, we were very happy. We got a first time subscriber plan and had all these credits applied to our accounts. Fast forward 2 years and every few months our bill spikes because credits expire. To put it into perspective, it rose $120/month since we initially signed up... We had monthly phone calls to try and work out new promos but another one was always expiring and what ultimately did it for us was 4 months in a row being offered a promo that would drop our price down 30 dollars was never applied. The next month the person would state that something else expired so it evened out. Even when we provided the promo codes and reference numbers, they somehow disputed it, talking in circles.
When we called to cancel, that was the first time they seemed to take it seriously, but by that point we were done. We switched providers (I am sure everyone can figure out who we switched to) and our agreement states that the package does not expire - other than the annual increase %, unless we switch packages, our pricing remains the same. No credits and no expiration that causes us to call them on a monthly basis. I do not see us ever going back to Bell. We have returned to a company who we had much better experiences with in the past and are happy to be working with once more.
Reviewed March 2, 2019
So yeah, "It's in your service agreement," they said. And I only receive that AFTER purchasing the service. I purchased the service on January 22, 2019 and my billing cycle was Jan 22 - Feb 21. I made a payment on Jan 26, then cancelled the service on Feb 11. You would expect a refund because of proration since I did not even get 1 month of service? NOPE. Promotional credits get CANCELLED if you cancel the service mid cycle, therefore you are prorated on the FULL PRICE WITHOUT PROMOTIONAL CREDITS, and then incur an additional fee in March. Lel. Kek. Lawl. ECKS DEE. GG Bell. Good job ** me over, you were really good at it and I was an idiot.
Reviewed March 1, 2019
Horrible experience ever with Bell Mobility. I was falling behind my bill so called Bell to make payment arrangements and supervisor agreed to what date it should be paid off... Later after 5 days Bell suddenly canceled services on my phone and when I phone them they said no payment arrangements are made... I had a proof that the day I called they gave me some credits back on my bill... May be overcharged? Spoke with every department for almost an hour but no one want to listen customer. They just want to explain the same thing as they wanted... Even no email. Heads up were received for services being disconnected too bad. Services and experience ever with Bell. Would not recommend Bell Mobility to anyone... Even I am going to cancel both my phone services with Bell.
Reviewed March 1, 2019
Bell has been providing us with a bundle of services (2 landlines, TV and phone) for as long as we and they can remember, with Fibe and optic fibre to the home. We have been plagued for some time with problems with the TV service -- the image/signal freezing. In the best case events it was restored through rebooting the system. On other occasions there were long calls with their technical staff and even several visits from their technicians.
At one point last month they said the problem could be fixed by upgrading from Fibe 150 to Gigabit Fibe. And that they would do this for no additional charge. It did not fix the problem, though a subsequent technician visit diagnosed that much of the problem seems to be due to the number of other Bell users in our immediate neighbourhood and the increasing saturation of their wifi bandwidth. But the real insult came when our latest bill arrived and we find we are being charged $35 more per month for the (promised free) upgrade to Gigabit Fibe. And despite hours of calls with Bell's sales and "loyalty department", they say their system does not allow them to restore our original monthly rates. So the net of it all is that we have had our monthly bill jacked up by $35 in a failed effort to fix their technical problem.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2019
I was falling behind on my Bell bill a few month ago and called in for help to have it reduced... I spoke to retention and the representative told me he had a great deal for me because it was Black Friday... So I gladly agreed with him after he told me that it would be the same services... Yet because it was Black Friday that I would get a few extra plus never go over what I had asked for my monthly budget. Then the following three months I was charged double the price I was originally paying. After calling in and speaking for 3 hour all I got was grief and told, "Too bad" and that I must pay the bill. They later said they would be glad to change it again for me. I sadly declined.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2019
As a business we rely on our phones lines to bring in our customers and unfortunately we recently discovered that our service has not been working and that we've been overcharged for quite some time. We have a family business located now in the GTA. My father got a 416 number about 20+ years ago that would strictly forward incoming calls to our office line. Luckily, I called into Bell regarding lowering our monthly plan. We were paying a whopping amount of $90+ per month for a single number reach plan. This would have been maybe my fifth call regarding lowering the price, but it was only the last call that someone offered me a better plan.
Afterwards, I randomly tried calling the 416 number to discover my call got disconnected. From then on I have dealt with about 16+ technicians and/or managers to try and figure out when/how our service stopped working. Unbelievably, we were told many different stories which are recorded. We were told, "This account isn't under your name, so we cannot access records beyond 30 days," to possibly our migration was the cause of it, etc.
About a month later we're are still awaiting a resolution. The latest we've been told is that Bell can access records beyond 30 days, but cannot find out when/how our service stopped working and that we only get compensation for the time between MY INITIAL CALL till now! In other words, our paid service could have been down for days, months or years without us knowing. As a loyal Bell customer we were astounded by the poor customer service and policy. We are now removing all of our Bell services and switching providers.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2019
Bell overcharges you illegitimately every month! For several consecutive months, I have had to waste 10+ hours trying to get my bill sorted. I eventually became so tired and fed up with dealing with them that I have switched providers. Not only am I getting a better monthly rate (EXACT SAME plans) I AM NOT OVERCHARGED nor do I have to waste my time dealing with them. Also, the customer service reps are so unhelpful and rhetorical. It is not good customer service to continuously reiterate everything I say and reference my name 5 times in the same sentence. It just waste more of my time that I shouldn't be spending on the phone with them anyhow.
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2019
I signed up with Bell in January 2019. 7 days after my new service was installed they send me to a collection agency. They do not communicate well in between them, they do not care about the consumer. They only care about getting your money. All together they wanted $800.00 for 20 days of service. I canceled my account not even 30 days after I signed up. Horrible company!
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2019
Called to disconnect. Agent asked name and address 4 times, put me on ignore for approx 20 min but made sure I could hear them, laughing, insulting me etc. Hung up. Called again. Complained to next agent who just sluffed me off.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2019
Cancelled my internet, tv and home phone THREE MONTHS AGO. Had to call MULTIPLE times as agents kept incorrectly leaving services open! MOVED TO THE US AND I AM STILL BEING CHARGED 3 MONTHS LATER! I have dealt with soooo many service agents these past few months who keep telling me the erroneous payments will be refunded. Now today one extremely rude, and condescending online agent tells me I actually will not receive a refund yet can’t articulate why. Complete imbeciles. Stay far away from Bell. To top it all off, I cannot even call the customer service line from the US — it only directs me to Bell Mobility who cannot help me so I am left to deal with imbeciles copy and pasting scripts in the online chat. Don’t let Bell scam you out of your money after you cancel services!
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2019
On January 8th I asked that my home phone be disconnected January 24th. I knew I would have to pay for the month of January but in Feb. are still charging me for home phone service. They say I have to pay and will get a credit. In the email they sent me in January stated I had a 44 dollar credit. Nope. Still have to pay. Not going to and I'm cancelling my internet with them as well. The person I spoke with said she could not change what was in the computer. BULL!!! I have been a customer for 19 years.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2019
Today I had to call Bell service THREE TIMES. Three days ago we had a major snowstorm. Since then, the phone line had a lot of static, and the static caused my DSL modem to fall in and out of connection. My DSL service is NOT with Bell, but piggybacks on their infrastructure. I thought nothing of it at first... "Snowstorm and damaged equipment happens, I'll just wait a couple of days and it should be fixed..." Yesterday morning before I went to work, the phone line was still working, although it still had static. When I came back from work, no dial tone anymore. It's not a hard break on the line, since my DSL modem still works (but still falls in and out of connection). So today I called Bell. After wrestling around with the automated phone system for a while I managed to talk to someone.
I asked that first person if there was any open ticket in my area already, because I figured the issue can't be just in my apartment, and must have been reported. Turns out they don't even have that information. I obviously have no need for a technician to come to my place, since the problem is obviously outside. I told this to the first person I talked to, and I told her to open a ticket and to write down that I will not be there for the technician, that he can just fix the issue outside and leave me a voicemail after it's done. She tells me she will transfer me to the right department. She transferred me to Internet service support. Strike 1.
Second person I talked to gave me a phone number to supposedly talk to the technical department. The number with local area code is out of service, and with the typical toll free 1-866 I end up on some strange automated service that doesn't identify itself as Bell, and asks me to answer "poll" questions like "How many people above 50 years old in your household?" Obviously I hung up. Strike 2. At this point I've been on the phone with Bell for almost an hour, and I am seriously losing patience.
Third person I talked to I set straight from the start. I gave her my information, and told her to look up my two previous calls in their system and see if the previous two had taken any notes. They haven't. I explain to her that I am nearing the end of my rope here, and that what will happen next will depend on how carefully she thinks before answering. I told her I am not angry at her, personally, but that the company service is complete and utter **, and that I am tired of wasting time with them. This time she took me seriously and opened a ticket. The worst thing is ALL THREE of them tried to sell me additional services. I'M CALLING BECAUSE THE ONE SERVICE I HAVE FROM YOU IS NOT WORKING, DO YOU *THINK* I WANT MORE OF THE SAME? Worst. Company. Ever.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2019
They confirmed they were received and that my account balance was $0.00. 4 months later I have credit bureaus calling me saying I have an outstanding bill with them from October 2018. I cancelled my services with them in AUGUST 2018, I had moved out of the country by September 9 2018, again prior to doing so I already confirmed I had no outstanding payments. If I was no longer in the residence let alone the country in September HOW is it possible that I have an outstanding bill in October?
It is a disgrace that Canada has such limited options when it comes to cable service providers.
Companies like Bell, Telus, and Rogers, control the market and are the dictators of this industry. This should not be legal. They run their business on the hope that their customers will not understand or question their “mysterious charges” which sadly, we don’t because we don’t want our credit to be negatively affected. We have no rights when it comes to disputing charges, these companies just send it off to collections and we are forced to pay. I have received no phone calls or emails from Bell in the past 4 months. But a collections agency had contacted my mother, whom I have not lived with in 10 years. Very suspicious, very disappointing.
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2019
Bell's customer services really SUCKS. It's the worst I’ve ever dealt with. I was with Fido and Rogers and they are so much helpful and efficient. Bell customer services are very impatient/rude and do not help me solve problem at all! I called a few times for a same problem. It's really a waste of time and in the end I have to request a recorded conversation with the Bell agent I spoke. Hopefully the problem can be solved.
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2019
Spent 1 hour and 47 minutes on phone with them, trying to resolve a problem with them. They accidentally made changes to my phone line when I upgraded my internet. They wanted to charge me to put back my features back. Unbelievable!!!
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2019
I was changing my account from regular payments to automatic payments personnel and Bell charged me both amounts $272 twice and will return my money. I live on Odious P government support program for disabled people. I need that money to live with the rest of the month to buy my medication and they’re hanging onto it.
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2019
When I moved in October 2018, Bell Canada stated they would send me a return label to send back the TV equipment to them. By November, I hadn’t received it, so I called in to notify them and to request it be sent. I expressed my concern that although they were negligent in not sending the return label to me, I would somehow get blamed and have an astronomical charge on my bill. The reassured me that wouldn’t happen and that it had been entered into the system that I had called and that a return label hadn’t been issued. They stated I would not be charged.
In December, I still had not received it so I called again and had the same conversation but with more urgency. I expressed my fear that their inability to send me a return label as promised would result in a large bill which would directly impact my credit. I was told that would not happen, it had been entered into the system and it would me mailed out to me.
By January 2019, I still hadn’t received the return label, so I had to invest more of my time and call yet again. Repeat of the conversations in the previous 2 months. This time, I was told I didn’t need a return label. That he could simply give me a Reference Number to provide to Canada Post. I was almost frantic in my urgency that I not be charged for the equipment. Reassurances happened again. I stressed the negative and dire consequences it would have. When I returned the equipment, I called Bell Canada and provided the Tracking Number. I stated I wanted it entered into their system. He said he entered it and that it would reflect equipment was on its way and that no charges would be applied to my account.
Today, February 8 2019, I received my email and saw a bill for $1073.79. I just invested nearly an hour of my time in being transferred around, getting nowhere. Yes, they did received the equipment but didn’t adjust the bill. No, they can’t retract this incorrect bill and issue a new one. No, they can’t reflect in their system that I’ve paid the bill in full if I only pay what I owe ($62). My next bill will be credited back the charge of the equipment but that is not the issue. I’m not sure what else I could have done to prevent this from happening. It is Bell’s error. I was incredibly diligent in trying to protect myself and prevent this from happening. Now, it will reflect on my credit that I had a bill over $1073.79 yet only paid $62 towards it. I’m outraged yet not surprised. Bell doesn’t care about its customers.
Reviewed Feb. 7, 2019
They don’t even deserve a single star. Bought 3 phones from Costco in a contract with Bell for my family. Used them for more than a year and all my bills on time and but when I upgraded my devices and canceled the contract they sent me the final bill and I paid that too. Now they are sending me a bill of 1800 of data overuse. Never use Bell again and will tell my friends not to use.
Reviewed Feb. 7, 2019
My family and I have been loyal customers with Bell for years (over 15 years of tv and mobility). Recently, I’ve had to change my father’s account to add more data. They completely change his plans and removed his “unlimited Canada wide calling”. He’s been charged 170$ for “long distance calling”. They refused to pay it back and only got us a discount of 30$. His contracts ends in October and I will definitely change providers!!
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2019
Most unethical, frustrating, not helpful "customer care". They will fight you to death to NOT give you credits that you should be 100% entitled to (even when it is THEIR mistake)- they do not listen, and they certainly do not care. Was receiving 50mg service (home can't support the 100mg service I've been charged for the past year, I've had several calls (and technicians issuing tickets to have this rectified) on May 28, Jul 23, Oct 17 2018 & 2/6/19). Asked for a credit to be reflected for the service I was receiving (50mg), was told a credit was in progress-never received it. Now the company is refusing to reimburse me for this for the full year when I was charged for a service I did not receive.
Also- because the billing was set up as 100mg service, anytime the modem was unplugged or there was a power outage- my cable/internet would crash (it reset to 100mg which is unsupportable speed) resulting in 4 separate 1 week outages in a 6 month period. No credits for this period without services was issued either (they refused). I've wasted a total of 15.5 hrs dealing with billing and technical issues altogether. I have not had ONE helpful phone call- ONE rep that truly tries to help or even LISTENS. They are just ready to give you the most ridiculous reasons as to why you won't receive your money back- even when they did not deliver on a service you have been incorrectly paying for.
My advice: save your money- go elsewhere- and if you decide not to listen to that- do NOT waste your time trying to get them to help when an issue comes up (because it 100% will come up). THEY WON'T LISTEN, THEY WON'T ACTUALLY HELP. Just escalate it to the commission for complaints for telecom-television services.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2019
Signed up for Cyber Monday, was told my monthly bill would be $**, got my first bill it was ten times that amount. Contacted Bell, they claimed $**/mo was never our contract. Waited for the $150 credit card that was part of the Cyber Monday "deal." When it came, I was told it would be yet another 30 days before Bell could activate the credit card-- even though I'd already waited 60 days for the card to show up. Always evasive, lying to my face, and this last credit card scam the final straw: am canceling my service. But what chance do I have in Ontario, the land of Big Telco Fraud and zero consumer protection? I would be thrilled to see Bell suffer a catastrophic disaster. That's what scum these shysters truly are.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2019
When I signed on to Bell for phone/internet/TV I was told the 3 yr contract would not change during the contract period. Suddenly I get a bill charging almost $10 more a month for phone. I had asked if this would happen before having the service installed and was told no, there wouldn't be increases for 3 years. When I called was told that this is not so. Will definitely look around and consider changing service providers. Bell doesn't seem to understand what the word CONTRACT means.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2019
I stayed with Bell for 2 years. At the beginning I was very happy. Later there was extra charges on my Bell. Once they waived one time which is nice of them. And that start happening again and again. And what pissed me off was After upgrade I got my first Bell around 200 which is fine. I called to inquire more details. The agent was rude to me, and I said, "You know what? I wanna pay off the device and leave the company" and he was happily guiding me how to do that. Like seriously, they beg to bring one customer and they don’t care if their existing customer are not satisfied and leaving. Was really disappointing. No more with Bell.
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2019
Be careful, when they are selling you the services the sales rep will confirm that there are no cancellation fees but when you try to cancel the services they come up with fees that you have not agreed on. I would never use them again. The worse customer service in the country. The authorities should do something as they are taking advantage of their customers.
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2019
I have been Canada for 8 years and I started to use Bell mobile phone service since last November. In the past 2 months, I had really really bad experience with Bell. Bell charged unreasonable fee on my account without informing me first, I won't use Bell anymore.
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2019
Do not go with Bell Canada - for one they charge unwanted charges on your bill. Then when you tried to get them to explain they say, "Well basically that's your problem and you have to pay." They don't work with customers' needs at all. I had this issue with them with my phone years back. I went back to Rogers. Have been a loyal customer to them now 5 years. I decided to go with Bell for cable because of the no wires but now that Rogers has that option I have switch over to them. At least they care about their customers wants and needs and they actually listen. If something on your bill or if you want to make payment arrangements they work with you beyond. Unlike Bell. I would call Rogers first before you call Bell and end up paying ridiculous amount of money to them!
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2019
Hi, I am a Bell customer, paying 67 CAD per month around. In last week of Dec 2018 I had called Bell to enquire about taking new phones on contract, as the prices were not good, I have told no to go with new mobile & not to break the contract. Suddenly Jan 2019 month charge has come 591 CAD, customer care representative told that, "You are out of contract." I tried to tell- "I have not broken the contract, please listen the recordings what you do for quality purposes." They mentioned, "Whatever is noted by representative, i.e. final, you have to pay money, otherwise connection will be cut." What should I do, can I go for consumer court?
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2019
Bell Canada has been sending out techs for about 6 months now to repair our upstairs landline. After 10 different Bell experts going in and out of our house on different dates, the phone still has someone dialing up in the middle of our conversations throughout the day. We get phone messages such as, "LINE IN USE. BUSY" and no message at all. At times there is no dial tone. At times there is other people talking on the line or just a beeping sound. The biggest joke is through all this Bell has the nerve to have their collections department call us numerous times throughout the day demanding payment of our account.
So now we have a cable strung from our Bell box at the side of the house to our neighbour's Bell box, it goes along the back wall up the fence, up the neighbor's wall down their downspout to their box [what a beautiful site] and still the phone doesn't work properly. So we have to call the BELL CALL CENTRE located in the PHILIPPINES, WELL WHERE ELSE WOULD YOU EXPECT A Canadian company to have their call centre! WHAT A JOKE.
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2019
Very bad company, always trying to take advantage from customer. I requested my Bell internet service transfer from Oct 15th, and after that I got phone call for confirming that my service already been remove, until I check my Bell online, they still charging my internet for extra 2 months. Then I called Bell Canada, they were telling there has nothing notes said I requested for internet transfer. What a joke. You guys called me back for confirming that my service was transferred, now you saying there has no note said anything under my account? Then I called over 5 time upon on this issue, they still saying they couldnt do anything, every time after they said they will call me back in 7 business days for the result. I never get call back, and when I call them back, they told me my conference number different than what they have. OMG, I really hate this company, and I dont have other company that service my area. This company is a shame!!!
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2019
Was not happy with every month being charged for outgoing AND INCOMING long distance calls from within Canada. There are a few issues here. I shouldn't be charged for incoming calls. If I did pick up a call it was coming from BC to Alberta and bill amounted to around $20 for 21 minutes which is exorbitant and I don't agree that I had that amount of incoming calls. Also for the long distance calls they claim I make outgoing were false because I used Skype for all my calls.
When I was asked for assistance I was told to call another line. Prior customer service experience with other providers, the customer service assistant should put me through to the department for me. Some amount should be included in all accounts to allow for some calls within Canada. And a customer should not pay for incoming calls. Customer service signing me to up to use Bell originally were nice.
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2019
I have been trying for a year to have my service change. When I signed up originally I got a package with TV, WiFi and phone. After 2 months I decided I only needed internet, so I asked them to change the service to wifi package Fibe 50. When I got my first bill it was Fibe 15 which is the basic package so I also got billed for going over. When I called them to fix it and credit me, I was on the phone for over 3 hours. I got the credit but they did not fix the package. This keeps happening EVERY MONTH - it's been over a year!
So literally every month I have to call them and go through this entire process and they can't seem to fix it. Then a few months ago, some genius decided to "cancel" my account. Even though I still get service, every time I call I have to explain the "cancelled" account. In Nov 2018 when I called again, someone finally told me that a technician had to come in to install the Fibe 50! This was the FIRST time I had heard this. So the tech came and it turns out that my building has fibre cables but was never hooked up for service. They were supposed to call me back to schedule a team to come in to hook up the building. It is now mid Jan and no one has called me.
SO today, Jan 19th I have called them 5 times, been hung up on once, transfer and placed on hold 6 times, transferred to wrong departments 3 times and my account is still "cancelled." I am still on the wrong package getting charged overages and no date for a technician to come hook up the building or my service. I have been on the phone for almost 4 hours at this today. This is BEYOND RIDICULOUS! There is zero accountability or service or respect for customers who pay for a service not to mention their paycheck. LITERALLY THE WORST COMPANY EVER! If you have another option, do with the other option. Unfortunately I don't!
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2019
Signed up with Bell 2 years ago (well almost 2 years). Got a reasonable deal for everything, mobile, internet and home phone as well as tv. I was guaranteed a certain discount each month which I did receive. However I was duped into believing that the price would also stay the same for the two year period. Wrong! The discount stays the same but the price increases regularly, I must mention that quality of service was not an issue.
Upon obtain a quote from my local cable company I find that I can switch everything and improve the plans for a total of $120.00 less a month, better cell package, better TV package and way faster internet. I reached out to Bell and inquired about price matching and was told that they don’t do that and was also told what my payout would be and to just go ahead and switch providers.
That’s just what I have done, so far the cell phones have been switched and everything else happens in two days from now. A few hours after switching the phones I get a call from Bell. Apparently new special team put together to find out why I switched providers, and attempt to lure you back. Number one I explained that I gave them an opportunity to retain my business which they refused, number 2 they offered exactly what the new provider offered? A little too late if you ask me. And as info new provider gave a written guarantee that the price is fixed with no increases of any kind over the 2 year period. Long winded review but I think Bell has a lot to learn about customer retention.
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2019
Have had nothing but headaches dealing with Bell. Billing cycle on the account doesn't match the billing cycle on my phone and I'm being charged an overage fee for going over data but my phone is showing that I'm still under the limit. I honestly feel as if Bell is just a legal con artist that rips their customers off left, right and center. Horrible service. Cannot wait to sign with another provider!!!
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2019
I have a prepaid cell phone $100.00 worth of minutes good till October 2019, no monthly fee. Now Bell are going to charge me $5.00 monthly fee and give me 10 minutes a month (no rollover). I don't use 10 minutes a month, I can go months and not use the cell. That five dollars they are going to take ends up to be $60.00 of my $100.00. Bell says they can do this because they sent enough notice. GOODBYE BELL. And I won't be renewing my Bell landline, FibreOP and internet once that contract is up.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2019
Hello, I bought an iPhone X on the contract and I paid $16 for the insurance. My plan is totally $105. Now my phone is lost and I claimed for that. I have all the proofs of insurance but insurance company and Bell refused to give me the replacement device. Then what is the benefit of insurance. They just simply say we are sorry... Insurance company said that I have all the insurance but my account has been abused but when I ask what abuse I did with my account they said they cannot tell me because of the security reason...**. How would I know what happened to my account. They simply denied my request even I paid monthly insurance. Can consumer department help me? Is there any department who gives me justice? I am not rich that I can buy a new phone???
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2019
Five originally was great. I endorsed it when asked by family and friends. Then it began to decline in service. Interruptions of service, freezing of images, distortion on sound and image synchronization. Call center was mostly a very, very long process with a good person or totally clued out person. More and more required area service people. More and more required people to come to the house. Except those people were personable and knowledgeable and a last resort but solved issues often doing things way beyond me or needing outside co-ordination. Now I see constant decline again and again with PVR. First it starts with PVR full when that is impossible. Reboot irrelevant. Then recordings and On Demand experiencing technical difficulties and finally Netflix unavailable. Then hours of trial error, supposed customer service from the other part of the globe by people only reading a script and do not care if there is a resolution or not.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2019
What a monopolized horrible company. None of the people who work there care about their jobs. They don't even know what they are talking about. I was sold a specific phone on Boxing Day at a great deal. It took almost a month for it to show up in the mail. And they sent the wrong phone!!!! I phoned in and the guy I talked to said I could send it back but since the rep who placed the order had typed in the wrong phone they said that there is nothing they can do. I would have to order another phone and there would be no boxing day deal on it. Are you kidding me... I waited until Boxing Day to order a new phone and was so excited. This is Bell's fault. Why am I getting taken advantage of? Huge inconvenience and a waste of my valuable time. I have been a loyal customer for 10 years. Well that ends today. Good riddance Bell. I'll be going elsewhere. What a joke of a company.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2019
I wrote a review on BELL the other day as they screwed up my account and messed up our plans then overbilled and I paid off the account and shut it down 3 times and paid it off again last week and I got another call from collections today... OMG. When will it end. I contacting my lawyer today as this has been going on for 9 months. The worst company ever!!
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2019
Over time Bell added all kind of useless charges to my bill - wire care, dish care, phone care, name it. This was accompanied by nice "valued customer" letters which I was throwing in the garbage. Almost $80/month just for the darn home phone that rings mostly with calls from scammers and spammers. Over the phone with support (in India, gosh) was not able to get anything useful. On 01/12 took the decision to cut this and amended online my service features dropping the useless stuff. Sure, being threatened that I discontinue a service which I can't take back if I change my mind. And being confirmed online and by E-Mail for $52.48/month.
Tried to check with support, over the phone, they could not confirm the new billing, told me to patiently wait the order to complete. Took a few days for the order to complete - finally it appeared, but LO and behold - the useless charges were back and ended up with just $4 less than previous billing. This practice of milking clients is outrageous to say the least. I have escalated by E-Mail, no answer so far. The problem with "over the phone" - cannot present any proof of Bell misdemeanor.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2019
We purchased business internet and TV. Added business phone to our bundle and signed a contract for 36 months. After a while the phone bill increased. When called Bell they said they have the right to increase the bill up to 10% annually. When we tried to cancel the phone, they said we have to pay them $500 cancellation fees. Increasing the bill 10% never mentioned when I signed the contract for 36 months. It seems they hide it in fine print and never mentioned. Very unprofessional and unethical way to treat the customers.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2019
I am 84 years old and hearing impaired. For that reason I depend written communication. When the speed of my Bell business became unacceptable (error message that it could not connect and waiting to about one minute to read a newspaper) I tried to chat with Bell. The artificial creature responded obviously because of certain keywords in my first approach. This response was total useless. After I wrote that the chat was terminated by Bell. I was not able to find another suitable way to communicate with this communication business. So I asked my tenant to call Bell in my presence to quit the internet service. I already had found somebody better and cheaper. I trusted that company because I was using their VOIP services for any emergencies.
My tenant was for about 30 minutes on the phone and finally Bell cancelled my services. We requested that the service should stop on the last day of October. I did not want to be without internet. Bell informed my tenant that the modem must be returned and that I would receive a free shipping label. I agreed. Amazon does the same for returns. Bell canceled it earlier. Then I received another invoice from Bell for internet service without specifying for which period similar to what they did on their regular bills. I did not pay it and did not try to call them or to chat again. But I was still waiting for the label to return the modem. It never came, but another invoice that I should pay for the modem. Not being able to communicate in writing with them I wrote this review and hope that this will be a wake-up call for Bell.
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2019
I work 1 hour South of Grande Prairie AB and there is very poor coverage in this area. Bell is well aware of this and has been for some time but have not rectified this so customers out in the field can get coverage. Telus customers (my work phone is Telus) have no problem getting coverage. I could understand this if I was further North, but an hour out of a large city center where a majority of the population works in the bush, there should be access to their network. A good reason to switch to Telus in my opinion. They have told me a handful of times they are addressing this issue, but yet, nothing has been done. They call themselves the best network in Canada when clearly Telus is.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2019
Absolutely the worst company to deal with, this is not an exaggeration. Get sent in circles & told different things from one person to the next, one day to the next. Waste so much time. Bell tells me I have to go to a Bell store & then the store says they can't do that at the store, you have to call in, and back and forth we go, in the circle again. "No we don't have that device in stock, it is on backorder with no date or eta..." Next day; "We have exactly 908 of those in stock, but you have to go to the store to get it," but when I call the store they do not have any and can't get me one, as I have to do it over the phone. Absolutely ludicrous, ridiculous. One star is way too high a rating. And this is not a one time circumstance, this is a repeatable picture of dealing with any Bell division I have ever had dealings with over the last 2 decades.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2019
The customer service at Bell is the worst I have ever dealt with in my life. Every time I call no one has a clue what's going on and I get transferred at least 3 times every phone call. (That's if I don't get disconnected.) Today was a 30 minute phone call and the problem still isn't resolved. Absolutely horrible.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2019
Bell is a greedy sneaky corporation who tries to squeeze as much money out of their customers as possible while pulling a hood over our eyes. Your CEO isn't making enough money already? While the rest of us work hard to make ends meet. The ethics of this company is disgusting. And when customers try to change or cancel services that they don’t need, you train your employees to give customers the runaround instead of being helpful. Your company makes billions of dollars yet you still need to sneak in an extra 10 dollars here and 10 dollars there out of every account possible. Absolutely disgusting. I’ll be taking my services elsewhere once I have the time to call your terrible customer support center, since the chat feature was useless.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2019
I sold my house and moved on July 16th and didn't take the number with us. Bell has been withdrawing pre-authorized payments since that date. They claim that I never cancelled the phone line, which is untrue. I asked them whether there had been any activity on the line since that time. They said they don't have that information. My husband is terminally ill and I hadn't noticed the withdrawals. Bell Canada owes me $500.00 and they refuse to return the money. Bell Canada stole my dime. Forget this company!
Reviewed Jan. 10, 2019
What was told to me at a Bell phone centre was different from what actually ended up on my bill--I was assured that my new plan would only be $10 more a month. I was also charged a $35 fee (for activating my new phone) plus another fee for switching mid-month. None of this was explained to me when I initially purchased the phone. This sort of thing has happened to me with Bell before--I no longer really trust them.
Also, I do not want to talk to someone in the Philippines when I do have a concern. My experience is that while the agents are courteous, they often attempt to 'upsell' me, rather than resolve my issue; also, they frequently do not understand the context of our conversation (a cultural/language disconnect, perhaps). I am searching for a viable option to Bell. They pretend to be interested in customer-feedback, but my experience with them is consistently poor. I would not recommend this company to anyone: 1. expensive, 2. inconsistent information, 3. poor customer-service.
Reviewed Jan. 10, 2019
1-844-415-0940. Executive.Office_Relations.Clients@bell.ca. The choice to offshore Customer Service to the Philippines is clearly a mistake. The domestic contacts above were helpful after 8 months of time wasted abroad. Good Luck.
Reviewed Jan. 10, 2019
We purchased business internet and phone. Added business TV to our bundle after a while. Our last purchase was due to false advertisement. When we try to cancel our Bell services, we have being giving wrong information on cancellation fees and because of that we decided to stay. When we figure it out that we don't have to pay full for cancelling the services, we called the customer service again for cancelling business solution products. But so far we are not able to get a full answer on cancellation fees. Supervisor of the customer service got an appointment for calling us but we never got a phone call.
When we sent an e-mail they said the supervisor did not come to work at that day. Since then we sent many e-mails but neither we got the phone call back or the answer to our inquiries via e-mail. We also filled out an escalation form, seems that is useless too. Due to their irresponsible customer service, we have been able to cancel our services and paying bills for the services that we don't use. We lost money and time due to Bell's irresponsible, unprofessional customer service. Meanwhile Bell internet is not working properly, we lose internet at least twice a day and when we get it, sometimes it is so slow that we are making our customers wait at the cash. If you have a small business stay away from Bell. Does not worth the money and time that you waste.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2019
Terrible customer service! I have been with Bell for years. I upgraded my husband's device with them and was told we have 3 gb of data. I cancelled my line with them and now I find out my husband was charged $50 for data usage! I call 'em up and tell them that he has 3 gb of data. Why the charge? I'm told the 3 gb was with my line not his! Why DID Bell not think to let me know that at the time of upgrade? And the account for both numbers were in his name so why wouldnt he have the data being the account holder? They DID not help in any way and were **! Do not do business with these people if you love your money! He pays $90 a month and no data!!!!
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2019
To get cheap wifi I bought a bundle with credits that made the other products null. I decided I wanted to change my package to just wifi because I dont use home phone or tv. They promised credits wouldnt expire, so I should just keep the package. 2 months later the credits expired and I have been trying for the past three months to get this problem fixed. The bill doubled in price.
Finally I got to their loyalty department and they promised that the bill would go back to normal... Ok fine. Now a month later it hasn't because my service was changed "halfway" (2 days) into my billing period. The problem is they don't care that their service sucks because we don't have a better option, switching is so expensive and all the packages are priced the same.
I am cancelling my service whatever the cost. This company is the worst company in the country. Far worse than the oil companies destroying the Earth for resources, because they own that they know what they are. Bell tries to pretend to be your friend and helpful, then boom you need to pay double and there is no way out of it.
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2019
My contract was up in August and I still had a 300 dollar balance to go. I was perfectly content with paying my bills monthly and upgrading in August. My phone's motherboard failed and as my occupation requires I have a cellphone I was forced to upgrade my phone. Fast forward to my conversation with Bell today. I was told that even though my phone broke down I was still required to pay 300 dollars. By no fault of my own I am required to now pay a total of 466 for a broken phone. The account supervisor I spoke with was extremely rude. She had zero understanding of my situation and my loyalty to the company meant NOTHING to her. She said I could have got the phone repaired and serviced, after I explained to her that I work with a vulnerable population that requires me to have a cell phone. She said it was out of their control and that I must pay.
On top of that the supervisor mentioned that I could set up a payment plan. I opted to at least get information about that. Once I was connected with the payment assistance department I was told I had to wait until my bill was overdue to set up payment assistance. Bell Canada essentially told me I must damage my credit score in order to have any sort of assistance. If you're looking for a company that cares about its customers you will not find that with Bell Canada. Zero care about loyalty, extremely high contracts that offer bare minimum benefits. I paid 118 dollars a month until an individual who worked at a mobile phone kiosk switched me to a better plan. Bell doesn't even care enough to inform its customers of plans that would be more beneficial to them.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2019
Bell is the worst cell phone company in Canada. Not only are they expensive, they don't care about their long time customers. I have 3 lines with this company and 2 of the lines were out of contract. I called them to upgrade both lines but we only managed to upgrade one that day because I asked for a loyalty deal and was advised that department would call me the following day as they were closed. No one called me so I called them back. This time the loyalty department advised they could not give me the plan I wanted because I was not eligible. I had just been offered this same plan the previous day but hours later I did not qualify.
I hung up and called again. This time the person I spoke to advised they could upgrade the plan but now I had to pay for the same phone that was $0 the previous day. I have been with this company for 8 years but I was being treated as a new customer. I will be moving my service for all 3 lines to another company that will appreciate my business and hopefully understands customer loyalty.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2019
I used to live in the United States and thought Verizon was bad until I started using Bell. Horrible company and everything is outsourced to India or the Philippines so when you call them nothing gets accomplished and there is no way to solve your problem. I couldn't even get a Canadian manager on the line to help me. While the call center in Manila isn't abysmal it's pretty bad. The woman told me she could increase my speeds but it would cost me $20 more month. That didn't make any sense and I quickly realized that Bell has no business sense clearly.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2019
Called to lower my plan, they would not maintain my plan below 35$ a month so the rep offered to move me to pay as you go for $25 per 90 days. I told her that was still more than I wanted to pay so she offered $20 every 3 month. Followed by being transferred to a specialty customer rep of some sort that then confirmed what we agreed on after 2 hrs on the phone during vacation. Now they will not honor our agreement and say nothing in the system says this ever happened. Beyond frustrated, changing providers after being scammed by Bell employees. I will be fine with foreign competition after being treated like an idiot by my Canadian provider. Good luck Bell, you will need it.
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2019
I'm not alone in stating that Bell costs are the highest in the world. **. The structure of the billing is borderline criminal - it is not actually possible for me to know what is my upcoming bill. The billing itself is insane - I am charged long distance rates for texting and mobile because I bought my SIM card near the airport when I arrived, making a call or text from Oakville to Oakville somehow long distance. Does Bell need a high school graduate to help them configure their routers so that the text doesn't go from Oakville to the airport then back to Oakville, or is this intentional price gouging?
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2019
When I first requested for Bell TV and internet for my cottage, Bell technicians didn’t show up, twice. I had to talk to their case department few times to sort thing out. It was not great experience overall. Each time I call, I had to deal with a different rep and explained what happened. My home residence account is also with Bell. When I temporarily suspect my cottage service, Bell pulled home my residence line by mistake for a couple of days. When they reactivate my residence account, they took off the discount and the price went up significantly.
Their billing service department put me one silent line for more than 1 hour only because I requested to speak to the group manager directly. It’s extremely frustrating dealing with different departments, receiving number of emails and calls. 70% of the Bell’s reps I’ve spoken to are not well trained with business etiquette and having the mindset of how to put clients first. I will stay from Bell and recommend each of you do so.
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2019
Have a Samsung 7 Edge on a 24 month contract. Battery drains in 2 hours, phone overheats and apps crash. Went to the local Bell store who informed me it was a known issue with the batteries. Asked if I could have a new one installed. The response was, "No we don't do those as they are a major PIA to do." The only resolution offered was to pay the remaining time on my phone and enter a new contract!!! 310 Bell told me the same thing. So the contract is completely one sided. The very least I would expect on a two year contract is a phone that works for two years. The lack of customer service is absolutely disgusting. The equipment craps out and I am expected to pay you... Hell will freeze over first!
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2018
Your Filipino representatives are the absolute worst. They are lacking training and even the supervisors are ridiculous. I have been dealing with an issue over a month now and I have been promised callbacks over and over and not once have I received a callback. All I ever get is Filipinos who have no training and lack and common sense to making customers happy. Bye Bell. I'm going to Telus who have all Canadian reps who actually care about customers.
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2018
I recently discovered from a Bell employee that I was being charged $50 per month 33 months later for a phone service that was suspended to the end of contract period, because I did not cancel? Bad assumption on my part I suppose that when contract expired that charges would stop? I’m being told by Bell that I must look at my bill and they are only able to go back ninety days? Although Bell is quick to contact you when you don’t pay, they are not responsible when you keep paying for a service that was suspended? I am on autopay and had gotten used to $250 recurring payment and had forgotten about suspended line?
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2018
This company is all about making money and nothing about people!!! As I was new to the Canada they took $500 security deposit and for the 3 months I have been trying to get it back- as I am entitled to-, and unsuccessfully!!! They have only one way to give security deposit money back - sending a check. Every time I call Bell, they say they will send me the check this time, but never do!!! I am so frustrated! I called them again today, and I was told to wait another 20 days, but I don’t trust them anymore, and there is nothing I or store rep can do... The worst service and the most careless company!!!
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2018
Phone and TV was to be merged to a one bill account. Was never done correctly, would receive a bill for one account then a credit in other account. Cancel service, returned equipment in summer. Bell claiming equipment not returned, & bill unpaid - sent to creditor - CCA. Proof of bills paid sent to creditor, creditor letter says Bell will forgive bill if pay for equipment but if return to Bell will owe for bills too??? Bell does not care about their customers, don't train staff consistently. Staff really not interested in finding a solution nor is creditor CCA. Will never return!
Reviewed Dec. 26, 2018
They no longer provide support for technical problems. Within the last month they have changed their policy to not assist your internet based problems. They state they are no longer responsible if a client cannot connect to you.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2018
Bell customer service is the poorest service in Canada. No any agent have any information, no respect and no manners to talk to customers. Even supervisor name Kyla employee ID/Ez **, she doesn’t have enough training how to handle with people. They never make any efforts to make their customers satisfied. They never care how much customer paying to them and even they get paid from customers' money. I would never ever recommend Bell even if there is no any other network in Canada. Worst company, worst customer service, worst staff. They need to get trained from other good companies. I made biggest mistake moving to Bell. It is just month, but such a arrogant behaviour from agents, I would rather move to another company who will value customers' time and money. Bell should be banned in Canada .
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2018
Prices are far too high. Channel selection is okay. Service can be subpar at times. Sometimes their technical staff is unable to assist with issues in a timely manner. Unfortunately not many choices for cable service in Canada.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2018
Way overpriced and there is no competition. Only Shaw and BellMTS are available and satellite companies cost even more. It can be hard to cancel. I have cut all cable. I'm very happy just using Netflix and "other" ways to get my TV shows.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2018
I received extremely poor quality of services from Bell Canada for months. Due to their extremely high prices for poor quality services, I closed my account before by billing month was over (which I had paid for in advance). I am outraged due to the fact that, when I cancelled my Bell internet service, I spoke on the phone on 2 separate occasions, to 2 different Bell Canada representatives. Both representatives confirmed to me that because I had ended my services before my billing month had ended, I would have a credit on my account, which I requested to have returned to me in form of cheque, because I refuse to let Bell keep this money. Both individuals confirmed that they would have a cheque sent to me, which I have never received.
To add to my frustration, I was shocked to receive on December 17th, 2018, a letter from Bell Canada dated December 7th, 2018, which stated I had an owed a balance of $13.94, by the due date of December 17th, 2018 (which is the same date I received the notice) – if not paid, the letter stated this issue would be escalated to Collections process for recovery. I called the phone number on this letter, and I was surprised when the representative informed me there was no notes or records of the TWO conversations I had earlier on regarding my credit.
This being said, Bell Canada has been sending me inconsistent messages for months. I am incredibly unimpressed and outraged with the extremely poor quality services I have received from Bell Canada, and feel incredibly let down. Bell is an unreliable organization and I do not feel I can trust Bell anymore. I expected more from a large company like Bell Canada, which claims to offer the best services in Canada. I have paid this balance, because I will not let Bell's embarrassment of a company affect my personal credit. Please note that I will never be returning to Bell as customer, and they have left me no choice but to leave poor reviews. I will not be recommending Bell services to any friend or family member, and will discourage any individual who is considering choosing Bell as a service provider.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2018
Have been a customer of Bell for 2 years. Internet is NOT the fastest, in fact it disappears often. Working from home is a nightmare as I constantly lose connection. TV is slow and picture freezes and volume disappears. Call customer service every month with no results. Customer service is awful. I was yelled at and told to "be quiet" multiple times. My bill is at $250 for channels that don't work and internet that is not reliable. Look for alternatives, don't waste your time or money on Bell.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2018
Was talking with some good folks at the Source about my data plan with Rogers. They said that Bell was new and improved and could offer a better data plan & cost. Talked with them - seemed to come in lower but previous experiences with Bell (crappy customer service) made me uneasy but wife convinced me so switched. After we did all three devices (all Apple) the iMessage stopped working - a fact we only discovered after we had headed home. I called up Bell technical support and asked if there was something different from Rogers (my previous carrier) or if there was something that needed to be switched. He told me only thing they supplied was data - nothing to do with them and why was I texting from a tablet any ways since his daughter had a mini and they didn't text (a bit different from iPAD Pro).
When I asked why it would work on Rogers but not on Bell he suggested that "I had 14 days to change my mind about joining (Bell)," WOW. Guess what - I will take his advice and for anybody thinking of joining BELL please run the other direction unless you enjoy non-existent tech support & sure customers service just feel sorry for wasting the time of the guys at the SOURCE.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2018
Since Alarm Force changed to Bell Home the quality of their equipment is unacceptably poor - and their service is non-existent. A new monitoring unit less than 3 months old just suddenly stopped working and no one available for a week! So if our house gets robbed who is responsible - Bell Home??? The (un) service representative - “Ram” was completely useless and as soon as my contract is up they will be fired. Don’t let anyone you care about sign up for this so called home security system.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2018
I am Bell mobility customer for more than Two years. My contract is over. I called five times to renew the contract and get new device. They are directing me to go to the store somewhere. Why they cannot do it on phone and I have to go to store wasting more than two hours. I am frustrated with this company.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2018
We signed back for another 2 years with Bell in August 2018. 3 days after the signing, call failures escalated to 2-4 daily with new iPhones. It’s now December 2018, no resolution and no responses from Bell. Have to reiterate the complete story each time even though we have an open ticket with no resolution. Every time we call Bell, the same run around or hand off to a tech who promises to escalate to the ‘heat’ team. Even the Bell Mobility dealer is fuming at this circumstance. This is a small business account number, I’m certain I’ve lots thousands of dollars from clients not getting through to me. I’ve asked for an account reset, but no. Is our account corrupted? Apparently not, according to one tech. Minutes later, another call fails. Apple has checked the phone, not the issue. New SIM cards have been purchased. Last resort is to buy out the contract - $1300 I just don’t have. Is there any recourse at all?!
Reviewed Dec. 17, 2018
Thank you to Bell Canada employee Terry **. She conducted business with me in a very professional manner. Informed and polite. She help me with my billing issue and is a credit to Bell Canada in the way she exhibited her duties.
Reviewed Dec. 17, 2018
I was looking for a SIM card for my family who was dropping in for 10 days. No one would offer pay as you go. So we signed with Bell, I was assured I can cancel after 10 days and pay only connection fee. We did pass the internet by a little bit, and we did pay for an extra gig when asked to by text... However, even if I gave my credit card, I was never billed. I was also never provided with a paper copy of any logs. I canceled after 2 weeks of use. They called me 2 months later, asking me for 250$. 250$ for 2 weeks. I told them provide me with the logs and I'll think about it. I plan on offering 100$ which is plentiful for 10 days of service, if they refuse, I'll cut Landline, Internet and TV just out of principle.
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2018
Obligated to buy package deal in order to view local news. Multiple channels have the same programs airing. Cost is autrious. No personal pick. In order to have some savings customers MUST go with a package deal that includes cable TV with HD and internet service. We don't watch sports or have kids. Our monthly cost here in Canada is $200. Too costly for seniors.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2018
We made the mistake of changing mobile phone providers because of promises made by Bell. Not only were they misleading and aggressive salespeople, they were gaslighting experts. The first year after switching to Bell, when we put our phone contract on suspension while away for our usual 4 month trip to be with family in another country things went smoothly. They honored the suspension price that was promised - 25.00 a month versus a 10.00 per month charge we were use to by our past provider and most other providers, and of course extending our contract for those 4 months as expected.
But we were told the next year they would not do a suspension until after the 3 year contract expired and we were never promised a suspension price. They made us feel like we didn’t know what we were talking about (common gaslighting technique). Very confusing. Then we paid Bell to have our phone unlocked so we could use it while away, but when we tried to put a new Sim card in the phone while away we were told the phone was not unlocked. We were never reimbursed for the money paid to unlock the phone nor did they explain why it was not unlocked.
Whenever we phoned Bell about concerns we reached representatives in a foreign country who talked off a script (it was pretty obvious). While polite they could not answer our questions and promised that we would be called by a supervisor - which never ever happened. We did talk with a very arrogant and rude man once who basically told us tough luck! Then there was the miscalculation of payments - last April we received an email indicating our balance was paid in full, yet even after paying each bill until the end of the contract in September when we finally changed providers (3 year contract expired) we received an additional amount owing.
We called and explained however have been harassed since that time and have received threatening phone calls, a letter, and emails from them. We are seniors and in all our years of dealing with mobile phone companies we have never ever been treated so poorly. There is absolutely no point trying to resolve anything with Bell - they believe they are right all the time. No wonder they have the highest number of unresolved issues of all mobile phone providers. We want to warn others about our experience, so you can choose a cell phone provider that is honest, respectful, and is customer service orientated. We have returned to a past provider and have never been happier.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2018
I would have to agree with many of the complaints that have been written that there seem to be questionable billing practices with Bell. Specific to my issue was that Bell was providing me with a lesser package for internet/TV but was charging me for the correct (more expensive) package that I had requested. When I noticed that I was not receiving all the services that I had requested Bell made the corrections and I was receiving the level of service that I was paying. Here's the rub. Because my service was "upgraded", which was actually correcting an error that Bell had made, Bell viewed it as a change of service and the promotional price was no longer valid thus doubling my service fees. The phone rep acknowledge the error but maintained I had changed the plan and therefore I was still obligated to pay the new monthly increase. They would not take responsibility for their own billing errors.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2018
Closing account was a nightmare. They decided to put our 2 accounts together then when we told them to put the amounts back on the proper accounts they said we owed the amount they messed up. We have all the paperwork with a zero balance and they still say we owe. 4 calls later and we’re still fighting. 3 simple calculations. Add, subtract, total. Idiots.
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2018
The worst customer service I have ever experienced. They never follow through on what was agreed upon. I recently cancelled and they told me they would send boxes for their equipment. When they didn't... I called and they told me I had to buy my own. This, after a very long list of billing issues and service issues! Never again. If I could give negative stars, I would.
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2018
We switched to Bell to get a good deal on all our services. We were quoted a price, which we agreed on and asked all the pertinent questions. The Bell retailer assured us that because we were in a two year contract this was what we would pay for the two years. Well surprise - our last bill had an increase and when I questioned Bell Canada (310-bell) they told us they could raise the price for services at anytime. Bell Canada said that our discount credits would not change for the length of the contract, but that’s not what the Bell retailer told us. Our signed contract to protect us from increases only covers discount credits.
After talking to Bell Canada for 3 hours and 10 minutes (over 2 calls) the Bell reps could not do anything for me because what Bell retailers say and what Bell Canada says is that they can’t speak to that (Bell retailers). How do consumers make informed decisions when the information from the retailers differs from what 310 Bell says. If we want to cancel our services we need to pay a fee of $150 (less one year) and $75 in the second year of the contract. Bell retailers engage in deceptive practices with new customers.
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2018
They rip me off in sign a 2 years contract deal for (home phone internet tv all basic services $100 month) 3 months after they cancel my promotion?? Started charge me full price $200 a month for the same 3 services. When I asked what's going on with my two year contract they response was "Bell reserve the right to make any changes to your account at any time without your consent or agreement". WTF? When trying to keep my services they saying the price is now $200 a month for these 3 basic services for 2 years which was not the agreement I sign? They break their end of the bargain and contract without customer knowledge? After canceling they send it to collections. WTF Bell?
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2018
I have been dealing with different representatives from this company for more than 3 weeks without getting any resolution to the problem. Their sales people only try to sell their products and services to get commission, without any regards of the customer needs. They promise that everything will be taken care of, and you don't have to do anything. Once their technician comes in and everything is screwed up, you are on your own to get everything done. You have to spend endless hours on the phone day after day speaking to different people. Each time you call in, you have to start explaining from the beginning again. They promise to call back and never do. I hope that my problem get fixed soon. I will never use this company again once my contract is finished.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2018
I am currently a Videotron customer and have had two Bell Canada sales reps come to my door in the past year to try and convert me to Bell. Yesterday the second rep came and offered me a low monthly fee with extra privileges with no end date. The online offers are less generous and end after 12 months. Needless to say, I was very skeptical but told him I would compare the two companies. The Bell website did not give me all the information I needed to make a direct comparison. Later that night the Bell rep returned without being invited and proceeded to be pushy, asking several times to come in for 5 minutes to write down the details. After several minutes I had to close the door in his face as he was asking to come back again. I decided then and there that even if Bell has a better deal I will not switch to them because of their sales practices. Reading other comments here has just confirmed that I made the right decision.
Reviewed Nov. 28, 2018
Bell Canada has false promises when you sign up and over charge you after a couple months. They do not keep up with their end of their details that they agree to. I have to call in every few weeks to discuss billing problems each month. Not only do I have to call in, but they have horrible customer service... not only have I been hung up on and laughed at but constantly the customer service reps are just giving you the run around and wasting your time on the phone for no reason. The amount of times I hear them say "Let me check on that one with my supervisor"...is beyond me! I have been compassionate and kind about expressing my dissatisfaction with them on the phone each time but these customer service reps just don't care about what they are doing and it's clear that they feel like playing games with you.
I've caught the Bell Canada customer service reps in lies and then had them be rude to me. I've had them apologize to me for their behavior and then minutes later had them blame it on the rep sitting next to them. What on earth is going on with Bell and the people they outsource their customer service to?! It is maddening each and every time you need to call them...which does happen to be on average once a month...if not more often than that! So perplexed that there is even a company at this level of service to National residential services that operates in such an unprofessional and incompetent capacity. I am currently trying to figure out how to take complaints to a level of corporate so that something might actually be done about this. I would urge other to do the same. This is the only way to create positive change.
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2018
For over a year I have been trying to unlock my device, I already made several calls, I already sent my phone to your support department and none of those actions unlocked my phone. I am extremely frustrated. Bell always gave me problems during my time as a client and I do not recommend to anyone, but I expected that at least to have my rights it would be reliable. Clearly it is not. I want a solution for this problem asap. I paid for the phone, I paid regularly my monthly bills and now I want my phone unlock as is my right. Thank you.
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2018
I ordered a new phone line and a mobile phone from Bell and did not receive it yesterday. At first they wanted me to go to the store to provide some documents (identification and stuff like that). After calling the store he told me that he doesn't know why they directed me to him as they don't have any stock to complete my order. Then I called Bell and they told me that the order got cancelled. It was without any notice and without any consideration of peoples' situation. Not professional and I do not recommend them at all!
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2018
I am paying 99.99/month of high speed internet, but I am getting an average of 8.49 speed download and 5.62 upload on average. This server is suppose to be Fibe 100. I called in, was told if I want a faster speed, I had to pay over 200 dollar for another modem. The modem I have with my service barely have any range. My bedroom is on the 3rd floor, and I can't get WiFi from there. I run a 50ft cable WiFi to the 2nd floor, so I can get internet in my bedroom. We only have one working phone jack in the house.
So, if I have YouTube on and play my online game, my game would lag a lot until I turn off YouTube. Yes, I am still with Bell, I am waiting for Teksavvy to install my Cable internet in a few days and goodbye... Low speed internet.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2018
It all started a few months after I signed with them, when they randomly boosted up my monthly payments. I was already paying 75$ for internet alone, and then they pushed it up to 95$ a month without telling me. I called to complain because I put a set amount aside every month to pay my internet bill and this surcharge cause the payment to bounce due to insufficient funds and RBC charging me a 45$ fee. No one could help me, I had to have my boyfriend call back and be firmer for the Bell Rep to even consider helping us out. She eventually brought it back down to 80$ a month which is still 5$ more than originally.
I really did not enjoy having to deal with this and having to pay so much, so in September, I decided to switch providers. In November, I got a bill from Bell stating I owed another 80$ for the month of October. I called Bell to ask if I had to pay this and they said "NO, the balance will correct itself in the next bill. You can just leave it as is until then, and pay the difference," since I had canceled after the cycle had started. A few days later, I'm looking at my bank account and Bell had pulled out 80$ which made it so my new provider's payment bounced due to insufficient funds and now they're charging me an extra 25$ fee AND my bank is charging me another 45$ fee. I called and no one could help me. It was extremely disappointing and I feel straight up robbed of over 150$ fees during my contract with them. UNACCEPTABLE! AVOID!
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2018
After close to 20 years I went back to Bell this year claiming they have changed and stole my business from Rogers. Now regret it again. I had a door to door salesman call Chintan in the Brampton Area that came and sold services for a fixed price for a year on contract and now in 3 months it has gone up 20% without no changes done on my part. All their discounts have hidden condition that is not mentioned when you buy the service but then they have a field day tacking on service fees. What a disgrace of a Company. Being so big they have no shame and their customer service is pathetic. Avoid Bell Canada no matter how sweet the deal is because once you become their customer they have a hand into your bank account to steal. They raised their prices by 5 approx dollars per month stating they had expenses to cover and we have no say in it at all. Then they hide some of their discounts with bundles that they give for free and expires with it.
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2018
The tablet could not be activated that day; I was told to come back the next day.
I called Bell and noted the above. They said there was nothing that they could do until a first bill was sent out. Call back then and they would credit the account the $30 activation fee.
Sept 17, 2018 - my email address was entered incorrectly into the system and I did not review full billing info until the paper copy was sent to me – received the evening before the 2-week grace period was up. Sept 18, 2018 - Called the store first thing in the morning to address the situation. Oct 10, 2018 - Followed up weekly with the store manager. Spoken with Andrew ** from the Bell Portage Place store several times and confirmed that the associate (Sully) admitted what he had sold me and has been advised that it was incorrect. The only response he can give me is that the Regional Manager, Stefan ** is “working on it”. I have requested a call from Stefan. I have heard nothing to date - Nov 13, 2018.
Nov 1, 2018 - Called the contact centre. Call was escalated to a Supervisor. Was told that the account was going to be credited to bring me to $0 and “start us fresh” and that the $10 credit would be applied to my bill every month going forward. I would continue to receive the 2GB of “free data”. I considered the issue resolved.
Nov 9, 2018 - Received my October bill. Once again what was told to me was not shown on the bill. Nov 13, 2018 - Spent 45 minutes on the phone with a rep who told me that it was impossible for them to apply a $10 credit to my bill every month, so I asked to be escalated to a Supervisor (Anne). She notes that nothing is showing as having been authorized from my conversation with the supervisor on Nov 1st for a monthly credit to be shown on my bill. They will listen to the phone call with the previous supervisor to understand what he told me and Anne will call me back to verify. If that’s what was said, they will ensure that happens going forward.
Noted that I was also disputing a late charge of $5.64 due to the amount owing for the tablet set up costs (that was ultimately credited). And that I wanted to revise my data to lowest package available. 2.5GB for $10. Was told that this would be back charged to the last billing date. I understand that I am still receiving 2GB of “free data” from this tablet. Nov 23, 2018 - Still no response.
Reviewed Nov. 22, 2018
I currently have 3 lines on Bell, I called Bell on Friday Nov, 16 to cancel 1 line as the phone had been lost. I spoke to Jessica Employee # **. She was trying to convince me to not cancel as I was due for an upgrade, she offered me 2 free phones and upgraded my 3 line plans and included 7gb of data at a given cost. I wanted to wait until Black Friday to see the deals before making a decision, but she confirmed that they have a Holiday Price Guarantee and I would be guaranteed to receive any holiday deal they have. I received 1 of the phones and when I called into to activate it, I was told by Jennifer Employee #**, that the deal I was given was incorrect and they could not honor it. I would be charged additional monthly fees, if I wanted the additional data. In addition there was no way they could offer me the Holiday Price Guarantee either. So basically everything I was offered by Bell could not be met.
After being a customer for more than 10 years, they could not live up to what they offered me. I find this appalling, the phone call is recorded and the file is noted, but I am the one who is held accountable for signing up for a 2 year contract, but Bell is not accountable for delivering the terms their customer service representative offered.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2018
Bell is a joke. They told me they would be coming one day and didn’t show up for 4 days. Mind you between those four days I called 15-17 times asking if they were coming and being told to confirm my address multiple times and being told that the technician is on his way and he never showed. I absolutely hate Bell. I called tech support and they told me they’d credit me for the whole payment and didn’t only for the ** 4 days. They’re a joke of a company. I will be cancelling with them as they’ve totally lost all respect from me.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2018
Bell Canada put fiber optic cable to my neighbor house which they connected from the other side of the street and the cable was hanging too low. When a truck was passing it reached the cable as the cable was hanging too low on the street. Once the truck hit the cable the metal thing came out from the house and fell on my car and broke my windshield. It's being more than 10 days I am trying to resolve the issue. Today Bell send me a text and asking to talk to my car insurance company to fix the windshield that broken by Bell Canada. My insurance company don't cover as I have deductable that is too high. I am too surprised the way Bell is handling and not taking responsibility of their action. I as asking Bell Canada attention and resolve the issue. I can be reached at **. Thanks.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2018
I signed up for Bell Fibe August 2017 for 2 years at $99.00 a month. I bill keeps creeping up and customer service redirected my situation, when I asked for the loyalty department, I was spun around to avail.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2018
No one worse customer service in Canada. Never seen in my life such a bad and worse customers service. Not recommended. They just knows how to cheat customers. Last 2 weeks calling them every day they will tell you different story.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2018
My wife and I are both longtime Bell Mobility customers. Her phone is under contract, mine is not. We recently moved and needed to port my cell number to our new landline. I called Bell and spoke with a customer service representative, explaining the situation and making the necessary changes. It should have been simple; my wife's contract and phone remain the same; my cell number was to be ported to our landline and I would be assigned a new cell number by Bell. Bell billed us incorrectly, charging the change to my wife's cell number and dinging us for breaking the contract. Because we signed up for automatic payments, Bell incorrectly charged more than $411 to my wife's Visa. I called to have the mistake rectified and have received a world class runaround! Fast forward 6 weeks; to date I have spent more than 4 hours on the phone with various customer service people, and their supervisors.
My wife's Visa has not been credited and the problem is ongoing. During my last call to Bell on November 12th, I was told by customer service that the $411 Bell mistakenly charged us had been credited to my wife's Visa on October 25th. That was not the case. Today I was on the phone with Bell AGAIN, and they have NO record of that conversation. So... I spent another half hour explaining the situation to two new people. Now I've been told they will get back to me within 48 hours. Ridiculous. My wife's Visa has been charged over $400 that we've had to pay. I have spent hours explaining, and re-explaining, to Bell, the mistake they made, and I've had to do so when I should have been working. We are no closer to resolving this issue than we were in early October. How is this acceptable?
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2018
Was a 10 year customer of Videotron (who have excellent customer service). Switched to Bell to get TV service for relatives who were staying with us. From the first call to a month and a half later I am on the phone with customer service once a week minimum trying to fix their screw ups. Here's the nightmare: Go online to Bell website chat with rep about ordering Gigabit Internet, TV and mobility service. Was very specific what I was looking for. Get quote for it, I go ahead and order it, turns out chat person (or bot) didn't include mobility in the quote. Have to start the same process all over a 2nd time with their mobility department (just so you know Bell mobile and Bell TV/Internet are like 2 separate companies and NO ONE talks to each other so you're like 2 different customers to them).
Finally hours later get a price for everything. I go ahead and order in the chat. I get the quote and it's higher than I was quoted (surprise, surprise with Bell), I call in and tell them that I was quoted lower. They say it's impossible. I ask them to check my chat transcript, she does and 20 minutes later comes back to say, "Oh if you order over chat you can get this price, but on the phone it's not possible???" She calls a manager and I get the price.
Bell TV/Internet asks for ID to prove I am who I am. I fax (yes you heard that right, you need to Fax them your ID), they approve it. And set me up, transfer me to mobility, guess what the fact I was just verified by TV/Internet means nothing. They require me to verify with them separately, but on mobility they can't accept email or fax, need to go into store for the same verification and to pick up what I quoted would be a free SIM card.
Go into the store they told me to go to. I wait, and wait finally served, they verify my ID for Bell Mobility. They call head office, verify everything, takes about an hour. Am told NO, no free SIM card. I show them the chat transcription and still NO, am told they are an "independent Bell store" and the SIM is $15 and to take it up with head office for a refund. I sigh and pay and go.
Drive back home, call to activate my Bell Mobility, am told, "No you didn't verify yet." I argue that I was just given the ok at the store and they verified, still No. She says they made a mistake have to go back to the store. And No she can't take the previously approved IDs from the TV/Internet side. Go back again, this time takes another 1.5 hours for the guy there to get to the right person to verify it. He does, and I insist he activate it on site before I leave, which finally works. That's a whole day toast trying to get a phone set up.
They send over tech to install the wifi and TV, which goes relatively well, except he puts the modem right over the microwave which I looked up and seems to be the worst possible place in the house for it, he insists this is fine and I agree. (Our 1 GBPS Internet hits 60 Mbps wifi if we're lucky which was slower than what I was getting on a much slower Videotron cable internet.)
Go online and login and order another TV receiver from Bell, get the price $7 per month, go to checkout, suddenly the price is $82. ($7 for a receiver and apparently $75 for a tech to come out to plug it into my TV! - No mention of a tech until checkout.) I cancel that order before finalizing. Go to the chat. The person says it's $7 per month rental fee. Because this is Bell I reconfirm is it just $7 per month or anything else extra (techs, etc. ), am told just $7 per month. Great I order. Get the email confirmation $57 ($7 per month rental fee and $50! to ship me a receiver from the same city).
I call in right away to cancel, they tell me sorry they don't have access to the order as I called in too soon after it was placed, please call back again tomorrow morning? Tech was prob ready to go home and didn't want to deal with it. Call in the morning, am ticked off about the bait and switch, and she agrees to cancel the order and to send me a receiver for $7 per month. I take down name, employee ID, etc. as this is Bell.
Receive the receiver (which turns out to be the order that was supposedly canceled). Seems to be fine. A week later receive a 2nd receiver (which is with French only instructions - I am English)... Am ticked. Call in and ask why they didn't cancel my order as they said they would and that I was not paying for another receiver. She tells me to send back one of the receivers, I of course ask which one, she says, "You have to send back the 1st one or you will be charged the $50 shipping fee (which was supposedly waived in a previous call)." I send it back. Hopefully I don't get billed the $50 but am willing to bet despite 2 phone calls and 2 confirmations I will still get billed the $50 and I will cancel everything if so.
That's how easy it is to switch to Bell! This is what they do: They tell you in the chat, over the phone or in person one thing, and when you get your bill you are guaranteed it will be more than what they quoted you. They tell you on the phone they will take care of things and then do nothing and you have to clean up the mess after on your own time. Get ready for a similar customer experience if you switch to this washed up dinosaur of a company. Every single step of the way they lie, screw up, take 0 responsibility and no one there really cares at all about their service. The worst customer experience I have ever had with any company ever. Once my promo period runs out, will switch back to Videotron and will never make this mistake ever again. They'd have to pay me to use Bell and even then I would refuse.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2018
I’ve been trying to have a group chat with people from work through my iPhone 8. Apparently Bell does not support group chat between different phone manufacturers. I was literally told the only way I could have a group chat where I could participate with the group is if the entire group has Apple phones. If not then Bell doesn’t support group chatting between for example iPhone & Samsung so messaging from an iPhone would be sent out individually and if I want to send a group message out I can also do this individually. Shaking my head. What year is this? And of course since it’s a new phone with a 2yr contract I have to continue with Bell. IMO Maybe Bell should ask Rogers how the technology works?!
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2018
I was travelling through Edmonton Alberta when the charging port on my mobile device stopped working. I entered a Bell Mobility store on the second floor of the West Edmonton Mall location to purchase an upgraded phone on October 8, 2018. While in the store location I decided on upgrading to the iPhone 8. During that process the sales representative advised me Bell Mobility is offering a promotional tablet. I declined the tablet on multiple occasions, insisting I was only looking to upgrade my phone and wished to keep my same plan features as I didn’t not want any features to be hindered for use with the new mobile device.
The sales representative insisted on multiple occasions that I take the tablet as it would not hinder my current plan, would not affect or change the features associated to my mobile device, would be free of cost less and additional hook up fee, and by accepting the tablet, the only change would be a separate 15.00 recurring mi they fee but my plan would remain unchanged. The concern I expressed clearly was I did not want to alter the GB of data associated to my mobile device. At the time it was 5GB of data. The representative had confirmed accordingly and stated by accepting the free promotional offer was my phone bill would be less on a monthly recurring basis, and that once the tablet is accepted I had the option of selling the tablet and/or would not be required to use it and I turn my monthly bill would remain lower than otherwise while allowing all features associated to my cellular device to remain intact.
After speaking with a customer service representative on November 18th, 2018 I was in fact informed my cellular device now only had access to 3 GB of data in the plan and the other 2 GB were associated to the promotional tablet that is still sealed in the original package and unused. Then I was informed the tablet can share the cellular data, however the cellular data is restricted to only to the cellular device. I was tricked into a promotional offer that removed 2GB of date from my cellular device through blatant untruths and false confirmations expressed by the sales representative.
My address is over 400km from the store that was the point of sale. Upon contacting customer service, they provided me within the number for the Loyalty Team which turned out to be the complaint resolution center. That department advised the Loyalty Team would call me in ten days and transferred me to a supervisor in the complaint resolution department. After speaking with the supervisor, they acknowledge the manipulation and that consumer laws had been broken by a Bell employee which ended up hindering my plan. They acknowledged the contract was entered into under false pretenses that were staged by a Bell employee and then stated there was nothing they could do other than me to contact the store and visit the location to bring resolve.
After advising the resolution center that the representative that provided me with the false information which was used in my decision for the phone plan, also had the manager in the store within the vicinity to hear the entire conversation and was visually listening intently, did nothing to correct the false information and allowed the sale to proceed with the sale based on false information provided, did in fact not act any in way to correct the false facts or make any recommendation.
I advised the supervisor in the resolution center I did not trust they would bring resolution to their error as they knowingly broke consumer protection laws for the sake of the sale and was advised that was my only way to resolution and I would have to go back to the location 400km away to have the wrong corrected and made right while being unable to offer any assurances in the event the unethical sales person and store manager refused or failed to be of assistance. I then informed her, after speaking to two customer representatives prior to our call they acknowledged the illegal activity, agree it had occurred and instead of offering resolution, both responses were to promote upsell offers within my plan of which I declined. The experience dealing with the customer service department and resolution center was disheartening.
After I was taken advantage of as a consumer, lied to about my phone plan and what would be altered, then proceeded to enter into the next stage of the sales process after being provided with false facts by the Bell employee, what I though was the same plan with an addition of a device I did not intent to use, only to have less features made available to me when the representative specifically stated would not occur. I was lied to, taken advantage of, lost important features to my plan that was advised would not occur, and then told by Bell Mobility they cannot correct the situation itself and to deal with one of their stores seems to me like this happens all to offer.
When presenting my grievances, other representatives only proceed to acknowledge the events occurred and reacted to the situation by trying to upsell me on more features. The way consumers are handled by Bell, in my opinion, and based solely on my personal experience, is horrendous. I have now lost features to my plan through trickery and fraudulent actions by an employee of Bell. All trust in this company and their services is now gone. Before considering using Bell as a provider, I encourage you to research other providers.
The experience I have had with them, after being lied to and manipulated into a contract that hindered my features available to my device through unethical lies and untruths, and with three individuals not willing to do anything other than have me accept the fact that this occurred, move on, and try to have the Bell store justify their fraudulent actions on my own, leaves an unsettling feeling they may be actively ignoring or refusing to act and support their own customers and correcting wrongs committed to them by Bell representative with other cases. This is not a company or provider I can trust. Please consider my experience before using Bell as a cellular service provider.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2018
We were with a different phone company prior to switching to Bell, we had poor customer service with our last company and decided to change to a different provider. We reached out to Bell Via Twitter and were very quickly met with the friendliest Customer Service rep we had dealt with for many many years. This was one of two times Bell treated us like humans and not just another number.
After they got us signed up began our struggle with dealing with yet another greedy corporation. Our bill seems to randomly increase and as I have recently lost my job we have been struggling to make payments. Keeping Bell informed the entire time, we have put over 400 Dollars onto our bill in the last 2 months and they are still threatening to cut our services... When we called them to discuss this further we were passed from person to person until we reached an individual which met us with little compassion and the conversation screeched to a halt. We are now within 12 hours of our services being cut and another greedy company slowly drives the poor even poorer...
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2018
I’ve been Bell customer for almost two years, but I’ve experienced very poor customer service. So many times I’ve been changed over and spent over an hour just to fix the issue. Once I finish my contract I’m gonna cancel it. I wouldn’t recommend to anyone.
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2018
My internet at home keeps on going down because the line to my house is old and they won’t fix it. I used my phone data for emergencies and went over, waited 1.5 hours to get an agent and was told that nothing could be done, even though I’m paying up to 5 gigs of download speed I’m getting 0.8m when it does work. I’m rural and am stuck with Bell, no other company services this area. Bell is the worse company, I hope they read this reviews and get better as they were long ago. The only reason they have a one star is because we can’t do 0 stars I’m sure.

Reviewed Nov. 13, 2018
I have Bell since 5 years for business and home services... We wanted to cancel our home services to try different company and requested them to cancel for 27th November, they sent wrong update in e-mail with cancellation on 10th, we wasted another 1 hr and another agent said within 24 hrs it will be resolved. its been over 2 days still nothing happened, I am again on phone trying to reach out to someone wasting another hour... All our work is dependent on internet, we couldn't do salaries because we had no internet... Totally frustrated and do not recommend Bell to anyone and I am planning to cancel all my accounts with Bell...
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2018
Please be aware when canceling service from Bell Canada. Customer Service just pretend they are deal when you tell them you want to cancel their service because of poor service and high price. I have to call them numerous times and they only start the process almost two weeks after my first call. They also charged me after I cancel my service. I would never go back to them.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2018
One of the worst company in Canada... They added the contract without our consent!! If I have authority... I will simply shut down this company. They charged the extra bill and the customer service is so worse...
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2018
Bell should honestly get the hint with the one star - if I could have given them a minus million I would! Their customer service sucks! Their product is horrible - and if I had someone else to go to I would be! At this point I’m thinking no cable is better than Bell! I’ve given them a 1 on every survey and I can’t get someone to call me! Sad - I can’t say it enough. If you're not with them - thinking of going with them—DONT. YOU WILL REGRET IT! They may find their crappy useless equipment in the road!!
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2018
We had a problem with our Bell hub for all our services. Called C. Service to find out a fix for the hub. They gave me the runaround and said they would send someone out the next business day. Two days later and still no one came. I called and they said it's not their problem and the tech will be another week. We canceled our service after they laughed and said they don't care what we do. Fast forward to our final bill. They added a termination fee, after they told me there wasn't one. Then they add $150 fee for shipping 3 receivers 10 months ago that somehow they missed. They give you the runaround on the phone and have terrible customer service. I HATE BELL and will never again fall into this trap. They have gutless supervisors that don't want to work with you. I offered to meet in the middle on the charges and still pay some. Keep an eye on your bill as they will ** you as well. BELL CANADA WORST COMPANY AROUND.
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2018
Bell Canada used to be the best!!! Now it is the worse company EVER! All of the sudden they increased my monthly bill from $140 to $220! Called C. Ser. They said promotion finished. It Was first time I hear about promotion. C. Serv. Made fun of me. I spoke with loyalty dept. They refused to waive the extra charges and said IF I DON'T PAY I GET STUCK! V. Cheap and rude way of dealing. She pushed me to request cancellation all services. She didn't care and told me services will be cancelled tomorrow!!! WOW! I hate Bell Canada. They also cheated on the internet signal. TV was not working for months. Technical support couldn't fix it and sent new box and also didn't work. I had really hard time dealing with this bad company. Being with Bell Canada is suffering all the time. Regret to spent time with them.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2018
I have had Bell Fibe package (phone, internet and TV) for about the last year. Last month on October 5 I lost all three services. Not having a cell phone, I had to drive to my office to report the interruption. Tech support would not deal with me because I was not in front of my modem and they hung up. Called back on the 6th and explained my problem. They said that they do not show any problem on my end and told me to reset my modem. Called for service again on the 7th, they continue to say that they don't see a problem and won't sched a service call.
Called on the 8th and pleaded with them to come fix problem. They now admit there is a problem and will be there sometime in the afternoon. They show up around 4pm and find a break in my fiber where they ran it beside my HRV ducts. I told them not to rerun it through there. They argued with me and told me it would be fine. Service re-established for two days the 9th and 10th but on the 11th I lost all services again. Called for service and they sched me for the next day. I had to take a day off work to wait for them and they never showed. When I called them back they said they got backed up and could not make it. They now say that they cannot come for another two days, this is when I decided that I have no other choice but to change back to EastLink.
When their tech finally showed, of course the break was back in the same place where fiber was run next to my HRV ducts. I drilled a new hole myself through my walls and instructed your tech to run fiber through there. You know that I am a field service technician in a related field for the past 40 years and never have I treated a customer like this. And on a return service call priority should be a given. I cannot understand how you can get away with such poor service. I just remember what Ernestine use to say on Laugh In, "We don't care. We don't have to. We're the phone company."
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2018
Had a scheduled appointment with Bell today to hook up our satellite TV, took time off work to accommodate their schedule, they did not show up. I called the office and was transferred to 3 different departments, after another half an hour on hold I was finally told the technicians would be at my house in half an hour, again we waited and no show. Called the office again and they were closed for the day. Bell doesn’t appear to need any more customers and the joke was on me. Good one Bell.

Reviewed Nov. 1, 2018
I have business account with Bell, I have 2 cellphones. Rules to know about their customer service, IF they are not able to solve the issue through phone and are rude and bang the phone. There is no details of this recorded in Bell network. I have had this multiple times and yesterday I lost it. Customer service lady kept the phone while I was on conversation. I didn't get her name. When I called the second time there was no track record of who she was since there was no notes updates. 2nd and 3rd time they could not open the account since system was down for 4 plus hours.
At night I was transferred to Alex, Retention Manager. Spoke well and handled my billing issue with calmness even though he could not do anything to fix it. Understandable, his limitations. Even though I threw a tantrum. Even Retention manager could not track the notes since there was none updated. After which I received a message from Bell to rate customer service. I have a screenshot of it. I pressed one for least and the message would not go. I tried it multiple time in 24 hours and it says message failed.
This is Bell customer service for you. If they are at fault there is no way you can track it since there is no notes or no way they can track the caller. But if you call to fix a billing mentioning I did not receive the billing email. They do not accept. Bell being the big giant. Don't give a ** about you. Even as a business account. Make sure you record your calls when talking to Bell since they wont be able to. I wish I could attach the screenshot here. Thanks.
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2018
I received a bill from Bell amounting over $700. Only to find out that my plan only covers unlimited calling from Bell-Bell network and I got charged long distance calling other network. The plan I'm paying is $105 with only 2gb of data. When I called the customer service they said they couldn't do anything about the charges because it's valid. It doesn't make sense to me to have a plan cost $105 and doesn't cover unlimited Canada nationwide calling! This is absurd!
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2018
I will never go with Bell Canada again. We signed up for their high speed fiber internet and phone. At first the internet was fast and never dropped the 1st few days...then it started to slow down and would drop around the same time every day. This is not a good thing if you work online from home. We cancelled and switched services to Cogeco at the end of August 2018. A month later we got a bill for September. I called and told them we were not with them anymore. A Supervisor called me back and confirmed we were cancelled and paid up and were clear of Bell Canada.
At the end of October...got another monthly bill. I called again. They told me my internet was not cancelled and I owed them a cancellation fee. This is so frustrating. I spoke with someone from general customer service and from the loyalty department. They said I just had to pay a cancellation fee and pull be done and that my services were now officially cancelled (2 months after the fact). This is an unorganized business with poor customer service and internet overall. I hope I don’t get another bill again next month for services I don’t have with them…(if I do...I will not be surprised by this point).
Reviewed Oct. 26, 2018
Been with Bell Fiber since 2017 with no internet issues. October 2018 internet starts being slow across all devices. Oct 20 internet stops working completely. Call Bell. Agent on phone is unhelpful and does not want to send technician. Agents cuts the line and does not call back. Next day; still without internet. Using mobile data to hotspot computers. Call Bell again and this time technician booked for next day visit, W. Technician does something to modem; internet works. Today, Oct 26, 2018 F. Internet is so slow that cannot load a speed test or load multiple sites at a time. Call Bell. Speak to agent Mohamed **. Agent is initially cordial. Agent says that there is interference in the house that is interfering with day to day WiFi.
I explain that technician has come by already, so I want to know why internet issue persists. Agent does not explain their reasoning, instead tells me I am unhelpful. Asked to be transferred to management. Agent says there is no management here. Is this true Bell? Asked to be transferred to billing or another service agent, Mohamed refuses and becomes unprofessional. I am still with extremely slow internet at home which is severely impeding my ability to do any work. This internet issue has persisted on and off for a month, coming to a head this past week. Yet Bell charges interest for each day a payment is late. Bell Fiber was supposed to be the fastest speed available, which is why I switched from Rogers. A year later the internet is slow and the service agents are rude when you need help. If this issue is not resolved, I will switch back to Rogers.
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