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Where do I begin. I am pleading for someone to listen to my situation, and to please help me!! Let me categorize the situation as having two discrete problems: 1) Being billed for services I never asked for or agreed to, 2) The worst customer service experience of my life today.
1) BEING BILLED FOR SERVICES I NEVER AGREED TO:
Back story is this. In September of 2017, I decided to switch from Verizon to AT&T for my mobile phone service. I went to an AT&T store at my local mall, and began the dialogue with the Store Manager. The package he offered seemed good enough to make the decision to switch from Verizon to AT&T. On top of it all, he offered to "throw in DIRECTV for only $10/month!" I never watch basic cable and "cut the cord" years ago, but I thought hey, for $10/month, sure, sign me up. We switched our phones over, and everything was fine. We then received a call from DIRECTV to setup the cable service, which we assumed was the next step for the $10/month service we were offered. So we scheduled the appointment, they arrived, installed the cable boxes, and life went on. We never use the basic cable / DIRECTV, but again, I didn't think anything of it for the low cost. That is until I received an email this morning saying "YOUR SERVICES WILL BE TERMINATED." So I immediately opened the email, and saw that I apparently owed $250 for DIRECTV. Well that didn't sound right ... I was under the assumption that I since I had been paying my AT&T Bill on time each month, that I shouldn't have any outstanding bills, much less something as large as $250 for something that should have cost only $10/month! So I immediately called customer service (I'll get to that in my next point below). From talking with representative, apparently they were able to find evidence of the $10/month promotion, but that was only for an online streaming service (DIRECTV NOW, maybe? ... I don't know, as I've never used the service). But that the in-home service was $55/month (and would be more when that promotion ended!). HOW DID I GET SIGNED UP FOR THIS ADDITIONAL SERVICE??? Is this FRAUD?? Was is very concerning is that the AT&T rep ("Mike" was his name ... his boss was "Andrew"), no longer works for AT&T. Did he sign me up for something that I didn't ask for, intentionally? Or was this just some oversight, miscommunication, or mistake? Well, I would hope that DIRECTV customer service could help to find some of these answers. Which brings me to my next point.
2) WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE:
I have now spent nearly 3 hours out of my day, trying to understand why I was billed in the first place for something I didn't sign up for, and to resolve the situation. I've had to speak to 5 different customer service reps by calling the 1-800-531-5000 number, they dropped my call once, no one could initially understand what was going on (they tried to cancel my Cell phone service at first??), and then when I finally asked to speak to a supervisor, things got really bad. All the supervisor did was argue with me! They said "well, we've been sending you emails" as if that is defense enough for robbing someone of $650. I have never received, opened, or read any emails that would explain any of this. Again, my assumption was that I was paying my $10/month charge when I was paying my AT&T bill. Which is a fair assumption given how I entered into this who arrangement. And that I was never expecting to receive bills from DIRECTV! So any email that might have said "your bill is due", was irrelevant to me considering I was paying my bills through the online MyATT app (or so I thought). Whoever is reading this has to understand, there is no malice here or false intent. I never knowingly signed anything or confirmed receipt of these services at such a cost. And I feel that I have been duped into this situation! And of all people, I would think that your Customer Service team would be the ones to listen and understand the situation and work to defend the rights and perspective of the customer. My experience was the complete opposite. The supervisor was argumentative, completely dismissed my claim, said I owned the full amount (fine), and then proceeded to tell me that I owe them another $380 for terminating services that I never asked for! THIS IS UNJUST AND UNFAIR AND FEELS LIKE I'M BEING BULLIED BY A COMPANY TO FRAUDULENTLY STEAL MY MONEY! Please someone hear my plea. I'll continue to escalate this matter as far as I have to until someone can listen. Please let me know if I need to take this up to the DIRECTV Legal team.
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