Customer Service(or lack of)

We have been without a contract since our old one expired, we have been trying to get into a new contract for some time now but are being delayed because of One Bill which is no longer offered. My wife is now on phone call number six within a 3 week span, out of six phone calls 2 people have been of any assistance. The One Bill has finally been removed, and in doing so Verizon has now reduced our internet speed from 35/35 to 25/25 (thanks) after my wife was assured that we were grandfathered in at 35/35. My wifen is now on phone call 2 today after the first person hung up (sorry she was diconnected), phone call 2 is not going much better after 2 hours trying to speak to a supervisor (and counting) it seems we are getting nowhere except closer and closer to Cox Communications. Did I mention that your customer service is horrendous?

Hi lmrom,
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No Customer Service and lack of product display

Today I made the trip to our local best buy in Lexington Park(California), Maryland where we have bought all of our tv's and electronics. We have decided to get a new 70 in led tv for our living room. My wife and I were very disappointed in the displays at the store. They didn't have any tv's on display that were bigger then 60 in. We waited over 20 mins for a sales person to come over and ask us if we needed any help which never happened. It was around 10:30am on a Monday morning so the store definitely wasn't busy, it is a small store and we noticed there was only one other couple in there at the time(which also no one walked over to them to ask if they needed help). I saw 4 workers just standing around on the floor talking, there were 2 at the door as "greeters" who weren't doing anything. So after their poor customer service and lack of displays I will never buy a tv from Best Buy again. Also it doesn't say much when we went to WalMart and found multiple 70 in tv's on display & in stock which were cheaper than Best Buy online and in store, which is saying a lot because our local WalMart NEVER stocks anything. I thought Best Buy was an electronics store?

Hello Drumm42,
Thank your for taking the time to write to us! It is ever our goal to ensure that you get the help you need when you visit one of our stores. I regret that our representatives at the Lexington Park store didn't take that aspiration to heart when you visited recently. I know that I would be -- and have been on some occasions -- frustrated by such neglect.
Considering that you weren't able to find a selection of TVs in the size you were hoping to purchase -- and the lack of attention from the store's staff -- it sounds like your overall experience was far less than ideal. I realize that you weren't approached while in the Home Theater department, but did you speak to a representative or manager about your experience?
John|Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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Very frustrated with poor customer service and lack of integrity

Earlier today my wife and I bought a TV from your Huntsville, AL store (removed per forum guidelines). We were looking at your 32" TVs and had several questions about them. After flagging down a sales associate, we questioned the pricing of several TVs. They were advertised under the display as one price, then where the inventory was at, were labeled a different price. The sales person confirmed that the smaller price was the correct price and the displays were incorrectly labeled. We proceeded to pick out a 32" Vizio E320I-B1/E3 TV that was labeled $219.99 where it was stocked (There were two rows of this TV all labeled $219.99) and the display was labeled $259.99. Again, I flagged down the sales associate (Taylor) on the floor and questioned the display pricing vs the shelf pricing. He AGAIN confirmed that the shelf pricing was the correct pricing and the display pricing was for a different model. We proceeded to check out, purchased a 2 year protection plan along with an HDMI cord and were on our way, new TV in tow. On the way home we reviewed the receipt and noticed we had been charged incorrectly for the TV. It rang up as 259.99 even though it was clearly labeled 219.99 and we had verified TWICE with an associate that 219.99 was the correct price. We went back to the store, thinking we would be refunded the difference. After spending over 30 minutes with customer service explaining what happened, customer service informed us that they could not refund the difference even after we showed them where the TVs were at and priced as 219.99 AND verified with the sales associate that he had confirmed that price with us TWICE. We then returned the TV for a full refund, to which my money is still tied up in the transaction until sometime next week (all for a TV that was FRAUDULENTLY sold to me!!). Not only was it mislabeled, but your sales associate told me TWO times that the labeling was correct. I am disappointed with the lack of customer service that we received. It is beyond frustrating to me that your company is unable to honor a $40 error in pricing that your very own sales associate confirmed. I believe that the store was 100% at fault for this situation and am more than displeased with the original situation and the events that followed. I consider it a disgusting lack of integrity to fraudulently sell a customer an item and refuse to right the situation when able. There is no doubt in my mind that the store manager (Cedric) or division manager could have authorized the TV to be sold at the price listed (and confirmed by the sales associate twice!) but they simply chose not to. Prior to today I had a positive view of Best Buy and considered it my store of choice for many items. My wife even did seasonal work for this store several years prior. Unfortunately, I will no longer choose to give my money to a cooperation that does not value integrity, honesty, and accountability. I understand that you are a large corporation and my few purchases probably won't even put a dent in your profit margin, but I would just like to remind you that I represent your entire customer base. If this is the type of customer service that your company prides itself on, then I am sure this is only one of many incidents. I find that extremely unfortunate. I will now be purchasing the same TV from another company for $259.99 (where it was actually labeled correctly, and the sales associate is able to accurately confirm the pricing). My future business will not be with you after today.

Hello lauralou1105,
Purchasing a new TV should be fun, exciting, and straightforward, and not be complicated by unclear signage and conflicting information. I very much regret that this was your experience at the Huntsville store.
I completely understand your conclusion that -- after the attempts to verify pricing that you made -- you should have had no questions and no surprises about the cost of the TV after purchase. Did Cedric give you any explanation as to why the TV you bought rang up at a different price or for his not honoring the display pricing?
It is wholly disheartening to hear that this experience may influence how you shop in the future. It is my hope that you will one day give Best Buy another chance to win you over.
Please know that I'm grateful that you shared your experience with us.
Sincerely,
John|Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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Poor Customer Service and lack of qualified engine...

About 3 months ago I called BT to get the Internet from them. I had two engineers at my home and my internet was working very well for the next two months. After that time I started received calls from BT Customer Service with information about the error in their system with my connection. I said them all the times my internet works without any problems and I am happy with that. But one day my internet just stop working. When I called BT Customer Service I been told my order was cancelled because of the connection error and if I want it back I need get another deal because the other what I had isnt valid any longer.As a recompensation BT offered my £130 discount for phone line, I been told I wiil have it for free. So I booked the appointment with another BT engineer in the next three weeks. My wife was waiting home for whole day, nobody came in. I had one missed call from that engineer and when I tried call him back in the next 10 minutes nobody answered. I tried a few more times yet, left him message and finally when I reached him he said is too late now and I need call BT again. When I called BT again they said I need book another appointment but next available date is in another two weeks. I was home when the contractor came in, that wasn't BT engineer just the contractor who was saying that is the problem with cables connection at my flat and he can do nothing with it. Three days later, yesterday, I received email from BT with the bill for £150 for our phone line which we should have for free and today I received message that the engineer will be with me at 30th of December. This is a joke. I am really didnt expect all of that and I am really disappointed of the fact that agreement has not been reached and I have been charged for nothing.

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Customer Service- or Lack Thereof

About a week ago or two the top button on my iPhone 4s stopped working. Since I have had the same phone for 3 + years I figured I would try to sell the phone and upgrade. Unfortunately if I had brought the phone in before it broke verizon would have given me $200 for it, instead of the measly $35 they offer if anything is wrong with it. I decided to go to apple to see of they could fix it-they can't. I then went to a Verizon store to see what my options were. After waiting 15 minutes or so a salesperson came over to me. I told her I wanted to upgrade and possibly trade in my phone. She starts off by saying I should get $200 for trading it in, unless something is wrong with it. I disclosed that the top button wasn't working and she said, "oh well, we'll have to look at it and see but you may still be able to get that amount." Then she goes, "let's talk about cases." This is before I even said I was definitely getting a phone, before she looked at my phone. She apparently tells everyone who gets and iphone not to leave without a case because if you get one scratch, your warranty is voided. I told her I would think about it after. I don't like the feeling of someone trying to shove a product down my throat. The whole time she was speaking with me she was also talking to other people in the store and it felt like she did not care about helping me at all. She takes my phone, brings it in the back for 10-15 minutes and tells me that she could offer me $36. And she tells me that there was a lot of junk in the ports and they were corroded, but she didn't even write that in the system. She acted like she was doing me a favor. Even though I know $35 is what they offer anyone whose phone is broken, including someone with a smashed screen. I told her I'd hold onto my phone for now. She then gets the phone I asked for and starts setting it up. She doesn't tell me she was switching my number from my phone to the new one. I only found out cause a text on my old phone didn't go through. She takes the new phone to the back for 5-10 minutes and I have no idea why. And this whole time she's setting it up she's not trying to talk to me or telling me about the phone. She didn't tell me a single thing about the phone. Basically just put it in the box and handed it to me. She rings up the phone, tells me it's $250.00 and has me sign an iPad. I assumed that the price was what it came to with tax. I didn't realize there is a $30.00 upgrade fee. It's fine but it would've been nice if she told me. She asks if I want the receipt in the bag and I say yes. I decided to go to Best Buy, which is in the same shopping center for a case because I figured they'd be priced better and I didn't like how the saleswoman was trying to sell me on the cases. I walk in, find a case, and decide to look at how much the iPhones are at Best Buy. They were selling the same phone with verizon service for $149, when 5 minutes before I spent $199. I was extremely disappointed. I go back to my car and realize there is no receipt in the bag. I decided to go back to verizon and ask for my receipt that I should have gotten in the first place and to ask them if there was anything they could do about the price difference. Of course they say they don't price match and there's nothing they can do. The guy tries to compare it to asparagus being $0.99 at one store and $1.99 at another. I get what he was trying to say but it's really not the same at all when I spent $50.00 more than I should have and had terrible service on top of that. I called to ask them about returning, but since they charge a $35.00 restocking fee, it wasn't worth the $15.00 to me to return the phone I was now using and drive back to the store. I am still however, extremely disappointed with verizon and will not buy my next phone from them. It goes to show you that you should always always always compare prices before you make a big purchase. Also goes to show that verizon salespeople aren't as accommodating and/or caring as they should be.

   I worked in financial, billing, and logistics systems for about 40 years. To put this in context: when I started, punch cards and one cycle per day batch processing were the norm. Given the advances in technology that I have witnessed over these last four decades, I consider Verizon's customer site, the billing system (I use that term loosely), and ability to execute as bad as anything I have ever run across.
   A couple of examples -
   Just this morning I looked at three views of my bill and found three different "amounts owed." It appears that Verizon runs its batch updates once per month, and then does not clear the previous numbers. See above.
   My wife tried to get a cell phone and the order was screwed up at least three ways, including a three year old address.
Speaking of system downtime: Way too much for the 21st century, especially in the middle of a business day.
On the positive side, the internet works well.

New Customer - Have had MISERABLE experience with Verizon service and Customer service

I am a brand new customer of Verizon Fios and so far I have zero good things to say about it. If it wasn't for the aggrevation of switching cable companies, I most definitely would go back to Comcast.
I moved into a new home in the middle of April. The previous owner had Verizon Fios in this house, so there was minimal installation that had to be done when I initially set up my cable. My house was pretty much empty at the time, so we had the TV's set up where we had a place to put it (upstairs, kitchen, and living room). We recently bought bedroom furniture, so we could now move the TV to where we initially wanted it, in our bedroom. However when we tried to hook it up to an outlet, no picture came though. This is when my awful experience with verizon customer service (or lack there of) began.
I took time out of my work day to call Verizon about this problem. I was on hold for about 30 mins until I actually heard a human's voice. He was unable to help me since I was not at home to unplug and plug things back in.
I called again when I was home, this time I was on hold for about 20 mins (wow)... the first person could not help me, so she transferred me to another department... put on hold for 35 mins.... this perosn couldnt help me either and they transferred me back to the SAME DEPARTMENT I WAS INITIALLY TRANSFERRED FROM.... put on hold for about 45 mins... finally i speak with someone that knows what they are talking about. Of course I have to go through all the same steps that I did the first time which did not work. As this person decides I need a technician, he begins to look up available dates... and then after an hour and 35 mins on the phone, it gets disconnected! I wait for 5 minutes to get a call back but I get NOTHING. I spent now 2 hours trying to deal with this and verizon doesnt even call me back when its their phone that gets disconnected? Thats terrible.
I call back after 10 mins and am put on hold right away (obviously).... after 25 mins of being on hold, shocker - the call is disconnected again.
That was enough for one day
I call back again the next day... same old thing... put on hold for 30 mins, talk to one person who cant help me, transferred to another department and put on hold for 20 more mins.
Finally with the tech department who says they are going to schedule a tech to come out to fix the problem but also mentioned they are going to charge me $55 for this! Are you kidding me?????? Verizon wastes about 4 hours of my life and busy day and then has the nerve to say they are going to charge me for it? I asked the person several times if I could speak with a manager or supervisor, they never let me. I asked multiple times and she just said that they wouldnt be able to help me and that the charge would stick.
I can't imagine that anyone would treat a brand new customer like this. I will not recommend Verizon to any one until I see some kind of help or REAL customer service from them.

I did call them this morning, and still on the phone.
I will say this - the reps are very friendly and do try to help in earnest. That's been my experience overall with Verizon. So in terms of the actual people, I give them an A+.
In terms of their system and how they process things, they get a big fat F. The very idea that I sent back a phone with accessories and their warehouse only registered the return of the phone pretty much says that there is something fishy going on there at the warehouse. And it took an hour to sort this out so far and counting.
The thing that bugs me about Verizon is how complicated it is to get everything straightened out.
Right now, they are trying to sort out the activation fee - I already have been charged one and now they are trying to figure out if i have to pay another one. Another 15 minutes just on that.
Everything has been resolved. Thankfully, Verizon's saving grace is that their reps are nice people.

Poor, Poor, Poor Customer Service

December 18, 2012
Lowell C. McAdam
{edited for privacy}
Annual Account Value: Approximately $6,000.00 annually
Dear Mr. McAdam:
I am a Verizon FIOS customer with a bundle (landline, wireless, cable, Internet) who has been with your organization for almost 10 years who is writing to let you know of my extreme dissatisfaction with your Verizon customer service (or lack of it), which seems to have deteriorated beyond repair. I will try to keep this brief and to the point, but I have had unresolved phone issues for almost a year now that no one in your organization can fix.
1)    The first landline number I received from you all was the end recipient on a “robo-call” list where I would receive hundreds of phone calls a day, even though I immediately signed up for the “Do Not Call” list upon receipt of the number. It was obviously a bad number that needed to be removed from your system. After a very long time (months or even a year), I switched numbers after much time unsuccessfully spent researching and trying to fix this problem.
2)    On the second landline number that we implemented, which we had for almost a year, someone had hijacked our home phone line (perhaps a hacker, no one knows) and was using it to dial callers in our local Tampa area market. Needless to say, we received many threatening and obscene phone calls in return (when they hit re-dial), which we have documented. We have spent countless hours each week with various customer service representatives (and various other individuals when the call was escalated) providing them with the Caller ID information and the Caller ID name trying to resolve the issue. Over time, I probably spoke with 10 or so different individuals on this issue, none of whom seemed to know how to fix the problem.
There was one representative who said a network engineer would put a “digital bug” in our FIOS box to find out who was performing this fraudulent activity so that we could correct the issue. When nothing happened, no communications, nothing, I called back and yet another customer service rep assured he was escalating this issue to the “War Room” and they would fix the issue so I did not have to change my number again. He promised the issue would be resolved in no more than 5 days, or at the very least, some form of communication would occur. This was weeks ago and I never heard from him or anyone else in your organization with any form of follow-up.
3)    After months and months of trying to resolve this issue, finally, in defeat, I requested a phone number change after learning it is virtually impossible and cost-prohibitive to “unbundle” the services (which I am pretty sure is illegal). Both this number and my old number have a “disconnected” message on them when dialed now.
4)    Now I am with Verizon’s “Order Escalation” team to execute a simple phone number change. I requested the phone number to be changed on Friday of last week and it is Tuesday and the number still DOES NOT work. I am currently with your “Order Escalation Team” to fix what should have been a 24-hour-turnaround.
5)    After all this, one might expect a fair discount to their account, but I have never been given one or offered one, even when I ask.
We spend more than $6,000.00 with you annually. This may not amount to a lot to you in the scheme of things, but I would hope you will care enough to rectify these issues so that we do not have to change carriers, or worse, look into possible legal options. I am sure you probably do not care and you say to yourself, “So what? This is only one customer,” but if you go online, you will see what legions of customers are saying. You might be the “big dog” now, but when you falter, and all companies with this low degree of customer service do, just remember that giants fall hardest of all.

Fellow subscriber,
As I understand your post... you have issues with 2 different phone numbers.
1. Line 1, You got lots of calls that weren't for you.
2. Line 2, A robo-dialer is faking your number on caller-id when it dials out.
While I understand your frustration with this situation, I also understand why you weren't getting the help you wanted from Verizon. Having been in the phone industry since I was young and skinny (Mid 80's); I can confidently inform you that other than offering a new number, neither Verizon nor any other phone company can fix these issues, both caused entirely by a 3rd party.
You cited poor customer service... what did you expect from your phone company to do about the 3rd parties abusing your phone number?

The lack of details and customer service.

After less than one month of ownership, my Ideapad K1 power button broke. After talking to a customer service rep (K). She informed me it will have to be returned to Lenovo for repair, which will take about 7 to 10 business days from time of delivery. I asked to speak to a supervisor at which point she puts me on hold and then comes back on the line to tell me the supervisor stated the same thing. At no point did I ask her to confirm this with the supervisor. I asked again to speak to her supervisor, to which she puts me on hold again. The supervisor (R) comes on the line to tell me that the Ideapad K1 will have to be returned for repair. He then transfers me back to K to finalize the return, to which she now informs me I will have to pay for shipping. This is very poor customer service in my view. I will never buy another Lenovo product as long as I live and would advise every one I meet not to buy one either. I was looking at their high end laptops for my corporate deployment, its a shame. Maybe I will be going with DELL as they will send a Tech to my house to perform repairs. I do hope that all customer calls are recorded as I believe someone needs to listen to the lack of professionalism and customer service that both K and R display.
Note from Moderator: Employee name/e-mail/phone removed to protect their privacy per the forum rules.

Hi i had the excact same thing i got the k1 for christmas and now its january and the power button doesnt work ..i never dropped it always put it in its case and there is not a dam scratch on the thing least they could do is pay for shipping there defective product back to them so it can be fixed

Appalled by the lack of customer service - NEW PHONE is DEFECTIVE

I was leaving for California at the end of July and needed a battery for my Galaxy Note 2. There were none to be found. Verizon agreed to allow me early upgrade to the Galaxy Note 3. After daily phone conversations with customer service, I finally got my phone 4 days after it was to be shipped next day air. I had to pay $75 California tax and a $15 next day fee. I live in Massachusetts and although we are known as "Taxachusetts" - it would not have been that much if sent to my home. Needless to say, I get the phone and it is unable to hold a charge (not being used) for more than 8 hours. I called customer service at least 10 times for a matter of at least 8 hours and have no resolution. I cannot get a new phone because I am beyond the 2 week deadline - "Really?" at that point I had the phone for 3 1/2 weeks. I have a phone bill sitting on my table for $418.00 (to include equipment) - I will not pay for this phone until they send me a new one. I do not think that is unreasonable, yet, each of the 10 customer service and supervisors I spoke with told me that is not possible - no one could do that for me...Look, all I want is a phone that works and VERIZON WILL NOT ASSIST ME WITH THIS SITUATION!!! I have been a customer for a long time and am absolutely appalled by the lack of customer service!!! I am asking those on here for help. What carrier should I move to? Evidently Verizon does not need my service - and I am happy to share with my "Friends and Family" what a deceptive company this is. So what do you all suggest?

It's as my original messages states. After taking the iPhone5 to a verizon store and being told is was a known defect with the screen, we sent the phone back and received a refurbished phone. After weeks, we were sent an email with a picture imbedded that would not display. It stated the phone had internal damage. We certainly would not have returned the phone had we not been instructed to do so by Verizon or if it was damaged. We requested to send the refurbished IPhone back - we would have rather paid for a brand new phone than $300 for a refurbished one. We were told we could not. Beyond this - the support was unreal. The first person we spoke stated there was zero record of our original call to support to return the phone although our detailed calling bill showed a 35 min call. Three calls later and no one was able to show us the damange, prove it was our phone, etc. I'm not convinced this isnt some sham to get more money to be honest. We've been with you for 10 years. I do not want to pay for a refurbished phone especially when a verizon tech instructed us to send the original back due to a defect.
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Very disappointed with the lack of Customer service

I have been a verizon wireless customer for 15+ years, and have never been more disappointed. Does anyone else notice that it seems like you are dealing with 2 different companies - and they don't play well together? I 'chatted' oniline with a VZW rep - and was advised that if I upgraded my husband to a smartphone - our monthly bill would go down 6.00. I ordered the phone - she told me that I could either wait until I activate to change my plan - or call customer service to do so. I called. Quote #2 - totally different - going up 22.00. I advised we did not want to do that - our bill is already over 200 per month. Chatted the next day - quote #3 - up 30.00. The kicker was when we went to the store tonight. The gentleman basically said if we deal with online - don't bother them. Don't they both work for VZW? His customer service was a little more than lacking. I am considering switching to another carrier - even though I have 3 other phones that are under contract. I don't want to worry every time I need customer service - which one of them will help. Anyone suggest another carrier??

I totally agree -- HORRIBLE customer service experiences recently. What happened?
I have a been a VZW customer for years and have always appreciated the excellent service. Recently, I called to add my ipad to my shared data plan and waited 30 minutes with no resolution (see image below). After refusing to wait longer, I the agent offered to call me back with instructions after the change had been made. He did call back, which I appreciate, however 30 minutes to add additional services is unacceptable.
I've also tried reaching customer service several times this week for account questions and immediately receive the message "we are experiencing heavier than normal call volumes and wait times". After waiting 5-10 minutes each time I have given up.
VZW had better get their act together. If I wanted bad service I'd switch to Sprint and save at least 25% each month.

GT784WNV not working in Bridge Mode! Fed up with lack of Customer Service

I don't even know where to start but I am this close to just cancelling Verizon and switching to cable internet. If you want to skip the rant, jump down a paragraph.
I recently moved from a house a few miles away in which I had a solid DSL connection with a Westell 7500 in routed bridge mode that worked just fine with my Asus RT-N56U that I use for browsing, streaming, and online gaming. When I moved, the technician insisted I take the newer Actiontec GT784WNV. Needless to say, Verizon support was unsuccessful in getting it set up in bridge mode. After about 4 hours of unsuccessful troubleshooting, I suggested swapping it back out with my 7500 which worked fine just 4 days prior in my old house. Surprise! It miraculously started working just as it had previously. As I began to use it more, I noticed the connection was unstable. I would get dropped from Xbox Live and lose connection temporarily on my iPad. I ran the Verizon speed test and it would drop to about 0 and spike back up 3 or 4 times during the download test (don't think this is normal but could be). Every day I would talk to Verizon who escalated it to a supervisor about 4 times. They would then close the ticket without calling me. When i would follow up, I was told the supervisor talked to me and I verified the connection was good. Lying makes me livid and there is no accountability whatsoever at Verizon and it happened more than once. It appears to be a way for them to pass the problem on to someone else. I can go on and on about being put on hold for 40 minutes before disconnected, the 20+ hours I have spent re-telling my account info and story to every Tier 1 technician on their payroll for the past week, or the lack of competent customer service supervisors. This weekend, I finally got a call from someone local who said my line had some faults on it and that the problem was somewhere between my jack and the central office and they would send someone out today. Well....today the tech showed up and said "your problem is this old modem" and plugged in the Actiontec that I started with a week ago. I asked if he tested my line or the jack as the lady on the phone told me, and he said no. The problem is the modem. I said, I don't want a modem/router, I just want a regular modem and he said he had one, but it would cost me. How on earth is a plain modem going to cost me when they just installed an 802.11n router/modem combo for free? Absolutely terrible. I told him I want it in bridge mode because I don't want to use the wireless or the routing capabilities of the Actiontec. He said I have to do that and people normally just call Best Buy to have the Geek Squad come out. This really **bleep** me off as I used to run a network shop and configure Cisco routers and switches for a living. Once again, I have spent the past 6 hours tonight on the phone with Verizon only to end up back where I started.
At this point, I need to make this Actiontec GT784WNV a dummy (bridge) and let my Asus Rt-N56U do the work on my network. My Asus has all the port forwarding in place that I need for Xbox Live, etc. I have tried releasing the IP, changing the modem to RFC 1483 Transparent Bridging, disabling DHCP, changing the LAN IP to 192.168.99.1, etc. and it just will NOT get an internet connection. My router is configured correctly, unless there is something different between the Westell and the Actiontec that would require a setting change. Verizon is stumped, Asus hasn't called me back yet, and I am ready to just switch to Cable unless someone can help with a solution. I've been at this for a week. I have spent WAYY too much time fighting with a company that has no desire to deliver or to follow through and with absolutely zero accountability or business sense. Westell 7500 + Asus RT-N56U in old house worked fine. Move houses, change modem, doesn't work, switch back to old modem, works but unstable, tech claims old modem is my problem, plugs in new modem, doesn't work. I just want to use my router. How hard can that be? Can anyone please help?

Unfortunately that didn't work. I ended up putting my router in the DMZ as a workaround but it still had it's share of issues. After another week of trying to get Verizon to fix my connection (constant dropped connections forcing reboots of modem and router multiple times daily) I had Cable Internet installed today. Went from an unstable 6Mb/s to a stable 30Mb/s with Cable. I should have done this weeks ago. I wasted over 50 hours of my time with Verizon bouncing my issue around to others hoping someone else would be willing to fix it. Still no accountability with everyone tinkering with my setup taking a stab in the dark. The last person I spoke with set up a technician to come to my house later this week...AGAIN because he said there is something wrong on the line. I've known that for weeks but the tech that refused to fix my issue when he was in my house last week instead tried blaming it on something completely irrelevant because he had no clue what to do. One would think someone from Verizon would have reached out to me from this thread but they did not. In fact, the last tech's supervisor called me when i wasn't home, said "hello, this is XXX from Verizon......hello?" and hung up. Never a follow up as I was left once again to solve the problem myself. Well...I did. The incompetence of Verizon, it's poor training, and awful follow up procedures has cost them a customer. I am truly disappointed.

Lack of Integrity and Competence from Verizon's customer service/billing

I recently made a trip to the DR and as such needed global communication for the duration of my trip. Ahead of my trip I requested the service with customer service with a guarantee that the service would be billed only for duration that I requested. My billing for last month, June, reflected just the opposite. Verizon charged me yet another $100 for the month of June.
I called customer service to request billing corrective action to which I was told that I had two choices. One, pay the current amount 300+ and wait for a refund or two, pay the actual bill and allow the refund to balance itself out. I was assured that the latter would not result in my account falling into default.
I just received July's billing to which the $100 credit was applied but my account was placed into default. I called customer service once again to rectify their mistake. My request was not to refund me immediately, rather to take my account out of default. I was told by several departments, billing, service, and plan service, that they would NOT make good on my account. Further, I was told that unless I paid the past due balance, that is a result of their mis-billing, that my account would face interruption.
I have been with Verizon for more than 6 years now and have never been in default or past due status. I have never had such an incompetent experience with Verizon. The lack of integrity that was demonstrated resulted in me stating that Verizon would loose a valued and loyal customer to which they replied "we;re sorry you feel this way."
I am extremely dissapointed in this particular service and the lack of integrity that was demonstrated. If this is how they deal with mistakes that they make, then I willnot want to continue with their service.
I thought that I'd share my story so that others may be aware in hopes to avoid such dishonesty and incompetence.

ppepelepeuw2,
Morning!
I'd like to help with this situation and clear up any frustration. It does sound like your trip crossed the billing cycle, which would cause the statement to show that data feature charge until removed and prorated. Please PM me your name and mobile number if you would like more assistance with this concern.
Thank you!

Verizon Complaint - Harassment, Lack of Customer Service, No Loyalty

After searching long and hard, it appears that there is no place to lodge a formal complaint against Verizon. I saw where an individual was told by a Verizon rep the place to file such complaints is right here in the forums. This seems to be an ineffective place to make such statements. With that said, I write this post with little expectation of satisfaction in remedying the complaint. In fact, I believe that the lack of a formal complaint channel points to the company's unwillingness to address key business points, such as customer satisfaction. Consider this post an indication of one such dissatisfied customer.
As background, I have been a steady Verizon customer for about 12 years (give or take a year). In that time, I have re-signed my contract several times, purchased numerous phones, and have been timely in my payments. I seem to recall even being given a Verizon VIP status which gave me a discount on phone accessories. The fact that most people reading this will have never heard of the Verizon VIP status points to how long I've been with Verizon. My first Verizon phone was the Motorola V60i - top of the line at the time.
Recently the credit card I have on file for auto payment expired. I knew it was going to expire and updated the account with a new card as soon as it came in. Apparently this update did not stick. About two weeks ago, my wife began getting phone calls from Verizon. Each time they called it would be from a different out of region phone number. Each time an automated voice would leave a message about "changes to the account". The calls increased to about 5 per day with several text messages throughout. The first red flag is that her line is a secondary number, whereas mine is the primary. If there was a legitimate change to the account the assumption is that Verizon would call the primary account holder. They did not.
This continued for about a week. The calls and the texts would come during working hours and into the night. I called one of the numbers back. After pressing # to do this and # to do that, I was given a choice. Press 1 to make a payment to the account or press 2 if you have already paid this bill or are planning to pay this bill immediately. Since I had already paid the bill, I pressed 2. The next automated message I received said that they would be expecting my payment within 7 days and the system would be updated to reflect I had made this agreement. Failure to pay the bill would cause an interruption in my service.
My problems-
1. Verizon should not call a secondary number to discuss the bill. Luckily the secondary number was my wife's. What if it had been a teenaged child?
2. Verizon should not engage in such harassing techniques. I have been a loyal customer for over a decade. A simple phone call from a human and I would have happily explained I did update the card, and then paid immediately. It went too far for no reason.
3. As a customer, I should have quick access to a customer rep or another avenue, such as a dissatisfaction form in My Verizon, to outline this in a more conducive manner than simply throwing it into a pile of other forum posts with no sense of direction or expectation of satisfaction.
It is for all these reasons that I am dissatisfied with Verizon currently. I am not currently under contract and I am shopping for another provider. While I'm sure many of my complaints will be found in the other provider, at least I have the satisfaction of taking my dollars to a company that will treat me like a number on a page instead of the misconception that customer loyalty still meant anything. Again, I am not expecting any followup from Verizon, but you have my phone number if you would like to discuss this. After all, a simple call from a human in the first place would have corrected this.
My question to the rest of the forum is, "Am I the only one in this boat?"

JonathanK_VZW,
First, thank you for taking the time to respond to my statement. I appreciate that you took the time to do so.
However, I don't think that your response addresses my concerns. I thought I had paid the bill as explained above. Your financial department acted in a harassing manner by contacting a secondary phone number on my account. Not once did anyone or any automated communication contact my number, the primary account holder. The calls were as many as 5 in a day with several text messages. The voice messages, when one was left, and the text messages simply stated there had been changes made to the account - hardly helpful information. In fact, the limited statement was so cryptic that they were originally dismissed as being spam - a reasonable conclusion considering the amount of spam messages Verizon customers receive concerning "changes to the account".
Luckily, the secondary number your financial department decided to contact was my wife's number. Had it been a child's phone this complaint would have a completely different tone. However, any number of other customers may not be so fortunate. You stated " financial services may try to reach you on an alternate line or a contact number we have on file" as an explanation of this practice. That answer only makes sense if you attempted the primary account holder first. You did not. Not one instance.
You mentioned that the volume of your customers prevents you from giving each one personalized service. I realize Verizon must have an enormous customer base and the sheer volume creates complications that I have not yet considered. May I suggest you make a special effort to show personal customer support to long term customers with an established track record of timely payments and patronage - such as myself. The silver lining for Verizon is that your current solution to your customer load crisis - harassing phone calls, ineffective automated services, etc. - may self-correct your problem. More and more folks will take their wallets elsewhere and you may find that managing effective customer service becomes a simpler task.
Again, JonathanK_VZW, I do want to thank you for taking the time to respond. That is sincere. I did not expect Verizon to respond. I would like my concerns to be passed to your supervisors and then to their supervisors. I believe my points are valid criticisms of Verizon's current customer services. I realize that customer service is traditionally a difficult role as it is the department the angry, screaming, crazies contact to vent. I hope the simple measure by which I've responded shows that is not the case here - that the criticisms point to terrible service and any industry that values its customers would want to at least address the key points therein.
To the supervisors:
Any productive organization has to develop strategies that manage the work load while maintaining quality. Those strategies must be reevaluated from time to time to measure effectiveness and quality. This message points to one of those times. Effectiveness and quality are lacking. It is time to develop a new strategy - a working strategy. Your customers would appreciate it.

Moving Home / Lack of Customer Service / Cancellat...

I write to express my complete astonishment and disgust with the level of service BT has offered to me as a valued long standing customer.
I have been a customer of BT for approximately 4 years, taking out a phone line, unlimited broadband, BT vision and Sky Sports, amounting to a considerable charge of around £42.00 per month. I have used these products constantly during this period and have been very happy with the service.
In mid February 2012 I phoned to inform BT that I was moving home shortly and would like to switch all service to a new address. I was told that I needed to call back when my current line had been taken over by the new tenant, at which time I could then move my services.
On Thursday 1st March I rang BT to inform them that my line had been taken over by the new tenant and that I now wished to move my contract over. I was informed that I needed to take out a new contract which would then waive any connection charges. I was more than happy with this and asked to set up the new account. The lady at BT who I was speaking to informed me that after running a line check there was an issue with the new property in respect of the supply to it. I informed her that the previous tenant in the new property had a BT phone line with all BT sockets but had obviously cancelled it on moving out. She informed me she would run some more tests and ring me back the following day on the Friday 2nd March. BT did not contact me at any time on the Friday.
On Saturday 3rd March I rang BT back very disgruntled with the lack of service offered. I spoke to a gentleman who checked my account and system notes and stated he didn't know why I hadn't been contacted back. He informed me that I could take out a new account and waive the connection fees. He run a check on the line but informed me that it was coming back as a black line, and that he would need to book an engineer to come out to the property to check the connection. He was very helpful in his nature and suggested that I plugged a phone into the BT sockets and dialled 17070 to check for a line and number. He stated that as it was the weekend he couldn't book an engineer till Monday but he would personally phone me back by 12pm on Monday 5th March to check with me regards any current phone line and if necessary book the engineer.
At 1.00pm on Monday 5th March I had not received any phone call from BT. I can't say that I was surprised given BT's lack of customer service over the previous few days. I proceeded to phone BT again at my expense on my mobile phone to be greeted by a very helpful gentleman who again took me through the same details as previously had been stated. I informed him of my disappointment of BT's customer service, to which he apologised and tried to set up a new account for me. On attempting to set up all my services I was told that it kept failing on the BT system when it reached the broadband page. He suggested that I set up the phone line to instigate the new account and once live I could then upgrade my account to include broadband, BT vision and Sky Sports.
Although not happy with this I accepted the proposal to which he then attempted to book an engineer. He promptly informed me that the next engineer available would be on Monday 26th March 2012, a full 3 weeks delay!! He then informed me the broadband could then be initiated but with an additional lead time of a further 5-7 days. Thus bringing the whole episode up to a total of 4 weeks, not including the time already wasted by BT in the previous week.
I proceeded to inform the gentleman that this was an unacceptable amount of time coupled with the inconvenience and lack of service, and that I would now cancel my contract with BT.
After coming off the phone to BT, I proceeded to go onto the internet where within 10mins I had set up an account with Plusnet for broadband. I received a text message 2 hours later from Plusnet to inform me that my phone line was now live and gave details of my new phone number together with delivery details of my new home hub and an expected broadband start date within 3-5 days. Now that's quality service.
I have since received a final bill from BT stating cancellation charges of £61.13 to be paid by 22nd March 2012 and also a returns envelope to post back all the equipment.
Please can BT inform me whether this is an acceptable standard of service that a long standing customer expects?
Please can you inform me why BT have difficulty in moving my account to a new address when a new provider can initiate within hours?
How can BT charge me a cancellation fee when I have attempted to continue my service but BT could not offer the service within a reasonable time frame?
Under the Supply of Goods & Service Act 1982, please inform me if BT believe they have met the requirements of the legislation;
- That BT have carried out the service with reasonable care and skill
- That BT have carried out the work in reasonable time
- That BT ensure the work will be carried out at a reasonable cost
I am totally disgusted with BT and the level of service offered, the inconvenience caused, the wasted costs and time I have incurred trying to move my service and the overall unprofessional nature of your business.
I have sent a personal letter to Ian Livingston - CEO of BT - can't wait for the comical reply to that!!
Update 13th March 2012: Just received an obnoxious call from BT Customer Services stating the cancellation charges of £61.13 will stand as per an auto renewal contract which expires in August, even though BT cannot offer the service I require in a reasonable amount of time! Is it acceptable to wait 4 weeks for Broadband when I am an existing customer?? I think legislation, OFCOM & Ombudsman are firmly on my side! Great service BT!!

If you would like to contact one of the UK based BT Care Team who moderate this forum, they should be able to help you.
They can be contacted using this link BT Care Team
They normally respond by phone or e-mail, within three working days, however you should get an immediate confirmation, with a tracking number.
There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
BT Broadband customers - help with broadband, WiFi, networking, e-mail and phones.

Complaints Lack of Customer Service and No respons...

Hi there
I have had very similar experiences. Misold BT Business Line with Braodband speeds. Engineer called and connected to an old second line at the property which would only give me 2 MB.
Complained - Nothing Happened
BT engineer said that my home line was " pants" as Chesterfield Broadband non existentr suggested I move my Braodband to Sky as they have better speeds and dont drop the connection!!!! I moved my home line to SJKY and guess what he was right!!!!!
Complained again about my Business Line - losing customers - no response
Complained via Twitter - no response only more promises of help.
BT deceided to increase my bill for no reason no letter no notoification April 2013 queried bills back to October 2012 - queriied this with Billing Accounts - they said sorry charges put on account in errror. Told Billing they were now in default of contract they cancelled the line said I would receive a refund of the incorrect charges.
Credit bill received which I assumed was the final bill so cancelled my Direct Debit and then ongoing bills still arriving
Calls amde to to BT Billing usually answered by Asia or Thailand had no idea of what i was saying most of the time number of calls in excess of 20 All calls State that account was closed in April and that bills incorrect.
Called again recently and spoke to Billing they promised to help but said that there were no notes of calls and contacts on system. E mail received from Karen Bernadino as I insisted that she acknowledge my call -E mail promising to help. no futher mail or phone call despite further e mail chase up requests.
Today - BT Chat - waited 20 minutes today no luck - called BT poptions team suggested I complain at www.bt.com/business complaints - doesnt exist.
At wits end now will write to Chairmain and Onbudsman - BT have a non existent Customer Service that costs us millions?
Looks as though whatever you do the only way you can get a complaint sorted through BT is to go on this forum to shame them in full view of the general public.
Please can someone help I am not paying Bt any further money as they jhave been in default of my contract since the Account was opened and further since October 2012 when they decided to increase the charges on my account for no reason. No other organisation would get away with this invisibility and total lack of accountability.

I'm in the same boat have an outstanding complaint with BT , reported it 7 days ago. Still nothing from BT.
Even if you do get a reply fromt he customer service team, you can ask agin and you will get something different they have no idea whats happening in the company.
It has to be said I now reckon BT are the worst company for customer service, they make Santander look brilliant. Never have I encountered such poor customer service from a company that I have from BT. Just look at the forums they are full of people complaining about the service they dont get.
Good luck in writing to the chairman, I did that too after a couple of days and got an automated reply back, still nothing official from BT.
They are totally rubbish.

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