Customer service problem and disabled parents

Hello I was wondering if anyone could offer any clarification or advice on this situation.
My parents are both disabled, my dad having severe Parkinson and my mum having a variety of problems and mobility issues.
A couple weeks ago they took a door to door sales man from talk talk up on his offer and signed up with them for his package. ( this wouldn't usually been done without me) Anyway they quit virgin as it was more expensive, but this meant that BT would have to run a line into the house to carry talk talk. So the other day a guy turns up so fit this but we find out that he is not BT as they have sub contracted the work. He completely messes up the work and an actually BT engineer tunrs up the following day who very annoyed and does his best to sort out the problem. After 3 hours he has to leave because of fading light and says that he will be back which is fair enough.
My dad then discovers that talk talk are not carrying over the same number which causes a huge amount of problems for them as all the different agencies, police, nhs, home help etc have the number which they have had for the past 27 years! As such my dad has to pull out of the contract as talk talk will not budge and my mum cannot deal with the stress of a new number ( I know this may seem insignificant, but for them, particularly in their situation it causes massive issues)
Anyway as the BT engineer had been really good they contact BT and discuss the situation who offer to sort it out and take out a contract without any additional costs or charges. They then take out the contract and say they they have to contact customer service to arrange connection.
Well eventually they speak with someone who states that this cannot happen until 29th Nov which isn't great. My dad rings around again and spends an hour or so yesterday getting passed pillar to post trying to speak with someone to sort the situation. I then get a phone call around 2030 last night from a guy called nimhal wanting to speak with me as I have now been put as the point of contact to arrange to bring the date forward as he was aware my parents were disabled. At this point I wasn't aware of the full situation or that all of this had happened so couldn't provide the guy with any info or a order number so as such he couldn't deal with me and asked me to ring back this morning at 9am when they opened.
So..... went away got all the required info to ring this morning, and I must say I am absolutely disgusted with the customer service. I must have spent almost 2 hours getting put on hold and being transferred, only to be hung up on when I politely asked to speak to a supervisor who apparently would tell me the same thing.
Yet again, I rang up (all of which on a mobile as no land line at my parents) explained the situation to a different guy who apologised and was keen to help. After around forty mins of discussion and being on hold he said that he had sent a message to the chap (nimhal) that I spoke to last night, that he was still dealing with it by bringing the date forward and that he would contact me directly. I thought fantastic!
I then get a phone call from someone else completely who states that it has been brought forward to the 25th. I again explain the situation asking them to take into account and this isn't good enough from the safety aspect of my parents alone. The guy would not listen at all and states that the date has already been changed and cannot be done again.
My parents are not even going to be in on that day as they are both at hospital!!!!! I asked if I could have a direct number for the British engineer Dept that deal with this or a manager, he refuses and says this does not happen. I then ask him if he could pass my details on for them then to contact me instead, again he says no.
I have now realised that there is now in fact an actually working bt phone line on behalf of talk talk which has been cancelled. I am not sure why is still rings or works but it does.
So these are my questions
1 If there is now a bt phone line which was put in on thursday, why do they have to wait until the 25 to get it sorted?
2 Can they keep there old number? (as there is a different number on this new line currently)
I would like to say I have been patient and polite throughout, I am a police officer and fully appreciate that it is not nice to be abused! However I find this unacceptable and all the alarms and call 24etc go through the phone line on thier old number, both of which they have not got so desperately need it sorted.
Sorry for the long message and the shoddy spelling but I would be eternally grateful for a bit of help on what to do to escalate this.
Regards
Dave

Hi Dave,
Welcome to the forum, and sorry to hear of all the problems you’ve had with your parents’ phone line.
If you could send in your details we’ll look into this for you. Our “Contact us” link can be found by clicking on my username under “About me”, top-left of my profile page.
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I'm sorry, but when does swaping from a Blackberry Bold to an Droid Pro (certified pre-owned) qualify as an upgrade?
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Oh, and Verizon has spent a lot of money trying to fix my problem?? Well, I've spent a ton of money myself, paying for a phone that doesn't work, time and energy switching from Blackberry to Blackberry, and not even mentioning the amount of time I've spent trying to figure out this problem, to no avail!
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60 minute hold, dropped again.
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    3 TenGigE0-2-0-0.GW1.IAD8.ALTER.NET (63.125.125.41) 4 ms 4 ms GigabitEthernet2-0-0.GW8.IAD8.ALTER.NET (63.65.76.189) 4 ms
    4 so-7-1-0-0.PHIL-CORE-RTR1.verizon-gni.net (130.81.20.137) 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms
    5 P3-0-0.PHIL-DSL-RTR11.verizon-gni.net (130.81.13.170) 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms
    6 static-71-242-*-*.phlapa.east.verizon.net (71.242.*.*) 32 ms 32 ms 33 ms
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#3 If you don't know how to get that info:
a) What is the brand and model of your modem?
b) If you have a RJ-45 WAN port router connected to it: What is the brand and model of the RJ-45 WAN port router?
#4 If you have a RJ-45 WAN port router connected to the modem, even if you know how to get the Transceiver Statistics from the modem: What is the brand and model of the RJ-45 WAN port router?
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Customer Service Miscommunication and a large lack of communication and follow through

I seem to be having a lot of difficulty with Verizon Wireless Customer Service the last few months and am becoming increasingly frustrated. Let me start by saying I have been with Verizon for years, my wife, kids, and in laws all have Verizon, and my Father and Step mother are soon making a decision to move their service over from AT&T. I may tell them to think again about that.
October to 2012 we bought my step daughter a basic phone. She has had a number of problems with it. It doesn't hold a charge, it restarts or shuts down randomly. They sent her a replacement, and that phone had the same issues. So we decided we would upgrade to an iPhone for her back in March. Customer service said her plan was grandfathered in for an early upgrade and she would be eligible in May. Great, so we waited a couple of months and when we looked into upgrading, the sales rep said she is not eligible until October, no early upgrades are available. We told him what the CSR said, he said thats not what his system said and he began walking away. I asked him to please call customer service. He did, and after 45 minutes on the phone between Customer service and him and then customer service and my wife, it was determined she could upgrade that day, but it would have to be through the phone. I wish she did it on the phone there so all of this time wouldn't had been wasted, but we had things to do so she said we would call back when in the car. The sales rep told us to ask about the free promotion Verizon is offering a free 32 GB iPhone 5C.
We got in the car, called the Customer Service number, talked to a rep who said that line was not eligible until October. We told him about the entire conversation we just had 5 minutes ago at the store, he just kept insisting we were not eligible. I asked to speak with a supervisor, he then put us on hold for 45 minutes and then we got disconnected.
We called back, spoke with another rep, told her about the upgrade, were told once again we were not eligible until October. Once again we went through the entire conversation from the store, told her about being on the phone an hour and getting disconnected, she said she would look into everything, put us on hold for 15 minutes, came back and said we would be eligible June 30th....not today. I asked about the Free 32GB 5C, she said that was for "select" customers and she could not offer that to us. This was now disappointing on a few levels, between the last 2 hours of getting nowhere and now we are not eligible for something others can get, this left a bad taste in my mouth. She put us on hold for a supervisor. After going back and forth on being told by multiple reps we could upgrade in May and now being told we can't and not being given any reasons as to why this changes from one person to another, the Supervisor said she would make us eligible to upgrade early that day, but that because it was before 6/30 we could not get the 5C promotion. We asked if we would be eligible for the promotion if we waited until June 30, she said yes, but we could not get it before then. We confirmed this 3 times and asked her to put a note in the system so we would not have to go through this again. She confirmed with me 3 times, we could upgrade that day and pay the discounted price for the 5C, but if we waited until 6/30 we would be eligible for the 32GB 5C at no charge. This was what we were looking for and were willing to wait.
The other day I called to confirm that when we walk into the store next Monday-6/30 the notes were in the system, and we would not have any problem getting the promotion. The rep said we would not be eligible to upgrade for any discounts until October....<sigh> Went through previous conversations once again, asked for her to please look through the notes, she saw the supervisors note showing we could upgrade at the discount but no mention of the 5C promotion and said Marketing had not "Flagged" us for that promo and we could not get it. I asked once again to speak to a supervisor, she looked through the account and repeated the same thing about not being flagged but she would send an email to the supervisor that added the notes and find out what was going on. I asked to be CC'ed so I can have this all in writing, she said yes, and to expect to hear back from someone by the end of the next business day.
It is now 4 days later, I have not heard from anybody, I figured today I would look at MY plan and see if I could at least use one of the lines on my account and see if I was eligible for the promotion. Mind you, last year when I upgraded to the 5S, I was talked into adding my Verizon iPad to it, and instead of going month to month on it, add it to a shared plan, and I would be able to use the line on my iPad to upgrade to a newer phone, he even showed me how to do it myself. So now when I was looking to do what I was promised I could do, I am not able to do it, it only showed I can upgrade to another tablet only. I did the online chat and the rep told me that policies can change from day to day without notice. This does not sit well with me at all. I get sold to do something based on what the rules are one day, and tomorrow the rules change, this to me is equivalent to Bait & Switch and I now have to question the ethics here. This also tells me Verizon at this point takes retained customers for granted where my past experience was so much better than it is now.
Due to the complete lack of communication and simply keeping notes of previous conversations in their system so you don't have to keep explaining yourself over and over and being told different things by every rep I speak to down the line, I am not just back at square one with my step daughters phone, but a step back on what I signed up for on my plan.
AT&T has a program now that pays the Early Termination Fee and gives full discounts and Promos for new customers. I may be forced to look into this as it will cost me much less down the line in time and money, and I can use talk and data at the same time.
All I ask from Verizon is to listen, communicate, follow up and follow through.

Feel free to sink this, I rang and sorted it.

I was hung up on by a customer service representative and am sitting here with no one to help me

I was hung up on by a customer service representative after waiting 43 minutes. I am sitting here with no one to help me. There is not even an email to contact anyone with my comolaint

I was hung up on two times in a row today, a few seconds after I told them I had a problem with my purchase history. They charged me 18 bucks when they should have charged me 2 bucks. I had an 18 buck purchase half a year ago, but a couple days ago I only bought 2 songs. I was hung up on 2 times in a row, back to back, right after I mentioned what had happened. I don't think it was a dropped call! It's really starting to **** me off. I am about to remove all my ccard info and get rid of everything apple on my computer.
They are so big that they can stomp on the little guy like me and I can't do anything about it. If they are going to charge my card for whatever price they want, then screw them!

Customer Service, Warrenty and Technical Issues

I was so happy when I got my Lenovo Ideapad Y580. It ran like a dream and I loved the look and feel of it, but after 3 months I noticed that one of the speakers was cutting out and would only come back on whe I turned it to full volume. Then a few days later I noticed that the bluetooth didnt function. After this the screen started to fade and show feint lines down one side. The final thing is that the paint has started to fade next to the mouse pad, I guess this is from the sweat on my hand which I could understand after 3 years, but not 3 months. Anyway, I took the laptop back to the shop where I bought it and hopefully they have repaired it. I dont know because as soon as I got it back the harddrive failed. Oh yeah, they also did nothing about the fadded paint. So I took the laptop to the shop again and left the harddrive to be repaired. The day after I left the computer I had to leave the country because of family problems and I havent been able to return to collect my harddrive. I thought this wasnt a problem though because I could just buy a new one, which I did. Upon getting home I realized that I had a problem because I didnt have a copy of Windows 8. So I called Lenovo and asked them what I could do, they told me to go on their website, which I did and there is no listing for my model laptop, so I call them back and after 20min of trying to explain my problem to a very obnoxious man I was told to send an email to the technical department, which I did, I did again and a 3rd time. Which as of today, 2 weeks later, I have still heard nothing. So I called again and asked for my Windows activation code, and again after about 20min of arguing with an extremely obnoxious service technician I was told that the code is embedded on the motherboard. So basically I have no way of getting assitance from Microsoft, which even though they couldn't help were a lot nicer to deal with. So again I call Lenovo, but this time I call the service depertment in Germany, which is where I bought the laptop, and the technician was actually very friendly and really made an effort to speak English even though I was calling a German department. Basically he told me that I need to pay for the disc or send the whole laptop back to them.
So now im flying back to Germany just to collect my hopefully repaired harddrive because of this extremly simple problem of giving me a download link for Windows 8 home premium or giving me an activation code.
Im actually a little pleased that this has happened because I was so impressed with this laptop that I was going to buy another 10 for my office and I was going to gradually convert all my electrical appliances to lenovo. Now however there isn't much chance of that. Once bitten, twice shy.

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Customer Service Problem

I don't I've ever wasted as much time in my life as i have titting with my poxy Zen MP3 player. Creative Centrale is beyond useless and all I want to to speak to someone at Customer Service (God forbid there should be phone number!!!)
Anyway I've at last written the email detailing my problems but can't send it as it insists I select the product that I'm having a problem with. There is no drop down box to select from and if I choose to 'change product' and (Not that I've chosen anything to begin with) and pick 'Zen Mozaic' it just tells? me to select a product again. HELP!!!
I'm about to throw it out of the window.

shut off the unit..then hold play/pause while turning it back on..when it says creative on the screen let go of play.pause..the you can clear the unit files..dont format or you'll loose everything.... I just went thru an hr. of 40 million different phone numbers and options choices..im glad i was persistant cuz i almost bought another Zen for the same price to fix mine..which i fixed myself...you must have patience...the fix it tool on the site is also good...

Poor Customer Service, Phones, and Edge

Hello.
I just wanted to make another official complaint about Verizon Wireless customer service.
I have been using a phone that i received from Verizon as a warranty replacement that was suppose to be "Like New". This was the last of many phones that i was given that where "Like New" but broken when i received it. And even this one was suffering from problems, like a poor quality camera that tints everything rose in color, and a faulty proximity sensor. I ended up keeping this one b/c i was so frustrated with setting up each phone after i received it, then having to return it again. I figure i could bit my tongue and wait a few more months to upgrade completely to a new phone.
Normally after a year with a phone, I would pay the annual upgrade fee and get a brand new phone that would last me about a year before it broke and I could use the annual upgrade to a new one. This system worked out PERFECT for me, but Verizon policy makers decided to get rid of that awesome option.   Then they took away the early upgrade that allowed me to get a new phone a few months before my contract expired. Without any warning. I understand it was a courtesy and they didn't have to tell customers. But it was still something i was looking forward to since my phone and all the replacements from Verizon where broken. And I feel that they could have honored that option until I signed a new contract.
So after all my normal options to upgrade my broken phone (other then buying a full price phone) had been removed by Verizon, I received an email that i could upgrade to the Edge plan and get a new phone early.
Great! but my previous research into edge looked like a terrible financial deal for customers. The idea of paying the full price of a phone over a 2 year period while receiving no discount to the service plan (that includes a premium to subsidize a phone over 2 years) is like paying for a phone twice! What kind of deal/plan is that? Again, the policy makers are making things worse for their customers.
I did notice later, after initially ignoring the Edge offer, that Verizon was now giving a discount on the service plan to Edge users. Even tho i don't think a 10$ discount completely makes up the premium Verizon added into the plan for the subsidized phone it was enough for me to consider making the change. As this is the only way for me to receive a new phone every year at about the point the life of the phone has reached its limits.So today I walked into an Verizon Wireless store to take advantage of the offer to upgrade to Verizon Edge. After waiting 20 minutes to be helped I left almost immediately after talking to a Verizon employee.
He told me that i would have to turn in my current phone!   That is absurd. My contract ends in 2 weeks. I have paid 2 years worth of subsidized payments. I have paid for my phone. I should not have to turn it in when beginning a new contract/plan. And again, the policy makers at Verizon find a fun new way to not care about their longtime customers.
Unfortunately there are still a few things I like at Verizon; like the quality of their cell service and network speed. I'm sure i'll run into problems with another wireless provider, but I'm getting closer and closer to trying out a new company and hoping the evil I don't know is a little better then the evil i do know.
There is no need to respond to this email especially with the typical 'Verizon scripted sympathy.' I just felt the need to voice my opinion and hope that someone that can effect policy and cares for making their customers happy will see this and make an effort to turn things around at Verizon.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and forwarding it up the chain of command.
Adam
P.S. Where have the emails to Verizon Customer Service gone? I would rather send this email directly to a Verizon, instead of hoping someone from Verizon sees this message...
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    AdamPetrasek,
I am sorry you feel this way about out customer service. We want to leave you a good taste in your mouth after every experience. The Edge is a great offer for those, such as myself, that like to keep up to date with the latest and greatest devices. I know the thought of turning in your previous device can be troublesome but it does provide you with the opportunity to take advantage of our great Edge program. I see you mentioned the $10 discount towards the plan if you participate in our Edge program. There is also an option to receive a $20 discount towards our More Everything plan if you have 10GB or higher. If you have any concerns or questions regarding the Edge program we would be happy to further assist you.
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Customer Service Problems - - where to complain?

Hi ! I have been having problems with the loop authorization problem.
Its been WEEKS... Since having to push and shout my way through to a real person, and also upgrading to 8.02 its improved... but other issues remain, including that an album did not fully download, and the issue has yet to be addressed...
also a Tier II rep e-mailed me, but its been almost a half week since hearing back.
Does anybody know if there's a number to complain about customer service issues?

I just looked up the number through the Customer Support link and found this, 1-800-MY-APPLE I hope this helped!

Truly Terrible Customer Service- Problems With Lenovo U410

Hello everyone,
I would like to share my Lenovo Customer Service experience.
While on holidays in Poland last August, I decided to buy a new laptop in one of the big electronic stores. The laptop, however, developed a fault on the second day. I thought it was a case of bad drivers causing the problem. After I returned from my holidays, the fault was still there.
I contacted the Lenovo Customer Service who requested a proof of purchase. I explained that the laptop was bought in Poland on holidays and sent them on the receipt. A day later, I got an email saying:
"Your machine has been booked in for a full repair at our service centre. Thank you for your proof of purchase.
In 2-3 working days you will receive a letter containing instructions regarding the booking of your collection. The letter will also contain very important terms and conditions in particular with regards to data loss.
Please follow the instructions and your machine will be repaired under warranty."
A few days later the machine was taken off me by a DPD courier for almost 2 weeks. In the meantime I had no other option but to use my father's laptop to do my final year college project.
I was delighted when I got the email:
"We have completed the servicing of your item.
Your item is now being packed and prepared for dispatch. You can track your package online..."
However, 30 mins after using the "newly repaired" laptop, the stripy screen came back! Needless to say, I wasn't happy. I contacted Lenovo again, their customer service agent apologised for the bad experience and said that the laptop will need to be sent back again. For me that meant another 2 weeks without the laptop!
This Tuesday, I finally received the laptop back. After using the laptop for an hour or so, the horrible stripy screen appeared in front of my eyes! This time I was absolutely infuriated!! The laptop was sent back twice and the same problem persisted. I got my phone and rang the Customer Service to ask what the hell is happening?!
The answer I got this time was that the laptop was purchased in Poland and therefore it is not covered by the International warranty!! A few months of dealing with the company, a couple of phone calls and sending the laptop off for a repair twice to be told that they didn't fix it because the machine is not covered by the International Warranty?!
This is my short story of my terrible customer experience! I am not satisfied with the way this company operates, takes my laptop off me, sends the laptop off to their repair centre in Germany to then say that they cannot fix it?! Could anyone who works for Lenovo please explain to me where is the logic in that?

I find it absolutely deplorable of Lenovo that there has been no posted response to this customer service issue. I have been trying to decide for a while now if it was worth purchasing a Yoga 2 Pro as it looked to have all the specs of a PC Hybrid I was hoping for. Well....how wrong could I have been...I had no idea how appalling the customer service is from this company!
Firstly, in the UK...there have been some nightmare stories of faulty items and ridiculous product shipping delays that just seem to keep changing without any thought for the consumer in explaining what the hold up is. If you want to see a fantastic daily updated example of this alone just have a look at the Lenovo UK Facebook product page. Just reading it for ten minutes is tragic. There are so many upset customers in there that it almost seems comical.
The shipping delays are pathetic, they will glady take people's money (including warranties on items that arent there!) and hold it in the Lenovo bank accounts but the slow service and response to those with faults displays a complete disregard for the consumer. I can understand a company being unable to keep up with high demand of a product if it is very good and in demand but this needs to be addressed with admission in communication. Simply advertising a product that people cannot access and dealing with the irate customer-in-waiting afterwards is not acceptable.
Let it be known that Lenovo through their own incompetence have lost a customer before he even purchased anything today. I can only hope that others considering making a purchase will see further posts like this and feel deterred in the same way. That way, Lenovo may finally see that they really need to up their game in terms of service and quality control. To the person that made this post, I can only feel sympathy for the problems you had with them and can only say that you are certainly not alone! Check out their UK Facebook page to see just how terrible the service is (including choosing to ignore the more upset customers while blowing the trumpet whenever someone's problem is "sorted"!).

Customer service problems. Anyone at HP I can talk to?

I'm having a horrible customer service experience with HP with regards to a repair to my brand-new Pavillion PC. The problem has been ongoing for a month, and I'm never able to get a straight answer our of the customer support reps as to when the unit will be shipped back to me.
Is there anyone at HP I can talk to outside of the front-line customer service center to try and resolve this?

Tech_Rain - thanks for taking the time to reply to my post, I'm sure the hell I've been through with HP is hardly your fault, but frankly, your reply is indicative of the appalling customer service I've encountered with HP. Your post is hardly timely (over a month since I made my post), nor at all helpful.
I ended up calling tech support on a daily basis in order to try and expedite the process, and was given conflicting, incorrect information, and straight out lied to. Nobody seemed to have any clue as to when I could expect my computer to be fixed - a brand new computer which HP had delivered to me in a defective condition. After a comedy of errors involving misplaced warranty statuses, empty boxes being shipped to me, and general incompetence from tech support representatives, my case was transferred to a case manager.
This failed to improve matters. After the new expedited date for my repair came and went without the repair center ever updating my ticket, I was offered a replacement PC. The date when my PC was due to ship then came and went, another call to the case manager (who had again failed to call me with an update by the promised date), and I ask for my money back. Eventually, I receive a check.
Numerous HP representatives promised to call me back with updates on status. Never once did that happen. HP failed to deliver a working PC, failed to log a repair ticket until I called back a second time, failed to deliver a return box until I called back, failed to provide me with promised status updates, failed to expedite the repair as promised, failed to deliver on promised repair dates, and failed to ship a replacement computer by the promised date.
I took my check, spent it on components at newegg.com, and built my new computer myself - a process that took less time than it took HP to ship me my original defective computer.
All in all, a total failure on the part of HP to serve their customer. I will never buy another product from HP again.

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