Customer Support Worst Ever

I second the post of worst service ever. I started with 2 problems and finished with 3

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  • Why Sony Xperia care (France) is the WORST customer support I ever seen?

    Hello, I am desperate and disgusted by Sony that I believed to be a serious 'high end' company. The promises of 2 years guaranty and reparations within 10 days sound enthusiastic. But from my experience it is far, far away from truth:- After 8 months, my Xperia Z2 tablet suddenly stopped working during software update to Lollipop (black screen, unable to turn it on anymore).- Confident I sent it to Sony care expecting it back (repaired or a new device) within 10 days. BUT, 8 days after having received my device they just sent a message saying that the reparations are not covered by the guaranty (without any explanation why) and that I must pay a ridiculous quotation of 414EUR, stating that everything in my tablet has to be replaced. (why???)- After many unanswered e-mails and many attempts to get a phone contact, I got the reason of the guaranty refusal: I sent an USB cable that was not Sony branded and they consider it as an incompatible accessory!!!! (Ridiculous).I am waiting since one month for a solution. The main problem is that nobody takes care about customers. There is no way to have an answer. I already had low cost Chinese made devices, and their support was of a much better quality than Sony.

    Hi,
    I'm sorry to hear that.
    Unfortunately, I cannot do anything from my position and neither can we at the support forum answer these questions. Warranty may differ from market to market and repair process is handled at a local level. You need to raise this with your local support team for further information about your repair and how to proceed with this in the best possible way. I suggest that you place a call to your local support team:
    http://support.sonymobile.com/global-en/contactUs/

  • THE WORST CUSTOMER SUPPORT EXPERIENCE EVER!!!!!

    Around 7:30 pm tonight I paid my Verizon bill in FULL!

    Your issue has been escalated to a Verizon agent. Before the agent can begin assisting you, they will need to collect further information from you.
    Please go to your profile page for the forum, and look in the middle, right at the top where you will find an area titled "My Support Cases". You can reach your profile page by clicking on your name beside your post, or at the top left of this page underneath the title of the board.
    Under “My Support Cases” you will find a link to the private board where you and the agent may exchange information. This should be checked on a frequent basis as the agent may be waiting for information from you before they can proceed with any actions.
    To ensure you know when they have responded to you, at the top of your support case there is a drop down menu for support case options. Open that and choose "subscribe".
    Please keep all correspondence regarding your issue in the private support portal.

  • Worst customer support, Worst Tech support, Nobody knows anything..​.Stuck with contract!

    I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS TO RECEIVE A NEW PHONE JACK...ANYWHERE I WANTED WHEN I SIGNED UP FOR NEW SERVICE WITH VERIZON.  BUT WHEN THE TECH CAME TO INSTALL MY NEW SERVICE, IT WAS RAINING AND I WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO CALL BACK TO GET THE LOCATION OF WHERE I WANTED MY PHONE JACK.  (I WORK FROM HOME...SO I GOTTA HAVE A PHONE LINE).  ANYWAY...GUESS WHAT I GET?.. "IT WILL COST YOU 300.00 MA'AM", TO GET A NEW PHONE JACK'.  "We will install one if there isn't one in the house already, but if there is one...you have to use the one thats there already"...SERIOUSLY???  I PAY AS MUCH AS ANYONE ELSE!! THE TECH LIED TO ME CAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO GET HIS HAIR WET,  OR HORRIBLY MISDIRECTED BY HIS MANAGER.  HEY FORGET THAT ANYWAY, I JUST WANT A PHONE THAT WORKS PERIOD!  AT THIS POINT I WILL TAKE THE JACK I HAVE...BUT IT DOES NOT WORK HALF THE TIME!!! I WOULD HAVE HAD HIM FIX THE ONE THAT WAS IN THE HOUSE ALREADY IF I HAD KNOWN ALL THIS.  MY PHONE JACK DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY, NO DIAL TONE FOR 3 WKS NOW!!!
    I'VE CALLED THEM 3 TIMES AND ITS THE SAME THING ALL THE TIME!  IT NEVER HAS GOTTEN FIXED AND ALL I GET IS THE RUN AROUND!!!   IT'S BEEN 6 MONTHS! I'M STUCK IN A 2 YEAR CONTRACT TOO!  DO NOT USE VERIZON...EVER!  SERIOUSLY, THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 3 TIMES NOW...NO KIDDING!!!  
    I'm so exasperated and am so angry that companies (ie.VERIZON FIOS) could care less about fixing your problem, and just pass the buck to someone else to deal with.  Your told one thing...but OH NO...they say "sorry ma'am" ..."but you were given the wrong information"...or "thats not my department"...or "let me transfer you, they can help you"............time goes by ON HOLD for 20 minutes, THEN 30, ETC.. to have to explain my problem all over again...THEN TO BE TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE FIRST PERSON I SPOKE WITH.    After 45 minutes on hold, back and forth...I get a tech to come out...BUT ONLY AFTER HAVING TO GET MAD AND THROW A FIT, AND THEN ONLY after speaking to a manager.  
    But guess what they come out...there is no problem presently and to change it out anyway will cost you about 200.00+ !!  ARE YOU KIDDING ME?  I'M NOT LYING...THE PHONE JACK DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY.  SOMETIMES A DIAL TONE, SOMETIMES NOT...ITS BEEN 6 MONTHS...THREE TECH VISITS AND GUESS WHAT?  I STILL CANNOT DO MY WORK FROM HOME CONSISTENTLY, BECAUSE MY STUPID PHONE HAS NO DIAL TONE TO RETURN CUSTOMER CALLS, ETC.  THIS FORCES ME TO HAVE TO USE MY PERSONAL  CELL PHONE (not VERIZON, NO WAY!!!!)...THEN MY PERSONAL # IS OUT THERE COMPROMISING MY PERSONAL LIFE.  FIX MY STUPID PHONE JACK, PUT IN A NEW PHONE JACK OR JUST REPLACE THE ONE IN THE WALL THATS THERE ALREADY.  DO SOMETHING, INSTEAD OF TALKING!!  GOOD GRIEF... I'M CALLING CHANNEL 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   GOLLY GEEZ!!!!

    Check your contract to see if you are paying for inside wire maintenance(about $6.)   If you are not, then you will have to pay for the phone jack.  Or, You could buy a new phone jack and install it yourself.  I am a 77 year old lady and I can do that,  Perhaps, if you were very nice when you spoke to the representatives, you would get better service.  I have few problems with Verizon representatives, and I love the product.
    This forum is for the purpose of getting help from other customers.  It is not a place to complain about the service. 

  • WORST CUSTOMER SUPPORT EVER + COMPLAINT

    WORST CUSTOMER SUPPORT ISSUE EVER - I purchased an HP Laptop in Sept 2011.  I had an issue with my SD card reader and some flickering upon Startup on my screen.  I was on the phone with 3 reps only for them to tell me that bc I was calling from a Canadian line, they had to transfer me to a Canadian rep (after I had already spent 50mins with an "American" rep).  I called the number that was on my HP Support Assistant.  After being transferred to my 4th "Canadian" rep, I asked them to call me back asap on my landline bc my cell phone was dying.  Waited 10 mins - NO CALL.  Had to charge my phone to use my browser on it bc I was left in the middle of a trouble shooting issue with no access to the internet to then look up a Canadian HP support number.  Now on the phone with my 5th HP support rep, had to re-explain my issues with my laptop, he remotely tried to troubleshoot my issues from INDIA (Jon) he says his name is, and still no success.  Total time on the phone now with HP 2+ hours.  I asked to speak to the supervisor.  Put on hold for 20 mins.  Then my landline cordless phone DIED. "Jon" calls me back and puts me on hold again but none of my phones have any battery life so I asked numerous times for a box to be sent to me and he kept telling me I had to HOLD for a supervisor in order to authorize for a box to be sent to me.  I hung up.  I repeatedly told Jon, we attempted all the troubleshooting and driver updates and that I had to get off the phone immediately.  WORST EXPERIENCE EVER WITH A CUSTOMER SUPPORT LINE AND STILL NO REMEDY TO MY ISSUES.  I don't even know where to send a complaint.  My frustrations with this laptop and customer support are through the roof bc I still have no remedy to this issue.  {Personal Information Removed}  And who knows if a repair box is even going to get sent.  This is not a good situation for a grad student dependent on their laptop.  All my contact information is in the ticket number.  Hope that if someone from HP ever contacts me in regards to this issue will have a quick solution as I have spent more than enough time on the phone with them. 

    You're a close second in the race for worst experience but I think I win. I purchased my Pavilion on 11/28/11, under Walmart's special return policy eff. 12/26/11. That meant I had until Jan. 10 to return.  Didn't even open and register until after Christmas as it was a gift to myself. On the 8th, I encountered some issues,  shut down, rebooted later , had the same happen again. Tried twice more and gave up. On the 9th, same problem, finally got a HP # from a neighbor's kid, b/c I couldn't w/o a manual or laptop. Got some  iYogi company who checked for viruses, etc and tried to frighten me into buying more spyware. They were actually affiliated w/HP, I found later. After that waste of time, went to my neighbor's again to google a number, got the correct one and began my nightmarishish journey into HP hell. Christina kept me on the phone an hour that night, checking for problems, setting into motion updates which she told me should correct the problem. I told her I was just going to return it the next day but she said to wait, to give them a chance to correct the problems first. She felt sure the updates would do it. Updates ran all night  and were still running when I returned from from work the next day! I called tech support and it just got worse from there. In 9 days,  I talked / held (for12 hrs&35 min) to 14 reps. Only 5 of were not rude and could be understood, the remainder horrible, absolutely horrible.  By wasting my time with these people and allowing them to railroad me with their repeated attempts at recovery, I missed my window of opportunity to return the piece of junk.  Oh - the salt in the would was that on the 13th, I spent one hour holding until they finally figured out the HP was having technical problems. The irony.... 
    Anyway, when I discovered I couldn't return it, I thought, surely they will replace it or refund my $$, after all  they are the self proclaimed "pc leader". They can't just not replace it or give me a refund, can they?  I mean, this is America, that's what you do. Little did I know that they do indeed have in place the dreaded 21 day policy I'd read about in complaint forums. Before I realized this to be true, I accused  a couple of tech support staff of stalling while that period expired. They denied it of course, just asking for "another 5 minutes" of my time. Apparently this is part of the "HP process" after all. They hold you, your time and your laptop hostage until they're satisfied that you have no recourse but to allow them to repair it and return to you. Now - I will be stuck with this worthless piece of ****. Whether it works or not after it is returned to me, I don't care. I will buy another and try to sell this on Craig's list.  I have no confidence in their product and will NEVER buy another or speak to another HP person as long as I live. I could go on and on about the ludicrous, pathetic service I received because it is almost unbelievable but I'm sure most already know how insanely loathsome it is.
    There is only thing that could make me feel better about this experience and wasting my hard earned 359.00. That would be to locate an HP store, taking the piece of trash there and throw at someone, watching it shatter into a million pieces. Unfortunately, I can't even get that satisfaction, as the nearest store is 200 miles away. So instead -  I'm going to copy and paste this complaint on every site even remotely related to electronics, including Walmart's, Best Buy, etc. I'm going to email it to all my friends, associates. And then I'll put it on Facebook.    I do have a Case Manager  # for you  though, although I hope that surely by now you don't need it. {Personal Information Removed}  Knowing these guys, though, you probably still have no resolution.   

  • Worst ever Customer support in my life

    Hello Team,
    My Name is Anish Mathew and you can reach at my number xxxxxxxxxxx).I would like to report one of the worst customer support I have ever experienced in my life. I am not sure which email address I should be sending this,so marked on all addresses I got from the internet. Please forward this to the right people as I didn't find any escalation point.
    The story begins around last week of June 2013 when my laptop(Lenovo thinkpad edge xxxxxxxxx doesn't detect my battery. Since it was out of warranty I went ahead and bought a new Lenovo genuine battery thinking that my battery is corrupt. But the laptop didn't detect the new battery. As a next step I reached out at one of your Authorized service center in Bangalore below.
    Caddons Computer Services
    No.3350, KR Road,
    BSK II stage,Bengaluru-560070
    Tel-26762986/87/88
    As per the call with the technician I took my laptop to the service center. The initial response itself was pathetic. The problems seems like the chip that is supposed to detect the battery is no longer working. As per Lenovo we cant replace the chip instead we need to replace the Mother board which would cost me 14k. Rahul told me that he will extend the warranty and get the mother board replaced under warranty which would cost me 8k. We agreed this and gave the laptop on 29th June 2013.Attached is the service report copy with the dates for your reference.
    Guys Today is 21st Feb 2014 and you know what still nothing has happened. Wont you get frustrated?. Since today I would have made like 100 calls atleast 1 in a week. Every time I call they would say " we will get back to you sir" and thats it. Today when I called Rahul he says Sir be patient it seems. Are you joking?. I have been showing patience for the last 8 months and in a couple of months we will celebrate 1 year(Anniversary). What would you expect me to do at this point?.I will never ever recommend a Lenovo product to a anybody that I know.Please close such pathetic service centers which frustrates your customers. I need an answer ASAP or planning to go to consumer court for Justice. I still expect positive outcome.
    Moderator Note; private information, name of associate, s/n & picture showing s/n edited for member's & others' protection

    Your complaint is with the computer store that you took the computer to.  Go back to the store in person and get your computer back.  They've had it long enough for you to know they are never going to fix it.  Then call the Lenovo customer service number on this website (for India) and work with them. 
    This is a user forum, not a Lenovo customer service forum.  By all means take the computer store to court (if the Indian court system is anything like the US system, you are wasting your time), but they are not lenovo..
    Keith
    Formerly 600E 2645, T30 2366, X31 2673, T40 2373, T41 2379, T42 2373, T42 2379, T60 1952, T61p 8889, T61p 8891
    Currently T420 4177-CTO, T430 2347-A54, T430 2349-L64, T430 2347-UN9, T430 2342-CTR, Ideapad K1, H520S 2561-1LU

  • Does Apple Canada have the worst customer support ever?

    Yes! Ask me why...
    I'm posting here a) to warn other Mac users what to expect if you ever need customer support and b) because there's no where you can actually e-mail comments to Apple, and trying to contact customer support has been fruitless (see below).
    Here's what happened to me...
    I bought my iBook just under three years ago - a few weeks ago, the logic board went. Now, because I purchased the computer less than three years ago, that's covered under the extended warranty for iBook logic boards (see here: http://www.apple.com/support/ibook/faq/).
    Simple, right? Well, I took my computer in to my local authorized service provider about three weeks ago. They confirmed the logic board was the problem... copied my receipt for the iBook to prove date of purchase... agreed that it was covered by the warranty.
    However, when they sent all this to Apple, their reply was that it was NOT covered because it was manufactured more than three years ago (although Apple's own website says it's purchase date - not manufacture date - that's important).
    I called Apple last Monday to find out what was going on. Spoke to a nice fellow named Kevin who said he'd look into it, and call me back the next day.
    Next day passed... no call. I called Kevin back left a message, and indicated I'd like to know what was going on.
    Wednesday passed... no call. By this point, I'm getting anxious - the service provider can't move ahead without authoriztion from Apple, Apple's not returning my calls (or the service provider's) to grant authorization.
    I tried Kevin again on Thursday. Left another message. No reply.
    Tried back on Friday morning. Left another message. Still no reply.
    Called customer support again Friday night. Antoine puts me hold for a half hour. I call back, explain that I've been on hold for half an hour, ask how long the wait should be. Antoine says two or three minutes. He puts me on hold again.
    For another ten minutes.
    I call back. Antoine explains that the reason I'm on hold is probably because customer service is closed. So why was I on hold for nearly an hour listening to terrible music? That's one of the mysteries of Apple customer support...
    So here I am, with a computer that's been in the shop nearly three weeks, that can't be repaired because Apple won't honour its warranty, and no way to even find out what's going on, because Apple's customer service is such an unnavigable maze.
    The sad thing is, I usually like Apples. I was even going to buy a new one this summer.
    Now - not a chance.
    The moral of the story? If you own an Apple, pray nothing ever goes wrong with it. If you expect your computer to ever need repairs, I'd suggest getting rid of your Apple now.
    If you're considering buying an Apple - consider again.
    As for me - from now on, make mine Microsoft.
    iBook G3 700   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

    Does Apple Canada have the worst customer support ever?
    I doubt it.
    Seriously, would you like some help?
    Call back, and don't mess around with Customer Service. Immediately ask for Customer Relations. These are the people whose job it is to make an unhappy customer happy again. They aim to please.
    A polite, but seriously disappointed tone of voice is what you need, so take some deep breaths until you can achieve that.
    There was an article in the February, 2005, issue of Reader's Digest called "How to Complain." Please read these tips. Then call and tell Customer Relations your sad experience with Customer Service.
    How to Complain
    You call customer service to complain about a product, and you hang up angrier than when you started. That’s customer rage, a feeling experienced by millions of people with a major complaint, says Scott Broetzmann, president of an American firm that tells companies how to offer the best customer service. His secrets to getting good service:
    Have a goal
    If you want your product repaired, say so. Want an apology? Speak up.
    Keep it short
    Focus on one problem, and be succinct.
    Stick with it.
    You have to invest the time it takes. Don’t get what you want? Ask for a supervisor.
    Skip ultimatums
    Don’t threaten not to do business with them again. Why should they help you if you won’t buy from them in the future?
    Plead your case
    Many companies have information such as how much money you’ve spent with them and how often you complain. If you’re a good customer, they may be more willing to help.
    Be nice
    You’re unlikely to get what you want if you’re rude.
    Good luck!
    (P.S. Microsoft doesn't make computers; just the crappy OS that goes on them.)

  • Defective t440s and the worst customer support I've ever received

    2 months ago I purchased a t440s that arrived defective. Notably, the screen was the upgraded FHD IPS panel. My unit came with the LG model, which is notorious for being defective. The screen had bad viewing angles (its main selling point...), about 1.5 inches of light bleed along the bottom, and significant yellow tinting outside of a medium-sized circle in the middle of the screen. Additionally, the trackpad was too far left in its housing and would ocassionally *get stuck beneath the case* and ALWAYS scrape against it.
    After waiting 3 weeks for my laptop to arrive, I requested a repair after owning it for 2 days and sent in my laptop-- at the end of September. I didn't receive any updates on the status of my repair until several days ago. I was unable to answer the call and the voicemail Lenovo left only said that my repair was pending. After attempting to contact support myself and being placed on hold for absurd lengths of time, I gave up.
    Earlier today I received another call. The rep told me that my laptop wouldn't be able to BEGIN being repaired until November 24th, at the very least. This is due to a backorder on replacement screens. I'm assuming that's because they're having to replace more than just a few.
    The rep offered to have my laptop swapped with a new unit, yet I'll have to speak with another person who won't be calling me until "sometime next week" to actually have this done.
    The girl I spoke with to initially request my repair was very kind and knowledgeable. Everything following that has been unacceptable at best.
    I purchased from Lenovo after being told by numerous peers that their quality was legendary across the board. I don't think I'll ever purchase another Lenovo product in my life and I will definitely try to dissuade anyone from making the same mistake I did.
    You suck, Lenovo. You really **bleep**ed me here.

    I gotta say that when I was dealing with customers services I thought they were fantastic, and this was back in June. Now my player has sadly broken again...ugh...twice in a year...which is making me consider just buying something else, I know all mp3 players are reportedly like this, but its just not right... ...and I'm pretty sure Creative just have a big warehouse of faulty Zen's which they put all the faulty ones in when they get returned, and then they just pick up another one and send it out to you. I also find it ridiculous that there is no telephone support for everyone...which would solve alot of problems... I sent Customer Support an e-mail, so when should I hear back? My Zen doesn't charge properly, and for the past couple of days any time i turn it on it just freezes...Message Edited by Kid-Eternity on 2-0-200608:23 AM
    Message Edited by Kid-Eternity on 2-0-200608:26 AM

  • Caseid 4670247907 worst customer support ever seen

    caseid 4670247907
    today was 15 day of my camplain log
    i have been provided with replacenet of defective part 2 times but both them self required replacement.
    this is the worst service support i have seen

    The Apple Support COMMUNITIES is a user-operated apple-run page where users of the COMMUNITY help other people the best they can. Apple employees do not have anything to do with this page apart from own the servers and design it. If you want to speak to Apple then go to their Customer Support here: http://www.apple.com/uk/support/contact/
    Remember, this isn't a customer support page, it's a community forum based on using Apple products. If you wish to refer to Apple employees then this is the wrong website.
    Hope this helps.
    - bi9scuit

  • WORST CUSTOMER SUPPORT EVER EXPERIENCED........... WAY BELOW IN PROFESSIONAL ASPECT.

    I am a new member of BB community and faced the worst experience today just for taking a internet setting for 9360 by calling a the customer support centre.  Either it does not connect or put on hold for eternity.  Surprised to have this experience.  Is this going in a professional manner or not.............
    Can anybody help me out in this..............

    Just having the same issue there, which is real not fun, I have not tried to contact them, but looking at  your experience I am not sure if I should.
    My key comes from the back of a laptop o so I guess that would be a W7
    OEM, and that could explain why you can't download a ISO from their website, would that also your case ?
    Also could it be because we are attempting to get the ISO after the product became EOL ?
    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle
    Maybe I will give a go with the customer care people and maybe I will get a right answer ;)
    Will keep you posted

  • How do you get a human being from Apple for customer service? This is the worst customer support ever seen!

    How do you get an actual human being to speak with at apple to help with customer service?

    The Apple Support COMMUNITIES is a user-operated apple-run page where users of the COMMUNITY help other people the best they can. Apple employees do not have anything to do with this page apart from own the servers and design it. If you want to speak to Apple then go to their Customer Support here: http://www.apple.com/uk/support/contact/
    Remember, this isn't a customer support page, it's a community forum based on using Apple products. If you wish to refer to Apple employees then this is the wrong website.
    Hope this helps.
    - bi9scuit

  • Literally the worst customer support experience I've ever had to deal with -- Why don't they let their customers speak to supervisors on demand?

    Call 1: I spoke to them to see if I was eligible for an upgrade. It turned out they had accidentally counted a temporary phone switch to an old device as an upgrade. The representative was extremely slow minded and took over an hour to read through my notes and process what I was saying happened, consulting with his supervisor multiple times. He claimed to have noted everything and told me I had to go to a verizon store to verify in person that I was still using my original phone, and that then I would be able to get an upgrade immediately.
    Trip to the store: Drove an hour only to be told by the store rep that there were NO NOTES on my account about the issue and there was nothing he could do to help me and that I'd have to call customer support again. The store was closing in 20 mins and customer support seems to take 45 minutes minimum to resolve anything, so I left.
    Call 2: Asked a woman to speak to a supervisor about the guy who wasted 2+ hours of my life and gas money. She put me on hold for a long time, came back and said they were all busy right now, would I like to leave my complaint with her? I said no thank you, I will keep waiting. She said ok, and proceeded to hang up.
    Call 3: Asked a different woman to speak to a supervisor, she put me on hold for a long time and then told me that since I wasn't an authorized user I could not speak to one... lol ok. Had a family member call and authorize me.
    Call 4: Asked a guy to speak to a manager. He insisted on taking the complaint himself. Why would I trust someone to take a complaint about their colleague possibly sitting a few desks away when many of them have proven to be incredibly incompetent already? It sounded like we were making progress... then he hung up too.
    Call 5: Asked yet another woman to speak to the manager. She demanded a reason, I told her it was to make a complaint and she told me about a dozen times that the managers would just tell her to take the complaint. I insisted, she refused... finally I threatened to close all of our accounts unless she let me speak to a manager. She said they couldn't right now since the office was closing soon, but that one would call me within 24-48 hours. I'd bet my life savings that never happens. At that point I tried to talk to her about the original upgrade issue, and she said her system had suddenly crashed and that I'd have to call back the next day...  Seriously???
    Absolutely unreal how horrible their customer support is. Will be switching to T-Mobile immediately.

    Having worked in customer service, I have some experience with this kind of situation.  Reps are typically trained to make all attempts to handle complaints by themselves, because there are obviously many more reps than supervisors.  They're usually REQUIRED to fully authorize the account and to get the whole situation from the customer prior to referring you to a supervisor.  One of the biggest problems is that many customers think that demanding a supervisor is a way to guarantee you will get what you want.  If the reason for your request to escalate isn't a valid one, the supervisor won't give in to you either.
    There are plenty of times in my own experience, especially as a brand new rep out of training, that I took a long time to research and get an understanding of the issue.  Yes, I wasn't moving at light speed, but that doesn't make me an idiot.  It means I was trying to gather as much info s possible to try and deal with the issue. But I had plenty of customers tell me I was stupid and to transfer them to my supervisor, simply because I took longer than their patience could tolerate to get all the details I needed.
    I have never had a job that I executed flawlessly day in and day out.  Maybe you have and that's why you can't tolerate a person taking a little longer to wrap their head around the issue, but I'd rather doubt it.
    I also don't think you will find reps who work at light speed and utilize a magic wand to fix people's issues at T-Mobile, either, but I guess it never hurts to try.
    Just to clarify: I do not work for Verizon and never have.  I worked for a residential phone and internet company.

  • Total conquest? Worst customer support ever!

    I been trying to play total conquest game for a while now and I seem to be contacting their customer support team more often than I actually play the game. Its full of bugs and issues. Two weeks ago I got banned for no apparent reason and tried to contact support yet again, I got the usual automated reply saying i am very important to them and so on and that a reply would come in up to 3 days. HAH! I got a reply after 6 days asking me to show proof of purchase. I didn't buy anything and answered right away. Waited another 6 to 7 days for another reply from a girl called Elena saying they made a mistake and have unbanned me. Well it's now over 21 days and I am still banned! The very nice customer support team seem to have vanished again! Bloody useless bunch of people there. Now, my question here is, where can I file a complaint on stuff like this?
    Thanks guys

    Hello Zneek
    If you have an issue with the app that was downloaded from the App Store or any other of Apple’s online stores, report it to help resolve the issue.
    How to report an issue with your iTunes Store, App Store, Mac App Store, or iBooks Store purchase
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1933
    Regards,
    -Norm G.

  • Microsoft - Worst Customer Support ever! Where can I get a decent Microsoft customer support for Windows in the UK?

    I have just tried to created the ISO of the operating system I am using for last 5 years, Windows 7 Ultimate.  I remembered that on Microsoft website are quick links dedicated exactly for that purpose. However, when page loaded I've seen this: 
    The Page or File You Requested Could Not Be Provided
    The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. 
    HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found. 
    If you purchased your Microsoft Windows software from another source, but have the software key provided by Microsoft, you can download the Windows operating
    system from the following website:
    Windows Downloads
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