Disgusted with poor service!!

4G LTE?? What is that?? I live in Grand Canyon national park, and 3G service is all we get. And that has gotten progressively worse over the last 2.5 years, to the point where it it only functions approximately 50-60 percent of the time.
Because our local internet provider no longer offers any new accounts that are above minimum speed, I am forced to rely on this for internet service. I pay a small fortune for data, but yet I can not upload photos, and forget about watching videos. (I tried to watch a two minute 30 second video recently, and gave up after 19 minutes- only 45 seconds of the video had played- the rest was buffer time!!) Even attempts at doing the simplest things take multiple tries.
My 3G serivce was excellent up until that point. What happened Verizon?? And why do you refuse despite numerous complaints to check into the situation? The problem is not either of my phones - they work excellent elsewhere- for instance, in Flagstaff and Williams. It is clearly your service.
I'm tired of paying the same data rates as someone in any major city with excellent service. And I'm tired of not being able to go back to school because of poor internet connections. Do I need to contact the FCC??

@janeybrad
I can definitely understand your concerns with your wireless signal issue! I would love to assist you with this issue.
You mentioned you live in Grand Canyon National Park. I have visited there once before, and I must say this has to be one of the most beautiful places in our country! I'd like to review coverage in your area. Can you provide me a cross street or nearest mappable intersection and zip code? What model device are you using? Are you experiencing this problem indoors, outdoors or both? Please let me know so that I may further assist. Thanks!
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How do I report poor service?

The 4G service along the UP-NW Metra Line from the Cumberland stop in Des Plaines, IL all the way to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago is unacceptably poor. Recently, both data and voice service have been failing between the Jefferson Park and Clybourn stops. I would like to know how to report this issue as I use the line Monday - Friday and I attempt to do all of my online business while on the train so I can focus on other items when I return home.

I think my initial concern about weak signal has been coupled with poor service as described here.
The network congestion likely does not affect the weakness in 4G signal as decreases and drop out are predictable as it happens in the same stretches of my commute. Also, I travel in my car at higher rates of speed than in the train and I do not suffer from the same oscillation of signal strength between full and complete drop out. I have spoke with a couple other commuters and they have expressed the same issues with poor signal.
The frustration is mounting as I pay a premium for "America's Most Reliable 4G Network." If my service get interrupted when I do not pay, it is only fair that I should be able to interrupt payment when my service gets regularly interrupted.
My contract is up in December. I have been a Verizon customer for over 9 years, and I might consider looking for a different carrier that will be able to provide a more reliable signal, or possibly the same quality signal at a more reasonable price.

90 yr olds with NO service and no help since Augus...

Hi, I hope someone from BT will pick this up as I am disgusted with the service, I have tried to complain via India, but I either get " the Manager is not available", "someone will call you back" (never do) or put through to a line that never picks up.
This Started back in June 2012, my parents were moving from their house in Chichester to live near us in Purley. Brand new flat in block of 12 flats (there is one other resident in the block). My parents were with TalkTalk, so they arranged with TT for a line and Broadband to be installed at the new flat when they moved in, an appointment made for 28th August 2012. Didn't show, chased TT never got a proper answer and no update. Cancelled the TT request.
Ordered line and Broadband through BT on 4th September 2012, with first engineer date of 2nd October 2012. Didn't show, spoke to BT and was told that it would be remade for 24th Oct 2012. Engineer did come but found that although the block was wired for connection, from the flat to the basement (where a terminal block was housed) the cable to the BT network only had 2 lines. (How the original Openreach engineer thought a block of 12 flats with a lift only needed 2 lines is beyond me).
Told by BT that a new appointment would be made for November, no show, then 18th December, no show, then 15th January. In all these calls I feel I have been as civil as possible with people in India, I had been thinking that it was not really their fault, but I must say they are not trustworthy or helpful. I presume they are penalised in some way for not being able to deal with a call and having to pass to a manager or deal with a complaint, because they basically won't pass on a complaint.
I have even spoken to the Council road works depatment, because I was told that Openreach would need to have traffic signalling to lay the new cable, but the council say they have never heard from openreach about it.
In preparation for the 15th January I called yesterday and was told to my utter amazement that the order had been cancelled!. I asked who by and was told by us! When I said when they told me September? Again the lady in India (namerd Lucky) said she would take personal responsibility for resolving the issue and would call back in 24 hours (checked they would ring on Saturady). No call, rang again on 4 occasions today, getting nowhere, last call said can't do anything because there is not an order active.
I will have to go to a BT office and ask to complain to someone directly.
90 year old parents still living on thier own, without connection to the outside world and no help from BT at all.
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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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Dear Sir/Madam, Adobe acrobat claims that there is an update. However the update process is very flaky and unreliable. Very poor service, with useless update prompts. System report is attached. Please fix the update, before advertising useless prompts

Dear Sir/Madam,
Adobe acrobat claims that there is an update.
However the update process is very flaky and unreliable.
Very poor service, with useless update prompts.
System report is attached.
Please fix the update, before advertising useless prompts for updates, for paid versions.
Thanks

Nothing is attached.
You should also be aware that there are a number of scams and malwares claiming fake updates.
Please post your report and tell us exactly what product and exact version you have.
And be aware you aren't talking to Adobe.

Disgusted with engineer

I want to voice my disgust with the whole of this BT service.
Having renewed my contract with BT in April/May 2013 I had no end of issues with my service. The line was intermittently crackly and my broadband kept dropping out and hardly ever went over 0.02mb. I was constantly ringing BT and kept going through the routine of line tests, removing the front socket, etc etc which after a few months became quite labourious until one day they informed me it was my phone that was causing the crackle and so the reduced speed. I unplugged my phone and within days the intermittent broadband came back.
I rang BT who said it was something to do with the exchange and I had to wait days for the service to be fixed....as you can guess this didnt fix my problems so BT said then it was my ASDL filters and sent me new ones (actually they forgot to send them and so I had to call BT again to chase). Having got the ASDL filters- guess what it still didnt fix my issues!!
I asked for a new hub to which I was told I couldnt have a new hub as I was managing to get on line (although intermittently) and I would have to have an engineer out. I was reluctant to have one out as I knew I would end up in the situation I am in now....
Eventually I agreed to have an engineer out as I couldnt put up with the crackle or the lack of internet...it was now November.
Engineer came and guess what....no fault found!!! And the line was amazingly crackle free....Typical. The engineer said he couldnt understand why I had such poor broadband speed as my line was clear and suggested I get a new hub.
So another phone call to BT to demand a new hub. I got the hub and have had brilliant download speed of 16.89 ever since and still no crackling on the line. Terrific, problem sorted!
I called BT and asked for some compensation which they gave me...only £25 but better than a kick in the teeth so I accepted this payment.
All great until today 20/01/14 2 months after the engineer came to my address where I see BT have charged and taken the engineer fee from my bank.
FUMING!!!!!!!! Rang BT and as usual, hour long waits and lengthy calls and being passed from one person to another to be told that I had to pay as the engineer had wrote that the problem was my 'extension wire'. WHAT EXTENSION WIRE?????????? I dont have one!!!!!
I am disgusted with this. I asked for a hub before the engineer came and BT wouldnt give me one. Then after the engineer has been they give me one and charge me for the engineers visit. This couldve all been avoided and I would be £129 better off. I feel like its all one big scam. Big company like BT and they are robbing g**ts....if they didnt spend so much money on BT Sports they wouldnt have to rip us consumers off!!
I am now about to file a complaint to BT Openreach about this engineer. And I will be leaving BT as soon as this poxy contract comes to an end.
Id be interested in hearing if anyone else has recently experienced similar instances.
Off now for another lengthy call to BT to start my complaint!

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BT infinity very poor service - what steps to canc...

Any one advise How I can cancel, without penalty, due to poor service?
I had BT Infinity installed end of January 2014 it was fine stable and running at around 65-68mbps until half way through May.
Then speed dropped to 19mbps but worse the connection would repeatedly drop staying up for no more than 5 minutes at a time and taking 10 or more attempts to reconnect. Checking the logs on Hub 5 often it would reconnect over 100 times a day.
I've had and engineer visit once a week now, because thats all India helpdesk can arrange, for over 2 months and each one treats the visit as if it's the first time. All they can do is check my equipment is OK which they all say is fine. If had the line moved to a different card in the street box. I've had 2 replacement Hub 5's.
Eventually in talking to one of the engineers, some are more clued up than others, I heard about RAIN engineers so I practically had to force India support to instigate this. They say they have put this in process but can't seem to report back to me anything from this. I finally got speed up to 30mbps but the connection is still unstable and as of my last call I have yet another engineer to wait in for on Monday (this will be about the 10th time I've wasted half a day!). I know full well and on site engineer can do absolutely nothing but reset the line speed which with the insatbility will drop again. So I've had enough I've been paying for the top package "unlimited data" at a significant price for a service I haven't had for over 2 months and I just want to cancel becuase of this and get a refund for poor service over that time. Every time I try to raise this with India I just get fobbed off as they really have no idea what they are doing and probably don't have the authority to handle this but BT provides no other obvious way to talk to some who can take this request to cancel seriously! Does anyone know who and where I can call, email or write to to get this usless service cancelled?
Rob

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Problems with Target service agreement

Problems with Target service agreement to repair my ipod nano. I have gone to the BBB. Who can I contact at Apple to let them know the poor service that Target gave with a Apple product?

Apple Customer Relations (800) 767-2775

I reached my 1000th hour logged on the phone with customer service

I've been using Verizon jetpacks for 9 months now. Seemed like a sweet deal. Prepaid. Convenient. Fast and reliable. WRONG! I logged my 1000th hour on the phone with customer service today after a 5 hour "troubleshooting" session, second one this week. I've been having to make this exact 5 hour phone call every week sometimes up to 4x per week. I've never spent less than 3 hours on the phone or gone more than 4 days without having to contact customer "service." Naturally, this is pretty ignorant sounding. But, I paid $100 for a significantly small amount of data. I prepaid to be exact. For a service to be rendered one must be able to receive the service paid for. That's simply not the case. I paid $100 for this data already and can't actually use it with any convenience. Unless of course, 5-20 per week on the phone with customer service is typical of any other company. Other than Virgin Mobile, No. It's in fact an extremely absurd amount time for ANY customer to spend on the phone with ANY customer service. No exception. I feel rather abused, used and ****** over by this so call "service". I lost 6 clients. They all sued me in small claims for $3000 each for failing to maintain my end due to my weekly dose of hours on the phone with customer service and NOT doing the job I was employed to do. Nope. Instead, I spent my time with Verizon Customer Service and COURT! Yay! So, I've lost my home, my car was repo'd, $18k loss, 6 customers... and not one time has Verizon spent one second and said to me "Verizon could be the problem"... NEVER has that been the case in all 1000 hours logged. Interesting? No. Just abusive. I resent having to call customer service at all any more. It's even causing my mental health to suffer after all this. You know what is found every time? I'm on a prepaid plan on a device customer service told me to purchase. But wait... thats the second device. Every week I'm told The OTHER device is the one that works with this plan... then a few days later, no that other device is the one that works with the plan, a few days later... The OTHER DEVICE IS THE ONE THAT WORKS.. FFS. See a pattern? I've been directed by Verizon to replace my device 3 times, at $100+ per device plus the $10 sim card, plus the 5 hours on the phone with them every few days. I'd say there's an issue with customer service. First, yes it IS possible there is an issue on YOUR end. I'm pretty sure that having to buy a new device every time I call isn't really the best answer. Second, for the extremely limited amount of data I can't afford to watch a video for fear of capping my data before the end of the 30 days because its 10gig of data. Yeah, 2 whole movies worth! Third, its possible to be wrong, yet Verizon has never, not one single time chose to check their end. ALWAYS and ONLY my end. I don't find that surprising or ironic, I find it the most ignorant and worst customer service in existence only second to Virgin Mobile. Virgin mobile did finally acknowledge the issue was in the broken tower nearby. It took them 6 months and yes... 100's of hours on the phone. Verizon hasn't made any effort to accept responsibility for this issue. I'm sure they are very sincere when they are consuming my 5 hours per phone call trouble shooting my device for the third time this week. It's actually to the point where they have violated their terms of service and failed to look into an issue on their end. The tower has been hit. Hmmm... Ironic. Its quite a distance from here, but is a main tower that has caused an outage across my state. Verizon couldnt tell me that? Is that admitting your wrong so hard to do that it's easier to spend 5 hours on the phone trouble shooting my device than 5 mins looking for outages? Yeah, it could have saved my house and job, but I'm the customer... clueless idiot at the mercy of a company who is never wrong nor makes an effort to correct an issue on their end before stealing my hours from me. At one point, I actually fell asleep in my 2nd hour on hold. Customer service? Nope, a waste. I could dig it if this issue was on my end, but I'm confident that spending up to 20 hours a week troubleshooting to no avail is a HUGE red flag that its not on my end after all. Only cost me a house, a job, car and $18k plus court costs and fees. Fair? Nope. But it would be nice if just ONCE there was an initiative to provide actual support to a customer. I KNOW if this is my experience it is impossible to be an isolated incident with me alone. If I'm tying up 5 hours on the phone, what is the next guy doing? waiting to trouble shoot his box for the next 5 hours over a downed tower. Pride is what that is. People too proud to be wrong at someone else's expense. Definitely an issue if I've paid $900 in 9 months and I spent more hours on the phone with customer service than I have online. Pretty ******. Verizon, you ARE WRONG. Owning it would save the embarrassment of having to ***** about it on this site. I didnt' deserve my losses and it was at my expense and it is STILL at my expense that I'm having to contact that 888-294-6804 number. I've got it memorized like it was my best friends number - that's how often and how many times i've used it. Shame how simple it would be if Verizon wasn't so ******* proud and spent a few moments looking for issues on their end before stealing 5 hours from me doing the obvious over and over and over again... Small claims can be used to sue up to $3k. Looks like that's my only alternative, perhaps if I do that maybe checking for issues on their end will occur instead of pretending its impossible. It feels like I went to mcd's and paid for a meal at the window that took 5 hours to get a bag of raw patties thrown at me from inside after sitting at the window for 5 hours and waiting. I'm wrong of course. I'm am the customer. How could I possibly be right? I've troubleshooted my device over 1000 times. Of course its on my end. Must be.... 1000 times isn't enough to find out there's a potential issue that isn't related to my specific device, no? Is it gonna take 1000 more hours on the phone before one of the representatives decide to look for an outage before the 5 hours of daily trouble shooting? Thats a huge red flag that just keeps getting ignored. I can't think of any other companies besides these two internet providers that finds that acceptable. Better Business Bureau didn't. I'll be filing that complaint with them next. High time Verizon stepped off such a prideful pedestal and seek a remedy before a class action suit sinks them in the future from all other raging bitches not being provided with reasonable service. It's not a rant, this has been a life shattering experience for me and a simple quick check for an issue on their end could have prevented it. BAD BAD BAD Customer service policies to keep a customer on the phone for that length of time to repetitiously check the exact same thing repeatedly every few days. Disgusted. How dare that term "service" even be used if they can't provide "service" via support or otherwise. I'm on the internet finally after 10 hours and the news reported the Verizon tower down. Not verizon... A police officer interviewed on a Detroit News station instead. God knows police have nothing better to do in Detroit than make news appearances for verizon.

Simple solution. Get a real internet service and not a cell phone internet connection service it was never meant to be used as the primary internet service
And how do you lose a home and job and be sued as you claim. What over 10 Gb of data? Give me a break
In my city small claims is $5000.00
And over that amount you can go to a superior court to have your issue settled.
http://www.bbb.org
Good Luck, Elector

BT Infinity issues and poor service

I reported an issue with the Infinity team that I can not access the internet several times a day and the only solution is to switch off the hub for several minutes and then switch it back on.
After several calls to the helpdesk and not being provided with any information as to the 'fixes' which have been applied I was in a call yesterday for 15 minutes waiting for my call to be escalated as I requested. The call was cut off! I actually got a call back and an apology! I said that I had spent too long on the phone 'waiting' for someone to explain what had been done to date to attempt to resolve my issue but no answers were provided. I was informed that the case had been closed! I questioned why and was informed that someone had spoken to my wife and closed the case. This is incorrect as nobody has spoken to my wife and she would not state the issue had been resolved has it clearly has not!
I was promised yesterday that a supervisor would phone me back to discuss the case as I am not happy at all. This poor service is costing me money as I am not capable of working without the broadband connection!
I would like someone to take ownership of my issue and provide me with the service I expect from paying for this premium service!
I've just looked at the closed case which I was informed had been re-opened I can see no update and that it is still closed!
Please open it now and provide an update as promised on several occasions.
VOL011-49442052268
Regards
A very unhappy customer.

JasonT wrote:
I reported an issue with the Infinity team that I can not access the internet several times a day and the only solution is to switch off the hub for several minutes and then switch it back on.
After several calls to the helpdesk and not being provided with any information as to the 'fixes' which have been applied I was in a call yesterday for 15 minutes waiting for my call to be escalated as I requested. The call was cut off! I actually got a call back and an apology! I said that I had spent too long on the phone 'waiting' for someone to explain what had been done to date to attempt to resolve my issue but no answers were provided. I was informed that the case had been closed! I questioned why and was informed that someone had spoken to my wife and closed the case. This is incorrect as nobody has spoken to my wife and she would not state the issue had been resolved has it clearly has not!
I was promised yesterday that a supervisor would phone me back to discuss the case as I am not happy at all. This poor service is costing me money as I am not capable of working without the broadband connection!
I would like someone to take ownership of my issue and provide me with the service I expect from paying for this premium service!
I've just looked at the closed case which I was informed had been re-opened I can see no update and that it is still closed!
Please open it now and provide an update as promised on several occasions.
VOL011-*********
Regards
A very unhappy customer.
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Also, if you follow this link, it will allow you to fill out a "Contact us" form for the mods. Please remember to include all your account details in this and the mods should pick it up and contact you back.
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Poor Service the whole nine yards

On Saturday, March 29, 2014, I purchased a "Deal of the Day," a Samsung Gear Watch and selected a pick up from Best Buy on Monroe Street in Toledo, OH. I live 28.1 miles from this location, but I happened to be passing it later that day. I got a confirmation email stated that my item was ready to be picked up. When I arrived, I went to the Customer Service Counter, where I have picked up other "Deal of the Day" purchases. The lady helping me, spent 15 minutes looking for my order, which she could not find even after asking for help. Between the two employees, they figured out to ask someone else where my item that was alreay purchased was. It was being held with the cell phones. They alerted the people I was coming over. I waited 15 more minutes while I watched a tech agent at the Samsung counter lounge on the counter, and four employees helping two customers. Once I finally got someone to help me, He pulls out my purchase, set my item down on the counter, and then, proceeded to tell me he couldn't ring me up because he didn't know how to check me out. He did check me out after another 5 minutes when he realized none of the four employees next to him would help. Anyone totaling my time yet? We're at 35 minutes and counting for a "Deal of the Day" pick-up. After all said and done, 40 minutes later I left the store even though I already had an email stating it was ready. Clearly it wasn't ready and neither were the employees prepared to handle customers that day. Lesson #1: Don't pick a Best Buy because you know you will pass it when you know there is a better one just down the road.
I digress to my purchase. I get it home, and I open it up to find it doesn't work. This brand new item doesn't work. Seriously? What was the point of spending 40 minutes in a store for an item that doesn't work? Great...so here comes part two.
I decided to go back to a familiar Best Buy on Freemont Pike, Perrysburg, OH. It is 12.3 miles closer than the first one. I take my item in, get my sticker at the door, and I'm being helped before I even get over to the Customer Service Counter. I tell them that it doesn't work, and the lady sends me over to the Samsung counter where they test it. He tells me it will take about 10 minutes. It takes him 3 minutes trying a combination of solutions for him to also determine the watch doesn't work. He says they don't have the same color in stock, and he asks if a different color is ok. He goes and gets another watch and takes me back to the Costumer Service Counter, and the lady proceeds to ring me back up. She gets half way through it and calls over a manager, and then informs me it will cost me $100 more to exchange the watch. The lady and the manager converse for a few minutes trying to problem solve so I don't own them $100 more to exchange a DEFECTIVE watch. Here were their solutions: 1. Just return the watch or 2. Drive 11.2 miles where another Best Buy (neither of which I have previously entangle with for this watch) where they have 3 watches that I can exchange them. Here is the catch, they can't ask them to hold the item till I get there because there are no holds. I guess I'm not like most Best Buy customers because I didn't have time to drive an addition 22.4 miles round trip out of my way because I had to go to work. Mind you, these people were as nice as could be, and I didn't have time to argue. Since I was unable to spend my day doing the leg work to find a watch that did work, I returned the watch per the options I was given.
I am now without a watch, and I am one unsatisfied customer. One of the things that store #2 mentioned was that "Deal of the Day' purchases are online purchases. With that in mind, I called the number. After explaining my situation, I filed a complaint with the first store for poor service, and then I asked her how I can resolve this problem to get a working watch. Her only option was she could sell me the same watch for $100 more than I paid for it minus $10 for inconveience or something. After a heated debate and no resolution. She had not one solution to the problem and no answer for how to avoid this situation. Here were some of the question she, a representation of the corporate office of Best Buy, could not answer,
1. Why can I not exchange my watch for one that works?
2. Why was I told that I had to either drive out of my way or just return the watch because the watch never worked to begin with?
3. Why did it take me 40 minutes to pick up an item that I already received an email stating it was ready?
4. If the product I purchase is defective, and I cannot exchange it for one that works, How can you justify selling an item that doesn't work?
5. Why will you not price match your own sale?
6. If I decide to make another "Deal of the Day" purchase, can you garuntee that it will work or I can exchange it for one that works?
7. Are you stating that you do not garuntee "Deal of the Day" items are authentic and not defective?
8. If you are corporate, do you stand behind the ordeal that I have endured just to purchase a watch?
What's the answer to all of these questions? It's a simple one, I will continue to call the coporate office daily until this matter has been resolved. If anyone has a better idea how I can get a watch that works for the same price I paid, I am all ears.
What has happened to Best Buy?

Dear bwbtheatre,
I know the “I can’t wait to get it home, rip it open, and start playing with it feeling”, but to do so and find out that it doesn’t work must have been frustrating. I’m glad that you were able to get better customer service upon your visit to the Perrysburg, OH store. If only the circumstances as to why you were there had been different. I appreciate you calling in to leave your feedback about the first store and it pains me to hear that it didn’t end with a desirable resolution for you. No need to call in every day, I will be your single point of contact to assist you in getting another Galaxy Gear. I hope to answer all your questions with this post.
(1) Due to your order being a Deal of the Day offer, the system wouldn’t do an even exchange if it’s not for the same exact sku on the same day of the offer. However, your situation was a little different due to the fact that you had a defective product. (2)The Perrysburg store could have performed the exchange and created order for In Store Pickup. This way, you could pick the new one up, at your convenience, from the store that showed stock of your desired color. They even could have had it shipped to you for free if that was desired as an alternative.
(3)Your first visit, at the Toledo store, should have been much quicker because normally all product would be kept at the Store Pickup area. A reason for keeping those smart watches in Best Buy Mobile might be, with a Mobile Associate performing the pickup, they could make sure you walk out working with your new smart watch paired to your phone.
(4/6/7)In the mass production process, there are bound to be “lemons” that turn up in the process, this is why we offer our Geek Squad Protection and also why manufacturer warranties exist. It wasn’t a question of, can we exchange it for a working product; it was more, what is the best way to do so? (5)When the store realized it was a Deal of the Day order, they should have made sure to process an exchange like I said. Normally, we wouldn’t price match backwards to a previous sale.
(8)This experience should have been a lot more efficient for you; therefore, I want to make sure both the Toledo and Perrysburg stores get your feedback. I am going to reach out to you via private message to gain some more details from those visits as well as your order. To check your private messages, click on the envelope in the upper right-hand corner while logged into the forums.
Warmly,
JD|Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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Poor Service From BT - Installation [or Lack of It...

Order placed on:
Tue 03 Sep 2013 for Unlimited BT Infinity 2
Appointment for 12 September 2013 between 0800 and 1300 made
6 September 2013 email You've got equipment on the way
When: 10 September Time Between 7am and 6pm
Monday 9 September 2013 at 7:18 email BT Here Get ready: our engineer’s here soon. Appointment for 12 September 2013 between 0800 and 1300 confirmed
Text at 10:17 BT here. A reminder for you. Your broadband engineer will visit on 12 September 2013, arriving 8am to 1pm etc.
Text at 10:50 BT here. A reminder for you. Your broadband engineer will visit on 12 September 2013, arriving 8am to 1pm etc.
Wednesday 11 September 2013 at 4:14 email BT Here Get ready: our engineer’s here soon. Appointment for 12 September 2013 between 0800 and 1300 confirmed
Text at 11:09 BT here. A reminder for you. Your broadband engineer will visit on 12 September 2013, arriving 8am to 1pm etc.
Text at 12:22 BT here. A reminder for you. Your broadband engineer will visit on 12 September 2013, arriving 8am to 1pm etc.
Thursday 12 September 2013 No engineer arrived between 8am and 1pm. No call received to explain. In mid afternoon I contacted 0800 800 150 and discovered that the engineer had no record of my appointment. This was explained away as a technical fault with the computer. A right old load of **bleep** and bull in my view. I was told that someone would ring me within 24 hours. Over 24 hours later I’m still waiting for the call.
Poor service.

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I need to complain about iPad 3 i bought only 3 months but have to go to repair 2 times. Poor services, dirty, not response staffs of APPLE AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDER

I bought iPad 3 on dated August 19, 2012
It has a problem when using, happending 3 times already.
1st problem - while using this ipad 3, it suddenltly shut down and show apple logo. after reopen, found all application loaded have gone.
2nd problem - the same issued, but can't re-open or reboot. I have go to your dirty authorized service provider on dated October 15th, 2012. after 4 days passed, they said will call me for updated but no any response. I need to call your service provider myself asking the status. They said have already been reboot with Itune and can't found any problem. I can take it back and said that They have try my device with using out of battery. I need to charge after get it back myself. THIS IS APPLE AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDER.
This is Macintosh Center Co.,Ltd. APPLE AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDER
149/4 Modern Home Tower, Nonsee Road, Bangkok10120
Staff name : Tan
I have called to Apple Suppor Call Center (as understand located in Singapore) report and advise our iPad problem and poor service.
#001 800 441 2904 Mr. Charlie and Mr. Thawatchai 2 staffs have received my comment/complaint and full understand of this story and situation.
Yesterday Noverber 12th, 2010 - the 3rd problem happend again - it more worse. the screen show photo the USB line need to connect to iTunes.
I have no choice need to go back to that poor APPLE AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDER again as they have my story record. Same thing, they said need to check and reboot.
IN 3 MONTHS HAVE TO REPAIR AT SERVICE PROVIDER.
REBOOT IF PROBLEM CAN GO BACK TO THEM --- PROBLEM --- REBOOT ---- AGAIN AND AGAIN.
THIS IS 28,000- BAHT UP DEVICE BRAND APPLE.
MOST IMPORTANT : YOUR IMPORTANT PHOTOS, VIDEO, MESSAGE, RECORD WILL BE GONE.
THEY SAID WE NEED TO BACK UP FREQUENTLY WHEN USE ALL APPLE DEVICES NO MATTER ; iPhone or iPad.
I have iPhone 1st Gen, iPhone 4th Gen, iPad 1, iPad 2, iPad 3 and new iPod 5 for my family.
Now I thought that Samsung is my new choice and as per from my friend suggestion. It a lot of best service from there.
If anyone have the same case as me...Please raise it up...

Phatara, this is a iPad user forum. There's no one here from Apple.
You need to contact Apple:
http://www.apple.com/contact/

New Macbook Air 11" 2014 Model Display Hinge Loose and exacerbated by extremely poor service

I have bought a new MacBook Air 11 from Ezone on the 3rd of October. When I opened the product, I realised that the hinge seemed to be loose and would fall back on its own when tilted. That's when my troubles started.
I went to the Maple Apple Authorised Service Center at Santa Cruz, Mumbai and was told that the product was fine and that the screen tilt was 'normal'.
I then happened to visit some other stores and noticed that the MacBooks on display didn't swing back the same way.
I returned to the Service Center again and was told again that it was 'normal'. When I demanded to see the manager, I was told he had left for the day. I rang him and was told that I should come and see him the next day and he would provide a speedy resolution to the problem.
I rang the store that I'd purchased it from and they told me that they would be happy to replace the product provided the service center gave a certificate called DOA.
The next day was an even more harrowing experience. When I reached the manager's office, he tried telling me again that the product was 'normal'. When I explained to him that none of the in store models were like that, he said that to give the certificate, he would need at least 2 days as there was a 'process' to be followed. The 'process' is to merely record how the display flips back when tilted back.
I tried to call Apple Customer Care and spoke to Nishant and then Ravi (who told me that he usually never spoke to customers directly but as a special case was speaking to me since I'd had a bad experience!).
Ravi, assured me of a ideal resolution within 24 hours.
And so today, I received a call from Nishant, who informed me that because of the nature of the inconvenience, Apple had decided to offer 2 solutions: 1. They would ship a new machine from Singapore directly to my home address but that would take 4-5 business weeks. I was fine with that solution although I didn't understand the merit of sending a new laptop from Singapore. However, he then told me that I would FIRST have to submit the laptop and ONLY THEN would they ship it out to me. So essentially, I would be without a laptop for next month and a half! In short, a ridiculous solution. 2. The second solution was that I would have to give my BRAND NEW laptop (less than 2 weeks old!) to the service centre, they would repair it and return it in a few days. So we were back to square one. When I tried to understand the escalation process, I was curtly told that there was no escalation and this was Apple's response and resolution to my problem.
So, I, the unhappy customer, was given no choice except to turn in my machine to the service centre whereas, GLOBALLY, Apple would have replaced the machine if it was less than 2 weeks old!
Absolutely pathetic experience with no keenness to help except have longwinded calls that provided no solution whatsoever.
And this to a customer who's just bought a brand new machine and is expecting a spectacular experience! Even Lenovo or Sony offer onsite support, so the Apple experience is a terrible, terrible letdown.
I feel cheated and downright stupid for having paid such a premium for a product with manufacturing defect followed with such extraordinarily poor service!

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Poor service in a rural area

I live about 2 miles out side the largest town in Cornwall in a little place called Coombe. It shouldn't feel like the end of the world but as far as any sort of service from BT it does.
3 years ago I got in contact with BT to connect me up a phone line and get me onto broadband. No problem they said and if I was willing to sign up for the 18 months they would cut me a deal. I was only interested in the broadband but you can't have one without the other.
The order was messed up a couple of times as the house is divided into two flats and one of the flats allready had a line installed, but I didn't use that flat and I wanted my own line. Anyway after a couple of canceled orders and very very plain instructions and engineer was sent out to install my new line and broadband.
Now the real trouble started.
1) The new line was screwed into my neighbours house, which is a completely different colour to mine
2) The broadband didn't work. The engineer pointed out that to save money BT had installed a wireless connection from the main exchange at Grampound rd and that would never be able to contain enough bandwidth for broadband.
I was peeved as I only wanted broadband in the first place and I was now locked into a 18 month contract for a landline. I tried everything I could and spent 6 months and 3 hubs trying to get the connection working. There is no sharing of information between openreach and BT sales. BT sales were insisting that I could get broadband as their PC say so.
To cut a long story short, I was offered some compensation to say sorry for the months and months of poor service. And no I still did not have any broadband, in fact after the antiquated equipment I was using with dial up gave up on me I was out of the internet for good.
Now skip 3 years forward, the tennants in flat A have spoke to BT and they say.. Of course we can get you a phone line and of course we can geive you broadband. They signed up to the contract (they even spent 1000 pounds on a nice fancy laptop). The engineer came out to visit and found that they dont have a line, as the new line I paid for 3 years ago was never installed, the guy just screwed on a dummy connection to look like a new line on my neighbours place, and then just re-used flat-A's line. Also we dont have any lines left in the green box for a new phone line and even if there was space, there just isn't the bandwidth to provide any broadband service in my village of coombe.
Now a sorry tale, and I feel sorry for my neighbours who now can't even get a telephone (and this is in the middle of a village not the middle of a moor).
The 72 hours emergency deadline has come and gone, with no reply from BT. The telephone conversations I have had with BT i keep getting fobbed off between customer services and faults department in bombay. All you do is talk to someone and then no action is taken, its like going to some BT therapy session.
The fact that you can right now go to the BT website plug in my phone number and they promise to get me on broadband is just not on. Its also illegal as its against the 1982 provision of goods act. There is no way that BT can say they didn't know that they can't provide this service.
Why should you be able to get away with selling my neighbours a service you can't provide ?, why should your engineers not do the work I paid them for 3 years ago with my new line, and where is the person who takes this sort of complaint and sorts it out.
I have writen to BT, Consumer Direct, the local Trading Standards, Ofcom, and even put a note into watchdog. So far I have received a generic, we think we can fix this from BT which I presume is just generated when you send a mail to them.
BT are currently investing millions and millions in my county upgrading the system to superfast broadband which is why it smarts so much to see that we are getting further and further behind. Kids are falling behind at school, my work is suffering and its a joke that in this day and age that my neighbour can not even get a phone line installed, let alone use 20 year old technology "dial up" to check some E mail. And before you ask ? we can't get a mobile signal as we are in a valley so mobile broadband doesn't work either.
Anyway thats my and my fellow villagers story..

Hi GLemin,
If you would like to contact the BT Care Team by clicking on the link below.
Contact BT Care Team
The BT Care Team are a BT UK Based specialist team who have a good reputation for solving customer problems.
Once contacting them they will reply either by phone or email within 3 working days, however you will be given a tracking number immediately after sending the request. Please take note of this.
Also you maybe interested in this link here: http://goo.gl/MNb8s . It's has some links about how you can register your interest for superfast fibre broadband and some link about providing faster broadband for rural areas.
Hope that helps,
Cheers
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