WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE!! How am I not the account owner??

Just got off the phone with customer service rep Chris, who was extremely unhelpful and got uppity with me when I would not give my full social.
Anyway, here's what happened. I recently assumed liability for a number from another account. Somehow, after confirming everything was correct with the assume liability customer rep, the person who's account I was assuming the liabilty of became the owner of my account. Huh?
So I get my bill in the mail and there is another persons name in the mailing address. So I promptly get on the phone with Chris, who after asking for the last 4 digits of my social and discussing the account issue with me puts me on hold. After coming back, he informs me he will need my entire social security number to continue. I tell him I am not comfortable with that and he proceeds to tell me that he will no longer be able to discuss the account with me because I am not the owner.
Well, this just enrages me. Somehow a minute before we were discussing the account, but after Chris does some digging he realizes he is not talking with the "owner", he changes his tune. So I then basically tell them they are in error and need to fix it. Chris continues to tell me since I am not the owner of the account he can no longer talk to me. So I then say, if I am not the owner, than I am not responsible to pay and will no longer be doing so. He then puts me on hold and comes back a few minutes later and tells me he fixed it with Credit Department and Fraud Pervention. I ask him how that was possible since I never gave my social and he has no answer for me. I then tell him I would like to speak to a manager and he says I cannot, but someone will call me back with 48 hrs.
So somehow without my permission, verizon changed my account. This violates their side of the terms of service or agreement(whatever). So I ask any verizon employees here and the community at large, what? how? why? Verizon needs to make this right. In their mission statement about customer service they say they are committed to providing the best customer service. What happened to me here is a direct contridiction to that and it is ridiculous that I even had to deal with it.
In the future if Verizon decides to change the owner of my account again, what am I supposed to do when the next boneheaded CS rep tells me I am not the owner? How do these CS reps have access to do these kinds of things without my permission? Why am I still with this company if they will violate their ToS, but somehow will still charge me if I don't want to have an account with them anymore? And how about the other party involved, that unbeknownst to them, they somehow became an account owner of an account they have no knowledge of. How do these things even happen?!
Verizon you messed up big time and I have all the docs and call logs I need to prove it.
I wonder what will happen first, that call from a manager within 48 hrs, or some rep responding here trying to tell me I did something wrong.

ok... call them again, be nice and see if they can confirm any of the information the other rep gave you. It is entirely possible (and seems quite likely) that the other rep was just making stuff up due to being confused and feeling out of their depth. So call in again, see explain the situation and see what the next rep can do for you, if they seem a bit too confused then ask to speak to a supervisor and they should be able to get you connected while you're still on the phone (you may have to hold until one is available).

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For the second time I experienced last night the worst customer service at any store I've been too. I don't know if the employee (Jackie) is to blame or General Management (or Corporate Training Management) but I have been so unlucky to have to speak with this person for the second time. I will describe the two experiences to see if this is the kind of Customer Service training this people get:
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Hello saulillo,
There is never a circumstance where it is appropriate for our associates to behave in the manner that you describe. In addition, it is imperative that our representatives are informed on our policies and procedures -- such as our Return & Exchange Promise -- so that your experience is both smooth and painless. I apologize for your having to cope with such unprofessional behavior and incorrect information.
I will pass your remarks in full along to the store leadership team. It is my hope that they will use your feedback to ensure that you -- and our other customers -- have an improved experience on your next visit.
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You can easily unlock the phone. Send the request through the unlock portal.
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I am new at posting comments, but I have to.
I bought a 60" TV 1 year ago from the Best Buy in Miramar< Florida and I was convinced to buy the service plan. I usually dont buy those but the kid that sold me the tv was very good at convincing me. Yesterday the tv stopped working and I was very glad I had the service plan. I took the tv to the store for service and after standing in line for close to an hour, they tell me they can not service it. I have to call a 800 number for them to come to the house. They can only come from 9 to 4. Guess what, I work. I can not afford to take a day off to wait for them. They refused to keep it at the store because they can not keep parts locally. How come they can come to my house with a tool box and fix it, but they can not stop by the store's service department and fix it? In any case, they should have explained that when they offered me the plan.
I know I will not be able to wait for them at the house and it will only cause me more aggravations. So, basically I lost the money for the TV plus the money for the service plan. I left the tv at the store for them to stick it where they see it appropriate. I lost my money. They lost a customer, a customer who is a gadget junky who is always buying everything that comes out. I have other 5 tv's in the house. All from Best Buy. All my cell phones have been from there, etc. etc.
The manager, "Karla", was completely lacking in customer service skills. She repeated the same sentence over and over as a robot. She can be replaced by a "wall sign" and it will probably reduce aggravations

Hi AlanL,
I did look into this repair and I show the TV is now repaired. If you need anything from me just ask.
Thanks,
Allan|Senior Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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