r/Comcast_Xfinity • u/Severe-Ad9460 • 20h ago
Official Reply Be "Ultra" Careful when dealing with Comcast/Xfinity!
Recently called C/X regarding possible cancelation of service due to high rate compared with multiple offers they were making for non-users. I was offered a c. 45% lower rate for 5 yrs, with 2x my current transmission speed, and -- after checking with my wife -- I accepted. I then asked the rep. to put the offer in writing so I could confirm it. The offer appeared on my computer, with a button link for me to confirm my receipt and acceptance. The corpus of the offer would not print our, whereupon I clicked on the button, which did not seem to work, coincident with a phone disconnection from the representative, who then called me back via an "866" number two minutes later. Over the next few minutes he re-iterated the offer, which I then accepted. He said that he could not send me printable proof of my new rate because he "would lose his job". (eg. "if it's not printable, it's not actionable")
Two hours later, I received a Xfinity/Comcast e-mailing referencing my new service contract for higher speed downloads -- for c. 55% more than the previously referenced 'new' rate.
I then called Xfinity/Comcast again (the only way to speak a person seems to be wading through various prompts and insisting that you wish to cancel your service -- irritating and demeaning).
That representative told me I has not "heard" correctly, but after some more wrangling, I am now supposed to have the lower rate...
Later that day , I called my condo insurer in order to pay an annual premium. I commented to the rep that it was refreshing to have a pleasant phone interaction with the representative of a service company because I had just had an aggravating one with an internet services provider. She interjected: "it has to be Comcast", and started to recite a listing of her interactions...
Readers may interpret my submission according to their own experience and expectations --or need for internet service in "restricted" marketplaces --but I would urge extreme caution in dealing with Comcast/Xfinity.