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AT&T - give me a BREAK - you are NOT a communication company!

By
Real Estate Agent with Real Estate International, Inc. 013146

I have to share my thoughts with you about company that I have been
a customer of for over 26 years.  Today I've had ENOUGH!  There is NO
CUSTOMER SERVICE at AT&T.  Employees are trained to apologize over
and over again, but they are also trained to switch you from department
to department - and as they say - the BALL stops NOWHERE! 

I've had added items on my phone bill - such as Yellow Pages which I
did not order. I refuse to pay for something I did not order - until today
there is still no credit showing on my bill for that. 

I've had all of a sudden my voice mail stopped and was told by AT&T to
call VOICE LINK my provider.  So, I did. I was advised that NO, it was
AT&T that had to set this up.  So after over 2 hrs. on the phone being
switched from one person to another and everyone saying "I'M SO
SORRY"... but now you need to go to repairs - then to go customer
service.. then back to repairs and after talking with 7 people I've had
enough.  I spoke with number of supervisors - I've lost my patience and
I decided to share this with my colleagues and friends. 

A communication company like AT&T - has no e-mail to their support
service - when you ask for an e-mail of any employee you are told that
the policy is NOT TO GIVE IT OUT.  Try to reach the President.  That's
a joke trying to get corporate office - when you finally call the main
number and you have to press 6 for corporate - it disconnects you.
We have tried it 3 times - now I am going to take it a bit further and
I will try to record this for you to give you PROOF of what a customer
of AT&T has to go through.  The truth is - they get paid while they tie
you up on the phone, but for us who work for ourselves we don't get
paid for holding the line for 2 hours.  WASTE OF TIME, WASTE OF MONEY
and WASTED PATIENCE.   I'm really FED up with AT&T. I will start again
in the morning to see if they can get my voice mail connected, if not,
I'm taking my business somewhere else and will share this with all of
my relocating clients before they set up their phone service.

What is your experience with AT&T??  I'd love to hear from you.

Dagmar Sands - Real Estate International, Inc.
World Class Real Estate Broker
P.S.  If the President of AT&T happens to read this - please contact
me, I have documentation of every single person in your company
I have spoken with.  They don't even seem to know who the President
of their company is - perhaps you can introduce yourself to them.

Comments (8)

Roger Radcliff
FREEDOM REALTY - Barksdale AFB, LA
AFB Specialist - Barksdale

They have that, "To Big To Fail" Attitude. 

Mar 08, 2011 05:19 PM
Vickie Nagy
Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate - Palm Springs, CA
Vickie Jean the Palm Springs Condo Queen

Well Dagmar, my relationship ended with AT&T about 4 years ago. Realtor. With Palm. You know, back before smart phones? Dropped it. They wanted +$150 over store price to replace my device 'because it wasn't time'. Never mind that I had FOUR cell phones in my name, my business phone with text and data and personal phone with text and data and one for each of the children. I asked the store manager what the early disconnection fee was, and she said $175. My reply was then "You mean, for just $25 extra I can leave here and go to Verizon and get a new Smart Phone at no extra charge?" She acknowledged it was so. I was so glad to pay that $25. I marched down the mall to Verizon and got a Motorola Que and loved it! Of course I have a DROID now. Wanted an iPhone but not enough to do business with AT&T again!

Mar 08, 2011 05:20 PM
Pamela Seley
West Coast Realty Division - Murrieta, CA
Residential Real Estate Agent serving SW RivCo CA

Sorry to hear your troubles with AT&T. I believe they can be bad. I use AT&T for my cell phone, and though I have my complaints, overall they've been ok. Verizon's service I absolutely can't stand. When I've called for technical support for my internet service, they are condescending and unethical. So looks like we are all in the same boat, until someone comes up with a better idea and service.

Mar 08, 2011 05:33 PM
Charles Perkins
Charles G. Perkins, CPA - Burien, WA

I hate customer no service.  It seems that the telecommunication industry as a whole is plagued with this. 

Mar 08, 2011 05:36 PM
Jasmine Jackson
202.794.3904 - Washington, DC
Global Realtor

Dagmar, I feel your pain! I am going through a customer service situation with Comcast (who claims to be #1 in customer service...I think the highest bidder wins this trophy). Anyway, to spare you from the boring details I give you the readers digest version. I had my phone number changed due to them selling my previous information to solicitors when I requested it to be non-published causing a gazillion phone calls through out the day. After a few days of having the new number, it was changed back to the old number without my knowledge or consent. This took place on 2/10/11, after many hours of dealing with them via phone, and on-line chat, and even had a ticket # at one point, I still do not have my correct number. Let me add that they have my email screwed up as well. I am seriously considering going to the local news station to see if they would be interested in hearing my story and see if that will prompt a response.  Good luck!

Mar 08, 2011 05:36 PM
Wallace S. Gibson, CPM
Gibson Management Group, Ltd. - Charlottesville, VA
LandlordWhisperer

I'm unclear if you are using a LAND line or a Cel phone from them. I think this is a GREAT opportunity to check out cable internet and use of a cel ENTIRELY.

80% of my rental residents do not have a land line * they have cel phone providers and use their tv cable for their internet.

Mar 08, 2011 10:28 PM
Anonymous
Dagmar Sands

Pamela and Charles, thank you so much for your comments. Yes, we are all experiencing
this as I can see from other comments - very little or NO customer service with AT&T and
Verizon.  And this is supposedly the future - everything is going toward our IPhones, cell
phones and Blackberries.  I have been spending over $400 per month on AT&T and close
to $200 per month on my Blackberry - so it's a large enough amount for them to try to
help out. 

Mar 09, 2011 05:28 AM
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Anonymous
dagmar sands

Thank you to all of you who have responded about your experience with AT&T and your
other service providers.  I truly helps to hear everyone's comments.  We can all benefit
by helping each other sharing names of companies that give great service.  This way
we can support some of the smaller companies and help them give the service we all
deserve.  Dagmar Sands

Mar 09, 2011 05:33 AM
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