Here’s a gem of a letter written to Comcast by one of their subscribers, picked up from My3cents.com
To whomever may care: [nice sarcasm, but the sad part is they really don't care]
I feel that I pay enough to your company every month to not be charged a service fee when I have a connection problem. Especially, since it was an issue caused by Comcast original hook up service. I have spent the better half of a year [a whole year? And you still pay them?] trying to get Comcast internet connection. I was told time and time again that instead of coming out for a service call you would reset my IP address. Time and time again this did not work. I would spend another 20-30mins on hold for an operator to tell them resetting the IP address didn’t work for them to say it is an issue with my computer itself. With that advice I took my computer to PC Doctors and go figure it wasn’t my computer (more money wasted). When I did get an operator to set me up an appointment for someone to actually come to my house, they did not show. [Huh! A Comcast tech didn't show?] I had to take off of work to wait on the cable guy because my appointment time was any where from 1:00 and 5:00. When I called around 3:00 to ask where they were I was told that they had already tried coming by my house and I was not home. SO NOT TRUE, as I stated before I had to take off work to sit at my house and wait on them. I was also told they tried calling my cell phone several times to inform me they were at my house, also not true. I had given Comcast 3 different cell phone numbers to reach me on and not one person tried calling from Comcast. I then could not set up another appointment the next day because I could not take another day off work to wait on the cable guy to show up if he felt like it. Now with all of that said and hopefully getting a better understanding of where my frustration comes from I will get to the point of why I am unhappy with my bill.
I was charged $36 and some change for your cable guy to come to my house and tell me that who ever originally hooked up my internet did not hard wire it right. [you should have had him state that in writing]
Ok so when I called Comcast to provide my internet service they gladly came and hooked it up and started sending the bills. Once I had an issue it was impossible to get anyone to fix it and when I finally do, almost a year later, I am charged for re-wiring a faulty connection that was originally done by Comcast in the first place. I did call an agent and ask for the service fee to be taken off and was told that it is not Comcast’s problem. It is only Comcast’s problem if the faulty connection would have been outside of my house instead of inside. I could pay an additional $2.99 a month to have the service fee waived now and not be charged a service fee (for wiring connections) for any future problems. Now granted I am not a rocket scientist but I am not ignorant either, and I just can’t seem to make sense of this. I can not believe in today’s economy that you can afford to operate your business this away. [Why not? You're about to answer your own question]
I didn’t write this letter just because I am losing out on a $36 charge but just for the simple fact that this is bad business. Not to mention that I also have my cable service through Comcast and it is usually hit or miss on the days it wants to work, and no, this isn’t an isolated issue. I have several friends and family that also use your service and they all tend to have the same issues. Cable box not working, guide won’t work that day, certain channels are freezing up, or internet won’t connect. [Question answered. A lot of people just keep paying and paying, so why change anything] Not that it matters to your company but I will be shopping around for a new provider. I know that customer service is not a priority for your company due to the fact this is America and we have a lot of potential consumers. So you lose one you will gain another, but one day I hope that all consumers will stand together against conglomerate corporate giants like yourself that provide little or no customer service to their clients once that client has signed on the dotted line. You take our hard earned money each month and provide mediocre service with no customer care. Maybe take some of that hard earned money your clients send you each month and invest in better equipment, employee training, and customer care. I know this letter will be viewed as a waste of my time for I have learned there is no one who cares within your company but it still makes me feel better to know I said and did what I can. I hope in the future people will voice their complaints more and something will be done. [There you go...WELL SAID!]
Thanks for your attention
You’ve got our attention. Now there’s only one thing left to do…CUT-THE-CABLE!!!
