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Friday, January 5th, 2018 5:51 PM

Why is the customer service for ATT so terrible ??

I have never been so angry ! I feel very disrespected by the customer service agent that DID NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO HELP ME !!!  I simply want to know if the phone case I ordered is on backorder because it has been a week since I ordered it and it hasn't shipped ! I just got a new phone from att and the case did not ship with the phone. So now all I want to know is if I should go out and purchase a different case or wait for this one. I do not want my super expensive phone to get dropped and break.

 

the csr told me she couldn't believe I ordered a case from att because they are so much more expensive. she said SHE would have ordered it from amazon and would just wait without complaint for it to come in . Really ?? is that what YOU would do ?? well guess what ?!?!? that's not what I did !!!!! I ordered it from ATT and you are representing them and you are talking down to your customer !! that's what you are doing !! who cares what you would do ?? I am the customer and I just want to know if the case is on back order ??? why is that information so hard for your customer service department to give to out ?

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3 Messages

4 years ago

I just waited on hold for over an hour to get help unlocking my old AT&T branded phone, only for "Alan" to hang up on me immediately after I explain why I was calling. Called back again and after an hour and a half the IVR told me that "due to circumstances beyond our control we are unable to take your call at this time". They never delay in taking your money but treat their customers like dirt. Worst customer service experience EVER, and I have worked a Customer Service phone job myself for several years. Inexcusable.

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ACE - Expert

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@nimblehuman

Your horrible comments has been edited by the moderators.

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Shoutout to everyone who can remember their childhood phone number but can't remember the password they created yesterday.  You are my people.  😊

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@nimblehuman unlocking cant be done by phone, only in the unlock portal so a rep wouldnt have been able to help anyways

https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/#/

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That really isn’t the point, is it? (A) We each shouldn’t have to do a Lord of the Rings style quest to get information and (B) because we have to for the simplest things, and you allow it, that is part of what helps make AT&Ts customer service predatory and complete crap!

If you brought your car into a mechanic and he behaved this way you would say it was criminally bad...well, you guys are the (Edited per community guidelines)ty mechanics and we’re merely forced to goto you only...and take it.

So coming back with “you wasted your time anyway because you didn’t even know you were looking for help in the wrong place” isn’t a helpful answer it just makes you very much an AT&T “mechanic” or customer service (Edited per community guidelines).

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ACE - Expert

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@YRSrviceIsAScam This is NOT Customer Service. This is NOT Customer Care. This is a PUBLIC message board populated by customers just like you.

We are not privy to company policy. We can only relate information that has been culled from personal experience.

Shoutout to everyone who can remember their childhood phone number but can't remember the password they created yesterday.  You are my people.  😊

Award for Community Excellence Achiever*
*I am not an AT&T employee, and the views and opinions expressed on this forum are purely my own. Any product claim, statistic, quote, or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider, or party.

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32 Messages

“Award for Community Excellence 2019 Achiever”

Doesn’t really change the point.

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1 Message

4 years ago

Why don't they put a phone number on their billing that takes you to the right representative.   Their poor reps spend more time porting you over to the correct representative.  It must cost them millions in rep time to transfer calls.

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10 Messages

3 years ago

Not bad - ABYSMAL!!!!! They're gotten even worse over the years.  I could write a book on it but I'm too frustrated to embellish on my current issues with them.

$181 BILLION DOLLARS in 2019 and they have a completely inept customer service department.  KEEP IT CLASSY AT&T! 

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4 Messages

3 years ago

I feel your pain. I've been a costumer for over 20yrs and every time I call the experience get worst and worst. Last issue was that I return a device, but they were charging me the device as non returned. I have a receipt, but that's not enough for them. They want me to go back to the store and talk with the person who did the receipt because the receipt that they gave me is not in their system. Now I've been charged $100 for a device I return to the store. I created two (2) tickets, both of them were closed and they didn't gave me a call or an email. I spend over 2 hours for the two tickets, and they didn't gave me a call back saying why it was closed. I'm overly frustrated with them. Anyway, I vent out. 

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2 Messages

3 years ago

This is an interesting discussion, of course. In my opinion, their customer service is not so bad. True, I was a little disappointed with their bonus program and the lack of lucrative client offers. But it is understandable because here every penny counts.

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10 Messages

3 years ago

Every penny counts...... they made $181 Billion Dollars in 2019.  Who is more concerned about pennies, you or them?

Former Employee

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32.9K Messages

3 years ago

your responding to a 3 year old post

Tutor

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10 Messages

3 years ago

Cool?  Doesn't take away the details behind our experiences and frustrations with a company that doesn't care for their customers!

Former Employee

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3 years ago

yes but the only people that will see you response is the people that responded 3 years ago it doesnt show up on the feed

Tutor

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10 Messages

3 years ago

Gotcha.  Please feel free to pass along my praise and appreciation for AT&T in its negligence, ineptitude and lack of concern for healthy channels of customer service! ;) 

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