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ATT does NOT honor there promotions!
In September of 2016 I upgraded my 2 IPhone 6+'s under the promotion of trade in your iPhone 6 or 6+ and get $650 of credit towards a new iPhone 7 for each line you upgrade. They told me it could take 2-3 billing cycles to apply to my account and I would get back credited for the months it wasn't applied. Well now I'm sitting and it's going on 7 months later and this issue is still not fixed. They have down under the promotion of "buy one, get one" which is crap also because I'm paying on both upgraded iPhone 7's. They have opened several "cases" and tell me it resolved and I end up in the same crappy place. I've been with this company for 5-6 years and I'm an installment payment away from dropping them. I wouldn't trust this company not only because they don't honor promotions but also because even with my receipts showing the promotion, they still haven't fixed my issue. I'll make sure to pass this message through every form of social media also and hopefully hundreds or maybe thousands of people will see how AT&T doesn't honor there promotions and is basically a giant scam.
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Gary L
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7 years ago
@3Windy1City2 A few questions before making suggestions (suggestions are generally based on the answers you give):
1. What model iPhone did you trade in?
2. Your purchased your iPhone 7 specifically on what date? (or order date)
3. You turned off Find My iPhone?
4. The turned in iPhone was definitely 100% paid off?
5. You purchased the new iPhone on Next?
6. Have you been late for any of your payments since you purchased?
7. You turned the old iPhone in at the AT&T store or in the mail?
8. What date did you turn in (or mail) the old iPhone?
9. Your receipt for turning it in said $0.00 for the trade in?
10. You removed the 4-digit passcode from the iPhone?
11. What condition was the turned in iPhone?
I recommend hitting REPLY/QUOTE, then hit QUOTE and typing the SHORT answers next to the question in ALL CAPS or bold.
If the answers vary widely between the two phones, you can just quote this twice.
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3Windy1City2
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Gary L
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I get my free iPhone 7 credits, they've been showing up every month!
Waste of time? The answers to my questions (Yes/No/date) would have been way less than you typed and someone might have had some insight for you. Just trying to help out.
I'm a customer here too.
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3Windy1City2
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Gary L
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I disagree, I've come up with lots of solid answers.
Unfortunately, it's usually something that shows that it doesn't meet the criteria of the offer. People say they met the criteria but many times once we start asking questions we find out that's not that case.
It's not often that we find something perfect and it's not getting the credits and when we do we make a reccomendation, but more often than not, we don't get more feedback saying they still aren't. Sometimes they come back and tell us they are getting results.
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formerlyknownas
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ATT will have to honor a promotion if the requirements were all met. More than a few times we have helped put fellow customers in touch with the right support people. If it can't be resolved by ATT, it can be forced by reporting to BBB.
But if you didn't qualify, then neither ATT, the BBB or anyone else can change that, and you would not get credits. If you didn't qualify, then your post is incorrect.
Here is the promotion. It wasn't difficult to meet the requirements. BUT.. If not followed to the letter, you don't get the credits. Read it carefully.
https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/wireless/KM1180261
We can't count the number of posts from people who said "I qualified", or "support said I qualified". When they did NOT, because they missed a requirement.
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CaliGal76
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7 years ago
I feel compelled to chime in here, @Gary L
As a loyal customer who is also going through a "promo issue" I understand that the promos have terms and guidelines however, who holds the moral responsibility if a customer is verbally told that they qualify, when only after months, informed otherwise.
I called to cancel one of my lines of service and the RETENTION rep and his supervisor talked me into a promo that is now not being honored. I personally read through the terms and conditions and specifically asked for the rep to involve his supervisor since the T&C stated a "port in" was needed. Him and his supervisor BOTH stated that if i cancelled that line (gave up my number I have had for a decade) and added as a new line of service, it would be 100% honored. I again asked, are you positive because I felt that was not the same as "porting in" from another provider. Again, was told "absolutely, it was valid" I even waited a few days to speak to my husband and when I called back to the retention department a second rep read the notes on my account. Again, I specifically asked him to verify with his supervisor that I would qualify for said promo based on the offer the previous rep offered. He came back on the line and said, "yes, as long as you cancel that line and add a new line with a new phone number it would be 100% fine" I even asked him to send me a written message stating the offer. He did and I have it saved. Well, four moths later and surprise, surprise! Not valid because of the "port in". Now, how does one deal with this? Not only is it false information but, it borderlines on immoral. If a rep for a company guarantees an offer, even when specifically asked about terms, that company should absolutely honor said offer! Especially when it was used as a tactic to keep a customer from cancelling a line of service. Very disappointing, indeed.
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Gary L
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