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Monday, January 7th, 2019 6:52 PM

I am not getting $700 BOGO credit after being told I was eligible for it

When the new iPhone XS Max came out in September 2018 AT&T ran a Buy One Get One promo (not for XS Max, BOGO was for iPhone 8).  I called customer service to see if I would be eligible to get the XS Max and just pay the extra amount.  I was told I was eligible and I would only get a $700 credit split over 24 months because the phones I wanted were $1100 each.  I talked to one employee in the physical store, and I again asked someone over the phone before making my order.  Both employees told me I was eligible , I would just need to add another line and pay off the balance of my current phone (an iPhone 7 Plus that I owed $170 on still).  I had just started a new line for my daughter 2 weeks prior, so I asked if that could be considered a new line for the offer.  Both employees told me that doesn't count, but I could cancel that line and start a new line to be eligible.  So on 9/28/18 I did what they told me was needed - while on the phone to make my new phone order I cancelled my 2 week old line, started a new line (which included another $30 activation fee after just paying one 2 weeks prior), and I paid off the remaining balance on my iPhone 7.

 

After getting my first new bill I noticed I wasn't getting any of the $700 credit.  I started an online support chat on 11/5/18, and was told that I was eligible for the credit, but it hadn't applied to my account for some reason and I would see it on my 3rd bill.  That representative started a case for me and said I should hear back within 24-48 hours.  I didn't.  Two weeks later I still hadn't heard back so I started another online chat on 11/19/18 and once again was told I was eligible for the credit, but I wouldn't see it on my bill until December.  I was also told my case was still open for some reason but my account would be noted that I should start getting the credit in December.  When I got my December bill (now 3 months since phone purchases) the credit still had not been applied.  I called customer service on 12/27/18 and was told that it would take 7-10 days from the bill posting for the credit to be applied.  

 

So today is 1/7/19 (12 days since my 3rd bill was posted to my account, 3+ months since I bought the phones and 2+ months since I originally opened a case for this issue) and still no credit.  I called customer service again but this time I was told that I was not eligible for the credit and I would not be receiving it. I told the representative I had chat logs showing that I was told I was eligible and would be getting the credit.  She told me that doesn't matter, whoever told me that was wrong. I told her the only reason I bought the phones, cancelled a line and added a new line, and payed off my old phone early was because that's what I was told I need to do to be eligible for the offer.  Once again, i was told that none of that mattered and I would not be getting the credit even though multiple employees had already told me I would.  I asked to return the phones then since they wouldn't honor their offer but they would not let me.  I asked to have them pull the call recording from when I ordered the phones and listen to their employee telling me I would get the credit but they wouldn't do that either.

 

The only reason I bought two $1100 phones is because of the $700 BOGO offer.  The only reason I cancelled a 2 week old line and started a new line was because I was told that's what I needed to do to get the $700 BOGO offer.  The only reason I paid off my iPhone 7 Plus early was because I was told I need to in order to get the $700 offer.  I wouldn't have done any of that if I had been told I was ineligible for the offer.  I can't believe I was strung along for months and had multiple different (at least 5) At&t representatives all tell me I was eligible just to find out now that not only I'm not getting the $700 credit, but I can't return the phones and there's nothing I can do about it.  I've been an AT&T customer for over 10 years, I've bought 2 new phones at least every 2 years, and you're willing to lose me as a customer over $700 you told me I would get?  Someone has the authority to pull those call logs and see what I was told on 9/28/18.  Someone has the ability to make this right and see that I did nothing wrong here, just followed the instructions from AT&T employees.  I'm losing $700 because of their mistake.  

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64.7K Messages

5 years ago

@ocuser01 I don’t disagree with you but in practice, that does not seem to be the way it works. ATT does not seem willing to stand by their sales people’s mistakes or lack of knowledge. Maybe because anyone can claim they weren’t informed. I’m not saying you were informed but in many cases, customers are told and either ignore or simply don’t hear what they are told. I wish you luck.

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3 Messages

5 years ago

Thanks for the response.

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5 years ago

I did the Buy One Get Ripped Off promo back in January and was totally mislead and to this day have been unable to receive my credits for the extra phone. First I was told that I didnt need the extra line because I was having my sons current number using it. Second I suspended the extra line even though I was still paying for it and I wa told that it stopped my credits. After multiple phone calls and chats with customer service and a plethora of representatives I keep get assured that I will receive my credit. Well its 7 billing cycles and nothing.  Dont want to hear about fine print. Your reps mislead people on recorded lines. They tell you a solution is coming but you never see it. At this rate my second second phone should be free because its not. You pay 20.00 a month for 24 months for an inactive line. ATT is definately not the right but Wrong choice. [Per Guidelines:  Keep it Relevant and Appropriate].

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5 years ago


@jpetuch wrote:

I did the Buy One Get Ripped Off promo back in January and was totally mislead and to this day have been unable to receive my credits for the extra phone. First I was told that I didnt need the extra line because I was having my sons current number using it. Second I suspended the extra line even though I was still paying for it and I wa told that it stopped my credits. After multiple phone calls and chats with customer service and a plethora of representatives I keep get assured that I will receive my credit. Well its 7 billing cycles and nothing.  Dont want to hear about fine print. Your reps mislead people on recorded lines. They tell you a solution is coming but you never see it. At this rate my second second phone should be free because its not. You pay 20.00 a month for 24 months for an inactive line. ATT is definately not the right but Wrong choice. [Per Guidelines:  Keep it Relevant and Appropriate].


 You may not want to hear about the fine print, but the fine print is important. And if it’s not followed you don’t get the credits that you wanted.   The deals are always published online, on the phone sales page.  

 Every buy one get one deal has required a new line of service.  The free phone must be purchased and activated on that line, which must stay active to get credits.   If you don’t need an additional line you have to cancel an old phone number/line so that you’re not paying for more lines than you need.  

     It sounds like you may have fulfilled the requirements to get of the deal, but then you voided them after the fact. 

Lesson learned, read the fine print.  

AT&T does not offer of these deals to save current customers money on phones. The deals are offered to add new business and make a profit. Since you did not adhere to the letter or the spirit of the buy one get one deal why do you think you are owed anything? AT&T does not offer of these deals to save current customers money on phones. The deals are offered to add new business and make a profit. Since you did not adhere to the letter or the spirit of the buy one get one deal why do you think you are owed anything?

 

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5 years ago

I have had nearly the same experience and I've been battling for the past 5 months to correct their negligence.  The terms that were agreed upon and signed up for, is the BOGO deal. we added the new phone line, as the requirement to qualify for the BOGO.  Months later, I have been told, this week, that the AT&T Representative failed to execute the agreement as a BOGO deal, she added the new devices to my account as an upgrade. 

To me, that means it is clearly an AT&T error.  I should either be given the credits due for the BOGO deal or I should be credited back the monthly service charges for the new line that was opened to qualify for that BOGO deal. 

All I have been told for the past five months are multiple apologies and excuses, only in the end to be told, "sorry for our mistakes... pay your bill."  Like you @sdbjpaul, I have been with AT&T for more than 10 years as well.  It saddens me to see what AT&T is becoming.  They care so little about their customers that they have no interest in making good for mistakes.  Even after their Representatives admit to the mistake.  This is a large oversight and deserves consideration. 

In five months of being misled and bounced between departments, only to waste my time and mislead me and make false promises.  I have no choice other than to leave AT&T and take my company with me.  I will not knowingly do business with a dishonest corporation.   

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4 Messages

5 years ago

Make sure you report to the FTC. We eventually received our payment but it took an FTC complaint to get a response.

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25 Messages

4 years ago

WARNING - ATT "BOGO" IS A SCAM. DON'T FALL FOR IT!  ITS NOT "BOGO"

I also didn't get the BOGO like I was told by 2 different  "loyal customer" reps.


I was also told they would wave the upgrade and activation fee was it wasn't.

That they were going to  give me a 10.00 per line discount, didn't see that either

And that my bill would increase 38.00, it increased over 400.00.

 

I call in again and got transferred to a manager.  I asked for her name and badge number, which she talked over top of me and didn't give it to me.

After placing me on hold forever, she hung up on me and didn't bother calling back.  I called back and the manager didn't update any notes.

 

I think they say "it will take 1 to 3 billing cycles to apply to your  bill"  so you'll be out of the 15 return

This is such a scam.  I should have just canceled my services like called into to do.

 

Luckily I didn't fall for that, I was still in my 14 day.  I canceled my 6 phone with ATT and Verizon was happy to help us.

Our monthly  bill is going to be cheaper then it was will ATT.

The Cell coverage is better in our area.

 

We had been with ATT ever since 2008 when ATT bough EdgeWireless.

They did nothing to help keep us "Loyal Customers"

 

[Per Guidelines:  Keep it Relevant and Appropriate].

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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6 Messages

4 years ago

[Per Guidelines:  Keep it Relevant and Appropriate].

 

Same happened to me and thousands of others as I am reading. I'm stuck with a 1000 dollar mistake that they will NOT HONOR

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2 Messages

3 years ago

I just recently updated my phone. I was told by two employees I would be getting 700 off if I payed off the remaining balance which was only 90 bucks... and when I go to check my app, it’s saying I owe 899. Hopefully some thing can be done but if that isn’t the case, why was I lied to. 

ACE - Expert

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14.2K Messages

3 years ago

@Melkayd0825 There's not much detail there, but you will always owe the full outstanding balance of the phone. If you qualify for a promotion, then that will be applied as a credit against the bill each month for the length of your term. 

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