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Thursday, April 3rd, 2025 3:44 PM

Horrible customer service regarding billing disputes and being charged for TV boxes that I don't own

I have spent over 20 hours on the phone and an additional 10+ hours chatting with support for VARIOUS issues on my account, as well as my 93 year old grandmother's account that I manage for her. I will do my best to summarize this absolute nightmare and describe the unmatched incompetence of xfinity support. In October of 2022, the apartment complex that my grandmother and I belong to moved to a "community bulk plan" for all residents. The plan includes 2 tv boxes and wifi per each apartment. (Any additional services, premium channels, etc are not included). Xfinity came out to rewire our buildings and after that, my bill was around $21 a month. On the statements, the charges appear as "TV Box Provided By Your Community Qty 2 @ $0.00" each AND "TV Box + Remote $24.00 Qty 2 @ $12.00 each". It was not until I called about unauthorized 'add ons" on my grandmother's account that I realized BOTH of our bills should have been ZERO DOLLARS starting in October 2022 per our bulk plan. When we moved to this plan, xfinity gave me two new boxes + 2 new remotes and took my old boxes. When I saw the "@ $12 each charge", I assumed those were for the remotes, because I have only had 2 boxes at my apartment for over 8 years. As it turns out, I was being charged for FOUR BOXES. I have never had 4 boxes. After hours upon hours on the phone, Xfnity acknowledged they made a mistake and never removed the two old boxes from my account when they came out to replace them and provided the new remotes. I was then told that they can only refund me up to 120 days. I said that is unacceptable, because the way the charges appear on the bill made it seem like I was paying $12 a month per REMOTE (not boxes). You'll notice the first line item only says 2 tv boxes, then the second line item says "+ Remote". My case was escalated and I spoke with about 9 people until finally making it to a supervisor on 3/28/25. The supervisor agreed that the billing charges were wrong, and unclear, as one appears to be charges for remotes. He promised my case would be escalated so that I could receive a FULL REFUND of $590.40 dating back to October 2022 since it was xfinitys mistake.  The whole time I was under the impression tat everyone in our community was paying for the new fancy light-up remotes so I had no idea I was being charged for FOUR boxes. This supervisor promised a call back within 72 hours. Fast forward to today, 4/3, and STILL NO CALL. I called yesterday and the agent told me there were no open tickets on my account. Then I received a text that my case was closed and a refund of $101 was issued. I have spent SO MUCH OF MY TIME trying to resolve this and keep getting the runaround. Xfinity is PREDATORY AND TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS! I have had countless chats with support in addition to phone calls and not one single person has actually helped me. I can't even count the amount of times I was trasferred and disconnected. I was so hopeful with my call with the supervisor on 3/28. He ASSURED me I would receive a call within 72 hours and nothing ever happened. I am so disgusted with xfinity and keep hitting dead ends. I can't believe they are allowed to get away with this. This is only PART ONE of my experience. I will create another post to detail how they've taken advantage of my grandmother and collected nearly $2,000.00 of her money that they never should have. 

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1 day ago

Hi there, @user_CC723! Thanks for reaching out to us here on the Community Forum! Sorry to hear about the experience with your box charges and lack of follow up. That's definitely not what we want for you. We would be happy to check and see what is going on here! Please send a direct message to us by clicking the chat icon in the upper right corner of the page, click on the pen and paper icon, then enter “Xfinity Support” in the “To” section. Please include your full name and complete street address. Thanks! 

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