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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018 10:57 PM

Hanging up on your customers is how you solve your most complicated problems

I have spent the last 2 hours on the phone with multiple representatives trying to purchase this phone. 

 

https://www.att.com/cellphones/samsung/galaxy-s7-edge-used-phone.html#sku=sku8370477

 

Once I log in the website insists that I add another line instead of allowing me to upgrade my phone to this model. My first call experience forced me to walk through all the troubleshooting that I had already done with someone who clearly did not understand the issue and could not help me. I finally get them to transfer me to their supervisor, to whom I calmly explain the issue and ask to be put in touch with the right person. When I am transferred to a competent person who understood the issue, they hang up on me. I had to call back and go through this hour long process AGAIN. This time when I finally get to speak to a competent person we walk though every possible scenario and they decide they will escalate the issue to the proper person. They PROMISE to connect me to someone who will understand the issue and have it explained to them before I talk to them so I don't have to explain it for the 7th time. Instead I am connected back to customer service call center and of course hung-up on soon after. I was never once rude, I just presented a challenging problem that 7 of your employees couldn't handle. My dad worked for AT&T for 36 years. I am going to pass this experience on every social media outlet and promise to bring this up every time AT&T is mentioned for a long as I remember this day. It's a website issue, and your All I wanted was to buy your product and you managed to turn it into a negative experience. 

ACE - Sage

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6 years ago

When you selected the phone, did you select “replace my phone”?   

 

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6 years ago

I did. It takes me back to the initial upgrade screen. I did every type of troubleshooting for the last few hours. Its a website issue.

ACE - Sage

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6 years ago

Did you try the chat bubble?

It takes me to my login, then askes to select a line.  I stopped there as I don’t want to upgrade a line in error

 

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6 years ago

The chat bubble guy was the one who gave me the customer service number to call. Please trust that I have tried all available options. I am not upset about not being able to buy the phone so much as spending hours speaking with multiple people on multiple formats and no one took ownership to fix or explain the issue.

ACE - Sage

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6 years ago

Understood.  Sorry I can’t help either.  I had a similar experience a few years ago trying to just buy a refurbished phone outright.  Someone walked my through it over the phone.   Finally found a small notice on the page saying “not available in my area”.   Gave up and bought off eBay 🤷🏼‍♀️

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6 years ago

Thanks Liz!

I'll probably do the same. 

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