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To make matters worse, the contracted installation technician pulls up in a rusted out van with a Spectrum sticker slapped on the side of his POS and was very unprofessional, couldn't offer any assistance with training on the equipment or service, had no literature on the remote, channels, DVR's, or anything. This guy couldn't get done quick enough. Just an overall disappointing experience. Now, 1 day later, of course I'm trying to unravel this mess and after talking to the internet dept. at Spectrum, remotely test and confirm that my internet connection is very, very low and contributes it to faulty hardware. His advice, "take the modem and Wi-fi router back to the Spectrum store and get a new one". No offer to send someone out to fix the matter, just you go and take care of it. Then, when I talk to the TV dept. at Spectrum, I get a very pleasant representative that agrees that I do not have the channels I was expecting so she quickly and remotely activated the Triple Play Gold channel pkg. Lastly, I have to figure out why I only received 1 Apple TV box rather then 3, that is when I got transferred to a very rude customer service representative only to find out that the order they had on record was completely wrong and said if I want the Triple Play Gold TV pkg. And the other 2 Apple TV boxes my bills would have gone up to over $200/mo. When questioning why I was told I was getting (explained above) for the amount promised for 24 mos., she said the Spectrum person must have made an error and there was nothing she could do about it. Now I'm steaming mad and said you mean to tell me that you are going to just tell me the sales rep made a mistake and too bad? More or less, that was the answer. An hour later, I get an email confirmation that my bill will now be $36 more a month (for activating the 200+ channel TV pkg) and if I want the extra 2 Apple TV boxes, that will be an additional $15/mo.
The bottom line is, BE SURE YOU GET IN WRITING what you think you're getting before switching or having an installer come out. Otherwise it's your word against theirs and you'll lose. As it is, I still don't have anywhere close to 400 Mbps internet speed, but they don't care. I had AT&T before making the switch because AT&T are in dispute with CBS and therefore don't get CBS or CW channels and the TV connection was horrible and always having to re-boot the modem to get reconnected. I only wish there was a reliable, honest service provider in my area, but I'm stuck with horrible service or horrible customer service.
I spoke to 3 different supervisors who all lied as well. I was told that you cannot return opened Apple products. I called Apple and they said you can return within 14 days but I can't return it to them since I did not buy it there, but Spectrum can! The 1st 2 supervisors said that they could not listen back to the call which was a lie. They also mentioned about me signing electronically which is a lie because I did not. The 3rd listened and twisted my words and said that even if the rep misrepresented what it did and came with that I agreed to it because they sent an email and because inside the box it had a note that said if wanting to return, which I did not read since I did not know I wanted to return until I tried it and disliked it after seeing everything I was told was a lie.
The email has a spot to sign the agreement, which I NEVER did sign. The way this entire thing was sold was unethical and based on lies and fraud.
I would like my money returned for both of these boxes so I can be done with this completely unethical, deceitful company. I could just refuse to pay my bills but I do not want to ruin my exceptional credit rating due to a horrible company that practices unethical tactics to rip off their customers. I would also like to note that I have been a customer since 1999 and this is how they treat customers of over 20+ years!
I called to cancel my service at the beginning of January, set for it to cancel the last day of my billing cycle, Jan 31st, was told I'd only be charged for the current billing cycle and the 31st I needed to return my equipment. Then I got my emailed bill for $170 instead of the $79.99 I should of been bill, which is only a wifi service bill (supposed to be $45ish but after all the bs fees it's $79.99...). Call to get it correct, assure me the extra charges are removed. The 25th I'm charged $159.98. I called and they said I wouldn't be refunded for the extra amount until I returned the equipment and to tell the store to refund it. So the 27th I took the equipment to the store and they refused to refund me. Called customer service the following morning. Was told I would receive a full refund to my card with 48hrs. No refund to my acct. Called them back the Feb 3rd and was told that request was denied and I'd be refund the 79.99 I was overcharged to my card within 48hrs. No refund in my acct today Feb 5th. Called again got told they don't do refunds to debit cards/bank accts & that it was sent to a sub company for them to send a gift card. Was given a phone number to call and ask for a update, called that number they had no record of my acct or any refund owed. Called Spectrum back and was told (raising his voice at me) that I was not going to get my money back and that I should of never called them, to just call my bank if I want a chance of getting my money back.
***I used there service for 3years and watched my bill increase $5-10 every 6months to a year each year. Finally got tired of it and switched to AT&T because that's the only other provider in our area.
MORAL OF THE REVIEW. IF YOU CHOOSE SPECTRUM DO NOT USE AUTO PAY AND WATCH YOUR BANK ACCT. BUT I WPULD NOT RECOMMEND THEM EVEN IF THEY RESOLVED THIS PROPERLY BECAUSE MY WIFI CUT OUT REGULAR FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK.
Starting December 2018 we noticed that our 200 mb of speed wasn't enough for the cameras and other things we have in our home so we though, so we went up to 400 mb and nothing changed. We kept checking the speed on our phones and computers and it would go up to 350 mb and then straight drop down to 50 mb. Our internet would work intermittently for months and we called and called and called about it had several techs come out they couldn't figure it out and by this time were in the month of March. We finally decided to go up to 1BG thinking that it would fix the problem and it didn't either and the whole time we are dealing with this my wife and I are both saying its the line outside, but they continued to try to fix the modem and saying the checked the lines and they were good so we let them do their thing.
We finally had a Supervisor Technician come to the house and he couldn't figure it out either so he put a test modem in our house for 2 MONTHS! The whole time we are going through all of this the Technician was not communicating with spectrum people so they could note it in our charts what was going on. During the time we had the test modem it was doing the same exact thing our internet was up and down and not working right. This man had been to our house probably 5 times between March and May.
Finally he called one day saying he has our new modem. He brought the modem to us and the problem was not solved STILL. Finally he listened to us and put a new line down and it fixed all our problems. Ya wanna know whats really funny is that we thought our phone was broke for 5 months and as soon as he put the new modem in and left we heard our phone ring for the first time in 5 months.
They said nothing was wrong with our phone the whole time it wasnt working thats why we didn't worry to much about it not working. We really only had it bc we had to have it for the gold package to get the discount but they lied to us and made us think it was our phone that was the problem when it wasn't. It was their piece of *** equipment. So now everything is finally fixed and we have been asking for a credit due to everything not working for 5 months, so they offered 75 dollars and we were honestly insulted but that was all they were going to give us.
Well we still haven't got the credit and now they are saying it was never offered to us and that we denied it. So if it was never offered how could we have denied it? This is a joke! So we are still fighting with them and trying to resolve it.
Time Warner Cable was the best and spectrum has ran their name into the ground! Spectrum and their customer service is the worse. When you try to even speak to a supervisor they are so uneducated and cold its unreal!
When I signed up, I paid extra for a box that, in the event of a power outage, would provide backup power for 24 hours.
In July 2017, I received a letter from Spectrum informing me that during a recent audit, it was discovered that Spectrum installed a standard modem instead of a battery compatible device.
Translation? sold me a piece of equipment that did not do what I paid extra for it to do, which was to provide back up power for 24 hours in the event of a power outage.
A technician came and checked it out. I thought it was possible that Spectrum had made a mistake. But Spectrum hadnt. They sold me a worthless piece of equipment AND it took them 15 months to discover this.
When the technician left, I called Spectrum to speak with a supervisor.
Spectrum has a policy that you can only receive one credit per year, which is a poor business policy, and I told the supervisor this. AND, since I had paid for a device that didnt work as it was advertised AND it took the company 15 months to figure it out, I felt that I was entitled to some compensation. My proposal was a month of free service for cable, internet, and telephone. The supervisor hemmed and hawed, and finally relented with an offer of $21.99. I pushed back, again citing the fact that Spectrum had sold me a worthless piece of equipment and it took them 15 months to figure it out.
The supervisor said he had to consult someone else, and came back with an offer of $50, to which I said no and hung up the phone.
Then I wrote this review.
The world has already gone to you know where in a you know what. And I am getting tired of doing other peoples jobs and not getting paid for it.
As a consumer I can only say that when something is installed by a company, ask them to check their work to make sure theyve installed what you paid for. Tell them that this happened to you once before and now you always double check that youre getting what you paid for.
In this case, Spectrum is a ghost [or spectre] of a company that does not understand how to spell good customer service. Shame on them for bullying this consumer or thinking that she would excuse such an egregious mistake, and an unwillingness to compensate fairly.
2. I will be watching a show (not recorded) and the box will suddenly reboot. Usually in the middle of the day (2-3 pm). Then I have to wait ~10 minutes to get my TV back. By then I have missed that viewing time. This is really bad when you are watching a movie that is not recorded. I called them to fine out why they rebooted at that time. Of course they had no record of the reboot.
3. Now I am having a problem that I will be watching a channel and it suddenly goes blank and a screen comes up and says, for example, "The Tennis channel is not available. Try again later". Sometimes it is several minutes, sometimes hours before it comes back. I called Spectrum and complained. They check the connection and a bunch of other stuff and said they found no problem (of course). When I asked to speak to a supervisor, the no-customer-service person put me on hold for 3-4 minutes. She came back and started by saying, "My supervisor said...". I interrupted her and said I want to speak directly to the supervisor. She said the only thing she could do was schedule a call-back, which I had to agree to. I was called back several minutes later and she scheduled a service appointment.
4. This has been typical service since Spectrum took over. I did not have nearly the issues with TW and when I did they helped me most of the time over the phone. So now I pay almost $200/mo for TV, Internet and cable. I would dump them in a second but they have a monopoly here.
There is absolutely nothing legitimate about a business placing any call with a blocked phone number, and this is a telecommunications - internet company. I was basically cranked by the phone company. I called corporate headquarters in Conneticut and it took too many calls to get a person on the line, and then the switchboard would not transfer calls and repeatedly declined to identify their own business unit. The worker eventually admitted she was on the switchboard. She transferred the call to Legacy Escalation Services, and this customer service unit refused to acknowledge that it was customer service -- at every turn. His name is Mark. Mark wants the crap to roll down hill and told me to contact Spectrum in my resident state. He, too, claimed he did not have my phone number. What?
And no, no one can talk to corporate relations, public relations, or whatever absurd unit actually manages corporate communications in this hideous company.
I give this company one star, as this is a rating system. A star is supposed to indicate that you did something well, but this was contemptible behavior on the part of everyone I had to deal with.
This company needs to be under investigation. Is the CEO listening?
My husband and I purchased iPhones from the spectrum store in Appleton Wi on 3/30/19. Since our purchase we have had an ongoing issue with our phones. We have contacted Apple and Spectrum to fix the issue. Both were unable to help. While talking to Spectrum on the 1-800 number they suggested we replace his phone. I said that our boxes were damaged in a flood- in which they replied it was not a problem and they would send out a new phone. A few days later I received a call that stated they couldn't and we would have to go to the store. We went to the store for 2 1/2 hours and had the phone replaced. It was very uncomfortable for some of the employees were talking very negatively about the customers and the home office employees. Regardless the phone was replaced. However the issues did not resolve. I call Spectrum regularly trying to get it fixed with no luck. Spectrum said I had until 4/30 to return the phone (per notes on my account). Finally I talked to someone who said they had no idea what was left to do and it probably best to return our phones. I again asked about me not having the box for my phone and they said it was fine as long as I had the cords. They said to bring it to the store by 4/30. I realized today 4/29 that the date provided was not accurate and I needed to have it returned by today to be within their stated policy. The manager at Spectrum 1-800 number stated because I was provided the wrong date, the manager at the store had the discretion to allow me the extra date so I could get my service switched - and again stated it was fine I didn't have my box. I went to the store where I was treated horrible. The girl there asked me what I needed and I said I had a huge issue. She said "oh great. Another one. Can't freaking wait to listen to another person $#*!ing". She refused to help me and said none of this was her problem. I needed my box and she wasn't taking my husbands. She said I had to call the 1-800 number. I left and called the 1-800 number where I was told that because they phones were purchased in the stores, where I was told they couldn't help me and had to be returned in store. I went back and said what I was told and that I was told that 1) Spectrum said it was fine I didn't have the box and 2) I had to return in the store. I was told that they couldn't and wouldn't return my phone. They were rude and so unhelpful. They said their computer wouldn't let them so even though it was within the 30 days, they weren't taking the phone back! They were horrible to me and refused to return my phones even within their stated policy. Although many people on the phone said there was no issue with the box. The store refused to take it - even though they returned my husbands first phone without the box - no questions. I tried returning my phones within the stated time and was rejected. I was talked down too, I was treated worse than dirt, laughed at and completely discredited. The way I was treated was horrible. The laughed at me and my situation. I called Spectrum after I left and they were shocked and had no idea why they would not help. I feel like I was being discriminated against by this store.
After filing a complaint with the BBB, I finally had someone call and help me. Matt from Spectrum stated he would accept our phones and have them graded to see if they will return them. (I made a bet with my husband that they will find a way to reject them). Matt told me to send in my phones, boxes, headphones, and chargers. I did. A few days later, I got a call, sure enough, the phones just missed being a B grade, so they could not be accepted. They sent me pictures or all these scratched up phones. Funny thing, in the pics you can clearly see a film over the top of the phones. One "scratch" was clearly a thumb print and the others looked to be on the film, not the phone. Spectrum said that would send me back everything that I had sent them, for they would not return them.
I got a call a few days later from FedEx. Regardless of Spectrum having my correct address, they mislabeled the phones and they could not be delivered. The only way to fix would be 1) have Spectrum call FedEx and updated 2) me come to the FedEx store to pick them up or 3) be returned to Spectrum. I called Matt to have him contact FedEx. Matt called back and said the FedEx would not update the address. I ended up then tracking the phones down and picking them up. When I got there, I asked FedEx why they wouldn't change the address. The woman called a few people, and they have no record of Spectrum calling to update my address. Frankly I believe FedEx that Matt just lied to me. Anyways, I open up my phone and to my surprise, there is only 1 phone, no cords, and no headphone. I call Spectrum and leave a message for Matt. I call the customer service line, they tell me they have no idea where my husbands phone is. They said they will have someone call me within 48 hours. Over 72 hours later, I get a call. They finally tracked down my husbands phone and I should have it tomorrow. They proceed to inform me that my cord/headphones are gone. When they get phones back for grading, everything except the phone is put in a box to be destroyed. The woman at Spectrum says she will reimburse me $80/phone since I now have to repurchase the cords/headphones. I get my husbands phone in the mail today - again no cords, headphones and original box. Again, all was destroyed. Also, the "scratches" they saw on his phone are not there! They clearly are pulling a fast on me so they did not have to return my phones.
I have every intent on talking to a lawyer about this case. They are horrible to work with! They will do whatever they have to, to pull a fast one on the clients. Be careful if you work with them. They have no intent on helping you, or following their promises!
I got out the booklet the installer gave me and tried to research, only the booklet diagrams don't match my remote. I look up the service number in the booklet, call, and it's a bad number.
Really, how much more could Spectrum do to send me back to Directv? There is absolutely NOTHING that worked the way it was promised, and I am now about $35 a month higher than quoted. Not worth the money, not worth the aggravation, especially during the stress of moving - it really could not have been worse. And the mess! I can't believe this is what a cable install is supposed to look like?
I paid my Spectrum bill with my with my Business AMEX, I have confirmation numbers from Spectrum as well as confirmation texts and emails from AMEX which I was more than happy to show! I came into my office this morning and no internet, but my modem shows connection. Called office said there's a billing issue and I owed 270.00 (176.89 past due two months). I explained they charged my AMEX, but didn't argue figuring i would sort out what went wrong later and paid with my credit card. Rep then tells me they will reconnect for 199.00 PER MONTH! Asked to speak with a supervisor and ended up with someone from residential who said my promotional rate was no longer valid! After inquiring how they can charge me more than double what I was paying, and almost quadruple than their competitors, she could not give me an answer other than stating I needed to talk to someone from business and none of them where available. I told them to have them call me with an answer or come get their equipment (they installed their hotspot on my ceiling).
I then called Hawaiian Telecom. Hawaiian Tel charges $39 for 11mb service. Free install from Hawaiian Tel as well as no contract! Spectrum charged me 99.00 to install my service and 89.00 a month for 60MBS. Yes, because of old copper wiring, the speed is slower than Spectrum, but, I'm using it for just business for myself and a few employees, not gaming.
UPDATE: Apparently there is only one business manager on the island who can call me back, and I was told by Bert, since I was disco'd (how professional), I can only be charged the standard rate of 199.00. Also, I can be upgraded to 100MBS from 60MBS for the same rate. I told Bert to come and pick up their equipment.
SAD... If you just need basic DSL internet go with Hawaiian Tel to show Spectrum they are not the only game in town! I think I'll invest the $700.00 a year I'm saving on my own business, and not line the greedy pockets of Spectrum!
One more thing, I'm not perfect, I've paid my home cable bill late when business was slow, and didn't complain if I was hit with a $9 late fee. But double?
The reason I'm giving 4 instead of 5 stars is because the NYSDFS didn't confirm with me that the problem was resolved; just closed the case after hearing the bank's response. It's better to "close the loop" and confirm with the original complainant that the problem was actually resolved.
We were not informed at check in that there was central parking and that there were golf carts with attendants available to help get bags, etc. to the unit. I was charged for parking when I didn't have a car.
We were unaware the studio is a privately owned unit and as such does not offer the same housekeeping amenities. At check in, we were treated as misfit as we were in a privately owned unit.
The one shining star was the staff as were extremely polite and helpful giving us rides in golf carts as the entire campus is very very hilly.
Fortunately we had relatives on campus with a two bedroom, full kitchen and large enough seating for the 7 of us so it was not a miserable vacation but if they had not been there it would have been miserable.
ISSUE #1 We had service activated with multiple receivers in several rooms. We realized a few weeks later that we could not watch shows that were recorded on one set in another room. We called and were told that Spectrum no longer offers this "whole house" service to 'new' customers. After discussions with several representatives we were told could install it for us since we had that service with them in the past. They set up a service call to remedy the issue.
The technician who came to our house.
1. realized or system was never hooked up correctly to begin with, so we were not receiving all the services we had been paying for, and
2. He ultimately swapped out our equipment and had it functioning so that we could watch shows recorded in one room on a set in another room. We were only able to record on the "main" system in the family room but were now able to watch the recorded shows in another room. We still would not be able to set up recordings in each room as we had in the past with both TWC and Direct-TV. Nevertheless, the functionality was better than before. Sub-par as compared to Time Warner previously and to Spectrum's current competitors, but better than they had initially setup.
ISSUE 2. We were willing to accept this, HOWEVER, 3 weeks after the technician had come out to our house to remedy the issue, we found we had lost all DVR functionality on our second set. We called customer service 3 times and got 3 different answers on how to resolve the issue.
We finally got through to a supervisor who insisted that their system could not provide the ability to watch shows on a second set. We explained that this couldn't be accurate since we in fact had the service for close to a month when it disappeared without notice the evening before. He then insisted that the service we had "was a fluke" even though their technician spent several hours at our house setting it up. The supervisor then said, "the fix" that the technician had made was only supposed to be 'temporary '. Again not only inaccurate, but a positively ludicrous statement. Why would they swap out equipment and spend close to 2 hours putting a system in place as a 'temporary fix'.
At the end of it all, he told us that the only thing he could do was hook up a 2nd DVR, but we could only watch shows that were recorded in that room. Of course, we would have to pay for the "additional service". It was the most maddening discussion we have ever had with any vendor.
In a nutshell, while it is true that signals are not lost during heavy rain storms as they can be with Direct TV, Spectrum's service is sub -par with respect to room-to-room functionality; the 'Search' function is much worse than we've experienced with other providers; and worst of all they have no desire whatsoever to satisfy their customer.
They repeatedly mis-stated that they could not provide a functionality which had in fact been working until they abruptly and without warning stopped providing it.
If I could rate them a Zero I would...
When asked for vacation you need to give 6 months notice good luck getting Christmas holidays and New Years off! You are expected to work every holidays and weekends. The management is terrible, very demanding, and do not encourage their employees at all! I once went a manger (Karleen) and addressed my concern to get request time off she replied," I don't give a rats ass". I mean come on. They are very inconsiderate. I Had said I am taking courses for nursing she had replied, " you are not the only one taking nursing courses---others are and they are managing". The point is after 5 years I have come recognition spectrum management is absolutely terrible and have no consideration towards people.
During Christmas, spectrum holds a separate party for PSW's and nurses. Meanwhile the staff of spectrum has their own private lavish party when the PSW's and Nurses attend to lousy Sheraton Hotel. One of the coordinators approached me and said, Oh how come the PSW's and Nurses have different Christmas parties? I was so shocked and felt so devalued. Its sad because the PSW's and Nurses are the backbone of the company and bring in the hard work.
Also when you start to work, you will be expected to work with all the difficult clients, heavy clients, bed ridden especially. Etc. Do expect to experience back pain, severe hand pain and hand cramping, wrist pain, mental stress, and feeling of being unappreciative.
I hope this message will open peoples eyes and save them from the trouble of having to experience what I had. There are so many better companies out there with great pay etc, just look!
Spectrum is a mockery to healthcare.
Also learned when getting the new service turned on that I had been paying the same price for half the speeds at the old house. They didn't even sell that low speed package anymore - but they sure were billing me for it and never offered me an upgrade.
I've had customer support hang up on me rudely. I guess I shouldn't have told her to blow her nose sense I was tired of hearing her suck snot in my ear.
The service acts up quite often and goes out without reason. Sometimes the phone app will tell me there is an outage but usually I just end up resetting all my stuff and stressing that its on my end (when it is not).
Calling in is a pain in the ass. I have been unsuccessful getting them to update my account phone number for 10 years. So I have to try and recall old information for them. Because they won't update it even after asking them to.
If you do call in - be prepared to have to tell them no thanks on 2 or 3 upsells. I called about a billing issue, no I don't want your new mobile phone service especially if its as badly operated as your internet.
Long time loyal customer? You are treated like second class citizen. New customer is their goal and they are given big discounts and savings. Old customers? Nope - you pay full or more for old services of less quality.
Billing me a full cycle for 2 days was just the epitome of greed and disgusts me. Toxic company values - I've never seen a company be so wrong to its loyal customers. I look forward to telling anyone who will listen to stay away from their services.