So Not Comcastic

[zman982]

Saw this eariler online posted by Veronica Belmont where her husband, Ryan Block, was trying to cancel their Comcast service as they move to their new place.   All I can say is wow, I'm so glad I'm not with Comcast.

 

[The Evil Overlord]

I vote everyone retweet and share this, this sort of aggressiveness shouldn't be allowed

[Roger H. Veteran]

Holy crap.... I wasn't on the call but man I wanted to reach through the phone and strangle that guy already! :angry:

Ryan was definitely cool but man I don't think I could do it! :argh:

[Jeston Veteran]

Wow, I just cancelled my Comcast service last week because I moved somewhere it wasn't available and it was nothing like this. Took me a couple minutes of saying "I'm moving, Comcast isn't a provider in the new area, I need to disconnect today." and I that was basically it. This guy should be terminated immediately.

[Ghost5525]

I called and threatened to leave last month cause the rates i were paying were too high... i basically have digital cable and 50mb internet for 100 bucks. The gentleman that helped me was very understanding and nice and wasn't as rude as this guy. This is harassment and why the guy didn't ask for his supervisor is beyond me.

[Hurmoth]

Holy crap.... I wasn't on the call but man I wanted to reach through the phone and strangle that guy already! :angry:

Ryan was definitely cool but man I don't think I could do it! :argh:

I couldn't even finish listening to it. It was making me so angry that I had to just stop.

 

The Consumerist has transcribe some of the best parts:

R: We?d like to disconnect please?

 

C: Help me understand why you don?t want faster internet.

 

R: Help me understand why you can?t just disconnect us.

 

C: My job is to have a conversation with you about keeping your service, about finding out why it is you?re looking to cancel your service. If you don?t want to talk to me, you can definitely go into the Comcast store and cancel your service there. ?

 

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R: Can you cancel us by phone? The answer is yes, correct?

 

C: It sounds like you don?t want to go over this information with me. If you want to go over that information, that?s the easiest way to get your account disconnected.

 

R: I am declining to state why we are leaving Comcast because I don?t owe you an explanation. So, if you can proceed to the next question. If you have to fill out a form, that?s fine. Please proceed to the next question an we?ll attempt to answer that if possible.

 

C: Being that we?re the number 1 provider of TV and internet service in the entire country, why is it you don?t want the number 1 provider? ?

 

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R: I?m declining to state. Can you please go to the next question so we can cancel our service?

 

C: I?m just trying to figure out here what it is about Comcast service that you?re not liking. ?

 

R: This phone call is an amazing representative example of why I don?t want to stay with Comcast. So, can you please cancel our service?

 

C: I?m trying to help you. You?re not letting me help you by declining answers, by doing all this.

 

R: You can help me by disconnecting our service.

 

C: How is that helping you?

 

R: Because that?s what I want.

 

C: Why is that what you want?

 

R: Because that?s what I want.

 

C: There has to be some sort of reason behind it?. We just want to find out what it is that?s causing a customer who has been with us a long time to leave. ?

 

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You?ve been a Comcast customer for 9 years. After a decade ? clearly the service is working great for you. ? All of a sudden you?re moving and something is making you want to change. What?s making you do that?

 

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R: That?s none of your business. Your business is to disconnect us.

 

C: As a company that is a cable and internet provider primarily, that is our business. If we don?t know why our customers are leaving, how can we make this a better experience for you next time?

 

R: That?s a fantastic question and something that you can hire a firm to figure out. ? Can you disconnect us by phone? Can you disconnect our service? Yes or no?

 

C: Why don?t you want those services? You?re not interested in the fastest internet in the country?

 

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R: Are you capable of disconnecting our service?

 

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C: It?s something we can do. ?

 

R: I would appreciate you now doing that. Please proceed in disconnecting our service. ?

 

C: What is it about this other provider that?s making it sound better?

 

R: I don?t know. It?s a totally arbitrary decision.

 

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C: Why don?t want a good service? You don?t want something that works?

 

R: Is this a joke? Are you punking us right now?

 

C: I?m trying to get information. I?m trying to help our company be better. That?s my job.

 

R: I can guarantee you right now, you?re doing an incredibly good job at helping your company be worse.

 

C: I?m terribly sorry it feels to you like I?m trying to argue. I?m just trying to help you out and get some information. We?ll just bypass all this information. I?ll go ahead and disconnect this service. It?s really a shame to see you go to something that can?t give you what we can ? No one else can guarantee their speed like we can. ? I can save you more than $100 a month, get you internet 5x faster than anyone else can ? What about those savings, those services are you not wanting?

 

R: Are you done? You literally just a moment ago said you?d go ahead and disconnect our service and that?s what we?re going to need to do.

 

C: We?re going through that process. I?m just asking some questions. ?

 

R: Can you tell me how much longer it?s going to take?

 

C: It?s going to take a couple more minutes here. What about the service is making you want to change?

 

R: I?m good. I?m just going to wait until you can confirm that you?ve canceled the service.

 

C: Well you?re all set. You know what, it?s disconnected. I?m really sorry to see you go to someone who can?t give you what we can. But I?d like to thank you for being a great part of Comcast. Have a wonderful day.

[Hum]

I would have hung up quickly, and tried for another CSR.

[TPreston]

Add to this article that their staff are complete ****ing morons who give out customer information like candybars to anyone who says "im totally from the corporate office guise!"

 

 

http://www.phonelosers.org/podpress_trac/web/3887/0/2014-07-16_snow_plow_show_comcastic.mp3

[xrobwx71]

I would have hung up quickly, and tried for another CSR.

I was scrolling to the bottom to say the exact same thing. But when you're seeking a bit of internet fame...... I am in no way condoning how the guy at Comcast acted, I just think it's suspect.

 

An eight-minute recording of a customer service agent refusing to end AOL Vice President Ryan Block?s nine-year Comcast service has gone viral 

Source

and... "is a technology journalist and critic"

Source

 

[xrobwx71]

I called and threatened to leave last month cause the rates i were paying were too high... i basically have digital cable and 50mb internet for 100 bucks. The gentleman that helped me was very understanding and nice and wasn't as rude as this guy. This is harassment and why the guy didn't ask for his supervisor is beyond me.

Good point. See the above post or--> https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1221715-so-not-comcastic/?view=findpost&p=596496465  :)

[cork1958]

Old news.

 

Saw this on another forum either way earlier this week or last week even!

 

Had an experience similar to this with Charter previously. After going totally belligerent with that CSR, I got what I wanted. Then proceeded to call back and ask for a manager, who I reported that person to. The manager said that person would be dismissed. Whether that happened or not, I do not know, but I sure felt better! :)

 

People like this have no business working in an area dealing with the public, rather they're reading from a script or not!