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Service Appointment Lies and Deception (Rectified Incident)
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NORTH CAROLINA -- I have been jerked around and deceived by Time Warner Cable's call centers about setting up an appointment to transfer service. The issue was remedied after a long struggle on my part and being on the phone all morning, including with my cellular phone dropping calls and phone system problems with Time Warner Cable.

I called Time Warner Cable the morning of 08/26/2010 to transfer service within North Carolina. The phone number that I used was 1-800-TWCABLE, which is advertised on TWC's Website, including for matters of service disconnections. I am an undergraduate starting school on 08/30/2010 and was getting my apartment lease on 08/26/2010, so I wanted either the earliest possible appointment on or before Sunday the 29th, or if that was not possible, I could only do evenings between Monday-Friday.

The first agent was able to give me an appointment for 08/31/2010 for 7-9 p. m., which was the earliest time that would work for my schedule, but unfortunately after Sunday. 7-9 P.M. is the latest possible time slot on any day. Because I asked to be put on the waiting list for 7-9 P.M. on Monday or anytime Sunday or sooner, the agent said that, because she is a Sales agent, she would need to transfer me to Customer Service to be put on the waiting list, but did still confirm my Tuesday evening appointment. (I don't even know why I had gotten the Sales department instead of Customer Service.)

After being transferred I spoke with a Customer Service agent, who said she could put me on the waiting list, but also searched for an earlier time for me. She found that 7-9 P.M. on Monday actually was available (even though it wasn't when I spoke with the Sales agent), so she was going to set me up for that Monday time slot instead, but unfortunately, my cellular phone dropped the call right as I was confirming this change. Up to this point, I had recorded this first call -- both the Sales and Customer Service agents.

Because the call was dropped, I tried to call back on my landline (on which I couldn't yet record the calls). For some reason the phone system had problems at the point where it routes the caller to the department they want; for example, I would say "Customer Service" then "Appointments" or just "Appointments", and sometimes it would drop my call or give a busy signal after that. When I was transferred to someone, after waiting some time, for some reason I got the "Retention" department, and the lady was going to transfer me back to Customer Service because "Retention" couldn't help me.

This time the call accidentally went into a dead queue (error on their end) and the Retention agent called me back while I was in that queue, but I had to answer on my cell phone and was stuck with the call on my cell again. I asked her if she could call me back again so I could answer on my landline, but she said she could only call me back once because the error was on their end. So I was transferred to Customer Service again. This time, I gave the agent my callback number and said it's very important that she calls me back if we get disconnected.

The agent I spoke with said she couldn't do anything with my account because another agent was modifying it. I explained my situation, that I wanted the Monday appointment 7-9 P.M. which I was told was available. This agent was going to call me back once she could get into the account, but eventually it was unlocked, and she saw that it popped up that I did have an appointment for 08/31 7-9 P.M. However, I accidentally lost the call from my unreliable cell phone again. The agent did not call me back as I had asked.

I called back to Customer Service and spoke with a man, but this time he said that he saw my appointment as being for 08/31 from 3-5 P.M. I inquired why it was 3-5 instead of 7-9, but he insisted that he saw nothing for 7-9 p. m., even though the other agents I had spoken to were aware of the Tuesday night appointment. He said that the earliest available evening appointment was going to be 09/03. I was very upset, and I made it very clear that I had recorded the initial phone call in which the first (Sales) agent confirmed my appointment for 08/31 7-9 P.M. I argued with the agent at length that it was wrong for my appointment to be mysteriously revoked like this.

He said that the maximum relief that he could provide me would be one day's service credit. He gave me some flak about my dropped calls that I had mentioned, but to prove what I was saying, I even played Bits and Pieces of the call recording in which the first agent confirmed the Tuesday 7-9 P.M. time before transferring me to the Customer Service agent to be put on the waiting list. (Also, each agent said that if a call is dropped, the previous agent would have to undo or drop all of their changes on the account.)

The agent I was speaking to said that without a confirmation number, which the Sales agent did not give me, there was no way he could look up the original appointment. He asked for the Sales representative's name, and when I gave it, he said that agent doesn't work for Time Warner Cable but for some 3rd-party contractor or something. I pointed out the phone number that I was using to call TWC and asked if I had been scammed; he said no. He wasn't being helpful at this point, and I was persistently upset and wanted to know what happened to my original appointment.

After quite a long runaround, he eventually finally resolved to call the dispatcher to ask if they could make this situation right by squeezing me in for the same day that I was calling, 08/26. This was put in place, and he still agreed to the one day's service credit. I was finally relieved at this improvement, and to get accommodated on the same day. He gave me a confirmation number, and I remarked that apparently it is very important that we customers make sure we get a confirmation number (which I never knew about) and to record the phone calls.

The dispatcher and I agreed for 4 P.M. -- the time that I actually had a meeting with my property manager to see the apartment for a final time and to sign my lease and get my keys. I did have to take care of both matters at once, and the signing of the apartment lease was the priority, but the service technician was patient, courteous, and understanding of the situation.

After I was finished with my property manager, I completed the appointment with the technician and the service was in place. Thus the end result was pretty good, though this accommodation was a side-effect of being on the phone all morning and having to go through the stress of being deceived about my scheduled appointment time, which never should have happened. If I had not recorded my initial phone call in which I was promised the appointment, and not made such a compelling argument, I would have been ripped off and forced to go with a much later appointment, and only one day's service credit to make up for it.

When I called up my phone company (not TWC) to transfer my phone service thereafter, I also asked them to add the paid feature of unlimited 3-way calling (the feature that I need to use for my method of recording calls), so that I can more reasonably record calls on my landline. That's what I'm going to do, both with Time Warner Cable and my phone company.

This situation evidences that when customers are promised appointments, they may be ripped off by Time Warner Cable as their appointments may mysteriously "disappear" or be changed without communication. Apparently everybody needs to know to ask for a confirmation number if they are not automatically given one. I am also encouraging people to record phone calls with telecommunications companies, especially in one-party consent states.

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"Sorry There's Nothing I Can Do"
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RICHMOND, KENTUCKY -- Absolutely the worst company that I have ever dealt with. I suppose this is what happens when a cable provider monopolizes a town. Any call to Time Warner goes directly to their corporate lines and the "Supervisors" that you need to speak with to get anything done are MIA. I have tried for three weeks - no exaggeration, literally three weeks to the day - to get television and internet service through these guys. I honestly need internet service to do my job and I am a graduate student - so I am in a bind to have it. One would think that they would want our business as we plan to be here a few years and have perfect credit.

My wife called on a Friday, and the soonest that they could get to us was in two weeks. They only offer hours from 8AM-5PM and being working people it was hard to fit in their schedule. The only opening that was available was for a 3PM-5PM time slot. We asked if we could make it about 3:15 as my wife is a teacher and would be able to make it by then. The lady on the phone said it should be fine.

Two weeks later, I get a call from my wife (who was supposed to meet the Time Warner guys) that there was a note on the door saying "Sorry We Missed You." The note was half-filled out, as the cable guy's ink pen had run out mid-sentence. That guy must have been ecstatic to get an early start on his weekend.. as he didn't have time to find another ink pen. I looked at my phone to see the time of the call, and it was 3:06PM.

She immediately called Time Warner to try to get the guys to come back, as they couldn't have much more than pulled out of the driveway, but the number sent her directly to a touch-tone corporate pass-around. Finally she was able to reach customer service and they considered it "unfortunate" but since she had admitted to being late for our 3PM time slot it was our fault and all she could do was reschedule.

In technicality they were right on this one. We had a 3PM-5PM time slot and my wife was 5 minutes late. I think that it is rude, frustrating and stupid - but TECHNICALLY they are right. Although the lady told us that 3:15 should be fine - it was informal and not corporate policy. So, OK. When I get home I immediately called the number, which sent me back to the corporate touch-tone pass-around and I explained the situation.

The lady on the phone was exceptionally nice and said that she would set us another appointment for the next Friday (the once-again nearest open date), but would elevate our status so that if there were any cancellations we would be contacted. She stated that we should get a call the next day - but, worst case scenario, they would be there the next Friday in the 8AM-12PM time frame. I explained to the lady that my wife could not make that time frame, but that I would take off of work.

By now you've guessed that I did not get a call throughout the whole week, and Friday morning I was up and ready at 8AM to let the cable guy in. He arrived at 10AM and spun a big rut in my drive-way (I'm not really mad about that, just had to include it). I went out to greet him, and he immediately began questioning my name and address. Turns out, the account was in my wife's name, and therefore he was not allowed to talk to me.

He repeated that he was "sorry" but there was "nothing he could do." I tried to reason with the guy; I explained that I had made the call to schedule the appointment and I had clearly told the lady that I would be there. The guy was not open to reasoning or even willing to listen to me - he was seemingly thrilled to have found a reason to leave the appointment early. I tried to show him a check that had both my wife and my name on it, he would not look at it... just continued to mumble "I'm sorry - There's nothing I can do."

He said that the only exception would be if I had a signed letter written from her with a copy of her driver's license. Typically, I don't carry things like that with me on a daily basis and I was never told that I would need anything like that. I asked if I could call my wife or drive to her work (5-minute drive) and he shook his head "No." At this point I was frustrated and I told him to just leave.

I called Corporate to complain, but I just got passed around on the phone and had to explain my story in excess of a dozen times. Literally. And after an hour of trying to get something done on the phone, they said they would "see what they could do" and would call me back immediately. After another hour and a half, I hadn't been called.

So, I drove to the local office and attempted to explain my situation to the lady there. She wouldn't make eye contact with me. I will admit that I was frustrated, but I didn't raise the tone of my voice, use strong language or anything remotely unreasonable. I made sure not to pin my frustration on her as she was inherently innocent. No matter - she couldn't have cared less about what I had to say, and repeated the official Time Warner motto "I'm sorry." She said that she would make a call to the guys in the field and "see what she could do" - and then would call me back directly.

A few more hours pass - and it is now almost closing time for Time Warner - and I haven't gotten a call. I made another trip to their office, but it was to no avail... same response from another lady. I requested to speak to the Supervisor, but he/she wouldn't come out to meet me. I'm now waiting on a call from this "Supervisor."

I have never been treated like such trash in my life. The Richmond Time Warner Office couldn't care less if they get your business or not. Luckily for them - they have a monopoly on high-speed internet. The only other options are satellite internet and DSL. So even though Time Warner treats everyone like dogs - we all keep running back to them asking for more. If there is an entrepreneur out there looking for something to get into - consider becoming a cable service in Richmond. I'll be knocking on your door the minute you're open for business.

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Worst Service Department in the World
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HARLINGEN, TEXAS -- About two years ago I made the terrible mistake of ordering Time Warner's complete package which includes cable, internet and phone. This began a lengthy session with some of the most incompetent service people I have ever dealt within my entire life. From the phone techs, who by the way really need to learn to speak clear English, to the local "techs" that are the most untrustworthy in the world and has had very little on the job training, that is when you actually have one to show up for an appointment.

Two months ago it started with my phone not working. After two weeks of talking on my cell phone with someone from Bangladesh or some foreign country, that could not speak enough English to be understood, kept wanting me to unplug everything from the modem or my PC and wait several minutes and then re-plug to see if it was the signal which it was not and I knew it. I waited two weeks to actually get an appointment with a local service tech.

When the tech finally showed up at 9:30 PM, two and half hours after the appointed time and that was after I had called to see if someone was coming, he just took my phone and plugged it directly into the modem which allowed me to receive and make calls, but left it with such a buzz that I was unable to carry on a decent conversation. This commenced with a rash of phone calls requiring additional service which was never received.

A week later the main TV with the DVR chose to only show a few of the local stations and nothing else. Once again I started calling for service, and by the way all of this happened before Hurricane Dolly ever showed up, but every time I called I would get a recording that they were so backed up I could not even get a dispatch person.

When I finally did get to talk to a live person and was given an appointment, I would take off work early to be at home and after waiting 2 hours after the last hour of the appointed time I would call to find out if the agent was coming only to be told he had marked the job as complete or that there was no one at home which was a total lie. This happened 3 times over a month and a half. Each time I would go ballistic to the poor dispatch person and would be told it would be another two weeks before I could get another appointment.

The best part was when I went to the office to cancel my services. The girl at the desk said, "Then I guess I should cancel this appointment they have for you on the 18th of August." I laughed so hard everyone standing in line thought I had completely lost it. This appointment was made after the last tech never showed up.

I finally decided that evidently Time Warner no longer needed my business and that they needed to know that they are not the only business in town that could provide me with the service my money was entitled to. Of which my payment steadily kept going up. And they still charged me for a partial month of service not received when I cancelled. Of course I had been paying for service up front for several months for service I was not receiving.

So Time Warner I'm afraid the way your service department is going you will be losing a lot of us as I have been hearing a lot horror stories about you. Just go online and take a look at the complaints. I intend to let everyone I know my story and I work for a very large Aerospace Company.

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Another Disappointed Customer
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I have to post this because this is another bad experience with TWC but not due to anything under my control. Everyday for 2 weeks our internet would go out. We have Vonage so the phone runs through the internet and if the internet is not working, neither is the phone. No big deal since I have a cellphone. When the internet would go out everyday, it would happen from 10 am to 2 pm. Then again at night from 6:45 to 7:30. I had started to get aggravated and contacted TWC to have someone come out to look at my equipment (I had not touched it after it had been installed. I am not real tech savvy).

They had scheduled someone to come out 2 days after. Fine, I had no problem. Two days go by and no one showed up. I called TWC the day after a tech was supposed to come to find out what happened. They said they could not find that technician and they will have someone come out the following week! I was a little upset at this point, but I let it go. The following week when the tech was to arrive, he never showed AGAIN! This is now 2 days I had to take off from work to have this problem fixed.

When I called TWC again, to let them know that a tech had not shown up AGAIN, they rescheduled me for 3 days later! Well, I almost had it. But believe it or not a tech showed up this third try. He came in, checked out the modem, and said "Yup, it doesn't work. I will have to send someone out to fix it". If it was legal to beat the crap out of someone, I would have seriously hurt this man. I called TWC back and told them what he said. They would schedule someone to come out the following week! I lost it! It was now a month without internet and phone.

During all of this, they kept telling me that the problem was with an outside box, not with my modems. The entire time I was telling them I didn't think that was the case, but what was I to know? They sent over the head technician after I had threatened to call their corporate office (I still have a letter written to their Board of Directors but haven't mailed it yet). He came over and said it was the modem. He brought a new one over and that fixed the problem.

WHY WOULD I HAVE TO WAIT OVER A MONTH TO GET RESULTS?? TWC is the WORST cable company ever! Someday karma will get back at them, but until then, I hope every employee gets a flat tire everyday on their way to work, the jerks. I had missed work, sat at home and wasted days trying to get them to come out to me. They would call the house phone while it wasn't working and stated that they don't call cellphones. The customer service is pitiful and I work in customer service for a living. I would be embarrassed to work for them.

I don't want to hear any whining from employees of TWC how they don't pay well and blah blah blah. There are other jobs out there. YOU decided to work for a horrible company so YOU get to deal with the angry customers. If you hate working there so much, then leave! No pity for you at all.

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Poor Service Quality
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CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA -- TWC is a perfect example of why our country has (or is supposed to have) laws against monopolization. Over the past 3-4 years that I have had TWC cable and Road Runner services, I have had a number of problems, and it has finally reached the breaking point. Today I am calling DirecTV and having their services installed. If you choose to purchase TWC services, do so at your own peril. You are likely to experience the following as we have:

Slow service response. When you call for a cable or internet connection problem, you can first expect to wait 20-40 minutes on the phone (listening to TWC's own propaganda about why they are so wonderful as opposed to easy listening music (just imagine listening to the same speech for 30 minutes straight!)).

When you do get an all-be-it friendly voice on the phone, they are quite helping and knowledgeable to help you with the problem. If the problem requires someone to come to your house, you should expect 2-4 days for that to happen. If you are without any cable service, well, your problem. The fact that all their technicians are so heavily loaded probably speaks volumes with the number of problems they have to deal with.

As a side point, TWC ran a cable line from their pole in our backyard, over ground across our yard and into another person's yard. 9 months later I am still calling asking that they come bury the cable so I don't have to move the cable when I mow.

TWC's Road Runner advertisements about speed are misplaced. I run several computers through a single modem. If someone is using the family computer for internet access, my access becomes sluggish and I can no longer run my Shoutcast Radio (even at a low BAUD rate).

Also, the internet kept dropping out when I put in a new router. TWC quickly told me it was a router problem. I got so fed up with this that I recently switched my internet connection to WindStream's DSL. WOW! What a difference. Under RoadRunner, when viewing a video on YouTube, it would frequently freeze (download rate slower than viewing rate). Not with DSL! It would take a natural disaster for me to go back to RoadRunner.

When we had our cable service upgraded to full digital HD signal, the cable guys came out and installed the new equipment (3-4 days after the request). Within a few weeks, I noticed a few problems. First, Pay-Per-View seldom worked, and when it did, the picture would freeze, or we would lose the service. Then it was another 30 minute call in to get a refund or have them reset the service. We also noticed some channels freezing or sound just going out. Last month, I finally decided to break through the long hold times to get this resolved.

The first time, I waited 3 days for a TWC guy to come out, only to find out that when they put in the new HD service, they didn't upgrade the cable between the outside connection to the TV. This meant that the signal was not strong enough and was causing the problem. Of course THIS guy couldn't fix it because replacing cables is subcontracted. So I had to wait 3-4 more days (after, yes, having to call again and wait for 30 minutes to schedule the service) to have someone replace the cable (and yes, at no cost to me). This fixed the problem for 90% of the time.

Last week we tried the Pay-Per-View (for a relaxing evening at home and nothing to do but see a movie we wanted to catch). No worky-worky: frozen screen and limited sound. Again, I called (and waited). This time the problem was apparently a pay-per-view fight was causing a heavy load in the area. After all I went through to get this all fixed, it failed when I most needed it to just work.

SO, I have had enough of TWC service. The people I have talked to have been helpful and friendly. And they do work to help fix the problems. My issue is with the fact that the company has some serious problems and does not seem interested in fixing them.

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Probably the worst customer service I have ever experienced
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About a year ago, my wife and I got rid of our land line and we now rely on cell phones. The only thing we used our land line for was internet, and at that time we switched to Road Runner, so it was no longer needed. Everything was great for about a year, then one Sunday without warning, we had no internet. We have a wireless network, and neither our desktop nor laptop worked.

On Monday, my wife calls Time Warner and spends 52 minutes on hold (being transferred from one place to another) and her cell phone dies. My wife tells me that she went through a level 1 and level 2 tech and they couldn't help. She was waiting for a level 3 tech when her phone died.

On Tuesday I call back. After waiting for: 17 minutes on the phone, I talk to a human being. I tell them that I need to talk to a level 3 tech, and they insist that we go over the problem again. So again, I am transferred to a level 1, and subsequently a level 2 tech, and neither can help. I am waiting on hold for a level 3 tech going on 1:13 minutes when my phone beeps warning me it is going to die. So I get my charger and plug it in. At 1:37 minutes (and about the 500th cycle of the recorded message, I decide that they have forgotten about me, and every minute I sit here, is a charge on my cell phone.

I immediately call back and the first human answers the phone after: 12 minutes. I tell her that I was waiting for a level 3 tech, and was on hold for over a half hour. She says "yeah, their really busy." I explain to her that I am on my cell phone, and I ask if I can get a voice mail, so they can get back to me at their convenience. "No, we don't have that capability." She says, "You can hold for a level 3 tech; the wait will probably be between 30 and 40 minutes. Or if you want to call back after 10pm, they shouldn't be so busy." (call time :23 minutes)

I decide that I will send them an email, so they can read it and get back to me at their convenience. I go to a neighbors house to use their computer, and it turns out that Time Warner has no email address. None that I could find anyway. They have plenty of phone numbers but they aren't real helpful.

I call back at 10pm Wednesday (the following day) the first Human picks up after holding for: 18 minutes. (I'm starting to get pretty angry) The person tells me that they are transferring me to a level 1 tech. After a somewhat heated exchange, I finally explain to them that I have talked to a level 1 and a level 2 TWICE already, and neither could help me.

So he puts me on hold for a level 3. Somewhere within the first cycle of their recorded message, there is a recording that says "due to an abnormally large call volume, wait times can be between 30 and 40 minutes. Remain on the line or call back at a later time." I figured, it's 10:30 at night, I am sure their call volume can't be THAT large. And I assumed the message was left on from earlier in the day. I was wrong. I waited for :47 minutes and hung up.

The following day (Thursday) I call back. I talk to the first human at :16 minutes into the call. To her credit she was very nice, and attempted to be very helpful. I explained the situation, and she said that she would see if she could get a level 3 tech on the phone and not just transfer me. I wait on hold for :12 minutes. She gets back on the phone and says that they are experiencing a very heavy call load, and that the wait would be 30-40 minutes.

Again, I asked if I could get a voice mail, and again, she confirmed that they don't have that capability. She said that she could go ahead and schedule and appointment for someone to come out, and I agreed. (this particular woman was very pleasant and helpful) But she told me that the earliest available appointment would be Thursday (one week away). With little choice, I agree, and they tell me they will be there between 1:30 and 3:00. The following Wednesday, I get a voicemail from Time Warner. The message says "Hello, this is ** from Time Warner; I am just attempting to make first contact." I have no idea what this means, and he leaves me no number to contact him.

So I call Time Warner: 13 minutes into the call, a representative picks up and I tell them about the call. He says "Yeah, they just call to confirm the appointment for the following day." I say "Okay, so how do I get in touch with him to confirm?" "He didn't leave you a number?" "No." (long pause) "Well it says in the computer that you still have an appointment for tomorrow." "Are you sure?" I say, "Yeah, it says right here..." (total time of call :27 minutes) The following day (Thursday), I take a half day off of work to be at home when the Time Warner guy gets there. I get home a 12:00 and I wait until 4:00. No one shows.

At 4:00 I call Time Warner (at this point, I am furious). After spending: 19 minutes on hold, I talk to a human being. I tell the person that I was supposed to have a tech person come to my house between 1:30 and 3:00. They say that a person tried to call and got no answer. I check my phone and there are no calls, so I tell the guy, "He called yesterday, and I called back. He didn't call today". He says, "It says here that he called and no one answered." Frustrated, I say, "Okay, so now what can we do?" He says, "Well, I can schedule another appointment for you...." "Okay, when's the earliest appointment?" "Next Wednesday." "Don't bother." (click)

Today it has been almost 3 full weeks since the internet went out, and I called an independent tech guy to come fix it for me. So in retrospect: I spent 325 minutes on the phone (I don't know how much that will end up costing me). I took a half day off of work (about $85.00) had to hire someone else to fix it anyway ($55.00). And I went without internet access for almost 3 full weeks (which I will still pay for)

I am not happy with Time Warner. When it works, it's great, but if you need customer service, say a little prayer. I switched from cable television to satellite for a similar customer service issue. If there were a way to contact them, I wouldn't have posted this. But it appears that they don't care about their customers, since they allow no way (outside of waiting on hold for an hour) to contact anyone there. And with no contact point like this, there is no way for upper management to monitor the job their subordinates are doing. It's pretty clear, they simply don't care. This company probably has the worst customer service I have ever experienced.

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Time Warner Has No Shame
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Rating: 1/51

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS -- Time Warner has no shame. My beloved cousin died in early November, and I have been trying to close out her account since then. She had a bundle package with internet, television, and a landline home phone. We cancelled some of the service shortly after my cousin's death. We also returned two converters at this time (I have a receipt for these returns). We chose to retain the cable coverage till the 15th of January. I called Time Warner on the 16th to cancel the remainder of the service. They stated they couldn't cancel the service till the modem was returned.

I returned the modem to one of their stores on the 19th of January. I asked the person receiving the equipment if this was all I needed to cancel the account, and he said yes. I asked if I would be receiving a credit on the account and he said yes. On the 10th of February, I received a bill for $81.36 still showing that the modem was not returned. My account has a $98.07 credit without the modem and card. I was told that the account did show that the modem was returned and that it "just had not been put into the system" and that it now had and that a credit would be issued shortly. They further stated that nothing was owed on the bill.

On March 1st, I received a bill from a credit collection agency for the $81.36; I had received no other notification between the 10th of February and this notice. I immediately called Time Warner and was assigned a case number. The representative again stated that it was clear I had returned the modem, but that they would need to verify that it was in their facility. I don't know what that has to do with anything since they noted that the modem had been returned. He stated that I would receive a call back by the 5th of March letting me know what the status was. I did not receive a call yesterday so in the afternoon I again called customer service.

Again I was told that it was clear that I had returned the modem. This representative stated that the previous representative should not have told me I would receive a call by Tuesday because it would take up to 8 business days to research the situation. I asked to speak to a Supervisor and was placed on hold for a long period of time. When the representative came back on the line, she stated there was a backlog of calls (not surprising after looking at all the complaints) for supervisors and someone would give me a call back within 24 hours. In one hour it will be 24 hours and not surprisingly I have not received a call.

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Wasted my time and lied out of their BLANKS!
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We were using Time Warner (TW) and found a better deal with another service provider who offered us a packaged deal for a lot cheaper. So we left TW. We returned all of the equipment, ported our number over to the new service provider, took time off work to get the new set up going. The next day after returning the equipment, ** from TW called me asking if there was a way they could earn our business back. I explained that I was offered a deal for $79.99 for the packaged deal with another company along with freebies for 3 months.

Linda explained to me that she could give me showtime and a movie channel for 1 full year and give me digital basic cable and 1 digital box, the highest speed internet (Road Runner Turbo) and phone service with a battery backed phone modem all for $74.99 and they would waive all installation and activation fees. She then said the prices would go up in a year but if I called to say that I would leave, that they would most likely keep the special price for me.

When the installer came 2 weeks later, he forgot to give us a remote and the battery pack for the phone. I also found that I wasn't given the Road Runner Turbo... just the regular internet. I work from home on the internet so speed is important to me. They told me this was never on my order. They sent a man over to give the battery pack and a remote. I got a notice from TW 2 weeks after installation that I was being charged $141 a month and to pay. (That's twice the amount I was quoted!)

So I called them and I disputed. They said that they didn't have a package for $74.99 and they went to listen to the recording and said that they would have ** call me back. I haven't hear a darn thing from her. I got a notice today (almost 3 weeks after installation) stating a disconnect notice and a bill for $397.50. I called the billing department to dispute this. They told me there are activation fees, prorated fees and then told me they couldn't give me the details but to call another number and they could help me. I have been on hold for this number (800.892.2253) for over 90 minutes!

I just leave it on speaker waiting for a representative to answer while I give all of my feedback to any online site I can. How can they legally make an offer, get people's business based on that offer and not keep their promises? I took two days from working to have the setup and install and I went based solely on their promises and now they are lying!

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I received many calls from TWC to enroll in their All the Best Package. I initially had phone with AT&T but cable and internet with TWC. They quoted me $104.99 monthly service fee. I finally agreed to this. I won't even tell you how crazy the installation was but let's just say they were here more than 4 hours! Then when the bill came, they charged me $136.97 for the monthly fee plus installation and phone changing fee. I tried to contact them via email. They are always polite and apologetic but completely not helpful. I think it took 4 or 5 emails back and forth until one representative finally read my complaint and agreed that I was overcharged.

This representative assured me the mistake would be corrected in the next month billing, etc. Fine. Then I just got this month's bill, it's only half corrected. They changed the current month's fee at the rate originally quoted but never credited me for the overcharge the previous month. I tried calling, couldn't get through. I tried the chat online help. After chatting for a while, the guy tells me he doesn't have full access to my account so can't help me. Also this All the Best Package thing wasn't what he dealt with. HUH? I'm not asking for details of the package. I just want the overcharge to be credited to my account.

So, I tried emailing again. I specifically state in the email which contains the log of all the previous correspondences and ask them to read it and make the correction. I get a completely useless email back telling me what I'm signed up for and the charges. HUH? Do these people even read what the customers are telling them? Really, this was the same kind of useless responses I was getting the first time around. I swear I might just have to switch back to AT&T.

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Think Twice Before Singing Up With Time Warner - Tricky Service
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CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS -- I am so sorry that I signed a two year contract with Time Warner Cable. I should have stayed with AT&T. Time Warner is not regulated by anyone, because the government feels that Internet Cable is a luxury. I use it for business and for survival as many others do. When you sign up for Time Warner Cable, they never tell you that they bill one month in advance, so if you don't have a double payment when you sign up, expect late payments each and every month, or face disconnection. Even their late payments have gone up to $7.00 per month. This company is making money hand over fist.

I have had so many problems with Time Warner it isn't funny. When I signed up with them, the techs came in and disconnected all of my computers, because they said they do not specialize in routers. Time Warner paralyzed me and to this day, 5 of my computers are not working with the Internet. I'm stuck with them for two years and have had my service disconnected briefly, because of their bizarre billing. When I called to make my payment, the collector laughed, because she knew that Time Warner had me right where they wanted me.

Once my two year contract is up, I'm out of there and I'll gladly go back to AT&T which I had for over 30 years. Don't make the mistake I did and go with Time Warner, or you will be crying your eyes out monthly. I pay $117.58 for high speed Road Runner and phone and that does not include TV cable (I have no TV cable).

When I first signed up, I was told my bill would be $84.00, but then Time Warner was not able to fulfill my request with a program I use called GoToMeeting, so I had to add on unlimited long distant calling in order to give online Webinars - what a joke. They blamed it on GoToMeeting. This has been one huge disaster and there is no way I can get out of this except to do my time and wait. Never again!

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