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Complaint Review: BellSouth,Bellsouth Internet Services, BellSouth Residential Services, BellSouth Small Business - Jacksonville, Orange Park Florida

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  • BellSouth,Bellsouth Internet Services, BellSouth Residential Services, BellSouth Small Business 301 W Bay Street Jacksonville, Orange Park, Florida U.S.A.

BellSouth, Bellsouth Internet Services, BellSouth Residential Services, BellSouth Small Business REBATE SCANDLE AND CON!!! DSL FRAUD! TERRIBLE SERVICE! BOLD FACE LIARS! Jacksonville Florida, Orange Park Florida

*UPDATE Employee: Bellsouth Required to Mail Customer Bills Monthly

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BellSouth FastAccess Internet Service:

** 50 Cash back is available for online orders only.

** Customer must return coupon within 30 days of receipt.

Customer will be mailed rebate check for $50 within 45 days of BellSouth's receipt of completed coupon. Customer responsible for all taxes and governmental fees on BellSouth FastAccess Service and Equipment. Taxes are computed on original charges.

Customer must keep service for 12 months otherwise $50
termination fee may apply.

Limited time offer. BellSouth reserves the right to discontinue or change this promotion at any time. These Terms and Conditions shall control in the event of a conflict with the Terms and Conditions provided to you either in your Self Install kit or during your Professional Installation. By submitting this Rebate form to BellSouth, you agree to the Terms and Conditions set forth.

Hello, my name is Mike. The above small fine print was at the bottom of my REBATE coupon. Notice the above statement "Customer must return coupon within 30 days of receipt." Now look at what is also on the REBATE coupon that was sent me:
"Attach the front page of your BellSouth phone bill (or a copy) with your name and account information. (Please send one page only and do not send your payment to this address).

So the idea is this; Once you get a bill in the mail from BellSouth you will need to attach your coupon to the bill and mail it in for your REBATE. The scam is simple, all BellSouth has to do is not send you a bill for 1 month and your REBATE expires!..:) Nice little scam wouldnt you say.

I have not received a bill from BellSouth in over 2 months. Which means my REBATE is well over expired. I'm sitting here waiting for my bill that states my current service purchased and I never get one! That is $100.00 dollars for the DSL modem rebate and $50.00 dollars for the service rebate. I lost $150.00 dollars!!! I called BellSouth customer service over 6 times and each time I was assured my bill would come on specified dates. When my bill would not show up, I called again and a new date was given. These bold face lies just continued. Multiple times BellSouth has not only lied to me but has given me false information regarding my account. For instance, I signed up for DSL service on the internet and purchased a Static IP address at the time I signed up. After my IP address changed several times I called BellSouth to find out what was going on. They told me that my static IP just went into service. When my IP address changed 2 more times I called and they said I never ordered a static IP..???!!!! What the!!! This type of bull crap from BellSouth is killing me. Please do not fall victim to this type of service from BellSouth!!!!

Mike
Orange Park, Florida
U.S.A.

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#1 UPDATE Employee

Bellsouth Required to Mail Customer Bills Monthly

AUTHOR: Kerrie - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Saturday, April 10, 2004

Bellsouth is required to mail customer bills on a monthly basis. The only exception to this is when a customer applies for ebill service. My experience with many of my customers is that they apply for this service on the Bellsouth website that allows you to "waive" the option of a paper bill (very clearly stated) and have your bills emailed to you. I have found in many cases, customer forget they have done this or change their email address. Bellsouth has no way of keeping up with this type of change. Therefore, it is the customer's responsibility to make sure if they want to receive paper bills they need to cancel the service the same way they applied for it..on the website. You always have the option of printing a copy of your bill online, also (it is always posted monthly). I am sorry you have had a hard time with your rebate, but I can personally say there is no "scam" involved with our advertised rebates. I also make it a point to go out of my way for all of my customers...and I do it honestly.

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