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Report: #1343128

Complaint Review: AT&T - Nationwide

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  • Reported By: Lawrence — Rapidan Virginia USA
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AT&T Bait and switch, fraud Nationwide

*General Comment: Incorrect

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I upgraded 2 phones to receive my free Gear VR for both. They are refusing to send them. I have transcripts were I was told pre purchase I would get. I ordered 2 phones and was promised before hand I would receive 2 VR's. I have spoken to 21 people now and have opened an escalation ticket ERA44700000035.

AT&T even informed me to drive 30 Miles to a retail store and they would handle it. They didnt. Now we are wasting my money on unnecessary drives. This is ridiculous. Honor your offer.I went to facebook. Where your social media agent informed me I placed my order on the 9th and the promotion was only good till the 8th. I placed my order on the 8th.

Here is the pre chat transcript and other contacts. Lawrence : do you know when the offer expires Steve : Let me check on that for you. Just a moment please Steve : It's not lising an end date that I can see normally promotions end at the end of each month Lawrence : im also checking Steve : Great Lawrence : The only reason i am upgrading is to get the vr. If i upgrade and cant get it im afraid Steve : You won't have any problem getting it if you upgrade today Lawrence : Ok I will save this chat. Lawrence : Thank you Steve : You're so welcome. Is there anything else I can help you with tonight? Reference Number: 743753963735694923 DATE/TIME: 2016-12-08 17:45:30

Here are my order confirmation sent via email. Order Number: www.att.com/checkmyorder/omhub.rt?onum=21-30110037262234521-301100372622345 Your order was placed: 9:05 p.m. ET December 8, 2016 Order Number: www.att.com/checkmyorder/omhub.rt?onum=21-30110037262212521-301100372622125 Your order was placed: 9:02 p.m. ET December 8, 2016

I have wasted over 5 hours on the phone and chats speaking with AT&T. I have been transferred 19 times out of 6 calls. Here is where your facebook agent clearly didnt look into my order and said I didnt qualify even though your chat agent above said Order now in which I did. I sent both the transcripts for the chat and order confirmations to the facebook agent and it;s been ignored.

Hello Lawrence, I have looked further into your concerns. After researching further into the PROMO and when you signed up. I did see that the PROMO was though Nov 25,2016 - Dec 8, 2016. Unfortunately when you upgraded it was on Dec 9th 2016 after the PROMO had ended. I do apologize but unfortunately you did not qualify for the PROMO going on for the Free Samsung Gear VR with your two phones. If you do have any questions please DM us and we can address those. I will be out of the office for two days. I will be back in the office Friday and I will message you back. I hope we chat soon. On a side not all your account information is on public feed so if you can please delete it so nobody can access your account since again this is a public feed. - KyleY Social Media Specialist.

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#1 General Comment

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AUTHOR: Tyg - (USA)

POSTED: Wednesday, December 14, 2016

 While YOU may have been in contact the last day of the promotion, if it was after a certain time it WOULD show up on the next day. This is just one of the perils of doing things online. YOU do it without ever getting off your rump and EXPECT that the same time frames are going to be attached as if YOU did this IN A STORE!!! There is paperwork and data entry that MUST be addressed. This means it can take a bit of time. And lets not forget the FACT that YOU are NOT the only lazy SOB who is doing it ONLINE!!!! If YOU REALLY wanted the VR headset then YOU should have gone into the STORE to do your upgrade on that last day. It REALLY is an issue of the medium YOU CHOSE to use.

YOU are expecting that THEY are going to back track and just give you the items when by thier records, which is the ONLY record they are going to believe, YOU are a day late. Did YOU perhaps think that everything that needs to be done to activate a new device on a upgrade is going to happen immediatly?? Have YOU forgotten that the REAL WORLD doesnt move at the same speed as YOUR computer loads? Things take time to happen and in this instance YOU get boned because of it. NOT A RIPOFF!!!!!!Just YOU being too late to take advantage of a FREEBIE!!!! NOT that YOU have actually been ripped off, but that YOU were too late and YOU dont think its fair because in YOUR mind the moment you agreed to the update it was REAL. The reality is much different then the assumptions YOU have made. As someone who used to work for a cellphone carrier I know how long it can take to complete even a basic activation. SOmetimes its quick and sometimes it take HOURS!!!

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