Complaint Review: Qwest - Internet
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Qwest Wireless Reported me to collection agency after 7 years Phoenix Internet
*UPDATE Employee: Have them check the notes
*UPDATE Employee: Have them check the notes
*UPDATE Employee: Have them check the notes
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I had Qwest wireless back in 2002 or 2003, (can't remember exactly) and at the time was disputing a $200 contract cancellation fee they began charging me after I canceled my service for mistakes they had made on my bill. I kept the home phone service, and still have it now in 2008.
As I recall in the best way my memory can offer me after 7 years, Qwest was charging me full-price for something that the customer service rep had told me was either free or at a lower discounted price when I first ordered the service. After disputing this on the phone with Qwest several times over a few months or so, trying in vain to get them to adjust my bill to show the proper lower charges, I finally called and canceled the service out of sheer disgust over the whole thing.
The next billing cycle they then added a $200 cancellation fee. Upset because I thought this was unfair, I called to dispute the $200, explaining why I had cancelled my service in the first place -- because they were charging me for something the customer service rep said was free. I told them I felt I didn't deserve to be charged the $200 because it was Qwest who had messed up by misleading me into thinking I was getting a free (or discounted) item upon signing up for wireless.
So, after the next couple of billing statements, I saw that the $200 had been dropped, and I was happy that I had gotten through to them, and they had apparently agreed to drop the charges. For the next few years the $200 was gone from my bill, and I figured that was the end of it.
Well, not so fast. Now, in late 2008 I suddenly get a collection notice in the mail for the Qwest $200, along with $80 for a past wireless bill, for a total of $280, some 7 years after the fact! Talk about a cheap shot! Not only did they not let it go, but now they come after me years later with the collection company -- and they're the ones who screwed up!
I'm posting this here because I want other people to be aware of Qwest's deceptive and ongoing questionable business practices. Seems since the economy is so bad now, this company will do anything to make money.
Glsmas
Scottsdale, Arizona
U.S.A.
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#3 UPDATE Employee
Have them check the notes
AUTHOR: Anonymous - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, January 22, 2009
Nine out of 10 times, if you call in, and have the rep check the notes, there will be a note in their stating "credit Early Termination Fee charges." If that note is in there, it is simple for a billing rep to seize collections and do a credit reversal to take the dent off your credit report. Most Qwest reps, such as myself try to take good notes. The credit that appeared on your bill for the $200 was because that bill automatically slips away from your main portion of the bill because you must of had other Qwest services. That is so the $200 termination fee wont make other parts of your service show up as being paid late. To protect your other services for being shut off for late or non pay. To be sure that the amount has really been dropped, I would sign up with online billing, so that way you can view anything to do with your account. Crediting early termination fees gets reps looked down apon, so I have seen them lazy and write it down in the notes to credit it, so someone else can handle it.

#2 UPDATE Employee
Have them check the notes
AUTHOR: Anonymous - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, January 22, 2009
Nine out of 10 times, if you call in, and have the rep check the notes, there will be a note in their stating "credit Early Termination Fee charges." If that note is in there, it is simple for a billing rep to seize collections and do a credit reversal to take the dent off your credit report. Most Qwest reps, such as myself try to take good notes. The credit that appeared on your bill for the $200 was because that bill automatically slips away from your main portion of the bill because you must of had other Qwest services. That is so the $200 termination fee wont make other parts of your service show up as being paid late. To protect your other services for being shut off for late or non pay. To be sure that the amount has really been dropped, I would sign up with online billing, so that way you can view anything to do with your account. Crediting early termination fees gets reps looked down apon, so I have seen them lazy and write it down in the notes to credit it, so someone else can handle it.

#1 UPDATE Employee
Have them check the notes
AUTHOR: Anonymous - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, January 22, 2009
Nine out of 10 times, if you call in, and have the rep check the notes, there will be a note in their stating "credit Early Termination Fee charges." If that note is in there, it is simple for a billing rep to seize collections and do a credit reversal to take the dent off your credit report. Most Qwest reps, such as myself try to take good notes. The credit that appeared on your bill for the $200 was because that bill automatically slips away from your main portion of the bill because you must of had other Qwest services. That is so the $200 termination fee wont make other parts of your service show up as being paid late. To protect your other services for being shut off for late or non pay. To be sure that the amount has really been dropped, I would sign up with online billing, so that way you can view anything to do with your account. Crediting early termination fees gets reps looked down apon, so I have seen them lazy and write it down in the notes to credit it, so someone else can handle it.


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