u/Impossible-Spray-643

Tech Support Demanded We Agree to Changes!!

Our internet was out and we called for tech support. The representative made us agree to changes to our service in order to restore our internet service.

We agreed to the changes only because we needed our internet back.

Then we found out our services had been changed, we lost access to all prior channels, our bill went way up, etc.

Now Xfinity says they won’t restore my “grandfathered” plan.

Listen to the call, Xfinity! You need to restore our plan and fire that representative!

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u/Impossible-Spray-643 — 15 hours ago

Deceptive Plan Change / Fraudulent Consent Obtained During Technical Support Call

Deceptive Plan Change / Fraudulent Consent Obtained During Technical Support Call

Hello,

I am reaching out because a phone support agent committed an unauthorized plan change (slamming) on my account under fraudulent pretenses, my internet remained broken for days, we lost prior services and our bill was increased.

The Incident: In July 2026, I called to get my broken internet fixed. The representative sent a consent link via text and explicitly stated that approving it was a required technical step to deploy the internet fix. The agent also verbally promised my bill would drop and include free Peacock.

At the time this happened, the agent repeatedly reassured us that he was almost done repairing our service and that our service would be restored once we agreed to the changes.

However, once we agreed via the text he sent, he did NOT repair our service!

The Outcome: The agent lied. The link was actually a contract change. My bill has now increased, my legacy services were cut, and the agent failed to fix my internet connection.

Further, we had to go get a new modem and have a technician come out and make additional calls just to get the internet service back - then discovered our bill had increased while our services had been cut.

When the technician came out, in order to add some of our old services back he again changed our plan and now we have sports channels we don’t want and we still don’t have our original basic service back - and our bill is significantly higher!

The Request: I need an official corporate agent to pull the recorded audio/text logs from this interaction, reverse the fraudulent plan modification, reverse changes made during he technician visit, restore my original legacy plan and pricing, reverse any and all charges for services we never asked for or wanted (such as Peacock and sports channels), and credit us for the days without service.

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u/Impossible-Spray-643 — 2 days ago

Deceptive Plan Change / Fraudulent Consent Obtained During Technical Support Call

Deceptive Plan Change / Fraudulent Consent Obtained During Technical Support Call

Hello,

I am reaching out because a phone support agent committed an unauthorized plan change (slamming) on my account under fraudulent pretenses, my internet remained broken for days, we lost prior services and our bill was increased.

The Incident: In July 2026, I called to get my broken internet fixed. The representative sent a consent link via text and explicitly stated that approving it was a required technical step to deploy the internet fix. The agent also verbally promised my bill would drop and include free Peacock.

At the time this happened, the agent repeatedly reassured us that he was almost done repairing our service and that our service would be restored once we agreed to the changes.

However, once we agreed via the text he sent, he did NOT repair our service!

The Outcome: The agent lied. The link was actually a contract change. My bill has now increased, my legacy services were cut, and the agent failed to fix my internet connection.

Further, we had to go get a new modem and have a technician come out and make additional calls just to get the internet service back - then discovered our bill had increased while our services had been cut.

When the technician came out, in order to add some of our old services back he again changed our plan and now we have sports channels we don’t want and we still don’t have our original basic service back - and our bill is significantly higher!

The Request: I need an official corporate agent to pull the recorded audio/text logs from this interaction, reverse the fraudulent plan modification, reverse changes made during he technician visit, restore my original legacy plan and pricing, reverse any and all charges for services we never asked for or wanted (such as Peacock and sports channels), and credit us for the days without service.

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u/Impossible-Spray-643 — 26 days ago

How would you add a whole house humidifier and some sort of fresh air mechanism to this unit?

I want to close this intake in the unfinished basement - it’s too close to the floor and it’s drawing contaminants and humidity into our living spaces. I’d like to add a whole house dehumidifier and a mechanism to bring fresh air from outside. Is this possible?

Our house is crazy dusty and humid. A layer of dust builds up daily, even though I have 8 expensive air cleaners running upstairs. The humidity runs from 65%-88%.

I asked the company that installed and they said the dust and humidity had nothing to do with the HVAc.

However, they also left the cover off the filter slot for three years and charged us $2000 to repair a component that apparently wasn’t our fault. They claimed the repair wasn’t under warranty because we had caused it.

I fired them and am going to get estimates to close the intake so close to the floor - apparently in our state code says that intakes have to be a certain distance from the floor and can’t pull air from unfinished basements, attics, or crawl spaces.

I really want to add a whole house dehumidifier and whatever the mechanism is called that pulls in fresh outside air.

Is it possible or do we tear it out and start over?

We are also addressing other possible contributing factors regarding humidity.

Thanks!

u/Impossible-Spray-643 — 1 month ago

So the HVAC technician…

The company who installed our unit and who we hired to do twice yearly maintenance and tune ups:

Removed the cover to the filter slot, set it aside, and never put it back. This was at least three years ago.

They told us we should stop using a 22x22x filter and instead use a 20x20x1 filter.

Then, they blamed a costly malfunction on us - claiming we weren’t changing the filters and thus were responsible for the repair costs (even though the system was under warranty).

This bothered me so went down after they were done, opened the grill covering the basement air intake box, and there was a decomposing mouse sitting inches from the opening.

I then went to side of the unit and saw that there was no cover where the filter was installed.

I pulled the filter out, put it back, and noticed large gaps on all sides.

After doing some research, I went back l down and found the cover - it was behind pieces of sheetrock leaning against a wall. It was covered in a thick coating of dust and rodent droppings. It had clearly been there for a long time.

Before you start screaming, we are in our 70s and not mechanical. We bought the system 4 years ago. We had it maintained twice a year and did whatever they suggested.

They NEVER mentioned a missing cover, and specifically told us to use the smaller filter size.

u/Impossible-Spray-643 — 2 months ago