hidden fees
We don't mean to influence the
"Worst Company In America" voting, but check this out: if you call Comcast and ask them to stop sending you anything other than your bill, they'll agree but quietly slap you with a $1.99 "change of service" fee. Like most made-up, totally indefensible fees from cable and cell phone companies, Ian found that a chat with a customer service agent can get the fee removed.
Update: Comcast has
responded to this and apologized for the fee.
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hidden fees
Brooks is a DirecTV customer, and he wrote in to warn other DirecTV customers to watch out for a shady "Protection Plan" the company signed him up for against his permission:
- I was not told anything about a "standard policy" to sign me up for the protection plan upon having warranty work done.
- I specifically declined to sign up when pitched on the idea.
- I was signed up anyways.
- I received the letter stating that there would be no charge.
- They attempted to charge a cancellation fee for canceling a plan I never agreed to.
- I had to waste time and energy to haggle to get the charges off, when it really should have been a simple fix.
Read Brooks' full DirecTV encounter after the jump.
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