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Friday, April 10th, 2020 6:24 PM

ATT erroneous billing for NO SERVICE

I need resolution on ATT billing me for service I have not had for 2 years

ACE - Expert

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5 years ago

You won’t get resolution here. This forum iis not customer support.

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Their customer support is pretty toothless.....

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5 years ago

I have been TRYING to resolve this with ATT/DirecTV for months now. The service was SUPPOSED to have been disconnected in May of 2018 (yes, almost two years ago now) and WAS NOT. I did not receive packing materials or label to return the equipment at that time either!

I had just discovered December 26, 2019 that I had inadvertently been paying (autopay out of my checking account via debit VISA card ending in *4820) for DirecTV account number [EDITED per Community Guidelines] since May 22 of 2018 - WHEN IT WAS SUPPOSEDLY DISCONNECTED.

EVERY TIME I converse with ATT representatives they assure me that this will be straightened out. I has never happened. I was supposedly going to be refunded at least part of the huge amount that was collected from me for services I did not have. THAT has never happened either.

ATT was supposedly not going to be billing me any longer - THAT was a lie as well. I had to resort to stopping payment from the debit card you were continuing to charge. Wells Fargo took care of that - they had to delete the card to do it.

Almost immediately after the card was cancelled, I began getting ATT requests to send them another card number to continue their rampant auto-billing (auto-theft is more like it) for service I don't have and haven't had for going on two years.

Wells Fargo Bank then reversed charges for the last two months' payments that they took from my account, and THAT is the amount they now wish to have me pay to you, for service that I have not had since May of 2018.

Now they are threatening me with collections, for the amount that Wells Fargo reversed from them. AND I cannot get hold of anyone to tell them to cease and desist!

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ACE - Expert

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To cancel and to dispute that it should have already been canceled, you have to call. When you get the voice system say "cancel" which should route you directly. Be prepared for the very long hold times though because of Covid-19.

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The concern is that with the excessive amount of time it has been (2 years), that is well beyond the 60 day dispute policy. Paying for that long would say to any company that you were fine with the service still active.

Since agents wouldn't expect to able to credit that far back, they probably had to escalate it higher for review. So it is very likely that the request was declined because of too much time has passed. When you call and get their retention/cancelation department, I would request a supervisor to give it the last shot with them. Beyond that something like a complaint filed with the BBB could be an option, I just wouldn't get your hopes up.

Going forward be aware of your finances so if something doesn't seem right then you can take care of it within reasonable time. Don't ignore bills or bank account for months, let alone years.

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