AT&T Promotional Phone Offer Results in Undisclosed Monthly Charges
An AT&T customer added a line under a verbally promised free-phone promotion but was later billed monthly installments for the device after the company claimed no record of the offer existed. Repeated support contacts failed to locate call or billing history that would confirm the original promotion, leaving the customer overcharged and unable to get resolution.
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