Telecom verbal no-charge promises for service calls are not honored on the bill
Customers who receive explicit verbal confirmation of no charge for a service visit, from both sales reps and onsite technicians, are later billed anyway and must fight for weeks across multiple calls to get a promised credit applied. Support agents repeatedly confirm the credit is coming, but it does not arrive, and the charge is eventually declared valid despite prior assurances.
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