In-Store Sales Reps' Verbal Promises on Device Installment Terms Are Not Honored by Corporate Escalation
A customer was verbally assured by a carrier's retail sales rep that a device installment plan could be paid off early without losing promotional credits, only to learn afterward this was false and that early payoff voids the credits under a 36-month contract. Corporate escalation dismissed the verbal promise as unverifiable hearsay, leaving the customer with no recourse despite a documented pattern of issues at that store location.
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