Comcast Loses Returned Phone and Holds Customer Liable
A customer returned equipment to a Comcast store with email confirmation but the phone was lost, and Comcast corporate refused to accept the return as valid. Two years later, the unresolved debt appeared on the customer's credit report. This exposes a systemic gap between store-level acceptance policies and corporate accountability at major ISPs.
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