Telecom Sales Reps Promise Discounts That Are Never Applied to the Bill
A new business customer was promised a loyalty discount on an AT&T internet plan, verbally reconfirmed by chat support, but the discount never appeared across four billing cycles and a manager later admitted the offer was fabricated to count the sign-up toward a new-account sales metric. The customer cites BBB complaints suggesting this fake-discount pattern is a recurring sales practice rather than an isolated incident.
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