Industry Verticals · Telecom & UtilitiesstructuralBillingReporting

AT&T keeps billing for phones that were never delivered

An AT&T customer ordered five new phones but only received three, and despite multiple calls where representatives claimed the issue was resolved, the company has continued charging monthly fees for the two undelivered phones. The customer wants the charges removed and refunded so they can proceed with their upgrade.

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