Telecom Sends Wrong Equipment Then Requires Hours on Hold to Cancel
AT&T ships incorrect equipment for an order, then requires customers to spend hours on hold to cancel and arrange returns. The double failure — wrong fulfillment plus inaccessible support — turns a correctable error into a significant customer burden. This reflects a gap between order management accuracy and cancellation self-service.
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