AT&T Retail Store Employees Make Service Promises That Corporate Refuses to Honor
AT&T in-store staff make explicit commitments about service transfers and pricing that AT&T's corporate systems do not honor. This retail-to-corporate disconnect leaves customers locked into plans based on promises that were never authorized. The incentive misalignment between store sales targets and corporate service delivery creates predictable customer harm at sign-up.
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