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AT&T Agent Misquoted iPhone Upgrade Promotion to Customer

A telecom sales agent verbally promised a $200 gift card promotion that turned out not to exist as described. This is an individual consumer complaint about sales misrepresentation at a carrier store. No software solution angle is present.

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