AT&T retroactively denies promised trade-in credits after 6 months
A customer completed two phone trade-ins with written AT&T confirmation of $1,449 in total credits, and for six months multiple agents said the credits would post next cycle. Only in month seven was the customer told, for the first time, that their plan did not qualify, despite a supervisor admitting in writing the customer should have been informed earlier; the final offer was $225 instead of the promised amount.
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