Telecom refund promises repeatedly broken after service cancellation
A customer who canceled a telecom service the day after signup, after being sold on service unavailable in their area, was promised a refund multiple times over weeks but instead was billed again and given repeated case-closed denials. The customer had to escalate to their credit card issuer and file a federal complaint to pursue resolution.
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