Telecom trade-in credits go untracked despite repeated resolution promises
A customer who mailed in two phones for trade-in credit was billed in full and told repeatedly over two years that the credit issue was resolved, when it never was. Front-line support and in-store staff could not actually track or fix the underlying credit-application failure.
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