Lost Shipment Leaves Customer Double-Billed for One Phone
A Comcast/Xfinity customer's ordered phone shipment went untracked and lost, so the retailer issued a replacement in-store, but the original shipment later arrived, was refused, and returned to the warehouse. Despite confirmation the return was received, the customer continued to be billed for two phones after over 20 hours of support contact, with a later escalation agent refusing to review the account notes or tracking history.
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