Originally posted by: wchou
Originally posted by: chronokefka
You bastards. Stop calling in with this pointless crap. I have to deal with all the idiots who just came off promotions and can't handle paying another 20 bucks a month for internet.
why not? if dsl is cheaper, far cheaper 14.99 to 24.99 for 1.5mbit/384k or 3.0mbit/512k
i'm at pro 29.99 and renewing will save me 5.00.. cable are a ripoff. customer who call in to save money are most wise and should be complimented.
I apologize for my rant. I was pretty pissy then, since I was forced to work the Baltimore billing queue. The number of idiots within Baltimore is only rivalled by the number of idiots in the Montgomery County area, and it really gets on my nerves when I have to do Bill Explanation instead of the Tech support I (kinda..in a psychotic way) love. I'm actually paying twice as much for my internet, and I would jump on any chance to get it lower...but Commercial accounts don't usually get promos. And some people actually want high-speed-like internet. I don't think I could handle going down to something slower than my 10/1 connection anymore, I'm just too addicted to the 1.2MB/s downloads.
Originally posted by: kickerf1
I worked for Comcast and you can only in the past my last month of employment with them was back in June and you could only get that 19.95 if you're a new subscriber. Also, there's no downtime at date of installation if you are a comcast cable suscriber
What you were taught//told, and what you are actually allowed to do to keep customers are two different things. I find myself bending or outright breaking the rules to follow the stupid ComCast motto 'Think Customer First'...not that most of the CSRs/TSRs/CAEs actually follow this.
And as the OP said, YMMV, since most CSRs are only allowed to give a certain amount for retention each day/week/month, and you might have just gotten unlucky.