Trapped in Upgrade Saga

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Hi All
I'm suffering through what should be an easy upgrade process.&nbsp; Hoping some of you can give me guidance on whether this is common.
I'm a 20+ year internet and phone customer.&nbsp; Decided I have had it with DirecTV and called Cox to add the Contour service.&nbsp; Their sales teams were great - they passed me to the retention team to find me the best offer as an existing customer.&nbsp; I also have Cox for my business phone and internet too.&nbsp; Not sure if that matters at all.
They found me a fair package pretty close to that new signups would get.&nbsp; 500MB internet, all the TV i wanted, DVR and no changes to phone.&nbsp; Call that price A.
I get the boxes (not new, btw, and still had food on them from the last owner.&nbsp; Whatever.) and install them with no issues.&nbsp; I notice my DVR is not working, so call retention.&nbsp; They try to re-sell me DVR which was already included, but quickly find a promo to add the service for free.&nbsp; I also wanted to add premium channels, which they were quickly able to find.&nbsp; But when they told me my new rate it was sky high.&nbsp; Made no sense.
The rep then had system issues (i believed her) and passed me to another.&nbsp; I told him my package was wrong, and was $73 more per month than agreed.&nbsp; He started the "lets find you the best package" thing.&nbsp; I just want what I already signed up for.&nbsp; He couldn't get to that price and basically said to take his best offer ($23 higher than committed earlier) or he could kill the service.&nbsp; I was not happy.
He noticed a bunch of opened then cancelled orders on my account, and very few notes from the 3-4 reps I had already dealt with.&nbsp; Embedded in one of the cancelled orders was my original configuration and original price.&nbsp; So now he at least believed me.&nbsp; He started some process with some super team to try to get me the promised price and services, which he said could take 5-10 days.
I'm waiting, but I feel massively bait and switched.&nbsp; If i hadn't checked I would not have seen the error for a full billing cycle.&nbsp; Beginning to wonder whether I made the right choice.
So I now still have 300MB internet, no DVR, no premiums, and paying $73 per month more than they sold me on.
The weird order cancellations make me think that sales reps are massively gaming their system.&nbsp; The final retention rep as much as admitted that that was exactly what happened, and that I was only lucky since I caught it and there was some record of the original commitment.
Has this happened to anyone else?&nbsp; Any guidance on how to get to the finish line is much appreciated.

bruce · Answer

Cox could have provisioned your account with all those features (500 Mbps, highest TV package, all premiums channels, DVR and free telephone) at not only Price-A...but cheaper...because prices are highly negotiable.
For example, we have a Property Manager at our condo community and when he/she started the job, a Cox rep gave a sweet quid pro quo.
Because we have a kiosk-type area in our clubhouse and our Manager has frequent conversations with residents, Cox would give free service at his/her personal residence for a few favors.
1.&nbsp; Prominently display all Cox pamphlets at the kiosk2.&nbsp; Inconspicuously display any material of other competitors3.&nbsp; Store a restock supply of Cox pamphlets on-site4.&nbsp; Regularly assess and restock Cox pamphlets5.&nbsp; Dispose of any outdated material of other competitors6.&nbsp; If a resident seeks advice, recommend Cox7.&nbsp; Speak favorably of Cox
I don't recall the details of the service at the personal residence, but I do remember it had all premium channels.&nbsp; It was kinda funny because although the Manager agreed to the deal, he/she purposely did the opposite of the deal.&nbsp; You could insert the word "Not" in front of each favor and it's essentially what he/she did.&nbsp; The Manager just didn't like the idea of trying to be bought off.

jonathanj · Answer

@JimGD3

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bearone2 · Answer

that's the plan i'm doing as well &amp; see 430+ both wired/wireless, except for the 2 dell laptops you know all about....they've actually come up from 20 down to 60+ down thru their own router..

jimgd3 · Answer

An update.&nbsp; Heard back from the escalation team and they approved some configuration for me.&nbsp; The price is higher than I had already agreed to, and there are no specifics on what is covered.&nbsp; Just so needless.&nbsp; Could use some advice on how to proceed.&nbsp; Thanks

jimgd3 · Answer

Case closed.&nbsp; Social media team got me to a retention supervisor.&nbsp; All is fixed and i have the configuration they committed to in the beginning.&nbsp; I'm glad they fixed it and did what was right.&nbsp; I'm still disappointed in the difficulty of the process.&nbsp; Things should be easier.

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