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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 06:43 PM Aug 2018

Did YOU pay MY cable bill?

I was on the phone yesterday speaking with customer service for Xfinity (Comcast) cable TV/internet.
When we finished, I told her I wanted to pay my monthly bill.
She switched me over to their automated payment line.

If you use their automated payment line, there is no fee.
If you pay with a real person online, there is a fee.

After verifying my info with the automated menu, I was asked if I wanted to pay using my checking account ending in #xxxx on file.
I said yes; they then texted me a receipt to my phone. (I wasn't thinking)

Then I got to thinking last evening. I have no billing info on file for payment, (I don't like keeping that info 'on file')
and the last four digits of the checking account (#xxxx) they cited is not my checking account.

I called them back today and told them they must have charged someone else’s checking account.

They just kept telling me, repeatedly:
I paid yesterday
I have a zero balance (in fact, for some reason it shows a $16 credit)
There is nothing they can do about having charged the wrong person’s checking account,
unless that person contacts them. Then they’ll credit that person and contact me for payment.

They assure me they’ll not disconnect my service if that other person wants their money back. They'll call me for payment.

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Did YOU pay MY cable bill? (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Aug 2018 OP
You're Welcome genxlib Aug 2018 #1
It could have been me True Dough Aug 2018 #2
You just caused my to spew beer on my monitor! Va Lefty Aug 2018 #6
As long as you don't expect me True Dough Aug 2018 #8
No, you've got enough on that card paying for that cable bill and all. Va Lefty Aug 2018 #9
Good one JDC Aug 2018 #12
Did you just get a new cell phone number? hlthe2b Aug 2018 #3
No left-of-center2012 Aug 2018 #4
So THATS why I had an extra charge to Comcast on my account this month!! Docreed2003 Aug 2018 #5
Everyone pays someone else's bill when p0rn is involved. Gives everyone plausible deniability. unblock Aug 2018 #7
When one looks up incompetence in the dictionary, the name Comcast should show. blue neen Aug 2018 #10
In Consumer Report magazine ... left-of-center2012 Aug 2018 #13
It isn't any wonder. blue neen Aug 2018 #14
WOW!!!!! Doreen Aug 2018 #11

hlthe2b

(102,328 posts)
3. Did you just get a new cell phone number?
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 06:49 PM
Aug 2018

If someone had registered their cell phone with their checking account for payment purposes on their own account and then later got a new phone number, it is possible it came up. That's the risk of not 'clearing the slate' on some of these electronic registrations...

Just a thought.

blue neen

(12,327 posts)
10. When one looks up incompetence in the dictionary, the name Comcast should show.
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 07:17 PM
Aug 2018

You know, it figures that they have screwed up royally here, but it's going to take the actual customers to correct the mistake. That's just plain wrong.

Comcast's level of idiocy and stupidity is confirmed everyday by those of us who have to deal with them.
They should be held criminally liable for the problems they cause for people. I had a Tech scheduled to fix a connectivity issue last week; of course, the Tech never showed, after we waited at home for hours. I called Comcast to get our guaranteed $20 credit, only to find out the Customer Service Rep I'd spoken to the night before never bothered to set up the Tech's appointment with us!

They make me sick. I feel sorry for the mess they've caused for you and some other unsuspecting customer.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
11. WOW!!!!!
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 07:24 PM
Aug 2018

I will be brave enough to tell you all ( because I know you are all honest ) that my number ends in xxxx also! My biggest problem with them is that they will not do auto withdrawal at a time when I have money in the bank. I have to call.

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