How does this work legally, are you acting as an agent, proxy or other authorized representative of the customer, when interacting with the vendor? On the topic of security: is the customer's identity information, e.g. authorization passcodes required by the vendor, deleted from your database after the transaction is complete? You may also want to add some details on encryption.
Great question! In this case, you should of us as a highly trained personal assistant who is helping you cancel your Comcast. We help manage all the crappy parts of the process behind the scenes, but you're still the person actually doing the cancellation.
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#72The second-worst experience I had with cancelling a service was with Comcast. Briefly: called up, told operator I wanted to cancel, they put me through to a special sales team attempting to keep me, eventually I pushed it through. The real magic happens during the conversation with the sales rep; he asks why I want to cancel, I explain that the cost is high relative to the quality. He offers me more cost effective pa…
I had AT&T U-verses before switching to comcast and AT&T are no saints either.
Is there a company that's honest with its customers?
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#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
When I called to cancel my account I told them I was moving out of the country. Total lie, but it made the cancelation process really easy.
Yup. That's how I cancelled Comcast. Me: "I'm moving." Clerk: "Oh, where to? We can set up your service ahead of time so it's ready when you---" Me: "Ireland." Clerk (disappointed): "Oh."
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#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
If the sales rep was arguing for you not to use auto pay he is the worst sales rep of all time.
What an amazing story. Thanks for checking out our site and sharing that. Pretty crazy to imagine the incentives Comcast must put in place to get sales reps to act like that.
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#75I ran my connection 24/7 for a month, pulled 33TB of data down, they dropped me as a customer. Most pain free process, and a nice fuck you to Comcast as well.
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#76Am I the only one who never had trouble canceling? The process was just this: 1. Call, specify your account info, and say you're canceling. 2. They confirm that it's canceled and tell you to return the cable box (and modem, if you're renting one) to the local office. 3. You either put them in a big box out front, or if you're paranoid like me, you wait in line so that you get a receipt. 4. In a couple weeks, you get…
Re: Show HN: Cancel your Comcast in 5 minutes
#77The second-worst experience I had with cancelling a service was with Comcast. Briefly: called up, told operator I wanted to cancel, they put me through to a special sales team attempting to keep me, eventually I pushed it through. The real magic happens during the conversation with the sales rep; he asks why I want to cancel, I explain that the cost is high relative to the quality. He offers me more cost effective pa…
I'm sick of comcast and its hidden fees. Their promotion last for one year and they never inform the customer (conveniently) soon after it expires. The bill keeps piling up and when you call them one day to cancel, they feed you some bs on downgrading to a basic package or even reducing your current internet speed. I had AT&T U-verses before switching to comcast and AT&T are no saints either. Is there a company that'…
I've signed up for promo plans from Comcast before, and made a note in my calendar it is expiring. Never had a problem with pushing for another promo when it is about to expire. If there is, then I'll reduce my service or switch providers (if I need to), but there is never any surprise that a promo is for a specific duration and when that ends I'll be paying the full price.
What DOES get me is their constant rate hikes outside of promotions, and that is a completely separate issue.
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#78Hey HN, I was moving to Thailand ~6 months ago and I had to cancel my Comcast. Cancelling took way too long and was surprisingly frustrating. From talking with other people it seemed like the cancellation process was really frustrating for other people too, so we made this. My partner Eli (HN username: EliPollak) and I really want your feedback more than anything. We’re planning to expand into fixing other processes…
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#79This reminds me of that documentary.
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#80Hey HN, I was moving to Thailand ~6 months ago and I had to cancel my Comcast. Cancelling took way too long and was surprisingly frustrating. From talking with other people it seemed like the cancellation process was really frustrating for other people too, so we made this. My partner Eli (HN username: EliPollak) and I really want your feedback more than anything. We’re planning to expand into fixing other processes…
How about landlord negotiations? When your landlord tries to raise your rent to above-market rates, it's a pain to look up what the fair rate is and then draft a competent counteroffer letter.