Is Time Warner mentally retarded..... really??

If you have two or three minutes, enjoy this little online chat script I just had with their billing support people…

User Mark_ has entered room

Analyst Andre Brown has entered room

Andre Brown> Thank you for contacting Time Warner Cable. At the end of our chat you will be given the option of taking a brief survey. My name is Andre. Please give me a moment while I access your account.

Andre Brown> I understand you want to know about your bill, am I correct?

Mark> that is correct

Andre Brown> It will be my pleasure to direct you to the right department in order to get this done for you.

Andre Brown> In order to verify the account, may I have the last four digits of the account holder’s Social Security number? This is to ensure the security of your account information.

Mark> xxxx

Andre Brown> Thank you for the verification.

Andre Brown> After your promotion is over your bill will be $122.59.

Mark> and that will include all of the services I currently have, including the one DVR box and remote, as well as Road Runner?

Andre Brown> No.

Andre Brown> Your bill will be $142.53 for all services.

Mark> can you explain what the 122.59 number was please

Andre Brown> It was without DVR service chagrs and cable box charges.

Mark> i have a letter in the mail that said I can sign up for a 12 month offer, which gives me digital cable and Road Runner standard for $94.95 per month

Andre Brown> It will be my pleasure to direct you to the right department in order to get this done for you.

Andre Brown> I can connect you with one of our chat sales representatives who can explain products, pricing, and special offers in your area. We offer many convenient and cost saving options when you combine two or three bundled products. Remember to ask your sales representative about this! One moment please, while I connect you to our chat sales team. Thank you for contacting Time Warner Cable.

Andre Brown> Please wait, while the problem is escalated to another analyst
Analyst Stan has entered room

Stan> Thank you for contacting Time Warner Cable Online Customer Service, my name is Stan. May I have your complete name please?

Mark> Hi Stan, my name is Mark

analyst Andre Brown has left room

Stan> Hello.

Stan> Thank you for providing your name. How may I assist you today?

Mark> I currently pay $114.64 a month for my time warner bill, and my introductory offer is about to expire, so I am trying to figure out what my bill will be after the expiration

Mark> I received a letter in the mail saying I could get digital cable and Road Runner for $94.95 a month, for 12 months, but I also have a DVR and remote, so I wanted to find the total cost to me once this happens

Mark> The last analyst told me $122.59 without the DVR, and $142.53 with the DVR, but I don’t think that took into account this offer I received in the mail.

Stan> I understand that you are an existing customer of Time Warner Cable and would like to know to figure out what your bill will be after the experiation. Is that correct?

Mark> yes, that is correct

Stan> Sure, I will be glad to assist you.

Stan> May I please confirm what services you are using with Time Warner Cable?

Mark> I currently have Road Runner Standard, Digital Cable, and the DVR service

Stan> Thank you for confirmation.

Stan> I am sure you are enjoying with our Road Runner Internet service you never have to worry about slow uploading or downloading and also enjoying our Digital Cable **** well.

Stan> Please accept my apologies for the miscommunication.

Stan> I am sure you are enjoying with our Road Runner Internet service you never have to worry about slow uploading or downloading and also enjoying our Digital Cable as well.

Stan> May I have your zip code please?

Mark> xxxxx

Stan> Thank you for providing your zip code.

Stan> Can you tell me little more about your Cable and Internet needs so that I may provide you with specific detailed information?

Mark> I currently pay $114.64, I want to keep the same service

Mark> using this 12 month offer of $94.95 I received in the mail, for digital cable and road runner standard, I want to find out my new total bill

Stan> I would like to you inform you that after the promotional period ends, you will be charged the standard rate that is in effect at that time. We suggest that you need to contact our local Time Warner Cable office at the end of your promotional period to determine what other offers are available at that time. Please accept my apologies for the inconvenience caused.

Mark> I thought this was the local Time Warner Cable office, that was what I was trying to do

Mark> I must have been mistaken

lol

Holy fuck. By the way, you got PM…

No ability of any sort of thought process on the Time Warner end of the phone…

Yea, that is about how well my chat went when I was trying to ask questions about road runner. Are these people out sourced for chat?

Sourced out to a 2nd grade classroom maybe?

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And the worst part is, I still have no fucking clue how much my bill is going to be!

You try calling the local number? lol

I’ll just end up talking to those assholes again!

It disgusts me that you can’t even speak to a real person anymore with so many things. I mean, where do they get the stones to call it customer service?

wtf are you talking about??

Walk into a LOCAL office

Call the LOCAL number

You will get a LOCAL person

I didn’t know the internet was 1 geographic place lol

I keep getting automated phone calls saying that USPS returned my bill back to them… but I’m signed up for paperless billing, lol.

I don’t think the “local” number goes here, pretty sure it just bounces on to another country :stuck_out_tongue:

So you want to talk to someone local, is that correct?

Go to the actual office. Good luck.

Uh well the local number in Buffalo goes to the Buffalo call center…

Tech Support issues might goto Portland

They don’t goto another country

Mother fucker. I just called the local 585 number, some Indian guy answered, started to say his name, and then he hung up on me by accident. :banghead:

Was his name Peggy?

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Ahh, finally, I talked to a human!! My bill is only going up $1.00 after this new promotion fee, but I did learn something:

They charge you for “HD Tier” - $4.99 a month. I figured that was my HD channels, but it’s not. This is just a set of 5 channels that no one watches, consisting of (Smithsonian HD, Smithsonian HD on demand, the farming channel, MGM, and Universal). So, as a bit of advice to all of you, you may want to call in and save yourself that $4.99 a month!

My wife just made me call and order those… I believe that we now have EVERY channel. Ridiculous.

That convo totally made me lol.

If I didn’t get free cable/internet I could never justify paying $100+ a month for cable.

I don’t watch it enough