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Recently, our service was renewed with so-called shaw's fibre 1.5 GB. We've been a shaw customer for over a decade plus now. However, my mother was initially not aware of the shaw's salesman trying to upgrade the service with a contract renewal, despite being happy with our service and the billing amount on a monthly basis. The person over the recorded phone line kept telling her to get the upgrade and she knows the benefit of an upgraded internet with fibre wiring. Next we got the new router that is meant to be a faster technological "advance + capable" of acquiring higher fibre without the wire from fibre hub *facepalm* I died a little inside hearing all the lies about everything but, focus on the speed or so-called fibre 1.5 GB speed. My question is how is that possible without having proper infrastructure upgrades involved? That was the first red flag which doesn't make any sense to me? Does it for you? On to the third lie or un-ethical sales tactic used over the phone to convince the naive mother of mine is that the speed will be higher. Another lie is that the router heated up within the first 15 minutes of activation. So, I'm thinking 'this technological innovation' is lagging capability to say the least. The speed was below what it used to be very low in fact. I'm going to attach the 2 speed test 800 mbps on slower internet prior to the so-called fibre upgrade. (Please see the two images). Faster one being on the older router technology. Next, the contract gets renewed, with a payment that is not agreeable with us compared to the older rate on month-to-month. We spend 5-7 hours with various representatives to get our internet connected. Since, new router was heating up they weren't transparent about telling us to reactivate the older one that was working due to the legal liability factors. So, the rude unconcerned retention department representative 'showed' actable concern of not having internet for the next 10-12 days until the next service provider set-up with actual fibre ability to upgrade not just by random router delivery. NEXT, is the worst part. She showed fake concern and canceled our home's internet and we had to call again but they would not accept that the new router is offline and we have to use the older one which was already installed. NEXT - worst thing about SHAW's deceptive nature; they gave us the internet essential but, I had to figure out that the older router is the only functioning one. They could be upfront about this as well but that would just make them look bad (no hope for this company). The worst is yet to come! Trust me these guys have lost all the respect and credibility we're never going back duh! (turning away from being a loyal customer for decades). Cutting the story details short: Bill credits agreed upon the initial conversation was for -250 credits & and, a cash back. Upon increasing the date of cancellation by their initial mistake, sales tactics or trapping in to the falsely advertised fibre "router" are coming down to only $95 as cash back. Lessons to learn: be careful of sales people, all do not have your best interest and shop around because that is your right as a customer in the information era. Definitely going to seek legal advice on this b/c it's all too ridiculous. SPEED DROPPED FROM 800 MBPS from older router to Barely at 300 MBPS with the new system.
6 years ago
They're seriously trying to charge us a 300 hundred dollar cancellation fee during covid, really? Also the area were moving to isnt even serviced through shaw! There is literally no way we would be able to keep shaw due to the move on top of just how unethical it is to charge such ridiculous fees during this, its not like people want to have to cut bills and remove useful services After how rude the call service agent was about it even if we do get internet again anytime soon and somehow live in an area with shaw services we will not be utilizing them again. read more
6 years ago
I didn't have a choice but to go with Shaw... my apartment building doesn't get Telus. I got some sort of contact promo for their internet 300... IT'S WORSE THAN THEIR INTERNET 100. I have online lectures and the internet died and my lecture isn't recorded. If you want reliable internet DO NOT go with Shaw. I regret it 100%. read more
3 years ago
My Shaw internet does not even cover my entire house so I have to get a booster But I have to beat it Because I hate change. They called us a few days before our contract was about to end (I didn't even know that ) to promise for a lower price with faster internet. after my new contract got renewed my internet was worse than before . my speed was almost zero !! And they blame our house hold with 4 people. when I asked for tech support they did not come until 8 days but tech reported they came 6 days after . They want me to pull part of my deck ! Then they promised to come back and they did not come back until another 5-7 days . they Changed my modem and it worked for an hour ! Then we called again . This time they blamed their old cable . at this point I have not worked for almost 10 days and They told me that that's a lot why can do is wait for tech support . At this point I called another internet provider and they came right away like 2 days . When I cancelled SHAW they want to change me $350 for breaking my contract ! I told them they broke their contract first . But they won't have it . Why can they break their contract with. no consequence but when I discontinue service because I was not satisfied I get fined ? Shaw suck ! I will never go back to Shaw or even touch Roger's ! They are the worse . read more
8 years ago
We signed up with Shaw in early 2013. We signed up for cable/internet/phone. The phone included voicemail for $6/month. We had a phone system from Costco which included a voicemail feature so we never used the Shaw voicemail system. Yes, we were paying $6/month for something we weren't using, but I believed that we would at least have backup should the Costco phone system fail. I then forgot about it and faithfully paid my bill every month for 5 years. This month, our Costco phone system failed. Our Shaw voice mail would not kick in. All that we would hear after multiple rings was a fax machine sound, even though we weren't hooked up to a fax. The technician came today. According to technician Dean, due to a computer glitch we NEVER had access to voicemail. A call to Shaw billing got me ALL of this: 1. A $7 credit 2. A $7 movie credit 3. Sympathy from the front line operator 4. "No we cannot refund you $360 for the service you never had available to you because you didn't complain about it until now" 5. "There is no point in giving you to my Supervisor because he will just tell you the same thing" 6. "No, I can't give you the name of anyone else because we don't have access to any names or numbers" Thieves....this company is run by amoral thieves. read more
5 years ago
Horrible service! I called requesting an updated account balance, I was on the phone with Shaw for 40 minutes, got put on hold 7 times, had to tell the customer service rep 3 times what I was asking, I had to re-spell my email 3 times and then they tell me it will take 24 - 48 hours to send an email. I also used the online chat service requesting my balance, today is July 22 they told me I can get an update August 4. All I am requesting is the amount owing. You could not pay me to use Shaw. read more
9 years ago
The worst service ever. Very rude customer service. Terrible quality..the speed is urr....I paid 150/mo and never been happy. I am sure who ever experienced Internet and phone services elsewhere knows how dumb it is in Canada! Plus They sold me a promotion and they told I can cancel without any penalty, But I just came with a surprise bill, I spoke to a customer service named kalen and it was like I was speaking with a machine who can only repeat what has memorized... no connection, or at least just listen to your customer for once! Terrible!! I hope canada get developed in communication field ! read more
4 years ago
They used to be really good but I'm a pretty tech savvy person. I don't need the fastest speeds because I'm not a gamer. So I've asked for a better deal with them and they just lie to you out there ass. Option 2 they never know what they're talking about and you got to call back like six times to get someone that actually knows what they're talking about. For a person that is only streaming 1 or 2 devices, your best option is to go with the whole thing like carrytel or cannettel. Why being a smaller company they have more educated staff and way better deals so why pay more for some people over double for your needs and get less knowledgeable service. read more
4 years ago
Shaw tricks people into 2 year contracts then charges large cancellation fees to quit services. When you have problems with their service they will not complete the repair saying it's not their responsibility but the homeowners. Do not do business with this company. They have no ethics! read more
5 years ago
Booked my move ahead of time to switch service addresses. New coax outlets weren't working so I booked a technician for a 5-7 arrival. 7:30 rolls around, so they say the tech is still coming. 11:00 comes, tech never showed up or even bothered to call cancelling the appointment. I have now been without wifi for 3 days, and they want me to re schedule yet another appointment. Usually don't bother writing poor reviews as things happen but this was truly very poor customer service. read more
4 years ago
I've used this company for many years. This past year or so has been a nightmare. I have repeatedly issues with the quality. I have had technicians out repeatedly (they have been nice and tried to help). The customer service at this company is astoundingly HORRIBLE. In the past 2 days I've literally spent hours trying to get help. At this point the have someone booked to come to the WRONG address. You would think when I call back to get that corrected I'd get help but no I get jerks who are argumentative and nasty. I've asked for a manager at least 20 times. The one I did get was outrageously nasty. He was a power junkie and didn't care that I've had quality issues for a year or that they are booked to the wrong address. They take your money and quite simply don't care if you get anything of value in return. The nasty level and lack of interest to resolve anything should be criminal read more
6 years ago
The worst cable and internet service providers I have ever seen. Such rudeness by the people on the phone. Switched to Telus and couldn't be happier!! Up yours Shaw! read more
5 years ago
Shaw advertises Fibre optic. However Fibre optic is not actually available to your home. Or at least mine. Somehow they are attempting to have me locked in a contract for service they can't provide... I smell a class action lawsuit... read more
7 years ago
Can I rate zero stars? Man, they were supposed to fix the awful setup they made (which is a maze of cables and won't connect) and after several calls, they agreed to come in to service us in 5 days (wtf, and on a Sunday). So 5 days go by and on the Sunday we receive a call stating they'll be coming on Thursday. ANOTHER 5 DAYS. Who the f*** is running this business. I would rather be Amish than have Shaw as an ISP. In fact, after speaking with their pathetic excuse for a customer service department, they could not talk to me with any knowledge or confidence in their products and services. LITERALLY MADE AN ACCOUNT TO MAKE THIS REVIEW. I have never been so disappointed in a service. I could get herpes from a straw at Tim Hortons and still give them a better review than I would give to SHAW. All of Alberta is SOL when it comes to internet out here. Slow speed, high price, not worth the stress or money. I'd say I'd rather have no internet but on day 9 without and counting, I'd say I'm going to be using my data for the rest of the month. What a joke and the company and many of its service technicians should be ashamed. Absolutely terrible and without a doubt the worst ISP I have ever experienced. read more
4 years ago
Today both my cell phone and land line went down, I'm told it is due to a Rogers outage. This NEVER happened to me once in over 20 years. I used to like Shaw but now that they're Rogers I think it's time to consider the competition... Rogers sucks! read more
7 years ago
DO NOT SIGN A CONTRACT WITH SHAW... it's the worst decision we've made. We switched from telus to shaw a couple of months ago and have had non stop issues with the internet ever since. We never had any problems with telus but with shaw, the wifi cuts in and out every single day... to the point that my boyfriend is unable to do his work and cannot contact his clients. Now, we have been without wifi for 17 hours straight where there is absolutely zero connection. We have contacted shaw before and chose the callback option as the wait time was ridiculous but they never called us back. Last night we tried calling again and tried chatting online, to no avail. This morning we waited on hold with Shaw for an hour and when we finally got to speak to someone we were only told that they would "work on fixing our wifi" and they had no idea how long we would be without internet... they couldn't give us any sort of ETA (whether it would be a few hours or a week). In addition to them not being helpful in the slightest, the people we talked to were quite rude. We requested to speak to a manager and were put on hold for another hour only to have the manager finally answer the phone, say "hi" and then HANG UP ON US... WTF. So guess what I am doing right now? I'm on hold again for probably another hour because I've been booted to the back of the line. So, we are paying for a service that we are not receiving and stuck in a contract with them for 2 years. Not only is shaw internet NOT what we were promised but the customer service is an absolute joke. read more
5 years ago
Worst customer service I have ever experienced in my entire life. Total incompetence. Horrible, just horrible company. Lost five hours on a weekend trying to fix something that never got fixed read more
9 years ago
I have been a dedicated customer for 30+ years and their service has gone completely down hill. For 3 months I have been trying to get my cable/internet bill straightened out and have requested an upgrade to high speed internet 150. This seems to be an impossible task for them to complete. I have requested MANY call backs only to NEVER receive them. Apparently, they are too big and mighty to service the minions that put them there. Obviously, they are not interested in the measly dollars I have to offer them. I think it's time to try Telus or satelite. read more
5 years ago
if i could leave no stars I would!!!!!!! I called to see my options for cancelling my contract on Oct.24th,2021 and the agent i spoke with said it would be easier to let my contract run out in December of 2021 & they would leave a note on my file. I call on Dec.6th to CONFIRM my account & contract were terminated and the agent told me there was no note but they would leave one to make sure and yes, i would just owe for December. I have Paid for December and i am still being charged to date with no one calling me in regards to where i need to send or drop off my equipment. I have received 3 calls from shaw since ( Jan. 4th, 12th, 19th of 2022) and i have called twice (Feb 1 & 2) to resolve this issue in why i am still being charged for internet after my cancellation. On February 1st i have called to see why i am being charged and the agent (Michael) said there was no note on my file to cancel. i told him about the call on December 6th to cancel and he said the the AGENT didn't complete the file. so i had mentioned the 3 calls i have received since asking to renew my service and i told them all NO, my contract has ended and i have cancelled my services with SHAW and all i needed was to find where i return my equipment. they ALSO said they would leave a note on my file that my services were cancelled and they would have someone from tech support call me to see where i need to send my equipment. i never heard back from anyone. that is why i called on the 1st. They just keep saying nothing can be done and i have to pay for JAN & FEB 2022 , when i had moved in November of 2021 every time i call my line gets "disconnected" read more
7 years ago
One of the worst if not THE WORST tv provider in Canada. An overrated company that's not worth a dime. I've been with them since the Star Choice. 15 years of paying 100$ plus a month, at some point I was at 170$ a month. Well I had everything. So after all this years I got an offer from Telus. Optik TV, etc, price was great. I asked them to match it, that's it. They showed me the finger. I announce to them the date that I would like to be disconnected and the reason. At a previous negotiation, they promised me 50$ worth of pay per view movies. The moment I announced them that I am living them, they suspended the 50$ free movies, actually, even a bunch of channels that I was still paying for, were not available anymore. A low life company with shit management. Keep your money. They are not worth it. Scumbags, shitheads, just a bunch of dushbags. And the so-called customer service????? Hours of waiting. read more
5 years ago
Shaw internet is utter garbage. Please do not sign the contract. I've been having latency issues for over a week and Shaw literally has no idea what I'm talking about even though there are multiple complaint forums. They said "this issue should be resolved in our next major service update within 1-2 months. Like r.I.p Shaw customers LOL read more
8 years ago
Very! extremely long wait times if there is a problem with services. Which happens monthly. I am so disappointed with this Company 1:30mins and waiting......... unacceptable read more
6 years ago
Terrible customer service, terrible organization. Our modem has barely worked, on and off for the year we had it before it finally died. Refused to bring us a new one, told us to drive an hour from home to their store. Fine, did that. There's a 2 hour line at the store cause they just launched their mobile service. Couldn't tell me that on the phone apparently and now I'm out an entire day because their product is faulty. Makes no sense to me read more
7 years ago
They have absolutely horrendous customer service, if you ever have an issue with their service good luck getting anything resolved in a timely manner. On hold for about 45 minutes on hold after speaking to someone about my problem and still no help.. will never go back to them for any service. read more
6 years ago
Called on behalf of 93yr old parent. Wait time 35-45 minutes, opted for call back. Called back right away said I was first in the queue. Waited listening to recorded messages for 45 minutes and no one answerEd. Used to think Shaw was great.....not anymore read more
7 years ago
Shaw is terrible, worst possible provider we canceled our cable because it was so expensive and just kept internet and no kidding as soon as we canceled it out internet speeds went from 300mbps to 35mbps coincidence? I don't think so it sucked wbfore we had cable then we got the expensive cable and it was great for five months now it is horrible, it took us three hours just to cancel our cable we had a tech to our house 8 times and they have not done anything aside from waste our time If you can get a different provider do it, we unfortunately only have one choice read more
6 years ago
Critical: Professionalism, Responsiveness, Value A shaw technician came by on Jan 10 to set up my neighbours internet. While doing this, he disconnected mine!!! I have tried trouble shooting it with 'shaw support' and the best you could do was book an appointment with a technician in 6 days time. This is unacceptable... I need internet for my work, and due to covid there are no available places to use wifi/internet other then my own home! Send the technician back and fix this problem; Not in a weeks time. This is the companies fault, and this should be fixed immediately. It took 6 days for a tech to come back and fix my internet. I spent 8 hours over chat and phone with shaw support to find out that shaw support has zero communication with there technician team. They put a request through a cue, and are not able to bypass or call the technicians directly. This lack of communication between the company is appalling. Will never use Shaw as an internet provider again read more
8 years ago
Like the Programming but the bigger they get the worse the service, and the more Bureaucratic red tape to get any real answer. To Bad. Staff at the retail are friendly, phones they say they are in Canada but its for sure India, and honestly the people in India are usually pretty good, problem is the no mind that is making up policies and think that should be how the company runs. News flash; Company runs by people doing business with people. I dealt with them because they were a step above on service. Now i will make these decisions solely on price all the services are pretty much the same across the players. If you are deciding on companies base it 100% on price. They are all pretty lousy. Canada has no competition. read more
6 years ago
I keep losing Internet and TV. The TV pauses all the time and sound skips. It cannot keep up with Sports games. Shaw blue curve is the worst TV package you can imagine. go to anywhere else other than the shaw piece of shit. It says to stay on the line for emergency services but I have been on hold for over a half an hour at 11:45 PM. Once again Shaw is a piece of shit and I recommend this service to nobody even if it was free read more
7 years ago
I pay for internet 600. 10% of the time my speed shows above 15, 90% it is below 15. 600..... and I usually get less than 15. Do not purchase. read more
4 years ago
After being a fiercely loyal shaw customer for 16+ years my wife and I moved to a rental house that didn't have coax cable installed in it and the homeowner said that they would not allow shaw to come in and put a bunch of holes in thier house again (I'm guessing that they had a bad experience before). Anyway we had to cancel our shaw and sign up with telus (because of the ethernet cable installed in the house) . Shaw then demanded a cancelation fee, and then before I had a chance to send the shaw equipment back they tacked on another $165 fee. To top it off they sent me on collections while I've been trying to deal with getting the equipment back and getting them to take the $165 fee off of the bill. They are terrible people with a terrible company policy. read more
7 years ago
Recently i renew my 2 year contract soon after renewal my master bedroom tv stopped working with error no gateway found, after calling shaw they tell me that one of the equipment which stopped working is not on the file and i will have to pay 5$ per month, that same equipment worked fine minute before the renewal and they tell if equipment was recently changed then their tech dint update system and for that i will need to pay 5$ to activate. i have rental equipment from shaw non chargeable 1 Shaw modem, 1 Shaw PVR, 3 shaw Portal. they gave me all above rental free of charge before renewal after renewal this is how they want to get extra 5$ from consumer who has no choice after renewing 24 months contract. super disappointed will not recommend anyone to renew or get contract from Shaw read more
6 years ago
The cable network has gone out completely 3 or 4 times this month. Every Saturday like clockwork. I don't think they know what they're doing. Not impressed with Shaw read more
5 years ago
I have been with shaw for about 10 years and they use to be great now they are pathetic. I have had 3 phone co versatile and about 3 hours of my life wasted because or a dead receiver that needs to be replaced(no channels nothing). So they put it I for replacement, waited 3 weeks and nothing. Called again and said they did not do the proper paperwork(was a 2 hour call with tech support and customer service). So then they wanted to do that all over again and start from scratch so they said they again were going to send me one. It's been 2 months now and nothing has shown up, I am beyond pissed now. Are they trying to loose customers as the only thing I even watch is hockey games and the Olympics for what $151.42 a month lol I am done. read more
6 years ago
I just found out Shaw wants the final bill paid, after cancellation, before you get the final bill, and if that isn't rediculus enough, they are sending you to a collection agency the same time they are sending you the final bill! And then they lied to me about contacting the collection agency about the bill being paid in full!! Wow!! read more
5 years ago
Was a loyal customer with Shaw for over two years. When I decided to cancel Shaw gave me a whopping 3 weeks before putting my remaining balance (less than $200) in collections and they didn't even TRY to contact me other than I letter I didn't get in time. I would not recommend going with Shaw if you have other options. read more
4 years ago
It's time for me to renew, so I got an email showing only 2 options with a channel list. I live in Calgary so watch sportsnet WEST as that's my regional channel for sportsnet but it wasn't in the channel list I got, which I didn't understand. I contacted shaw and was transferred 3 times and none of them could answer why I'd get sportsnet ontario but live in alberta. I ended up renewing hoping it would be in my channels, which it was so that's a good thing. I really don't like that when you renew, you lose a bunch of channels that you had on your last package you got, you'd think channels would be added, not taken away. Now I'm on a 2 year plan but think I'll switch to telus next time. read more
9 years ago
Used to be a great company. Now an insane number of telemarketing calls, rigid contracts and overall a major drop in customer service. Used to be one of their biggest fans Shaw is not the company it used to be read more
5 years ago
We wanted to cancel our Shaw Account as we were moving out of the condo.The person on the phone was extremely unhelpful and rude. We were in the call for a very long time and all I could hear her doing was sniffing she did not once apologise for the time she was keeping us online. It has out me off using Shaw in the future. read more
5 years ago
Well 0 Stars isn't possible. Seems SHAW sent my account to collections over $200 that SHAW forgot to credit to my Account. THEN after they did apply the credit they failed to tell the collection agency, therefore damaging my credit rating....ooo... but wait they did offer me 2 months free cable to offset their Damaging error's... which takes me years to rebuild. I guess its time to pass this along for someone else to handle. read more
6 years ago
We have been clients for over 20 years. We have been having difficulty with the Internet and wifi. They drop off frequently and we are paying for a 300 speed and the best we can get is 100. They are either rude when you call or confusing as each agent offers a different answer but never fixed the issue. They have replaced the modem twice in the last year. I explained that TELUS is installing fibre optic in our neighborhood and is offering a plan for $140 a month. They responded that they can upgrade us for an extra $12.00 per month bringing our bill to $214 per month as long as we sign a 2 year contract. I guess they really don't want a long term business with people. read more
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“I have been a Shaw Cable customer since 1997, when they purchased the cable company in my hometown, Fort McMurray.”
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6 years ago
No - the correct name of the company is " We Hate all Blacks and part-Black people of the world, everywhere around the world " because we have to make white women look more elite. The truth is, you didn't advance a single black in the first place. You just took all their work and made them participate or relive the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, or We are Europeans let's ruin it all. Awful Americans. And believe me, I already helped many enough civil and nice ones until I came to this company and saw they were just a karmic extension of their former AGT/Telus rival. Fat, unhealthy women, skinny whatever, weight obsessed, smoking, everything. Racialized, Slandering, Gossiping and Segregated. Congratulations. You fail your own Continent and America. We'd be right to now all hate you on the the continent of Africa. Better be cruel. The opposite might have been less penalizing. Sabotage their own success. No patience. Impulsive. Narcissistic. Wrong Conclusion. Rash decisions. Way too exterior conscious. Listening and spying on employees in their personal lives also. Releasing addresses of where employees live. Whatever millionaires with holes in their pockets. False predictors of the future. Thinking they have a crystal ball. Management by Abandonment. Fear guides their decision making - " Would have, oh! I could lose my boyfriend on the top floor! " So - let's blow up all blacks! Talk about murderers. Desperado-Conceito. They even follow you if you take a vacation! Harrassment. No Privacy! Heaven forbid if someone had a life outside of this place. Pretty much black and part black women really are quite good looking to the people in the regions that they are connected to. We don't need you whites trying to play 'Colonial Queen and re-rapists of the world.' ' Oh! We Power Played you with the NHL! International Hate League!' Shaw - Headquarters - Calgary Flames from Hell's Notice. New criminals of Ottawa. The reason why the country went to terrorism and downhill. Straighten this out in a CFL game and Hockey?! Reverse blaming the liability they caused. They are dangerous. They are the Cause of Danger. Not those who have been victimized. People have a right to be angry. Definitely out to prove " We are the White Champions! " LOSERS - brought Blacks/part-black community to Poverty and Welfare. Dumb Colonials from back in Victoria, BC and the Sinners of Central and Southern Ontario. Real phoney believers in the Philip Rushton ideology. See failed researcher with bad reputation from the 1990's - Enemy of F.W. de Clerk and Nelson Mandela. These Irish are mentally ill and sick. Blasphemous too. Big Orgy with that Bradley Shaw, too. They even went in and invaded Jamaica, and South Africa. They wouldn't even address their own mistake, nor even apologize when it was pointed out they did wrong. ill EGOs - they're all over 'Shaw Spy Tower'. They transfer Asians there only. BEWARE. Post U.K. Colonials of British Columbia are really bad. The embarassment of Christopher Columbus. Let us Alberta-Canadians 'Supply You' - run on billing? Time and Energy Werewolves Vampires. I think they are asking for a reverse African Vampire movement. Employees are DESPERATE for FAME and to have sex with a black man. read more
12 years ago
I never thought I would write a review someday until I faced this terrible experience with Shaw Cable Company quite recently. Here is the story unfold. My family and I moved to a new house few months ago and contacted Shaw cable for a TV and internet service. The deal was attractive initially and agreed to get everything installed. Few days after the service began I received many calls from the company offering us a better deal than what we were going to get at the time. One blamed the first sale's person for offering me slow internet service and he would do it better for us if we agree adding $5 on the first agreed price. My wife and I discussed about it and we agreed to take the new deal. About 2 days later someone else called again and said all the offers we got aren't that great, so with adding $5 dollars more, we could get a telephone line extra. We didn't say no to this one either. The sad part was that all the promised services aren't that really great at all. So we decided to cancel the service after trying it out for 2 months or so. They weren't happy of our going away from them, but accepted anyway. Once the service is over, I collected all the rental equipment and brought it to the Barlow trial Shaw cable office in person. The rudest person ever I met in my life talked to me about the returning stuff. And he picked one of the modems unwillingly and said to me it is very dirty. I admit it was covered with light dust and I didn't notice it when I brought it back to them. Then I tried to explain to him the situation that the technician who had installed it in the basement while there was a construction going on, left the house without warning my wife or leaving a message to me (as I wasn't at home at that moment) to cover it or to keep it away until the work is over. Never! The customer service guy (his name is Frank) didn't want to hear the truth, and rather he continued to say weird things to me plus to charge me for it. I said I will take it back, clean it and bring it back to them again. He said by then that's fine. Guess what, a week later I received a call that warns me to pay the money I "owe" them in less than 30 days unless they will damage my credit and so on. I went back to the office to discuss the issue with the manager but she said I have to pay for the particular modem was damaged. She didn't want to hear that the man whom I handled the equipment to, intended to make this happen to me, because he didn't like me for unknown reason. I said to her this seems to be a rough discrimination based on my racial background and skin colour. She even didn't take in consideration that their technician made a mistake when installing it few months ago. I believe this is all a big none-sense and the equipment was not in that bad shape at all. I feel like it is a ripping off innocent customers by finding silly mistakes here and there. I am a clean citizen and exercised my right and duty, so I have no other hidden intention to harm anyone, but crying out for justice. read more
12 years ago
I couldn't give a worse review if I used profanity. Just imagine what I am thinking! This review targets the lack of respect and care that Shaw Direct has towards its customers and other people and companies. Numerous phone calls every night that are reserved for my family and emergencies. How angry would you be? Constant phone calls every day that I am paying for. This has been going on for decades. Shaw's response is "WE CAN'T HELP IT IF OUR CUSTOMERS CAN'T DIAL THE CORRECT NUMBER!!!" how is that for respect for their customers? My reply was "hundreds of customers??? really?" Surely, there is another company that would show some respect for their customers and others. I am not polite nor do i intend to be polite when my privacy is constantly intruded upon. If you agree with me, tell Shaw to stick it and correct this problem! Please direct your replies to Shaw Direct and ask them to change their phone number and correct their advertisements. 1 888 554 7827 (phone) APRIL 15, 2014 On April 15, 2014, midnight my time, as usual SHAW DIRECT customers started calling me! This is a daily and nightly occurence starting at midnight and ending at midnight! There are at least 5-10 calls on an average! This not my first complaint to SHAW DIRECT for the intrusion upon my sleep, and my business operations. The typical response is "We can't help it if our customers are too dum to dial the right phone number" The SHAW callers recite my number 800 554 7287 from their flyers, television and their SHAW contracts! And yet SHAW thinks that this is NOT their problem! I intend to make it their problem with my continued unhappiness with the constant intrustions. I consider it rude and disrespectful, therefore, I intend to be rude and disrespectful in return. Is there no competition for this company in Cananda? Yesterday afternoon 5 or 6 calls alone plus 1 from SHAW, whom was equally rude and stated "A (one) human error, Really? What planet is she from?" There were 4 plus hers within 5 minutes! She got exactly what she had coming She can dish it out, but she can't take it!!! So not only do I have to put up with their customers I have to put up with their personnel! Is anybody out their listening??? DIS RESPECTFULLY, 'p*ssed off' SURELY IF SHAW APPRECIATES AND WANTS TO KEEP ITS CUSTOMERS THEY WILL FIND A WAY TO HANDLE THEIR PROBLEM. LEFT IN MY HANDS, STATUS QUO WILL CONTINUE. PLEASE CALL MY NUMBER 800-554-7287 IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS ISSUE. Calgary, AB, CA read more
6 years ago
We are about to commence litigation with this ghastly, inhumane, appalingly inappropriate gang of thieves. My sister and I have power of attorney as our mother has dementia and is in a care home. We've paid her last bill at the place we had to put on the market, we returned her equipment, we did everything above the board and in a timely manner. Despite due diligence, Shaw passed her personal information including her phone number at assisted living to a dispreputable collection agency who extracted over the phone from her another several hundred dollars (already paid in full to Shaw) illegally. Shaw have refused to give us an itemised bill or to deal with us at all. This in itself is illegal. The Collection agency they should never have involved, refuse to talk to my sister who is, as I am, legally signed to deal with her affairs. Neither Shaw nor their criminally abusive and thieving collection agency are taking responsibility for their illegal doubling of a bill that should never be on the books at all. Neither of them seem to understand that you can't charge someone something, be paid, then charge them again. Stay away from Shaw at all costs, because they are many, many costs in dealing with this criminal organization. We are instigating an investigation on this appalling activity, including the knowledgeable abuse and theft from senior citizens, and Shaw is clearly at the forefront of encouraging theft and abuse. You can't get any grimmer than this. Shaw, beware. Your theft is noted and will be kicking you good and hard - but with this review I urge anyone involved with this company to take their business immediately elsewhere. read more
14 years ago
After posting online Shaw moved up my appointment by a few days. We swapped the modem out but that did not fix the issue 100%. I did notice some improvements in my internet performance. Over the week I talked to about 7 different internet techs at Shaw and none had any clue to what the problem was. Finally a tech came on Monday (which was the regularly scheduled appointment). He was unable to find any issues with the modem/router and or wiring in the house. He however asked me if I changed the user name, password, SSID and wireless PW. I did make those credential changes to make my network more secure. He then mentioned there is a glitch in the Cisco DPC3825 modem/router that will cause it to drop connection often if those credentials are altered. Exactly what I was seeing. I need to change the PW and user names for security so I had Shaw put the modem into Bridge mode after it was RESET. I use my Dlink router instead of the SHAW box and everything is working like it should now. I think if Shaw had better internal communications that cisco problem would of been shared with all the internet phone techs. My issue would of been solved the first phone call I made. The solution is to RESET you modem/router back to defaults then have Shaw put it into bridge mode so you can use you own router and modify the user credentials. read more
5 years ago
Very poor service. After more than 10 years of customer loyalty, I was moving my residence. The move was in the same town just 3 blocks away. I called Shaw, 3 weeks prior to my move to notify Shaw and ensure that any service interruption would be minimal. I was assured by Shaw that there would be NO service interruption and cancellation at my old residence would take place on the day of the move AND there would be NO loss of service. Upon moving I found there was NO Shaw service at my new location and it would be 10 days to regain hookup. Shaw attended my place as directed by customer service and completed the hookup 18 days after hookup, I have no internet or WIFI connectivity. After an arduous conversation with Shse, they determined to arrange a service call for 10 days later. That's 10 days without Netflix, Prime Video WIFI, email and internet. Not happy with the service, I asked Shaw, what compensation would I be expecting for their poor service and my inconvenience? Their answer...they would make sure I was not billed for service during that time period. In other words they'd make sure I wasn't charged for a service I never received. That is their idea of competition. That is not satisfactory and I'll be saying good bye to Shaw as well as informing any and all interested future Shaw customers the same read more
9 years ago
shaw is a bunch of greedy pricks! we had our services disconnected just because we couldn't afford to pay them exactly the day they said, they said we had until the 8th and they went and cut us off on the 5th! and then when we wanted to connect our services again, they wanted 300 dollars!! AND they keep secretly putting on channels to make you pay extra money without you wanting those channels and without you knowing! they are fucking crooks! they should be charged and sued! we got rid of our shaw pvrs and cable boxes and dropped their shit back to them, and we will not be paying them one fucking dime! you will NEVER see us getting ANYTHING from shaw again, it's no wonder everyone hates them now! they are the SDHITTIEST fucking service ever! and their internet it total garbage, it cuts off every single minute! their channels are limited, nothing to watch, way too much money another wqay to squeeze money out of you, the staff everyone we talk to is a bunch of ignornant poor excuses of human beings! I FUCKING HATE SHAW, everyone heed my warning, NEVER use shaw, they are crooks, they are greedy money grubbing fuckers! scum of the earth, i hope their shitty stupid corrupt business goes down the shitter SOON! if i could give them ZERO stars i would! they dont even deserve ONE read more
7 years ago
I called at 2:30pm, was told I was 1300+ in the queue. First of all, if theres that many people waiting for help your customer service is already a joke. I entered the call me back option and was told 35 minutes, an hour and a half later I got a call back alert saying to stay on the line as I was next in queue... I've now been on hold for 25 minutes! THE POINT OF ASKING TO BE CALLED BACK IS SO I DON'T HAVE TO SIT ON HOLD. With every other company I ask for a call back they only call me back when theres a representative on the other end of the line. Can I get a call back option on my call back option??? Because no one has time to sit on hold like this. Its ironic because I'm calling to cancel my services... this is just one of the many reasons why. Wish me luck, as I'm sure I'll have to spend way to much time declining a change in services or being offered other things to stay. Thats a hard no! I also wouldn't be surprised of there was going to be some kind of hidden fee. Anyways, I'm still on hold (its now 4:25pm) and I grow angrier and angrier with each passing minute. Side note, I went to post this but didn't have a yelp review, and thought oh well. But as the minutes pass I have lost my patience and made one just to post this. Thats how unsatisfied I am. read more
4 years ago
Go to Telus or any other company that values their customers. Shaw does not care about their customers. Their service is not good. After receiving an email from Shaw to renew my 2 year plan I called back and asked if I could stay on the same plan at or close to the same price as I am not receiving anything other than a signal. The answer was no plus a huge increase in price for much less service and channels. They didn't even want to look into what they could do for me even though I have been with them for 25 years. They just say go online and look at the plans available. I said will cancel then and go with Telus. I was told I would have to call another number to return my hardware as it cannot be returned to a Shaw store. Not so much as let me transfer you. I called the number, waited and spoke to a guy asking him if there was a deal I could get as I would stay but not at a huge price increase with less service. He didn't give me the time of day - only did you want to cancel now or the end of the plan and I will send you an email with the return of hardware forms. It's too bad as Shaw use to be good but have been getting worse with customer service over the last few years. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE GO WITH TELUS OR ANOTHER PROVIDER. read more
2 years ago
For decades, I was a loyal Shaw customer, consistently paying premium rates for cable and internet services. Three months before my contract ended, I proactively reached out to renew and secure a better deal. After enduring hours of negotiations and repeated disconnections from their service queue, I managed to finalize a contract, reassured by the promise of a 10-day penalty-free adjustment period. However, seven days later, when I called to downgrade my cable to a basic package while retaining my internet, I was met with an infuriating experience. Calls were abruptly cut off, and I was shuffled into a waiting queue as number 286, with an estimated wait time of 3-4 hours and no alternative way to resolve my issue. My complaint led to an outcome worse than I could have anticipated--Shaw cut off my cable service and began charging an outrageous $189 per month for internet alone. This was, without question, the most appalling customer service I have ever encountered. It felt as though their approach was intentionally dismissive, making it clear that customer satisfaction was not a priority. Thankfully, I switched to Telus and secured a far superior package for under $100 per month--significantly better than what Shaw-Rogers offered. read more
8 years ago
Switched from Telus to Shaw due to bad customer service from Telus. Everything was fantastic, had great prompt service. Recently, there was an accident in my complexe, I lost all my belongings and have been forced to move. I called to Shaw to cancel my service. After explaining that I had to cancel due to my home being destroyed I was explained all the services I would lose and offered a discount if I didn't cancel. I understand reps have scripts to follow but I just lost all my things loosing access to Shaw Go doesn't even register at this point. Completely inappropriate. Called back to complain/explain to a supervisor how inappropriate it was. And to suggest better ways to offer to keep a customer such as offering to give me a discount once I find a new place and need internet services again. After being placed on hold for awhile, I was "disconnected" no more then ten seconds after the supervisor answered the call. No call back to follow up on how/why the line was disconnected. Clearly since I'm no longer a customer I'm no longer of value. Too bad because up until this fiasco I would have returned to Shaw. Not anymore. Congratulations Shaw, you just made Telus look good. Not an easy task. read more
7 years ago
Horrific customer service that keeps you on hold for hours, with representatives who then don't have the ability to do anything. Only time anyone offered to help was when we phoned to cancel our service...by then it's too late. Make a better effort earlier on. Phoned them in early January to complain our bill was too high, especially given the service we were getting. They stated that if we were willing to sign a contract they would gift us ~$200, which we were happy with as we thought the contract was good. Get our bill later and surprise, the extra $200 was still there. After trying numerous times to get resolution (and having to wait on hold a ridiculous amount), told that this promise was never given to me. Was then told they had listened to the tape, which I don't believe they ever did, as I know what was stated to me. Congrats Shaw, because of your lack of resolution and horrific customer service, you now lost a customer. I hope the $200 was worth losing the $2000 a year we were giving you guys for internet and tv. read more
8 years ago
We were duped into a "sale" by TELUS if we swapped from Shaw. TELUS provided horrible customer service from the start and ended up cancelling our Shaw service with a two week wait for an installation appt. We initially called Shaw back about hooking up the internet and the gentleman we spoke to on the phone said there was nothing he could do for us.. After 5 days without tv or internet and no solutions from TELUS, we called Shaw back again and explained the situation. We spoke to a lady named Adrianna (sp?) from Nanaimo, she was beyond helpful and did an amazing job of winning back a customer. She handled all of our concerns and suggested some great new options. We are very impressed with her and grateful to have spoken to someone who actually cared enough to resolve a problem for us! Thank you! read more
8 years ago
The latest scam from Shaw for me is if you pay thru your on line banking system, even several days in advance of your due date, you get a processing and late payment charge of $20.00,,,,who would have thunk it!! ,,no tax put on this charge however,, so it must be something like a tip for the extra good account service,,!! LMAO,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,inconceivable!!,,so I got so disgusted I dropped my service this evening after being on the phone with their Toronto customer service center for 30 minutes,,said its my banks fault!!,,,uggghhhhhhhhhh!!!,,not enuff fair competition for these big players in the communications field imo!!!,,lots of Primo and Netflix and Inet to fill the Shaw void!!,,nor will I miss that $150.00month bill either!!! read more
7 years ago
Do not sign a contract with Shaw. My contract expired on Jan 02, 2020 and I signed another contract with them in December 2019. But they overcharged on my December 2019 bill $42.00 without a reason. I made a phone call to ask why they overcharged me. Then they said that they didn't overcharge me, but they couldn't explain why there's $42 extra on my bill. They just kept saying they didn't overcharge me. It is just a small amount of money. Why did they do that? It is a rip-off. I would like to cancel the contract. But if I do that, I have to pay for a fine because breaking the contract. Unfortunately I'm stuck with Shaw now. That is a terrible experience with Shaw. Please do yourself a favor ''Do not sign a contract with Shaw'' read more
4 years ago
Ive been a loyal customer of Shaw, current plan is ending by October and just received an email from them about renewing my contract and gave me some decent option. I chatted with a couple of their agent only to be told that that offer is only for new customer and the other one said there will be an additional $10 for modem rental when I asked if they have a different modem other than what Im currently using he said its the same one. Why would you send me an offer on my email and later on your agents will say the offer is for a new customer and that the same plan you are offering me thru my email will have an additional $10 for modem rental, that is clearly a false ad and clearly shows you dont value your loyal customers. read more
7 years ago
I've had shaw for just over two years now and I had no issue until I go switched to the HORRIBLE BLUE CURVE TV. I got the services in November and my internet/ tv crashes at least TWICE a day. The have sent seven techs to my house so far and the techs are to stupid to read notes about my services, so it's pretty much am re-explaining my issues every time. I've also had three no shows and with out any notice or info why they don't show. Last time I called they had me on hold/ transferred to the wrong departments, wasting 3 hours of my time, to get no where. DON'T TRUST SHAW ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS MAKING MONEY. THEY ALSO COULD CARE LESS ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE, WHAT A JOKE OF A COMPANY read more
6 years ago
It is the worst home internet service with the highest price. I'm a private tutor and I got disconnected ten times in 90 minutes which is very embarrassing and stressful. I get heart beat every time I turn on the laptop. Last month, they forced me to sign a 2-year contract with them at $68 per month promising a better connection and speed but since then the connection has been awful. At first, I thought it was my laptop and bought an expensive laptop but again the same problem. When I call them, I have to wait for 30-50 minutes and each time a rude agent tells me there's no problem with your connection!!! Recently, they give no support even online. read more
8 years ago
After all the headache, the customer service had deducted my statement of $328 to $292 as goodwill. I paid $296. Next thing I know my statement did not reflect that change and I was getting charged $30 more. I waited 1-1/2 hours on the phone and finally when I explained everything, they wouldn't honor it even though it was their coworker's mistake that he didn't put on file. They forced on me a $20 discount saying that's all they can do however I'm still paying $10 more than what I should. Paying for someone's mistake. Absolutely appalling customer service that don't care about their customers at all. read more
4 years ago
Horrible horrible horrible. Literally 3 times a week the internet is down, which cause my POS System to go as well. Beyond frustrating, THEY COST ME THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS EACH MONTH IN WALK OUT CUSTOMERS CUZ NO WIFI!!! Literally thousands... If I could switch I would but the penalty and payout is astronomical, as well as apparently Telus does not operate in my town... beware of Shaw if your a business owner You will not only experience monthly bill but you will experience a huge loss in revenue because they absolutely suck beyond belief read more
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