On 9 June 2025 I entered the Xfinity store at 850 Herndon Ave. (Suite 101A, Trading Post Center) to complete a routine equipment purchase. What followed looked less like retail and more like a live demonstration of how to violate California's consumer-protection laws:
* Refusal to identify - The individual who later gave the name "Arturo [--]" withheld both full legal surname and employee ID when asked. Under Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §17500.3 a person representing a regulated service must disclose true identity on request.
* Stonewalling class-wide complaints - Staff loudly claimed they are "not allowed" to discuss unresolved systemic issues. That is flatly inconsistent with Comcast's own escalation policy and may constitute unfair business practice under Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §17200.
* Aggressive ejection of a paying customer - After the representative could not complete a transaction "a five-year-old could execute," he ordered me to leave, asserting he would "still be here three months from now," immune from consequences. That bravado collides with 47 C.F.R. §76.309 (c)(1)(ii), which obligates franchised-service agents to provide competent customer assistance.
* Potential privacy red flags - Multiple prior patrons have alleged identity-verification shortcuts at this site. If true, that behavior implicates Cal. Civ. Code §1798.81.5 (data-security obligations) and Penal Code §530.5 (ID theft).
Bottom line: this is not a company-run Xfinity store despite the signage. It is an independent dealer whose conduct now jeopardizes Comcast's brand and your personal data. I have issued preservation notices to Comcast, Rich Development (landlord), and the California Public Utilities Commission. Anyone with similar experiences may contact legal@ikigaisanctuary.org or (559) 461-9980 so counsel can aggregate evidence.
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