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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

One of the wrost customer support service. I mistakenly bought yearly plan instead of monthly. I contact them give me refund. So I could bought monthly. They send my case to specialized department. An... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

HBO has killed several of its own channels! Some of those channels actually had content that was enjoyable to watch. Some have argued that movies on some of those channels were old, tired and worn, ye... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

The app is crash-prone...unacceptable! Especially as one of the most expensive streaming services out there. Also has a lot of counter-intuitive design in-app which is just like, why? Do their coders... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

HBO SUCKS . ALL THESE BAD REVIEWS PROVE IT . WHATS HAPPENING TO AMERICA . WE ARE GETTING RIPPED OFF BY GREEDY CORPORATIONS . WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND .

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I attempted to increase my HBO plan but…

I attempted to increase my HBO plan but was put on hold for an hour before being disconnected. When I phoned again, HBO drove me in circles, first to Samsung billing, then back to HBO, just to tell me that upgrading my package is not feasible, as if they don't want my money.

18 December 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Hbo app will not the video cast to my…

Hbo app will not the video cast to my TV. Everything else on my phone will cast. The audio on the hbo casts great.

Called customer service 3 times to get a halfway competent person. She told me to reinstall the HBO app on my phone. Shame on me for believing that. The reinstall didn't change anything.

2 December 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I had a subscription I was paying…

I had a subscription I was paying monthly for. I recently signed up for a phone plan with ATT which includes a subscription. I signed up with the same email address I used for the monthly which should have just changed that one account to not charge for a second account. I have disablitilies and ability to earn income is limited. I was not expecting 15.99 to come out when I had accounted for it to purchase a prescription. Was escalated to a specialist who denied a refund request with no explanation. They are cold because they know they will still have millions of subscribers so can care less.

20 November 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Doble charging

They charged me twice for the same account. It is almost impossible to reach there, they dont answer the email and it is imposible to get through via telephone.

15 November 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolute Worst Service!

I purchased HBO Max on September 9, 2021. I took advantage of their limited time “$7.50 for six months” promotion. A month later I was reviewing my credit card statement when I realized I had been billed twice.

On October 9, I called to inform them of their error and was told that I had started two accounts despite all login info being the same and both accounts being created on the exact same date and time. I was told they would send the problem to “specialized support” with ticket no. 05072604 and would promptly receive an email from specialized support about how they would fix their error. All I wanted was the one account with the promoted rate that I had paid for.

I never received an email. Instead, the same day, I received a notification that BOTH my accounts had been cancelled.

A few days later I called back and explained the problem. The response was the same one I would get for the next four or five calls I would make. First the representative wouldn’t understand the problem and would claim that I had cancelled my accounts. After I explained that they had cancelled my accounts they would spend about ten minutes reviewing the prior notes and check up on what the “specialized support” had done...which was inevitably nothing. They would be completely unable to take any action themselves and when I would ask to speak to this mythical “specialized support” they would sadly inform me this division was email only.

After the sixth and last call on 11/12/21 I gave up.

I’ve called customer support hundreds of times from old companies like AOL and Gateway and this is by far the most pathetic customer support I have ever received.

Normally when a company admits they screwed up they are capable of fixing the problem.

Not so for HBO Max.

Stay away!

13 November 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst customer support ever

Worst customer support ever.
Worse than Comcast.
Worse than porn sites that hacked your credit card.

Roku service never worked for some reason on my TV. Ticket after ticket, call after call, I was repeatedly promised that someone would follow up. *No one ever did* - except for placeholder emails from customer "advocates" that indicated I'd get a response "soon".

Then, once I placed a request to refund the service (realizing they would never attempt to pursue a solution), the same cycle of unresolved messaging happened.

If the content delivery works for your device, you will never have to endure how utterly horrid and surreal their support is. But, good god, I cannot imagine a more incompetent and bureaucratic brand. Complete and utter trash.

9 November 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

HBO doesn't care about existing…

HBO doesn't care about existing customers. They care about attracting new customers and does so in a way that is unacceptable. Existing customers have to pay double to what new customers have to pay. That's a perfect example on how to not treat your customers. To tell existing customers that their long-term support is worth nothing and will be worth nothing in the future amazes me. Is that really how HBO tries to build trust? Loyalty? I wouldn't recommend a company that mistreats their customers, in such a direct way, to anyone.

1 November 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Nothing but woke new series and woke…

Nothing but woke new series and woke movies in 2021. There hasn't been a decent new movie at all this year. Has there been any recent movies that won Academy Awards in the line up so far this year? HBO went downhill after Game of Thrones ended. Now we get Lovecraft Country.

21 October 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I tried to upgrade my HBO plan only to…

I tried to upgrade my HBO plan only to wait on hold for an hour and be hung up on. After I called back hbo lead me in circles to Samsung billing then Samsung back to HBO only to tell me it’s not possible to upgrade my plan as if they do not want my money. Not surprisingly AT&T who owns HBO is going down the tubes in the market.

16 October 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

It is good

It is good. There is not a lot of movies and shows comparing to other services, but the curated list is really high quality.

12 October 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Warning for users of HBO in Spain

I paid for a month subscription at 8.99 to HBO España and then discovered I could not download the app as my ipad was registered elsewhere. I called and they refused to return the money. Their suggestion was that I change the country in my apple ID, which requires cancelling vital subscriptions and waiting until the end of the subscription period. The only other option is to somehow create a second apple ID but that would be device specific (as I understand it??). I'm not feeling entertained here. I have no issues at all with Netflix or Prime apps in Spain.

7 October 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible unresponsive customer service

Terrible unresponsive customer service. Multiple movies I was watching were interrupted mid stream and could not be restarted until the next day. My request was simply to have the error codes I was receiving on my TV explained to me. No response so I’m canceling my subscription

6 October 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

So I already had a yearly subscription…

So I already had a yearly subscription with ad for $99.99 per year for about a few months. Then they have a promotion for $109.99 per year without ad. I decided to take advantage of the promotion and make an upgrade.
Silly me, HBO Max could not do basic math, and end up charging me the extra to round up their regular subscription without ad at $149.99.
I called customer service, they created a case with a case number and told me to wait for 4 business days for an email confirmation and refund.
4 business days later, not a single email from HBO Max. I called customer service back with my case number. First, they said they shouldn’t have given me a time frame, and they said cases like this could take a month to resolve.
What???????????????????
Then they said I would need to send in a record of my bank charge of the incorrect charge. Plus they don’t have a time frame on how long this could be resolved.
Excuse me??????????????????
I asked why they need to look at my bank charge when they were the one who made mistake. Why it was so simple of them to charge my credit card incorrectly, but it’s too difficult to reimburse the same exact card?
Then the guy started to beat around the bushes saying it could be done at anytime, and I quote “maybe as early as tonight”, but he would need a record of my bank charge.
Seriously????????????
I ended up having to send them a copy of THEIR email with the incorrect charge while being told that they have no idea when this could be resolved.
Fyou, HBO Max! May you rot in hell!

4 October 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Sorry

Sorry, but after two days I’m ready to cancel my subscription. It goes off every few minutes. Very, very, frustrating.

23 September 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Get different movies please

If you like the same movies over, and over, and over, and over, never seeing a different movie except every 4 to 6 months, then it is teased for months in advance, then hbo is for you,
I never thought id say this, I am sick of Indiana Jones

12 September 2021
Unprompted review

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