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Microsoft Reviews Summary

Microsoft's reputation is marred by significant customer dissatisfaction, primarily due to its inadequate customer service. Many users report frustrating experiences with long hold times, unresponsive support, and unresolved issues, leading to feelings of neglect and disrespect. While the company's product quality and range receive praise, the inconsistencies in delivery and support leave much to be desired. Complaints about account access, data loss, and perceived censorship further exacerbate frustrations. Overall, while Microsoft offers valuable products, a critical need for improved customer service and communication is evident to enhance user experience and trust.

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Tik tok
August 2, 2020

I really want to thank you for wanting to buy Tik tok so that you could make millions of people happy!

Date of experience: August 1, 2020
Texas
1 review
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Thank you!
August 2, 2020

Thank you for buying tiktok, it means a lot to all of us Americans. Once again thank you so so much.

Date of experience: August 1, 2020
California
1 review
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THANK YOU
August 2, 2020

Thank you guys so so much for saving are lives but just us the tiktok community. Much love go towards y'all.

Date of experience: August 1, 2020
Ohio
1 review
0 helpful votes
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THANK YOUU
August 2, 2020

Thank you Microsoft for saving TikTok! We all appreciate it sooo much! Bless you! I pay my respects

Date of experience: August 1, 2020
Wisconsin
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Thank you bae
August 2, 2020

Thank you so much for saving Tic tok you are amazing and I love you five out of five stars highly recommend

Date of experience: August 1, 2020
Germany
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Computer
July 31, 2020

I purchased a new Microsoft Surface Pro 6 a few months ago. I was very pleased with this product except the exterior shell color wore off. I contacted Microsoft and they suggested a replacement refurbished computer. I was very surprised they would suggest such a thing. My computer was only a few months old. The exterior shell color is definatelly of poor quality. I would not recommend this product. Ness

Date of experience: July 31, 2020
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Do not buy anything from them! I purchase a $3,300.00 surface book online and immediately tried to cancel. Was told I couldnt and could apply for refund. Applied for refund and was told I had to wait till item shipped. Called back after item arrived told they had technical issues and couldnt print a return label. Waited 2 weeks for return label. After printed mailed pc back in origional box unopned. Package recieved in EL PASO TX July 16th, still no refund. Was told by them that refund was 3 to 5 days. On day 7 now with no refund. Told they are investigating and will get call back. No calls back. Hung up on numerous times. Basically I was robbed for $3,300.00. Lost my money and looks like I now need to go to court.

Date of experience: July 24, 2020
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Online purchase
July 24, 2020

I will never shop online at Microsoft. I had a HORRIBLE experience. I try to purchase a Xbox one x for my son online and I was not able to because I had a visa gift card and the rest would be on my credit which it is a very easy process at apple and Amazon. So I call to buy over the phone. The agent advise me to buy Microsoft credit. I told him I will put the money there to purchase the console only, I don't need anything else from Microsoft. By the time he finished the process there were no console. I have been calling them email them and no refund. They are holding my money hostage and I ended up by the console from Amazon. Never again. The worse company ever

Date of experience: July 23, 2020
Texas
1 review
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You suck.
July 20, 2020

I have repeatedly tried to cancel my account. Repeatedly failed. Tried to contact, repeatedly failed. The app lags and requires hours of updates each time I've tried to use it. I have gotten 0 for my money. And STILL I'm being charged because I cannot contact a PERSON for help.

Date of experience: July 20, 2020
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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NO SUPPORT
July 13, 2020

For days now I've tried to solve a very simple issue and cannot get any support from microsoft. This is a huge company and yet they do not have reliable support for their customers. Why not? The customer pays and is left to figure out what a microsoft employee should be available!

Date of experience: July 13, 2020
South Carolina
8 reviews
15 helpful votes
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Mostly good
July 2, 2020

I use Microsoft teams and it is the best, but u have to like hack into the system to make two different teams accounts, it was a nightmare.

Date of experience: July 1, 2020
Colorado
1 review
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Don't wait your money on this p. O. s. Controller. I bought mine on Amazon, then started to get stick drift on L thumbstick. Get online to find my warrant expired before I bought the controller... GREAT! So I do some work to alleviate stick drift. It works... now RB double taps. 3 days later A double taps. So I deal with it... not happy but I deal with it. Then it falls out of my lap onto a carpeted floor and the R trigger breaks and is now stuck in. Are you serious?!?! I've thrown xbox controllers across the room at full force only to pick them up and play again. This p. O. s. Can't fall from 2 ft?!? Wtf? I expect more for my money and I'm honestly done with xbox/Microsoft and will trash talk them as much as I can. Hey Microsoft... go $#*! yourself!

Date of experience: June 29, 2020
New Jersey
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Microsoft recovery
June 26, 2020

I just got off of work at 12am come to play the game and I got a random message saying I need to recover my account I filled out paperwork wrong two times and then right two times now my account is locked I can't log in to change the phone number Even though I changed the number in January.

Date of experience: June 25, 2020
Wisconsin
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Canceling everything on Microsoft is such a hassle. It says you can cancel anytime no problems when in fact you really can't. I've been trying to cancel my 365 subscription for months and they still keep trying to charge my card. And I can't take my card off file because of the subscription I've been trying to cancel is linked to it. And when you call to cancel it they give you the option of charging your card and then refunding you or you can wait 30-90 days for it to supposedly cancel itself out. Such a horrible experience.

Date of experience: June 21, 2020
Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Microsoft sucks
May 23, 2020

My password is not working I have to jump through hoops and pay to get it nack, why can I not just talk to someone, this is bad business!

Date of experience: May 23, 2020
Singapore
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Lies about call back, do not honor what they promise, comes up with excuses to evade situations and questions, do not respond and reply to emails properly. Basically an organization which has a department to stall and waste consumers time. Extremely lousy as compared to Apple. Zero integrity to sell faulty products and not do official recalls, and Zero sincerity in reaching out to consumers who needs help.

Date of experience: May 14, 2020
Florida
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I hate Microsoft
May 1, 2020

I created a profile on my XBox and broughtt a game. The next day I tried to go play the game. It's asking me to sign in then saying my password was incorrect. The instructions told me to reset my password. I did that. It still said I was blocked. I put in a problem ticket no one called me back. I don't know how to get the $30.00 game I paid for or a refund at least. I'm very frustrated. I hate Microsoft.

Date of experience: April 30, 2020
NL
6 reviews
79 helpful votes
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Microsoft is living proof that to be highly successful in the USA you need to be a thief. Billy boy gates who started this monstrosity stole most of the code from others. He had little skills himself in programming but was more of a sociopath than anything else.
Having had YEARS and YEARS to do it, MS still cannot produce a reliable, secure and bug free operating system. Now the company itself has become a hacker, injecting code into your windows without your permission or notice. Their software is so bad my advice is to avoid it at all costs. Ditto their so called "support". Learn linux, unix or go with apple, much better choice except that MS has a stranglehold over 3rd party software so hard to get any programs for free unless u use windows. Hopefully trump will break up some of these sluggish, incompetent and dishonest giants, but don't hold ur breath
I have to image my windows OS because it is so flaky and given to serious errors the only way to repair it is to reimage the entire OS.
Constant needs to reboot to eliminate bugs. Inexplicable error messages and advice that leaves you more in the dark than when u started.

Date of experience: April 8, 2020
NL
15 reviews
97 helpful votes
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I'd be ashamed to admit it to anyone unless it was a hooker looking just for money. They suck. Bunch of rich peons who care nothing about quality and service. MS hacks your system and injects code against your permission and often without your knowledge. It's a corrupt incompetent company that should be broken up. After years of trying they still have a crappy and unstable OS they do not have the expertise to produce anything else. Avoid MS products and advice it is a circular road to nowhere. If you have computer expertise choose linux, unix or apple products.

Date of experience: April 3, 2020
Michigan
6 reviews
37 helpful votes
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Garbage Tech Support
February 26, 2020

Years back they were rock solid providing easy troubleshooting that took maybe 20 or 30 minutes. Now----you get all outsourced agents and so-called Techs that up to an hour of 'diagnosing' before giving you a ridiculous ticket number, and make promises to call you back, then don't. YOU are left chasing THEM down and horrible wait times, IF their idiot autosystem doesn't disconnect you or tell you to try again later, "heavy call volume " bs.

Date of experience: February 26, 2020