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Contributor II
November 6, 2017

Telephone support is Unacceptable

What happened to the wonderful tech support Sonos USED to have? Third time I've tried to speak with someone with a hold time over 1.5 HOURS!
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    Enthusiast II
    November 6, 2017
    Considering the traffic in this online community, I suspect that tech support may be overwhelmed with calls right now.
    Ryan S
    Retired Sonos Staff
    November 7, 2017
    Considering the traffic in this online community, I suspect that tech support may be overwhelmed with calls right now.
    Sadly, this is the case at some times during the day. We're working on it, new staff getting trained up all the time.

    We push to have great support wherever you need it, but it's been pretty busy of late.

    If you're still having trouble RAK, let us know, we're happy to help out.
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    Stanley_4
    Grand Maestro
    November 8, 2017
    Ryan, have you considered a "Sonos calls you" option so folks like me that pay by the minute for a cell call aren't burning several normal months worth of minutes to talk to Sonos?

    Either a dedicated voice-mail box, e-mail account or a web form would be great frustration and cost reducers.
    Ryan S
    Retired Sonos Staff
    November 8, 2017
    Ryan, have you considered a "Sonos calls you" option so folks like me that pay by the minute for a cell call aren't burning several normal months worth of minutes to talk to Sonos?

    Either a dedicated voice-mail box, e-mail account or a web form would be great frustration and cost reducers.

    We have a callback option on the lines where you leave your number and will get called back when it's your turn in the queue. However, at times when the team is overloaded that callback feature does get turned off earlier in the day. If you do have a trouble reaching the team, we're always happy to try and work something out if possible.
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    Lyricist I
    November 16, 2017
    Telephone support is useless. Alexa one product is useless . Very poor service and no support. Sonos you should not sell product that does not function correctly.
    Ryan S
    Retired Sonos Staff
    November 16, 2017
    Can I help answer any questions for you, Michaelm9? What seems to be the trouble with your Sonos One?
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    Lyricist I
    November 19, 2017
    I would like a refund on all of my sonos products! The new app is awful awful awful. Customer service is a joke. A de revolution in music
    Trending Lyricist I
    June 14, 2018
    Agreed. I've been trying to get Sonos to address a basic flaw in their app for years, and with no luck. Customer satisfaction is not their goal.
    MikeV
    June 15, 2018
    The place to address a basic flaw in the app would be either here on the forums or in social media... the phone support folks are just for technical support, not comments or feedback. System totally down and out? One speaker having bad issues? Problems after changing your router? Those are the kinds of things you call Technical Support for. So if you have feedback about the controller app, the Controllers and Software forum would be a great place to post it. Maybe you'll find others that have the same issue. (edit: it looks like you already did)

    Also, good support does take time... talking someone through having to reboot speakers, make connection changes, and things of that sort are not quick. Sonos provides great support over the phone... it just requires some patience to get there. Good things come to those who wait.
    The S in IOT stands for Security.
    Trending Lyricist I
    June 15, 2018
    Do you work for Sonos, MikeV? When I called in the reps didn't tell me there was a better forum to give my suggestions. Hopefully they would have done that if they weren't relaying my comments.

    Also, things do take time, but hopefully at least three years of people commenting on the problem here, it would be addressed. Seems like a really easy fix that would add a lot of functionality for people.