Every Customer Support Number You'll Ever Need

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The holiday season is here, and with it comes a whole bunch of fresh tech products that are about to find some loving homes. But not every ending will be a happy one. Laptops will inexplicably break, phones will drop calls, and plenty of shiny new gizmos will end up being fancy paperweights.
Customer Support is theoretically there to help, but it too can be a disappointingly unpleasant experience. Websites may bury the 800 number, automated systems at the other end of the phone mishear words, and you spend most of your time either pressing buttons or shouting "Yes" and "No" at the phone. All this keeps you from doing the only thing you really want to do: talk to an actual human being who can solve your problem.
To help you avoid all that frustration, here's a list of customer support phone numbers and tips for navigating to an actual person. From retailers to wireless carriers to cable providers to manufacturers, calling these numbers and following a few easy steps will get a real person on the line before you know it.
While most numbers have automated front ends full of prompts to ignore, and different companies have different instructions for navigating their service hotlines, immediately asking for a representative or simply pressing 0 or # as many times as needed tends to lead to faster human interaction. Also, different companies have different hours of operation, but calling during the week between typical work hours is a safe bet. Just be aware of differences in time zones. If you're interested in contacting a company not on the list, ContactHelp.com and GetHuman.com are also great resources to check out.
For services designed to help consumers when things go wrong, most technical support lines try their hardest to delay customers from speaking to a real person as long as they can. But, if you follow these tips and don't give up, living, breathing help will be on the phone in no time.

Retailers
For the tech-savvy, many retailers offer help through email and online chat, and they will ask you to fill out the nature of your problem online before calling. But here are the numbers you should directly try regardless.
Amazon: Call 1-866-216-1072 and keep pressing 0.
Best Buy: Call 1-888-237-8289 or 1-888-BEST-BUY and keep pressing 0.
Costco: Call 1-800-955-2292 and keep pressing 0 (this one takes a while).
eBay: Call 1-866-877-3229. Enter your eBay account if you have one. Otherwise keep pressing # until you reach the main menu and then press 0.
Target: Call 1-800-440-0680, pick your language and keep pressing 0.
Wal-Mart: Call 1-800-925-6278. Press 2, then 1, then 1. Be careful, pressing 0 drops the call.

Wireless Networks
Wireless networks will typically want you to have your account or device information ready before being connected to a live representative.
AT&T: Call 1-800-331-0500 and keep pressing 0.
Boost: Call 1-888-266-7848. Press 5 then 2 then 4 then 0 then 2.
Metro PCS: Call 1-888-8METRO8 or 1-888-863-8768 and keep pressing #.
Sprint: Call 1-888-211-4727. Press 4 then 0.
Straight Talk: Call 1-877-430-2355. Press 1, then 4, then 4.
T-Mobile: Call 1-877-453-1304. Say the word "English," then "representative."
Verizon: Call 1-800-922-0204. Press 0 then # four times then 0.
Virgin Mobile: Call 1-888-322-1122 and keep pressing 0.

Cable Providers
Like wireless networks, having your account information for your cable provider ready will get you to a live contact sooner.
AT&T U-verse: Call 1-800-288-2020. Wait through all of the messages, and you'll automatically be connected to live person.
Cablevision: Call 1-866-218-3025. Pick your language, press 1 or 2 depending on whether you're a subscriber or not, and wait to be connected.
Charter Communications: Call 1-866-472-2200 and keep pressing 0.
Comcast: Call 1-800-266-2278 and keep pressing #.
Cox Communications: Call 1-888-566-7751. Pick your language, press # twice, then 1.
DirecTV: Call 1-888-777-2454. Say the word "Yes" and then keep saying "Operator."
Dish Network: Call 1-888-284-7116. Press 1 and then keep pressing 0.
Time Warner Cable: Call 1-800-892-2253 and keep pressing 0.
Verizon FiOS: Call 1-888-553-1555 and keep pressing 0.


Manufacturers and Services

Acer: Call 1-866-621-2237 and keep pressing #.
Apple: For iPod/Mac, call 1-800-275-2237 and keep pressing 0. For iPhone/iPad, call 1-800-694-7466 and keep pressing #.
ASUS: Call 1-510-739-3777 and keep pressing 0.
Belkin: Call 1-800-223-5546. Dial 2263, then press 1, then press 0 three times.
Blackberry: Call 1-877-255-2377. Press 2 then 4.
Canon USA: Call 1-800-828-4040 and press # twice.
Dell: Call 1-800-624-9896. Press 3 then say the word "Agent."
Gateway: Call 1-949-471-7000 and keep pressing zero.
Google: Call Google HQ at 1-650-623-4000 during its regular hours. Press 5, then 3.
Hewlett-Packard: Call 1-800-474-6836 and press 0 four times.
HTC: Call 1-866-449-8358, and you'll be directly connected to be a live rep.
Lenovo: Call 1-866-968-4465 and press 0 twice.
LG: Call 1-800-243-0000. Press 1 twice and then pick your product.
Logitech: Call 1-646-454-3200. Press 1 then 0 four times.
Microsoft: Call 1-800-642-7676 and keep pressing 0.
Motorola: Call 1-866-289-6686 and press # three times.
Netflix: Call 1-888-638-3549 and keep pressing 0 if you don't get a live representative immediately.
Nikon: Call 1-800-645-6678. Press 1 then 4 then 1.
Nintendo: Call 1-800-255-3700 and keep pressing 0.
Nokia: Call 1-888-665-4228. Pick your language, then press 3 twice.
Olympus: Call 1-888-553-4448 and press 1.
Panasonic: Call 1-800-211-7262 and keep saying the word "Customer."
Philips: Call 1-888-744-5477 and keep pressing 0.
PlayStation: Call 1-800-345-7669 and keep pressing 0.
Samsung: Call 1-800-726-7864 and keep pressing 0.
Sharp:Call 1-800-237-4277. Pick your language, then press 1.
Sony: Call 1-800-222-7669 and keep pressing 0.
Toshiba: Call 1-800-457-7777. Pick your language, press 2 then 4.
Vizio: Call 1-888-849-4623 and press 2.
Xbox: Call 1-800-469-9269 and keep pressing 0.
Yahoo: Call 1-866-562-7219 and press 2.

[spuds]

Great list,thanks.Good luck with Virgin mobile,they use mind numbing brain attacks to get you to hang up,45 minutes to reach a human because of 'unusually high call volume',WORST customer support EVER!There should be a SPECIAL reserved spot in hell for Richard Branson.

[jerseycub]

DAAAAAAAM that is a lot of #s bro, very good research. I hate those prompts and anything to get you to a live voice is great!

Spuds: You kill me bro.