Metro by T-Mobile Reviews

I have been a happy Metro consumer for the last two years with no problems. I never thought hidden surcharges would apply.

After receiving message about the bill due twice in one month, I don't know what to think. I pay the same thing every month and never did I once thought that I get half my money on bill. I paid for my full 30-days of service and 30 days is all that I'm asking; 15 days is what metro gave me.

My career depends on my phone service. Please fix the mistake that Metro made. Thanks.

I have been a customer for 5.5 years but then they send me to the cancellation department. How rude.

After three days, I got a text message saying my phone is in. I called to confirm the phone was there, and only to get yet another VERY rude and VERY little minded representative. She proceeded by telling me very rudely, "Well, if you got a text, then it's here." I asked her to check, or else I will be wasting gas if it is not. She sighed and snapped, "Hold on.” She came back saying, “Yes, it's here”, and she hang up. Well, my next question was going to be, "Where is here?" After another 30 minutes of tracking down where exactly I am going, I finally arrived-- only to get a rude representative (SURPRISE).

I let the manager know that I am already not happy with the service after being hang up on. She did not even care! Shenitia (the representative) said, “That was me, and I didn't hang up on you!” So, my question was, “Hmm…you take how many calls, but yet you know exactly what phone call I'm speaking of, and you did not hang up on me?” The manager told her,” It’s OK”, and they giggled.

You can imagine my maddening unhappiness. I went a few counters down to another window, with the manager who continued the exchange, but I was not happy about it at all. She asked my son if he has contacts in his phone, and I stepped away to switch them over. She then started to hand me the old, damaged phone back thinking I wouldn’t notice. I told her this is the original part that broke. She replied with, "That's your old phone. I mean your new phone." Are you kidding me? I asked for a complaint form, and I’m given a form for dealers to complete, not customers! I would not recommend Metro PCS to anyone, and I rate them a ZERO!

We complained and he totally told us off. We ended up getting attended by the supervisor, who was really nice. But as I thought everything was okay, he charged us for activation fee and sent us on our way. When two hours passed, the phone is still not working. I ended activating it myself with a representative, and the store stayed with the activation fee.

I have sprint and I would never go to MetroPCS, no matter how cheap it is. Customer service in almost every location in West New York, NJ is extremely bad.

I returned the next day to return the phone. I was then told that they do not take back phones if it has been used for more than an hour, as a policy. At their suggestion, I bought a charge unit with another battery. But this battery does not even last as long as it takes to recharge the first battery.

Is this policy fair? Can I get an immediate redress? Can I get my money back or even another type of phone?

At this moment, I went to MetroPCS store twice to report the issue because I paid for the phone $318 and I am paying for the Internet service but I do not have Internet access on my phone. I also called the company and they just told me that they are updating the system. I paid for the service but I do not have Internet access. I am tired of driving to the store. Tired of calling them on the phone and waiting on queue.

Please help me to resolve the problem. I know other people with the same phone and same service provider but theirs are working okay. So maybe my phone is not good. Thank you.

By the way, the Metro Store just told me that the Internet on my phone is not working and I just have to keep waiting because they don't know how long it is going to be down.

I made sure she turned my service on because I made a phone call in front of her because I did not trust her on behalf of her attitude and un professionalism. She charged me $58.00 total but my bill was only for $45.00 she said the extra charges were for changing the due date and processing fee. She only gave me a reciept for the amount of $48.00.

After getting him on the phone he still would not give me his name. The owner mentions to me that he had the phones taken off the display when he received the price drop. Seems to me they are deceiving the customers, waiting for the rebate to expire. If these dealers sell phones before their release dates knowing Metro could possibly change the price, or offer instant rebates, this should be communicated to the customer. They told me this information after they sold me the phone at the higher price.

I felt so sad because of the negative account, no gas in car, no food, and now no money. He made me feel really bad. I then spoke with Jason who gave me a post office box address to contact corporate office. I hate being treated with no regard. I should have got on with T-mobile or Sprint but that is where I am heading soon. I sent a letter to the BBB to see what they would do. In this economy you should at no time ever really make someone feel as bad as I feel right now. There's no compassion for people. This is a billion dollar business and yet have no regard for the people who are fattening their pockets. I guess I really do get what I pay for. But anyone reading this, I rather go on a month to month payment plan and have great customer service than what I am getting from Metro PCS, Inc.

I paid and Jose activated it with my existing number, and told me to put my wet phone in rice over night and if I could get the phone to turn on, my stored numbers could be transferred to my new phone. I did and then proceeded to learn my new phone. I text a lot so I tried to text using the manual. The manual showed to space the same way as my old phone, but this new one would not space. Also to change ringers, volume etc. was a lot of steps which I still have not done at all... so time consuming. Well, since the phone would not space and I just had gotten the phone the night before, I took my phone back to Metro.

I had only used about 7 minutes, I had the receipt, box, everything. A different person was working. I told the girl I wanted to return this phone and get the one that was just like the one I had. She said it can not be returned or exchanged. I just bought it the night before. She said, “Is it new service?”. I said, “No, I have used Metro for a while”. She replied, “Then you can not return it”. I said, “But I have the receipt and it only has about 7 minutes, and the receipt says within 7 days, and 60 minutes or less of use on the phone.” She said it can not be returned because I had my existing number transferred to this phone. I said, “But the space does not work.”

This woman showed me how to get it to space, which even when she looked at the manual it did not space like the manual showed, it used a different button. I am thinking what else am I having trouble doing because the manual is wrong, it had the correct manual as the model on box. I just wanted a phone that worked without complications and I am thinking this is just not right. The receipt is useless, it says for brand new activation, all original packaging, etc. Well , this phone was brand new, of course it had to be activated, so brand new activation but it does not say anything about existing service.

Bottom line is, I would not exchange the phone so make sure you get in writing exactly what they mean before buying the phone. I am not happy at all with Metro at this time!

On June 9th, I called back and again I was told my refund was cancelled. This time they said they had no record of my payment. I was put on the phone with the financial office who had a record of my payment. I was placed back on hold and told I didn't receive a refund since my service was never cancelled. I was told if I cancelled it that day, I would then be able to receive my refund which I then did with rep # ** Shanika, who also told me they couldn't back date my cancellation to April 29th, the day I had asked to cancel originally. Then I was given a new case # ** by rep#**.

I was told that now I would receive my refund. I wasn't feeling very reassured so I called back the next day to check on the status. So on June 10th, I called and spoke to rep # ** who told me it was cancelled. Her supervisor never came to the phone. I was on hold for 40 minutes and then she told me due to the original rep's error in not cancelling, they would keep denying my request for a refund. Also once again, she said there was no record of my payment. She told me that there was no good reason for any of this. She told me that I needed to fax everything I had and my credit card statement to their treasury dept to resolve the matter and I would be able to receive my refund. I faxed everything that same day and I have never heard back from them.

My husband is a truck driver and was in IA; my daughter, who is a single mother of 2 small children in RI, and I was 200 miles from home when our phones were shut off. I pay my bill on time and regularly without interruption, and I have been doing so for a very long time! I find this unacceptable. That evening on my return to the area, I went to the Metro PCS Store at 1931 Tamiami Trail in Port Charlotte, FL.

I tried to explain to the woman in the store what had happened. She was very rude and patronizing. I paid the $5.74 and left. My daughter had contacted Metro PCS the day following the number change on her phone to let the CSR know that the number she had been given had been receiving calls at all hours of the night requesting "drugs"!

The CSR on the phone gave her a new number and apologized. She said there would be no charge for this number change under the circumstances. Luckily Metro PCS didn't shut my services off again the following day, as they did the first time. But they did charge me for the number change when I paid my bill on May 10. Rather than paying the balance of $106, I was charged $113.74. I tried to explain the matter to the CSR at the same Metro PCS Store, but of course, to no avail.

I paid the bill and asked for a number to contact Metro PCS to go over the matter with a CSR in full. I called the number and spoke to Jason (#703786). He spoke over me, was rude, and did not even give me the opportunity to explain the issue. This is no way to treat a long-term customer, not to mention very poor business practices. Something needs to be done about the rude customer service across the board, in stores, as well as at the call centers.

I have stayed with Metro PCS, only because my husband travels across the country as a truck driver and we have had fairly good luck in his being in a service area to either call or text. I have to say I am truly unhappy with Metro PCS over this matter.

On the 29th of April, my husband and I went to the store to return both phones but Andy, who is the dealer, refused to take the phones and instead, gave us an address to MetroPCS corporate store which is located at 83-01 Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights Queens, NY stating that we have exceeded the one hour threshold of the phones so we can only return it to the corporate store.

On the morning of the 30th, we went to the corporate store and after four hours of waiting, we were told that Andy is an independent dealer so the corporate store cannot take the phones. The representative alerted us that he thinks Andy is buying time so that we will exceed the seven-day grace period. We then came to Andy and asked him to make some deals with us but he refused. My husband and I left the phones with him without any refund. So, I called MetroPCS to cancel the phone contract even though we have paid for one month.

On 03/13/11 I received two postcards in the mail stating that I was not receiving my rebates. Since then, I have been subjected to a literal run around. Turns out that the store was advertising and selling this phone with a rebate, when the promotion was outside of what the rebate center says the promotional dates are. I've talked to over a dozen "customer services representatives", and they will not do anything to correct the fact that they sold me a phone under the impression that I would receive a rebate. This is a classic bait and switch scam. I am out $100 dollars and feel cheated.

I decided that it was not worth all of this trouble to have a cell phone, and as a result, I went to the Metro PCS store, where I purchased the car charger, to return it and get a refund. Mr. ** told me that it was against his store's policy to give any kind of refund and showed me on the receipt where it states, "No warranty on chargers," which he said meant that no refund would be given. I did not even use the charger. It is in new condition. I asked Mr. ** for his district manager's name and phone number, but he would not give it to me. Please post this complaint and advise what I need to do in this matter to get a refund for the charger.

That is flat out illegal in my opinion. I called the police to report the problem. The person working at the store told the police that the first person who sold me the phone was new and failed to tell me about their in store policy of a $40 restocking fee. No one mentioned a $40 restocking fee. It is nowhere posted in their store nor any promotional flyers at the store nor on the Metro PCS promise. They showed it to me to assure me all was okay before purchasing and paying for the phone. The police was able to get a number from the store employee, which he said was for the corporate store. The police told me to call the store and see what happened. When I called the store the manager, Trena gave me the 1888-863-8768 phone number. She told me that they are the corporate office and that they are the one who can help. When I called the 1888-863-8768 number, they told me I have to go the corporate store in order to get help. It's because only in the store can they assess the condition of the phone as per policy and if in fact there is less than 1 hour etc.

I drove all the way down to Westburry. I waited for about 2 hours for the manager at the corporate store just to hear him say within his first sentence “there is nothing we can do because there is no policy in place for that.” And the manager told me that I needed to go to the store that refused to return the phone, unless I pay the $40. They told me to call the 1888-863-8768 number again. I need help with these people. They are bouncing me around like a basketball. I spent hours on the phone with supervisors when I called the 1888-863-8768 number. And all they keep saying is to go to the corporate store. I went to the corporate store and they say call the 1888 number and go back to the store where I purchased the phone. The store where I purchased the phone is the problem I told them.

I need help getting my money back. Metro PCS is giving me the runaround just so the 7 days pass and that they could say it is my fault and that I didn't do as they say. They also said that a manager would call me back. No one has called me till today and that is why I am reaching out to Customer Affairs. That's the reason that I have a police incident report, showing that I did what Metro PCS people told me to do. But I still got nowhere with them. I waited till Monday as they say, called the 1888-863-8768 number again as they say, and went to the Westburry store as they told me to just to get yelled at in front of a room filled with people. I got pushed out of the store by a woman there. She screamed at me from across the counter that they have no such contract policy. I pulled out my Metro PCS promise and asked her, “What is this for then?” I kindly stepped outside of the store. I called the police so as to get an incident number showing I was at the store and got abused instead of help.

They told the police the same story, that I have to go back to the store where I purchased the phone to get a refund. The police suggested small claims court since not only the store but corporate Metro PCS seems to be giving me the runaround as well. It's no wonder they put 7 days on their promise. That is perhaps their strategy. I had to work that day and guess what? I got to work late and got yelled at by my boss. Plus, my boyfriend broke up with me over this because I insisted on taking care of this right away and it was Valentine's day. He wanted to spend the day with me before going to work. These people have caused me a lot of grief over the past few days.

It is obvious Metro PCS does not follow through with their Metro promise. They have no interest in making sure that their store does it or at least warn their customer of such store to store policy not mentioned on the Metro policy. The stores don't tell you about their policy. They only show you the Metro promise. I want to be sure they stop doing this to their customers. A lot of their customer base are people who probably won't stand up to them out of fear because most are immigrants and probably do not know how. Metro PCS has to be stopped. I am just lucky to know about customer affairs. Otherwise, I too wouldn't be able to fight these people and they know that. When I told the manager I was going to report him to customer affairs for fraud, he told me to go ahead and hung up on me.

I hope Customer Affairs help me to stop these people from violating people like that. It is a shame what they are doing and how open they are doing it. Not in America! We cannot allow these people to get away with this. Please help. According to their Metro promise, I am running out of time and I believe that is their goal. Please help me stop these people from hurting and stealing people's money by lying to them. Please help all the other people who are not aware of customer affairs and don't know where to go by making Metro PCS do right by their customer by following the law and keeping their promise.

I want my money back from the overpayment. I didn't get the price of the $50 phones, nor did I get the free sim cards. The cost from them of two cell phones, LG MN240, was $99 x2 with -$50 discount, then charges of $19 x 2 with bill payment of $ 75. The subtotal was $211.00, tax was $11.92. The total was $222.92.

I contacted the main office and filed a complaint over the phone with Roger in San Diego. He said I’d be getting a call from someone within 24 hours. It has now been over 48 hours. I feel as if I was conned and bamboozled. This is unacceptable. I was shortchanged and would like my money back along with other appropriate action taken. I should just be given free phones after going through all this.

I spent too much money for bad service. And I have to buy another phone, because they told me they can't do anything. I'm paying. And I explained that the battery is not good, and that I paid every month and I can't use the phone for two months. For that reason, I buy a new phone.

Well, we left the next morning that was the 25th of December. We noticed that the phones had the wrong numbers activated. Since they were close that day due to Christmas, we came on the 28th of December to let her now the problem, also to let her now that the other phone was not working properly. She said she couldn't do anything and she was going to call the manager by the name of Joel. She gave us the phone to talk to him and I explained the problem and he was really rude and told me that if I didn't trust my wife or she had done something wrong that wasn't his problem.

I don't understand what my personal life has to do with this but his words could have caused problems. He asked his sales person to call security to escort me and my wife out. I felt harassed and offended due to this matter. He didn't fix the problem or try to help so this is the reason of my complaint. I feel he should have not to comment or say unprofessional comments that don't involve him. I will take this matter to higher attention. Thank you and I hope you could help.

I told her that it was not correct, I only have one line. She called the corporate office and she said that the problem should be resolved shortly due to a mistake at a one of the payment centers. She said a person accidentally paid my phone bill with a credit card and realized that it was the wrong number and took the payment back off (2 hours). I did not pay my bill at this location because I was very angry and she could not give me any info on the second line or when it was made or anything about this problem.

About an hour later I decided to send my cousin to pay the bill for me at the same Metro PCS. She paid a total of $45.00 for my bill. After patiently waiting for my phone to be reconnected it never came on. I called customer service and asked if I could speak with a manager, he told me the same thing that the store agent told me about the account. He also could not give me any info. He stated that I owe a balance of $45.00 due to the two phones on my account. I explained the situation to him and also gave him my confirmation number for the payment that I just made.

He looked up the confirmation number and saw that I have paid a total of $45.00 in my account. So I asked him why my phone is not on if you can see the payment. He said that I have to pay the full amount of $87.50 in order to restore my service. He stated that I was unable to get my money back, and my phone would not be turned on until this payment is made. He hung up in my face 3 times. I stayed on the phone for 3 hours trying to speak to a professional or someone who knows how to speak English. I have been getting the run around. Please help me because I think it’s an inside job. I’m a hairstylist. I work off my phone. My busy days are the holidays. I lost money due to the fact my phone was not on.

I knew the keys looked small but decided to try to work with it. I stayed at the store and fiddled around with the phone in order to get comfortable with it. I did not understand how to work the texting part and brought the phone to the counter to ask the rep to show me how it worked. Emmanuel immediately got indignant with me before I got the question out and told me that he is not messing with me with that phone right now because he didn't have time and I would have to come back in the morning if I wanted to return the phone. He said he was helping me by offering me a deal (even though I paid him $80.00 and only $50.00 was recorded on the receipt he gave me) I was in shock. I told him I just wanted him to show me how to text. He continued to snap at me. I reminded him that he was nice to me when he was trying to sell the phone to which he responded that he is a nice guy as he continued to nip at me. We were arguing.

I was so surprised with his behavior that I was shaking. I stopped talking while he continued to remind me that he was doing me a favor and I left the store. I went back in the morning as I was instructed to get all of my money back. After he went through the process of giving me my $80.00 back I asked for a receipt. He snatched the paper and said I am not getting anything. I told him that I wanted a record of the service being disconnected. He then made me a copy as he again started reminding me about how he did me a favor! At that point we began arguing again!

The other rep that was in the store jumped up and told me that I needed to get out of the store and started yelling at me. Whew. I could not believe how I was being treated all because I wanted to reactivate my phone. I was violated and disrespected. Mind you, I am an older adult and have high blood pressure. I did not need to continually be attacked by reps who were shouting at me pointing at me and laughing at me. They actually double teamed me! I need to know what I can do to have this incident reported so that no one else has to be mistreated at that Metro PCs location.

Neither did the supervisor an hour and four people later. Instead of finding their error, they again blamed me and the bank. I again phoned the bank and between them and I we found Metro PCS error. They had not entered the zip code which is mandatory to get the payment through and which they had been told last month. When I tried to call back on the 611 line, they had blocked it so that I could not call back and let them know what their mistake was. I feel that this company's business practices need a lot of work and their customer service and supervisory personnel need retraining. It's time for Metro to give some real caring to their clients, not the fake solicitude they are handing out now. As a senior citizen, it is imperative that my phone service is working. This is not acceptable.

There is no live operator to talk to. The physical store in my neighborhood says they cannot help me. I've phoned the closest corporate store, which is an hour away from my home, and no one answers the phone. I am at a loss while my money is being held hostage. I have no phones to use. What do I do?

On November 13th, I added my granddaughter to the account. I told the clerk that I wanted everything that my grandson account had but just wanted to add an additional phone. I knew that sooner or later their phones would either be lost, stolen or broken so I paid for insurance on both. Both phones are now stolen in school and I placed a claim with Metro PCS to have them replaced and I find out only one has been insured, that means that I would have to pay to have one of the phones replaced. I was totally appalled. I paid for insurance for both but the rep told me I only paid for one. I said, "That's stupid. Why would I only insure one phone?" They told me it was nothing they could do. I went back to the store where the phones were purchased and it is now closed. What can I do?

I will expect payment within 30 days or legal action will result. If legal action is necessary, you will also be expected to pay for legal expense as well as damages. I've had nothing but trouble with your company because of stupid problems like this and no communication with people. I do not talk to answering machines and do not appreciate my calls being answered by such.

I wasted over two hours on the computer trying to pay a bill, which should have taken only a few minutes. I feel that the problem was uncalled for and when I tried to contact customer service to remedy the problem, my call was answered by an answering machine and would not forward my call to a person. I'm asking for my time to be covered by Metro PCS due to their negligence in handling this matter.

After using this service a few day, when I was in the next town of Boca Raton, I found my service to be in roaming. I was unable to use the phone or even call for voice messages. I was informed by Metro that I left my "calling" area, which only a very small part of the covered area. To use roaming, it needs to be set up 2 hours early by dialing *28. So in other words, each day when I leave my house I need to set up for possible roaming and get charged all the roaming charges even if I am near my house. I travel all day in my job and this is not what I would buy if I had been told the truth. Can you help me?

There was no difference in my service so I took the phone back after two days. This is when I am told there is no refund on upgrade and when I asked to speak to the manager, I was told she is out to lunch and I would have to wait an hour. I asked the clerk to call the manager on the phone because I did not care to sit there indefinitely. There was another clerk in the store so I went to him and asked if I could speak to the manager. He then told me he was the manager and that he could help me.

I then asked him, why he did not say something earlier while I was talking to the other clerk. He told me he would take care of my situation, he proceeded to "fix" the phone. I explain to him that I did not want that phone because I did not need two of the same phone and if it was possible to fix that phone then that's what should have been offered to me in the first place. I then asked to speak to the manager again several times and was told that he was the manager. I told him I needed to speak to someone above him I was told he was all I need to speak to. I asked him if he was refusing to let me speak to anyone else and he told me out right "yes".

I am currently not working but need the use of my phone and believed that was the only way I was going to be able to get proper service. Now, they are telling me that I signed some paper for an upgrade when the only thing I recall signing was a piece of paper she asked me to give her my information on. I find their policy and behavior to be misleading. To me this is fraudulent.

Moral of story: bait & switch, don't be fooled.

3 days later, I saw my phone in an ad in the newspaper for $49.00. I pulled out my receipt low and behold, it's the same phone the ad said. You only pay $49.00, he did charge me the right price but I also paid for all the accessories things. I don't need the disk cost $49.00. The two packs are $29.00 each and the phone shield is $12.00.

I didn't ask for those items he made think it all came with buying the phone. I'm wondering how many people Metro has ripped off like this. That's a ** shame and he was so nice while ripping me off. Why would buy a disk to download music. I don't listen to music on phone. I want my money back. I got all my family and friends to switch to Metro. What a bummer.

They said I would have to keep the phone and that most people end up selling it on eBay or sites like it. At this point, we don't even know if the problem was because of the headset and for them to suggest this is so unprofessional (I hope you’re reading this David **, Metro District Manager). I am not in the cell phone business and it just is poor business practice to pass the responsibility on to the customer when it is their product or service that is unsatisfactory. They stick to their written policy regardless of circumstance so, buyer, beware.

I actually was allowed to put in a request for a refund on the service but was eventually denied because they don't refund service that is over a week. Apparently, the day I showed up to return everything was counted as the 8th day and not a week. To me a week is usually the same day a week later. I attempted to return the items on the 22nd before the time of day that I picked up the items a week earlier on the 15th, so if I'm not wrong 22-15 = 7. Apparently, they count the first and last day as a full day so they would get 8. All this is pretty much besides the point anyway as I think Metro probably has no intention on giving anybody anything as far as refunds are concerned. They use a lot of poor standards and bad business practices to stick it to the consumer so they can get away with keeping your hard earned money. If you are considering Metro, don't! Your chances of satisfaction are slim to none!

As customers we don't want to feel that we are given false information. When I informed Melissa of my wishes, she stated it is not her fault that it was priced wrong. My question to you is, if it is not her fault, whose fault is it? It is not the customer's, as we do not have access behind the glass. Melissa should have honored the price anyway. I requested for her manager's name and she told me she didn't have one. When I insisted, she provides me with Peter **, as well as her name. I then requested Mr. **'s card or phone number. She stated that he did not have a phone number and she had no way of contacting him. I paid for the remaining cost of the phone myself. We wanted to present the phone to the cousin that evening to allow her to take the phone back to college. We needed it that evening. I am requesting that the bill for Nicholas ** be adjusted and a refund be sent to my son.

So twice I've paid my whole month, and ended up with my phone shut off after only 9 days or so. Usually I'm not one to sign up for something just to complain about it. But after being put on hold for nearly 2 hours to sort things out with no progress I figured I should say something. The point is, save yourself some time. If you're thinking of getting a Metro phone, just don't. It seems their billing cycle is designed to rip you off and waste your time and nothing more. With that said, I'm switching service, and after telling my friends about this, most of them are switching soon as well.

After the letter was sent to me, I got a phone call from Samsung to tell me why I won't get a rebate. I told the person on the phone that I shouldn't be accountable for that error and they informed me that I would have to go to the store where I bought my phone to take care of the issue. I made several attempts to call the store I bought the phone and finally spoke to an employee. They took down my information and said that a manager would return my call, which never happened.

I went to the store and saw the person who sold me the phone ad, filled out my rebate form and told her the problem; she just walked away and didn't even inform a supervisor or manager. I left my information with a different employee who told me he'd give my information to the manager. More time goes by and nobody has contacted me. Recently, in September, I was at the store taking care of a phone issue I had and ran into the actual manager who told me that it was impossible that the situation that happened to me could happen and asked if I had proof.

I went back with the letter two days later showing that they did indeed promote the rebate that was over and all he said was that he'll make a copy and see what he could do. Still to this day, he has failed to do anything about it. I tried to have them do something about it but they are avoiding the problem and now I seek another way of this issue to be resolved. I know there are other people in my place they did this to and they might be willing to accept it, but I refuse to let them get away with it. I spent more money on phone than I could afford. I’m expecting the extra money I spent to be returned.

1.) It is not possible to have a direct phone line to technical support. You must speak with 3 people, repeat your date of birth, etc., to get to a tech person. It is the consumer who must ask for the tech person. At times I've been told misinformation and no tech support. 2.) You must buy a separate storage card to enable regular usage. I do not have very much usage at all, so for someone who uses it regularly it will be necessary in addition to the price of the regular phone. 3.) Technical support people usually cannot resolve an issue.

4.) They refuse to provide a direct phone number to technical support, even in cases where they see that there has been a repeated, continual problem with their product. 5.) Well scripted phone people say sorry for your trouble but refuse to connect customers with supervisors or anyone who can review the account after repeated calls over almost one year. 6.) On average, 3 hours is spent to rectify a usual problem. 7.) No credit is ever provided, even upon request for days of services not provided.

On the 29 of July, I called customer service to request a refund for the remainder of the billing period because I had no use of the phone. I talked to rep. Juan who put the request in and told me it would take 4-6 weeks to receive. I called back about the 5 weeks to check the status of the refund and was told it had been declined because Juan failed to cancel the phone out in their system. I informed the rep. that this had nothing to do with me. I did what I was supposed to do by calling in.

I then spoke to a manager named angel who said he would put a credit on the acct. for 37.50 just taking 7.50 away for the time that I had use of the phone (this was fine with me). He then said if I send the phone back to FLA (at my cost ttl of 40.00) and have someone put *228 option 2 in the phone it would work. When the phone got back to me it still did not work. I then spoke to manager Maddie who gave me the balance of 7.50 back and issued another refund ticket. She was the first one to full cancel out my acct at this time. She told me to give about 72 hours for a resolution, so I called back on the 3rd day and was told by the rep that my refund request had been declined.

I requested a manager and spoke to Larenzo who said it had not been declined but that it was approved but it would take 4-6 weeks to receive. I advised that I would not wait that long since I had waited since July. He then sent a email to corp. to request an expedited refund. I was told that from that point on, I would be speaking to someone at the corp. office about my refund and that they would call or email me within 48 hrs. This never happened so I called back in and talked to several different people who told me several different things. I spoke to angel again who said he would resend the email to corp. to give it a day or two and call back.

I called in 4 days later giving them additional time only to speak to a rep. who wasn't sure what to make of the situation. So I was then transferred to her manager Greg, who was the first person to tell me because my first request for a refund was made on day 5 after making my payment instead of by day 3 that I was not able to get a refund. I asked were is that listed and why this was the first time in 2 months that I had heard this info. He said it was listed with my start up package which I never received I only received a paper with my pass word and phone number on it at start up and he also said it was listed under the terms online which i checked and this situation is not listed nor is there anything about a 3 day limit for refunds.

I am going to continue to try and get my money back because I did not receive service from them. I have filed complaints with the FCC and BBB and will file more with any agency that I feel will help with the situation.

When I got my bill, it was $180.00; my Husband called Willy and asked him why our bill was so much. He was told because our son bought the new phone we are now paying $40.00 per phone except my son's which is a little more. He told my husband that we are no longer on the family plan and that we cannot get back on our plan because it is not available anymore. We believe Willy deceived my son and changed plans under false pretences.

My son said he would have never changed plans especially with 3 other parties involved. I went to the metro store with my Son, and Willy denied not mentioning we would be changing plans. I told him I am the main person on the plan, then why did he authorize my son to change the plan. He told me because he had all the information. I think my won got suckered into changing plans just so Willy can make his sale for commission, I'm sure. Also last week I drove my daughter to metro to purchase headphones for her phone, she had $10.00 on her and came out to get $10.00 more, and she said she got a $30.00 pair for $20.00. The sale was not rang up in the register, and was not charged any tax. I now have to pay an extra $50.00 a month which is going to be very hard in today's economy. I want the family plan back, I believed we were suckered punched in this deal.

Again, I had to get on the phone for a long period of time to yell. Then, they found the May payment. I had made enough double payments, so in July I had no bill. When I paid in July 2010 for August 2010, they yet again misplaced another payment. They have yet to find it. However, I am the one responsible for the fees to pay on my card over the phone with no chance of reimbursement. This may be a frugal way to go but the customer service is horrid! I should not have to treat someone badly to get them to do something. I do not want to yell to get things accomplished. I have been hung up on, and placed on hold for long periods of time. I am not allowed to speak with the billing department where the problem occurs. Now I have no way to recover my money. What a horrible way to treat your customers!

There is a lot of competition out there that offers the same services and we are the people, the real people the works for you. I'm tired of getting animated answers in machines that won't pass you or direct you to costumer services. I do expect an answer to this mail, if you please can change the dates of my billing at least. I have used your services for many years, but at one point for things like this I switch to boost and they send me an email telling me that they will give an extra free month of services, no strings attached in order not to lose a customer. I thought this was a noble and smart way to conduct business.

Then I bought an expensive phone from you and decided to take business with you and that happened on a day the was the 20th of that month. Since I get paid on the 3rd of each month, by the 20th sometimes I have no money left. It is hard for me to be without a phone and since I'm not asking for any money back or especial treatment, I expect the you do the right thing and switch my due payments from 20th to 3rd of each month. Please don't come saying that I have to break this contract and open a new one and I need to pay a new installation fee. That will be the ultimate thing to do. Besides, I don't see how that will affect you, I'm the one without the phone and the one paying the consequences. So please I do expect this complaint to be resolved. You have my email now and I will be expecting to hear from you. This stress is unbearable especially when you are a person with illness.

My daughter seriously needs her phone when I am at work and she needs to call me when she gets home or has job interviews and I am trying to see how come MetroPCS wants a person to pay a bill when their phone isn't properly working at all. MetroPCS needs to do something about this matter and they don't call you at all, and they just sit there and let the phone rang the entire day they are in the store the whole day, and this doesn't make any sense to me or others. How can you have all of these stores and you don't have a corporate store?

I sent back the phone the very next day it was received in its new condition. It was only removed and used to call Metro to activate. A few days later, I received an email saying that the phone was being sent back to me as it was water damaged and too many minutes were used within the return period of 30 days. I was totally confused as I could not have used minutes since the phone was not activated and I only spent less than 10 minutes on the phone with the Metro PCS rep. I waited for the phone to arrive and I was shocked to see that Metro sent me an old, beat up and damaged phone with the battery removed from its compartment. This was not the original phone sent to me and not the phone I returned.

As I was also in the market for new phones, I asked about the plans MetroPCS had to offer. He told me that there was no roaming charges with the 50 dollar a month plan; it has nationwide coverage and that the specials would run out the next evening.

I came back the next day, July 30th, and that was the beginning of my nightmare with your company. That evening, I was at John’s MetroPCS store for over three hours. It wasn’t because he was busy (we were the only ones in the store). I again asked him about the plans and he told me we had 7 days to check out the service and if we weren’t happy, we could return them. At that time, he said nothing about the one hour of talk time. He was on my phone an hour alone trying to program it. I purchased three phones. Two Samsung Freeforms and one LG Imprint. I was never given a contract on the 30th. I left with the three phones and a small receipt for $523.00 and 3 white pieces of paper listing information about the phone.

When I arrived home, we tried the phones. The grey phone didn’t work at all. The LG Imprint wouldn’t text, picture message or receive calls. And the red Freeform couldn’t send picture messages. I called customer service and I had to spend another hour getting the grey one to work. I also found out through that call that I would have to pick up the rebate forms and that I was overcharged. I called John on Saturday and told him what customer service said and that I was a little upset. He told me he would have the rebates for me and that I could pick them up when I got a chance. I found out the next day that my daughter called customer service to get her phone working and found out that a place I spend half my time has no coverage at all and that roaming charges are not included in plans. A fact I clearly specified with John the three hours I spent in his store.

I went back to his store on Tuesday and picked up the paperwork, and after two hours I was told that I would have to go to the corporate store in Westbury. Being as I work so many hours and it was so far away, this was going to be a problem. John gave me the rebate paperwork and shoved the contract in the back of all the rebate information. I didn’t even see it till Friday the 6th. I was very upset. When I got home from John’s store, I called customer service again and tried to get the mess straightened out. Again another hour on the phone, I was not happy with what Joy was saying about the phones. She had stated that I had to go to the corporate store in Westbury and that if they couldn’t fix it, I could bring the phones back on Friday for a full refund.

At this point, I had no other choice. I went to work and asked to have the afternoon off to take care of this problem. They complied and I headed to Westbury. It took me one hour to get there only to find out they couldn’t help me after an hour. Maria tried to fix it and again told me there is no service where I am. She told me that I could bring the phones back to the store I purchased them from on Friday and get a full refund. So I left very upset and took the one hour ride back home. Friday morning, I again went into work and asked for the afternoon off to take care of this problem. I arrived at John’s store at 2:45 PM. There was one customer in the store at the time.

John was trying to program a phone. By 4:30 pm, he still wasn’t done. I grabbed the two phones he was trying to set up and said sorry I have to close the store for 30 minutes. By this time I was very upset. I told him I was very patient and that I wanted a refund. I told him I wasn’t leaving without my money. He then asked if he could trust me and left me in charge of his store for 45 minutes. He left to go to his office in Lindenhurst and left me my son and the customer in the store.

While he was gone, one customer called, her name was Phyllis. She wanted information on a touch screen phone. I took her name and number and left a message for John. When he got back, he was still setting up the customer that was there when I arrived—that took another 45 minutes. In the last few minutes before that customer was done, another customer walked in. John put two fingers up and told me to wait. He then sold a red Freeform to that customer, programmed it and made we wait till he was done. When that customer was done, he then said he would see me. When I told him I wanted a refund, he told me, “No.” He stated that there could only be one hour of talk time on phones. At this time, he hadn’t even checked the time on the phones. I explained that I laid out all this money and still have phones that don’t work and told him to call someone else. I was told on phone that they would escalate it, but they didn’t. So all that money, all that time and still no service. I was lied to, cheated and had my money stolen.

To say I left unsatisfied is an understatement. I called my bank to dispute the charge. That didn’t work because John stated I signed a contract and that now it was eight days since I purchased the phones. So I filed a claim with the BBB and I plan on filing a complaint with the Consumer Affairs and Bureau of Consumer Protection. I am a lung cancer survivor with emphysema. I work 40 to 50 hours a week for my money. I do not take kindly when people steal my money. I am writing to you in one last ditch effort to bring this to a decent conclusion. All I want is the refund of the $523.00 I was told and promised by not just one, but four of your representatives.

They told me the card was good. So, I went to the payment center at Metro PCS and ask why I could not pay my bill online. And was told to pay them three dollars and they would pay my bill. I told him that I want to pay online to save three dollars. So, I went home to try online again. Again, I could not pay online. Now it 9:00 pm, so I call Metro PCS and the automated system would not let me speak with a live person.

Now it's Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 and my phone is off, and I go to the payment center and tell the rep that the system would not let me pay online. He said pay him $43.00 and he turn my phone back on ,I was extorted to pay extra for phone service.

A MetroPCS employee at the corporate store checked the phone and told me that it could not be fixed and that I needed to take it back to the MetroPCS outlet store where I had purchased it so that they could exchange the defective phone for a new one. I returned to the MetroPCS outlet store that same day and the salesperson gave me a new phone. I tried accessing the internet with the new phone before I left the store and found it very limiting, not letting me on to three or four common websites that I tried accessing.

At this point, I told the salesperson that I wished to exercise the clause in the contract that states that a full refund can be obtained if the phone is returned within 7 days of purchase and has less than one hour of talk time on it, no questions asked. Both of these conditions were met. I was told that the clause was invalidated because the original phone had been exchanged for a new one. I pointed out that I was just following the directives of the MetroPCS employees, and at no time before or during the exchange of the phones was I told that it would invalidate the return clause, nor was that stated on the contract I signed. I believe that I did everything within the time frame allowed and was treated unfairly by not being able to obtain a refund. I lost the $200.41 purchase price of cell phone service and about 4 1/2 hours of my time between the two MetroPCS stores trying to resolve this issue.

She tried to fix it but she told me if it did not work to call back and talk to tech support. It did not work ,so I called tech support. They were unable to fix my issue. They could not even log my issue into the system because it was not working. I went to the store that I bought the phone and they could not fix the issue. They directed me to the corporate store. I went to the corporate store and they gave me a new phone of the same model that I bought 2 days early. I sat there for 1 hour and half and they could not fix my phone.

I would like them to upgrade me to a phone that will work for free. I am very unhappy. I have spent about 6 hours trying to fix this issue. I have only had the phone 3 days. This is outrageous. I am very disappoint in your service, you should have email support or an email address on your website.

18888638768 is the number I called, and the problem is still there. This is my phone, and this adware is causing unwanted noise and stress, and disrupting my functions within the listed environments.

So I went up to the Metro store on this day, the 12th of July, to try and figure out what was going on. The associate was the same lady I dealt with on the 9th of July when I went to pay my bill. She then told me that I lost my money, and there is nothing to do about it. She gave me a wrong number to where I could not speak with a person. It was all animated.

I am very upset with Metro. This has never happened, and I have been with them for about 5 months now. They have stolen money from me by not activating my account when I paid the balance. I will never use this company again, and I will make sure to cancel my account and never will they get my business!

When I went into the store, he told me it was too late. I had over 1 hour of minutes on it, and Metro would not take it back. He never even offered to give me another phone. I have loss of money and time, and now, I have to go back to Boost Mobile.

I know they want to get you into a store to sell more, but this is a little excessive. Also, several times when we have checked on better offers that were advertised, they advised us the offers were just for new customers. A customer of many years apparently means less to them than an new customer. I think I will solve that problem for them soon.

The local Metro PCS dealer told me that I'd have to pay an additional $3.00 if I paid at his kiosk. I was warned not to send a payment in since Metro PCS may cash the check and never credit the account. It took 2 visits to the mall kiosk and 3 calls to Metro PCS to get them to straighten it out (this was many hours of my time). The independent dealer also charged me much more than the internet prices for my new phone and first month of service. I still have not received my $25 rebate which I sent in immediately.

This is no surprise since I've never had any business honor a rebate. So, I've already decided that all companies are unethical snakes. It can take 1-2 hrs to get help on the Metro PCS customer service line. Metro PCS will not allow me to check my voicemail with entering a greeting with my name/no. Well, I don't want a greeting with my name/no. A simple beep would do but the stupid computer wants to hear name/no. Metro PCS works very hard to provide the worst possible customer service. It is clear that Metro PCS managers don't give a ** about their customers.

I wonder if other credible wireless companies offer crappy service. If Metro PCS is interested in retaining their consumers. then the level of professionalism and courtesy should be of the utmost. In addition, that individual was blasting some hiphop song that I found objectionable and unappealing.

When I spoke with customer service with the other person's phone, and she explained this to me. I asked her "How was I supposed to know this when no one told me this when I purchased the phone?" She said to me "it is in the contract." Mind you, there are no contract with Metro PCS! I don't know who she worked for, but obviously, it was not for Metro PCS.

Anyway, I came back to NY. I was furious because I was paying for a service I could not use. By this time, they had opened another Metro PCS a few doors down from me. I went in and told the agent what had happened and was told that the phone I had just purchased in March was outdated and I needed to upgrade. "That was what was supposed to have been the problem." I said, "The phone was only purchased less than six months, and it's already outdated!" He said yes and began showing me other phones.

I liked the Neo and purchased it for another $180.00 in cash. He told me I would have no problem when I went out of town because of the upgrade. I was also supposed to get a $40.00 discount on my next purchase, which I never did. I went out of town for Thanksgiving, and guess what, no service except in Georgia and I was going to Mississippi. I had to go and purchase a phone, so that I could have a phone with me while I was out of town, because I was lied to again.

I spent $360.00 in less than six months for 2 phones, while paying my bill and not being able to use the phone for a month. I am stuck now with 2 phones that I don't use. I was not given my $40.00 discount for the purchase of the next phone, and I was not credited for being unable to use my phones while out of town. Plus, I had to purchase a phone to use while being stranded out of town and extra minutes.

So we are looking at about $600.00 Metro PCS got over on me with. In the interim, they lost a good customer. I paid my bill each month on time, and they are the losers. I feel they should be made to reimburse people they have scammed. That is how this company is abusing the American public and getting rich off of their fraudulent techniques of sucking in customers and screwing them out of their hard-earned money.

I waited the amount of time they say it takes to get the rebate and received a letter saying she is not entitled to this because this was not a new activation. I called and claimed this was a mistake and they said they would send the request to reconsider the rebate to corporate. I sent the rebate in April, it is June and still no answer and no one with authority to talk to. Every time I call for a status of my rebate, the same answer is given to me and never a person with the right answers. I just want my money that is owed to me. They should be honored that I chose them over the other prepaid phones available out there. It is not like they are the only ones anymore. However, I purchased a new phone, a new service and all I want is what was promised to me. $40.00 rebate.

I explained to the operator that I have only had service for 19 days and I already prepaid our plans for each phone. She stated there was nothing she could do but she will open a case for my account to be reviewed. When I asked her when our phones will be reactivated, she stated she could not do anything because the system is stating we owe $23 from April. Needless to say we could not be without a phone for the 3 to 5 business days it would take to resolve the issue so I paid the $23 in hopes it will be credited back to my account once they discover their mistake but that was not to be the case.

Long story short, after 4 additional calls, 3 trips to the store where I originally purchased the phones and endless frustration, the situation was partially resolved. My account is now reflecting the correct amount owed but I have not been credited the $23 paid over the phone to reactivate our phones. I have been back and forth without success and my request to speak with a manager was fruitless as I was informed they do not have any managers on site. Five days ago, I received a text message stating the case is closed and I owe $98.00 for my June Payment. Close to the price I actually owe but no Cigar. I personally regret my decision to leave Sprint to go with Metro PCS, they have way too many billing and customer service issues and I work way too hard for way too little money to be taken advantage of in this way.

As far as I'm concerned, Metro PCS is just another new age scam being perpetrated on the poor & working class. Now I know why they don't require a contracts, they don't need it, they already have your money so what difference does it make if you leave. Now I'm stuck with a $157 monthly plan and I'm out $750 of my hard earned money for the phones with no way of getting any help. Life lesson learned "If it sounds too good to be true it probably is.” Only I had to find out the hard way?

So I decided I was going to take the phone back to the store and get my money back because the phone service was awful and I was not receiving any calls. I was so upset because I really needed a phone and the last thing I wanted was my phone to be not working. I brought the phone back and told the same employee who I purchased the phone from that the phone was not working. I wanted my refund back to go somewhere else . He immediately said, "No!" He stated to me that in the fine print of the service request form it states you can not receive a refund if you have talked on the phone more than 1 hr at this time i was upset because I went over 11 minutes and I did not see where that policy was stated.

I felt like that was unfair. The phone was not working the way it should . I then asked to speak to a supervisor who was called on the phone. She then also told me I cannot receive any money back. I then stated, "May I have the corporate number to contact Jack?" Jack is the person who oversees the supervisor. They denied me of that as well. No one offered to fix the problem or anything. They were rude. I was embarrassed. They called the cops on me. They humiliated me. I was escorted out by the police and it was awful. This was the worst experience ever.

On April 20th, we received a text to pay $42.97 by the 27th. We went back to main office. I showed the same rep the text. This time she stated the only way my info/billing date could be changed was to either buy a new phone or keep our phone off for 7 days, owing them more money. We can't have our only phone off for 7 days, pay to have it re-activated and any other fees they're going to charge. I can't get through to anyone when I call customer service or log on to my Metro account.

I told Candence that my daughter's cell was shut-off (interrupted). She said that's because I didn't pay the full amount. I told her that I made a payment on 5/3 and posted to Metro PCS account on 5/5 for $52.97 according to Metro webpage. I didn't know about changing the plan. Absolutely no communication between Metro PCS and customers.

Again, Candence said if a want a bill sent to me, there be a $2.00 charge. I got upset and told her that I have never paid for getting a monthly bill sent to me. No other companies charge for a bill statement, only Metro PCS. I asked her to transfer me to her supervisor. My call was transferred to Brenda, we had a discussion about this hidden charges. I concluded, asking to provide me with corporate office address. We could not resolve this issue. I am in the process of sending a complaint letter to Pres. Roger Linquist. I firmly believe that as a consumer, I have the right to know what is being added to my account. This $1.00 payment has being issued since 2009 to present May 17, 2010.

The next morning, when I tried to make a call from my phone, there was no dial tone and when I called my wife, her phone received my call but I could not hear anything she was saying. She was not able to hear anything either. I was not able to hear anything every time anyone called me or when I made a call. We both are students, so we had class and were not able to go into the office until 4PM. Before going to the office, I took my phone out of my pocket and saw a blank white screen. When I got to the office, we met with Mohammad again and told him about the issues we were experiencing with the phone. He said that we need to go to the corporate and have the phone exchanged. I said I did not want this same phone again because the phone was so fragile that the screen broke while it was in my pocket. He said get the phone exchanged and he will give me a different phone.

After getting the phone exchanged, I went back to him and Mohammad said that he will not be able to give us a different phone even though he told us that he will. I then said that if I can't get a different phone, then I want a refund because according to their policy, I could get a full refund if I return it within 7 days and if there was less than one hour talk time on the phone. Well, Mohammad did not like the refund idea so he went off like a bomb and started yelling. I do not know why the refund idea ticked him off. He was behaving really immaturely and rude. He was saying things that he is not allowed to say to the customers (I know because I worked in retail too) such as: Go back to AT&T, do not argue or else I will have you thrown out and we did not even say anything. In fact, he kept saying things and making matters worse, but every time we wanted to reply to what he said, he would tell us to not say anything or else I will throw you out. He said a lot of things, but I forgot because I was so shocked he was saying all these things that he was not allowed to.

I did not want to cancel my account with MetroPCS because I like the plans, but if they have managers like Mohammad in the offices, I do not think I want to keep this service. Also, he called the Elk Grove office where we had the phone exchanged to find out how much talk time we had on the broken phone. When I asked him how much talk time I had on the phone, he said more than one hour that's why your screen broke because you talked too much. I was furious with his behavior and lies, so I went to the corporate office and asked them to call Elk Grove office and ask them how much talk time I had on the broken phone. When the lady from the corporate called, she said they turned the phone on but there is no way to find out how much talk time I used because the screen was broken.

Even the lady at the corporate said that Mohammad was lying because if the screen is broken, then how was he able to find out the talk time? Mohammad sent me home to get the rest of the stuff for the phone I wanted a refund for, but I did not want to go back to such an immature, lying, disrespectful person, who has absolutely no customer service skills and no respect for customers. So that's why I went to the corporate.

I now get a constant barrage of advertising texts hourly at least three of them, including but not limited to Florida lottery results, almost hourly all day all night. If you shut it off, it would save them to slam you when you turned it on until your box was full. Again poor battery, dropped calls, daily loss of use for hours, GPS inaccurate and misleading or can’t be reached from my location, Largo, Clearwater, St. Petersburg, FL area (Pinellas County).

When it was brought to their attention on 05/08/2010 they shut off my service, called the police, and asked to have me physically removed from store after threatening an assault if I refused to leave voluntarily. I did but not before I got my point across about how upset I was with their ** way of dealing with warranties and a promise to barrage them with insults and many hours of negative advertising effectively reducing their bottom line and to discourage any further sales to unknowing victims whom haven't fallen prey yet to their lies deceptive business practices and unlawful activities they are arrogantly and openly doing. And under the color of the law hiding from their deceptive ways by having you removed by police under threat of arrest for disturbing the peace and trespassing.

I am planning to advertise for others to produce a class action lawsuit. It’s high time they get returned on them and to understand how to commit to honest business practices. I have to! I'm an air conditioning tech and they have stolen my advertised phone line and shut me down! Again, unethical. Wrong person to ** over! Watch out, Metro PCS! I'm a steam roller with a road to put down and you are in my way! You will be paying back tenfold. I will engage the law with your help on this one! Legally put them to a stop in their tracks!

On 3/28/10, I spoke with operator #**who agreed that we should not be paying more than $105/month and she would adjust the bill. On 5/3/10 they turned off our phone because they said we owed them $4 and they would not turn our phones back on until it was paid. I spoke to supervisor Jean (opr#**) on that day (5/3/10) and explained to her about the conversation I had with opr#**on 3/28/10 and the agreement that was made to adjust the account and she would not honor that agreement and would not allow me to speak with her manager then she hung up on me.

I met with Marcus on 4/25/2010. He said the phone had not been set up for roaming. He set up the telephone and told me it should work without a problem. I came back to Reading, PA and guess what? The service does not work properly. I shipped the telephone through a bus service to my mother. My sister-in-law went to the store and they refuse to give me back my money. I tried calling the 1800 number to talk to a live agent but the automated machine will not allow me to. This company has a scam. It needs to be addressed and fixed because I work very hard for my money.

It cost me a trip to NYC that cost me over $50 in gas and toll. It also cost me $20 to have the item sent back to my mother in a bus service. I was cheated with a false advertisment. I was told the telephone would work when in reality it did not work. Now I lost $178 plus the expenses described above and all I get is an "All well. We will give you a store credit for $100." What would I do with a store credit when I am unable to use Metro PCS in Reading, PA? I have been taken for a sucker.

At corporate store, 25 minutes later drive, Robby finally figured it was a bad phone, went to the back room and came out to say there were no replacement phones and to come back in 6 days, after 4pm. I drove over 1.5 hours and dealt with Metro PCS employees who are so poorly trained. They do not really help and are not given corporate address of where to go to replace the phone.

During that time, I also bought two ringtones, both of which were $2.00 from Metro, and I received neither of them due to the number being different. Now, when I say different, I mean the number programmed into the phone information is different than what people see when I call them. Needless to say, I was not happy to hear that because a single representative ** up one number, I spent at least an hour trying to get my money back, of which they would not return due to me consenting to the supposedly nonrefundable payment for the ringtones, which I never received.

Oh, and during the hour or so on the phone, it was just trying to get them to get into my account, a result of their ** which made the eight-digit PIN I made invalid because it was the wrong number to begin with. So, thanks to the "Limitless" MetroPCS, I lost hours of my own time and $5.00, which doesn't bother me anywhere close to the time I lost.

I waited a half hour and was informed by a manager that if I did not purchase the phone from his store he could not help me. He instructed me to call Metro PCS. I called while in his store I was given five different phone numbers to call. Each phone representative said, “I cannot help you, call this number.” When I informed the corporate store manager of what was happening, I was told to return to the store where I purchased the phone.

I went back to the store where I purchased the phone, the manager and I called Metro PCS again the customer service representative attempted to give me a phone number that I was given the first time. I informed her of all that had happened. She took my information and said someone will call me. I was told that Samsung is responsible for the rebate not Metro PCS. I went online (samsung.com); the web page requested all the information about the phone and purchase. When I completed the form, it said Samsung does not sell phones to individuals. I must contact Metro PCS. Please help.

In that case, the telephone will not fulfill my needs and expectations. This was on February 27. Since I paid with a debit card, he said he credited back into my debit card. But from $149.00, he only credited $91.26. He said that they keep the rest of the money. I do not know if this is legal. I think that he is just stilling the rest of my money.

On March 3, I checked my bank account for some payments that I had done. Surprise, my bank account was overdrafted for 70.00 dollars, because they had failed to return the money to my bank account. I went back to the place on March 3. They said give one more day. I wish I did since I did not have any other option. On March 4, in the afternoon, I checked my bank account again. The money is not there. I went to my bank inquiry. There is no transaction at all. I went to the store. They do not have a satisfactory answer. At this point, I am very frustrated. Nobody has an answer. They took half of my money and I had to pay the overdraft of $70.00 to my bank. I am still without my money. Nobody has an answer. Today is March 5, a week after all this began. What else can I do?

I went to another co. Bought a phn. When I got home and got a old Metro phn that will make calls but phn book has problems and took it to Metro the next day. They told me my acct was closed and I just paid my bill on 01/28/10 and I was told that I have just lost that payment. This by any term is robbery from customer. That was an experience that I hope no one has to go through. I was going to give that phn to my handicap mother and pay the bill. She just needed a phone that she call out on and why I was going to give it to her. But Metro don't care about or my mother I see. I was directing traffic for a funeral when I dropped my phn off to belt loop clip. I lost money due to the fact they could not contact me for location to the next funeral that came while I was trying to work the issue out with Metro. They ran me around from store to store costing me time and gas and emotional pain.

And now they are claiming they have the same plan for $40 a month, "no ifs, ands, or buts, period". What is going on? I am so angry! Were they taking advantage of a young person who isn't business savvy? The salesperson told my son that the bill would be $51 a month and if he was billed anything different to come and ask him. When my son asked this guy, he said, "Too bad, that's what it is." Help me! My son is not only out $270 for his phone but really wanted this service and was terribly cheated and taken advantage of!

Again, how was I supposed to know this when no one gave me this information? When I returned in September, there was a MetroPCS a few buildings down from where I live and I went in to talk to someone about my situation. The sales representative told me that my phone was outdated and that probably was what was wrong. I asked him how could a phone be outdated when I just purchased it in March and this was September? He went through some spill about an upgrade and I went ahead and purchased another phone for $180.00.

I specifically asked the representative if I should dial *228 before I left town for Thanksgiving holiday and he told me, “No, you're good to go. You don't have to do anything.” I told him I didn't want the same problem I had before being stuck out of town with no telephone service. He assured me I would have no problem. As soon as I left NY, again, I had no service. I had to purchase a phone so that I could have means of communication.

When I returned to NY, I went directly to the office down the street and told the sales representative, who was new, what had happened. She tried contacting customer service while I was there and she was not even aware of *228. I asked customer service about a credit to my account. After all, I pay my bill diligently every month and with both these incidents with the false information and incompetent salesmen and customer service agents, I was entitled to credit. I was without phone service the first two weeks in August, which I paid for the full month. I was without phone service for two weeks during the Thanksgiving holiday, which I paid for the full month.

Plus, I had to purchase a phone so that I could have a means of communication since I was unable to use the phone I was paying for each month. Because of the incompetence of the salesmen and customer service representatives, supervisors and an extremely arrogant manager, I was told I was not going to get the credit. I have both receipts for both phones and the phone I had to purchase.

I feel that MetroPCS could have easily given me the credit. It is not my fault they are not training the people they are putting in these stores which are popping up everywhere. And if international calls can be made, why is there no service in the states? And why aren't the sales representatives explaining this to the customers when they are selling the phones. I was never once told I would not be able to use my phone wherever I went, otherwise, I would not have gotten it. I could have bought a phone someplace else.

I called a number that I found online. They told me that I would have to go to the main office, which happens to be in Panorama City, CA (that is 120 miles from where I live at). So I drove out there because I had spoken to a Freddy who works at that Metro PCS store in Panorama City. He told me that my phone has a year warranty, so I do qualify for a new phone. He then asked me why didn't the stores here in Bakersfield helped me. I clearly told him the reason. They told me they can't help me. Not to mention the fact that the manager placed an order for a new phone and told me that between 3-4 days the phone should be in. I come to find out that I showed up after the 4th day and that ** cancelled the phone.

I got so angry I told him, "This is the way you guys treat all your customers? Why would you do that? I never told you to cancel it. I need that phone." He then said, "Because it's been canceled, we can't reorder it." He said, "Who placed your order?" I told him, "Are you serious? You were the one who placed my order. You were the one who inspected my phone. You were the one who told me that I had one year warranty on my phone. You were the one who said that you would replace the phone for me because the charging input has worn out and the battery is swollen. Now you're going to play like you don't know me or helped me when you have me running around Bakersfield trying to get help from all these stores, and they turned me down."

I have walked in all these stores and to see all their workers texting on their phones instead of helping customers and talking about what happened last night with Tom, Dick and Harry. Not to mention that they're there to help customers, not to talk about crap or put on fashion shows. These girls look like tramps and give the worst customer service ever, yet they sit there trying to look cute and professional. They are the worst workers and give the worst service. Mind you, they all are rude including the guys walking around with their lazy **. Instead of helping others, they are ** with each other. I would love to take them to court. I have run in to many people at the Metro PCS stores having the same problems as me. Please help me.

Not to mention that the store in Panorama City that I have been trying to reach all week for my new phone that they would replace supposedly said for me to call and check in to see if my phone is in. They never answer their phone. Not to mention, all Metro PCS stores never answer their phones. They leave fax machines on. Now tell me that's terrible, awful, customer service ever. So now it's 2:55PM and still no answer. Do I have to drive out there again and spend $145.00 in gas again just to go out there, 120 miles from where I live, for a $109.00 phone that could have been replaced here in Bakersfield, CA? Come on.